Finally Google founder Eric Schmidt see Microsoft as potential threat to its Google search engine, never considered Facebook or Apple as competitors to Google
"While it's true Web search is not the only game in town, searching information is what it is all about," Schmidt said in Wall Street Journal interview video posted online yesterday.
He described Apple as a well-respected competitor and Facebook as a "company of consequence doing an excellent job in social networking," but said that Microsoft's latest-generation search engine was Google's main competition.
"We consider neither to be a competitive threat," Schmidt said, referring to Facebook and Apple. "Absolutely, our competitor is Bing. Bing is a well-run, highly competitive search engine."
Saturday, September 25, 2010
India to get affordable Android Tab @ Rs.9000
After the Olivepad, second android Tab makes way to Indian market and its almost three times less then the olive pad. Named as Home Surf Touch Tablet based on Android technology powered by Google brought to india by Binatone. It is almost slim as iPad and looks some what similar. It runs Donut, v 1.6
Here are some specifications:
- an 8 inch resistive screen
- Wi-Fi, 2 GB onboard storage
- 128 MB RAM
- powered by an ARM 11 667 MHz processor
The stylish curvy alessiTab Android home tablet will out on November, gets priced
Fashion freaks, atlast they will be getting an android tablet with style quotient.
alessiTab Android home tablet, some part designed by Giovannoni. Now its preloaded with various widgets for news, weather, recipes and acting as a digital photo frame – and an internet radio app, but the bad part is it seems there won’t be Android Market access. But Alessi claims they’ve picked a carefully curated set of software experiences that should suit the home market the alessiTab finds itself in.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Google worries about decline in Internet Freedom and rise in information censorship.
(CNN) Google had come with new tool which tell the user that which country had suppressed or requested for the censorship. The tool called Google Transparency, the online report shows that internet censorship around the world is increasing over time, and not always in the countries you'd expect, said Dorothy Chou, a Google policy analyst who worked on the project.
"The threat to internet freedom has actually been growing over the past few years," she said, noting that the United States generally bucks that trend by supporting open online communication.
Google Transparency includes an interactive map where users can see how many requests countries have made for Google to block or remove content.
This online tool also lets users explore internet up-time in specific countries for specific Google-owned websites.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Electronic Arts CFO says to concentrate on Android Mobile Gaming Platfrom on Big Time
Realizing the momentum the android is moving forward, EA's CFO Eric Brown made the following statements the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference. He said: “There’s a lot to happen in the future in Android, and we’re trying to position our mobile business to take advantage of that trend.”
Mr. Brown went on citing numbers – Android is expected to grab 25% of the smartphone market by 2014, compared to Apple’s 11%. “I think the next big positive wave to push better growth in mobile will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android operating system,” he added.
He commented on the growing smartphone adoption among consumers, comparing it to the PlayStation evolution – it’s “like going through a PS2 to PS3 transition.”
So get ready android users now will soon be playing your loved EA titles in your android phones.
Mr. Brown went on citing numbers – Android is expected to grab 25% of the smartphone market by 2014, compared to Apple’s 11%. “I think the next big positive wave to push better growth in mobile will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android operating system,” he added.
He commented on the growing smartphone adoption among consumers, comparing it to the PlayStation evolution – it’s “like going through a PS2 to PS3 transition.”
So get ready android users now will soon be playing your loved EA titles in your android phones.
"10 Reason why should you have Samsung Galaxy Tab": Verizon
The Tab is nothing but the upscaled version of Galaxy S smartphone. Loaded with Froyo, 7 inch vibrant screen, supports flash, dual cameras ...........
Verizon tell potential buyers about the “exclusive applications” that you’ll be able to find on their version of the Galaxy Tab.
Samsung Galaxy S still going strong, to cross 2 Million mark by next week.
As we recently heard that samsung had already sold more than 1 million Galaxy S Android handsets but the company just said that it will hit the two million mark by the end of next week.
So how is it possible in this less time? Because Samsung doesn't have any exclusivity deals like iPhone does with AT&T.
Other factors are 4.0" inch screen with Super AMOLED screen and the power packed Android OS with all the features.
The company said it expects to sell 5 million Galaxy S Android phones in the United States by the end of the year. Around the globe, it plans to sell 25 million smartphones by the end of the year and it wants to double that shipment number for 2011.
