How to Create Windows 8 live Tiles for Android with Best Free Android Apps

Relying on Nokia and HTC, the newly Window Phone 8 OS from Microsoft has been successfully known around the world, but Windows phone still can't make a mark in the smartphone market! Luckily the Windows 8 live Tile has won lots of praise from mobile users! Some Android users want to get such Windows live tiles on their Android devices.

If you are also interested in those Windows 8 Live tiles and bored of Android's user interface, why not creating those live tiles now on your Android phones and tablets? We have rounded up best two free Android apps to help Android user create Windows 8 live tiles on Android. Just take actions to download the following Windows Live Tile apps and beautify your Android!

Tile Launcher

This Android app brings basic smooth Windows live tiles to Android devices, but users get many choices to customize their own live tiles.

Feature:

Scrolling – Users can select horizontally or vertically. And it allows you to specify Scroll Settings for scrolling speed, direction, and overscroll effect.

Tile Customization – You can easily select your own title, icon, background colors or images.

Snap Effect – If you need snap effects, it will perform an action, switch screens or open the drawer when overscrolling.

Lock Desktop – It supports to lock your desktop to prevent accidental changes.

Toolbar – this is a unique feature! You are allowed to choose font, colors, icon, and even show a Jellybean-styled date widget!

Note: The Tile Launcher apps are free available on Google Play and runs on Android 4.0 and above! In addition, if you want more special effects for sliding drawer and Tile Appearance, you can purchase its Tile Launcher Pro Key to activate its Pro version.

Launcher 8

It is the most favorable app for creating Windows 8 live tiles. You will be surprised to get more options on tile size, color and more!

Feature:

Tile – You can choose different sizes, various colors and even add Android widgets.

Theme and Background - More than one hundred kinds of theme colors can be selected. You can save and restore the theme and set background style.

Screen - You can edit the start screen layout and set the WP8 style lock screen.

Application list - it allows to switch the style of the app list.

More – with permission, it can help you show the shortcuts of Live contact and SMS

Note: The required Android version is 2.2 and up! So it can run on most Android smartphones and devices!

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Android Tips: How to Back up Your Android Devices Data Freely and Safely

How important is the data in your Android devices for your daily life or working? You may not have the habit of backing up data. However, your important data like photos, videos, apps and contacts could be lost since others and you might delete them accidently or your Android devices were lost unfortunately. In addition, it is better and safer to back up data before updating OS! So it is worthy and necessary to know some methods to make a backup of your data in Android devices. Here we simply share with you some free and safe ways to back up data locally and online, even with back-up apps.  

 

Back up locally and traditionally

The most simple and traditional method of Backing up data should be to save your photos, music and other SD card data into your computer or other mobile hard disks. Just connect your Android device to your computer and access your device’s memory and SD card, then copy all data over to a folder on your computer!

Back up online with Google account

If you save your data online with Google account, you can access to contacts, system settings, apps, calendar and email data whenever and wherever, even with a new Android Phone! Go to Settings > Privacy, and check the boxes for "Back up my settings" and "Automatic restore", then the last thing is to specify your Google account where you desire to back up data. Simply go to Settings > Accounts and sync, open your Google account, and check all available options. With these settings in place, your contacts, system settings, apps, calendar, and e-mail will be restored on the Google account!

By the way, as for photos and videos, you can upload automatically with Google’s Instant Upload service. The data uploaded is invisible by others and you can easily share online! What you should do is to sign in, go to Menu > Settings to enable Instant Upload service!


Backing up with apps

Backup of photos. With the help of some free picture apps such as Flickr Companion and Picasa Tool, you are allowed to upload and save photos from your Android devices to your account on their websites!

Backup of text messages. SMS Backup+ is a popular and free app helps you automatically back up SMS, MMS and call log entries using a separate label in Gmail / Google Calendar.

Backup of all kinds of data. If you want to make such backup for all data like your Apps, Photos, Music, Videos, Contacts, Call log, Browser Bookmarks, SMS (text messages), MMS (message attachments), Calendar, System Settings, Dictionary, Music Playlists and more, it is recommended to use professional backup tools. MyBackup is such kind of app with free and $4 paid version. With this app, you can select certain apps or all apps to back up and make a backup on the schedule. All data could be easily saved as a ZIP file on your SD card or on their online server.

