Archives for 2012

Samsung announces Galaxy Ace Duos GSM+GSM version

Samsung announced a new Android smartphone Galaxy Ace Duos. If you remember there is already a dual SIM phone in India with the same name. This phone is GSM only meaning you can have two GSM SIMs in the same phone. The previously launched phone is GSM+CDMA version. The pricing of the new phone is ... Read More →

How to increase LCD Screen Resolution of Android Phone

Phone display is smaller compared to tablets and if you have bought an Android long back then chances are that your screen resolution is smaller. Newly launched Android phones have great resolution but your old phone resolution is not that great. Whatever may be the reason you want to experiment ... Read More →

AT&T HTC One X bootloader unlocked unofficially through HTC-Dev

HTC One X Android devices bought through AT&T are locked down devices, but no worries as talented developers from XDA forums have cracked the HTC One X bootloader to unlock the phone. This method is unofficial and not authorized, though they used HTC Dev tool to unlock the phone. ... Read More →

Facebook App for Windows Phone Updated with threaded messaging, better tagging

If you are a Window Phone user and waiting for the improved Facebook app, here is the good news, the updated Facebook app is now in Windows Phone marketplace and along with brings some new updates. These improvements are minor and are available on Android and iOS platforms from quite some time, nut ... Read More →

Google+ app for Android updated with new look, Hangout support

Google released the updated Google+ app for Android with some new features and an improved interface. Google already released Google+ app for iPhone earlier this month with the same design changes. Google+ recently got an update for its web version also. ... Read More →

Dell’s Windows 8 tablet specs leaked, 10.1’ screen, 2GB RAM, Atom processor

We are expecting that several manufacturers will launch Windows 8 tablets when the next Windows operating system launches later this year. Nokia, Lenovo and Dell all are supposed to launch Windows 8 tablets, but one thing that is not yet revealed is the hardware specifications of these devices. ... Read More →

Facebook launches Camera app for iPhone with Instagram like filters

Facebook launched a Camera app for iPhone, that allows users to take photos, apply filters to the taken shots and batch upload them to Facebook to share with friends. It is rather surprise move from Facebook, as it recently acquired Instagram for $1 billion. Instagram also provides similar filters ... Read More →

Android grabs 59% of smartphone market share globally

A new report from research firm IDC makes it clear that smartphone OS wars are between Android and iOS only as others are losing the race while these two are gaining significantly. IDC has released it’s report on smartphone shipments in Q1 2012, the most interesting fact in this report is that both ... Read More →

Google Play now offers In-app subscriptions

Google has added in-app subscription to it’s Google Play Store. Google in this case is caring about developers and this is will give a boost to developers who want to offer subscription based apps for their audience. Google Play store added in-app billing more than a year before and today they ... Read More →

Rumor: Google and Asus to launch 7-inch Nexus tablet in June

We heard these rumors earlier that Google is launching a 7-inch Nexus tablet. Now Digitimes reports that Google and Asus might launch a 7-inch tablet as early as next month. The source of the rumor is upstream supply chain. The report also claims that initial shipments are estimated at 600,000 ... Read More →