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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Dell Thunder: Review and New Video

The Dell Streak has only just been released, but we have a full preview of Dell’s next big smartphone set to hit the market. It is called the Dell Thunder and Engadget has managed to obtain a couple of prototype devices before release.

Over on their website, they have given us an early review of the device, since it is not expected to release until sometime next year. As with the Dell Streak, the Thunder is another Android device, and is set to ship with Android 2.1, although this could be upgraded to 2.2 closer to release.

Engadget has given us detailed information on the hardware, the 4.1-inch display screen, software and performance. For those of you who don’t want to read the whole thing, they have also included a great video, giving you a recap of key features for the Thunder, in around 3 minutes of footage.

It may be a while until we hear any sort of official information on the Dell Thunder, so this detailed preview by Engadget is the best you’re going to get at the moment.

New Dell phones and Tablets in 2011: Release and Specs

It seems like we have a bit of de ja vu on our hands here, as you may remember us telling you about another Dell leak last year which revealed handsets in a similar fashion. A new roadmap leak has revealed upcoming smartphones and tablets that the company are planning to release.

As reported from Engadget, roadmap images have been acquired by Android Central and WPCentral and it shows a healthy collection of handsets which the computer giant are planning to bring to market throughout the rest of the year. It looks like Dell has something to show off at Mobile World Congress after all!

On the smartphone side of things, handsets revealed include the Dell Wrigley – a ‘next gen’ Windows Phone 7 handset with specs thought to be a 4-inch display screen, 1Ghz processor, 8 megapixel camera and 720p video recording. Next up is the Dell Hancock, which is looking to be one of the first handsets out to run on Android Ice Cream – Google’s successor to Honeycomb. Features include a dual-core processor and dual cameras.

Finally, we have the Dell Millenium which is meant to be hitting during the fourth quarter of 2011. Specs include Android Ice Cream, a large 4.3-inch display screen and dual-core processors.

Ready for more? The roadmaps also revealed Dell’s 2011 plans as far as tablets are concerned, and it looks like first up will be an April release for the Dell Gallo – a tablet which will be packing Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Other tablets have been mentioned for CES 2012, and titles include the Dell Opus One, Silver Oak, and the Dell Peju which is apparently a Windows 8 tablet – exciting stuff.

Which device are you most looking forward to? You can check out the full details of all of the leaks over at Engadget. We have to say that the Dell Hancock and Dell Peju tablet are the most appealing to us, especially since it will be running brand new software in Android Ice Cream and Windows 8 respectively. Stay tuned for more news.

On a side note, whatever happened to the Dell Thunder? You may remember it was a handset that was thrusted into the limelight after it’s initial leak. Check out a video of the handset in the wild below if you haven’t seen it yet.

Nokia C7

Nokia C7 is highly conventional, polished stainless steel and glass handset with an integrated slim and sleek touch screen. It is basically an impressive Smartphone that has a full touch glass display and integrated social networks that add to the handset’s multiple benefits.

Backed by thousands of applications through Ovi Store and customizable home screens, the users are bound to give in to this tempting sensation by Nokia Mobiles. With an integrated 8 megapixels camera and a High Definition (HD) video, this Smartphone is expected to make a profound impact on the market with its launch.

Following is the first image of C7, which ever went live.

Display and Design:

The new Nokia C7 is integrated with a new Symbian^3 operating technology and is packed with high end system and features that make the handset all the more tempting. The display of the handset is a 3.5 inches high resolution touch screen. This smartphone measures only 10.5mm thickness and with a form factor of sleek and slim design, the overall design with multiple options along with social networking sites makes the handset highly beneficial and all the more alluring for its consumers.

Memory and memory cards:

Nokia C7 has an internal storage area of 8GB, 256 RAM, 1GD ROM and a MicroSD memory card slot as well that supports up to 32GB storage data and a maximum of 40GB, but for the memory fan lovers, you should check out Nokia X6 Review, that phone contains 32 GB of internal memory, however, when compared to C7, it has an older version of operating system.

