news4mobi: July 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

Cute Android Apps for Users: Racing Moto

Cute Android Apps for Users: Racing Moto: "
Cute Android: Cute Android Apps for Users: Racing Moto

Description

Racing Moto is a fast paced racing game. You never dare drive so fast in the real world! Control your moto with incredible fast speed during traffic rush time! Also enjoy beautiful view during the journey – dessert, city, bridge, sea and forest!

Intuitive game rules:

# Tilt phone to control moto direction

# Tap screen to accelerate

Tips to win high score:

# Keep accelerating moto so that the score will be boosted. The boost factor is shown on the right top of the screen.

# Watch out indicator light. Vehicles may turn left or right.

Enjoy feeling super speedy moto racing! Please give us your feedback, rate or comment if you like this game!

Latest version: 1.0 (for all Android versions)

App on AppBrain Page

Racing Moto for Android on AppBrain

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Android Still Top OS in U.S. Smartphones, Says Nielsen

Android Still Top OS in U.S. Smartphones, Says Nielsen: "
Results of Nielsen’s recent survey regarding smartphones saw Android gaining 3 more percentage points in smartphone OS market share since the last Nielsen survey.

According to Nielsen’s data for June, Android runs on 39% of smartphones in the United States–the currently dominant smartphone operating system, apparently. Apple’s iOS follows at second place with 28% share, and Research in Motion’s Blackberry still at third place with 20% (down by 3% from last survey).

Among Android device manufacturers, HTC takes the largest share with 14%, followed by Motorola (11%), and Samsung (8%). Among all device manufacturers, Apple is lording over all others (with 28% share)–and that’s expected, since no one else produces handsets for iOS except Apple.

Nielsen’s data for June came from its survey involving 20,202 smartphone owners in the United States.

Do these survey results still come as a surprise to you?

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Quickoffice Updated To 4.1, Adds Additional Word, Excel and PowerPoint Editing Capabilities

Quickoffice Updated To 4.1, Adds Additional Word, Excel and PowerPoint Editing Capabilities: "

The folks over at Quickoffice Pro have announced that their powerful document editing and creating application has been updated to version 4.1 for devices running Android version 1.6-2.3. A welcomed addition, the application offers several new and functional features for office savvy individuals on the go.

“The Android market continues to be an exciting platform as new devices appear from various handset manufacturers,” said David Halpin, VP of engineering at Quickoffice. “We continue to seek ways to innovate essential features that will enhance, streamline and evolve consumers’ mobile Office experience. Our latest update does just that, building new and exciting capabilities into our comprehensive application.”

Among some of the powerful new features you’ll find with Quickoffice Pro are the ability to view footnotes and end notes in Word documents along with a simple “easy-to-use formula builder enhancement in Excel” In addition, there has been enhanced image rendering and improved speeds for loading documents thanks to the new cached capabilities, saving on memory and providing an overall boost in scrolling capabilities. Furthermore, you’ll now have the ability to undo/redo picture inserts and deletions on the fly. It would seem that one fact still remains, the days of being pinned at the office to your PC are long gone.

Quickpoint offers a new range of editing features, including: undo / redo for picture insertion and deletion; shape background editing; improved bullet rendering; and insert shapes and render vertical text in a presentation. For users who mostly work on Excel spreadsheets, Quickoffice Pro v4.1 features a control redesign, which lets users actively edit inline, selecting and scrolling through different cells, rather that double tapping on different cells to make edits. Combined with the new formula builder that automatically activates when users edit inline and contextual input capabilities, consumers are able to quickly and easily revise cells for a more streamlined Excel editing experience.

Back in May, with the release of Google Docs for Android, I discussed why I thought the application wasn’t ready yet as well as why I left Docs To Go for Quickoffice. As of this day, I still stand by the decision as Quickoffice has a crisp, clean and streamlined UI, it’s easy to use, syncs up with my Google Docs account and it renders beautifully on a tablet. In addition, searching for documents is as good as doing it from Google Docs online itself. If you haven’t given the app a try you can head on over to our popular apps database where you’ll also find a QR code available or you can quickly grab it from the Android Market. Hit the break for the full press release and to check out some more screen shots of the application as well. Read More…

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Quickoffice Updated To 4.1, Adds Additional Word, Excel and PowerPoint Editing Capabilities

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File Income tax return via mobile

File Income tax return via mobile: "

To perform the task on mobile, Tax Spanner has made available its popularly used application on web to file income tax returns, 'eFile by eMail', through mobile browser."

