Ever since we got used to our heavy laptops which we had to carry everywhere and work in all sorts of environment to finish our tasks, things have changed as the tablets are now in the trend which provides more features and usability than that of a smartphone and laptop.

Apple’s iPad is the most successful tablet device and is widely being used in all the countries. Although many tablets have been released, some failed to achieve the user’s attention in terms of features and looks. These days many tablets started using Android, however they weren’t able to acquire the tablet market as that of Apple’s iPad. Then Google made a good move by releasing Android’s New version 3.0 known as “Honeycomb” which was very well designed for tablets.

Samsung came up with their first Android Tablet 7” and started their tablet journey successfully until Apple came up with it’s iPad 2. Now Samsung have decided to pitch back to the tablets market share with their latest Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Every product is developed by successful research in that market and so Samsung, who have done a proper research, came up with Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Below is an Infographic which describes the 3 successful key points behind the development of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 :

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Below are some good resources for Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 :

• Samsung Galaxy : Tab Of The Future
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 VS iPad 2
• Why Galaxy Tab is a must have for Productive Blogging
• 10 Rock-Solid Reasons why you should GET TABBING now!

Thanks for reading and do let us know what’s you take for Galaxy Tab and how effectively will you use it !

Finally a much awaited gadgets release date is out. Just a week before Apple took a step ahead by releasing iPad 2 in Indian Market. Now get ready to experience the next versions of Galaxy Tabs.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 inches tablets had a release date in mid April before Apple’s iPad 2. But due to some unknown issues it got delayed by Korean Manufacturers.

Both the versions of next generation Galaxy tablets are set to hit Indian market in next month for Rs. 35,000 and Rs. 28,000 respectively.

Tech link: 15+ Best Features Of Android 3.0, Honeycomb

In a recent interview for the daily newspaper Business Standard, Samsung Mobile India Head, Ranjit Yadav said,

“We will launch the 10-inch tablet PC at around Rs 35,000 and the 8-inch device will be priced around Rs 28,000. While the tablet PC market today stands at around 25,000 units a quarter, we expect it to grow exponentially here on.”

The pricing seems to be pretty decent, but it is still unclear that this pricing is for 3G version or WiFi only versions. I think, it is for the WiFi only versions, as the 3G version of original Galaxy Tab was priced at INR 38,000 at the time of launch last year.

Specifications:

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According to official press release,

Samsung Unveils GALAXY Tab 10.1 and GALAXY Tab 8.9, World’s Thinnest Mobile Tablets.
GALAXY Tab 10.1
GALAXY Tab 10.1, with its WXGA TFT LCD display (1280 x 800) powered by 1GHz dual core AP, is 8.6mm thin and weighs only 595g. It is the perfect device for sharing and enjoying media content with family and friends. In addition, with its surround-sound stereo speakers and support for Flash 10.2, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 will deliver premium entertainment experience whether watching videos, movies or playing games.

GALAXY Tab 8.9
At just 8.6mm thin and weighing only 470g, the GALAXY Tab 8.9 is the perfect device for today’s mobile professional. Whether writing emails on a trip or reading an eBook on the couch, the GALAXY Tab 8.9 provides the ultimate tablet experience without compromising mobility.

When compared to these two versions of Galaxy tab, Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet targets customers who need a larger display at their disposal, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 could be the perfect choice for those who prefer mobility.

Both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, are powered by 1 GHz dual-core processors, and come with 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of internal memory.

Ranjit Yadav also said “Along with Galaxy tab 10.1 and 8.9, Galaxy S II will also be available in India next month!”

As the time passing, day by day we are getting lot of new gadgets out in the market which are increasing the war between the manufacturers. Today we are speaking about the Application Market and Tablets war which is getting hotter day by day!

When we speak about Tablets, earlier we all used to just think about Apple’s iPad. Just in few months of time, lot of tablets emerged as Google entered with its Android OS, Windows Phone OS and lot more.

Who’s Standing Where?

Well the current market share of Mobile and Tablet OS’s is as below,

Above stats clearly shows how Google Android share is growing day by day. Google’s Android OS recently took over BlackBerry OS and now placed in third place.

Android App Store Will Take Over Apple’s iStore Soon!

The success of these Tablet OS’s and Tablet manufactures is directly depending on how many applications are getting developed and how many of them are used!

Almost all the Tablet OS developer and few Tablet Manufacturers are having their own app store for gadgets they are developing. If we name some,

• Apple App Store
• BlackBerry App World
• Google Android Market
• Nokia Ovi Store
• Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
• Palm App Catalog
• GetJar and others.