The handset supports practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields and provides with Photocall featured service as well. Nokia C7 entails call records with complete information over max 30 days duration.

Battery:

This Nokia C7 mobile is supported with an external hardware battery of BL-5K 1200 mAH Li-ion battery that provides with a maximum talk time duration of 576 minutes on GSM and up to 318 minutes on WCDMA. On the other hand, it supports with a maximum stand-by time duration of up to 555hours on GSM and up to 656hours on WCDMA. Further, Nokia C7 supports with video playback duration of 6.5hours, video recording time of up to 3.8hours, and music playback duration of 54 hours on offline mode.

USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi:

With complete support network of Class 32 on both GPRS and EDGE, Nokia C7 provides with various connectivity options. On a 3G handset, the user can benefit with HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps, and HSUPA, 2 Mbps along with WLAN support of Wi-Fi 802.11 b,g,n. The handset provides with Bluetooth support as well with v3.0 with A2DP while the USB support is based on a scale of microUSB v2.0 and USB on-the-go support.

Camera:

Nokia C7 is integrated with an impressive feature of 8 megapixel camera that seems to be highly beneficial for any user who wouldn’t even need a digital camera with this Smartphone, this is huge step up from nokia previous c series phone nokia c6 which had only 5 megapixel camera. The camera in this handset provides with full screen support and 16:9 viewfinder assistance along with touch screen controls. Also, it has an in-built Dual LED flash of the 3^rd generation and provides with full focus feature as well. The camera in Nokia C7 has full recognition software and a focal length of 4.3mm. It can zoom up to 2x for any captured still images and 3x for video. There is a secondary camera as well that is a VGA and has a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. It is primarily used for video calls.

Software:

Nokia C7 is integrated with advanced software applications and features that are inclusive of detailed contact information, to-do list, notes, calculator, notes, recorder, clock, online browsing with touch control and full web browsing of online web pages.

Nokia C7 Video Review:

Not every one wants to go through the chunks fo text and find the relevant information, but worry not, you can still have the indepth detail on the phone by going through this in detailed video review for c7.

Performance Price and Conclusion:

Nokia C7 is an ultimate extravagance for all Smartphone lovers with enhanced features and serves with high end technology in all its applications. Certainly an impressive Smartphone and a must-try since it is expected to inaugurate new dimensions to the existing Smartphone realm. As far as rate is concerned, the earlier speculations have come true, Nokia C7 Price as of now is in range of 31,000 to 38,000 pkr. Price varies from retailer to retailer, a lot depends upon what region you are from.

HTC LEGEND – Follow up For HTC Hero

Terming oneself after getting hold of HTC Legend as excited will surely be an understatement!

The phone surely tempts you for almost point of no return with its sleek unibody design and a brilliant AMOLED display followed by a brushed metallic finish, the Legend is an attractive handset.

The HTC Desire, HD Mini and Smart are to follow shortly. The HTC Hero (also marketed as T-Mobile G2 Touch in the UK, Austria, Germany, Croatia, the Netherlands and Hungary, and Era G2 Touch in Poland) – it is the third device so far produced by HTC corporation for the Android  platform, as part of the A series.

Notably, it is the first phone of that series to feature a 3.5 mm audio jack, multi-touch capability, the HTC Sense user interface, and a “Lite” version of Adobe Flash.  The phone was unveiled on June 24, 2009 in London for the first time.

HTC Hero becomes HTC LEGEND by announcing new mobile HTC LEGEND in February 2010.  It is 126g phone with ergonomic dimensions of 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm supporting 16M colors for AMOLED 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen. It is loaded with new technologies like

• Sense UI
• Multi touch Support
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto rotation
• Optical Mouse Track pad

It is made with block aluminum (silver) with usual hardware buttons for android like

• Home button
• Menu button
• Back button
• Search button
• Optical mouse button / optical track ball
• Volume button (on the left side)
• Lock / unlock button (on the top)

Applications & Operating System:

The device runs Android 2.1 operating system with customized HTC home screen plug-in for HTC android devices. In latest Sense UI, pinch to zoom or window tabbing feature has added a value to the device sense UI.  Pinching on the LCD screen reveals an amazing quality as it shows 4 to 5 multiple windows on the same screen and by touch on any window will see the phone active on the screen. It’s more seems like Windows 7 Aero function of tabbing windows by pressing (Windows key + Tab key) on the keyboard.

