Children 10 Years Unloading Gaps in the iPhone and Android

What does this child is quite remarkable. Because annoyed playing games too long, he mengekplotasi IOS and the Android system on to find a 'shortcut' to play the game.

The boy with the initials CyFi it does not specify what he meant games. This he did so intentionally pembesut based games suitable planting immediately fix the gap that has been found.

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Skype Video auf Android deutlich verbessert

In einem der letzten Tests hatte ich Skype Video auf dem Samsung/Google Nexus S getestet. Dabei war das Video und der Ton für mich gut, für die Gegenseite aber abgehackt und ruckelig. Das Problem hat Skype mit der aktuellen Version, die auf mehr Handy lauffähig ist, nun behoben. Ein zweistündiges Videogespräch nach Brasilien lief unproblematisch. Dabei wurde das Handy recht warm und danach war der Akku dann aber auch leer (von 60 % auf 15%). Trotzdem: Es macht jetzt einen riesigen Spaß auch mit Skype Videotelefonate zu führen. Die Unterdrückung von Hintergrundgeräuschen und das Telefonieren mit Lautsprecher an (statt Headset) geht dabei besser als mit Google Talk Video soweit ich das getestet habe. Das Video war meiner Meinung nach etwas weniger scharf als bei Google, aber das könnte auch an dem anderen Gesprächspartner liegen. Einen kleinen Hakler gab es noch als das Gespräch durch einen Anruf unterbrochen wurde. Das Videogespräch wurde zwar vorbildlich geparkt und ließ sich nachher fortsetzen. Aber ich konnte den Anrufer aus dem Mobilfunknetz nicht hören. Reproduziert habe ich das bisher allerdings nicht.

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Google Talk Video Review (Nexus S) (English)

So I finally got to test Google Talk Video on the Nexus S. The result is simply:
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Google Talk Video Review (Nexus S) (deutsch)

(English Version) Am Wochenende kam ich dann endlich dazu, Google Talk (Videokonferenz) mit dem Nexus S zu testen. Das Erlebnis war kurzum:
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Interner Voip Client und andere Funktionen von Gingerbread

Inzwischen bin ich dazu gekommen die Swype-Großschreibfunktion zu lernen und ich habe auch einige Voip Clients auf dem Samsung Google Nexus S getestet. Überraschend fand ich dass bei diesen Tests der interne Client als schlechtester abschnitt.

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Kontakte, incl. Telefonnummern und Email, umziehen von Android zu Android

Ich möchte nicht alle meine Daten bei Google gespeichert haben. Deshalb habe ich meine persönlichen Kontakte auf dem Telefonspeicher gesichert, der nicht mit Google synchronisiert wird. Nun bin ich wie gesagt als Gewinner einer von O2 gesponsorten Preisausschreibung von einem Samsung Galaxy 3 auf das Google Nexus S umgestiegen.

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Android video skype, system update, opera mobile auf dem google nexus

Nach swype kam das erste mal ein system update auf das neue Google Nexus S handy. Nach zwei minuten download und einem neustart war es auch schon vorbei. Und das system läuft weiter prima...

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Das Nexus ist da!

For my english readers: I will make some german entries about my new google nexus s in the time to come.
Heute kam dann endlich das google nexus s zum testen bei mir an. Ich wurde als einer von mehreren Bloggern ausgewählt ein Handy, v.a. im Business-Einsatz zu testen.

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Android Emulator Quick Boot

The first time I tried starting the android emulator, I quit it and never used it again. Starting up took about 5 minutes already and it wasn't too responsive afterwards. Now Matthew Casperson posted a nice howto for using the snapshot feature of the android emulator to start it up quickly. Now all I need is a trick to have it running faster as well... But that's not going to happen as long as it relies on qemu to first translate everything from x86 to arm code.  ;)

Being based on Java, you'd think it would be possible to create a much faster emulator by just leaving out the arm cpu emulation. And it seems some people have done that with youwave. Unfortunately, that's windows-only.

Another line of improvements would be to speed up the graphics, as reportedly displayed with impressive results at Google I/O 2011.

