Posted: 09 Mar 2012 08:19 PM PST  Smartphones like Android phones are nifty, little multifunctional gadgets. We use them to keep time. We use them to communicate (think email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). We use them to read about the latest and stay updated on what’s new. We use them to remind us of important events and tasks. And, with the help of an app such as Score Alarm, we can use our Android phones to keep tabs on the latest scores from our favorite sports. Thanks to Score Alarm, you can monitor the live scores of your favorite sporting events regardless of where you are or what you’re doing. The app eliminates the need for you to receive up-to-the-minute sports scores via SMS. Besides, you most likely have to pay for subscription to such SMS alerts. The app also makes unnecessary the need for you to hop from one website to another just to check the latest scores of multiple sporting events. Score Alarm brings all the scores into one access point. To be able to use Score Alarm, your Android phone or Android tablet needs to be hooked up to the Internet. The app feeds you with real-time updates about the sport that you’re monitoring–whether it’s a score, a goal, or some other important sporting event. The feed is live, and you get the alerts as the events happen. It’s a great app to use for tracking sports from all around the world–right at your fingertips. When you first launch the app, it will not show you anything yet because you have not yet set up your alarms. To begin following your favorite sport, tap on the Menu button on the upper-right corner of the app’s screen. Tap on your favorite sport to let the app fetch data about it from the Internet.  At the bottom of the app’s screen, you will see three tabs labeled Live, Today, and Category. Tapping on Live will show you the games or events that are currently playing (i.e., live games). Tapping on Today will show you a list of games or events (whether live or not) set for the current day. Tapping on Category will show you a list of countries where the chosen sport is played. (If you tap on a country name in the Category tab, you will be shown schedules of live and upcoming sporting events in that country.) To receive alerts about any sporting event, just tap the alarm clock beside the event name. Score Alarm will now begin sending you alerts about the selected event or game. You will see the alerts or notifications on the status bar or through push messages.  Score Alarm currently can send you alerts for the following popular international sports: football, basketball, hockey, handball, waterpolo, tennis, volleyball, and NFL–already a long list in itself. But, there’s a big chance that the app’s developers might add support for more sports such as golf, cricket, and the like in future versions. Stay updated with the latest scores from your favorite sports. Try the Score Alarm app free from the Android Market. How do you keep track of your favorite sports through your Android phone? This article, Score Alarm: Receiving Sports Alerts Through Your Phone , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 03:51 PM PST  In both the smartphones and the tablets market, Samsung is the de facto leader of the Android pack. Moreover, if you count out Amazon, with its Kindle Fire (which does run on Android, but in a heavily modified form), Samsung is the only manufacturer holding up the flag for Android in the tablet market. ASUS is making an impact too, which is likely to be more significant when the MeMo 370T is upon us, but, for now, its market share is still in single-digit territory. So, now, when the Apple hype machine is spewing up countless articles, analyses, and posts that proclaim the everlasting supremacy of the iPad 3 (ugh, I mean, the new iPad), it's time for Samsung to stand up for Android and show the Apple crowd how it's done. And no, it's not enough to come up with a side-by-side comparison or a snarky ad. We want a real competitor to the iPad 3, something like the elusive Galaxy Tab 11.6 in all its 4 million pixels glory. Where is your champion, oh Samsung? The Galaxy Note 10.1-inch is Nice, but we Need Something Better (and Bigger)We know, Samsung, you've got your nice Galaxy Note 10.1 out, which is a respectable effort, but not enough to beat the iPad 3. Not in the benchmarks, not in mindshare, and, probably, not in the stores. The problem is there isn't anything spectacular about the Note 10.1 to catch the eye of the buyer. Yes, it's got a pen, but how many customers are really interested in doodling or handwriting on their tablets? The iPad 3, on the other side, has a couple of advantages that give it the upper hand over any other device in the high-end and mid-range tablet market. The first and most visible (pun intended) advantage is the "resolutionary" (again, pun