I used to have this basic mobile phone earlier, a Spice MI-280. All it had was a 2 MP camera, MP3 player and a horrible ultraslow internet connectivity. But one thing that it had what all my Androids lacked, be in Karbonn A5, Galaxy Fly, Galaxy Ace, HTC Cha-cha or the current handset Karbonn A15 was the option to use the mobile camera as a web-cam to use on Skype. None of my Android phones had the in-built options to use the device camera as the web-cam, as the VGA camera on my laptop offered horrid quality.
However, here is a solution that I came across few hours back! So it now gives another extra score to the smartphones over the dumb phones. Here’s how you can put that fancy smartphone camera of yours to better use, in the form of a webcam. [click to continue…]
by raghu on March 7, 2013 ·
Apple proves to be the smartphone leader in the US yet again, according to ComScore’s January report Apple currently owns 37.8% of smartphone shipments with a gain of 3.5% from previous quarter in the US followed by Samsung with 21.4%. Analysts are continuously being proved wrong by Apple with record breaking profits and record breaking sales, yet Apple’s stock is plummeting to an all time low lately.
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by raghu on March 6, 2013 ·
Apple might be posting record profits and sales since the last few quarters continuously but various concerns over stagnation of innovation from Apple’s products and lack of further growth is driving investors away from Apple’s stock lately. Apple’s share price crashed by a staggering 21% in the last 12 months whereas Google’s stock increased by 35%. Even after all the negativity going on against Apple it is still trading on the top of the charts along with Exxonn Mobil.
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by raghu on March 3, 2013 ·
In December 2012, IDC released a report of smartphone sales figures in China and even after extraordinary craze over iPad in China the best Apple could manage is to be 6th position over number of devices sold in China. Does this mean things look bleak in the journey forward for Apple? Or is it a case of adaption problems for Apple? Well, the scenario seems to be the same for all tech giants including Google and Amazon. Welcome to the land that hates being locked down!
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Now those who have had hands on Galaxy Note 2, here is a twin brother for the Android device, Galaxy Note 8.0. Samsung confirmed the news about the new Note Series device with on-board Jelly Bean 4.1.2 that has similar looks as its predecessor, but with improved hardware support and with calling facility. An updated version of Note 2, with a larger screen was inevitable. Â But that extra inch (now 8 inches) of the 1280 X 800 TFT screen isn’t all that you need to watch out.
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This weekend seems to be raising doubts on security for both iOS and Android as well, having just now covered a security flaw on the iPhone 5 (follow here ).
Google Play Store now has raised eyebrows regarding a big security threat to all its users, by providing their intricate information to developers, calling it a part of their Playstore policy. Looking at the bigger picture rather than going into the EULA terms, Google is basically giving your residential address, telephone number, and email addresses. [click to continue…]
When I bought my first smart phone, a Spice MI 280, I was a total noob. Had no idea in terms of what to look for in an Android device, what kind of configurations were best (of course bigger the better is the general principle 
). So when I purchased this phone, I realised there was too little internal memory for installing more than 10 apps at a time. And that was really irritating for you see, on a smart phone, we all tend to install all kinds of stuff which we think could be of a BIG use later on, but then we never really use them. I mean in-spite of the Domino’s app on the Google Play Store, how many times do we really rely on that application to order the pizza? That one phone call seems the easier way. But being one of the enthusiasts I would still love to keep in store as many apps as I could. However, that 170 odd MB of internal memory was obviously not sufficient. Thus, started the hunt for the solution.
Now to make long story short, if you too are suffering from the same problem of low internal storage, then here is a quick solution!
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Android devices are known to be poor battery managers. And on top of that, wifi and 3G suck the whatever left juice out of your device. Further, if your device is rooted, then even more miseries. Here is a personal experience on how to save your droid juice! Since I rooted my phone I experienced extremely poor battery backup on my device. I had to charge my phone every 6 hrs. And the battery would drop down to 91% straightaway as soon as I’d switch on wifi after full charge. So here’s what I tried and tested and suceeded in making my device run that extra mile on the same 1420MAh battery.
1) Set my clockspeed b/w 600Mhz to 1GHz. (used setcpu for under-clocking)
2) Instead of using WCDMA all the time, i have set my mobile SIM as GSM for primary SIM.
3) Set processor speed to maximum 400Mhz from 12 am to 7am again using setcpu.
4) Do Not charge the phone again until battery is drained.
5) MOST IMPORTANTLY used battery calibration when battery charged to full.
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The latest generation Apple iPhone might have flown off shelves in huge numbers – but there is no denying the fact that on the global scale, Android phones are outselling iOS devices (apart from the others) by a huge, comprehensive margin. The battle that kick started with Apple debuting the iPhone back in 2007 and subsequently Google announcing the Android platform was during the initial stages dominated by Apple. However, since then, it has been an all Android story. That said, there is no denying the fact that Apple has been able to withstand the onslaught from a host of competitors on its own.
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There is no doubt about the fact that Apple continues to dominate the tablets market by a fair margin. However, what is also undeniable is the fact that the Cupertino based gadgets maker is fast losing its hold over this market. A report by market intelligence firm ABI Research reveals that Apple is losing market share in the competitive tablets arena much faster than expected.
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