Yearly Archives: 2010

Motorola i886 iDEN Android Phone Specs And Price

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With the recent boom in smartphone popularity around the world and especially in the developed world, variety and uniqueness are two factors that mobile phone manufacturers are currently seeming to work on now to cater to all segments of the market, and have a device available for everyone's needs! The all new Motorola iDen i886 Android phone is a rather uniquely designed phone that sports dual keyboards and despite looking somewhat similar to Nokia’s N90 communicator, has its own personality. As always, we're bringing you its spec sheet and price information, so read on after the jump to learn more. Read More

How To: Root T-Mobile HTC G2

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Rooting a cell phone is always beneficial for users as it allows them to totally take over their device’s every nook and corner. As far as our knowledge is concerned, every Android device falls to able hands of a hackers and underground developers at forums like XDA etc. The latest victim of root is much hyped and famous, HTC T-Mobile G2. Android developer and hacker. Hendusoone, has acquired Root of T-Mobile G2 with pushing a .bin image file through ADB. The interesting aspect of this root is that the Bin file used is the same that was earlier rendered in rooting of Motorola Droid 2 through ADB. According to the root discoverer, the rooting is still temporary and you might have to re-root your HTC G2 every time you restart. Here are the step by step rooting instructions straight and unaltered from XDA:

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Create Your Cloud Storage Or Use Amazon S3 Storage With Unilium

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Unilium offers a cloud storage based safeguard to help users in protecting precious data files. The idea behind is to let user create independent cloud and to address online cloud storage limitations by offering an intuitive mechanism in which files and folders can be safeguarded on different storage planes. It let users create their own cloud storage on disks and USB devices with an option of using online cloud storage (Amazon) as well. You can select the type of data to be saved on cloud storage, for instance, storing one hefty video file on an online cloud can be expensive and relatively slow, you can also choose whether to upload to cloud storage or save on local cloud based volumes. Read More

Astro File Manager vs. EStrongs File Explorer vs. Dual File Manager [Best Android App]

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File management is something Android phones are currently missing by default. One of the first things user do is to search for a good 3rd party file manager app after purchasing a brand new Android device. In this post, we have reviewed three of the best file managers currently available in Android Market which will definitely help you in making a better choice. Read More

Join / Combine Multiple Text Files With Text File Joiner

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Text File Joiner is a straightforward application for joining a set of text files. Joining multiple files becomes necessary when you’re dealing with a large number of text files which are related with each other. Since manually joining their content is a tiresome job, as one has to perform copy & paste operations multiple times to join files together. Text File Joiner brings ease in such situations by offering you an instant way for joining files in bulk. Read More

Embed AdMob Ads In Your Windows Phone 7 Applications

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Admob is so popular among mobile developers that almost every free application for either Android or iPhone, has advertisements from this service. It is a common way to monetize the free applications and earn quick bucks. Developers who are now planning to develop apps for Windows Phone 7 will be disappointed to find out that it is almost impossible to get UserAgent and External IP address, both of which are required by AdMob. In short, the ability to monetize is simply not present in the initial release of WP7. Read More

Samsung Galaxy S Continuum Price And Specifications

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It seems as if mobile Phone manufacturers are running out of names for their new cell phone production lines. We have seen Fascinate, Captivate, San Francisco etc, but Samsung has surpassed all nomenclature for mobiles limitations by naming a new Galaxy S line phone, Samsung Continuum (I literally had to consult a dictionary to confirm if something like continuum existed!). The name aside, the Continuum is Verizon's variant of the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S series and seems pretty high-end based on the details that have surfaced so far. Read on for the spec sheet and price information. Read More

Desktop Notification Tool For Google Calendar Events

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Looking for an awesome desktop notifier for events scheduled in Google calendar? Atchoo is a simple, smart, and elegant desktop notification tool that is both straightforward and easy to use. Earlier, we covered two tools for the same purpose, Gminder (for accessing and notifying of any Google Calendar events) and GCal Notifier (minimalist Google Calendar notifier). What makes Atchoo stand out is the eye candy notification alert showing Google Calendar event along with options to Dismiss or Snooze it for specified time interval. Read More

Check Servers / Hosts Status From Your Android Phone

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Longtime readers will notice that we have covered countless desktop applications for checking the status of servers. Such applications ping a set of IP addresses at user-defined intervals to see if the server responds. If the server does not respond, it automatically alerts you. The only problem is that you have to remain glued to the screen. If you want to stay updated with the services running on your servers when out of office, HostEye is an app you should have on your Android device. It basically keeps a status check of all the services running on your servers. So now you have a keen eye on your servers no matter you’re physically present or not. Read More

