Samsung galaxy S4 is in the limelight for quite some time. The latest photos and shots revealed that this active Samsung Galaxy will be water and dust resistant version of Galaxy S4 flagship.     The specs are expected to be almost the same with the device running on a quad-core, 1.9 GHz processor with adreno GPU, which means that it contains a Snapdragon chipset. The size of the screen and the resolution is almost the same as that of the Samsung S4. It has a 5 inch 1080p unit, though it's not sure that it is a Super AMOLED or not.     Strangely the reported pixel density of the phone is 480ppi, so it might contains a smaller display. It is also known that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active contains an 8MP rear camera, which ... Read more

    Last week the I/O at Google introduced the new hangouts. The messaging app will be an amalgam of Google various apps of the similar nature. It has only got one problem; something one cannot undermine.     With Google talk, people can easily call from apps inside Gmail. Hangouts will change this functionality. Of course you can choose hangouts after this problem gets fixed, but some users were not aware of it and they just opted in. They can revert, if they want to.     Today Google has confirmed that all these things will come under the hangouts. This also makes it clear that one app will control all these other apps. With the addition of voice, we will get our basic functionality back and we don't have to worry about other stu... Read more

Adorama listed the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on its website, and priced at $199 dollars. Samsung's latest tablet offering sports a 1024x600 pixel screen -- although perhaps underwhelming at today's standards -- but is able to support full 1080p HD playback. The Galaxy Tab 3 is powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, and is available with either 8GB or 16GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. The Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 runs Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean (Upgradable to Android 4.2.2). Source: adorama... Read more

    AutomateIt is the latest app for Android smart phones available at the Google Play store. Smart phone are everywhere, and millions of people have them. This latest app can make a smart phone even smarter by automating the everyday tasks depending on what you happen to be doing at the time.     We've all been driving down the road when the phone has rung, or been awakened by those texts at night that are annoying email messages. We've had to either physically reach over to get the phone and turn the volume off or ignore the incessant ringing on a phone we can't safely answer while the vehicle is moving.     Automateit lets the smart phone user tell the phone what adjustments to automate and when to do it. It can even tell if yo... Read more

  The big news is of course, the upcoming new Android 4.3 update set to release sometime soon. Many have anticipated this from the casual user, to the app designers. Updates to apps are already being made ahead of schedule to work with the new version. One of these new updates is to the app called Light Flow.     Light Flow is the app that keeps the notification icon onscreen for all the programs that are running in the foreground of the Android devices. It is a feature that Google let app creators know that they wanted in the new apps for Android.     Each app running on your Android device will keep a persistent icon letting you know what is going on with that app. Light Flow will work for apps like Hangouts and Dash Clock. So while the ... Read more

    Google Talk allowed users to make phone calls and video conferences for free via high speed internet. Now with more people using Android devices, that feature became popular on those phones, tablets and pads. But as with all things Google, there's an updated version available. And this version not only improves Google Talk, it replaces it. It's called Google Hangouts.     And as is typical with everything Google, there is a period of Beta testing that can make these early versions of ‘new' things more than a little frustrating. Hangouts is currently used on computers quite well, but the Android version has had issues.     In the latest Hangout update, called version 1.0.1.678536 has fixed the problems making seamless commun... Read more

    If you've ever used Google Maps, you know that the features, especially the street views and area locator make finding your way around very easy. At the Google I/O Conference this week, they announced the new Google Maps Beta had been released, but only for a select few. You had to sign up ahead of time to get a sneak peak at this new updated Google Maps program.     Early users brag on the integration of Google Earth imagery lending a 3-D feel to the maps they are using. Other features that have them impressed include integration of Google Plus with the Maps so that you can see reviews of those local businesses right on the map along with street views of the business itself with pictures of the interiors of these businesses that have been uplo... Read more

    At the Google I/O conference, the numbers were released revealing just how many Android devices are activated every day. At the conference, Google announced a whopping 900 million Android devices have been activated. In March, that total sat at 750 million and six months prior to that they were at 500 million total devices activated.       By performing a little simple math, we can calculate that in the previous months, Google was activating between 1.2 and 1.5 million Androids each day. So between the time period of March 14th when they were at 750 million units and today where the total is at 900 million units, it means that this company now turns on 3,000,000 Android devices every day.     That means that every 35 second... Read more

    The infamous, yet oddly rarely seen Google Glass is getting an upgrade. The much maligned product is rolling out a host of new apps for their all-inclusive, computer in a set of glasses product. Applications for the social media sites like Facebook and Tumblr, the CNN app from the CNN news feed, Ellse and Evernote are all supposed to be available for Google Glass owners to download this weekend.       The app for the social media mega site, Facebook will allow pictures and videos taken via the Google Glass devices to be uploaded to the users' page instantly. It will also allow the Glass user to update statuses via voice recognition software. The CNN app is to alert users of breaking news with a video feed playing news directly on Google Gl... Read more

    The HTC One is one of Sprint's more popular smartphones. Though it is popular, one common complaint about the phone from users is the size of the ‘Back' and ‘Home' keys on the device's touch screen. These ‘Back' and ‘Home' Keys are difficult to use because they are not large enough, or sensitive enough to respond to touch. This is especially true of those customers whose fingers are too large to one or the other.       While the debate raged on about the reasons for this, Sprint came up with a solution so as not to alienate their thick fingered customers. They have released a software update, which makes this version of the software Version 1.29.651.10. This software update makes the ‘Back' and ‘Home' k... Read more

The first photo of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, at least according to Sam Mobile, has made its way online. Currently the source of the images are unknown.  So there's no guarantee that the images are actually the device for sure. According to Samsung, the specs are as follows: Name - GALAXY Tab 3 (8.0) 16GB (3G / Wi-Fi ) Code name - SM-T310 (3G) and SM-T311 (Wi-Fi) Android - Android version 4.2.2 Display - 8.0" WXGA ,1280×800 TFT Processor, RAM and storage - 1.5 GHz Dual-Core, 1.5 GB, 16 GB + MicroSD up to 64GB GSM networks - EDGE (850/900/1800/1900) HSPA+42Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps (850/900/1900/2100) Camera Front - 1.3 megapixel Camera Back - 5 megapixel Plug-in - Micro USB and 3.5 mm earjack Connectivity - BT 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS Batt... Read more

    Samsung and Apple have been locked in an epic battle with each other in court each claiming the other has violated patents held by them. Now the battle continues, expanding into a market battle for components to make their products. In particular, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is at issue. The new Samsung handset is the hottest selling smart phone ever released capturing a lion share of the cell phone sales market worldwide. While Samsung manufactures 80% of the components they need to make their products. Apple however is heavily dependent on third party suppliers for their components. The demand for the Galaxy S4 has been so great that Samsung has had to seek a secondary source for their processor chips. Currently 10% of the phones will be built using the Ex... Read more

      The Google I/O Conference concluded yesterday and there is a lot of exciting news for the future of Google, Android and all the app-fanatics of the world. One announcement was regarding the upgrade being given to the Google Maps online and the apps for several different brands of smartphones and tablets. The Google Maps apps are now available in two hundred countries, including North Korea. Fifty of those 200 have Street Views and there are now one million websites that integrate Google Maps into their sites.         Some of the new features include a live update of traffic complete with dynamic re-routing so that your trip doesn't get delayed. The map view on Google Maps has increased to have full-screen maps, it will also i... Read more