Distimo a publication company in US mainly covers the all the latest happening around these app stores. Distimo’s recent publication cleared said Google’s Android Market will top the app market by throwing Apple App Stores aside in terms of number of applications.

Here are the 4 major finding about app market,

• The Google Android Market eclipsed the Apple App Store for iPhone in terms of free applications and now has 134,342 free applications, while the Apple App Store iPhone has 121,845 free applications.
• If all application stores maintain their current growth pace, approximately five months from now Google Android Market will be the largest store in terms of number of applications followed by the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad, Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, BlackBerry App World and Nokia Ovi Store. The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace will also be larger than the Nokia Ovi Store and BlackBerry App World prior to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace being available for even a full year.
• One year after launching the iPad, Apple will be confronted with its first serious competition as both BlackBerry and Google enter the emerging tablet market. Apple has already seized momentum and grown the App Store for iPad in the first year to 75,755 applications developed by 21,975 publishers. Daily downloads in the Top 100 Overall paid and free applications for iPad combined exceed 500,000, while the daily revenue in the Top 100 paid is approximately $400,000 excluding in-app purchases.
• Many of the top publishers on the iPad already publish cross-platform. Fifty-eight percent of the 50 most popular publishers have already developed applications for non-Apple platforms.

These top four finding by Distimo publishers clearly shows how application market is going to change in next few months.

Google’s Android never lost its momentum and kept its graph growing steadily. Battle is on and it’s actually a wake-up call for Apple, BlackBerry and Windows teams to start getting as many good apps as possible.

What you guys feel about this prediction? Is Android Market the best application market? Please do share your thoughts

HTC is very well-known for its innovative & feature rich mobile phones. Today HTC is launching series of smartphones and become the fastest growing company in the field of mobile phones & Smartphones. Within a month HTC has launched more than 5 smartphones each having unique features.

HTC has joined hand with reliance communication to provide CDMA devices in India. HTC is creating a niche for them to provide variety of handsets in Indian market with variety of functions and features.

Apple being a strong contender to the entire mobile, laptop manufacturer’s stand in a recognized different environment and above all, due to its quality product. Apple has made its powerful and strong reputation in the market. Apple provide variety of electronic devices from mobile phones to iPod all are considered as rank 1 in the industry for its function and their supporting features.

Here I am gonna compare 2 best phones from these two brands

Operating System & Processor

iPhone 4 will change your experience that you have never seen before with a 1 GHz A4 processor. It is also known as iPhone HD, and powered with latest iOS 4.x operating system which supports multitasking features, inbox that support multiple services, game center and enterprise user.

HTC EVO 4G is powered by Qualcomm QSD8650 chipset which contains 1GHz  snapdragon A8 microprocessor, Aderno 200 GPU. EVO runs Android 2.1 Eclair operating system. EVO has same touch sensitive button like all other android powered phones has like Button for Menu option, Home, Back, Search and a multifunction sleep/wake button is also their to control phone calls .

Display & Camera

iPhone 4 has a 3.5- inch TFT Capacitive Touch screen display with a Resolution of640 x 960 pixels resolution, which is much higher than the previous 3GS model. It has a typical retina display that a human can easily see from a distance of 10 to 12 inches. It supports 5 megapixels camera which has 2592 x 1944 pixels and autofocus, LED flash with 2 megapixels front camera for video calling.

HTC EVO has 4.3- inches display having 65k colors with 480 x 800 pixels with 8 megapixel Auto focus camera and resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels that support facetime video calling which has 1.3 megapixel front facing camera.

Memory and connectivity

iPhone 4 is having internal memory of 16/32 GB and 512 MB RAM. iPhone has connectivity of 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR wireless technology, USB 2.0.  It has an option which by default support Microsoft Bing as a by default search engine.

HTC EVO 4g has internal memory consist of 1GB of ROM and 512MB of RAM and has a card slot for micro SD card upto 32GB. The device comes pre installed with 8 GB class 2 micro SDHC card which is  extendable upto 32 GB and a connectivity of  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP,WiMAX 802.16.

Other Features

iPhone 4 have standard Li- ion battery and a stand by time of 600 hrs, accelerometer sensor, Google Maps, proximity sensor, social networking integration with live updates, scratch resistant surface and  is available in Black and white colors.

HTC EVO has CDMA 800/1900 technology, battery capacity of 1500mAh with stand by time of 146H, HDMI Port, Google Search, You Tube, Flicker , Twitter apps ,GPS Support  and is available in black and white color.Ease to access internet wherever you are.

Which phone would you choose as a winner from these two? Do share your opinion with us.