intended, although, I am not sure about its quality) display of the iPad 3. All grudges aside, Apple really raised the bar with the 2048 x 1536 resolution of the new iPad. While the other specs, except perhaps the claimed graphic performance, are unimpressive, the ultra-high resolution screen of the iPad will both differentiate Apple's slate from the competition and give Apple's marketing machine the ultimate selling point. So, whatever Samsung's got in store for Apple should at least match the impressive visual performance of the iPad. If only Samsung was the largest display manufacturer in the world… Oh, wait! The Galaxy Tab 11.6 – More Resolutionary than the iPad?If the rumors that circulated last winter are based on any truth, Samsung has a device on its hands that can stand by the iPad 3 without a shade of embarrassment. AndroidAndMe's Taylor Wimberley claimed that he saw this fabled device at CES, in January, in a prototype stage. Corroborated with BGR's previous reports sketching a tablet, Wimberley's report led the blogosphere to believe that an 11.6-inch 2560×1600 resolution tablet was coming from Samsung at MWC.MWC had passed with no news about the 11.6 Tab, so the next favorable occasion for a huge announcement seemed to be the SXSW festival, taking place these days in Austin, TX. Today, Samsung was supposed to reveal its ground-breaking new tablet. Again, disappointment; it's only Angry Birds. Regardless when Sammy will eventually announce its 2560 × 1600 supertablet, it's important for Samsung to deliver a product that can match the iPad 3 and beat it at its own game. Released in a timely manner, a 2560 x 1600 resolution tablet would be devastating to Apple's marketing efforts. But it's all a matter of time. If customers have enough time to associate the iPad 3 with the impressive new retina display, Samsung will find it very difficult to gain mindshare when it eventually launches its own super-high-res tablet. What do you think? Can Samsung deliver a real answer to the iPad 3 anytime soon? What would that answer be? This article, Samsung, It's Your Move. Where's Your Answer to the New iPad? , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PST  Taking on the fitness accessories big guns like Nike+ and Timex, Motorola released its Android-based exercise monitoring watch, Moto ACTV, last year. If the constant updates the company has been providing since its availability serve as any indication, we're inclined to believe that the niche device has been well received by gym bunnies and OCD steroid tech-buffs alike. Get it? Good. Thought you would. The latest update, which was promised in February, brings a variety of new features to the Moto ACTV, which includes 40 new sport activities – such as handball, badminton, basketball, yoga, fencing, dancing, skiing, and more that the watch can help you keep track of to help you reach your fitness goals. In addition, there's a neat flick-to-wake feature to turn on the watch from sleep mode with a mere flick of the wrist. This saves you from having to look for the power button whilst drenched in sweat, focusing on your moves. The update, which is expected to be rolled out today (March 9th), also allows you to configure WiFi connections right on the watch itself. Check out the video below. The last big update for the Moto ACTV was just sent out last December, where the company brought in a new battery status bar, workout screen lock, enhanced auto-pause and auto-run, and longer battery life – for those, you know, uninterrupted 9 hour workout sessions we all love to do. The last one was especially significant, since the device was initially only able to run for 5 hours before the battery juice ran out, so a big improvement there. If you are still on the fence about the Moto ACTV, you may want to check out our guide here. The Moto ACTV is a 1.6-inch Android-based watch with real-time fitness tracker, GPS tracker, MP3 player, and heart rate monitor features. It's worth to note that you can also pair the device with Motorola Android smartphones to route SMS messages and phone calls. What are your thoughts on Android watches? Have you been paying attention? Are they here to stay, or are they just passing through? This article, New Updates for Moto ACTV, More Activities to Track , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PST  Accounting for an impressive 81% of all CPU’s delivered in 2011, Intel is currently dominating the global CPU market. However, while the desktop, netbook and notebook markets are all well under Intel’s firm grasp, the Santa-Clara based company is still struggling (and has been for the past few years) to enter the mobile CPU market, a market currently dominated by ARM’s Cortex A9 chips. While Intel has the technology to create substantially more processing power, previous smartphone