Intro to Various Android Versions

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These days, when people talk of smartphone, Android phones are what they refer to. We've been using Android phones and what do we know about them. If you are looking for what it really is, I'm providing you an introduction to each Android versions ranging from version 2.1 to 4.0.

Android 2.1

The first commercial version of Android i.e. V1.0 was released in 2008. But all phones comes with at least the 2.1 version. Version 2.1 was released by the end of 2009 and is code-named Eclair.

What's with this version?

V2.0 comes with the following features:

1. Revamped User Interface therefore supporting higher screen resolutions and screen sizes.

2. Users can set live wallpapers

3. Camera Flash Support

4. Exchange email support

5. Multiple account and contact synchronization

Android 2.2

Within six months of the release of v2.1, Google announced the next update v2.2 which is code-named Froyo. In addition to above version, this version includes the following:

1. Wi-Fi hotspot functionality

2. USB tethering

3. Improved multimedia management

4. Push Notifications and

5. Ability of installing applications on memory cards instead of phone memory.

Android 2.3

Some minor additions to the Operating System included improved performance, improved application launcher, automatic application update support in the apps market, Adobe Flash support, voice dialing using Bluetooth. Eventually, Froyo became the OS of choice for tablets owing to its compatibility of supporting larger displays and stability. These are just the features that any android application development company would look for in order to create the best of applications.

Then after another six months, v2.3 was launched with the Google Nexus S. v2.3 was also known as Gingerbread. The improvisations made in this one are:

1. Revamped UI

2. Improved keyboard with better accuracy

3. Simpler copy/paste functionality

4. Front or Secondary camera, gyroscope and barometer support on devices

5. Better power management thereby better battery life

Android 3.0

This one is specifically designed for tables keeping in view the larger screen of tables. It comes with new interface with 3D effects. It also solved the issue of Android button standardization. The need to have physical buttons on devices has been removed by adding a system bar at the bottom. This system bar displays one touch access to connectivity settings, notifications, navigation buttons, etc. Some of the other improvisations include improved onscreen keyboard, multi-core processor support, hardware acceleration, etc. Another feature worth mentioning is the support for external keyboard and joysticks.

Android 4.0

This is the newest version of Android operating system and ia code-named Ice Cream Sandwich. This will be the common OS for both Android Powered phones and tablets from now onwards. It puts in together the best features of v2.x and 3.x, has got new looks and is improved in functions.

Some new features exclusive to this version are:

1. Face recognition

2. Customizable apps launcher

3. Separation of widgets already installed

4. Tabbed browser

5. Built-in photo editor

6. Better camera performance

7. Auto synchronization (customizable) of contacts with social network integration.

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How are Emails Harvested by Spammers (Part 5)

It is indeed frustrating to have your email still filled up with hundreds of spam mails the next time you log in. I have given some methods on how to avoid them. I even posted about the techniques adopted by spammers in order to harvest emails. One more method of harvesting emails is from a web browser. Nowadays, web browsing is done both on mobile devices as well as computers.

Whether you are using a mobile device or a computer, there are sites that use tricks to extract users email address from the web browser and this at times happens without you even noticing it. Mobile technology developers and software developers are trying to bring out solutions that can stop it.

How can a site extract our emails? Here are the techniques they use:

• Making the browser transmit images of the page via a FTP connection to the site you are visiting
• There are browsers that would make your email itself the password of the email you have configured with the browser and in this way your email is leaked.
• These kind of browsers herein mentioned would even allow emails to be sent to anonymous users or spammers when the mouse passes over a particular part of a page.

All these can be avoided if you use a trusted browser or if you properly configure your account with the browser. And for mobile internet surfers, there are many applications by mobile apps development companies worldwide that provide trusted software. You should only have to make sure that you use only trusted software and applications. And when you are browsing, use secure connection most of the time.

Stop Spamming

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Setting Up Email on Your iPhone

One of the most amazing features of today's mobile technology is the ability of sending and receiving email on our phone or mobile devices. Years ago, this is possible only with one's personal computer. But nowadays, due to amazing advancement in the field of mobile apps development, we can configure not just one but many email accounts with our mobile phones. iPhone is one phone which is renowned for its amazing internet browsing feature and emailing features.

Apple the iPhone maker has made email setup so easy that once you learnt it, you will be able to do with your eyes closed. You can configure both business as well as personal email accounts on your iPhone and send/receive emails directly from and to your iPhone. You can setup all types of email accounts, Outlook, Google, AOL, Mobileme, etc.

To set up you email on your iPhone, you can follow the easy steps which follows.

1. First, go to the iPhone settings menu. Select “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”. You will be shown at the top of the screen a list of email accounts which you have already configured to your phone (this is if you have configured). In order to add another or a new email account, you need to select “Add Account”.

Now, you will be taken to a list of email service providers as shown below. Click on the service provider if it is included in the list, if not, click on “Other”.

To proceed, enter you name, you email address, password and as description of your email account. When this is done, press the “Next” tab which is in the top right corner of the iPhone's screen. The phone will now process, verify and configure you email account. (this may take minutes)

Once the previous step is done, there will be a pop up (as shown in the image below) giving you options to provide settings of your email account like features which you would like to sync with your iPhone. To sync your calendar and notes with your iPhone you may have choose manually.

Now, your email is configured with your iPhone. Indeed this is easy and the whole credit goes to iPhone and mobile technology as a whole.

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Top Line Solutions – What is it?

Top Line Solutions is one initiative taken up by us that will serve as an online information and care center for mobile users. It will deal with all types of mobile technology.

Oglacs sees that each day, there is a constant increase in the number of mobile users worldwide and hence there will also be a same level of rise in the numbers of queries and problems. Oglacs is ready to solve this, but how will the information reach every corner of the world? This is why Oglacs came up with the idea of Top Line Solutions.

Mobile users will get all information on mobile technologies, mobile apps development and other mobile related queries. Users worldwide will be given the option to interact with the proficient developers of the company through mail and online message form.

In in the initial period of the launch of this care center, the company will give stress on major five mobile technologies iPhone, Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and Brew. However, more will be added gradually. Even mobile apps and other services will also be made available to visitors.

Here is a sneak-peek to the look (not finalized) of the website hence created.

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