Search Definitions, Videos, Pictures, And Sounds From Multiple Sources With Wikitup

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Wikitup is a search engine which aims to bring ease in searching the widely-common content (videos, images, articles, etc) from your desktop. Every so often, we need to search for a particular video or image,  look up meaning of complex words/phrases, and translate a document into our native language. This application caters to most celebrated searching platforms to show results for specified search keywords under one window. It fetches content from multiple websites, for images it uses Google Images and Flickr, for videos it uses YouTube and Veoh, and results from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are shown against word/phrase or article search. Since it features Google Translate service, you can translate on the fly. Read More

Test Your Touch Screen After Buying An Android Phone

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How would you test the touch screen of your Android phone? Keeping in mind that manufacturers are racing to fulfill the demand of Android phones worldwide, there are chances that some of them might get shipped with touch screen related defects. It is always recommended to test your device thoroughly before the warranty expires. You can simply test your Android phone’s screen parameters and multi touch ability by using Touch Test. The app shows pointers and trails that are supported by the OS and hardware, making it useful for both end users and developers. Some multi touch screens can only support up to two touch points. Read More

Smart Taskbar For Android Brings Quick Launch / Fast App Switching

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There has always been a debate about which mobile platform handles multitasking better, Android or iOS. Being a regular Android user, I can assure you that even if you're not overly impressed with Android's stock task manager, there are plenty of apps out there that put you in control over the way in which tasks should be handled. Hence, if you are you looking for a faster way to launch your apps on Android, want to free up your home screen for more widgets, or don’t want to press the applications button too frequently, then Smart Taskbar is a quick solution for the above mentioned scenarios. This app has built in app organizer functions with speedy launch spots giving you a true multi-tasking experience. That is, by hitting a ubiquitous arrow at the right edge of your device's screen, you can recall your personalized task manager whenever you want. Read More

Chrome OS Ported And Installed Successfully On iPad

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Porting one OS to another machine which is initially not manufactured for carrying any other OS than it’s own, is a pretty popular phenomenon nowadays. We have seen seemingly impossible getting done with Android ported to HD2 and quite recently, MeeGo implanted on a number of Android based devices. We also witnessed Android going to iPhone with a simple one-click utility, iPhodroid. Read More

Vodafone 945 Android Phone Price And Specifications

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Vodafone has just released the new branded Vodafone 945 Android handset that might quite likely be the successor to Vodafone 845. The phone is a complete touch screen Android 2.1 Eclair device, likely developed by ZTE to be sold by Vodafone under their own brand name. Interested in the detailed specs? We have those right after the jump. Read More

Project Schedule Is Free Android Project Management App

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Project Managers are always looking to plan, organize, secure and manage resources using different PC/Mac Softwares. Having a defined beginning and end is key to any kind of project, be it small or large. Continuous strive to achieve your organization's long-term goals, in general, and the short-term objectives, in particular, is key to carrying out company tasks effectively, and a well-devised project plan is the best way to reach there successfully. You may already be using some sort of a desktop-based project management application to plan, monitor and manage your projects, but what if you were to keep a close tab on all the matters on-the-move?  Project Schedule is a simple project management app for Android phones that supports scheduling of tasks in Gantt chart and export them to CSV file. Read More

AddictiveTips v2.0 Coming Soon!

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Apologies for the lack of posts lately. After designing AddictiveTips v2.0 for over a month, it is finally starting to come together. The next version of our design will be more social and user-friendly. While I keep myself busy on AddictiveTips v2.0, you will continue to see Android apps reviews by Saad and perhaps some freeware reviews by Usman. The Mobile section will also remain up-to-date which is managed by Ali. There are some interesting changes coming in the next redesign which will go live in 2nd week of October (if everything goes according to the plan) so I will hold off the surprises for now. Read More

Verizon HTC ADR6325 Merge Specifications

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As the story of Android continues to unfolds with more and more devices being released almost every few days, there is yet another Verizon bound Android handset caught on the camera running HTC Sense UI  and hence unmistakably manufactured by HTC, that might soon become the latest to join the Android spectrum.  The phone is speculated to be HTC Merge, with a model number ADR6325. The phone seems to be equipped with one of the best 4 Row QWERTY slider keyboard to date. For detailed specs and more information, continue reading after the break. Read More