CPU attempts were severely lacking in the power management sector, exactly the area where ARM’s chips shine. Announced back at CES 2012 in January, the new Atom Z2460 "Medfield" platform is considered to be Intel’s most pertinent attempt to take a stab out of ARM’s market share. While most believed it will be fast, up until this point we had no idea whether Intel’s Medfield will match up with other smartphone CPU’s and be competitive. The only device officially unveiled that is known to be running on the new Medfield chip is Orange’s Santa Clara. Previously on display at MWC 2012, the Santa Clara is based exactly on Intel’s reference design, a lot like an Intel Nexus smartphone if you will. While hands-on reports pointed towards a smooth overall experience, we all know that benchmark scores are the only respectable way of differentiating hardware. As it turns out, German blogger managed to get his hands on the Orange Santa Clara at CeBit recently and was able to run it through a couple of browser benchmarks. While browser benchmarks don’t reflect real-world usage as well as app-based benchmarks (even them, in turn, have proven to be slightly misleading), it’s still a starting point. In short, if we’re to judge by the numbers reported by Caschy, the Orange Santa Clara is at least on par with current top-end smartphones like the Galaxy Nexus or the iPhone 4S. The first benchmark reportedly ran by Caschy on the Santa Clara was Rightware's Browsermark, a benchmark that assesses a browsers capabilities to run JavaScript and render HTML. So far, the best-performing smartphone in BrowserMark is the Galaxy Nexus, with a score of 98,272. The Medfield-based Santa Clara scored 89,180, which is still less than the latest Nexus, but still better than the iPhone 4S' score of 87,801. In Qualcomm's Vellamo test (one of the most complex browser benchmarks out there) however, the Santa Clara bested the Galaxy Nexus, but did not perform as well as the quad-core (Tegra 3 inside) ASUS Transformer Prime. Unfortunately, until the Orange Santa Clara launches in June, we will be unable to figure out if this high-performance comes at low power-consumption rates. Everyone was expecting the Medfield chip to be fast, but there has been a lot of skepticism regarding the battery life of the Santa Clara (or any other Medfield-based to come, for that matter). Does Intel have what it takes? No related posts. This article, Intel’s Medfield Chip Proves Its Performance, Orange Santa Clara Benchmarks Leaked , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 10:07 AM PST  “Quad core tablet”, “four times the graphics performance of Tegra 3″, “the second coming of Jesus Christ – again”, and of course all the usual “amazing, spectacular, magical and all the other attributes we’ve heard before about any new Apple device, appeared once again in the Apple media a couple of days ago. Except many of those are not exactly true – well perhaps the “magical” one is – I mean who can argue with that? We don’t have any actual benchmarks done by 3rd parties yet, but from what I can tell, the iPad 3 is first of all not a “quad core tablet”. Every single human that has ever bought a computing device knows that dual core or quad core refers to the CPU, not the GPU – otherwise we’d be calling the Asus Transformer a 12-core tablet, and our PC’s – “500 core PC’s”, since that’s how many cores a high-end GPU has on PC today. So let’s end this shameless misleading by “some” Apple media outlets, here and now: the iPad 3 is a “dual core tablet”, not a quad core. Second, the “4x the graphics performance of Tegra 3″ is extremely suspicious – to say the least. Nvidia believes so, too. But we didn’t really need Nvidia to tell us that. We can think for ourselves, too. It’s true that the A5 GPU tested in benchmarks to be about 30% faster than Tegra 3, but those are only some rather simple tests, and they don’t test the actual performance of a chip in a game. Plus, a game is also bound to memory bandwidth and CPU performance as well, so for all we know, a game could actually run better on a Tegra 3. And so far I haven’t seen anything to make me decide that the iPad 2 graphics were absolutely better than Tegra 3 graphics. Anandtech also seems to believe that some games may actually run worse on iPad 3 compared to iPad 2 at native resolution.  