Google says 850K Android devices activated each day

By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY

The growth rate for Android continues to accelerate.

Google says 850,000 new Android devices are now being turned on and activated each day, while the current number of active Android smartphones and tablets has topped 300 million. Also, the Android Market has just crossed the 13 billion apps downloads milestone.
At the Mobile World Congress, Android's Director of Product Development Hugo Barra says he expects hundreds of devices running the 4.0 mobile operating system -- nicknamed Ice Cream Sandwich -- to show up soon.

Get a refurbished Kindle Fire for $169

Thinking about picking up an Amazon Kindle Fire, but find the $199 price tag too high? Amazon is now offering refurbished models for $169.

Yeah, that’s only $30 off the list price — but Amazon offers the same 1-year warranty on refurbished Kindles as it does on new models. So there’s actually not much risk associated with buying a refurbished model.
The Kindle Fire has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1 GHz TI OMAP 4 dual core processor, and 8GB of storage. It’s designed to work with Amazon’s digital book, music, movie, and app stores

WOW!! Look at the NEW app for iPad.

ITS THE NEW SLAP APP. Jajajajaj. How many want this app??

Cheaper Nook tablet, Bigger Kindle Fire?

By Will765| Tablet Rom
PM | Categorized As News | With 0 Comments This week Barnes and Nobles is set to release a new version of it’s Nook Tablet. The only difference between it and the version already on sale is 8GB less storage, and a $50 less price tag. So by cutting that 8GB, Barnes & Nobles can now compete with the Kindle Fire price-wise. Since it does have an sd card slot, I don’t see much advantage to paying an extra $50 for 8GB internal storage, and would buy the cheaper version if I was in the market for one.

Amazon isn’t sitting on the successful Kindle Fire, apparently. Rumors are the company will be releasing a larger version in the second quarter of 2012. Nothing is firm yet, but either 9″ or 10″ screen size is a possibility. Releasing a tablet closer to the iPad size will put Amazon more directly in competition with Apple, which the original Fire really hasn’t done.

Masked Hacker Interview Live ATN NEWS Bangladesh

Video from You Tube by CarelessJohnVEVO

Journalist Munni Saha from ATN News interviews a masked hacker ("Code Red") from Bangladesh to discuss different issues of hacking. Issues that came include cyber war, online security, patriotism of hackers, level of hackers, governmental issues with hacking, facebook security etc.i think Anonymous will commit suicide watching this interview!!!. code red is not member of black hat hackers team.

Tablets in 2012

By Will765 | Tablet Roms

 

Assuming the Mayan doomsday prediction is wrong, what will the tablet landscape look like by the end of this year?  One thing for sure is that a lot of tablets, whether running iOS, android, or Windows 8 will be sold.  Most estimates put the number around 125 million or so for the year.  With Apple set to launch the iPad3, probably in March, expect the usual buying frenzy which accompanies the release of any new Apple product.  Another factor will be the reduction of price for existing iPad models, which will open up their sale to those who are unwilling to pay the high prices now being charged.  One thing is certain, Apple will retain the top spot in tablet sales for at least this coming year.

 

Android tablets have been, and still are, suffering from one major problem-fragmentation.  So many vendors, with a variety of operating system versions.  Different specifications, with varying screen sizes.  It’s no surprise the public is often confused about android tablets.  Amazon tried to overcome these problems by emphasizing utility over specifications with the Kindle Fire, and it looks to have been a success.  Consumers want something that works, and really don’t care(or understand much) about what’s under the hood of the tablet.  Seven inch tablets seem to be coming more and more popular, with their greater portability and lower prices.   With the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has begun to consolidate it’s operating system.  One problem is still that manufacturers integrate their own UI over android, which makes it less of a common experience.

 

One wildcard in the tablet world is whether the Windows 8 tablets prove popular.  Potentially,  the installed base of Windows users could provide a huge market for windows tablets.  The implementation will be a key for the success of such devices.  If  Windows 8 works really well on tablets, many manufacturers will be quick to start producing them.  The corporate world will likely buy large numbers of them, as well as many consumers.  The only drawback is that there are not expected to be many tablets out by the end of 2012. This will allow both android and Apple to continue to expand their influence, and dominance, in the tablet market.  Microsoft may just be getting to the party a little too late.

What do you think? Feel free to leave your comment

Ready For Android 5.0?

By Will765 | Tablet Rom

 

Although the vast majority of android devices haven’t received an official update to Ice Cream Sandwich, android 4.0, rumors are that Google is preparing to release Jelly Bean, it’s next version, in the 2nd quarter of 2012.  Why would the company try to launch it so quickly?  Supposedly, this is in response to the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8.  Optimized for use on touch-screen tablets as well as desktops and laptops, Windows 8 is seen as a real alternative to android as an operating system.  The new android 5.0 is said to be able to dual-boot on tablets and other devices alongside Windows 8, and even to be able to switch operating systems without having to shut down.  Seeing as how ICS came out in November, and yet 3 months later most devices don’t have official updates, even if Jelly Bean comes out between April-June, likely no one will see it until towards the fall.  One thing Google needs to address is the lag time time between releasing it’s new os, and actually seeing it appear on devices.  The vast majority of the delay is due to manufacturers putting their own proprietary software into the new system.  This takes too long to work out all the bugs, and meanwhile the only ones who get the upgraded android are the hackers.  Some Chinese manufacturers have got the right idea, and released tablets with a very vanilla ICS, which have been available since December of 2011.  It would be very annoying if Google releases Jelly Bean before most of us get ICS on our tablets or phones.