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What We Have Known for the Rumored iPad Mini and Next Google Nexus Smartphone Next Week!

Luckily we have seen that so many smartphones and tablets have been unveiled together before October, phones like iPhone 5, Nokia Lumia 920, HTC 8X and tablets such as Kindle Fire HD, Nook book and Microsoft Surface and so on. But we are consumers and we hope we own more choices and get the best product at less price. Naturally we are still looking forward to more eye-catching smart products! So let’s have a review of the rumored phones and tablets we are waiting for and what we expect from them! 

iPad mini

It is a fact that most Apple fans were disappointed for the Apple Event last month. Almost every detail of Apple's latest phone had been thoroughly leaked before the reveal, making it a somewhat less exciting event than in the past. While the smaller iPad, iPad mini, which has been rumored for several months by much of the world, hadn’t appeared.

However, it may be really happening. Apple will hold an event on October 23rd to announce the long-rumored, smaller iPad. As we know, Apple feels threatened by the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 and of course wants to put the hurt on Microsoft's Surface.

What we possibly have known:

Releasing time: October 23rd
Display: 7.85-inch with 1024 x 768 screen and the same 163 ppi of the pre-Retina  display
Price: about $200
Others: Apple's 32nm dual-core A5 processor, Lightning dock connector, Front and rear cameras and Ultra-thin design.

Next Google Nexus smartphone: LG Nexus 4

Rumors say that Google is planning to release a new Nexus smartphone at Google’s event at the end of the month. Generally speaking, the Nexus devices are used to showcase the latest version of Android. The HTC Nexus One introduced Android 2.1 in January 2010. The Samsung Nexus S introduced Android 2.3 in December 2010. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus introduced Android 4.0 in November 2011. Each Nexus phone has held “flagship” status. So if Google is really going to release the latest version of Android 4.2, the next Google Nexus Phone will be unveiled at the same time.

There are many resource confirming that LG will finally get its own Nexus smartphone based on its recently unveiled flagship Optimus G. But Google and LG haven't yet come up with a name for the product. 

What we have known about the next Google Nexus Phone:
(Similar to the LG Optimus G, a modified version)

1. Android 4.2
2. Qualcomm's Snapdragon quad-core processor
3. RAM with 2 gigabytes, no microSD slot and only 8GB to 16GB of internal storage
4. 1,280x768 True-High Definition IPS display with an 8-megapixel camera.

However, instead of partnering with a single handset manufacturer to launch a single flagship Nexus phone, Google could release as many as five Nexus-branded smartphones. "We challenge all our partners that want to work with us on a Nexus product to push the envelope," a director of Android Partner Engineering for Google said to CNET!

How to Install Google Play Store on Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7''

If you are user of the Kindle Fire HD 7'', you must note that You can install only the apps from Amazon App Store and Amazon doesn't allow you to get any app from the Google Play Store. But the Internet is a world of wonder and you can find almost anything you want. Now there is great guide from a hack of XDA Forum that will tell you in details how to install the Google Play Store on your Kindle Fire HD 7''. In other words , you still can install some Google apps like Gmail, Maps, Google+ and enjoy millions of Android apps. Here we will share the following guide with you!

How to install Google Play Store on Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7''

Warning:

• This is a guide for advanced users and you shouldn't attempt to install these files if you don't want to risk your device's OS. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
• Remember that you cannot restore your system folder after applying all these hacks.

Preparation:

• Root your tablet (Click the link).
• Download ES File Explorer from Amazon's App Store and install it on your tablet.
• Charge the tablet's battery in case that it won't power during the installation of Google Play Store and Google Apps.
• Download the following .apk files to your computer: Google Services Framework, Vending, Google Play Store
• Backup all personal data on your tablet to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data.