So how is it possible in this less time? Because Samsung doesn't have any exclusivity deals like iPhone does with AT&T.
Other factors are 4.0" inch screen with Super AMOLED screen and the power packed Android OS with all the features.
The company said it expects to sell 5 million Galaxy S Android phones in the United States by the end of the year. Around the globe, it plans to sell 25 million smartphones by the end of the year and it wants to double that shipment number for 2011.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Motorola's Droid X leads the Android Smartphone race.
Thought Apple iPhone 4 had garnered a lot of hype and craze since its release but its is showing no effect in the sales of other high end smartphones, infact they are leading the race in terms of sales and most of those run on the Google Android platform.
Before samsung entering the android league Motorola was taking full advantage od android. Recently, the Motorola Droid X from Verizon has been topping the charts but now it will have stiff competition from the Samsung Fascinate.
Here are some of these smartphone which are VVIPS and are hot sellers. Moptorola Droid X, HTC Droid Incredible, Sprint Epic 4G, HTC Evo 4G, Samsung Captivate and Samsung Vibrant.
Before samsung entering the android league Motorola was taking full advantage od android. Recently, the Motorola Droid X from Verizon has been topping the charts but now it will have stiff competition from the Samsung Fascinate.
Here are some of these smartphone which are VVIPS and are hot sellers. Moptorola Droid X, HTC Droid Incredible, Sprint Epic 4G, HTC Evo 4G, Samsung Captivate and Samsung Vibrant.
HTC's Google Android 3.0 Tablet coming early 2011?
A few Taiwan based component makers have tipped DigiTimes that HTC is planning to launch Google Android 3.0 running tablet computer by next year.
These Taiwanese component makers believe that HTC has plans to launch Android 3.0 equipped tablet PC in the first quarter of 2011. Nothing more about its specifications were metioned.
Back in January, Anthony Petts, Australian sales and marketing director at HTC, stated that the company has shelved the plans for the tablet and wanted to focus on smartphones.
These Taiwanese component makers believe that HTC has plans to launch Android 3.0 equipped tablet PC in the first quarter of 2011. Nothing more about its specifications were metioned.
Back in January, Anthony Petts, Australian sales and marketing director at HTC, stated that the company has shelved the plans for the tablet and wanted to focus on smartphones.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Stanford student Aboukhadijeh, behind YouTube Instant
(NYTimes) Computer Engineer from Stanford student is behind the real-time search engine for popular video sharing site YouTube. This caught the attention of YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, and the Youtube boss is really interested in offering him a job.
After spotting YouTube Instant, Hurley Tweeted over to Aboukhadijeh, saying he loved the idea and asking if he wanted a job.
Aboukhadijeh, who goes by the Twitter handle FreeTheFeross, sent a message back to find out if Hurley was serious about the offer - because, after all, this is the Internet. It looks like Hurley was, indeed, quite serious.
After spotting YouTube Instant, Hurley Tweeted over to Aboukhadijeh, saying he loved the idea and asking if he wanted a job.
Aboukhadijeh, who goes by the Twitter handle FreeTheFeross, sent a message back to find out if Hurley was serious about the offer - because, after all, this is the Internet. It looks like Hurley was, indeed, quite serious.
Now you can have the World Fastest 3G Android phone T-Mobile G2 for $199 from Bestbuy
The T-Mobile G2 is T-Mobile's first HSPA+ device and the successor to the first Android phone T-Mobile G1, that was released in October 2008.
"With the launch of the T-Mobile G2, we are re-teaming with our partners at Google and HTC to provide T-Mobile customers with another first — the first Android smartphone designed to deliver 4G speeds on our new network,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer at T-Mobile USA.
The G2 Vivid 3.7-inch screen TFT capacitive touchscreen, a full QWERTY keyboard, 4GB internal memory with a pre-installed 8GB micro SD card (it can support up to 32GB of external memory), Bluetooth connectivity, and is Adobe Flash Player-enabled .Pre-loaded with Froyo, G2 has Qualcomm MSM 7230 800 MHz processor, can record 720p with its 5 Mega Pixel camera.
Second Android Virus(Malware) now starts Attack via Tempting Content.
