Samsung Galaxy Note Review

Samsung Galaxy Note is neither a phone nor a tablet but it has some of the best specifications there is. The device is a phone/tablet hybrid which is more like a tablet by which you can make calls. It seems that Samsung is trying to make a new category of devices with this 5.3 inch beast of a device.

Look wise Samsung Galaxy Note is just like a regular smart phone such as Samsung Galaxy S II but slightly bigger with incredible features and specifications. The Galaxy note features a 2 mega pixel front facing camera, light sensor, volume rocker on the left, 3.5 mm headphone jack, power/lock button on the right, micro USB Charging and syncing port on the bottom, 8 mega pixel camera with LED flash at the centre of the rear portion of the phone, speakers located near the bottom of the rear portion and a dock for the S-Pen.

Samsung Galaxy Note features a 5.3 inch screen of WXGA goodness with a resolution of 1280×800 which has absolutely breathtaking quality.

This device is powered by a dual-core 1.4GHz processor and 16 GB/32 GB internal storage. You can also add up to 32 GB removable memory. It also features a 2,500mAh battery which is a long lasting battery. But with the specs of Galaxy note and its huge screen it won’t last too long.

Samsung Galaxy note specifications and features: –

• Network: 2G, 3G, 4G
• Weight: 178 g
• Display: 5.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• Screen resolution: 800×1280
• Corning gorilla glass
• Micro SD up to 32 GB
• 16GB/32GB internal memory
• 1 GB RAM
• GPRS
• DGE
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth v3.0
• MicroUSB v2.0
• 8 MP rear camera with LED flash
• 2 MP front camera
• Android OS v2.3.5 (planned to upgrade to v4.)
• Dual-Core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortext-A9
• S Pen Stylus

Samsung Galaxy Note Price is around $766 and its price in India is around Rs 29,999.

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Android mobiles between Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000

Android mobiles have become quite popular, especially in the Indian mobile market where people are looking for new smartphones day by day. Here is a list of some of the android mobile phones in India in price range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.

Motorola Defy

Motorola Defy is an android mobile phone that comes with a 3.7 inch touch screen made from Gorilla Glass. The screen of this cell phone has 480*854 pixels resolution. Motorola Defy has a 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus and LED flash. It is 3G compatible and it runs on an 800 MHz Cortex A8 processor with the OS 2.1. This mobile comes with a price tag of Rs 14,550.

LG Chocolate BL40

This LG android mobile phone comes with a 345*800 pixels which 4.01 inches screen. This mobile’s touch screen is made of gorilla glass and it also has a 5 mega pixel camera with LED flash. LG Chocolate BL40 comes with a price tag of Rs 14,020.

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is a mid range android phone with OS v2.2 and it is upgradable to v2.3. It has a 3.5 inch touchscreen with the resolution of 320*480 pixels. It has connectivity options of 3G, Wi-Fi, and GPS Navigation. The camera is 5 mega pixels with autofocus and a LED flash. It also has TouchWiz V3.0 UI, Swype Text Input and DNSe Sound Enhancement. Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with a price tag of Rs 13,700.

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini is another mid range android phone with OS v2.3 and it is planned upgradable to v4.0. It has a 3.0 inch touchscreen with the resolution of 320*480 pixels. It has connectivity options of 3G, Wi-Fi, and GPS Navigation. The camera is 5 mega pixels with autofocus and a LED flash. Sony Ericsson Xperia mini comes with a price tag of Rs 13,084.

HTC Wildfire S

This android mobile phone has TFT capacitive touchscreen with 3.2 inches and 320*480 pixels. It has a camera of 5 Mega Pixels and a LED flash. The Android OS on this mobile is v2.3 and it is upgradable to v2.3.5. HTC wildfire S comes with a price tag of Rs 12,499.

Samsung Wave M S7250

Samsung Wave M was announced in august 2011 and has a TFT Capacitive touchscreen with 3.65 inches and 320*480 pixels. It also has a 5 Mega pixel camera with a LED flash. This mobile has an android OS of v2.0 and it comes with a price tag of Rs 11,888.