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iOS 5: what have rivals got to fear from Apple’s new OS?

iOS 5 has once again thrown open the debate about which mobile operating system is going to dominate the market in the next 12 months. Apple’s new effort isn’t due out until autumn, but is likely to land ahead of Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s new-look OS pegged for release in Q4. So what does iOS 5 mean in reality for Google? And what about its less successful rivals, such as webOS, Windows Phone Mango and BlackBerry OS?
iOS 5 v Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Google’s OS has only been recently overhauled. Ice Cream Sandwich promises a unified tablet and smartphone strategy, which should help the best-selling OS go toe-to-toe with the iPhone and the iPad. To that end, iOS 5 is unlikely to give Google many sleepless nights.
The likes of iMessage, Reminders and improved Safari browsing are all very much welcome, but the Big G will point to the new Notification Centre being little more than an Apple take on an approach it’s been using since the T-Mobile G1 first reared its head three years ago.
iOS 5 v Windows Phone Mango

Mango should be hitting devices at around the same time as iOS 5 is getting into its stride. This plays into Apple’s hands, because while the improved Windows Phone platform offers better Live Tile information and deeper Twitter integration, it’s still only as good as iOS on paper. In reality, volumes are low.
This could be fixed by a string of new Nokia Windows Phones, which are expected for release by the end of 2011. But iOS 5, covering iPhones, iPads and iPod touches, is going to be on far more devices than Windows Phone can manage. Its new Twitter skills and vast app support also mean that no matter what Microsoft does now, Mango won’t be able to catch iOS for a very long time indeed.
iOS 5 v webOS

HP’s webOS update is set to break out into the wild in the next few months, with the Veer, Pre 3 and TouchPad set to give it a wide portfolio of devices with which to corner consumers. Ultimately, webOS remains a brilliantly realised operating system, with multitasking structure and Synergy aggregation that’s every bit as sleek as Apple’s efforts. But like Microsoft, HP is going to struggle to be heard above the din of iOS 5. Apple’s operating system might only be its equal, but the fact webOS failed to gain traction first time around means iOS 5 will leave it trailing in its wake.
iOS 5 v BlackBerry OS

Apple seems to have a thing about beating RIM, and with good reason. Smartphone charts show it’s now consistently trouncing the one-time mobile colossus, giving Jobs and co the belief that it can take on the traditional players and win.
iMessage acts as a direct challenge to the super-popular BBM platform, while new Mail improvements, including encrypted message support and the ability to flag important missives, attack RIM’s core work-based business. In going after RIM’s youth and enterprise customers, Apple is covering all bases. Add in the fact that the BlackBerry PlayBook’s specially built OS still lacks a native email client, and it’s clear that RIM should be deeply concerned about iOS 5.

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Microsoft may make more from HTC Android phones than Windows Phone 7

Microsoft is thought to make more money from phones that run Android than from handsets running its own Windows Phone 7 software. That's thanks to a money-spinning patent deal that apparently sees HTC pay Microsoft $5 for every Android phone it sells -- and Microsoft is chasing similar payments from other Android manufacturers.

A deal signed in April 2010 between HTC and Microsoft means that hardware manufacturer HTC can use technology patented by software company Microsoft in exchange for regular payments -- but neither company will comment on which technology is involved, or how much the royalties are.

Citi financial analyst Walter Pritchard claims that HTC is forking over five bucks -- about £3 -- for every Android phone it sells. The Guardian reports that Microsoft is chasing similar deals in legal battles with other manufacturers of Android devices, with Gates' mates wanting between $7.50 (£4.55) and $12.50 (£7.59) for every Android device sold.

We're no mathletes, but that must add up to a hefty chunk of change as Android vies with Apple over the lion's share of the smart-phone market.

Windows Phone 7 isn't used by anywhere near the same number of phones as Android. That may change when Nokia starts making phones that use Windows Phone 7, but, in the meantime, Microsoft could be making as much as five times more from Android.

So what could the technology be? If it's in the Android software itself, Microsoft could pursue Google instead of HTC -- but Google could just change the code, and probably has more resources to fight a legal battle.

As crazy as it sounds, this sort of thing happens all the time in the zany world of technology. Many companies have deals in place with other companies to sell each other components or use each other's technology -- even when they appear to be rivals to the outside world. The similarities between many technologies mean that companies are often suing each other. For example, Apple is currently locked in a legal battle with Samsung, claiming that Samsung's phones and tablets mimic the iPhone and iPad too closely.