We know that named Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.b was the Malware to attack the Android phone. This raised the question on Android Saftey for the users.
Kasperksy Lab has detected a second piece of malware, categorized as a Trojan-SMS, which targets smartphones running on the Android platform.
This trojan needs your 'permission' to download and then install. Users of smartphones running Android are asked to download the pornplayer.apk application from an infected webpage in order to view adult content videos.
The installation file is only 16.4 KB and during installation the Trojan seeks the user's consent to send SMS messages which a very small for any Media Player app.
Kasperksy Lab has detected a second piece of malware, categorized as a Trojan-SMS, which targets smartphones running on the Android platform.
This trojan needs your 'permission' to download and then install. Users of smartphones running Android are asked to download the pornplayer.apk application from an infected webpage in order to view adult content videos.
The installation file is only 16.4 KB and during installation the Trojan seeks the user's consent to send SMS messages which a very small for any Media Player app.
Google Voice Action for iPhone Most Likely to get nod for App Store.
Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile, was encouraged by Apple to resubmit his application to the app store.
According to Kovacs, the new rules and terms for the app approval process showed no signs of keeping his GV Mobile app from getting approved.
Additionally, Kovacs said that he would work on making the app free, and that he was working with Apple to get GV Mobile back under its original name so he wouldn’t have to call it anything else.
Listen, Froyo Android Tablet most probably won't support Android Market.
Getting ready to buy your favorite Android powered Tablet PC this season, then keep in mind what Google’s director of mobile products, Hugo Barra, said. Google has accepted that "Froyo" android V 2.2 is not optimized for Tablet PC. But it hinted that Gingerbread and later version will be giving full fledged Tablet PC experience. So keep in mind when you can wait to have one .
Hardware requirements, Android Market, or wait till Gingerbread arrives.
Hardware requirements, Android Market, or wait till Gingerbread arrives.
Thats what i call Flexibility, Samsung Galaxy Tab comes with AT&T, Sprint, Verizon.
According to WSJ post, Samsung is launching its Galaxy Tab with Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and AT&T since negotiation with them had gone well. But we don't see the T-Mobile. Many say that Samsung Galaxy Tab can give tough competition to apples iPad. The Android tablet when it becomes available next month.
Pricing on the tablet is still a source of contention with off-contract costs possibly soaring as high as $1000. Samsung executives have a pegged a $200-300 price tag but the end cost will depend upon carrier subsidies. US pricing has not been disclosed and Verizon is reportedly still deciding whether to offer the Galaxy Tab at discounted, contract-based pricing.
Samsung reportedly expects to ship 10 million tablet devices next year, a 33% market share.
Other competitor for the Galaxy Android Tab is Dell's Streak which has Android V 1.6 (Donut).
Pricing on the tablet is still a source of contention with off-contract costs possibly soaring as high as $1000. Samsung executives have a pegged a $200-300 price tag but the end cost will depend upon carrier subsidies. US pricing has not been disclosed and Verizon is reportedly still deciding whether to offer the Galaxy Tab at discounted, contract-based pricing.
Samsung reportedly expects to ship 10 million tablet devices next year, a 33% market share.
Other competitor for the Galaxy Android Tab is Dell's Streak which has Android V 1.6 (Donut).
Friday, September 10, 2010
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 get V 2.1, not officially.[Video]
The Sony Ericsson and Android is really awesome. Since we know that Sony Ericsson is trying its luck with android with Xperia X10 which come with old android v1.2 (Donut). As we know that Donut doesn't support Muti touch, so it may be reason why Xeperia is doing well in the market. A video with german language was seen with Xperia running with Android 2.1(Eclair). So now the cool phone get cool OS update? We can can expect the official update soon in the holiday season.
The video, which is in German, show an X10 that shows whole lot if differences. It is also said that it was spotted at IFA conference, so hopefully this means that the real update is gonna come sooner.
As we all know that Xperia X10 has 1GHz Snapdragon CPU(Fulfills the requirement for Gingerbread), 8-megapixel camera, 4-inch display, Wifi, 3G ...............
The video, which is in German, show an X10 that shows whole lot if differences. It is also said that it was spotted at IFA conference, so hopefully this means that the real update is gonna come sooner.