Amazon App Store updated to v1.15 - Improves stability, app compatibility checks and more

Amazon App Store updated to v1.15 - Improves stability, app compatibility checks and more: "

A new Amazon App Store update is now rolling out to users. Once updated you'll be sitting pretty at v1.15 that brings with it some nice improvements and things that should satisfy both users and developers who place their apps in there. The change log:

Feature: Improved the initiation of search
Feature: Improved app compatibility check
Feature: Improved customer feedback
Fixed: Customer reviews bug
Fixed: Periodic install failure on Android 1.6
Fixed: Rotation issues on purchase
Fixed: Force-close on repeat taps on refine button
Fixed: Search box bug
Stability *improvements*

Amazon took some heat over their feedback process and app compatibility checking recently, so the changes in the list are welcome. If you're not seeing the update as of yet, open the app up and check for updates manually -- it should show up for you after that.

UberMusic Released Into the Android Market – Custom Themes and Widgets Galore

UberMusic Released Into the Android Market – Custom Themes and Widgets Galore: "
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If you fancy yourself a music aficionado but the current crop of music players for Android just aren’t doin’ it for ya, a new challenger has entered the ring. UberMusic was just released today onto the Android Market and comes to you from the creative force behind Launcher Pro, Federico Carnales. Obviously, Mr. Carnales knows a little something about customizing and this is where UberMusic receives arguably, its biggest feature: themes. Yup, it’s possible to get 3rd party skins from the Market that will allow you to completely transform the whole UI of UberMusic, even adding custom themed widgets and an “uber” nice live wallpaper. So if you have always been into the look of say, the Zune music player (guilty!), you can finally have your cake and eat it too.

UberMusic is available right now in the Android Market for $3.50 and if you’re one of “those types” that doesn’t like paying for their apps or simply can’t because of your region, Mr. Carnales mentioned today via Twitter that a free version of the app could be in the works.

[Via Engadget and Twitter]
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Gmail update brings custom notifications, better sync for battery life, picture options, new actions

Gmail update brings custom notifications, better sync for battery life, picture options, new actions: "

Better syncing, better notification options lead the way

Gmail's just gotten itself a beautiful little update, and the changes are some we've been wanting for some time. In handy bullet form, the changes are:

You can choose which mail to sync to help save on battery life. Have a bunch of labels? You can choose which ones to keep synced, and which ones you want to update automatically.
For the labels you're keeping synced, you can set custom notifications. That includes whether to receive notifications, which ringtone you want to use for which label, whether to vibrate when a label gets an e-mail, and if you want it to only notify you on the first new e-mail.
Know how if there's an image embedded in an e-mail, you must tell it to display the image -- on each and every single e-mail? That "feature" has blessedly been changed so that you can tell it to always display images from a particular sender -- just like in desktop gmail.
There's "new options for message options." When you go to the settings area of gmail -- and notice it's been split into "general preferences" along with individual account preferences -- you'll see "Message actions." You can choose to always show them, or show only in portrait, or only in landscape. Nice.
Plus, "performance enhancements."

There you have it. Pretty big improvements, if you ask us. Update your app now and give it a whirl, or check out a few more screen shots after the break.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Twitter for Android bumped to v2.1.2 - Minor fixes included

Twitter for Android bumped to v2.1.2 - Minor fixes included: "

It might not be the biggest update in the world, it's an update to a widely used application. If you hit the Android Market right now, you'll find Twitter for Android is now sitting at v2.1.2 with some minor changes listed in the log:

Updates account settings.
Updates translations for currently supported languages.
Many more improvements and bug fixes.

So, no drastic changes but I'm sure it will address some issues users were experiencing, whatever they were. Download link is beyond the break for anyone who hasn't update or tried Twitter for Android yet.

Thanks, Joshua!

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Hungry Birds (FULL & FREE)

Hungry Birds (FULL & FREE): "Check out This Featured Game HUNGRY BIRDS - Unlocked FULL version for FREE!
An addictive game with 66 levels of brain puzzles. You're a mother-bird which need to take care your chicks, they need to be fed with maggots.

