Install Apps on Android

If you are using an Android smartphone, you will definitely want to know how to install apps on Android. There are certain applications that you will want to have on your Android phone. But as a beginner you find it difficult to install or uninstall the apps.

In this article, we will give you the information about how to install apps on Android. We are sure you will this information useful.
How to Install Apps on Android

The best way to download an install an app on Android is to use the Android Marketplace. It is similar to iPhone store. The Android marketplace is a repository containing many different apps. Many different developers develop the apps and upload to the Android marketplace for others to use. Some of the apps are free, while others are paid.

Installing Android Applications

To install apps on your Android device, use the following steps:
1- Go to the Applications Menu, and open the Android Marketplace.
2- From here you can find the desired application. You can search for your desired app or you can browse to find the desired app.
3- Each application has a rating and description. You can choose your app based on these.
4- Click on the application you are interested in. Then click the Install button towards the bottom of the screen. 
5- To install the application, you have to agree to the terms.

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Samsung Google Nexus S

Hardware configuration

It has the core hardware and software combination and this phone is blazingly fast considering the animations, touch response and general frame rate on everything seems to be cranked closer to the environs of the IPhone 4.

This phone consists of ARM Cortex A8 1GHz (Humming-Bird) processor core by which you will experience zipping around on the handset with fluid and natural feeling. 512 MB RAM adds the swiftness to Samsung Google Nexus S.

Display and User Interface

Nexus S has a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 16M colors measuring screen 4 inches with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The touch input supports multiple touch and its screen oleo-phobic which means that your fingerprints embedded on the screen during typing would be wiped off within a second.

The UI has also been nipped and tucked all over the place, with icons and navigational elements taking on more of a buffed glass feel. With proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Three-axis gyro sensor makes this gadget good choice for its display properties. When the phone goes to sleep, there’s an effect of an old cathode ray TV being switched off, and even something as innocuous as the phone dialer has been refined.

Camera

Samsung Google Nexus S is equipped with an autofocus 5 MP camera that allows you to take pictures in 2560 x 1920 pixels; it is also embedded with LED flash for poor lighting conditions.

It supports geo-tagging and automated social network content posting. It is capable of recording WVGA videos with a frame rate of 720p@30fps. There is also a secondary VGA camera for video calling. Switching from the front camera to the rear camera takes minimal hunting and pecking.

Memory

This phone has an internal storage capacity of 16 GB, but unfortunately there is no support for additional expansion of memory though it doesn’t have a slot for an external memory card (Micro SD). However, it has a dedicated 512 MB for those who like to multitask or play a lot games from Android Market.

Entertainment

Samsung Google Nexus S has integrated social networking, which will never let you left alone and will always make you hang-out with your friends. It also supports MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC for audio and MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 formats for video entertainment. 3.5 mm audio jack is also built-in.

Connectivity and Battery life

It supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA, 3G networks with HSDPA 2100 / HSDPA 900, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and many more other connectivity preferences. It works on a Li-Ion 1500 mAh which can support GSM: 14h / 3G: 7h of talktime and GSM: 713h / 3G: 428h of stand-by time.

For more details, visit http://www.google.com/nexus.

Apple’s iPad vs its Competitors

It’s been almost a year since Apple released the iPad and we’re less than a week away from the unveiling of the iPad 2, and still there’s no competition.

There are a few very good reasons for Apple’s success and why its competitors are finding it difficult to gain any traction against the king of digital devices. There’s the infrastructure, the combination of hardware and software, and the fact that its competitors are content to settle for second best.

Let’s look at these separately.

Apple didn’t invent the tablet, but it did popularize the concept and how it fits into our lifestyle. Clearly the evidence of this is that every tablet announced or released since the iPad looks just like it.

The fact that every company making a tablet is trying to compete with what Apple offers means that they aren’t looking to make something better than the iPad. They are just trying to catch up. Apple has done everything it can to make sure they are No. 1 in the tablet market, but the competition is ensuring they will stay there.

There’s a saying in hockey: Don’t go to where the puck is, go to where the puck is going to be. Nobody is willing to make a bet on where the market is going to be, so they go to where the market is and, right now, Apple controls the puck.

Until someone decides to step outside of Apple’s shadow, they will never be better than No. 2. That’s where the fight is right now.

Since the tablets are all very similar, how do companies set themselves apart? It’s not the operating system. No matter how good Google makes Honeycomb, the fact is, almost every company out there will be using it.

HP has an interesting offering with WebOS. From everyone I’ve spoken with, WebOS has the biggest potential to be a hit among consumers. However, HP wasn’t exactly forthcoming with detailed information during its TouchPad event, so it’s hard to know where the product will land once pricing information is available.