Steps:

1. Connect your Kindle Fire HD tablet to your PC. Then move the Google Services Framework, Vending, and the Google Play Store APK files to your tablet's internal SD card.
2. Disconnect the tablet from PC and launch ES File Explorer on your tablet
3. Open the Settings menu in ES File Explorer and go head on to Settings > Root settings > Root explorer. Then enable 'Root Explorer' option and then confirm this action. Now click 'Allow' on the pop-up screen to grant root access for ES File Explorer.
4. Enable “Up to Root” and “Mount File System”. After enabling both, close the Settings option and return to the main screen of ES File Explorer.
5. Browse the folders and find the location where you've placed the files at step 1.
6. Tap on the GoogleServicesFramework.apk file to install it on your tablet.
7. Once installation is complete, long press on the Vending.apk file and select “Copy”.
8. Press the Up button located on the top of the screen until you see folders named acct and cache.
9. Look for the /settings/app folder. Open the folder and paste the Vending.apk file in it.
10. After copying, long press on the Vending.apk file. Click on Properties then click Change. Now you should see a screen that says 'USER', 'GROUP', 'OTHER'. For USER line select only 'read' and 'write' options, while for GROUP and OTHER select only the 'read' option. Do not enable any other checkboxes. After you're done, tap the 'Close' button on Properties.
11. Tap on the Vending.apk file file once again to start installing it. You will have the Android Market app after the installation.
12. Exit the ES File Explorer and launch the Android Market found on the apps menu.
13. Set up Android Market by providing your Google account details.
14. Once set up is complete, close the application and go back to ES File Explorer.
15. Navigate to where you copied the Gplay3.8.17.apk file. Tap on the file to start installing it to your tablet. This will upgrade your Android Market to Google Play Store.

You can now download lots of apps to your 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD from the Google Play Store. By the way, Note that this guide won't change your device's Android OS version and it isn't a Firmware upgrade. It is simply a guide for installing the Google Play Store on a device that has the Amazon App Store set as default.

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Free HD Halloween Wallpapers for Android!

Are you still ency those horror and fun Halloween wallpaper in  your friends' Android devices? Now is your turn to keep stay with your friends! The following Halloween wallpapers are some HD Android-themed Halloween wallpapers we pick up from Internet and free download them now!

Click the name to download!

1. Android Skeleton (1366*854)

2. Bankoboev Android (1920*1200)

3. Greengo Android (1366*854)

 4. Flying Android (1920*1200)

 5. Walking Android  (1600*1200)

 6. Scary night Android (1366*854)

7. Droidweek 1 (640*480)

8. Droidweek 2 (640*480)

 

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Funny Free Android Halloween Games for Kids

It is annual Halloween trick-and-treat time. You may have been preparing for Halloween costumes and Halloween party! But what should the kids do before Halloween! It is a good idea to install some funny Halloween games on your Android phones and tablets for kids! Kids and even you could get into the Halloween spirit in advance! The following apps are some funny free Android Halloween games for kids we recommend!

1. Bubble Blast Halloween

This Halloween game is available for everyone and a great choice to challenge with your kids! The Bubble Blast Halloween offers two game modes, Puzzle mode with 5000 levels and free Arcade mode! Install into your Android devices and your kids can burst Halloween characters to trigger a chain reaction!

2. Connect'Em Halloween

If your kids like Bubble Blast or Mouse Trap, they can’t miss Connect'Em Halloween which is very addictive!

In Connect'Em Halloween users need strategically connect blobs together and make sure they all connect to each other the right way, because each blob only has a set number of connections available.


3. Happy Halloween Coloring Game

It is another great and funny Halloween coloring book game for kids!

In this Android Halloween game, your kids will find color inside of various Halloween-themed pages such as Happy Ghosts, Friendly Witches, Boy Frankenstein and Count Dracula. It features more than 60 funny Halloween coloring pages, over 200 colors, pencil and brush size adjustment.

4. Happy Halloween Fun Shape Puzzles

With this Happy Halloween Shape Puzzles, your kids will learn fine motor skills and Halloween related vocabulary words. Colorful fun puzzles pieces are easily snapped together to form cute Halloween puzzles. After the Halloween puzzle is complete, the name will appear and related words will be heard. Just shake the phone and the new puzzle will restart!

