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Google as just pushed an update to Google Chrome for Android beta which was launched back in February. Now Google has added support for 31 more languages to the app. This new updated app is now available in all those countries where Google Play Store is available.
The main feature added in this app is the support for Desktop mode. This new feature allow users to request for the full desktop version of the website in case they are not interesed in viewing mobile version.
Google has added these important feature in this app.
- You can now request the desktop version of a website, in case you would rather not view the mobile version.
- You can now add bookmarks as shortcuts on your home screen, so you can get to your favorite sites faster.
- Choose your favorite apps to handle links opened in Chrome.
- Have a proxy setup for Wi-Fi access? You can now use Chrome with the system proxy configured in Android settings.
This new version of the Chrome also lets users to download file to their android device and enable old-style YouTube embed content to be played via native YouTube app
This new updated Chrome for Android beta app is available to download from Google Play store and is compatible to all Android device running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and up.
Twitter is a popular micro-blogging website on which users are allowed to post tweets of up to 140 characters only. But there are some services which offers users to tweet beyond this limit. But it is hard to find an app for this. But Android has a cool app which offers users to tweet more than 140 characters.
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TwitLonger is a free app in the Android market that offers users to tweet more tha 140 characters limit. After installation, you need to authorize the app to access your Twitter account. After that compose the tweet from the textbox. You will see a character counter just above the textbox to know the lenght of the tweet you are going to post. After composing the mail, click on Tweet button. Now go to your Twitter account from the web browser and see the tweet posted. You will see a tweet posted by the TwitLonger. Characters in the Tweet that extend beyond the 140 character limit, you will see a link saying tweets posted via Tweet Longer. In order to read the full message, you need to hit the short URL provided alongside the message.
Many times you need to stop an application running on your Android mobile at any cost. You need to instant stop the application without worrying about what it s using or doing on the mobile. If it is performing some internal task there is a problem in stopping application. But by using Force stop, you can stop the application.
For doing this, perform
Settings > Manage Applications> Menu button > Filter by “Running.” > Select application > Force stop
There are some apps also available to manage all your application which you can use to do this task.
Google has made available the source code of its latest mobile operating system, Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. With this release, the mobile OS is now opensource for all developers which want to create their custom applications for this.
According to a post from Jean-Baptiste M. “JBQ” Queru, a software engineer on the Android Open Source Project, the code is still in the process of being uploaded, and developers are advised to wait til it’s fully complete before they start downloading it themselves. But it’ll be available very soon.
This is more important because this operating system is the latest version of Android which is fully optimized for tablets as well as phones. So all the mobile companies who develeop low cost tablets can use it easily.
get it from download link
http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html
Android smart phones are too popular these days. Everyone is running to get one. But having a smart phone in your pocket is not enough. You need to know everything about that. Be smart to use this smart device.
In General, people prefer SMS to call in phones, because SMS packs cost very less to a SMS than call. But Every one want to protect SMS from others. (top secret :P)
Do you know how to backup your SMS to protect it from hazards? There are many tools and apps available for backup SMS. But this one is really nice.
Think if you could backup your SMS in GMail. There is a nice tool SMS Backup which helps you to backup your Android SMS to your Gmail.
After starting SMS Backup, it will ask for your Gmail account login information. This device store password in unencrypted form in your device so use SSL connection to be safe.
In first start, you have to perform backup manually. After entering login information, this will ask you to perform a first sync. If you choose backup, it will backup all your SMS to Gmail. You can only backup 100 SMS at maximum.
After you performed your initial backup, SMS Backup is ready to run in the background and finish uploading all of your current and future messages.
Download app here: http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/
Read More: http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/wiki/UserGuide
In android smartphones, you can also lock your application with passcodes in oredr to prevent unauthorized access to your private data such as contacts, text messages, photos, email, calendar etc. That can be used for better security option in phones.
This can be done with the help of a smart application named as AppLock. It includes advanced features such as lock delay, location exclusion, app search, better UIs and different customization options.
Every time you open a protected app, it will ask for passkey. You will have to enter correct passkey to access the app.
The initial passcode is 8888. And you are strongly advised to get a new passcode. Go to Settings to set a new passcode. FYI, you need to key in the correct passcode to access the Settings as well as the Protection List options.
Download this app from here:
Microsoft has launched the official app for its webased email service Hotmail. Now it is easy to access your hotmail account from your smart phone.
These are the main features of this app
- Push email
- Synced calendar and contacts
- View your folders in Hotmail, including sub folders
- Send pictures from your phone using Hotmail
- Supports multiple Hotmail accounts
- Send, receive and view attachments
This app is now available for download from Android market.
