Archive for December, 2009
India’s first Android based tablet PC
A hyderabad based company Notion Inc is releasing its first Android based tablet PC. Though the company has not officially released details yet, the news through the grapevine is that this tablet PC will use Nvidia’s Tegra processor and will run on Android OS. It will have a 10.1 inch touchscreen. It will also have [...]
Managing Gmail contacts on Android
Did you just get your Android phone and are you confused about the number of contacts showing up on your contacts list? It is confusing at first and gets easier when you understand how it all works. There are 2 parts to how your contacts from your GMail accounts show up on your contacts list. [...]
NPR News Android app review
Price : Free Version : 1.1 RC1 Battery Great news – NPR news is now available for Android too and it is a little better than the iPhone version because it can run in the background. What According to NPR NPR was introduced to Android, an open source platform from the Open Handset AllianceTM, when [...]
Gmote Android App Review
Price : Free Version : 2.0.4 Need a remote control for your computer? Your first choice is the Gmote Android app. It allows you to start and control music and video on your computer using the app as a remote. We wanted to say using the app on your Android phone, then realized that there [...]
CellFinder Android App review
Price : Free Version 1.3 Update : This app is no longer available in the market. If you are looking for a way to find out how you can protect your phone and recover it if it ever gets lost, check out our WaveSecure review. Have you ever wondered how many cell towers are in [...]
Google Latitude Android app Maps feature review
Price : Free It might be a privacy issue to let the whole world track where you are at any point of time. It might be an added security or even luxury to let a select few people know that about you. If you value privacy to the point that you don’t want even your [...]
Locale Android App review
Price : Free Version : 0.695 beta Update: Please note that the beta version of this app has been discontinued. The current market price for this app is $9.99 My work-place is a ring free zone. Cell phones have to be on vibrate. I have been guilty of spoiling the tranquility by making my cell [...]
Exchange by Touchdown
Price :19.99 Version: 5.0.0002 What : If you are in the market for an outlook client, look no more. Presenting the best that there is – Exchange by Touchdown. We are very pleased with its ease of use, the functionality it provides and the quality of the interfaces and the layout itself. Nitrodesk Inc has [...]
Google phone in the horizon?
There has been a lot of activity over the last couple of days about a possible Google Phone. It all started on Dec 11, when a few employees tweeted about the phones that Google handed out to them. One Google Program manager tweeted Stuck in mass of traffic leaving work post last all hands of [...]
Shortcuts in Droid
After getting the Droid, has anyone felt the pain of the longest possible time it takes to get to someone in contacts? Yup, we felt it too, till we figured this out. You can set shortcuts to almost anything from your home screen. Remember that with your home screen, if you run out of space, you have horizontal scrolling on both the sides.
Go to an empty space on the Home screen and longpress (Press and hold) on it. You should see this screen.