Camera and Location based capabilities:

It has 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash light and autofocus. It is equipped with 3.5 mm stereo audio output jack on top of phone with best sound quality. It is also ready with features like Digital compass, proximity sensor, and ambient light sensor.

Multimedia Formats and features:

It support maximum multimedia formats like for playing videos it supports, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv , .avi , and for audio formats like .wav, .mp3, .aac, .amr, .mid, .wma . You can also increase its multimedia capability by installing third party applications capable of playing new audio and video formats. However, it is also enriched with multimedia function like FM radio and volume adjuster.

Connectivity Features:

Its connectivity options are surely unmatched with maximum connectivity options like WIFI, Bluetooth, HTC Sync, Exchange Servers, web emails, Micro USB 2.0, GPRS, EDGE, 3G and internet tethering sharing through USB. It offers 490 Minutes of talk time and 440 hours of standby time for GSM. However do not forget talk times are actually subjected to network and phone usage.

Make sure the Box offers the following:

• Mobile Phone
• Wired hands free Headset
• USB Charger with Plug
• USB to Micro USB port cable
• Battery
• Manuals

*Please be informed, this depends on the seller offer or also check OEM website.

Comparison of HTC LEGEND with HTC HERO

HTC LEGEND	HTC HERO
Dimensions 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm	112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm
126 gm	135 gm
AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 16M colors	TFT capacitive touch screen , 65k colors
Trackball	Optical track pad
384 MB internal RAM	288 MB internal RAM
LED Flash light	No LED flash light

Nokia 5230 Budget-friendly Entertainment Smartphone

Nokia unveiled its latest addition to the Nokia touch-phone portfolio, the Nokia 5230. It is
designed for those users who want to enjoy on-the-go-entertainment, complete control on social networking and location-based services at an easy cost.

It has surely impressed many on its debut day with its features and low cost. It had to loose some features like Wi-Fi connectivity and downgraded to a 2-megapixel camera instead of 3.2 megapixels to become pocket-friendly but still is like a gem. It runs on S60 5th Edition and offers complete entertainment-on-the-go, where it be music, videos or apps, through Nokia music store and Ovi store.

On the occasion Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia said:

Competitively priced at 149 EUR (approximately $213), we believe the Nokia 5230 is an unbeatable offer for many new customers who aspire a device that stars in music, mingles with social networks from Facebook to MySpace, navigates you to where it happens, when it happens,  and comes in an array of dazzling colors.

Following are its sepicifiactions:

• 3.2 inch touch screen display with full-screen QWERTY keyboard and handwriting recognition
• 2-megapixel camera
• A-GPS navigation and the latest version of Ovi Maps
• Memory expandable up to 16GB via a microSD card
• 33 hours of music playabck time
• Bluetooth 2.0 and a 3.5mm AV connector

For a full list of specs, check out Nokia’s Web site.

It also features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share. And an innovative Contacts bar features thumbnail images for up to 20 close friends and provides easy access to them and their communications history including emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.

Two versions will be launched, one standard version costing 149 EUR (approximately $213) and the other version Comes With Music service will be 259 EUR (approximately $371) which will let you download unlimited music from the Nokia music store. It will also include a variety of color backplates (red, pink, blue, yellow, and dark silver).

Nokia X5-01 New Gen SmartPhone

Nokia X5-01 Review: New Gen SmartPhone

Nokia X5-01 is an upcoming smartphone, which has been put under the X-Series of Nokia Mobiles and unveiled earlier in June, 2010. It is a phone with a lot of features that one would wish to have in one’s phone. The phone comes with Symbian OS 9.3.

