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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Best Apps For Smart Phone And Tablet

Evernote :

This app consider as sharper and active app. that called much useful as it works. you can insert your notes all time. It is like extensions for some most browsers. You can snip on web too. obtainable on Android, iOS, Blackberry, Mac OS X, Windows.

Dropbox:

Have much comparable status to Evernote, this is also a cloud service. You can stock your files up to 2 GB on their servers for free. Do insert more storage up to 16 GB.you can use referring system, through their referral program.

Available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry.

Google Voice:

It is phone app service. This is best by google.make direct calls to any your friend or relative any time. Even readable your voice messages too.

If you are in the States then you are free to call anyone within the country for free. It is a great service available on several platforms and even allows PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calls internationally.

Available for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OS X, Blackberry.

Pageonce:

It will run and track your credit card transactions, bills, itineraries, bank accounts, frequent-flyer miles etc. It is a premium app and costs $7. Available for Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone 7.

Angry Birds:

it is very popular and famous game. Even we no need to take any intro for this app. you can download it very easily in any version. You can view its paid and free version too.

Available for Android, iOS, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Phone 7, Windows.

Shazam:

Shazam, will show you the song, artist’s info and even the lyrics of the song. You can read album reviews, artist info etc. in the app too.

Available on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7

Kindle:

Just get this free app to read books anywhere you go, and also buy books from Amazon too. Available on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone 7, Windows,Mac OS X.

Foursquare:

Connect with friends wherever you go with this great service which lets you “check in” at places such as restaurants, hotels, stores etc. With this free app. It fix with facebook too. It is a universal app and is very handy if you want to meet your associates somewhere.

Available on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7, WebOS, Meego

Spotify:

It river songs to your smarpthone/laptop from their library which boasts of over 80 years of non-stop music and about 10,000 tracks are being added every day. You can generate a playlist that is synced to your device so that you can listen to them offline too.

It is a premium service and you can try it for free for a month at first.

Available on Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7, WebOS, Meego.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Best Android Tablets vs New iPad

Modern tablets offer genuine visual delight. The crisp images, vivid colors, and luscious contrasts make us forget that we are staring at a screen, opening up a universe of images and motion that we can control with a simple swipe. All this eye-candy is made possible by complex technologies that most of us barely understand. Luckily, we don’t need to understand them – we can just enjoy our high resolution tablets without worrying about OLEDs, sub-pixels, or in-plane switching.

High and ultra-high resolution tablets are all the rage this year. On March 7 Apple announced the next generation of the iPad. Apple’s new iDevice will boast a whopping 2048 x 1536 resolution, or as Apple marketing calls it, a “Retina display”. That’s double the resolution of the current iPad 2 (1024 x 768).

Like it or not, Android slates will always be compared to the iPad, which still holds almost 60% of the tablet market. So how is Android faring in the battle of high resolutions? Will Android tablets play catch-up once more?

We think so. Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, and Huawei have already announced devices that rock high-resolution displays, rising to the challenge of the iPad HD. So, without further ado, we give you The Gang of Four.

1. Lenovo IdeaTab K2

Lenovo’s IdeaTab K2 was one of the most impressive devices we saw at CES 2012 in January. Powered by a mighty Tegra 3 quad-core processor that runs at no less than 1.7GHz, the IdeaTab K2 will come later this year, first in its native China, under the LePad K2010 name, and then to the rest of the world. No word on the pricing yet, but with the high-end specs it touts, don’t expect it to be a bargain.

We certainly wait for the K2 to reach our shores, mostly for the crazy full HD display that this amazing tablet rocks. Yes, you will be able to delight your eyeballs with no less than 1920 x 1200 pixels, packed into an IPS LCD panel. In case you didn’t know, in-plane switching (IPS) is a technology that offers better viewing angles and more vivid colors than traditional LCDs. We gave the Lenovo K2 a run at CES, and even in the prototype stage it was in back then, the K2 was an absolute joy to use.

Yes, that is a keyboard dock that adds two full-sized USB ports, and 9+ hours of battery life

It’s good to see that manufacturers are finally putting those beefy 4-cores-plus-1 Tegra chips to good use. The Lenovo IdeaTab K2 (running Ice Cream Sandwich) is as smooth as they get. With a slower proc, the 1920 x 1200 touchscreen may have been less delightful to use.