5. Coin Dozer Halloween

Do you want to know how brave your kids are? Here is a chance to test them! Install the Android Halloween game, Coin Dozer Halloween. And your kids will brave the haunted house to drop coins into the graveyard for prizes and treats! And at the same time kids need to watch out for ghouls and ghosts! If kids want special bonuses or even more coins, they should collect jack-o-lanterns, candy, the witch’s cauldron and more!

Top New Free Apps for Android This Week: Roku (Update), the Bard's Tale, Subway Surfers, and Bike Race Free

The September flies away soon and here are best new Android apps for the last week, including Roku (Update), The Bard's Tale, Subway Surfers, and Bike Race Free. Roku is a useful complement to watch your TV. And others are all games. These new apps are great and worthy to download to your Android devices.

1.  Roku

Are you complaining the remote control at home? If you're a Roku user, now you can turn your Android devices as a smart control center for your Roku streaming player. With this app, you can browse and add over 500 Roku channels in the Roku Channel Store, and also enjoy your Android phone's photos and music on your Roku player.


2. The Bard's Tale

Play The Bard’s Tale and you will prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure. You will choose from 50 enemy types and a vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, and more will add your happiness and surprise. In Google Play you will find out more features of the new Android version.


3. Subway Surfers

It is a awesome game in which a fun, free endless runner keeps things simple but is also very addictive. You will help Jake to escape from the grumpy Inspector and his Pit-bull dog. And like movie scenes, you have to DASH as fast as you can and DODGE the oncoming trains. Now it is time to challenge with your friends.



4. Bike Race Free - Top Free Game

Here drive your bike through 64 challenging tracks with jumps and loops. It is simple and fast-paced physics-based free game and supports Multiplayer Mode. It will bring us much fun from biking.

iPhone 5 VS Samsung Galaxy S3: Surviving Together!

The new iPhone 5 has come into rivalry in the smartphone Universe. Once again rumors win, and its announcement conforms much to the rumors. It’s certainly an improvement on the iPhone 4S and will be selling well, but it lacks the knockout, gasp-inducing features that Apple followers expect and other opponents fear. In a word, Samsung Galaxy S3 will still survive together with iPhone 5, and Apple leaves time and room for Nokia and Samsung for the future. Let's take a comparison between iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3.

                          Size and screen

iPhone 5 features a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels and the same 326 ppi Retina display as before. Any manufacturers can make larger phones, but keeping them thinner and lighter will be an issue! Apple has achieved it!

How about Galaxy S3? S3 uses a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution and features a 302 PPI (Pixel Per Inch) density.

iPhone 5 is designed all in a beautiful aluminum body and made with an unprecedented level of precision. If you want a more compact (slim and pocketable) design, iPhone 5 meets your needs.

Most feelings from the screens of both flagships could be similar. Which one to choose maybe depend on consumers’ preference on size and     design.

CPU and related hardware

With the all-new A6 chip, as announced, iPhone 5 will offer speed of up to twice as fast compared with the A5 chip, whatever you do. And users can get faster graphics performance than before. But what is important is that it requires less power.

Samsung Galaxy S3 features the Exynos 4412 Quad SoC from Samsung, 1.4 quad-core A9 processor and a Mali 400MP GPU, for its international version. The U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (an LTE capable version) is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 SoC with a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU and an Adreno 220 GPU.

S3 has been in the market for months. How fast it runs is fact for all. We still have to wait for and look forward to the amazing speed from iPhone 5 by the end of this month. But so far it is hard to say any “final” words.

OS

We should keep in mind that at the core of every iPhone and iPad is iOS. It includes all the built-in apps you use every day and all the intuitive technology — like Multi-Touch and Siri. And Apple says iOS 6 is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. Indeed we can’t ignore and neglect the effects from every updates of iOS. Then Siri starts the voice-controlling trend and now it updates much.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is currently officially using Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and is expected to get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at some point in October. Obviously the Android is absolutely great rival for iOS. It also offers millions of apps at Google Play. Any apps iTunes has will exist similarly in Android devices. Of course, S3 owns the feature of Smart Actions, too. The S Voice feature also helps users a lot and is unique enough.

Other improvements

Apple fans are glad to see that iPhone 5 has support for 4G LTE and dual-band Wi-Fi as expected. However the US version of Galaxy S3 has the same thing. What we can wait in hope is that the new A6 can assist iPhone 5 to beat S3 down.