Google has started 2011 on high note by updating all its products. Recently we saw Google Chrome 9 beta got updated and its almost ready for final release. And Chrome OS is trying to get some market share from Microsoft Windows.

Well this is done, Google new venture into smartphones war also proving one more successful product in the market against iPhone, Symbian and others. Google recently released Nexus S and Android 2.3, Gingerbread. And they still not done with buzzing new news to its loyal customers!

On Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Google previewed next version of Android i.e Android 3.0, Honeycomb. Honeycomb is the next version of the Android platform, designed from the ground up for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets.

Whenever the version number increases, even list of features get increases. Google has said to have spent a lot of time refining the user experience in Honeycomb, and developed a brand new, truly virtual and holographic user interface.

Following are the exciting features added in Honeycomb,

#1. User Interface(GUI)

The new interface is much more user friendly as compared to its predecessors. Home screen customization with a new 3D experience. The home screen space is brilliantly distributed with the four corners decorated with well thought in  functions. Below is the video based on UI demo,

#2. Enhanced Keyboard

It’s amazing to see how much Android’s user interface has changed ever since Matias Duarte was hired by Google to improve Android.

According to Google, “the Android soft keyboard is redesigned and optimized for faster text input and editing. The keys themselves are reshaped and repositioned for improved targeting, making them easier to see and press accurately, even at high speeds.”

Android 3.0 Honeycomb qwerty:

Android 2.3 Gingerbread qwerty:

#3. Gmail

Gmail is very intelligently customized, all features are kept in reach and looks pretty neat.

#4. Google Talk

Google Talk, now allows you to video and voice chat with any other Google Talk enabled device (PC, tablet, etc). One could use the front or the rear cam, mute themselves, mix the video all together.

#5. Google Maps 5

Google Maps 5 now with 3D interactions.

#6. Newly Redesigned YouTube

#7. Updated Web Browser

#8. Tabbed Browsing

As you can see the above video, the newly updated web browser now supports tabbed browsing as well.

#9. Incognito Mode

The newly updated web browser also supports incognito mode for private browsing.

#10. Google Chrome Bookmarks

Syncing with your Google Chrome bookmarks is now possible with new web browser.

#11. Form auto-fill

Well form auto-fill finally reaches tablet browser as well.

#12. Google eBooks

Now this has been totally revamped, tablet exclusivity can be seen over here, unlike simple tiles of books we could flick through each book this time, also the two-page format feels great. Now user can access to over 3 million Google eBooks.

#13. Widgets

Redesigned widgets that are richer and more interactive.

#14. Apps

Nonetheless, now users can access to over 100,000 apps on Android Market.

#15. Offline Reliability

Google Maps for Android version 5.0 features an improved caching mechanism over previous versions. If your phone’s battery level is near-full and you’re connected to a WiFi network, Google Maps will passively prefetch map and road data near to your current location.

If you lose access to a mobile data connection, you can still get directions and view locations if the area in question has been cached on your phone.

There are few more small updates available in Android 3.0,

#16. elegant notifications

#17. refined multi-tasking

Well these are some of the new features found in Android 3.0, Honeycomb till now. As far now, Tablet exclusive Android 3.0, Honeycomb lived upto its expectation and by far is the best version of Android we have seen so far, but it would be interesting to see how it fits on mobile devices.

Will these features add an advantage to Android based tablets to fight against iOS based iPad’s? Please share your thoughts and update us if you know some more features

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No one can ever beat Google in releasing number of updates per day. How many of you counted Google’s daily update for Chrome, search engine, android, Chrome OS, Gmail and others? It’s tough to keep track as we get minute to minute updates!

Google had made major revision to Gmail for mobile that should take advantage of the browser technology available on iPhone and Android devices. The major updates were made on UI part.

Today Google update Gmail web app for iPhone and Android to latest HTML5. This makes it smooth and gets better UI with new HTML5 tags.

Availing Gmail web application for iPhone and Android is not so tough. Just visit gmail.com from your device and you can find a application download link.

Features such as search, stars, labels and threaded conversations all work in the mobile webapp just as they do in the desktop Gmail experience. But all these were available for only English version of Gmail web application.

But today Google has rolled out Gmail web application for 44 more languages. Below is the list of languages,

Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (UK and American), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese (for both Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (for both Spain and South America), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese.

This latest update from Google will work automatically when you visit Gmail from your iPhone or Android device which has default language in one of those listed above.

This latest Gmail web application comes with bunch of new goodies including offline support, smart links (titles will appear in links for Google Maps, YouTube and Google Docs), the ability to add and remove labels, layout improvements(HTML5 updates) and more, in addition to the existing features like starring, better threaded conversations and search.