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Android 4.0

Quite easily, the Android platform is garnering immense popularity across the world. There was a time when the Blackberry was seen everywhere. A lot of people now understand that while the RIM interface might provide the exclusivity of BBM, there is nothing more to it. The Android platform however, was not an instant hit – especially in India. It grew steadily but now has a lot of purists in the market can do anything to vouch for it.

The last version on the phone was Gingerbread 2.3 and the one on the tablet was Honeycomb 3.0. Now, Honeycomb is specially created only for the tablet and has a lot of suitable features for the tablet that the phone does not have or might not need. Google is breaking the version nomenclature and jumping directly to Android 4.0, Ice-cream Sandwich, where the phone and tablet versions will be brought together.

There are a lot of noteworthy features in this version of Android. Ice-Cream Sandwich has firstly hit the right spot by bringing out features that help in easy multi-tasking. That is what a lot of us look for in phones. Home screens look better and are more customizable. You can even resize the widgets and experiment with a lot of new themes. There is a Recent Apps button that lets users navigate between various tasks using the System Bar. The list consists of various thumbnails and just gently tapping an icon will lead you to the app of your choice.

It is sometimes a pain when one has to unlock the screen each time before performing even the most menial of actions. Android 4.0 has a better lock screen service where users can avail the camera facilityand view notifications without unlocking their screen first. One of the best features is face unlock. The phone can unlock itself by just looking at the user’s face. This is something like the fingerprint option that a lot of phones and options use but this is just so much cooler! Even the media folder has been made more attractive by letting users see HD album art and by having easily manageable music tracks.

Dismissing notifications usually involves reading them at least once. On this platform however, just asimple swipe of your finger is enough to dismiss individual notifications, apps from the Recent Apps list and even browser tabs. One more aspect is that multiple browsers are now easier to handle because the user interface is even friendlier.

This platform even offers a new voice input engine that provides sort of a continuous microphone usage experience. For instance, users can speak for a prolonged time and dictate long sentences.They can even pause for intervals if needed to create a punctuation mark whenever needed! The softer keyboard on Android 4.0 makes text input faster and more accurate. Word suggestions have been improved and the suggestion strip shows only three words at a time to avoid confusion and mistakes. To fix words that have been misspelled, the Androird 4.0 spellchecker locates and underlines errors. Apart from this, it also suggests replacement words.

Lastly, this variety of new features has been designed to enhance the accessibility of Android 4.0 for all users. Sharing is much easier with new and improved features such as Live Effects which is similar to Photobooth on Macs.

HTC, Samsung and even LG have stated that their top-of-the-line phone will get an Android 4.0 update. Whether it is for users of developers, the Android 4.0 Ice-Cream Sandwich is sure going to be a force to reckon with and change a lot of rules of the smartphone game.

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Top 5 Android Phones

The smart phones and Android era have completely taken over the market for phones in India. These days you will see Android smart phones in the hands of everyone around. Below we have listed some of the best Android phones in India. Top five Android Phones: -

1.Samsung Galaxy S II i9100

Galaxy S2 has a dual core processor with numerous more features and specifications and they have all been put together in a very thin and light device. If you use many apps or enjoy gaming on smartphones and you require a powerful phone Samsung Galaxy S 2 has been designed for you. Here is Samsung Galaxy S II features and specifications:-

• 2Gnetwork, 3G network
• 4.3 inches Super AMOLED Plus Capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480×800
• Corning Gorilla Glass
• 1 GB RAM
• 16 GB/32 GB Storage
• Wi-Fi
• Blutooth
• USB v2.0 micro USB
• Camera: 8 Mega Pixel, auto focus and LED flash
• OS: Android OS v2,3,4 (upgradable to v4.x)
• Dual Core 1.2 GHz Cortex
• GPS
• Samsung Galaxy S II battery life: overall 8 hours

Samsung Galaxy S II price in India is Rs 32,890.

2.Samsung Galaxy Note

Samsung Galaxy Note is an android device, which is neither a smartphone nor a tablet. It is a little too big to be phone and a bit small for a tablet. Galaxy Note is certainly not appealing to everyone due to its abnormal size. This smart phone that does everything that a table does has been getting very popular. Here are Samsung Galaxy Note features and specifications: -

• 2G Network, 3G Network, 4G Network
• 5.3 inches Super AMOLED Capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800×1280 pixels
• Corning Gorilla Glass
• Camera: 8 mega pixels, auto focus, LED flash
• Android OS v 2.3.5
• Dual core 1.4 preocessor
• Overall battery life: 9 hours

Samsung Galaxy Note Price in India is Rs 34990.

