Barcode Scanner App for Android

Android phones have risen fast in popularity and so developers are making a lot of apps for Android. Here I will tell you how to decode a barcody by just a barcode scanner which is compatible along with Android phones. Barcode scanner app decodes the information about the product, like the place where it has been made, the price and sometimes also the manufacturing date. Through barcode scanning technology, you can scan through the most popular codes in formats of 2D and 1D like QR code for searching in Google for the product results in applications. Through this Android app, you can easily scan products like CDs, books, DVDs, etc in the market and get to know all the details about them. This is not all; you can go a step ahead and look up about the information, reviews, etc. for it on the Internet on the Android phone. You just have to open the camera [...]

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Acer Liquid Metal smartphone having Android 2.2 OS and 5 MP camera

Acer has launched a new Android phone called Acer Liquid Metal. It has a whole new look and is up to ten times faster for browsing as compared to previous Acer Liquid phones. The Acer Android also comes with a lot of improvements over its predecessors. This is not the first time we have seen Android on Acer but it is certainly one of the best ones from this manufacturer. This handset has a 3.6 inch capacitive touch screen along with five megapixel camera. The latter also has LED flash and auto focus. You can take 720p HD video at 30 frame rate per seconds (fps) quality. Other features for the camera include face recognition technology and image stabilization. The Acer Liquid Metal smartphone has Android 2.2 OS or Froyo and the Android [...]

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Android phones apps – Installing and uninstalling

Android is currently the latest amongst mobile phone operating systems and it is also the second most popular one, beaten only by iOS. Also, it growth rate is quite impressive and tech pundits predict that it will soon be the number 1 OS. The reason behind its success is the user-friendly interface and its attractive look. People are blindly following Android phones now just because they are the most talked about handsets around. A lot of my friends belong to this category; they don’t even know the basics of the phone like installing and uninstalling applications. Hence, I decided to write an article about it here as there might be a lot of people facing this problem. You can easily get Android phones apps from Android Market place and then you can access it from the device itself. There are tons of applications available ranging from free to paid ones. Our sources say [...]

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Maylong M-150 7″ Android Tablet at 99$ ePad/iPad Clone

This is another cool tablet based on Android, it might be the iPad killer that people have been waiting for. There is nothing spectacular about the features but the price is certainly worth drooling up – this tablet costs just $99. it is called Maylong M-150 and has a seven inch screen. The device will run on Android version 1.6 which is a bit dated but still quite useful. The tablet screen will have a 800x480 pixels resolution and it has some of the best features that you’d want in such a device like resistive touch screen, microSD card slot for putting in extra memory, internal speakers, Wi-Fi. The device supports up to 16 GB memory cards which is big enough for storing all your required data. I would recommend you this product if you want to gift a tablet with a touch screen to clients or friends. There is a USB port for connecting external [...]

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Android Market now has over 100,000+ apps

Our sources recently told us that Android market now has over 100,000 apps. This reiterates the fact that Android operating system is growing fast and it is getting popular all over the globe. Also, this is the only OS we know that can give tough competition to iOS. Android marketplace was not available in everywhere when it first came out. After a while, it spread to about 20 countries and after that, we saw a huge rise of apps in the market. They are very much popular amongst users too, our sources tell us that there are tons of apps downloaded everyday from the store. All things considered, iOS is still ahead of Android in terms of market popularity but the growth of Android is much faster than the Apple’s product and Android may soon me the world’s most popular OS if it continues to grow at this speed. iOS has about 280,000 apps in the market, [...]

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Android Rooting – What is it all about?

Before buying any phone, you most probably look at the application support, looks, speed and the amount of memory too. Rooting has become really important in new phones these days and that it what this article is all about. Here, I will tell you the advantages and disadvantages of rooting. You have to be really careful while Rooting, if not done properly, your phone might be unusable forever. Rooting give you admin rights for accessing the ‘read only’ files which are generally blocked for editing. If you are familiar with Linux and if you have enough of tech grey cells then you can do anything on your handset from changing the user interface to unlocking new stuff. This might be jargons to someone who isn’t in to gadgets but it is of immense use for a developer. Again, you have to be careful while applying the changes because one wrong step can turn your phone in to a brick. Developers [...]

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How to update your Android phone manually

I got some questions asking me if there is any way to check new updates for Android phone. Instead of answering to each of them separately, I decided to blog about it. I will tell you here how to check for the updates. Android handsets can update the software on the phone over the air. You don’t even have to connect the phone to laptop or PC for this. Generally, if there is an update available, you will get notification through an update message. However, if you want to check for updates manually, then you will have to follow these simple procedures. Update tool is quite similar to Windows on computer, you get notifications if there is an update available and you can choose to download or ignore them. Once the phone receives info about the update, you will get notifications and after confirming the installation, your Android device will get updated. To check for the updates manually [...]