In addition, iPhone 5 still offer users an 8-megapixel camera and 1080p HD video recording but with three microphones now, improved speakers and smaller dock connector. Comparing with Galaxy S3, these improvements of iPhone 5 seems pretty much normal. Another thing to mention is that the camera from Nokia Lumia 920 is more amazing. Besides, S3 supports NFC. Both phones can’t play Flash on themselves.

That’s all! All about iPhone 5 are improvements of iPhone 4S and are all out-innovated for Samsung!

In all, the "final verdict" is too early for this comparison. What we know is that they will survive together. Only if some day Apple could play DVD on iPhone, that would be great and end-all breakout! 

Apple VS Samsung Patent War: More Devices of Samsung Faces US Ban, including Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1.

 

After winning a $1-billion patent infringement case, Apple Inc. takes aim at Samsung's new bestselling products, by adding Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 into the list of devices banned from the US market.

Even though wined the award about 1.5 percent of Samsung's annual revenue and failure in Japan, Apple seems to show on signs of stopping the patent war and starts the second round to keep Samsung out of business. 

Last week, Apple had submitted lawsuit to ask banning eight Samsung devices selling in USA. The products on the list are: Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail. Unluckily, Apple adds its best-selling Galaxy S III into this list ongoing patent lawsuit. 

What we can do is waiting for the result? What does it mean if Apple won again? Are there any effects for consumers and Android system?

Whatever kind of results will happen, it is time for Samsung to abandon its old designing and create brand-new user experience from its Galaxy line appearance to how we feel when running the apps and systems. At the same time, for a long time it also will be a bad news for Google’s Android, some design and apps of which are so similar to those from Apple.in this sense, it will be a chance for Windows Phone to rise up faster. By that day, we consumers will get benefit from this long-term patent war and own more choices!

Which Is Better with Android 4.1: Samsung Galaxy Note II VS Google Nexus 7?

The Samsung Galaxy Note II, a smartphone-and-tablet phablet powered with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, was unveiled in IFA 2012 Berlin. Its releasing news has been spread all around the world. Samsung Electronics shows the world its creative power again, even fresh through the battle with Apple. But most will wonder which is better between Note II and Nexus 7, the latter is also the newly-released top-end tablet with Android 4.1. Nobody can tell you which is better because it depends on your interests and attentions. Now let’s compare some key specs for your reference.

1. Phone or Tablet

Obviously, the Galaxy Note is not just a tablet but also a high-end smartphone, which supports HSPA Plus or 4G LTE. In other words, you won’t miss any call from your friends while playing on it. However, if you just need tablet for entertainment, well you need to consider again because both of two are competitive.

2. Display and Camera

The Galaxy Note 2 features a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED with 1280 x 720 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio, but a 7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD with the same 1280 x 800 resolution and similar aspect ratio of 16:10 is equipped on Google Nexus 7. We can say they are similar display but different size. 7-inch may be too big for pockets but is more wonderful to play than 5.5-inch. In addition, The NOTE II offers two cameras, 8-megapixel rear-facing and 1.9-megapixel front-facing, and supports 1080p HD video recording. The Nexus 7 features a front-facing shooter for video chatting with 720p video recording.

3. Made for creative inspirations or Google play

As Google says, “Nexus 7 was built for Google Play. With Google Play, all the entertainment you love is right in your hand: more than 600,000 apps and games, millions of eBooks and songs, thousands of movies, and a growing selection of TV shows and magazines.” If you are Android fans and just need tablet, this is your best choice. However, other than playing all Android resources in Google Play, Note II brings you more perfect and amazing experience and powerful performance from the palm of hand. The GALAXY Note II comes with the latest hardware and technologies: 1.6GHz Quad-Core processor, Quick Command, new S PEN and S NOTE and so on. 

4. Battery

The Nexus 7 can house a much better battery than the Galaxy Note 2. The former owns Li-Ion 4,325mAh 16Wh non-removable battery for the tablet and the Li-Ion 3,100mAh user-replaceable faster-charging battery for the phablet.

