Friday, February 11, 2011

Google Translation App

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Google Translation App – The Android maker has launched its Google translation app for the iPhone.
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The Google translation app can translate over 50 languages of a word or a phrase.
The Google translation app iPhone also accepts voice inputs for 15 languages. All you need to do is to “press the microphone icon” next to the text box and say what you want the application to translate for you.
The iPhone app iPhone app uses the same technology like those released in the desktop versions according to sources for Google translation app iPhone.
The Android, the brainchild of Google is equipped with a translation technology capable of translating conversations in real time. Making those that are fueled by the Android OS, translation-capable smartphones.
Google is the first company to have a built in translation program in its website. Expanding to the smartphone business, they have also expanded their services to meet the need of the modern society.
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According to latest surveys, the Android is going on the lead over rival Apple and is closing the gap on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone in the US.

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Top 10 Best Android Apps 2011 must have v1

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ViewSonic announces another dual-boot tablet ViewPad 10Pro

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ViewSonic has announced a successor to its dual-boot tablet ViewPad 10 in the form of 10Pro. ViewPad 10Pro will allow user to use Windows 7 Professional as well as Android 2.2.

ViewPad 10Pro is powered by Intel Oak Trail processor, and features a 10 inch 1024×600 display, inbuilt 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth.
“Last month Deloitte predicted, in its annual sector forecast, that UK companies will buy more than 10 million tablet devices in 2011. ViewSonic is well placed to capitalize on this market and offers users the best of both worlds from one device” said Derek Wright, Product Marketing Manager at ViewSonic Europe.
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ViewSonic launches Dual-Sim Android phone V350

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After Motorola, Viewsonic has released a Dual-Sim Android smartphone. Dubbed as V350, this Android device will come with active dual-sim support, which allows simultaneous use of both SIM cards.
ViewSonic V350 features a 3.5 inch display, Android 2.2 Froyo, 5-megapixel auto-focus camera, Micro-SD expansion, Wifi, Bluetooth® 2.1 and assisted GPS navigation.
“Our V350 Smartphone is one of the most functional Dual-SIM phones on the market. With Android GMS for access to more than 200,000 Google applications, it has powerful multimedia capabilities and with both SIM cards active, you can place and receive calls on each at any time. The Dual-SIM proposition is compelling and will generate considerable market uptake this year.” Wright concluded.
Company will announce pricing and availability0020details at the upcoming Mobile World Congress.
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Sports Illustrated Android app to go live today

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Sports Illustrated magazine will put forward its digital editions on Android smart phones and tablets starting today, asserts Wall Street Journal.
The Time Inc publication will likely announce multiple subscription offerings that offer various combinations of the magazine in print and electronic form. Pricing and other facets of the package are still blurred.
The Sports Illustrated products are collectively an effort by Time Inc. to create a subscription platform that allows customers to sign up once and access publications in any medium including print.
A version of Sports Illustrated on the Motorola Xoom was showcased last week. A quick demo video from folks over Androinica.
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Huge Spec Leak: Wildfire 2, Desire 2, Desire HD2, and Galaxy S2

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Aside from the fact that all of these phones have the number “2″ in them, something amazing has happened – specs for the HTC Wildfire 2, HTC Desire 2, HTC Desire HD2, and the Samsung Galaxy S2 have all been leaked. Pocketnow is our benefactor today. Let’s dive in.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 will not have Samsung’s dual-core Orion chipset as we once hoped it would, but it does have Qualcomm’s 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon. Samsung likely went this route due to their chipset not being ready in time, but we thought they’d be going with NVIDIA earlier on.
It houses the same Adreno 205 GPU found in the Scorpion processor. As expected, it’ll have an 8 megapixel camera that can record HD video. It’ll have 16GB of internal storage and 512 MB of RAM to round out its performance specs. The display is said to be Super AMOLED and will be nearly 4.3 inches.
The Desire HD2 will have a qHD Super LCD display (the slide says it’ll be 3.3 inches, but I have a feeling that’s not quite accurate) and Qualcomm’s MSM8260 Snapdragon dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz with an Adreno 205 GPU. It, too, has an 8 megapixel camera with HD video recording – no surprise there – and will have 8GB of internal storage and 512 MB of RAM.
The Desire 2 is a bit less powerful with a 1GHz Qualcomm 8250 processor – this one isn’t dual-core and has the older Adreno 200 GPU. It also has a 3.7 inch qHD Super LCD display, an 8 megapixel camera with HD video recording, 8GB of internal storage, and 512 MB of RAM.
Finally, the Wildfire 2 is indeed real and will unsurprisingly be the slowest of the bunch with a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and an Adreno 200 GPU. It has a 3.2 inch TFT HVGA display, a 5 megapixel camera with no HD recording capabilities, only 384 MB of RAM, and little internal storage to work with.
Pocketnow has the full suite of slides if you want to know the rest.