Lenovo ThinkPad K2 Specs

10.1-inch display, 1920 x 1200, IPS LCD, 224ppi, capacitive
SoC: Tegra 3 quad-core @ 1.7GHz
2GB RAM
32GB storage, expandable
8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, LED Flash, Autofocus
Dual speakers with Lenovo’s Super Surround System (3S)
Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, USB (full-size and mini), mini HDMI
Quad-band GSM, HSDPA, UMTS
aGPS, fingerprint reader
Android 4.

Lenovo ThinkPad K2 Price and Availability

China: Q2 2012
Worldwide (unspecified): second half of 2012
Price: TBA

You can find more about Lenovo’s latest quad core high-res Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet here.

2. ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity 700

As you can learn from our ASUS MWC 2012 roundup, ASUS was quite active at this edition of the Mobile World Congress, releasing no less than three Android 4.0 tablet devices (that all dock into keyboards to become netbooks). One member of ASUS’ trio was the Transformer Pad Infinity, with its amazing Super IPS+ 10.1-inch display.

Like the Lenovo K2, the Transformer Pad Infinity’s display is a source of rich, vibrant, full HD eye-candy. As their mainland rivals, the Taiwanese at ASUS created a stunning display, with a 1920 x 1200 resolution. For the OCD-inclined in the audience, that’s about 2.3 million pixels, neatly aligned on your tablet’s display.

But the Infinity bests the K2 when it comes to the LCD panel technology. The Transformer employs the latest generation of IPS technology, Super IPS+, which makes 178° viewing angles possible. How cool is that?

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Specs

10.1-inch display, 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+
Two variants of processors
- A dual-core Snapdragon S4 @ 1.5GHz for the 3G/LTE version
- A quad-core Tegra 3 @ 1.6Ghz for the Wi-Fi version
1GB RAM
16GB storage, expandable
8MP rear camera + 2MP webcam
Android 4.0

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Price and Availability

Worldwide: second quarter of 2012
Price: estimated between $600-$800

3. Acer Iconia Tab A700

The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is Acer’s latest effort in the high-end tablet area. So, what do you think Acer did to build their high-end slate? They stuffed the A700 with a Tegra 3 quad-core processor, of course, and thrown in, just for good measure, a full HD display.

The 1920 x 1200 display of the Iconia A700 is just as impressive as the Lenovo K2’s or the Infinity’s. Now, the LCD panel of the A700 does not come with in-plane switching like the other two, but nevertheless, Acer claims that they used a similar technology that yields just about the same results. Indeed, we looked at the tablet from all kinds of weird angles and didn’t notice any substantial color modifications.

The Tab A700 has all the bells and whistles that you would expect from a modern upmarket tablet, but we’ll let you see them in detail below.

Acer Iconia Tab A700 Specs

10.1-inch LCD display, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Tegra 3 quad-core @ 1.3GHz
1GB RAM
16, 32, or 64 GB storage, expandable
5MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera
Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, USB (full-size and mini), mini HDMI
Android 4.0

Acer Iconia Tab A700 Price and Availability

Worldwide: from June 2012
Price (in Europe, not confirmed):
- 16GB – $720
- 32GB – $860
- 64GB – $990

4. Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD

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At MWC, Huawei seemed really set to make a name for itself, showing off the impressive Ascend D quad, which the Chinese claim to be the world’s fastest smartphone. But in the general excitement created by the Ascend D quad announcement, many seemed to have overlooked the fact that Huawei announced an equally impressive tablet. A caveat: the MediaPad 10 FHD may be just vaporware – the model we saw at MWC was a unique prototype handmade for the event, so we should take Huawei’s claims with a nice grain of salt. Nevertheless, the Ascend D quad has definitely shown us that Huawei can deliver top-notch devices, so there’s no reason to believe that the Chinese can’t repeat that performance with a tablet.

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As you may suspect, the FHD suffix stands for full HD, and the MediaPad 10 FHD impresses through the same eye-popping resolution of 1920 x 1200, while the pixel-moving duties are covered by Huawei’s own quad-core processor (hence, the speed record claims). No word if the production model will come with IPS or IPS+, but the model shown at MWC used an IPS panel with 226ppi.

Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD Specs

10-inch LCD display, 1920 x 1200 pixels
Huawei K3 quad-core @ 1.5 GHz
2GB RAM
32GB storage, expandable
8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera
Bluetooth 3, Wi-Fi, USB (full-size and mini), mini HDMI
HSPA+ 21/42/84Mbps and LTE support
Dolby Surround Sound
Android 4.

Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD Price and Availability

Worldwide: Q2 2012
Price: TBA

Place Your Bets

So, you’ve been officially introduced to the Gang of Four Android tablets that will stand up to the iPad HD (whatever it will be called) in the war of high-definition slates. All four tablets on our list boast amazing 10-inch displays with 1920 x 1200 resolution, are powered by quad-core processors, run Ice Cream Sandwich, and we cant wait to take them for a spin.