5. Price

It becomes obvious that the Galaxy Note II will be more expensive than Nexus 7.Note II will has the unlocked version and the subsidized version and both are high price. For the other, the Google Nexus 7 is available for $199(8GB)/$249(16GB). so before deciding which to buy, you should have second thoughts about the money!

IFA 2012 in Berlin: New Competitive Smartphones from LG and SONY

At the IFA Technology trade show in Berlin this year, all consumer electronic makers’ wants to show their innovation ability and attract more consumers from the Giants such as Apple and Samsung through unveiling new top-end products. Today we are going to take a look at new smartphones from LG and SONY.

LG Optimus L9

LG, another South Korean phone manufacturer which is trying to run after Samsung, had unveiled another new smartphone Optimus L9 yesterday. This one runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with a 4.7-inch high-definition IPS display. Its 1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage brings users faster and easier performance. Even though it is not equipped with 8-megapixel camera and more powerful battery like Samsung, its 5-megapixel camera and a 2,150 mAH battery are enough for users to enjoy extraordinary experience. Its advantage is the QTranslator function. This built-in translator can instantly translates not only words, but also entire sentences and phrases with a simple scan nearly 44 foreign languages. The OCR technology can recognizes letters through scanning with the camera and translate words, sentences or phrases immediately from dictionary or online.

Sony Xperia T, V, and J

Sony yesterday added three new smartphones to its Xperia series.
The Xperia T, newly Sony's new flagship handset, is equipped with a 4.6-inch screen offering HD resolution and a 13-megapixel camera. It is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and can connect to LTE 4G like other Galaxy SIII. Its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean very soon. And The Xperia V shares many as the Xperia T, such as its 13 megapixel camera, but as the traditional habit of Sony, it comes with a smaller display of 4.3-inch. The Xperia J is aimed at the low-end consumers with a 5 megapixel camera and a 1GHz single-core processor. But it is worth to point out that as we all know Sony has its unique media applications (“WALKMAN”, Album and Movies), which combine the best of Sony’s technologies and connect consumers to a variety of entertainment services. And these devices support ‘One-touch’ functions for content sharing via NFC technology. In addition, all of them will be available in a variety of colors.

IFA 2012 in Berlin：Three Anticipated Mobile Devices Revealed by Samsung

Samsung Electronics, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today has announced three powerful mobile devices in IFA Berlin just after a battle with Apple. It makes the most of its innovation capability worldwide. Now let us appreciate these three great products!

GALAXY Note II
This new Galaxy Note II comes with 1.6GHz Quad-Core processor and Android 4.1, which allows users easier and faster multitasking. Thanks to other powerful creative features, the Note II offer users perfect and unique viewing experience and unleash their inner creativity. 140.9 mm (5.55") HD Super AMOLED with 8 megapixel rear-facing and 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera helps users see everything clearly and vividly. Larger screen with new features of new Popup Note and Quick Command, and new longer S Pen lets users accomplish more tasks quickly and design freely wherever and whenever. Moreover, HSPA Plus or 4G LTE connectivity with a 3,100mAh battery, allow users enjoy multimedia content without worrying about power limitation. It will go on sale in Europe and Asia in October.

GALAXY Camera
With the latest Android 4.1 platform, wireless network connectivity and new smart features like voice-controlling, the GALAXY Camera change the way we photograph and communicate. The Voice Control option allows the user to control a number of functions such as ‘Zoom in’ and ‘Shoot’ through voice. Users also can keep up with the new trends of backing up data into the cloud and share photos with friends on social networks.

Samsung ATIV S
The smartphone becomes the first one running Windows Phone 8 ahead of Nokia's version which once was the only and first highly anticipated Windows Phone 8 smartphone. No doubt, its announcement surprises the world and push huge stress on Nokia. The ATIV S will come with 1.5GHz dual-core processor and HSPA＋42 connectivity, combines with the great entertainment and work feature of Windows Phone 8, and bring users impressive and perfect experience.

Remote Controlling from Android Devices:Top 2 Free Home Automation Apps for Android

Can you imagine that in the future, we can control everything we use in daily life? Time will tell us the answer! Even though you are far away from home, most home appliances will listen to you whenever, from doors, home utilities to multimedia system and more. That day will be true mobile smart life. As the open-source Android system more and more popular, many smart apps with Android has been developed and changed our life. Today we introduce two of best home automation apps for your Android.