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RIM’s Upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Rumored To Support Android Apps, Again

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About 2 weeks ago, BGR broke the rumor of RIM’s upcoming tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, possibly being capable of running Android apps sometime after launch, which the latest rumors put at the end of March/beginning of April with a price sticker of $499.99. The company was seriously looking into this possibility and was trying to decide whether using the Dalvik virtual machine (the same one Android uses to run its apps) was a viable way to move forward. BGR is usually very credible, so the rumor definitely had legs.
Today, 2 weeks later, Bloomberg revealed that their own sources – in fact, 3 of them – have confirmed that RIM is indeed moving in the direction BGR predicted. Specifically, the company moved on from Dalvik and is now developing the solution in-house. What that solution could be is unknown at this stage, but one thing is for sure – the ability to run even a portion of over 142,000 apps from the Android Market could be the deciding factor between choosing the PlayBook vs its competitors.
One thing is for sure – between the iPad, the new HP TouchPad, the PlayBook with its Android support, and a whole slew of Honeycomb Android tablets, consumers are finally going to have a solid selection of great tablet products to pick from.
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Android Market Introducing Buyer’s Currency

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One of the (numerous) problems with the Android Market has been its billing system – up to now, buyers were charged in the seller’s currency. While most credit card companies were smart enough to convert the bill to the buyer’s coinage, others flat out cancelled the payment. No longer – Google just announced Buyer’s Currency, which gives developers the ability to set their apps’ prices in each of the currencies available in the Market.
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In other words, you can have your app sell for $5 in the US and £3.70 in the UK; previously, if the buyer was in the US and the app’s price was in euros, the buyer would be charged in euros, and converting the fee to dollars was left up to credit card companies.
Buyer’s Currency is now available to US merchants, and Google encourages all devs to set the prices asap – if you don’t do so by February 23th, they will automatically convert your price. The key difference between this automatic conversion and what was happening before Buyer’s Currency is that the Market will now convert the price before charging your credit card (as opposed to vice versa, which was the old model).  
I think Buyer’s Currency could be a great step forward for the Market – what say you, developers?
Full email sent to all registered developers:
Hello,
We’re writing to inform you and other US-based Merchants of a change to Android Market that requires your attention.
1. Android Market is changing to a new model for pricing applications called “Buyer’s Currency.” The change directly affects how you price your apps, as well as how users around the world purchase them. Action is required on your part.
2. In the new Buyer’s Currency model, you are responsible for setting the prices for your apps in each of the currencies available on Android Market. Users will see the prices of your apps in their own currencies and, when they purchase, pay in their own currencies. As part of the transaction, Android Market converts the payment to your home currency, based on a daily exchange rate.
Developers and users worldwide will move to the Buyer’s Currency model over the next few months.
3. Buyer’s Currency is available to you now. Please visit the Android Market Developer Console as soon as possible and set prices for your products in all available currencies by February 23, 2011.
IMPORTANT  On February 23, 2011, Android Market will automatically assign Buyer’s Currency prices for your products if you have not manually set prices in the Developer Console. Android Market assigns a price based on the price of your app in your home currency, converted to each target currency using the exchange rate on February 23, 2011. If you manually set your per-currency prices, Android Market will not override them. This is a one-time conversion associated with the transition to the new Buyer’s Currency model.
4. You can continue to set and adjust the prices of your apps in your home currency and in any Buyer’s Currency available, at any time.
For more information about how Buyer’s Currency works, please visit the Android Market Help Center:
http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1169947
Thank you once again for your continued support of Android Market.

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HTC ThunderBolt Release Date Confirmed by BGR

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As you may already know, the release date for the HTC ThunderBolt that’s been spreading around the streets like a fine butter has last been reported as February 24th, 2011. Now, our good pal Jonathan S Geller of Boy Genius Report (BGR) has also confirmed that date, so we can basically etch that in stone. BGR never lies, ever. Their source has locked down the release date for the HTC ThunderBolt to February 24th, and that’s both at Best Buy and Verizon Wireless.

If you’d like to know more about the HTC ThunderBolt, the sweetest phone to crash down from the heavens and fall upon Verizon like a storm, just hit the [HTC THUNDERBOLT] portal and you’ll be brought to a magical rainstorm of information on the phone the likes of which have never before been seen.
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