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Top 10 Awesome Live Wallpapers for Android – Don’t miss them

by Sarah October 29, 2010

One thing that fascinated me the most after buying an android phone was the collection of live wallpapers. It enchants you, excites you and gives you a great feeling when you see your phone. Here I have gathered some really cool and best live wallpapers for Android that you must download on your Smart phone. For more recommendations, feel free to drop in comments.

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New Samsung Wave cell phones to have free apps and games

by nmafzal October 26, 2010

Samsung launched BADA OS in response to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android. The Wave cell phones from Samsung were the first devices to run on the BADA OS. The OS itself may not have a very big market share since it is new, but still it is making news by offering Games and applications for free! This is true for the new Wave owner’s only

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Download Firefox for Android beta – Fetching good reviews

by Muzzammil Waheed October 8, 2010

Mozilla corporation has launched first beta of Firefox 4 for Android , which offers users of Google’s mobile operating system android another browser browser option, Firefox for android beta interface has both smart new features and some weaknesses. Overall it is fetching good reviewes and I think i will switch to firefox eventually on my HTC Desire.

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Download Skype for Android!! Nimbuzz, Vopium and Truphone laugh all the way

by Muzzammil Waheed October 5, 2010

skype-for-android Skype has finally released its app for Android (eclair) 2.1 and Froyo (2.2). The app will allow free Skype to Skype calls else where but USA and is also not available in China and Japan, but will allow free 3G calls.The Skype Android app works over WiFi, 3G, EDGE and GPRS all for free.

Download app by pointing your android browser to http://skype.com/m, make sure sure you have enabled mobile mode on your android phone.

Please note that the app right now has issues on Samsung Galaxy and Skype is investigating the claims. There are also reports about issues in usability like…

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Meet the Google Project 10100Winners, receiving $10 million for innovative ideas

by Muzzammil Waheed September 26, 2010

Google has finalized top 5 winners of Google’s Project 10100 (Project 10 to the 100th is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible). These are selected amongst 150,000 innovative ideas submitted by thousands of people from more than 170 countries

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Feature comparison of Top 6 VoIP apps.Skype, Google voice, Vopium,Truphone, Nimbuzz & Rebtel

by Sarah September 24, 2010

In a recent article I covered and compared the pricing of all top 6 VOIP service providers here Rates comparison of top 6 VoIP apps – Choose the BEST! and since price comparison is not enough without comparing the app features and other value added services. So here I will focus on feature comparison of top 6 VoIP apps including Skype, Google, Vopium, Truphone, Nimbuzz and Rebtel. All of these providers are using VoIP technology to provide users with cheap or almost free calls, competing fiercely with each other in grabbing the market share and attracting maximum customers. Google Voice’s latest entry in the market is seen as a positive move where everyone is forced to offer competitive rates and benefits in order to sustain in the VoIP market. Here we will quickly rush through the features provided by each and their current positioning and offerings in the market.

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Should you turn off Google Instant Search at Work or public Places?

by Muzzammil Waheed September 9, 2010

Well, we know that Google has announced and made Instant Search available for US ( although its not available right now due to some issues), Instant Search is a new search enhancement that shows results to be viewed in a dropdown as you type. The search is done with prediction on what have you already typed and matching results are shown. But what are the implications of this feature for users working in office or browsing at public places.

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Rates Comparison of Top 6 VoIP apps – Choose the BEST!

by Sarah September 7, 2010

Looking at the interest of people in our previous post “Google Voice call rates compared with Skype & others.The winner is??”, we now bring in a detailed analysis of top 6 VoIP app providers competing aggressively with each other in providing the cheapest rates, newest features and high call quality. The latest announcement of Google Voice (Free calls to US and Canada in year 2010) has shaken the competitors to bring down their calling rates. Just after this interesting news, we see Truphone coming up with an announcement of slashing their call rates upto 60% in 30 destinations, luring the customers to keep their ties attached to Truphone. Well whatever the scene is, we have analyzed the entire calling rates offered by Google voice, Skype, Vopium, Truphone, Nimbuzz and Rebtel which are among the top 6 VoIP apps.

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Google Voice call rates compared with Skype & others.The winner is??

by Muzzammil Waheed August 29, 2010

Google has finally announced the Google Voice calling for Gmail inbox with which you can make VOIP calls to anywhere in the world on landline or mobile. With this announcement Google has officially stepped into the world of cheap VOIP calls. What does it mean for Skype ( the market leader ) and other VOIP call and services providers( Vopium, Vonage, Fring, Truphone and Nimbuzz ), well in my opinion Google is going to give them tough time.

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Free ebook reader Nook available for Android based Google smartphones

by Muzzammil Waheed July 23, 2010

All Google Android Smart phone owners will be delighted to know that Barnes & Noble Nook content can be downloaded and read on their devices, as Nook for Android is available in the Android Market for FREE

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