Motorola has the Xoom, but so far the reviews haven’t been the best. Honestly, I’m not sure consumers will flock to Motorola anymore, certainly not like they did in the days of the RAZR.

Even if Apple’s competitors were able to get past the hardware and operating system issues, there is still one component that can’t be overcome—the infrastructure.

On the other hand, Apple controls the operating system and hardware. If Apple makes advances in iOS, they are Apple’s to share with their customers and nobody else.

There are two companies that stand out in the tablet market that make their own hardware and operating systems: HP and RIM. The problem is that they haven’t done anything.

RIM announced its PlayBook last September; they announced the PlayBook 4G in January; and they announced the PlayBook 4G LTE, HSPA+ and Mobile WiMAX models in February. So far, not one has hit the market. I think RIM needs to settle down and ship something.

Apple didn’t create the iPad in a year or two. They have been working on it for almost a decade. Around the same time they started working on the iPad, they released iTunes, which created a music and video foundation that continues to dominate today.

With iTunes and the ability for users to purchase music, movies, TV shows, and educational content, Apple is giving its users a one-stop shop. Buy, download, sync, and take everything with you.

If you add the App Store to that equation, Apple has the bases covered. There doesn’t seem to be a piece of the puzzle that’s missing.

Over the next six months, iPad competitors will be coming, and there will be a lot of them. Unfortunately for them, as they release some worthy competitors to the iPad 1, Apple will be releasing the iPad 2 and then moving on to the iPad 3.

Apple’s R&D is already years ahead. It’s hard to imagine that they will be brought down anytime soon.

For More info visit their respective websites

Company: Apple   Website: apple.com/ipad

Company:Google Website:code.google.com/android

New Dell Smartphones: Flash, Lightning and Thunder

Last year Dell revealed that in 2010 they would try to establish themselves in the smartphone market, up until now I wouldn’t say they were established, however three recently unveiled Dell smartphones may help the cause.

These new handsets are the Dell Flash, Lighning and Thunder, later on today we will look all three handset in more detail, for now we will just highlight some of the most useful information.

The Dell Flash is an Android-based handset, it will run the Android 2.2 (Froyo), this handset will feature a 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 3.5 inch display.

The Dell Lightning is a slider handset which will run Windows Phone 7, it combines a full QWERTY keyboard with a 5 megapixel camera, it also features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4.1 inch OLED display and will be upgradeable to support LTE networks.

Finally the Dell Thunder is in my opinion a great-looking handset, this is another Android 2.2 (Froyo) based handset, however features a better camera and screen than the Lightning, this handset features a 4.1 inch OLED display, an 8 megapixel camera along with “Flash 10.1 support with an integrated web video Hulu app”.

As mentioned earlier we will look at the handsets in more detail later today, for now drool over the impressive looking photos below.

Which handset do you like the look of the most?

Android 3.0

Its a tablet only version and is much different from the one released for mobile devices named as Gingerbread.

In ongoing mega event CES 2011 at Los Vegas, Google has come up with a new version of its android OS named as Honeycomb.

Just to mention that after Mobilink’s Galaxy Tablet launch, we may see more tablets makings their way to Pakistan. Galaxy Tab is powered by Android OS 2.2 (froyo), while We are yet to ascertain the possibility Galaxy’s OS up-gradation.

The feature getting the most buzz, as you know, is support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1. This will be included in Android 2.2 on new devices and available as plug-in for devices that upgrade to the new OS. It relies on an API in the new Android and cannot be installed in older versions. Engadget has a thorough rundown of what to expect, including a Q&A with Anup Murarka of Adobe’s Mobile and Devices team.

Some Features of Android OS 3 (Honeycomb)

The UI looks nothing like earlier versions of Android. However, multiple home-screens still exist and will shelter application shortcut icons and widgets.

The widgets also seem to be redesigned, making better use of the larger screen area as compared to a smartphone. The browser looks a lot more like Google’s Chrome browser on PCs, with tabs that occupy the top-most row.

There’s also a Google eBooks app with the same page-flipping animations seen on the iPad.

Another design aspect “inspired” from the iPad’s UI is the new Gmail app, which shows a message list in one pane, while the actual message in the pane next to it.

And  the most killer feature of the mobile OS is its Google Talk Video chat compatibility. That’s going to be a huge stab at Apple’s FaceTime, which currently works only on some iOS devices and Macs.

Google Talk’s video plugin works in any browser, thus with all popular OSes (Windows, Linux, Mac). So, this will not only enable video-conferencing from one Android tablet to another, but also from any Honeycomb tablet to any computer. We hope the same thing comes for smartphones soon!

Lastly, the new Google Maps 5.0 that was shown off last month with its 3D panning mode and other cool features were also shown in the video posted at the android’s youtube channel