Design:

The design is not so good and is the worst looking in the X-Series as many of the people say. The phone is completely square in shape. It comes with the dimensions of 74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm with a weight of about 129 grams.

The screen is a bit too wide as compared to the display of just 2.36”. The phone comes with a full QWERTY keypad for easy message composition. The phone will be available in five colors Yellow Green, Purple, Pink, Azure and Graphite Black will follow after a few days of its first launch. The phone comes with additional 3 labeled soft keys, Media Keys, Volume Keys and Navi™ Keys.

Telephone Experience:

The phone has a user friendly environment and has a good voice quality like many other Nokia phones. The phone provides an excellent voice quality and it is a good experience talking on this phone. The screen resolution is 320×240 pixels with a color display of 256K colors.

Nokia X5-01 provides you with social network integration like facebook and youtube. The set gives you a feature to shake the phone to check the unread messages. The battery used is Lithium Ion battery with USB charging option. The phone gives a standby time of about 384 hours on a 2G network and talk time of 384 hours on a 3G network. The phone gives a talk time of about 4 hours on a 2G network and a talk time of 3 hours and 30 minutes on a 3G network. The phone supports a music playback time of 24 hours.

Phone Management:

The phonebook allows storing numbers of contacts without any phonebook limit. The call log can store phone calls for 30 days with no limit of number of calls. The call log provides detailed information of each and every call for persons giving a number of calls every day. A complete QWERTY keypad gives you a keypad that can be used to write message with a lot of ease. The input of messages is easy with the intelligent text input.

Multimedia Quality:

Like all the models of this X-Series Mobiles, Nokia X5-01 gives the best multimedia quality. The phone gives you an excellent playback quality while you work in the foreground. The phone comes with MP3 player, WMA, WAV, eAAC player which gives an excellent playback quality no matter what the type of file is. The video players are capable of playing a number of different formats including the well-known video formats such as MP4, H.263 and H.264 videos. The phone comes with a 2.36” QVGA display on which you can enjoy good quality videos. The phone comes with Video Editor and Video Streaming options as well. The phone is also blessed with stereo FM radio.

Images and Camera:

The phone comes with a single primary camera of 5 mega pixels full focus (EDOF), 2592×1944 supported with a LED flash. The camera has 4x digital zoom. The camera gives the features of red eye reduction, self timer and auto exposure. Photo viewer gives you an option of slide show of photos making it easier to view pictures without the need to press the button. The phone gives you the feature of video recording as well.

The resolution of video recording is 640×480 pixels. Video is recorded in MPEG-4 and H.263 formats. The mobile does not have any secondary camera. The picture and video results are of high quality. The phone has an internal memory of 200 MB. The phone supports a microSD card and Nokia provides a 2GB card with the mobile phone.

Applications:

The phone includes a WAP 2.0 browser for a good experience of web surfing. The set has a number of included games and also the option of downloading games. In addition to this, the set has many social networks integrated like facebook, youtube etc.

Comparison Between Nokia C6 and X5-01:

Nokia C6 is another upcoming phone, which we shall cover in our Gadgets sections in due time, below is a face to face features comparison of both models.

Nokia C6 Specs	Nokia X5 01 Specs
Dimensions: 113 x 53 x 16.8 mm, 80 c	74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm, 113.4 cc
Weight: 150 g	129 g
Display: TFT touch screen, 16 M Color	TFT, 256 Colors
Ringtones: Mp3 Tones	Mp3 Tones
GPRS: Class32	Class 32
OS: Symbian OS v9.4	74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm, 113.4 cc
Camera: 5 MP	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, LED flash
Talk Time:	Up to $h in 2g
Bluetooth: Yes	Yes
USB: Yes	Yes
Memory: MicroSD, 16 GB	200 MB internal
Battery: Li-Ion 1200 mAH (BL -4)	Li-Po
Release Date: July 2010	3rd Quarter of 2010

Samsung Jet SmartPhone Introduced

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today unveiled the latest innovation, Samsung Jet, at a series of ‘Samsung Mobile UNPACKED’ events in London, Dubai and Singapore. Samsung Jet brings a brand new ‘Smarter than a smartphone’ concept, that supports latest smartphone features like multi-task manager and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, with user-friendly menu navigations.