3.Motorola Razr

This stylish looking Smartphone has quite a lot to offer. This is currently considered as the world’s slimmest phone. This phone is fast and powerful and great for those who play a lot of games on their phones. Here are the Motorola Razr features and specifications: -

• 2G and 3G network
• 4.3 inches super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 540×960
• 1 GB RAM, 16 GB storage
• Bluetooth
• MicroUSB v2.0
• Camera: 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
• Android OS v2.3.5
• Overall battery life: 9 hours

Motorola Razr price in India is Rs 35990.

4.HTC Sensation XE

This sensational android smart phone is one of the best out there. This phone is about great performance, style and power. This is one of the best android smartphones in the India’s smart phone market. Here are HTC Sensation XE features and specification: -

• 2G network, 3G network
• 4.3 inches S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 540×960
• 768 MB RAM, 4 GB storage
• microUSB v2.0
• Camera: 8 mp, auto focus, dual LED flash
• Android OS v2.3.4 (upgradable to v4.x)

HTC Sensation XE price in India is Rs 33,990

5.LG Optimus 3D

This phone is absolutely brilliant and it is also a 3D capable phone. This is believed to be the fastest device but the only disadvantage is its android OS v2.2. Here are LG Optimus 3D features and specifications.

• 2G and 3G networks
• 4.3 3D LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480×800
• Corning gorilla glass
• 512 MB RAM
• 8 GB storage
• Bluetooth
• microUSB v2.0
• Camera: Dual 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash
• Android OS v2.2 (upgradable to v2.3)

LG Optimus 3D price in India is Rs 37,000.

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Best android Tablets in the World

If you are planning to get a tablet, do not worry about having to pay so much for an iPad. You can also go for an android Tablet. Here is a list of some of the best android tablets;

1. Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Asus Eee Pad transformer prime is considered to be one of the best android tablets. This the first tablet ever to launch with Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 CPU. This increases the power efficiency of the tablet.  It is also the thinnest tablet so far which comes with a keyboard dock. This adds an additional 8 hours of battery life to the tablet. The 32 GB model of this tablet comes with a price of approximately Rs. 35.000.

2. Asus Eee Pad Slider

Asus Eee Pad slider offers something new and different which is the slide out keyboard. This provides the user with a lot of flexibility and functionality. This makes working and typing in a vehicle so much easier.  This tablet comes with a price tag of about Rs. 35,000.

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes with an 8.9 inch screen and it is very thin and light. This is probably the best alternative to apple’l iPad 2 as it is quite similar to it.

4. Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Asus Eee Pad transformer has been around for quite a while now. It is very powerful and has an external keyboard dock which makes it turn into an android powered netbook. Asus Eee Pad transformer has a price tag of approximately Rs. 30,000.

5. Sony Tablet S

Sony Tablet S is the best android tablet for PlayStation Gaming.  This tablet has a wedge shaped design and it looks very refined. This tablet has direct access to original PlayStation games. This is one of the best android tablets there is. It comes with a price has not been announced yet.

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Aakash, the cheapest tablet

Aakash, which literally means “sky”, is the cheapest tablet available in the world. Previously nicknamed “Sakshat”, it is an achievement of the Indian Government. It is a Low cost access device (LCAD) available for 1750 INR for students in India. UbiSlate is its commercial name and the student version is called “Aakash”.  It will bridge the digital divide between the rural India and rest of the country. It costs a fraction of Apple’s ipad and is aimed at the benefit of the students. The Aakash tablet is developed by a UK-based company, Datawind and IIT, Rajasthan. The Indian Government has launched it to enhance learning in India. At the launch, Union Minister of Human Resource and development, Kapil Sibal had given 500 tablets to students who would test them. The Government hopes to distribute 10 million of the tablets to the students in the next few years. Students can directly write notes using the stylus. It will be immensely useful in learning as students can store the notes and review them later. Document formats: PPT, PPTX, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP are supported by the Aakash tablet. It can also run PDF viewer and Text editor. The battery, 2100mAh, promises a 3 hour backup (depending on the usage).The small size, 190.5×118.5×15.7mm, and light weight of 350 gm, make it easy to carry around. The device can be used to deliver distance learning for students in rural areas. The Aakash has following specifications:

