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Buy the Best Android Smartphone

Kemin On January - 31 - 2012ADD COMMENTS

Are you thinking about buying android cell phone, but you can’t find the right one? It’s better for you to stay with me a little bit longer since I will show you what things for you to consider as it talks about getting the right Android cell phone for you. Android cell phone is known as the most popular kind of hand phone right now since it has so many great features this smartphone. Along with the fact that it comes in many brands and types, most people face the problem, especially as it comes to choose the best one. Among of them, budget, specification, android OS version could be the things you need to consider here.

Budget

This kind of thing is known as the most crucial thing you need to consider when you want to get the Android cell phone. Smartphones can easily cost anywhere from $80 to $800. If you decide to get an older device with a two-year cell phone contract, then they are often times free or very cheap. Many brands you could choose from and it could be the main factor to choose which one suits your budget best. The more popular brand, the more money you have to spend then. I could mention Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, and many more as famous brands of android smartphone. From those brands, you could also obtain much deeper information about the price of each smartphone you want to buy and basically, it relates to its specification we are going to talk about below.

Cell Phone’s Specifications

Smartphone specification is an important point you need to pay serious attention as we speak about choosing the right handheld for you. For example, as you love something about capturing every moment by using the cell phone, you need to consider about buying the one with an optimum specification of camera. However, you might see that as one point is better, another specification on the smartphone will be below that.

Android OS Version

It is safe to say that the OS version Android could be another great thing you need to consider when you want to purchase android smartphone. There are several versions of Android OS and not all of them can be placed on different type of cell phone. You might see that there is the most recent one, which Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”. This version of OS can be found at new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which also means that you will need to pay a lot of money there. However, you do not need to worry after all since most of the other premium phones run Android 2.3 and cheaper devices run even earlier versions. It’s important for you aware about the version of Android OS that runs on the cell phone. What I mean here is when you only want to get basic application of Android, they you do not really need the recent one.

Android OS Timeline

Kemin On January - 30 - 2012ADD COMMENTS

Android is named as the most popular OS for the smartphone on the entire world based on the resent research. Android application development is now becoming a need rather than luxury. This is attributed to the popularity of the Android smart phone. Plenty topics are available for us to discuss as it comes to Android and the one I might talk right now is its timeline—android development from time to time. As you all know that Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. This kind of operating system for smartphone is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.

November 5th, 2008 could be the day when the Android Beta was released to the public after Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc. in 2005. First released of Android at November 23rd, 2008 were planned on the HTC G1 (Dream) and it has features like Gmail, Google Talk, Instant Messaging, Media Player, and so forth. On December 5, 2008, Google announced the Android Dev Phone 1, a hardware unlocked version of the HTC Dream. By using that version, the user of this smartphone is able to get superuser access to the device which is not found in the retail version.

Move to the next version of Android 1.1 that was released on February 9th, 2009. This version was updates form of 1.0 version and was initially built for the T-Mobile G1 only. Google created this version to resolve the previous bugs as well as changed the API and not to mention they added a number of other features, such as Update on Google Maps, Alarm Clock, Voice Search, Google Notification, and so forth. Version 1.5 which has a code name Cupcake released on April 30th, 2009 and it could be the day when Google started using the code name for their next Android OS. Popular features on this version are Bluetooth A2DP & AVRCP, Soft keyboard with text-prediction, watch and record of YouTube.

Then on September 15th, 2009, the version of 1.6 came to the surface with Donut as its code name. This time Google uses Linux Kernel 2.6.29 as its based-operating system. There are numerous features on this version, such as Android Market, Gesture Framework and Builder, Google Free-by-Turn Navigation. This version resolved the recent bugs on OS reboot system.

Éclair is name for version 2.0 of Android which was released on October 26th, 2009. Main features are Bluetooth 2.1, Multi Touch and HTML 5, new version of Google Maps (3.1.2) while on December 3rd, 2009, 2.0.1 version was released to public and It was a minor platform release deployable to Android-powered handsets, including minor API changes, bug fixes and framework behavioral changes. January 12nd, 2010, the second update of Éclair version released and it brought significant changes on the Android Market Share.

Froyo, the version of 2.2 android launched at mid of 2010, Mei 20th to be exact. The main concern of this version is the OS speed, JIT implementation, USB tethering, Memory upgrade installation, GIF extension upload file, Integration of Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine into the Browser application, Adobe Flash support, and so forth.

Android 2.3 version was released late of 2010, 6th December and it has a codename of Gingerbread. The main feature of this version is Kernel Linux 2.6.35. There are so many changes here, including user interface design with increased simplicity and speed, extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher), SIP VoIP internet telephony, Speed of OS, and many more. Version 2.3.3 was released on 9 February 2011 while Version 2.3.4 introduced, and Android 2.3.5 launched on 25 July 2011. The next movement could be 2.3.6. This version fixed a voice search bug and was released at 2 September 2011. The last version of Gingerbread is 2.3.7 when Google introduced Google Wallet support for the Nexus S 4G.