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HTC thunderbolt off Android

As most are aware the new 4G enabled HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon is a bit of a power hog when LTE is enabled, resulting in quick battery drainage, so the best way around this is to switch off LTE when not using it.

There is a way of turning off the HTC Thunderbolt LTE via a hidden menu, which we reported on (here) However according to an article over on Phone Arena and by way of Android and Me, there is now an easier way to turn off LTE via a new app.

The new app is called LTE OnOFF and has been designed and released by TeamAndIRC specifically for the Android 2.2 Froyo HTC Thunderbolt, and apparently some of the comments about the app herald its ability to increase the handset’s battery life.

Thus until such times as Verizon get round to delivering a software fix for the battery drainage problems, HTC Thunderbolt users may like to check out the Android app, which is a free download available from the Android Market.

Of course if you do download the new LTE OnOFF app for the HTC Thunderbolt, feel free to let us know how well the app works or not by posting to our comments area below.

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Manage Media on Android With Windows Media Player

One of the most common complaints I hear about Android is that it lacks a desktop interface like iTunes. But in reality, Android devices sync easily to Windows Media Player in much the same way that the iPhone and iPad sync to iTunes, so any Windows user can transfer music between their PC and their Android phone or tablet. Here's how.

Unlike the iPhone and iPad, Android devices are designed to be completely self-sufficient. Because they don't rely on desktop synchronization at all, you'd be forgiven for thinking that your Droid doesn't sync with Windows. Of course, Android devices can sync to Windows just as any other media player can. You just need to set up the device correctly first, and then you can drag files around in Windows Media Player and automatically sync media libraries between your phone/tablet and your PC.

First Contact

The first time you connect your Android phone to your PC, you'll probably see a little autorun dialog box prompting you to install your phone's drivers or perhaps a small helper app that's preloaded on the phone. This step will vary a bit depending on the phone manufacturer. On my Motorola Droid X, for example, I get a prompt to install a Motorola Helper app. Run the installer, because it'll load all the necessary drivers Windows needs to sync with your device.

Be wary of any prompts that try to coerce you into downloading and installing other software from your wireless carrier, such as Verizon's V Cast Media Manager. As a general rule, these apps are terrible. They exist primarily as a way for wireless carriers to squeeze additional revenue from their customers, and they're not necessary to sync your phone to your PC, so just close any browser tabs that pop open with invitations to download this junk.

Once you've finished the installation, you should see a control panel window for your device, like the one below.

If you don't see it, open the Windows Control Panel, find 'Devices and Printers', and look for a listing for your device. For example, on my system I see an icon that looks exactly like my phone, and it's labeled DROIDX.

Within the device control panel for your phone, you'll see several options for handling the contents: 'Manage media on your device', 'Import pictures and videos', 'Browse files', and 'Change general settings'. With some devices you may see additional options, but those are the core choices.

Windows will automatically choose the default apps for managing music and photos, but you can change them if you want to by clicking Change program under each option. For this tutorial, accept the defaults of Windows Media Player and Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Import Pictures and Video

To import videos and pictures you've shot with your phone's camera, double-click Import pictures and videos. Windows will automatically search your phone's camera roll. You can add tags if you wish, and then click OK to start the import. You can check the box to delete the files from your camera, or leave it unchecked to keep them, just as with any digital camera. When all of them are imported, an Explorer window will open to show you what you've transferred.

Sync Music, Videos, and Files

Double-click Manage media on your device to get started syncing media files.

If you already have music on your phone that isn't in your Windows music library, you'll want to start by transferring those items from the phone to Windows. To do so, select your device from the list in the left pane, choose Music, and then highlight and drag all of the files into the box marked 'Drag items here'. Click Start sync to transfer them.

Once you've moved your music files from the phone to the PC, set up the sync relationship by right-clicking the drop-down menu under the Sync tab on the right side of the window and clicking Set up sync. This action will open a new window, where you may be prompted to choose how Windows Media Player should deal with the data already on your device. To prevent Media Player from wiping anything off your phone's data card, choose the option to leave the data on your device. On the next screen, you'll be asked to name your device; it should already have a name, but you can change it if you prefer. Click Finish to start the sync, which will mirror the media collection on your phone to match your library (as much as your phone's storage capacity will allow).

That's it. From this point on, when you connect your phone to your PC, Windows Media Player will look for changes between the library on your phone and its own current collection, and update as needed.