But now we have the A5X GPU with 4 instead of 2 GPU cores, so clearly the iPad 3 graphics performance must be faster than iPad 2 graphics – right? Well, not so fast. While “theoretically” the iPad 3 GPU has double the performance of the iPad 2 GPU – in reality the tablet itself likely won’t have that kind of performance increase. Why? Because the new GPU has to push 4x as many pixels on the screen. While this won’t affect regular use of the tablet too much because I’m sure the new GPU can handle normal tasks and apps well, otherwise they wouldn’t have released it, I’m also quite sure that the graphics performance in games will take a very serious hit when the games use the native 2048×1536 resolution and not the 1024×768 one and by upscaling the game. What’s my basis for this besides normal common sense believing that a 2x increase in GPU performance won’t be enough to beat the older GPU when the number of pixels increases 4 times? Well, remember when the iPhone 4 also got the Retina Display? It actually used a more powerful overclocked PowerVR SGX535 than the one found in the iPhone 3GS, and yet in this test the iPhone 3GS is still faster than iPhone 4 in graphics performance.  I expect something similar to happen to the iPad 3, but even if it doesn’t – in worst case scenario (if I’m wrong) the iPad 3 will still be only just as fast, or slightly faster than iPad 2 in real world graphics performance, and will definitely not have the performance increase they are touting (4x Tegra 3, etc). But I don’t think I’m wrong, and iPad 3 should actually have slower performance in advanced 3D games than iPad 2 at native resolution. Also, that 1 GB of RAM? Will not be enough to make up for the increase in resolution. A more appropriate and proportionate increase would’ve been 1.5 GB of RAM, and if you thought the 512 MB of RAM wasn’t really enough for it, then you’ll start feeling the same with the iPad 3 once apps start supporting the new resolution. Same goes for the CPU, which apparently either got no improvement in performance, or it was only a slight increase so they would rather not mention it. The resolution is not generally bound by the CPU, but at some point the CPU does interact with data that uses the new resolution, so if it’s the same CPU as in A5, then it should experience some performance bottlenecks when dealing with the high-res apps. My advice for those who are still in the Apple camp, and want an iPad – if you already have an iPad 2, then skip iPad 3 and wait for iPad 4, which might actually have a performance increase over the iPad 2. That’s without even counting the increase in thickness and weight over the iPad 2, which will probably disappoint many who want to switch from iPad 2 to iPad 3. This article, Why the New iPad 3 May Be Slower than iPad 2. Wait, What? , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 09:09 AM PST  These days, there's a race going on between manufacturers to bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to their older smartphones, most of which are still running on Android 2.3 or, gasp, Android 2.2. Among the first device makers to be rolling out ICS is HTC, which is reported to be pushing the long awaited update to the HTC Sensation and Sensation XE. For now, the 283.27MB update is only available for HTC customers in Germany and the Nordic countries, but as always, expect other locales to follow soon. Along with the ICS update, users can expect to see that HTC ‘s equally loved and hated Sense overlay moved up several notches, to version 3.6. If you were hoping to try out the revamped Sense 4.0, which newer models, such as the HTC One series will sport, you’re in for a disappointment. In the company's own words, the decision to bar the HTC Sense 4.0 overlay on the older phones was due to hardware requirements. We're pretty sure that the devs at XDA will beg to differ. But let's focus on the glass half full — your HTC Sensation and Sensation XE will finally get to see Roboto (Android’s new trademark fontface launched with ICS), just one of the 200 new improvements that Google touts for Ice Cream Sandwich. If you’re wondering when is your turn, there's a long list of HTC phones still waiting for the elusive upgrade to ICS. Back in early January, HTC released information about the first wave of phones that will receive ICS, including the HTC Vivid, HTC Rezound, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Evo Design 3D, HTC Amaze 4G, and HTC Sensation series. Last February, the company updated the list to include the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC DROID Incredible 2, and the HTC Raider. An unconfirmed report also mentioned the possibility of HTC Flyer getting ICS. If you happen to live in one of the countries where HTC is pushing Android 4.0 and Sense 3.6, give us a shout. No related posts. This article, HTC Starts Rolling Out the Android 4.0 ICS Update to HTC Sensation and Sensation XE , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PST  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 Lenovo ThinkPad K2 Specs
Lenovo ThinkPad K2 Price and Availability
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
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
4. Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD Softpedia 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.  tpcr 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
Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD Price and Availability
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? This article, Best Android Tablets vs New iPad , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 07:08 AM PST  Rumors of a possible Google Nexus tablet have been circling the blogosphere for the past five months or so. The original rumor (surfaced back in November 2011) claimed that Motorola (the first manufacturer to release an Android Honeycomb tablet, recently acquired by Google) was working with Google to provide an Ice Cream Sandwich tablet that would represent Google's take on Android tablets. The Nexus tablet is supposed to be for tabs what the Nexus smartphones are for… oh well… smartphones: premium hardware and vanilla Android software optimized to work well together and provide the ultimate Android experience on a tab. Since then, more and more rumors surfaced (a lot of them debunked) regarding the elusive Nexus tablet. One of the most recent claims, originating at AndroidAndMe, says that Google will supposedly be partnering with ASUS to provide a 7-inch, quad-core Nexus tablet at a price-point similar that is similar to the Amazon Kindle Fire: roughly between $200 – $250. The AndroidAndMe rumor also indicated that, based on recent domain registrations from Google, the Nexus tablet might be called the Google Play, something we now know to be false. Now, less than a week after AaM’s speculations, Taiwanese publication Digitimes came out with a report that fits precisely in the framework built by earlier rumors – ASUS is yet again purported to be Google's partner for a quad-core Nexus Tablet, priced to compete with the Kindle Fire and set to be released in early May. The only novel snippet in Digitimes’ report is the claim that HTC and Acer were also considered by Google as possible manufacturers for the Nexus Tablet, but an agreement failed to materialize. We now have two distinct reports suggesting the exactly same thing. I think we are on to something… Why an ASUS-made Google Tablet Makes SenseBack in December 2011, ASUS was the first manufacturer to release a quad-core tablet (based on the Nividia Tegra 3 SoC), the ASUS Transformer Prime. The Prime was also the first tablet to be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so it's safe to say that, by now, ASUS has some experience with Android on tablets.In addition, according to an official statement from ASUS officials, they have a close relationship with Google, and hope to be included in the first wave of manufacturers to provide an Android 5.0 Jelly Bean update. So, building up on the latest rumors, we can infer that the relationship between Google and ASUS is, in fact, very close. It’s so close that the fruit of their love might soon materialize as a 7-inch, quad-core, affordable Google Nexus tablet. But is the price just too low to be true ? Many of you might remember that, back at CES 2012, ASUS revealed the MeMO ME370T, a 7-inch tablet with a Tegra 3 SoC and 1280 x 800 display. What’s even more interesting (given the context of this article) is the price ASUS has announced for the MeMO ME370T: an affordable $250. And this, my friends, is where our deductions cross paths! Which Way Is Up ?It is well known that Nexus smartphones are not developed from the ground up. The original Nexus One was based on the HTC Desire, the Nexus S was based on the Galaxy S, while the Galaxy Nexus is based on the Galaxy S2. So, it could make perfect sense for the Nexus Tablet to be based on the MeMO ME370T, especially given the rumored specs.One the other hand, these rumors might be based on exactly the same logic as above, so at this point, there is absolutely no way of knowing which way is up. Time, as always, is a great orientation tool and I guess we’ll end up finding our way back to the surface by the end of this month! What Do You Guys Think? Does it make sense for Google to aim for the budget tablet category with their first ever Nexus tablet? Or will Google aim for the high tier as they did with their Nexus smartphones? Let us know in the comment section below! This article, New Rumors Confirm Speculations about the Google Nexus Tablet From ASUS , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 04:15 AM PST  Transferring files from your Android smartphone to your computer can be a daunting task, most especially if you have misplaced your phone’s USB cable or Bluetooth pairing is giving you a headache. A simple alternative for those sticky situations can be done by wirelessly beaming files from your PC to your phone via the EZ Drop service. An application known as EZ Drop provides one surefire method of sharing your important files without the hassle of bringing your phone’s USB cable along with you. EZ Drop works in tandem with the EZ Drop website and mobile client. Users can instantly transfer personal files easily from their computer to their Android smartphones over the EZ Drop website. Just download the application and you're good to go. There's no need to set up complex servers. No need for creating/registering or logging into accounts. There’s no need for configuration of IP addresses. What’s more is that users have the freedom of passing any file type that can be shared without any restrictions. Users just need to download the app and install it on their phone and input a 4-digit PIN provided on the EZ Drop website to get them started.  