This new version works fine for iPhones running iOS 2.2.1 and above, and all versions of Android.

Hope many iPhone and Android users experienced these Gmail updates. Please share your thoughts

As every one are updating or upgrading their products, even Apple is updating their products smoothly. They are not so hurry like few other players out there in market. Apple is having so many products and their strategy of updating them frequently is really awesome.

As you all know iOS 4 is new Operating System by Apple for its products iPhone, iPod, iPad etc. Initially Apple released iOS 4 with iPhone 4 adding 100′s of awesome feature.

Well here comes one more iOS 4 update. Apple is releasing iOS 4.2 tomorrow and fixes some initial glitches. 2 months back on Sept 15th first beta of iOS 4.2 had released. And as usual Apple has brought a plethora of new features to iOS.

Here are the list of updates coming through iOS 4.2,

Common For iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

1. AirPlay (replacement of AirTunes, AirPlay will offer stream video, music, and photos over Wi-Fi)

2. AirPrint Wireless Printing with Print Center

3. Import .ics calendar files directly for events

4. Birthdays icon has been changed in calendar

5. Updated Carrier Settings (US is AT&T 9.0)

6. Text search on web pages

7. 2 new fonts for Notes in Settings (Helvetica and Chalkboard)

8. Added support for Chinese URL over Safari

9. Added an indicator in the App Store which shows if an App supports Game Center

10. Support for CoreMIDI

11. YouTube voting

12. Minor improvements in UI graphics

13. New Parental Controls for deleting Apps, changing mail accounts and location services

14. New wallpapers in Settings

iPad exclusive features

Finally iPad is finally going to many features which iPhone 4 got. Features such as: multitasking, a unified email inbox, Game Center and folders are going reach iPad.

1. iOS 4 features for iPad (Multitasking, Folders, etc.)

2. Updated Carrier Signal Strength Display (3G iPad only)

• Increase in the length of the smaller signal bars
• The method in which signal strength is calculated has been enhanced

3. Additions to the multitasking tray

• Brightness
• Volume control
• AirPlay Controls

4. iPad screen rotation lock switch is converted into a sound/silent switch in iOS 4.2 (Just like on the iPhones)

5. More than 30 new keyboards and dictionaries, including Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew

6. New Multitasking animation

7. New bookmarks design

iPhone and iPod Touch Exclusive Features

1. Bug Fixes

• Fixes glitch that can let a user get into the phone app while the phone is locked via “Emergency Call” by dialing a random number and quickly pressing the lock button after dialing that call
• Fixes the alarm bug caused by daylight saving time changing, affected on a part of iPhone and iPod Touch owners located in Australia, New Zealand, and some European countries.
• Improved iPhone 3G performance

2. Additions to multitasking tray

• Volume controls
• AirPlay controls

3. New Voice Memos icon

4. FaceTime shortcut from Messages app (iPhone 4 only)

5. New Text Tone Alerts (New & Original tone lists) (iPhone 4 only)

6. Ringer & Alerts on/off switch (Settings > Sounds) for volume buttons (iPhone only)

7. Assign different text tone alerts to each contact (iPhone only)

8. Restores full Field Test Mode

Well these are some cool new features coming to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. And soon iPad owners will get to enjoy its 100+ new features and innovations.

Tech Link: Apple on iOS 4.2

You think these features are good enough to fight against Android? Raise your voice and listen to what others say

Now a days Yahoo! under some trouble and their market shares are going down day by day! Once upon a time Yahoo! was having very good market share in US and as days passed they lost the grip over other competitors like Google and AOL. Recently we even heard, AOL is planning buy Yahoo!

Under all these pressure Yahoo! is still running strong and their growing strategy never ended. Here comes another service for by Yahoo! mobile web users. A new feature has been just announced as available for mobile phone users who take advantage of Yahoo! Mobile Web Messenger on their devices, namely SMS capabilities.

A recent post on Yahoo! mobile blog said,

Your mobile phone just got better! We’re excited to announce that Yahoo! Mobile Web Messenger now offers SMS capabilities, so whether you have a smartphone or a feature phone, you can send text messages to your friends’ mobile phones – for free.

One advantage is, this new feature does not require for users to install anything, no setup is required new on their mobile phones, but you just need visit m.yahoo.com/messenger to enjoy Yahoo! Messenger with Chat + SMS features included.

This was one missing feature in many messengers and Yahoo! messenger development team is very happy to announce this feature. And they added,

What this means is that in addition to the usual instant messages and emoticons, you can now send text messages from Messenger to your friends’ mobile phones for free!