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Android tablets will soon overtake the iPad, experts predict

Apple is getting some competition. Big-name manufacturers like Hewlett Packard, LG and Samsung all want to take on the iPad, which currently rules the roost for tablet computers, and they're relying on the Android operating system to help them do so.

Apple might lose its lead status as early as 2012, say some experts. But it's all good news for consumers, who might get to enjoy sinking prices.

'By the end of 2012, Android tablets will rapidly overtake the iPad in market share,' forecasts expert Sascha Pallenberg during the Droidcon developers' conference in Berlin.

Currently, Apple sells nine of every 10 tablet computers purchased, according to market experts. But the 'sheer mass' of Android-based tablet computers will guarantee their success says Pallenberg, who blogs about technology from his base in Taiwan.

Ten larger manufacturers, as well as countless smaller ones, currently sell devices of different sizes and categories. In the coming months, companies like RIM, LG, Asus, Acer and Hewlett Packard will all bring iPad competitors to market.

Many of them run with new Android software dubbed Honeycomb, designed especially for tablet computers. Android is open source software developed under the watchful eye of Google.

In light of the growing competition, supply is almost certainly going to exceed demand, says Pallenberg. That will weigh on the price of Android products: 'The manufacturers have to get rid of their products.'

But Apple sets the mark for prices. 'It's all about being cheaper then the iPad,' Pallenberg says. At the same time, Apple is in a situation where it can produce cheaply, which will be a challenge for the others.

Pallenberg says smartphones will also provide a push toward more capacity. 'I am certain that the first mobile phone with quad core processors will be delivered in the first quarter of 2012,' he says.

So far, this kind of technology has generally been reserved for PCs. Dual core processors and the playback of high quality video, until now the provenance of superphones, will become standard, and all for about 500 dollars.

The 1,200 visitors to Droidcon discussed the future of the Android platform. One focus was augmented reality, or the enhancement of reality with technological help. It involves recording one's surroundings with a mobile phone's camera and then enriching the image displayed on one's phone with additional information, like stores' opening times, local attractions, or restaurant menus.

For now, most augmented reality functions are just for fun, but software developers want to turn it into a standard technology for everyday use. Droidcon participants tried to envision these practical applications, from satellite navigation systems to interactive instructions for zombie games.

There are already practical applications, like tourist guides, assistance for apartment searches or in games. But others see additional everyday uses, from museum guides that describe exhibits to interactive lotteries for TV shows to user guides that include animation to show exactly how a device should be used.

Marketing research company Juniper Research forecasts that the number of augmented reality applications downloaded will grow from 11 million last year to 14 billion by 2015, with sales of 1.5 billion dollars.

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Samsung Galaxy Kies Connection and Upgrade Fails with MTP Device Driver Popup

If you can't connect your phone to Kies because there is a constant Windows popup saying that the mtp device is installed again and again or not working correctly, here's a great workaround. It's extremely easy and works perfectly for upgrading to the newest Android version:

Simply Eject the Flash Card. Then connect the phone and it all works fine. Of course this way it can't access the SD card. And there will be a popup saying that the sd card is not inserted, just ignore it! ;)

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WP7 Defeat Android 11 500 Application In 1 Quarter, 1200 New Developer Every Week

Windows Mobile Phone 7 became available to the public during the last 4 months, but the development of Windows 7 Phone itself has lasted for 1 year until now. Recently Microsoft has released statistics on the scope of WP7 in third-party developer community.
Brandon Watson, the representative said Microsoft has been there 36 thousand members in the community of application developers AppHub, with

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RIM: The Playbook Rich Applications with Android Integration

Missed already rumors about a tablet BlackBerry Playbook for this, whether the tablet QNX-based RIM will be able to run Android applications? Of course, Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEO of RIM has been confirmed, with the states will open a Playbook for Android-based applications and the BlackBerry Java. This will create more choice and flexibility in the application BlackBerry Playbook.

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HTC Thunderbolt Sounds Locked for a March 17th Launch

he latest batch of rumors, which sound pretty convincing, are pegging the HTC Thunderbolt with a March 17th release date. Should these (finally) prove to be true, you'll have something else to do on St. Pattie's Day besides drinking green beer. HTC threw a quick blurb on their Facebook page over the weekend telling everyone that they and Verizon will be announcing the date "soon". Couple that with a now-deleted tweet from an HTC regional sales manager specifically saying that the phone is coming on the 17th and we feel pretty good about the date. Of course, we'v been burned with more than a few slipped dates so you'll understand if we still hold a slight reservation.