Android Honeycomb 3.0 released for the usage of tablet and then, version of 3.1 which has 2.6.36 Linux Kernel. The first device featuring this version, the Motorola Xoom tablet, was released on 24 February 2011. It optimized tablet support with a new virtual and “holographic” user interface; Added System Bar, featuring quick access to notifications, status, and soft navigation buttons, available at the bottom of the screen; Added Action Bar, giving access to contextual options, navigation, widgets, or other types of content at the top of the screen; and so forth.

Ice cream is the newest Android OS which was released on October 19th, 2011. This version brings features of Honeycomb and plants them on smartphone devices. Many great features you could find here, such as face recognition unlock, Separation of widgets in a new tab, enhanced speed and performance, and so forth.

Internet Protocol Television 101

Kemin On January - 29 - 2012ADD COMMENTS

Internet changes the way people see and do things, especially on this modern era. Internet brings massive effects to our life because of its features. Internet makes our life much easier than the way it used to be and yet, there are many other useable features of internet people can’t see it. Talk about its features you all know that it is uncountable and there is no way we could talk about all of them now. Through that kind of fact, I might introduce you to internet protocol television. Watching telly is known as the most popular kind of hobby most people have, in fact, television, if I may call, is known as the most useable kind of technology people ever invented. The way people see television changes from time to time, we used to go with ordinary television with simple technology of broadcasting, we have seen people watch through cable as well as the satellite and yet, it’s not stopping by the time we get the IPTV. What do you know about such a thing? Have you ever heard of it before?

What is IPTV?

IPTV which shorts for Internet Protocol Television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats (Wikipedia.com). This kind of television technology becomes much more popular lately and you can see it from the number of people who use, which is 15.5 million and 8.4 million of these subscribers are from Europe, according to recent research. IPTV uses the technology of IP based digital network in order to transport of data information and Audio and Video (AV). In order to be able to get such a thing, you might need to obtain ethernet, WAN, LAN or the internet. These electronic digital signs tend to be slick in features and very efficient in operation.

What benefits of IPTV?

The main reason why many people subscribe to the IPTV is all about this kind of system offers you something new, especially as we speak more advance technology you use to see the television. Many experts mentioned that this technology has a system that allows the equation a set top box (STB) and AV information be streamed over existing networks to PCs or televisions, which also means that it’s possible for IPTV to be one to one (Unicast) or one to many (Multicast). IPTV has also proved to be increasingly popular in educational environments and also hotels. All of the IPTV Products available on the market will give a seamless transition between the computer and television set to bring high quality entertainment and services. At last, the technology of IPTV provides the benefit of a less congested, more efficient means of delivery, allowing for higher quality and more interactive features.

RSS Feed 101

Kemin On January - 28 - 2012ADD COMMENTS

Last time we talked about the importance of sitemap for website since it could help the webmasters to get easily indexed by Google by the time they update their site and on this very time, we might need to bring our discussion into next level. When you come across to one site, you might find out that they put RSS feed for their visitors, do you know what that is exactly? Is it really important for you to put that kind of thing on your site? Placing the RSS feeds on your site really is important since it has so many benefits, especially as we speak about SEO and internet marketing for webmaster just like you.

What is RSS Feed?

There are so many definitions about RSS feed you could possibly find on the net, but you should know that basically, there are the same because they have one simple conclusion, which is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format (Wikipedia.com). More specifically, this is a technology that allows individuals interested in your website posts or articles to read the content using aggregators which are RSS feed readers without visiting your website. Through the RSS, every time you are doing the update on your website, like its information or stuff, your readers will get the notification and are able to read your subscribed feed via the reader on their desktop as well as have all their subscriptions on one website to keep track of several feeds at once.

Main Features of RSS Feed

As you are asking about that kind of question, you might find out that RSS Aggregators or Feed Readers are the answer here. A simple explanation of aggregator can be found on the Wikipedia, which is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs in a single location for easy viewing. I might mention My Yahoo, Google, Thunderbird, Radio Userland, Feedcat, and Netvibes as some of the most popular aggregators on the net today. Your reader needs to get the aggregator since most browsers available right now today have no ability to read the information, except the Firefox.

Should you get RSS feeds for your site?

That question really sounds absorb for me here since the RSS feed is kind of important since it has so many benefits for you to obtain as a webmaster. The main reason why you should get such a thing is to market their products or services, keep subscribers up to date with the latest news, and ensure the news of sales are released in a timely manner. It’s very good SEO since it helps search engine to index your information each time you update your website which also means that it will improve ranking of your site as well. You will also be able to get more traffic for your site.

Sitemap 101

Kemin On January - 27 - 2012ADD COMMENTS

Blogging becomes much more popular lately as we see that there are open windows of opportunity to make money online. Create your own blog to get the money online is kind of good, but you all know that it’s not going to be such an easy thing to do. Why? There are so many things to consider before you go down that road, such as build website, doing SEO, and so forth. Okay, this time, we will talk more about sitemap. Do you know what that is? Have you ever heard of it before? Is it really important for you, blogger, to get such a thing? Many webmasters often overlook such a thing and do not realize the important of tool which was introduced by Google at 2005.