As we all know that Xperia X10 has 1GHz Snapdragon CPU(Fulfills the requirement for Gingerbread), 8-megapixel camera, 4-inch display, Wifi, 3G ...............
From where did Android Logo come from? Its from Atari Lynx title 'Gauntlet: The Third Encounter'
Love the Game revolution which started in Retro years, how far Humans may modernize but still they cant ignore yester years . It may be cars, bikes, apparels and even Android logo, yes i am talking about android logo and its origin.
We know how popular were Atari games were. One of the popular Atari Lynx title 'Gauntlet: The Third Encounter' had a character which is similar or we may say evolution of that character. See it below:
We know how popular were Atari games were. One of the popular Atari Lynx title 'Gauntlet: The Third Encounter' had a character which is similar or we may say evolution of that character. See it below:
Nook for Android gets an update.
The most popular e-book reader Barnes & Noble Nook has come up with an updates to give enhanced experience to user.
The following updates can be found in the new software:
+ Faster access and action in Library:
Pop-up menus appear around eBooks in Library to offer the most frequently used options, including Details, LendMe, More By and Buy Now (for samples). This feature is enabled by QuickActions, a new best practice in Android UI.
+ More customizable reading experience:
There are now four line spacing options available, in addition to the four margin options introduced previously.
Text justification can be turned on or off.
The settings screen has been updated to a more user-friendly format to accommodate the latest changes.
+ More immersive reading experience:
Readers now have the option to hide the status bar when reading to focus more fully on the content.
+ Other performance enhancements
The following updates can be found in the new software:
+ Faster access and action in Library:
+ More customizable reading experience:
+ More immersive reading experience:
+ Other performance enhancements
Research Firm Gartner hints that Android and Symbian will dominate the future mobile market.
By 2014, Gartner argues that Symbian’s market share will be 30.2 percent in 2014 with Android at 29.6 percent. That’s roughly a statistical tie.
Gartner research also finds that Research in Motion(RIM) losing operating system market share with 11.7 percent share in 2014. Apple’s iOS will be No. 3 with 14.9 percent market share, roughly flat with 2009 levels.
Google says Froyo (Android V 2.2) is not right choice for Tablet PC.
We have seen many tablet PC makers are planning to launch with Pre-loaded Android 2.2 i.e., Froyo. Google says that if the Tablet PC makers want to compete with iPad than Froyo is not the right choice citing Screen Resolution issue.
Hugo Barra, director of products for mobile at Google, said to Tech Radar that "Android is an open platform. We saw at IFA 2010 all sorts of devices running Android, so it already running on tablet. But the way Android Market works is it's not going to be available on devices that don't allow applications to run correctly. Which devices do, and which don't will be unit specific, but Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets."
Right now, Android's upper limit for resolution is 854 by 480 according to documentation on the Android Developer site. There are varying screen sizes that support this resolution, but it depends on the pixel density.
Hugo Barra, director of products for mobile at Google, said to Tech Radar that "Android is an open platform. We saw at IFA 2010 all sorts of devices running Android, so it already running on tablet. But the way Android Market works is it's not going to be available on devices that don't allow applications to run correctly. Which devices do, and which don't will be unit specific, but Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets."
Right now, Android's upper limit for resolution is 854 by 480 according to documentation on the Android Developer site. There are varying screen sizes that support this resolution, but it depends on the pixel density.
Fastest 3G Android phone unveiled by T-Mobile
First in USA, T-Mobile has introduced its first "HSPA+" phone, don't think its a modded phone............ its nothing but HTC G2, which will be available for pre-order later this month.
LR Mobile exclusively revealed that a phone supporting T-Mobile's faster 3G network upgrade was on its way back in July. T-Mobile is running a site where you can sign up for updates on the G2 now.
But however G2, won't support the maximum speeds achievable on T-Mobile's 21-Mbit/s High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network upgrade. The carrier says that the phone has a "theoretical peak capability" of 14.4 Mbit/s. This will translate to average download speeds in the 2 to 5 Mbit/s range.
Will Google limit Android to certain Tablets which meets Googles requirements?
