BBM on Android

Fellow android users, finally BBM is now available in Google Playstore.
Beware of fake stupid BBM apps, use this link for the official BBM from Blackberry

Instagram for Android

The wait is over. The highly popular iOS Instagram is finally arrived on Android, officially on Tuesday April 3, 2012.

Awarded as the best application on Apple's App Store in December 2011, the software developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger allows users to capture images, edit them using various unique filter tools, and share through social network services. Surprisingly, the developer stated that Instagram for Android will be better than the iOS version.

Instagram for Android can be used in devices using the Android OS 2.2 Froyo or above. But for now Instagram is not yet available for Android Tablet.

Both Instagram for Android and iOS have the same menu options. There are Home, Popular, Camera, News and Profiles at the bottom of the screen. Image filters include normal, Amaro, Rise, Hudson, Sierra, X-pro, lo-fi, EarlyBird, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Valencia, Nashville, 1977, and Kelvin. Exactly the same filters found in the latest version in iOS.

The current Instagram for Android misses two important feature: Tilt-Shift and Live Preview Filter. Hopefully, future updates will include them as well.

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Low-End Android Devices. Things to Consider

Android powers many devices, various brands, specifications, and prices. Its function expands widely from making/receiving calls, messaging, surfing internet, entertaiment and gaming device.

Indeed Android offers numerous entertainments. However, cheaper Android devices, will find a hard time to deliver various functions smoothly, due to their low hardware capabilities. No pain no gain. Let's face the fact.

Here are some reasons to consider if you choose to buy cheap Android devices:

Low-quality display

Display screen is important for Android devices, either for navigation or eye-friendly. Because, it is possible to use the Android smartphone to read. Display with HVGA resolution, under 480 x 320 pixels, can not handle image processing applications well. When playing games with high quality graphics, you will not experience the thrill of the game.

Low Processor and RAM clock speed

2011 is dual-core processor mobile device year. In 2012, is quad-core era. Consequently, application developers will also design their apps with higher specification requirement. Therefore, Android devices with a single core processor is not good enough to run popular applications today.

Small size RAM will hamper the performance when you need to open many applications at a time or multitasking. To support today's applications, 1GB of RAM is considered ideal.

Poor quality materials

Complex sophisticated internal components need maximum protection. Devices made of cheap materials are certainly more vulnerable to damage. While most high-end devices have been built with high-quality materials to give more physical protection.

Unability to catch up with the latest Android OS

Samsung diligently provides updates for its products. Update to Android 4.0 available for some Galaxy phones, but unfortunately not for its low-end products. For example, Samsung does not provide Android 4.0 for the Galaxy Ace, its fairly affordable smartphone.

The same case also goes for other vendors. Updates only given to their flagship devices. The lack of hardware capabilities to support higher OS version is one of the main reason.

This is the consequence of choosing cheaper Android devices. Android does give many options, but they also come with their consequences.

So, choose wisely and prepare for more possibilities, since the Android ecosystem is growing very fast.

Samsung Galaxy III Leaks Again

Samsung Galaxy S III is one of the most anticipated gadgets this year. Leaked image of the Galaxy III seemed to come from Weber Shandwick, a Public Relation company known as Samsung's partner in several countries. Different sources consider this leak more credible than the previous ones. No phone specification on the image, but the phone looks really sexy. See for yourselves:

The phone design looks thinner than its older brother Galaxy S II. Physical home button is located below the screen. Two buttons the right side would be the power button and the camera button.

Galaxy S III is rumored to get launched on May 22 in London, England.

Magical "Floating Touch" and Handy SmartTags on Sony Xperia Sola

Sony has introduced the new Xperia Sola recently. The new smartphone features a magical "foating touch", allowing web browsing without actually touching the screen. You can simply hover your finger above the screen to act as cursor, highlight your desired link, then tap to open. Sony's floating touch technology will provide an exciting new experience

The Xperia Sola has a 3.7 inch Reality Display screen with Mobile technology BRAVIA technology. It has a 1 GHz dual core processor and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, upgradable to Android Ice Cream Sandwich in the middle of this year.

Like the Xperia S and Xpera P, Sony also installed NFC technology on the Xperia Sola. Two NFC Xperia SmartTags will be included inside the box. By tapping the XPERIA Sola to a SmartTag, a pre-configured profile will appear on your phone. Each SmartTag can be personalized with up to 10 commands. For instance, one SmartTag can be placed in the living room to turn on WiFi and launch Google News and weather applications. And the other one can be placed in the bedroom, to activate the alarm and turn the phone into silent mode. NFC technology also allows user to enjoy connectivity with other NFC smartphones. Exchanging applications can be done easily by simply attaching the phones together.

As for entertainment function, Xperia Sola is equipped with xLOUD and 3D surround sound audio technology for music listening. There is also direct access to the Sony Entertainment Network with the pre-installed applications; Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited. But unfortunately, the service is available only in certain countries.

Sola Xperia will be available in black, white, and red body, and scheduled to arrive on the market worldwide by the second quarter of this year.