iPhone 4 vs. Android – Why Apple has lost it
Like millions of other Apple fans, I had my eyes on the poor live videos craving for the “New” on the WWDC day. Steve came on the stage and after few magical announcements, lifted the … Read more
Android
Android Dalvik JIT, Internals in Froyo
There was a along lived myth that claimed “java is slow”. Over the years, we’ve seen Java going faster, and occupying the enterprise, eventually, the mobile space. Running the desktop Hotspot JVM sure is an … Read more
Google “Near Me Now” for iPhone, Android
The location aware services are on the rise, making internet work for your local. A month back when Google launched Google Goggles Visual search for Android, we could clearly see how friendly can Google be. … Read more
Google Phone Confirmed
Since the launch of Android, we have been hearing rumors of (OEM) Original Equipment Manufactured Google Phone. We started seeing some Tweets from Google employees and others about a new Android-powered “Google phone” that was … Read more
Google Goggles Visual Search
Today at Google’s Search event, Google has launched a new application for Google Android mobile phones that will allow people to search for more information about a famous landmark or work of art simply by … Read more
Android and Chrome OS might Converge
For some Tech leaders have already declared Cloud Computing OS is the future and others strongly disagree and call it a failure. though we had been neutral over our previous Chrome OS Review. Whatever the … Read more
[How to] Google Navigation on Android G1
With Motorola Droid came the world’s most advanced Navigation GPS – Google Maps Navigation. And now it’s hacked to be installed on other Android Devices : G1 Google Maps Navigation will be part of Android … Read more
Google Maps Navigation Beats All GPS
Google Maps powered some of the phones carrying a AGPS. Dedicated services like TomTom, Garmin clearly beated them in features like Turn-by-turn navigation. Google has done it again, one giant leap ahead of industry by … Read more
Android 2.0 Feature Review
Here comes the hyped and long waited Google’s Mobile OS 2.0. This software is expected to officially debut first on Verizon’s Motorola Droid smartphone next month. Android 2.0 codenamed Eclair adds a bucket full of … Read more
Google Android 1.6 Donut SDK : Full MultiTouch, Better Market, Universal Search, Text to Speech and more
Google launched an overhauled, polished Market place few days back. Major improvements had been with the UI. A big step from a boring interface to the one like App Store. Now, Google has made the … Read more
Google Listen – Google’s New Audio Search Labs App
Google Labs, releases yet another experimental product today: Google Listen, an Audio search engine that runs as a Google Android app (for now). What does it Do? It allows you to stream or download podcasts, … Read more
Google and the Future – Eric Schmidt talks about the Visions
Google is someone who changes the trend in the Industry. When Google is adopting up something new, it does mean the future is bound to change. The news of Separation of Apple and Google came … Read more
How to Run Android in VirtualBox, VMWare
Yea, You heard that right, Its now possible to install Google Android (mobile based OS) to your Laptop/Netbook. In actual, you don’t even have to install, it’s as easy with this live CD method. All … Read more
Android exposes Native Development Kit. Talk with ARM directly!
There is always a performance hit when you make things run on a VM environment. Same is the case with Android OS. There will be significant performance Hit and limit is posed by the use … Read more