Every level has a one solution, you need to figure it out.
If you move the wrong maggot, you can find yourself stuck.
You can easily start over the level through Menu.

Funny animated birds, and sounds, HOURS of playing and FUN! Move screen by sliding or by virtual keys.
if you like puzzles, you MUST have this game! it is really a great one! Based on wide-known Sokoban Game.

** SPECIAL EDITION: All 66 levels are Unlocked! (FREE)

Best android games, Top 25 android games, recommended android game for kids and adults, best free games, unlocked, no angry birds inside, only hungry birds.

* This is NOT Angry Birds.
* You can't fly.

Recent changes:
* Added funny bird sounds. Can be muted through Menu."

Quick sms

Quick sms: "This app works only in India.
Quickway2sms application is a utility application.
It helps the user to send sms via the portal with out going through website. This application is not made keeping chatting in mind. It is best suitable for a scarce situation like (no message offer),(get the most out of your gprs :P),(a quick sms). The look and feel of the app is very basic,further enhancements will be made on the users request..

Adress your feedback at my blog post (dtintruder.wordpress.com)"

gAppsLauncher for Android

gAppsLauncher for Android: "

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Tired of having to search different Google services through your mobile browser? Tired of not being able to unify all applications of the big G in one place?

With gAppsLauncher, you can join all applications and web services of Google into a...

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Dolphin browser for tablet unveiled

Dolphin browser for tablet unveiled: "On of the most talked about browsers on Android gets a tablet version as well but as of now only the beta prevails."

Limit Your Call is perfect for prepaid Android users

Limit Your Call is perfect for prepaid Android users: "

Prepaid isn’t what it used to be. Back in the mid-2000s it was mainly a means for the credit-deprived to get cell phone service. Since then it has evolved into a low-cost alternative to postpaid cellular service. Many carriers are even starting to add smartphones, including Android handsets. There are many limitations on prepaid that you don’t have on postpaid. One of them involves voice minutes. If you go over your minutes on postpaid you might have to pay overages, but on prepaid you’re cut off. That’s why an app such as Limit Your Calls is so essential for any prepaid Android user.

The app can keep your call times in check in a number of ways. You can receive notifications at certain intervals, until you’ve reached your limit. Once you’ve reached that limit, you can keep going, with the knowledge that you need to end the call ASAP, or you can just have the app hang up. I kind of find this hilarious. Just mid-conversation, boom, the call ends. But hey, it will make sure that you have enough minutes to get you through the month, or however long it is before you have to add minutes again.

If you’re a prepaid Android user who doesn’t have an unlimited plan, or even if you’re a postpaid user who wants to avoid overages, you can get Limit Your call from the Market for free.

Via Android Police.

This post originated at AndGeeks.com - home to all things Android! Also a great source of info about Android Phones.

Limit Your Call is perfect for prepaid Android users
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Mozilla To Develop An Operating System On Cloud

Mozilla To Develop An Operating System On Cloud: "

Mozilla has unveiled plans to develop a new operating system based on the web, using cloud computing as the foundation of the platform. The plan is to create something similar to Chrome from Google, but to compete with Android in phones and tablets.

The company reported it on Tuesday. Mozilla says the idea is to create a fully web-based Operating System which can serve as a definitive tool for developers of web apps.

cloud operating system Mozilla To Develop An Operating System On Cloud

Dr. Andrea Gal, one of the researchers behind the project, said that the proposed operating system is to fill the space that prevents developers create web applications that are as good as the native IOS or to Android, for example.

The site “The Register” also says that the cloud computing project is still far to complete, but the proposal is very solid and Mozilla have good hope that works out.

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Labelbox for Android

Labelbox for Android: "

Labelbox

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Labelbox is now available for Android devices! iPhone users loved us, and we achieved one million downloads in 25 days, as well as hitting number one in 46 countries. We are bringing the same experience to Android users.

Labelbox is a simple,...

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Google Search Results Now Shows PAGE RANKS (PR) of Pages

Google Search Results Now Shows PR of Pages: "

It was just a minute ago when I saw the update on Google Search. I was searching something and suddenly, I noticed the new icon added beside search results.