What do you think? Will the new wave of HD tablets turn the tide in favor of Android? Or will Apple’s new iPad claim victory yet again? How will this epic smackdown end?

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Apple Unveils New iPad, Says It's Leading 'Post-PC Revolution

Apple CEO Tim Cook, taking his place on the same stage where Steve Jobs first introduced the iPad in 2010, unveiled the third version of the tablet today, adding a higher-resolution display powered by a new custom chip and support for HD video and faster 4G LTE wireless networks.

Just called the iPad (no numbers or modifiers), the new tablet will go on sale March 16 in the U.S. and 11 other countries and territories. The models and pricing matches that of the iPad 2: there are three Wi-Fi versions, starting at $499 for a 16-gigabyte model, and three tablets with Wi-Fi and 4G LTE, starting at $629.

Apple says it’s also going to keep selling the iPad 2, but sell it for $100 less as it tries to keep price-conscious buyers from looking to rival tablets.

Cook started and ended today’s presentation by saying that Apple is leading a post-PC revolution and that the iPad is the “poster child” of that revolution.

“In many ways, the iPad is reinventing portable computing,” said Cook, who served as master of ceremonies for the nearly 90-minute event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. “When we’re talking about the post-PC world, we’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the center of your digital world, but rather just a device. We’re talking about a world where your new devices, the devices you use the most, need to be more portable, more personal and dramatically easier to use than any PC has ever been.”

That view is unsurprising given that the iPad is now outselling Apple’s Macintosh computers and was the company’s second-best selling product behind the iPhone last quarter, accounting for 20 percent of revenue.

Apple said it sold 172 million devices last year built on its iOS mobile operating system—the iPhone, iPad and iPod — and they accounted for more than three-quarters of Apple’s sales. Cook, echoing comments he made last month at the Goldman Sachs technology conference, expects that trend to continue as more users opt for Apple’s touch-screen tablet over Macs and other PCs, and as more developers put their time, energy and creativity into creating mobile apps.

Rival Tablets

It’s not the only one to notice the trend toward tablets. Amazon is winning over users with its Kindle Fire (5.5 million), while Google (with Android) and Microsoft (with its upcoming Windows 8 for touch-screen devices) work to lure device makers, app developers and users to their platforms.

Forrester Research yesterday boosted its forecast for tablet sales, saying it expects 112.5 million people, or 34.3 percent of U.S. adults, will own a tablet by 2016 and that consumers, most of whom use tablets today in their living room, will start taking them to work. Growth outside the U.S. will also be robust, according to Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.

“Tablets are a global phenomenon,” she said. “U.S. consumers constitute only 43% of Apple’s 55 million iPads sold through the end of its last fiscal quarter, with the rest going to consumers and enterprises in the rest of the 90 countries where the iPad is now sold.”

Cook acknowledged that more than 100 rival tablets went on the market last year, saying that’s why this is the third iteration of the iPad in two years (in fact, Jobs announced the iPad 2 almost exactly a year ago.)

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

IPad Owners are Older and More Wealthy Than Other Tablet Owners

iPad owners tend to be older and have more money, but as tablets have become more mainstream and more widely distributed, those high-end demographics are shifting. According to The NPD Group's new study more than 40 percent of iPad owners have a household income of $100 thousand or more compared to 26 percent of non-iPad owners. More recent tablet owners make less money and are younger than the early adopters, with buyers at the end of 2011 being 50 percent more likely to have an income under $45 thousand, and 33 percent more likely to be under 34 years of age. "As the demographic of the tablet owner continues to change the tablet market is beginning to take on a new role," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD. "We are seeing some of the tasks traditionally performed on devices, such as PCs, now being performed on the tablet. In fact, all five of the top activities shifted towards the tablet between early and late 2011. Yet, regardless of usage trends, the vast majority of consumers are not rejecting other devices. Only 10 percent of tablet owners have decided they don't need a PC notebook that they were once considering. This same trend is also reflected among non-tablet owners, 26 percent of whom say they are likely to buy a notebook in the next year, while just 18 percent say they will purchase a tablet. "Even as consumers increasingly use tablets for tasks that were once exclusively done on their PC, they continue to plan new PC purchases," said Baker. "Usage is still evolving and most people, being inherently conservative in their device outlook, continue to hedge their bets on their device preference by planning to maintain an array of products to afford them maximum flexibility."

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