• Screen size: 7” resistive touchscreen
• Operating System – Android 2.2
• Processor -366 MHz, plus Graphics Accelerator and HD Video Co-processor
• Memory -256 MB RAM
• Storage –2GB Micro SD card expandable up to 32GB
• Connectivity – 2 USB ports
• Network – Wi-Fi Enabled
• Web Browser – DataWind Accelerated Browser
• Modem – Inbuilt cellular and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)

The Aakash has some drawbacks too. It lacks Bluetooth, a camera, GPS and FM radio. It supports 3.5 mm headphones but has no loudspeaker. Android Market Place is missing though Getjar is installed. But there is an upgraded version in the offing, UbiSlate7. The Aakash has already created ripples with 3 lakh pre-launch bookings and now we will soon have its upgraded version. Aakash-2 will have a 1 GB RAM instead of 256 MB. The team is also working on an inbuilt camera to enable video chatting.

The Aakash was launched on October 5, 2011. However, the commercial launch is expected in January 2012. The delay in the launch is beneficial as there will be some improvements in the tablet. The upgraded version will have faster Cortex A8-700 MHz processor. It will also have an HD video processor and graphics accelerator. It will be priced at 3,000 INR. For an additional 400 INR, you can give it a PC look and get a keyboard. Experts worry that the Aakash might not fulfil the expectations as cheap tablets are terribly slow. Before judging it, we will have to wait for its commercial launch.

Note: The information is collected through secondary research.

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Top 10 image morphing/editing apps for Smartphone

Be it an iphone, blackberry or an android, the download market is always flooded with as many Apps as you have hair on your head. It’s next to impossible to figure out how many or which one out of them is the best and worth downloading. So here’s a handy guide to the top 10 image morphing or editing Apps that are available on your Smartphones. They are not ranked here, but they are definitely the top 10 most used, trusted and popular apps.
1).  Snapbucket
It allows you to use the 3 ‘S’ system – Snap, Style and Share. It not only allows you to edit your pictures by filtering, adding effects, frames and vignettes but it also allows you to design your own filter and finally share it with your friends on Social Media.

2). Instagram
Relish quick and easy styling and sharing with free Instagram App download in your iPhone. It is used by over 9 million people all across the world. It gives you the privilege to use its ecstatic features like Sutro, Earlybird, Nashville, 1977 vuntage etc. which are famous custom borders available and can give a new aura to your photos. Linear and Rafical Tilt-shift blur add cherry on the cake.

3). Camera +
This is an ultimate app, which has multiple features which miraculously help you click pictures with better quality. It gives you control over exposure and focus; has multiple shooting modes and facility of flash light, grids, cropand digital zoom. It also helps you manage your clicked pictures by immediately transferring them to pioneering Lightbox where you can edit,delete and add pictures. It comes with a special function to search your photos by any criteria and finally allows you to go social!

4). Face Fudge
Now photo morphing is just a tap away from you with Face Fudge app on your smartphone. You can now change the faces by simply changing features like eyes, mouth or tanning a skin colour or by just blurring.  Edit and make funny photos with Face Fudge, make your friends laugh by sharing it on various social networking sites.

5). Be Funky Photo Editor
Go whacky and make your photos look trendy with Be Funky Photo Editor, an online application. Add 20 high quality special effects, crop, add frames and share funky photos with your friends absolutely free from android market.

6). Camera 360
If you are a photo enthusiastic and love photo editing to make your photographs better, then Camera 360 is all you need. It is one of the most popularapplicationthat gives you a 360 degree approach to editing. It incorporates several features like Tilt shift allowing you to fake selective focus,Color-Shift mode that allows desaturation of all colours except one, Image stabilization mode, filters, funny effects, stickers and scenery frames.