Following are the updates added in latest version of Mobile Web Messenger,

• Send SMS for free to your IM friends or to any mobile numbers
• Enhanced Searchbox allows you to look up contacts by their usernames or phone numbers in your Yahoo! Address book and IM contact list
• Easy toggle between SMS and IM conversations

This new feature is available for all mobile users with compatible devices, regardless whether they are smartphones of feature phones. But you just need to have a data plan, Mobile Web Messenger can run on your phone.

Hope you going to make most of Yahoo! mobile web messenger. Are you happy with this feature?

Some very good and mind blowing updates are going around the world of web. Web browsers are upgrading in high speed, developers are cracking some new technical things, many websites are also getting updated to show the users, “What’s next?”

All the above changes somewhere points to one technology which we are going to experience in future. Yes, it is HTML5.

What is HTML5?

The very first question which comes into your mind when you heard about it . HTML 5 is a new version of HTML / XHTML which specifically focuses on the wants and needs of web app developers. W3C has implemented many new features to reduce your coding time.

Tech Link: HTML5 : What? Why? How? and When?

Reason behind Browser Upgradation

As you can see in above link, there are many new tags getting added in HTML5 and many old browsers were not supporting them. This made all the browsers got upgraded.

Is HTML5 a threat for Adobe Flash?

Its very tough to answer this question. Many developers says, it is! When you can embed a video file which using some tool like Adobe Flash why there is a need for that tool? Many users had to download Adobe Flash software you see the videos before. But now it is getting integrated in web browsers itself.

The HTML5 Video Player widget enables web developers to generate code to add a HTML5-based player to their sites. This player will be the default and will load in browsers which come will full support for HTML5 as well as the codec of choice, another issue with HTML5 video.

However, if, for some reason, the browser can’t playback HTML5 video, a classic Flash-based player is loaded.

Adobe HTML5 Video Player Widget

With the rise of HTML5, Adobe’s Flash has been positioned as the antagonist of the open standard. Increasingly, HTML5 is used to serve online videos though the matter is far from resolved. Adobe has now released a widget which enables web developers to add HTML5 video support to their sites which falls back to Flash Player for browsers that don’t support HTML5.

Adobe writes on its Dreamweaver blog

HTML5 has received a tremendous amount of buzz, much of it driven by the potential for plugin-free video. However, the limited browser support for the HTML5 <video> tag has forced web designers to scramble for a solution that would work across platforms as well as browsers.

Adobe announced HTML5 Video Player Widget,

“To help customers overcome these challenges, Adobe has released an easy-to-use, totally CSS-customizable solution that shifts gracefully from the HTML5 <video> tag to the Flash Player when the tag is not supported. The shift takes place regardless of the screen—from phone to monitor to TV”

Who wants this?!

1. Apple Users:

The message Adobe is trying to send is clear, the company doesn’t perceive HTML5 as a threat. Whether or not that’s true doesn’t really matter, Adobe needs to win over web developers if it wants to maintain its position.

We must say, Apple product users were really missing Flash feature in their iPhone and Mac. Most of iPhone 4 users went down waiting for Flash support. Apple is becoming increasingly weary of Flash, with the recently released Adobe MacBook Air shipping without Flash bundled.

2. Window XP user:

Microsoft gave a big blow to Windows XP users from all sides. First they said Internet Explorer 9 won’t support Windows XP which was the mainly updated for HTML5 and some other features. And later Microsoft said, We are closing sales of Windows XP on October 22(oops! that is today!).

Well these thing must have surely hurt Windows XP users. Addition of this Adobe HTML5 Video Player widget will surely make them feel some what relaxed and can make something out of IE8 for HTML5.

Conclusion: As we see the recent Browser war, we can find almost all browsers are getting upgrading to be the best. Not to forget, Chrome beats other browsers in HTML5 which we performed recently. Hope Firefox 4, Opera 10.70 and Internet Explorer 9 wake up soon before they left out from their users.

The HTML5 Video Player widget, now available through the Adobe Widget Browser, works with or without Dreamweaver CS5.

Whats your say on this move by Adobe? Are they scared because of HTML5 or a smart move by them to keep Flash Player alive? Hit comment box now and share what you feel

Apple conducted a small Press Conference at their head quarters in Cupertino, California today. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs was there to host this conference and announced that Apple will be giving away every user a free “Bumper Case” with an iPhone 4 to account for the Antenna issue till 30th September. And for those who’ve already bought a case, Apple will give a full refund! If you are unhappy with your iPhone’s performance even after using the case, then you can bring your phone undamaged to Apple to get a full refund.