Panasonic Smart App
Panasonic just announced a new Android app, called the Panasonic Smart App, which is designed to help with home automation. It makes the utmost of NFC technology and network connection. We can communicate with any smart appliances, such as washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioner. We can operate them and modify settings anywhere for our android devices. We will open air conditioner earlier we reach home, wash dishes after dinner on our phones. What a pity is that this app will be released only in Japan so far. We believe someday soon we also can get this perfect Android app.

Nexia Home Intelligence Mobile
Lacking of Panasonic smart app, we also have other home automation apps to choose, like Nexia Home Intelligence Mobile. This app can help us set the heating and cooling system, set temporary passwords of door for different guests and record video in real-time to take care of things and the people in our home from your Android phone. Moreover, we also can control Schlage Home Keypad Locks and other Z-Wave devices via phones wherever.

There are still many other home automation apps for android devices we haven’t mentioned. Some of them are free and some charges. There is no doubt that it is a long distance from the day mobile apps penetrates every aspect of our daily life, but it is a great future for developers and us and worthy to look forward to that day!

Best Tips to 3 Frequent Problems with Android Phones

 Android phones are so popular that some people around us certainly own one android phones, and they have become our essential part of our life. But accidently problems may come with our phones and bring us trouble, for example, water damage, battery life and data lost. As owners, we should have some ideas of maintaining your android phones. Here are some tips to three kind of frequent problems for your android phones.

Boost Your Android Phone's Battery Life
As we know, the latest smartphones are thinner designed with less room for batteries, larger and brighter screens, faster dual-core processors, more software that runs in the background. Sometimes our battery life is used up to end, but we are in the habit of recharging it at night. So we need to expand the battery life for our android phones

     1. See what consume the battery!

Navigate to Settings > About Phone > Battery Use If you see an application you barely use or a feature you never use, uninstall the app or turn off the feature.

     2. Turn unnecessary hardware features off

Some like Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth are not necessary to be activated in 24 hours

     3. Set display brightness to adjust automatically

Save your phones after water spilled or drunk into water
This situation happens often, but not all android phones are water proofed like Motorola Defy. The follow tips may help you to rescue your phone.
     1. Pull out the battery and SIM
     2. Leave it near sunlight for 24 hours or put it in a bowl of uncooked rice.
     3. Do NOT put your battery back until the 24 hours are up.

Recover data from your phones or SD card
We often delete some files to get more memory, but someday we find that the files deleted are important and we need them back. What should we do? Usually expecting accidental file formatting and deleting, our phones also face problems such as virus attack and power failure, improper operation, and these activities possibly cause our data lost. So we also have to know how to recover deleted files.

1. Files deleted are still there and just invisible. We should stop saving new data into the original area in case of files overwritten.
2. Connect your phones to PC and run one data recover software. Leawo Data Recover for Mac is one of best programs I have used so far and it can help to recover all data lost from hard drive and storage devices
3. Scan and recover your files.

WWE SummerSlam 2012: Best WWE Apps on Your Android Devices

Are you fans of WWE? You certainly want to watch WWE superstar fighting on the scene! But you were not there every time and you were on one-track mind, latest news from WWE. What could you do especially you are out of door with no TV or radio. In Aug.17 the official WWE app was released on Google Play store. All android users can keep up with all latest news on phones. The following Android apps will assist you to have better experience with WWE. 

WWE
This official WWE app brings you breaking news, WWE videos – current and classic – along with 1000s of photos. You can get instant access to your favorite WWE superstar on Superstar pages and save their profiles. And The WWE app is your handy tool to have your voice heard and participate in live WWE programming. In addition, you are allowed to build a virtual community of WWE fans in your area to keep the conversation going after the bell, even set reminders and order tickets!

WWE Trivia
Do you want to check which level you are in among all real WWE fans? Here comes the opportunity! Install this WWE Trivia for your android devices and you will be taken to challenge best questions about WWE, from the real name of WWE superstar Edge to how many times John Cena has held the WWE championship. You will get lots of fun with it.