Download here:
The newest version of firefox web browser launched and is available for download. This web browser is same as desktop firefox 7 with some addition feature for mobile. This version has built in social media features and users can easily post to their social network such as facebook, twitter, google+ and others.
Firefox Web Browser Features:
Awesome Screen: Browse your favorite sites with minimal or no typing.
Sync: Access your browser history, bookmarks, passwords and open tabs from any device.
Add-ons: Customize your browser quickly and easily.
Speed: Get to the Web and find what you’re looking for fast.
Tabs: Enjoy the convenience of tabbed browsing on the go.
Personas:
Dress up your browser the way you like it.
Sharing: Use apps like Google, Twitter and Facebook to keep your friends in the loop.
Location-Aware Browsing: Get better, more relevant information when on the go.
Bookmarking: Swipe to the left and bookmark any site with one touch.
This version is only compatiable on Android 2.0 or above.
Download
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
An independent developer has released a version of VLC media player for Android device. This is not the official release of VLC and is no way related to the VLC developers. As VLC is an open source project independent developers are allowed to make changes to the software in order to make use of that.
This is just an alpha release of the software. "There are two builds available of VLC for Android, known as NEON and NONEON. The difference is in the processor type. Because VLC for Android makes use of the NDK (Native Development Kit), it is compiling native-level binaries that will only work on the processor class for which they were designed. This means that the same build will not work across all devices," the developer advices through his website.
Download Here
Neon version: dl.cvpcs.org
Non neon Version: dl.cvpcs.org
Android is the nice feature on smart phones to get locations of places and get the way to bavigate. If you want to turn on the GPS feature in your android device
Follow these steps:
1: Go to the home screen
2: Pull down the Notification Tray
3: Tap on the GPS icon as indicated to switch it ON
Shooting game for Android - download Gun Bros
Shooting are one of the popular type of games on any platform. Now a days android is used in most of the smart phones so most of the gaming companies are now launching games for android mobiles.
Gun Bros is one of best shooter games on Android market. This game provides you a large number of weapons. In this game you need to kill bad guys and as you progress through the game you get more money for killing more bad buys. You can use that money to buy more advanced weapons for you.
Download Here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glu.android.gunbros_free
How to update youe apps on Android
For android smartphones, you have a lots of applications in Android market for use. But keeping your installed applications updated with most current version is the most important. Having your applicaion updated with current verison makes your mobile secure with a lots of vulnerabilities and threats.
If you want to update your installed application updated , you can do it manually.
How to uninstall an application in android
If you are new to android and have installed an application which you think is not useful, you can uninstall is anytime. Android makes managing applications very easy, and there are a few simple ways of removing applications.
Just follow some simple steps to uninstall an application from you android smartphone.
How to backup SMS in android
Many times you want to backup all sms of your inbox but you don't know how to do this. TOday i am going to write about the trick uses to take backup in Android phones.
THe easy solution for this is SMS Pro. which is available for free in android market. go to the link given below.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms
It runs on Android 1.6 or higher. The app allows you to backup SMS messages in XML format or a backup file that can be sent via email
For backup follow these steps:
Firefox mobile browser for android
Firefox is one of the most famous browser and it has many useful features. Most of the internet user prefer this web browser for surfing internet. Today android is knocking the mobile systems and has become very popular in very less time. What would you say if you get the power of both android and firefox. Yes, firefox has released a mobile web browser for android. It's beta version is released but you can give it a chance to your mobile phone.
Android secret codes | android tricks
Android is now booming in the cell phone world. All major cell phone companies are launching android cellphones.If you are an android user, i have some secret codes of android which will help you. Some of the android secret codes:
Cell Battery, WiFi Usage etc Info *#*#4636#*#*
Restore Factory Settings *#*#7780#*#*
Format Phone *2767*3855#
Launch service mode *#*#197328640#*#*
Test WiFi *#*#232339#*#* or *#*#526#*#* or *#*#528#*#*
Display WiFi MAC address *#*#232338#*#*
GPS test *#*#1472365#*#*
Other GPS test *#*#1575#*#*
Bluetooth test *#*#232331#*#*
Display Bluetooth physic address *#*#232337#*#
Start Gtalk monitoring *#*#8255#*#*
PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate *#*#4986*2650468#*#*
PDA and Phone *#*#1234#*#*
FTA SW version *#*#1111#*#*
FTA HW version *#*#2222#*#*
PDA, Phone, csc, *#*#44336#*#*
Packet Loopback *#*#0283#*#*
LCD test *#*#0*#*#*
Melody test *#*#0673#*#* or *#*#0289#*#*
Device test such as vibration and lightness *#*#0842#*#*
Display touchscreen version *#*#2663#*#*
Touchscreen test *#*#2664#*#*
Distance sensor test *#*#0588#*#*
Display memory version *#*#3264#*#*
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