7). Picplz
Have an Android phone and so don’t have Instagram app? Never mind, Picplz available with android smartphone satisfies all your needs that an Instagram does in iPhone. Click new photos with this app or edit the existing ones with quality photo filters, geotag, vintage 70s effect, Hipstamatic effect, B & W effect etc. and share it on social network. It allows you to synchronize your dropbox account with this app, to create an automatic backup of both original and filtered pictures in cloud storage.

8). Photogrid
This app is a must for you if you’re fond of making collage from your snap collection. It also gives you exciting options to edit images with High mode, Wide mode, Multi-mode, Edit Grip, swap, rotate etc.

9). Adobe Photoshop Express
This is a smaller version of Adobe Photoshop for your smartphone with incredible features like crop, straighten, roatate, clip, adjust exposure, sharpen or soften your image, convert it into sketch, tint it, contrast it, desaturate it etc. which can now revolutionize your snaps.

10). Pholeido
Create hilarious pictures with Pholeido that comes with a package full of fun effects, funny texts, strange objects and fine frames. You can twist your friend’s face or add strange objects or frames to it and canhave fun with your friends on social media.

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Top 10 image morphing/editing apps for Smartphone

Be it an iphone, blackberry or an android, the download market is always flooded with as many Apps as you have hair on your head. It’s next to impossible to figure out how many or which one out of them is the best and worth downloading. So here’s a handy guide to the top 10 image morphing or editing Apps that are available on your Smartphones. They are not ranked here, but they are definitely the top 10 most used, trusted and popular apps.
1).  Snapbucket
It allows you to use the 3 ‘S’ system – Snap, Style and Share. It not only allows you to edit your pictures by filtering, adding effects, frames and vignettes but it also allows you to design your own filter and finally share it with your friends on Social Media.

2). Instagram
Relish quick and easy styling and sharing with free Instagram App download in your iPhone. It is used by over 9 million people all across the world. It gives you the privilege to use its ecstatic features like Sutro, Earlybird, Nashville, 1977 vuntage etc. which are famous custom borders available and can give a new aura to your photos. Linear and Rafical Tilt-shift blur add cherry on the cake.

3). Camera +
This is an ultimate app, which has multiple features which miraculously help you click pictures with better quality. It gives you control over exposure and focus; has multiple shooting modes and facility of flash light, grids, cropand digital zoom. It also helps you manage your clicked pictures by immediately transferring them to pioneering Lightbox where you can edit,delete and add pictures. It comes with a special function to search your photos by any criteria and finally allows you to go social!

4). Face Fudge
Now photo morphing is just a tap away from you with Face Fudge app on your smartphone. You can now change the faces by simply changing features like eyes, mouth or tanning a skin colour or by just blurring.  Edit and make funny photos with Face Fudge, make your friends laugh by sharing it on various social networking sites.

5). Be Funky Photo Editor
Go whacky and make your photos look trendy with Be Funky Photo Editor, an online application. Add 20 high quality special effects, crop, add frames and share funky photos with your friends absolutely free from android market.

6). Camera 360
If you are a photo enthusiastic and love photo editing to make your photographs better, then Camera 360 is all you need. It is one of the most popularapplicationthat gives you a 360 degree approach to editing. It incorporates several features like Tilt shift allowing you to fake selective focus,Color-Shift mode that allows desaturation of all colours except one, Image stabilization mode, filters, funny effects, stickers and scenery frames.

7). Picplz
Have an Android phone and so don’t have Instagram app? Never mind, Picplz available with android smartphone satisfies all your needs that an Instagram does in iPhone. Click new photos with this app or edit the existing ones with quality photo filters, geotag, vintage 70s effect, Hipstamatic effect, B & W effect etc. and share it on social network. It allows you to synchronize your dropbox account with this app, to create an automatic backup of both original and filtered pictures in cloud storage.

8). Photogrid
This app is a must for you if you’re fond of making collage from your snap collection. It also gives you exciting options to edit images with High mode, Wide mode, Multi-mode, Edit Grip, swap, rotate etc.

9). Adobe Photoshop Express
This is a smaller version of Adobe Photoshop for your smartphone with incredible features like crop, straighten, roatate, clip, adjust exposure, sharpen or soften your image, convert it into sketch, tint it, contrast it, desaturate it etc. which can now revolutionize your snaps.