WWE Raw Live
As the developer says, lay the Smackdown on your friends with everything you need to know about the WWE! With this app you could get different experience from other WWE apps. Favorite superstars entrance themes, many funny interviews, smack talks, most amazing moments in WWE history will be on your hand. You also can keep up on all the hottest news, rumors, and even results.

Latest Android Apps for Aug. 16 to Simplify and Enrich Your Life!

Some of you maybe be busy to working or have little time to pay close attention to the world around you. With the smart mobile devices develops rapidly, all kinds of mobile apps help you simplify you daily life, but enrich it at the same time. In today’ fresh android apps, we will suggest three apps to assist you to have a beautiful life!

Pinterest
Have you ever been bored to plan your destination of next vocation and the new ideas for your home? Obviously, you need some tips for inspirations! Now the Pinterest app for android phones and tablets has been released! As Pinterest says, discover, collect, and share inspiration! This app allows you discover new things and get inspiration from millions of people who share your interests. It allows you to share all the interesting ideas in your mind and things you find on the web. You can use pinboards to plan you vocation, parties and even the recipes. With it, you will find that the world and your life could be more wonderful!

Flipboard
Most of you will get excited because of the release of Flipboard Android app. It is a great companion to help simplify your daily life. This app brings together world stories and social news in a beautiful magazine, finds out everything in one place and even keeps on with the things that matter you most. The other amazing part is that the Flipboard app aggregates content from 12 social networks, including Google+ and Facebook in a magazine-style format. You have no need to login in each social network and just continue to read and do activities like commenting, liking and sharing. Of course, you also can find inspiration for your travel, style and life from places like National Geographic. Make it as your handy tool and you’ll be amazed by what you see.

FlightTrack
Are you one of the frequent flyers? And you have been fed up with the pains from canceled flights, last minute gate changes, and unfriendly weather. Owning this FlightTrack app, you change your all things about air travel. It has beautiful and zoomable maps and can get real-time departure info, delays and gate numbers at a glance. You can track all airline flights worldwide.in addition, it will show you updated cancellations and help you find an alternate flight. Install one and you can arrange your time flexibly.

School Supplies: Top Back-To-School Mobile Apps

The summer vocation ends and all students should head back to school. Possibly parents start again to complain that phones or pads take most of their children’ learning time. But the fact is that these mobile devices also can help them study. Now there are many useful mobile school apps for smartphones and pads, and these apps have become the necessary school supplies.
Here are some best Back-To-School apps we should try!

Wikipedia Mobile
As we all know, Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled. Now many students like to use Wikipedia data as article and research sources. Maybe some parents will worry because Wikipedia’s database of information is in large part curated by amateurs rather than historians. However, Most of the information published in Wikipedia is community-vetted, which is more trustworthy than Google search results. This app can save article to read later or offline, search articles nearby, share articles, read article in a different language, and even full text search and more! So this official Wikipedia mobile should be the first school app for students’ phones and tablets!

Dictionary.com
Time Magazine ‘Top 10 Back-To-School App’! Winner: CNET Top 100 Mobile App Award! This app gives you full access to Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, even when you're offline. With it, you can get over 2,000,000 definitions, the hot word daily and word origin & history. Besides, it supports Audio pronunciation and Voice search. So just keeps it handy while writing or reading. 

iStudiez Pro
No matter you are students, teachers or parents, this app will be choice for you back to school. It allows any student or teachers to enter his or her schedule with time management. Once your schedule is added, the summary of current classes and tasks is automatically reflected in Today view and even you can get more details like event type, location, time left and so on. It provides Push Alerts when assignments are due, and its GPA calculator helps you track the GPA for current and past semesters.

Documents To Go

Most students or teachers ever were troubled by the documents problem while in school. Now this app is available on any IOS and Android mobile devices, and could allow you to view, edit, create Word & Excel files (Office 2007/2008/2010), and even view PowerPoint, PDF, iWork, Text, .RTF, and more! You could send & receive attached supported documents using the built-in Mail app. Moreover, it is compatible on Win & Mac allows you 2-way file sync with a WIFI connection. In other words, you can manage your document, homework and class memos with your phones in the classroom!