Another great thing about using the application is that sharing via EZ Drop lets you do complete file transfers with multiple files simultaneously. All of the selected files you have chosen are then shared on the EZ Drop cloud where they are wirelessly pushed to your Android smartphone at lightning speed.  The Android Market is literally flooding with hundreds of applications offering wireless file transfer solutions but EZ Drop is as simple as it can get without any more extensive configurations needed. The option of sharing over the Internet through Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G connections is previously tackled by many remote sharing solutions such as FTP Droid, AirDroid, and Android Manager Wi-Fi that require a computer and a smartphone to be hooked to the same network. However, in the case of EZ Drop, there's no need for the computer and the smartphone to stay connected on the same network, as the application does it all through the Web. But, you do need a connection to the Internet to be able to share files using EZ Drop. First-time users need to input the correct PIN generated by the EZ Drop website and a connection is automatically created between the desktop browser and the EZ Drop Android app. Hit the upload button on the website and pick as many files as you want to begin transferring the files from PC to phone. Files that are received via EZ Drop are saved on the external SD card on your smartphone's local storage. To send files from your phone to your PC via EZ Drop, just tap the Menu key and tap the “Send file to PC” button. Then, choose the file you want to send. The file will appear as a download link on the EZ Drop page on your browser.  EZ Drop is a handy software to have in your smartphone most especially for those people who constantly need to import their favorite files from their computer. It is a very useful app for business professionals and for casual tech junkies who just can't steer away from their PC files. EZ Drop is a fast and simple way to send and receive files between your PC and your Android smartphone. You can get the EZ Drop app from the Android Market for free and try out how file transfers couldn't get any easier to accomplish. This article, EZ Drop: Wireless Transfer of Data from PC to Phone Via Web , was originally published at AndroidAuthority.com - Your Android News Source. |
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 03:24 AM PST  Hopes that Samsung will announce today their next superphone at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, were hopelessly shattered, as Samsung announced that their "special announcement" will actually be the (second) unveiling of Angry Birds Space, flavored with bits of exclusive content for Samsung Galaxy owners. From the looks of it, Samsung will use SXSW to heavily promote its Samsung Galaxy Note. Like the uber-expensive Superbowl campaign wasn't enough… It's still a 5 months old device you know, Samsung, so how about sharing some of the next-gen love anytime soon? Back to Angry Birds Space (launching March 22), the latest iteration in the Angry Birds saga will bring some unique adjustments to the gameplay, as gravity and the lack of thereof can account for some very interesting trajectory changes. What's even more interesting is the fact that developer Rovio used a unique demonstration by astronaut Don Pettit of the International Space Station to showcase how the Angry Birds will behave in Space. Here's the video that marks the first ever game announcement from outer space: While definitely an interesting piece of information for all mobile gamers, a lot of people were kinda hoping that they will learn something about the Samsung Galaxy S3 (or whatever name Samsung comes up with for the successor to the Galaxy S2). Although we're excited about the new version of Angry Birds, it's not the first time we've heard about it, as Rovio has originally announced the game a month back. The only real "novelty" in this announcement is the fact that Samsung Galaxy owners will get bits of exclusive content. Disappointed, anyone? No related posts. |
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