As we see open any Tech sites we see a new tablet PC powered by Android poping up daily. Every one is trying to attract with some interesting features or looks or what ever. Now the Buyers are in a maze to buy the one which might make them happy. If you are one of them so ...., then Google might be helping you in some way
Google has certain hardware requirements to allow a company to be able to use their Android Market and Google Applications. Google might following these requirements to ensure Best User Experience.
Hugo Barra, Google’s mobile product development director told PaidContent UK the following during a briefing today,
Google has certain hardware requirements to allow a company to be able to use their Android Market and Google Applications. Google might following these requirements to ensure Best User Experience.
Hugo Barra, Google’s mobile product development director told PaidContent UK the following during a briefing today,
“It could be any number of things – form factor, the limited number of pixels, does it have a GPS on it?”
“We’re concerned that users will get a good experience at the end of the day.”
“You can have Android if it leads to a good implementation. We have to make sure that every device meets the criteria for a good experience for Android Market.”
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Acer Liquid Metal powered by Android 2.2 neatly wrappred under Aluminum casing.
Google Walking Navigation Beta and Street View is now available for Android.
Here is other app from the Google which make your walk easy and some times shortcut too :P.... Phone with > Android Ver 1.6 will now able to download Walking Navigation (Beta) and Street View smart navigation. Before that you would had used Google maps.
Here is a quick video walk through:
Google comes out with instant and automatic search.
After losing it internet market share to baidu, Google is now think innovative ways for the internet users to stick to its search size.
After implementing the Caffeine Indexing search system, Google come with the "Instant on" option where you don't need to press enter for the search result to get it display. You all just need to select i mean highlight that displayed suggestion, the result are displayed below .... with out enter. Anyways who doesn't like such thing there is Instant off button too :)
Monday, September 6, 2010
Toshiba launches AC100 Android smartbook in United Kingdom[Video]
It's not the Tablet news......... its Smartbook. Toshiba AC100 is powered by an Android 2.1 smartbook with Toshiba's custom user interface .
It has a 10.1-inch screen size, weighs 1.9-pounds. It is powered by 1GHz Tegra 250 SoC, a 32GB SSD, 512MB of DDR2 memory, 802.11n WiFi, optional 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and an HDMI port. It cost you around £292.52 (almost $450) for the non-3G model in UK.
MIT Project turns Android Phone to Super computer or some sort like that
Although the current version of the software is for demonstration purposes, the work could lead to applications that let engineers perform complicated calculations in the field, and even to better control systems for vehicles or robotic systems.
You can download the software Here
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Google's Chrome Web Store is coming......
Google has a plans to open online store and its is named as Chrome Web Store.
Video game website 1up was able to grab some photographs of a presentation Google delivered to a room of game developers at the GDC Europe conference. The presentation showed off the Chrome Web Store, a marketplace for HTML5 apps Google announced during its I/O conference earlier this year.
Unlike Apple’s app store though, Google won’t be taking a 30% cut of revenues generated; in fact, it will only be taking a “processing fee” of around 5%. That could be a major draw for developers who want to keep more of the money their apps earn.
According to the presentation, the Chrome Web Store is launching in October.
Stats by Quantcast is out, Android continues its high performance.
Web statistics company Quantcast published the data, which tracked U.S. mobile web consumption in the month of August, on Friday. Android saw a 2% gain in mobile web market share while all other platforms lost share.
Over the past year, Apple has lost ground to Google, losing 11% of the mobile web consumption market while Google picked up 17% more market share. iOS still maintains a significant lead with 56% of the market, more than twice that of Android, but current growth trends could cause problems for Apple in the near future. If Google can maintain another year of comparable growth, Android will be nearly neck-and-neck with iOS.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Movie on the Google is on track ?
Hollywood is now trying the geeky thing. We will soon seeing the tale of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network slated to hit theaters in October, it now appears the movie rights to a book about Google and its founders, Segrey Brin and Larry Page, have been acquired by a production company looking to bring the search giant’s story to the big screen.
Deadline is reporting that Michael London’s Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have together purchased the movie rights for Googled: The End of the World As We Know it. The 400-page Google (Google) narrative, published in late 2009, was authored by The New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta.
Deadline is reporting that Michael London’s Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have together purchased the movie rights for Googled: The End of the World As We Know it. The 400-page Google (Google) narrative, published in late 2009, was authored by The New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta.
Friday, September 3, 2010
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