10). Pholeido
Create hilarious pictures with Pholeido that comes with a package full of fun effects, funny texts, strange objects and fine frames. You can twist your friend’s face or add strange objects or frames to it and canhave fun with your friends on social media.

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Best Android Apps

Once you buy an Android based smart phone you are going to need to get more familiar with the Android environment and get to know your phone better. There are many apps that you can download either for free or for small amount of money. But you will surely many apps to make your Android cell phone more user-friendly, simpler and entertaining. Here are the best Android apps that you can download from the Android Market on your mobile.

1. Best Automation Apps –

• JuiceDefender: This app will increase Android phone’s battery life.
• Llama – Location Profiles: This is an automation utility.
• Silent Time Pro: This app will keep your mobile on silent according to a sc edule given by you.
• Sanity: This app filters calls, announces callers name by audio and records all your calls. It can even answer calls automatically.
• Tasker: This app is a task management utility.

2. Best Communication Apps –

• chompSMS: This app is a less expensive alternative for SMS services.
• Gmail Label Notifier: This app notifies you on your mobile about your new emails.
• Skype: Skype is an essential for long distance calls.
• Imo.im: This app works with all accounts such as skype, facebook, Gtalk, MSM, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, Myspace.

3. Best Reading Apps –

• AnkiDroid flashcards: This app is great application for reading purposes.
• Wapedia: This app is like wikipedia’s mobile app.
• Aldiko Book Reader: This app is customizable book reader in which you can purchase books.
• Kindle: This app will give you a great reading experience.

4. Home Screen Apps and Widgets –

• Beautiful Widgets: with this app you can check the weather and time in a great environment.
• WeatherBug: You can check the weather with this app at any place in the world.
• WP Clock: This app offers wallpaper with time, date and battery and Wi-Fi network.

5. Android Games –

• Alchemy: In this game you can drag and drop various elements and create new combinations
• Angry Birds: Angry Birds is probably the most popular and well known game for smart phones.
• Chalk Ball lite
• Gamve Dev Story
• Flood it
• Jet Car Stunts lite
• Roll It
• Wordfeud Free
• Android Sudoku
• Fruit Slice
• Stair Dismount

6. Health and Fitness Apps-

• Endomondo: This is a social sports training app in which you can compete against your friends.
• Gentle Alarm: This is one of the best alarm clocks for Android smart phones

7. Productivity Apps –

• Astrid Task: This is a To-do list manager app
• Barcode Scanner: with this app you can find out the prices by scanning them.
• Dropbox: This app does not need continuous sync and it lets you reach your files when required.
• Google Docs: you can edit your documents with this app.

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How to run android apps on Windows

I’m sure that all Android based smartphone users would really prefer testing their apps before downloading them from the Android Market place to their phones. This way you can avoid unnecessary apps that take the space on your phone and SD card. Some of us also wish to play some of the cool games that are available for the android based smartphones on a larger display like a PC. Well this is very much possible. You can play android games on your windows based PC using a free and very simple software called BlueStacks. Here is how to do it: -
BlueStacks is basically an app-player software for Windows, through which you can play Android apps even faster than it is done on an Android based mobile phone and that too, on a full-screen of your laptop or desktop.

BlueStacks has pre installed apps and you can add 26 more. You can even push your favorite apps directly from your phone onto the PC using an Android app via internet route. You can find BlueStacks on the internet and download on your computer and get it installed. The software is actually a simple virtual Android operating system and it uses the PC’s resources such as its processor, internet connection, mouse, keyboard and audio card. After the installation there will be a folder on your PC consisting of all the necessary files and data for the use of BlueStacks. These include the kernel, data, system, boot and storage (SD card).

After the installation you can see all application running the Android OS. By clicking on widget on your screen you will be about to see all the installed Android apps on your computer. This software is quite user friendly and easy to use. You will know what to do once you have installed BlueStacks on your computer.

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Top 10 mobile phones to look out for!

Technology has been through a drastic change. It was back in June 29, 2007, when Steve Jobs transformed the mobile phone market with the launch of the very first iPhone. Thus started the era of smartphones. Since then, hundreds of thousands of mobile phones got launched in their bid to play catch up with the flagship phone from Apple.

