Google Nexus Prime + Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung Galaxy S II is the latest handset ruling the world of Android powered Smartphone. And on the other hand Google’s own phones are generally manufactured in collaboration with mobile phone makers are always been a talking point as they sport high-end specifications and more importantly it debuts the latest operating system version of Android. Android next release of Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is very near and we may expect it soon in Nexus Prime mobile phone.

So the rumors confirms that Google next phone would be Nexus Prime which would be launched in October and what interesting about this device is that, it would be the first device to get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system powered by Google.


On the other end Samsung is coming up with GT I 9250 Smartphone. There are strong rumors that GT-I 9250 is confirmed as the Google Nexus Prime. Though we haven’t got full information on the specifications of this mobile phone but we have important features of it. Its believed that Google Nexus Prime will be powered by 1.5 GHz dual core processor along with PowerVR SGX540 GPU which would easily overlook the Galaxy S II device. It will have 4.5 inches screen with next generation SuperAMOLED touch screen display.

Google is also working to bring in more carriers this time and the confirmed flagship are Verizon, AT & T, T-Mobile and Sprint. It’s also confirmed that Nexus Prime would have 5 mega pixel camera on the rear side and a front 1 mega pixel camera with 1080p HD video recording.

The Nexus Prime would be one of the smartphone which should be watched out for during the launch and along with that Samsung Galaxy Note should also be competing it with in a month or two as it will arrive in December 2011.


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Android for Blind Users with Voice Synthesis & Touch Navigation

 

The assistive technology for blind people is increasing. Technologies have been emerged in screen readers, magnifiers and narrators which enable the blind persons to use computer appliances. One of such thing that they can feel to work is the Android development through the Android App available for them. 

Mobile Accessibility is an Android app which is designed for blind only. This app is basically a screen reader which allows you to get out of the normal or native Android interface of your mobile in a way which is suitable for the blind to understand. Although it’s a paid app, buts it’s available for free download to the users for a 30 days evaluation period of this app. After then they need to purchase the pack.

This app uses screen access application allowing people who are blind or have low vision to use various applications on Android phone in an easy and simple ways. This app is suitable for various applications like Phone, contacts, SMS, Alarm, Calender, email, web, Apps and Settings.

The app has the following advantages –

• You can make call, answer calls and manage call logs.
• You can manage your contacts, including from social networks too.
• You can read SMS, compose and manage conversations.
• Setting up alarms.
• You get web browser experience at its best including faster navigation and bookmark of your favorite webpages
• You can manage calendar on your Android from create, edit and delete calendar entries.
• Provides full access to your mail client like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.
• Known where you are located on your GPS application.
• Access the list of apps on your Android phone.
• Change of ringtone, profile.
• Configure keyboard echo, speech pitch and rate.
• Access date and time, phone status information such as battery level and network coverage, missed calls and unread messages, etc.

Mobile Accessibility Download

Mobile Accessibility app can be downloaded from Android Apps Labs. This app supports Android 2.1 and higher version of it.

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Beetel Magiq 3G Tablet vs Reliance 3G Android Tablet

More than a year and we are still awaiting the launch of Sakshat Tablet PC/laptop from the Indian government. Infact to look at, many providers most private have jumped in and announced their tablet versions which might not be costing $ 100 but something in the near range when compared with premium tablets like Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom.
India’s two leading network provider Reliance and Beetel has launched their tablets into the market and they have launched their tablets in India. So we have compared Reliance 3G tablet and Beetel Magiq 3G tablet on the basis of what they have on the paper.

RELIANCE 3G ANDROID TABLET

The Reliance 3G tablet is an Android based tablet which runs the Android Gingerbread 2.3 operating system. The firmware can be update with the latest firmware release by Google Android. Coming to the screen, it has 7 inches LCD WVGA capacitive touch screen display with multi-touch support. The screen is capable of displaying 800 x 480 resolutions. It boards an 800 MHz processor, good enough to support speed operation.

Apart from that one would expect a camera and it has 2 mega pixel camera on the rear side and a VGA camera on the front for video calls. Through Lithium ion 3400 mAh battery it can last for a day operation and it’s quite good when it comes to tablets backup.
It supports various audio formats like AAC, AAC+, AMR/AMR-NB, MP3 MIDI, Ogg PCM/WAV and MP4, H.263, H.264 video formats. One would be happy to see BMP, PNG and JPEG image format too supported by this tablet. It includes 4 GB of expandable memory through micro SD card and the microSD card can be expandable up to 32 GB in memory.
Along with that other important features supported by this tablet are video recorder, Wi-Fi Hot spot, Blue tooth Voice calling, GPS, FM Radio, Alarm, speaker phone, Mobile TV, SMS, MMS. It also includes the call in feature like Mute in call, Speed Dial, Switch to Bluetooth device & 3 way calling.
The tablet weights 389 grams and it’s priced at Rs 12999.

BEETEL MAGIQ 3G TABLET

Beetel, a part of Bharti Group (Airtel) has launched Beetel Magiq tablet in India. It’s a 3G Android tablet which runs the Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. It has got impressive 7 inches resistive touchscreen with 800 x 400 pixel resolutions. To power this tablet it has got 1 GHz Qualcomm processor which enables high-speed processing.
As most of the users wants it includes 2 mega pixel camera with HD video recording and also includes a VGA camera for 3G video calls and video chat. It comes with 8 GB internal memory storage and also includes micro SD card slot where you can insert memory card up to 16 GB in support.
2200 mAh battery offers excellent battery life to make it useful for the day’s activity and mix of video calls, music playback, browsing and chatting.  The Beetel Magiq tablet beats the Reliance Tab in terms pricing where it’s priced at Rs 8990.
Here is the important feature comparison table for both of the tablets -

Beetel Magiq 3G Tablet	Reliance 3G Android Tablet
Android 2.2 Froyo OS	Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
Resistive multi-touch screen, 7 inch LCD display screen	Capacitive multi-touch screen, 7 inch TFT-LCD WVGA screen
1 GHz processor	800 MHz processor
Back: 2 megapixel Front: VGA	Back: 2 megapixel Front: VGA
Up to 9 hours	Up to 9 hours ( 300 hrs stand by time )*
800 X 480 pixels	800 X 480 pixels
2200mAH battery, Li-On	3400mAH battery, Li-On
8 GB internal memory, 16 GB expandable	Supports Micro SD card up to 32GB (4GB Micro SD Card offered Free)
AAC, AAC+, AMR/AMR-NB, MP3 MIDI	AAC, AAC+, AMR/AMR-NB, MP3 MIDI, Ogg PCM/WAV
Priced at Rs 8990	Priced at Rs 12999

Beetel Magiq and Reliance 3G both have mostly the same specifications, features but the real difference comes is in the price of both the tablets.

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