It wasn’t the ordinary Google +1 Icon and nor the Google Preview Icon. The new icon is like a butterfly with some numerical in the middle of it. The icon is meant to show PR of pages.

Now we don’t have to wait for 6 months or some non-definite age to know the Page Rank of pages. This is really an important update from Google and perhaps, we are the first on web to break the news.

See the Screenshot :

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We have shared the Hottest news and now its your time to make it viral. Please share it with your friends.

Update : It seems that Google has rolled back the feature. Maybe, it was under Test when we captured it. Hope to see it available soon.

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Angry Birds update adds 15 new "Mine and Dine" levels

Angry Birds update adds 15 new "Mine and Dine" levels: "

Just when you thought those birds were overcoming their anger issues, developer Rovio has released an update for Angry Birds, adding 15 new levels to the wildly popular game. Version 1.6.2 brings the birds underground in search of burrowing pigs in the new "Mine and Dine" episode. If you're still in the throws of Angry Bird addiction, or just bored with playing the same old levels over and over again, hit the Market link below to grab the update.

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Samsung Galaxy Skin – The Future of Android Phones [Concept]

Samsung Galaxy Skin – The Future of Android Phones [Concept]: "
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As much as I wanted to title this post “BREAKING: Leaked Pics of the Samsung Galaxy S 3″ I refrained myself. Either way, this is still pretty impressive. Normally, I’m completely against concept phones. I think they’re silly. Yes, they always look sexy, but in the end will do nothing but give you tech-balls (no need to explain). The reason I’m posting this concept phone in particular is because there has been a lot of technical advancements in terms of flexible AMOLED displays and flexible lithium ion batteries these past few months. So, while we’re still probably around 10 or 20 years away from actually making a phone like this possible — I mean, c’mon. It’s pretty damn cool. Just grab a towel and drool over these pics for the next 5 minutes.

[Via YankoDesign]
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Quick Heal Mobile Security

Quick Heal Mobile Security: "Quick Heal Mobile Security for Android safeguards your Android device from viruses, malwares, malicious applications and personal information loss. This mitigates a considerable amount of risk from the vulnerability that an open platform like Android is prone to. It is a complete security solution that offers a host of features to protect you and your phone from viruses, identity theft, unwanted calls, and text messages. It also helps you locate your stolen or lost phone.

Features:
Virus Protection - Provides automatic real-time virus and spyware scans with optional manual scan. This assures automatic protection from all kinds of malware threats. It also scans applications before those get installed on the mobile. In case you have to use somebody’s memory card then the anti-virus engine scans the memory card first before any data transfer. The intelligent anti-virus automatically updates itself for new virus definitions. The software provides a high degree of flexibility allowing you to use your mobile while the scan runs in the background.

Call Filtering – This feature enables you to block unwanted calls. It is accentuated by a silent blocking action. It also helps you in configuring a Black List or White list of numbers.

SMS Blocking – With this feature you can silently block unwanted SMSs. You can also scan links in messages and filter infected links.

SMS Spam Protection – You can filter unwanted SMS, block spam SMS text messages from unknown senders and easily configure Black and White lists.

Data Protection - In case the mobile phone is stolen and carries sensitive data, you can:
• Lock the phone access remotely
• Wipe the data remotely by sending predefined SMS
• Configure selective data to wipe-out like Contacts, SMS or folders

Anti-Theft – This powerful feature enables:
• Remote Locking – blocks usages of your phone if it is lost or stolen
• Mobile Tracking - helps you find your lost or stolen phone
• SIM Change Notification – if the SIM is changed, the new number will be sent to owner’s alternate mobile
• Mobile Lock on SIM Card Change – if your Smartphone's SIM card is removed after it is stolen, Quick Heal mobile Security for Android will block usage of your mobile phone

The nature of the Android platform makes it one of the most versatile yet most vulnerable to various malwares and data theft. Try Quick Heal Mobile Security for your mobile phone and experience the security and performance packed in elegantly designed mobile application.

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Quick Heal Mobile Security for Android safeguards your Android device from viruses, malwares, malicious applications and personal information loss. This mitigates a considerable amount of risk from the vulnerability that an open platform like Android is prone to. It is a complete security solution that offers a host of features to protect you and your phone from viruses, identity theft, unwanted calls, and text messages. It also helps you locate or trace your stolen or lost phone."