Choosing a smart phone isn’t that easy, today. There are at least 5 mobile platforms to choose from, and then the manufacturers’ reputation, the hardware of the phones, the bundled accessories, everything play a vital part in choosing a great phone. Here we present to you 10 mobiles phone that you’d love to take home.

Motorola RAZR Xt910

The new Motorola Droid RAZR XT910 takes the best of Motorola’s Android expertise, adds in the super-slimness of the old RAZR phones and then tops it off with some of the rugged durability features of the Defy for good measure.

The phone makes you drool not just by its style, but by its power too. It’s got a dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 1GB RAM, Corning Gorilla Glass, 4.3-inches display and a TI OMAP 4430 chipset. The only drawback is the 1780mAh battery that won’t last too long under heavy usage.

HTC Sensation XE& XL

The HTC Sensation XL was launched in India recently and is also branded as the costliest Android phone in the country. On the other side, the HTC Sensation SensationXE was launched couple of weeks back and comes packed with real good specifications for that amount of money.

Both these devices from HTC are exclusive devices with a partnership with Beats by Dr.Dre Audio system and optimized software and come with a special pair of headphones made by Dr.Dre exclusively for HTC.

Both the phones sport 1.5 GHz processors, but Sensation XE has dual cores, compared to the XL’s single core. However, XL is larger is size with 4.7-inch display, and the XE is 4.3-inch. It is surprising that even with a larger display, XL has a resolution of 800×480 whereas XE has a resolution of 960×540.

Samsung Omnia W

Samsung’s Omnia W is a fresh change from others in the market, thanks to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. The phone is a regular candy bar in design, but it’s surely rock solid, powerful enough to run Mango without a hitch, and comes at a sub-20K price point.

The phone sports a 1.4GHz Scorpion processor, with 512MB of RAM. It has 8GB of storage space, with no slot for an extra memory card slot. The camera is a 5-megapixel shooter with autofocus and LED flash.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is the reason why you’d want to pick up from a nearby store. The operating system is snappy and doesn’t freeze at all. Plus, the data connectivity over 3G also felt much faster than its competitions. The only caveat, it’s hardly a stunner in looks, other than the beautiful super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

Blackberry 9900

For many users, the BlackBerry Bold represents the perfect image of a business-orientated smartphone, and its physical keyboard has certainly won it plenty of fans.  The new BlackBerry Bold 9990 adds a touch screen interface above the keyboard, but returns to a look and feel that we first saw on the Bold 9000.

The Bold 9900 is RIM’s slimmest Blackberry yet and has a mean processor under its hood. What follows is an in-depth look at what the new Bold has to offer. Looks alone will make BlackBerry addicts crave this new device. With its 0.4-inch profile, the Bold 9900 is the thinnest RIM handset yet. Extremely pocket-friendly, this 4.6-ounce phone begs to be shown off.

At the average price of Rs 33,360, calling the phone overpriced is an understatement. But then again, people buy iPhone too.

Nokia Lumia 800

The Nokia Lumia 800 is the first Windows Phone handset to spring from the Microsoft / Nokia tie-up announced in February. shares its exterior styling with the previously substantially less hyped Nokia N9, a Meego-based smartphone, although the screen size is reduced from 3.9″ (854×480 pixels) to 3.7″ (800×480 pixels) to conform to the Windows Phone spec list.The CPU, however, increases from the 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 to the 1.4GHz MSM8255 Snapdragon/Scorpion which certainly helps add snap to the Windows Phone Mango OS.

The Nokia Lumia 800 is one of the most stunning smartphones around. It is made of a single piece of polycarbonate (basically a posh variety of plastic), a first as far as I know in the world of consumer electronics. Unlike other devices with a unibody design, there is no way of getting into the Lumia 800. Unless you were to break it open, the device is completely sealed from the public world. The use of polycarbonate not only improves reception, it also means that if the Lumia 800 were to suffer from a fall, the damage will not so apparent as the plastic is coloured inside out.