Steve Han, Country Manager Samsung Pakistan explained, Jet contains technological breakthroughs, revolutionizing display technology & performance speeds. Its pioneering 16M WVGA AMOLED display screen (3.1”) provides a resolution four times higher than WQVGA screens. An 800MHz application processor delivers breathtaking speed, to this fastest full-touch handset in the market today.

Zeshan Qureshi, Head of Samsung Mobiles said, “Samsung Jet is having 800 MHz processor which makes it the fastest touch phone around. Jet provides a seamless and unrivalled mobile experience as a result of our accumulated technology leadership and pursuit of perfect craftsmanship. Our aim is to deliver ultimate satisfaction to our consumers and I believe that Samsung Jet answers the calls of today’s mobile users who want smart features and easy-to-use user interface. This product perfectly reflects our consumer-oriented strategy.”

With its eye-catching brilliant screen, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 2.0 user interface gives an unrivalled user experience, including iconic new features such as motion UI, smart unlock, customizable widget screen, etc. to effortlessly manage life, work & play. All these features are packed into a super sleek body and frame

Samsung’s Dolfin Internet browser lets users surf the net and access websites with ease and speed. This enhanced internet experience allows users to view up to five web pages simultaneously and bookmark favourite websites as widgets on the phone’s homepage. A built in ad-blocker, multiple downloading, background downloading and multi-purpose address field are other exceptional features. Moreover for zooming in and out of web pages, the jet boasts a unique one-finger Zoom feature. Some more multimedia features of “Jet” include; a 5 mega-pixel camera, built-in GPS, DNSe & SRS Sound Effect technology for superior sound quality, and DivX and XviD video support for hassel-free downloading and viewing.

Samsung Delivers the Wave – a New Smartphone

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today announced the launch of the Samsung Wave (Model: S8500). This is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a Smartphone for every lifestyle.

The globally unrivalled features and experiences of the Samsung Wave include a Full-Touch Super AMOLED 3.3” display, a unified Social Hub solution enabling stronger social networks, A Touch Wiz 3.0 intuitive and hugely customisable User-Interface with next level usability. Moreover, a high-speed CPU ensures swift applications and multi-tasking. This always-on multimedia companion enables a high-level customized communication and will be available globally from April 2010.

Mr. Zeshan Qureshi, Head of the Mobile Phones Division, Samsung Pakistan and Afghanistan said, “The Samsung Wave truly demonstrates our commitment to deliver rich, connected and innovative Smartphone experiences. The freedom provided by bada has enabled the developers to create applications across multiple platforms for comprehensive and interactive communications”.

With the world’s first Super AMOLED display; it delivers an unrivalled screen experience, offering much clearer and less reflective On Cell display. It has a high resolution WVGA (800×480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine). This highly responsive display technology is used in Samsung’s LCD & LED TVs. The Social Hub feature seamlessly integrates all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services. Its Touch Wiz 3.0 provides easy-flow of messaging, managing contacts, calendar events and SNS updates in real-time.

It allows instant access to social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. For the music lovers, it acts as an intuitive media player. Motion UI, Smart Unlock and customizable widget screen are other iconic features. A superb 1 GHz processor offers the best memory intensive 3D graphics. This device is seamless and streamlined, with a strong tempered glass display, while the “Anti-smudge” eliminates greasy thumbprints.

The Multimedia features include; Multi-codec – DivX Xvid, MP4, WMV, virtual 5.1 surround sound, HD video (720p). For the first time in the world, Samsung Wave is incorporated Bluetooth® 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n standard. Samsung’s bada platform allows unlimited expandability, easy downloading of applications from Samsung Apps, an integrated store of games, navigation, social-networking, and other lifestyle applications. This application ecosystem is rapidly expanding into more and more countries.

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