Google has released a new updated version of Google Docs to make it more popular and useful for the tablet and smartphone users.

With the new update, Google has tried to give a facelift to the cloud based application. Along with that, the Google Docs for mobile now gets a custom sort option as well which can be based on the name, modification date and also on the basis of last usage of the document.

Also added is the ability to share documents with multiple users and multiple documents with others on the go.

For sharing the document, users can simply chose the email account or can make the document public. Alternatively, they can also send the document as an attachment with Gmail as well.

You can get the latest Google Docs from its website. Google Docs is presently available for almost all popular mobile operating systems.

Motorola has finally launched its much anticipated Droid 3 full Qwerty smartphone with Android 2.3 Gingerbeard operating system.

Sporting a 4-inch high quality display, the Motorola Droid 3 handset will come in CDMA and GSM options. Featuring a dual-core 1GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera and 5-row full Qwerty keypad, the new Droid 3 is ready to rock your world.

Motorola will make the Droid 3 available from Verizon in US from July 14 onwards at $199 (Rs 9000 approx) for a two-year contract and $459.99 (Rs 20,500 approx) as an unlocked SIM-free version.

Quite similar to the first Droid and Droid 2, the new Droid 3 smartphone features beastly hardware that promises top performance. Under the hood lies a dual-core 1Ghz Texas Instrument OMAP 4430 Processor with 512MB RAM and 16GB on-board storage.

As usual, Motorola continues its push for high-resolution displays by adding 540×960 qHD Resolution support to the 4-inch TFT display.

Droid 3 has a front facing VGA camera for video chat and an 8-megapixel camera with 8x Digital Zoom, auto-focus and LED Flash. Back-panel’s 8-megapixel camera is capable of recording 1080p HD crisp video which shutterbugs will certainly adore. Besides that, the phone also has an HDMI 1.3 port that allows plugging it to an HD display.

By default, Droid 3 runs the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update and will be upgradable to the next Android update &#151 Ice Cream Sandwich. Hopefully with the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update, the video chat option would be enabled for the Droid 3. Seamless web-browsing experience is promised with the Adobe Flash Player 10 support.

Motorola certainly has packed Droid 3 with amazing hardware that will please the geeks but the phone falls short in certain areas. For instance, it doesn’t offer the 4G LTE support and there’s no clarity as yet whether the Bootloader for the same would be unlocked or not. The latter reason mostly caters to the developers as well as the enthusiasts. Also there’s no update on whether the Droid 3 carries the updated Blur (previously MOTOBLUR) user interface or not.

Though the phone comes in CDMA version, it is capable of supporting and working on GSM networks network as well. If you have a friend or relative coming down from the United States after July 14 then you can ask them to carry the Motorola Droid 3 which approximately will cost about Rs 21,500 including the taxes. Do note that warranty can be bit of an issue over there.

The iOS gamers have veered towards free to play games from paid or premium games within the past six months, says a research conducted by Flurry.

It says the players don’t mind making in-app purchases if they find something interesting in the game, and often they pay more than what they would have paid for a minimally priced average iOS game. Such games are also called freemium games since they are free in the beginning for a limited level and users have to pay for the higher levels or virtual goods within the game.

According to the Flurry study, the freemium model is increasing in popularity quickly, and it accounted for 65 per cent of all game sales. The study took 90,000 apps into account and used its own analytics to arrive at the conclusion.

It’s not at all surprising to see that free to play games are popular since the entry cost for the users becomes zero. But the survey also clarified that only a very small portion of users, six per cent, chose to pay for in App options &#151 though they paid more money than those who bought paid games up front.

Jeferson Valadares from Flurry, said in a blog post, “We compared the revenue generated by pricing model, freemium vs premium, among the top 100 grossing games in January and June of this year. Premium simply means charging for the download (e.g. $0.99). Tracking over 90,000 apps with its analytics service, Flurry can measure the amount of revenue generated per ranked position in the App Store top grossing category. The chart below compares the proportion of revenue generated by each model.”

The mobile game players are more keen to give new games a chance if there is no cost to entry, at the same time there is no denying the fact there are premium games which have a good reputation, players know what kind of game they will be buying and are ready to pay up front for them as well.

Free games enhance their repertoire by constantly developing and adding new levels and characters to their games. This way, the free game creators have feel challenged to keep their games interesting all the time so they can introduce compelling spending opportunities within the game.