10 Best Android Phones Worth Buying

10 Best Android Phones Worth Buying: "

Across the world Android smartphones have challenged Symbian powered smartphones in last one year. Symbian was earlier undisputed leader in the global mobile market in high-end smartphones. Now there are vast range of Android phones available in the market and more devices are yet to hit the market. Choosing the best Android phone is becoming tough gradually. Well, no need to worry. Here we have compiled a list of Ten Best Android Phones.

10 Best Android Phones

HTC EVO 4G

It is a Taiwan made smartphone boasting exquisite features. It is also one of the most potent phones on Android. HTC EVO 4G is the first device that is supporting 4G connectivity. 4G connectivity is still to hit in many countries, but the handset is doing well as a whole in terms of sales.

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HTC EVO 4G has 4.3 inches TFT display screen and is equipped with 8 MP of camera to give it a significant edge if compared to other Android phones of same range. It was the top Android phone in 2010.

Buy HTC EVO 4G

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S

The success story of Android market got a boost with the launch of Samsung I9000 Galaxy S. Mounted with 4 inches super AMOLED screen, the phone offers best readability in sunlight.

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S 10 Best Android Phones Worth Buying

Super AMOLED screen has worked as the main USP of the device and it matches to iPhone4′s Retina display quality. The phone has 1GHz RAM Cortex A8 1GHz processor that speeds the phone’s operations. As of now, Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is one of the best proven Android phones in the market so far.

Buy Samsung I9000 Galaxy S

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Launched in March 2010, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is also a good Android phone. It is powered by Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU and that is considered to be the best available processor till now in the global mobile market. The phone has 4 inches TFT display screen with some of the best multimedia features for which Sony is known in the market. It also has 8 MP camera following its counterparts.

Buy Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

LG Optimus One

Optimus One is said to be a big league of LG’s smartphones by the company. So far it is one of the best selling smartphones for LG. It is economically price tagged and has exquisite features. Run on Anroid 2.2 Froyo, the phone has been one of the best Android phones in 2010. It can also be upgraded to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Optimus One has sleek body design and has robust connectivity.

Buy LG Optimus One

HTC Desire Z

Professional Android fans always liked HTC Desire Z as it is loaded with several business features such as bringing all e-mails into one inbox. The phone has S LCD capacitive touch screen equipped with 5 MP camera. It has standard connectivity options and the memory is expandable up to 32 GB. Due to its attractive pricing, the phone is also in the top selling Android phones.

Buy HTC Desire Z

Google Nexus One

Known as one of the fastest selling Android device, Google Nexus One boasts 3-D graphics accelerator that gives a significant edge to it over other Android phones. It uses Android 2.1 OS and supports HD Video recording. It runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250.1 GHz processor. Last year, Google Nexus One was on of the best Android phones.

Buy Google Nexus One

Motorola Droid

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This is the best Android phone for those who are looking for a sleeker design with slide out QWERTY keypad. It is the thinnest of all Android phones in the market. It has 3.7 inches touch-screen and was one of the best selling Android phones last year.

Buy Motorola Droid

HTC Hero

This has been again one of the most sold Android phone last year. The Android interface of HTC Hero is the main USP. The sense interface of HTC sense of HTC Hero is one of the best in the market. The device has 3.2 inches capacitive touch screen with Teflon coated body to give it a solid feel. It has multi-touch gestures with 5 MP camera to take sharp pictures.

Buy HTC Hero

MicroMax Andro A60

Very recently Micromax has rolled out high end handsets. Andro A60 is its first Android phone and also it is the cheapest of all the Android phones in the market.

Buy MicroMax Andro A60

Google Nexus S

This phone is one that will break all the records this year and would emerge as the top Android phone of 2011. Google Nexus S is the first handset that is run on the latest OS of Android – Gingerbread. It has 1GHz Cortex A8 processor i.e. Hummingbird processor. The device supports Near Field Communication (NFC).

Buy Google Nexus S

Are you still using some boring phone which lacks features … ??? Then what are you waiting for. Grab one of these Best Android Phones above and share your experience with it.

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