What is Sitemap?

In Wikipedia, you can find out that the simple explanation of sitemap is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. You might also see that Sitemap is a simple and fast way for your site to be constantly indexed and updated by search engine like Google as an example. The most popular type of sitemap webmasters use is XML sitemap, which is just an XML file placed in a directory of a website that contains URLs and some information about those URLs. Sitemap has a function as a helping hand for the visitors as well as the search engines to find pages on one site since the sitemap is a form of document which used as a planning tool for web design as well as a compilation of pages on the site and it is typically organized in hierarchical fashion.

Who should use sitemap and how does it work?

Sitemap is an important plan you have to bear mind when it comes to build a website as well as blog and it’s kind of good for you to use sitemap because it offers you so many benefits. Whether you have one page or millions of pages, you just need to get it now. It’s easy for you to make sitemap and not to mention that you do not have to waste a lot of times there. Basically, sitemap is made for people that make frequent changes to their web pages since web pages on a large site will not all get indexed because the links are too deep within the site. Based on that kind of reason, by the time you use sitemap, you will have a better chance of them all being indexed by search engine like Google or any other search engine.

What are benefits of sitemap?

There are so many benefits you could possibly obtain from the existence of sitemap and we are going to talk about it right now. The main reason why you should put sitemap is all about how it helps you speed up the discovery and addition of your web pages, especially as we speak about search engine indexing. By the time you create sitemap, it will help the search engine like Google to quickly find web pages that have been recently changed which could really useful for webmasters. And at last, sitemap is a perfect SEO plan to help you monetize your site.

The power of internet is kind of amazing—we can see it through the fact that internet gives us the opportunity to get almost everything through the net. Talk about the internet, we will never have enough time since there is a million issues we could possibly discuss. However, I might use this kind of great time to talk more about something which turns into a growing industry through the net, online dating. Most of you, I bet, already familiar with term of online dating—whether already tried it or just heard of such a thing. We can’t deny that online dating becomes much more popular lately as many people try to join this kind of service. What do you know about such a thing?

The Online Dating

Online dating is the next advance development from social networking, but it has specific functions as well as terms. We might say that social networking is the place where people meet something new for any reasons like business or just to chat and talk with the old friends as well as the new ones. In some cases, you might find out that many people use the social networking to find someone they love through the net, but you also notice that there is no specific term of dating there and that is why it’s kind of bit difficult for you to find girl or boy you could date.

Based on that kind of reason, some people created more specific social networking which has the goal to associate all people who want to find the love one through the net. You could also see that as early as the 1980′s services such as Prodigy and America Online provided chat rooms and forums for singles and massively marketed these features. As a result, even before the Internet became widely used, it had a booming, though perhaps technically limited, dating culture.

Its Advantages

As you could see many people use the service of online dating site as it comes to find the one they love or you might just want to get something fun there. However, online dating has more great things to offer as you use it. I might say that the first advantage of online dating is all about how people find a perfect match for their love life much easier than the way it used to be. Basically, online dating site almost has same functions as the social networking you used to use like Facebook or Twitter since the online dating service is basically a community of people who gather together to interact, socialize, and make friends with each other.

The everyday working creates problems and the one which turns out to be the most popular that many people have to deal with is the boredom. We can’t deny that the problem like boredom could lead into something worse as you do not pay serious attention to deal with such a matter like stress as well as decrease of productivity. It’s important for us to find the right solution and you all know that there are so many of them you might do. Playing game could be good solution you get in order to deal with boredom on the workplace, especially for you who work on IT as well as for them who work in front of computer. Plenty games you could play whether it’s single player or multiplayer as you see for more excitement. In my office, we used to play Counter Strike and Pro Evolution Soccer 2012. Those two games could be the most convenient games you play on the office and we are trying to describe them right now.

I might say that counter strike is known as the most popular kind of FPS game many people play as we speak about mid of 2000. It is a first-person shooting video game developed by Valve Corporation. As in the original, Counter Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won either by completing an objective (such as detonating a bomb or rescuing hostages) or by eliminating all members of the opposing team. Why you should play it? It’s all because you could play it with all your working mates and it’s going to be awesome. You do not need to get high-end requirement for this kind of game since it’s pretty small game and your low-end computer is good to go. However, in order to play such a game, you know you need connection as we speak about LAN. You could play with many people because there are no limitations of player number.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is the most popular kind of soccer game on the Asia. Made by Konami, you will be able to play real situation of soccer. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is another follow up where you can have ‘unrivalled levels of control’. You can play the game ‘your way’. It’s kind of good option for you to play this kind of game on the office, but you should know that you will need to get high-end computer to be able to play such a game on best quality as we speak about the graphic and the moves of soccer player. You do not need to get an internet connection as you want to play the multiplayer session, but you get the limitation since the maximum number of player should be just 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 might not be the best simulation game you’ve been looking for, but it has its moments.