The emerging markets have proved to be a goldmine for OEMs manufacturing smart phones that are powered by Google Android. The last two years has seen a huge jump in the off take or sale of such phones from local brands in these markets. Brands have become popular in a short period of time in the Chinese and Indian markets. However, nobody is complaining as the consumers have access to a number of smart phone designs at affordable prices. Google with its Android operating system sits pretty…
While it is true that surveys are looked at with some skepticism in recent times, given the failure of some of them to project authenticity, they nevertheless give you some sense of direction of how the wind is blowing. So the recent survey that predicts not many, in fact only 5% of those using Android will migrate to using the new iPhone 6 should not be brushed aside and needs further study. A lot also depends on the type of suggestive questions posed to the survey respondents and their…
If you have ever faced the problem of wanting to use big, intelligent sounding words but did not know their spelling or their exact usage, do not worry, you are not dumb or uneducated. All of us face the dilemma of either Googling the correct spelling and usage or changing the whole sentence. Let us be honest, most of us change the entire sentence because of one word. It does not sound so elite anymore but we are lazy and tell ourselves that it works. And it does work, but the effect of jargon…
Want to keep your Android’s screen on longer? Today, I’m going to show you how. It’s a stupidly easy tip that many users are aware of. Follow the steps listed below to easily change the length of time it takes for your screen to “timeout”: Step 1) Go to Settings Step 2) Go to Display Step 3) Look for a “Screen timeout” or “Sleep” setting (it changes between devices) Step 4) Choose the length of time you want your screen to stay on before it goes to sleep.…
Some weeks back, it was only Windows users who could access the Nokia Here maps on their devices. But now, things have changed. The Here app would be available on both iOS as well as Android and what’s more, Nokia has been able to strike a deal with a major OEM like Samsung as well. Arch Rivals Come Together Nokia and Samsung have been fighting each other in the market place for many years now. When Nokia ruled the mobile phone market, Samsung was still trying to make its presence felt but…
The luxury of being able to use a number of apps has distinguished the Google Android platform from others. Users are thrilled to be able to access such a huge number of apps for free. The affordable price of gadgets, particularly smart phones on Android has enabled Google to command a huge market share and leave behind Microsoft and Apple. However, of late there has been some frustration and irritation brewing in the minds of users with regard to the excessive information being sought by…
Over the past week, we’ve seen a number of exciting devices hit the market. September 2014 is a great time to be buying a brand new smartphone – from the iPhone 6 to the Moto X and Note 4, we have plenty of options. If you want to trade in your used smartphone to get a discount on a new smartphone, then consider using T-Mobile. T-Mobile recently announced the company was “guaranteeing” industry-best prices on all used smartphone trade-ins: “In advance of a huge wave of new…
If you enjoy SnapChat but believe in words more than in pictures, if you have messaged something really mean to someone and are feeling guilty and are wishing that you could take it back or if you have written something that might be used later as evidence by your girlfriend stating that you rather play video games that meet her mother, CYBER DUST is the app for you. A lot of us have lots of things to say and prefer expressing ourselves with words. Also, a lot of us have a tendency to end up…
This article is for the people who have kids, are planning to have kids or think about having kids. This is also for those people who think about the rise in the popularity of social media and the importance that is given to staying virtually connect. More often than not, it is children who are easy victims to the virtual lifestyle (in reality, sadly, there is an equal number of adults who are extremely social or should I say extremely anti-social, enslaved by their virtual reality). Most of…
It was back in the year 2013, when experts studying the mobile market predicted that we were poised for a tectonic shift regarding the hardware for gaming. The prediction then was that the primary hardware as well as operating systems for gaming would be tailored and made for mobile gadgets. That forecast has proven to be true and we have seen the huge and exponential growth of smart phones, led by the Android operating system from Google. The iOS and Windows at the moment have been left way…
