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How to install apps on Android

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How to install apps on Android

Android is vastly popular and one big reason for its popularity is the availability of thousands of free and paid applications across countries. The list of apps is increasing every day.

Installing these applications on the Android device was earlier considered to be a big hassle as it was initially only possible through the device. But today users can install applications in a number of ways, making it easier from them to search and use them.

Method 1: Through Android Market on the device

Step 1

Turn on your device, go to the main home screen and press the ‘Applications’ tab that opens the applications menu on the device.

Step 2

Locate the Android Market application from the menu and press that icon.

Step 3

The icon will open the Android Market, where you can access different apps under varied categories form the apps tab. But make sure you are connected to the internet through or WiFi.

Step 4

Install the desired application. Users can also make use of the application to search features by entering relevant keywords in the field on the top right hand side of the home screen.

Method 2: Through Android Market on the web

Step 1

Through the on your laptop or desktop computer visit the Android marketplace. It will take you to the online version of Android Market.

Step 2

Locate the desired application from the featured applications or if the application is not featured there you can also search for it using the search tool located on the upper right hand side of the page.

Step 3

Once you have selected the application, the app-specific page on Android Market will open. You can check your device’s compatibility with the application from the compatibility menu on the left of the page.

Step 4

Once you have confirmed that the application is compatible with your device, proceed with the installation by pressing ‘Install’.

Step 5

The next screen is the confirmation page. As the application installed through this method won’t prompt you on the device, make sure to read what all permissions the is asking for and most importantly check whether you have selected the right device. Press ‘Install’ and the app will be installed on your device.

Make sure you are connected to the internet through GPRS or WiFi.

Method 3: Through a or offline installation

This method is useful for people who wish to install third party applications not featured or available on Android Market. But as with all applications, be sure of the source and always check the permissions that the application demands.

Step 1

From the Android ‘Settings’ tab select ‘Applications’ and under that tab enable the ‘Unknown Sources’ option for your device.

Step 2

Connect your device using a cable and copy the ‘.APK’ file stored on your memory card to your device.

Step 3

Disconnect the memory card and locate the file using a file manager program.

Step 4

Select the installation or the file of the application you desire to install and select ‘Run’. If the application is an update the device will ask for your permission. Select ‘OK’ to proceed.

Step 5

The application will get installed on the device and upon finishing will confirm that the installation process was successful.

Micromax’s exchange policy for defective handsets

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In a move to address customers’ complaints regarding defective handsets Micromax has started a new initiative wherein a customer who has purchased a new Micromax handset can get it replaced within seven days of purchase.

Vikas Jain, director of business at Micromax, said to The Mobile Indian, “We have started a new initiative wherein a customer who has purchased a new handset from any dealer, and it is not working properly, can get it exchanged for a brand new handset within seven days of purchase without being asked any questions.”

Some of Micromax’s customers with whom The Mobile Indian interacted were of the opinion that the company needs to strengthen its customer support mechanism.

When we shared this feedback with Jain, he said, “Yes, customer services are a bottle neck at some places and with the new initiatives that are in the pipeline we plan to take care of it.”

Jain said that Micromax is planning to improve its customer services with the introduction of appellate authority and nodal officers for taking care of consumer complaints. As of now the company has one toll free number (1860 500 8286) and another regular number (011-44770000) where consumers can get technical help and lodge complaints.

Micromax had some time back launched its latest device, the A70, which comes with a capacitive touchscreen and a dual camera.

The A70 comes with a 3.2 inch TFT HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 65K colour display, and of 320 x 480 pixels. It runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and is powered by a 600 processor. Besides, it is equipped with a 5 primary camera and a quality secondary camera.

Micromax A70 is a device that supports download speeds of up to 7.2 and upload speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. The phone is also compatible with multiple audio and video formats, and its Office Suite Viewer ensures that your work never suffers, even if you are on the go. The phone also boasts a gravity sensor and a for better web browsing.

Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition coming soon

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Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition coming soon

Acer, which launched Liquid Ferrari smartphone last year, is set to launch another smartphone – the Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition.

An Acer India spokesperson confirmed this to The Mobile Indian, saying, “Although this device has just been unveiled, it is expected to be available for customers in India in the coming months.”

The limited edition Ferrari Acer Liquid Mini is built on the same lines as the original Liquid Mini with a total weight of 105 grams, but to give it a totally different look, this device will come only in Ferrari’s official red colour and will feature the official Ferrari shield on its back. Along with that the device will come installed with Ferrari content such as wallpapers, pictures and even Ferrari engine-sound ringtones.

The Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition will be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm MSM7227-1 featuring a 600 MHz ARM 11 processor with a dedicated Adreno 200 GPU for faster graphics performance. The device comes with 512 MB each of RAM and internal memory. Although slightly outdated in terms of the specifications it will feature Google’s latest mobile operating system &#151Gingerbread.

The Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari edition will also feature a 5 megapixel rear camera without a flash and without 720p video recording capability. The latest Acer UI 4.2 has been incorporated in the device. The screen, although slightly smaller than that of its predecessor, displays 320 x 480 pixel along with higher, 229 ppi pixel density.

The price point has not been revealed by Acer but this device is expected to be on the pocket friendly side. The device will also get an 8 card in the box as part of the bundle.

Google Nexus S gets Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread update

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Google has started rolling out the new 2.3.6 Gingerbread update for Nexus S GT-i9020 devices for users located in the USA, Canada and a few other regions. However, the update is not made available to all Nexus S users in the selected regions.

This update, started last week, brought a fix for Voice Search. However, the detailed list of improvements has not been made available yet.

Significantly, after applying the Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread update several Nexus S users complained and pointed out the nixed WiFi and tethering. That might be the reason this update is not being released to the general public, but only to users who are bound to select carriers.

So far the update does not appear to bring any new feature to the table and all eyes are set on the Ice Cream Sandwich update, which is expected some time later this year.

Therefore, beware of getting the update from unknown sources.

Now get operator SMSs in your language

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IMImobile, a company that provides mobile VAS solutions to mobile operators, media companies and enterprises, has announced an called My SMS. It is an based application which allows users to request SMS services in their language. My SMS is an application that allows a user to receive SMSs in his language irrespective of the make of his handset.

People using Symbian or J2Me based mobile phones can download this application by dialing 56263. or other operating systems are not supported. Currently, all the operators support this service.

Vishwanath Alluri, founder and chief executive officer, IMImobile, said, “Through My SMS, we plan to break the language barrier which has been a huge roadblock for the penetration of the telecom revolution. We want to empower users especially in the rural areas to enjoy the benefits of this revolution in their own language.”

To start with, this service is available in eight major languages – English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Bangla. The USP of this service is its easy scalability, which allows many more languages to be added. This application is very easy to use as it does not require a keyword or short code.

The application will be integrated at the back end of the service provider. It allows easy addition and deletion of categories and the menu can also be customized according to the operator’s requirement or based on festivals or events.

This will allow operators to easily connect with subscribers in their native language and promote their value added offerings better while keeping themselves better informed by talking in the users’ own language.

Details of new Amazon tablet surface online

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Details of new Amazon tablet surface online

Amazon is reportedly working on a 7 inch tablet that will come loaded with the company’s own version of operating system. The author of TechCrunch managed to get his hands on the device and got a confirmation from the company that the tablet will cost $250 (Rs 11,250).

Most likely to be branded Amazon Kindle tablet, it will have a multi touch 7 inch colour display, operating system, and a bunch of Amazon apps.

The Amazon tablet will carry an operating system built from scratch using the Android OS code, but the prototype unit did not visually indicate the presence of Android. The user interface of the tablet will complement the Amazon.com redesign that is currently being tested.

The tablet will carry all the Amazon Apps &#151 Kindle Reader, Amazon Cloud Player, Instant Video Player and Amazon Store for apps. From the details so far it appears that the Amazon tablet will have an OS that supports a host of apps for cloud services.

The hardware of the tablet would be pretty similar to that of rival Nook Color. Amazon tablet will have a two finger multi-touch capacitive display and won’t have an e-ink version. The tablet will carry a single core chip and would offer about 6 on-board storage. The final version should carry a memory expansion slot as 6 GB storage is too less for storing multimedia.

The Amazon tablet will be a WiFi only version as it seems the company wants a wider reach rather than the headache of carrier tie up. In terms of looks the tablet appears like the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook but with a rubber back for better grip. Unfortunately, Amazon won’t add a camera to the tablet.

The upcoming Amazon Kindle tablet will compete with Barnes & Nobles’ Nook Color in terms of pricing and form factor. Apparently this tablet is meant for reading books, watching movies online and listening to music. From the details, the tablet does sound interesting to voracious readers who wish to carry several digital books while traveling, and who also want to listen to music. Unless Amazon’s cloud based music and instant video services are made available in several countries, the tablet’s fate seems limited to the USA and a few other countries.

Vodafone Facebook mobile phone launch today

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As reported earlier by The Mobile Indian, Vodafone will launch its Facebook phone, named 555 Blue, in India today for Rs 4,590. The telco had launched the phone in the UK some time ago for $100 (Rs 4,500). Earlier it was expected to be launched in the month of August but was delayed due to some reasons.

555 Blue will be a prepaid phone and will have a locked SIM. The device is targeted at prepaid users and will offer a customised Facebook experience to people who love social networking and messaging.