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Top 5 reactions to 3D TVs

3D TVs are here and everyone is talking about it even though the highest end TVs are way out of our budgets. These panels will be dominating our living rooms in the future but we don’t know when it’s going to happen. The prices will have to come down fast so that people can afford it easily. I have tested a few 3D TVs in the labs and they panels are truly awesome, especially the flagship models. Samsung and LG products have impressed me the most but Panasonic is not too much behind either. I would like to see these manufacturers give the 3D glasses with the TV itself because you have to shell out more money for it after you have bought the TV. A single pair of these glasses cost $250 and you have to buy at least two, if you are going to watch it with some friends. Large families will need more pairs. Also, another interesting feature has been 2D to 3D conversion. I recently conducted [...]

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Panasonic HM-TA1 – Can be used as a Webcam

The camcorder market is getting really crowded especially the minicamcorder market because there are plenty of options to choose from. Hence, in order to lure customers, these devices must either have a low price or should come with a few extra features. Unfortunately, the Panasonic HM-TA1 doesn’t have either and hence I find it really hard to recommend this gadget to you. Also, there is no shortage of substitutes in the market with a plethora of smartphones and devices like iPod Touch which can also serve the give purpose well. Panasonic HM-TA1 records videos at VGA resolution at 1080p and 720p resolution at 30 fps for both. iFrame format of Apple is also available here. It is smaller than HD and records at 960x540/30p at 24Mbps. This format is made for iMovie although you can import standard HD MPEG-4 format in to iMovie. The TA1 can also be used as a Webcam and you get to choose [...]

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Sansa Fuze+ – Excellent value for money

When it comes to music players, iPods are the first thing that would jump to your mind. The Apple iPod has ruined other MP3 player’s market share and there are also music phones which serve as good substitutes to stand alone MP3 players. Sansa has been in the MP3 player market for a while and they have made some really good MP3 players in the past. The best thing about their products is that they are really inexpensive and hence give great value for money. I got the Sansa Fuze+ in the labs for review and this device is available in 5 different color options. For memory, you can choose from 16 GB, 8 GB and 4 GB options. They are priced at $119, $89 and $79 respectively. Sansa Fuze+ is a successor to the original Sansa Fuze which the manufacturer first came out in 2008. It was a good product and things have been made even better here. Fuze+ can handle photos, videos, music, [...]

Microsoft Releases Office 2011 For Mac

Microsoft Office is the most widely used office application among all the platforms. Keeping this in mind Microsoft launched Office for Mac users back in 2008, but things didn’t went well that time, and Microsoft Office faced some compatibility issues, as a result of which Spreadsheets didn’t copied correctly from Windows machine to Macs. Continue reading ‘Microsoft Releases Office 2011 For Mac’

Lenovo IdeaCentre B500 All-in-One Review

Lenovo IdeaCentre B500 is a all-in-one desktop that brings complete home entertainment features in an elegant compact package, it sports an angular design with machine cut speaker grills that are inspired from the Halo, the machine itself has a small footprint that allows for space saving and at the same time provides ample power for your computing and entertainment needs. We recently got our hands on the machine, lets have a look at the review results after the break.

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Pre-order Microsoft Kinect in India

Microsoft India has just revealed the official details of Kinect in India, priced at Rs 9,990 for the standalone Kinect Sensor and Rs 22,990 for Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle which includes the new 4GB version of Xbox 360 console along with Kinect Sensor. Previously known as Project Natal, Kinect is by far the most advanced and accessible gaming technology that uses fully body tracking using a number of sensors that mirrors your body motion to that of your virtual character for controller less entertainment, a total of 17 Kinect games are also expected to become available during its launch in November.

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List of Kinect Games

Microsoft has unveiled a list of launch titles for its upcoming gaming tech Kinect which releases this November. The list includes 17 games for the Xbox 360 which can be enjoyed with Kinect Sensor using your body as controller. A new Xbox Kinect Bundle is also announced that will feature 4 GB HDD space along with the Kinect Sensor.

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Download Winamp for Android

Winamp, one of the favorite music player of the masses has just became available for the Android platform, the application requires Android 2.1 or above and is currently in the beta phase, you can search for Winamp in the Android Market or download it from the QR code given below. Winamp for Android also supports USB and wireless desktop syncing of your music library with its Winamp desktop application(only with version 5.59 beta).

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How To Add Halloween Effect To Images

Halloween is just a few days away and many of you would have started preparations for it. You must be going in stores, trying and buying different costumes for “the day”, but what about the online-you. Well, most of you must have planned to upload your Halloween images on different social networking accounts, but what a fun it would be to add Halloween effects to your friends’ photos, and upload them. To do this, you can use Google’svery own online image editing app called Picnik. Continue reading ‘How To Add Halloween Effect To Images’

NetTraffic: Track and Analyze Internet Usage

When we are using internet connection with limited bandwidth, it becomes quite necessary to keep track of the usage details. Exceeding this limit may not be desirable, for this purpose we can use bandwidth tracking tools. NetTraffic is one such handy application that calculates the amount of data usage automatically. Continue reading ‘NetTraffic: Track and Analyze Internet Usage’

How To Convert .sis.dm/.dm Files To .sis Files

After reading our guide to download Ovi Store files to PC many users were faced problems while installing .sis.dm or .dm file on their mobiles. So, here is a simple and effective method which will convert a .sis.dm/.dm file into a easily installable .sis file. Continue reading ‘How To Convert .sis.dm/.dm Files To .sis Files’