Posts tagged Froyo
The Android Tale [INFOGRAPHIC]
Jul 28th
Remember those childhood days, when our parents use to tell fairy-tales to cheer us up? Well, it seems those days are back, but in a different manner. As we are grown up now, we do not go for fairy stories, but we prefer looking at something posted after the break.
HTC Desire S vs. HTC Incredible S – The ‘S’ Clash
Apr 9th
They are Android, they are by HTC and they both identically have a letter ‘S’ at the end of their names. Oh yes, today is the time to get yourself thrilled by the comparison of two amazingly stylish gadgets recently introduced by HTC – Desire S and Incredible S.
Galaxy S Mini to be called Ace, won’t have an AMOLED touch screen
Jan 25th
Last time we talked about Galaxy S Mini, we had nothing but unofficial specs of the mini sized Galaxy S to share with you folks. But the situation just got a whole lot better as we have gotten our hands on the official specs of the handset that is yet to be announced. Official specs of the handset which will be called Ace follows after the jump.
Galaxy S Mini leaks out, will be unveiled in February (Updated)
Jan 16th
[See the end of the post for the update]
Samsung has had great success with Galaxy S and it looks like they are going to build on the profitable Galaxy. A Samsung branded handset with code S5830 has leaked out in the wilds and from the look of things seems like the mini version of Samsung Galaxy S.
LG Optimus 2X crushes iPhone 4 in the browser speed test
Jan 4th
Who is surprised upon reading the title of the post? I am not and you can understand why. A YouTube video which you can see after the break, sees iPhone 4 and LG Optimus 2X aka LG Star go head to head in the bid to top the browser speed test, with LG’s Optimus 2X, the first dual core processor powered smartphone coming out as the clear winner.
Samsung Galaxy Tab is the surprise hit of the season
Jan 2nd
The year 2010, brought with it a lot of promising gadgets ranging from smartphones to Tablets and much more. If we were to pick the most exciting product it has to be the Tablet, as the next generation of mobile computing products were I think one of the most talked about products throughout the year, largely due to the high flying and high selling iPad. One other product was Galaxy Tab which has been termed by Wired as one of the most significant gadgets of 2010. Find out why after the jump.
South Korea will be the first to get Galaxy Player
Dec 31st
Samsung is all set to unveil its iPod Touch competitor, Galaxy Player next week at the Consumer Electronics Show. While CES 2011 will be serving as the launch pad for the media player version of Galaxy S, there is no telling who will be the first to get it. All of this has changed thanks to Wall Street Journal, who have revealed South Korea as the first lucky nation to get the Portable Media Player.
PlayStation Phone to go live in Spring 2011
Dec 29th
The PlayStation Phone rumors refuse to die which is just the way we like it. According to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Sony Ericsson will unleash their Android powered gaming handset in the Spring of 2011.
Gingerbread keyboard ported to non-rooted Android handsets
Dec 17th
One of the visually appealing features of Gingerbread is its functionally and visually improved keyboard. But since it is an Android 2.3 specific keyboard it is limited to Gingerbread running handsets. But all of this has changed thanks to XDA Developer hotaru. Gingerbread keyboard apk has been extracted and made available for all non rooted Android handsets running on Android 2.2 and Android 2.1.
Here’s the description of the keyboard:
this is the gingerbread keyboard, renamed so you can install it alongside the android keyboard you already have. it should work on non-rooted phones. it also includes dictionaries for all six languages that the regular android keyboard has (DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, SV).
I just installed it on my Froyo enabled HTC Desire and I am loving it. Steps to install it and use it are listed below:
Step 1 – Download Gingerbread Keyboard from here.
Step 2 – Install it. I did so using HTC Sync.
Step 3 – Once installed, go to Settings –> Language & Keyboard.
Step 4 – Check mark the Gingerbread keyboard option.
Step 5 – Write some text, how about a SMS. Then Long tap the text field.
Step 6 – From the popup menu that appears, select Input Method and select the Gingerbread keyboard radio button.
China produces a mini Samsung Galaxy S, has a dual core processor inside
Dec 3rd
As I said before, there is no stopping China from producing smartphone knockouts and this time around they might have outdone themselves as they have come up with a mini version of Samsung Galaxy S. I say mini because the phone has a 3.5 inch touch screen compared to the 4 inch found in the original one. The other thing that has impressed me a lot is the dual core processor.