The phone is not enabled but will instead use network. As a matter of fact, it is a good move because EDGE enjoys far greater coverage than 3G does. 555 Blue will sport a 2.4 inch display and a keyboard designed to make it easy to chat, email, and send texts using the device.

Apart from that, it has a 2 camera with instant upload capability, a micro slot, and a music player with FM radio.

It also features a dedicated Facebook ‘F’ button, which is customisable in terms of assigning tasks such as instantly posting a status update with photos or with links from the browser. The device also automatically updates Facebook every 20 minutes, although this can be customised.

Interestingly, Vodafone is not the only player offering a Facebook phone. Some time back HTC had launched the HTC ChaCha and Salsa smartphones for Facebook users.

Hungama.com offers special content every day

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Hungama.com is offering different content for each day of the week to both mobile and web users. The Day Specials will also be available on Hungama’s web and platforms. Day Specials will be a separate category on the website and one can still choose to navigate in the usual way.

Hangama has termed Monday as Masti Mondays and serves mood uplifting songs, followed by the latest in lifestyle content with Temptation Tuesdays. Wednesdays are now specially dedicated to devotional content with Bhakti Budhwar. Ishq, Pyaar aur Guruwaar on Thursdays offers the best love songs; while Friday Fresh Maal has the latest and hottest of Bollywood.

The best party music for your weekend is now just a click away with Sizzling Saturday; while Sundays will focus on content specific to the celebrity of the week.

“Hungama.com is constantly making an effort to enhance and present its content in the most convenient way to its customers &#151 both online and on mobile. The Day Specials will allow a structured pattern towards the way content is showcased on the platform, therefore easing the search for new content for the consumer,” Hungama said in a statement.

With so much content on the platform, some of it just won’t get noticed as people will be overwhelmed. This initiative might help in improving the chances of some of this content catching the user’s attention.

Acquire app for iOS connects to Adobe Photoshop remotely

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Acquire app for iOS connects to Adobe Photoshop remotely

Be it feline photos or nature, the phone’s camera has long way to go to compete with a full-fledged camera. That is where desktop based image editing software comes handy to correct the images. Flying Car has developed a new app &#151 Acquire for Photoshop, for the users to help them quickly send their photos to the Adobe Photoshop CS5 software in their personal computers instantly over the air. Even your already clicked photos can immediately be pushed to the Adobe Photoshop CS5 directly.

The new ‘Acquire for Photoshop’ app uses iOS device’s data connection to send the photos from the iPhone to desktop based software. The app uses Adobe Remote Connect functionality feature introduced with Photoshop CS 5. The new Acquire app is meant for those who regularly use Photoshop for image editing or any digital artist.

Acquire lets you take a fresh photo and also send existing images to Adobe Photoshop. So you will have to customise the remote connection settings in Adobe Photoshop. Use Adobe apps like Nav, Color Lava and Eazel to enable the remote connection settings for the companion app with Photoshop.

Basically it’s just a syncing app that provides a user interface to send images via a specific secured connection to Adobe Photoshop directly. Ideally such app should be free but currently it is available for $1.99 from Apple App Store . This app requires the iOS devices with camera and the ones running iOS 4.0 or higher.

Wikitude Drive &#151 Navigate with augmented reality

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Wikitude Drive &#151 Navigate with augmented reality

Popular augmented reality products’ maker Wikitude has developed a new solution that takes the based navigation to a step beyond with the addition of augmented reality to it.

Augmented reality is simply superimposing valuable information over the real world objects that we see. Wikitude has done the same thing with their new product – the Wikitude Drive.

With Wikitude Drive, simple GPS based navigation is turned in to a more informational and accurate driving information system for the drivers as they can see the real world picture with the additional route information and turn by turn navigation.

In comparison to simple GPS based navigation systems, it is better as it overlays the information pertaining to navigation on the existing imagery recorded by the devices’ camera simultaneously. So using this, one can see the road ahead with live traffic in addition to the route information.

According to Wikitude, “Wikitude Drive solves a key problem that all other navigation systems have. These systems require the driver to take his eyes off the road in order to look at the abstract navigation map. Just by looking at the map screen for one second when driving at 100 km/h (62 mph), the driver is actually “blind” for 28 meters (92 ft). Think about how much can happen in those precious meters. Since Wikitude Drive provides you with driving directions on top of the live video stream, you still see what is happening in front of you when looking at the display of your mobile AR navigation system.”

Since the concept and the application itself are very new, it is available for only a few phones running Android v 2.1 and above including Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus S, HTC Nexus One, HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson X8, Sony Ericsson X10i.

Wikitude is presently available for a handful of countries that does not include India but since it is a growing market for smartphones, Wikitude may soon release an India specific application for Android smartphones.

Unlike its previous world browser, the Wikitude Drive application is not free for use. Users will have to pay a price ranging from Rs 400 to Rs 700 as one time fees for this application from the Android Market.

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