Tuesday, July 27, 2010
This is a great bit of news that comes via Phandroid and will be of massive interest we are sure to those using an Android smartphone and have a subscription to Sky+.
Sky have today released an application that serves as a remote control and more. After logging into your Sky account, you can then browse programme lists, set recordings and more, all whilst on the go.
Fully customised for smartphone use this is great addition to your smartphone app list if you use Sky.
Where I think this really works is when your out with friends and they tell you about a programme that is on, but often you forget to watch it or record it. Now you wont…you can set the recording there are then. If you are a real techie, you will have a slingbox player which would then mean that you can watch the recording on your smartphone, something that is not possible with the Sky app at the moment.
(Virgin Media, if you are listening…please look at what Sky are doing and copy!)
Wardy here are Clove is going to try it out with his Sky+ box over the next week or so and will feed back.
VIA: Phandroid
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Posted by Jon
Thursday, July 8, 2010
When Google showed off the Nexus One whizzing past the iPad in terms of performance at the Google IO conference recently, a lot of Apple fans derided them for testing against older Apple hardware.
Well now Ars Technica have run the same test against the shiny new iPhone 4 with the help of two standard benchmarking tests – SunSpider and V8 which guage a browser’s Javascript performance. The new test shows the Android 2.2 Froyo browser running anywhere between two and three times faster than the iOS4 browser. Nice…
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Posted by Josh
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Google Docs is a very useful service, provided by free for Google, that allows you to store documents on ‘the cloud’, as well as access them and edit them remotely. This service has just been improved as Google has just released a mobile version that allows you to view your uploaded files from an Android device, iPhone or iPad. The mobile version of Google Docs currently allows you to view PDFs, .ppt, .doc and docx files that you have uploaded, without the need to download the files. At the moment it is only possible to view the files, not edit them as well.
You can try it out by going to docs.google.com on your Android-powered device, iPad or iPhone and select any document in these formats that you’ve previously uploaded.
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Posted by Wardy
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Google Maps Navigation is essentially Google’s own free GPS software. It is compatible with Android 1.6 and above provided that you are within one of the countries that Google have mapped out so far. This week, Google have announced that a further 11 countries have been added to the list of those available for Google Maps Navigation (the UK & US are already available).
From Android Central:
Today, Google expanded its Google Maps Navigation system to cover 11 more countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland for Android devices running Donut (Android 1.6) and higher. The turn-by-turn directions can be read in the language of your choice and the voice destination search works with the accuracy that we’ve come to expect from Google in French, German, Italian and Spanish for Éclair (Android 2.0/2.1) and up. All of the Google Maps features are enabled in the supported countries, street view, POI search, gas stations, etc. Although Google Maps and Navigation is always a free service, it’s important to remember if you’re travelling, although the Map and Navigation service may be free, the data connection used to run it most certainly is not
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Posted by Wardy
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Is there anything Google doesn’t get involved in?
They have announced now Google TV!
The best explanation comes through the above video. I can see some benefits to this service, but personally if you wanted such services would you just not hook up a full PC to your TV?
Hooking up a PC gives even more functionality and flexibility, and if your a bit more technical like me you will have done so already.
For the less technical user there is advantage. Maybe I will be convinced when the first ones hit our shores and I see a live demo. What are your thoughts?
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Posted by Jon
Saturday, May 8, 2010
When in the office I actually use three different web browsers, but my main browser is Google Chrome.
If you are not using it, you really should take a look at it, it is fantastically quick to load pages, easy to use and the URL bar searches Google automatically!
Now I am not going into details on all the differences or debate which is best but I just wanted to pass on my opinion as an everyday user of it. I religiously used Firefox before but since I use Googlemail/Google Reader/iGoogle and more Chrome just fits into the package really well.
I came across the following promotional video on TechnoBuffalo and I like it because it is a really fresh depiction of how fast Google is.
Let us know which browser you use and why, by leaving comments.
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Posted by Jon
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
With the upcoming release of the HTC Desire and the HTC Legend, we’ve had a lot of questions about language and keyboard settings for Android, particularly Chinese. With the ever expanding Android marketplace, there’s always an App available for to suit any needs you may have.
For a Chinese users, there is an application called Pinyin (Google Pinyin IME) released by Google. Pinyin supports stroke input, updates the soft keyboard layout and improves suggestions. Its free to downloaded and rated 4.5/5 stars on the Marketplace.
Although there are no Google releases, there are also some good Arabic keyboards available, such as Arabic Keyboard.
Android has several built-in language options. To change the locale (language) that your Android device works in:
On your Android device, under Settings>Locale & Text>Select Locale, you can choose the Language setting you would like your device to use. On some devices (such as the HTC Hero), the only setting available is English. This can be changed very easily using an App called MoreLocale 2, which can be downloaded completely free of charge from the Android Marketplace. Simply download the App and install, launch it, and select the language you would like your device to use. (Note: to change back to English, you will need to navigate through Settings>Locale & Text>Select Locale and select English).
Currently, the locales available on Android 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 are:
- Chinese, PRC , Chinese, Taiwan
- Czech
- Dutch, Netherlands & Belgium
- English, Britain, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,
- French, France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland
- German, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
- Italian, Italy, Switzerland
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Spanish
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Posted by Wardy
Friday, February 19, 2010
It was reported in the Daily Mail on Wednesday that Google boss, Eric Schmidt served notice that they are stepping up their assault on the mobile telecoms market.
In a potentially far reaching strategic shift, Google will make the bulk of its new services available for handsets before it puts them on desktop computers. “This is a first for us”, Schmidt told executives at the mobile World Congress in Barcelona. “The new rule is mobile first in everything.”
The move marks a change of tack for Google, which has built its impregnable position in the online advertising on the back of its raft of computer tools such as search engine and Gmail service.
Extracted from Daily Mail, Simon Duke in Barcelona
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