One of the major selling points of the Lumia 800 will be the inclusion of Nokia maps, in replacement of Bing Maps. It allows you to download maps of cities in the SD Card, thus doing away with the need to have an active Internet connection for navigation. It also features turn-by-turn voice navigation and a showcase of places of interest, nearby.

No doubt the Lumia 800 and 710 are Nokia’s ‘comeback devices’.

Motorola Atrix 2

An attractive and comfortable phone with a great screen and solid camera, Atrix 2 is a high-end Android phone that improves on the original Atrix, adding a better display and camera, faster 4G, and a few other refinements. One thing it lacks from its predecessor is the fingerprint sensor.

It has a dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor on TI OMAP 4430 chipset. It has 1GB RAM,  8 GB of storage and a 8-megapixel autofocus camera. The display screen is 4.3-inch and is Gorilla glass capacitive touch screen.

The phone is not in the market yet, but sources reveal that shall be launched in India anytime soon .

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Typically, no list of must-buy phones can ignore the high and mighty Galaxy S II. However, the upgrade to the super phone Galaxy Nexus, is expected in India soon .

The Nexus series is the flagship device from Google and is the first phone to sport Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, or ICS. ICS is supposed to be the bridge between Gingerbread and Honeycomb and can run on both tablets and smartphones.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus sports a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 processor, the phone shall come in 16GB and 32GB of storage, but has no microSD card slot. The camera is a 5-megapixel shooter with autofocus and has absolutely no lag between two successive shots. Did we mention that it also has a 4.65-inches Super AMOLED capacitive display with an amazing resolution of 1280×720 pixels.

Samsung Galaxy Note

Personally, I was in serious dilemma to feature this beast in the category of mobile phones. Frankly, with a 5.3-inch display, it should ideally be called a mini-tablet, than a phone.
Samsung has been going great guns with its Galaxy lineage, right since they launched the first, Galaxy S. With the Galaxy Note, Samsung has taken the Streak 5 and changed every detail possible. The Note has a newer version of Android, a dual-core processor, a higher clockspeed on each core, a larger screen with higher resolution and better screen technology . Overall, Samsung Note’s 5.3-inch crisp display, a diminutive weight of just 178 g and 9.7 mm thickness come together really well.

Note has a gargantuan battery of 2500mAh. Equally impressive is the Note’s 8-megapixel camera and LED flash.A stylus is included with the Note, an add-on that we thought was buried with Symbian and resistive touchscreen devices. The stylus is very well integrated into the Note and a host of apps which allow sketching and drawing. The stylus fits securely into the body of the Note and should be a boon for those who feel they need to actually write rather than type. You won’t need the stylus for general business applications such as mail and browsing.

iPhone 4S

How can a list like this be ever devoid of an iPhone? And we wouldn’t want to disappoint you either. Let’s make no bones about it, the iPhone 4S is one of the best phones on the market at the moment, and the best thing Apple has ever created.

It’s got all the right bits right: good camera, slick web browser, quality screen – and made it all work together in the way we’ve come to expect.

Some people might be disappointed not to have seen the fabled iPhone 5, with the larger screen and new design, but the iPhone 4S is more than enough to keep Apple fans happy.

Simply put ,  if you’ve got an iPhone 4, you don’t need to upgrade (as long as you update to iOS 5) but for anyone else on an older device, or hankering after finally making the jump to an iPhone, you should run down to the shops and pick one up now – you won’t regret it.

Motorola Defy+

The Motorola Defy Plus is a follow-up to the company’s popular rugged phone, Motorola Defy. The new model shares most of the features with its predecessor, including the same screen (3.7-inch Gorilla Glass capacitive touchscreen) and the same camera (5-megapixel with LED flash).

The major upgrades come in the form of the processor, which gets bumped up to a 1GHz behemoth, and the battery, which offers over 7 hours of talk-time and 16 days of standby time. And of course, it comes pre-loaded with Google Android v2.3 Gingerbread, augmented by the custom MotoBlur UI. It also sports 512MB RAM, 1GB of application memory and a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus.

Water resistant and dust proof, the rugged smartphone claims to survive a sudden rain shower, a day on the beach, an all-night party, or even a tough workout with the pre-loaded CardioTrainer application, which transforms the device into the perfect running mate.

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