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Google's Android Spurs More App Jobs Than iPhone

Software engineers skilled in making applications for Google's (GOOG) Android mobile-operating system this week became more sought-after than developers for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, according to online job board Dice.com.

Employers requested experience or skills with Android in 987 job postings on Dice as of Mar. 1, more than the 970 jobs asking for iPhone expertise, Bloomberg Businessweek.com reported today. The number of available positions mentioning either Android or iPhone surged more than threefold from a year ago, when the site listed 273 Android-related jobs and 312 iPhone-related jobs.

Demand is swelling for Android programmers as Google woos makers of mobile applications to keep up with the growing popularity of its software. Android became the world's best-selling smartphone platform last year, according to researcher Canalys, yet it trails in total number of apps, with more than 120,000 compared with the 350,000 programs in Apple's App Store.

"Any place that's going to hire developers of apps has to have Android as well as iPhone," says Alice Hill, managing director of Dice. "It's just as important, and it's something they have to support."
Mobile Software Surge

Employers are snapping up workers with expertise in mobile software at a faster clip, with about 57 percent of companies and recruiters that hired for mobile-related jobs in 2010 planning to boost such hires this year, according to results from a Dice survey released in October. In that survey of 283 recruiters, 72 percent of respondents said they were hiring for development of iPhone applications and 60 percent said they were seeking Android app developers.

Dice searches job postings on its site for the terms "Android" and "iPhone" on the first day of each month to come up with its tally. Tuesday was the first time Android returned more results. The job site didn't include in its total any searches for other Apple products, including the iPad and iPod Touch, or Apple's mobile-operating system iOS.

Trudy Muller, a spokeswoman for Apple in Cupertino, Calif., declined to comment, as did Randall Sarafa, a spokesman for Google in Mountain View, Calif.

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Android hit by rogue app viruses

More than 50 applications available via the official Android Marketplace have been found to contain a virus.

Analysis suggests that the booby-trapped apps may have been downloaded up to 200,000 times.

The malicious apps were copies of existing applications, such as games, that had been repackaged to include the virus code.

All the apps found to contain the malicious code have now been removed from the Android Marketplace.
Remove and recall

The virus-laden apps were discovered by a Reddit user called Lompolo who realised that one program was listed under the name of a publisher he knew had not written it.

He found that the app, which let people play guitar on their handset, was the same as the original but for a name change and some virus code buried within it.

Lompolo said the rogue apps had been downloaded between 50,000 and 200,000 times since they were placed on the Marketplace.

Lompolo initially found 21 apps bearing the viral code but, according to an investigation by mobile security site Android Police, the final tally is believed to involve more than 50. The apps are also known to be available on unofficial Android stores too.

Once a booby-trapped application is installed and run, the virus lurking within, known as DroidDream, sends sensitive data, such as a phone's unique ID number, to a remote server.

It also checks to see if a phone has already been infected and, if not, uses known exploits to bypass security controls and give its creator access to the handset. This bestows the ability to install any code on a phone or steal any information from it.

The latest version of the Android operating system, known as Gingerbread, is not vulnerable to the exploits DroidDream uses.
Open access

As well as removing the applications from the Android Marketplace, Google has also suspended the three accounts being used by the developer behind the apps.

It also has the option to use a security tool that can recall and uninstall rogue applications from phones. It is not thought to have yet done this as its investigation continues. Google has yet to issue a formal statement about the rogue applications while it completes the investigation.

Writing on the Trend Micro security blog, Rik Ferguson, pointed out that remote removal of the booby-trapped apps may not solve all the security problems they pose.

"...this remote kill switch will not remove any other code that may have been dropped onto the device as a result of the initial infection," he wrote.

He advised anyone who believed they had installed one of the malicious apps to find out whether they need to get a new handset or re-install the operating system on the one they have.

The open nature of the Android platform was a boon and a danger, he warned.

"This greater openness of the developer environment has been argued to foster an atmosphere of creativity," he wrote, "but as Facebook have already discovered it is also a very attractive criminal playground." 
 

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