Amazon Kindle app is updated for Android

When the Amazon Kindle Fire smack the market, everybody that wasn’t sure Amazon could do it was totally converted and currently a latest revise for the Amazon Kindle app will change every Android powered device into a Kindle reading device.  Once the latest Kindle app from Amazon gets fixed, it will contain support for usual Kindle Format 8 files, as well as, files that anyone download from other eBook stores that appear in DRM format.  The app permits additional dissimilar formats that consist of PDF, MOBI, HTML or DOC and as long as your eBook is formatted in one of those ways, it will be carry by the Kindle app update.

Google Play page for the Kindle app you can opt from thousands of free books, shop for new books and utilize the built in services for Dictionary, Google and Wikipedia.  You can sync your eBook library by extra devices and select the accurate where you left off, no issue what device you stop or start reading on.  The new app facilitates you to customers your font size, screen brightness, background color and the direction in which you would like to read.

This Android apps present equally reading and navigation abilities, so that users can simply find other books in the Kindle store or read those that they contain previously purchased and downloaded.

At the end I must say that though these updates are fine. But one thing is running my mind is, when they are going to give us the capability to group books into sets in Kindle for Android like the real Kindle devices can perform.

AT&T updates HTC Vivid with Android 4.0

AT&T said Thursday that the HTC Vivid update to Android 4.0 is now accessible via Wi-Fi or a PC connected to the smartphone.

The download will carry Face Unlock (it is a technology that allow unlock the screen through facial identification) an updated HTC Sense Experience interface and optimized audio with Beats by Dr. Drew Audio, AT&T said. A full list of Android 4.0 features is available at a Google Web site.

The Vivid is the first U.S. smartphone to obtain Android 4.0, also called Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), as an update, and the first to be issued by a wireless carrier, told by AT&T.

Some of its important & latest Features are:

Beats Audio - improve your music and video experience with Beats Audio.

Face Unlock - Face Unlock is a new screen-lock choice that lets you unlock your device with face identification.

Improved E-mail - Easier to send, read and handle from side to side receiver auto-completion, stored text, and nested sub-folders.

Bluetooth Mouse and keyboard - Use a Bluetooth mouse and/or keyboard with your device and change its settings.

UI Improvements - Access the notification bar on the lock screen. Draw apps/shortcuts on top of one a different to generate folders.

Advanced Voice and Text Input - stronger and can be used to speak an entire email. Smart enough to recognize pauses, breaks and punctuation. Advanced Spell  Checker.

But the HTC Vivid is not the just device that will be upgraded to Android 4.0. AT&T has exposed a list of handsets that will be getting updated as well in the upcoming months. It contains the following devices;

LG Nitro HD
Motorola ATRIX 2
Motorola ATRIX 4G
Pantech Burst
Pantech Element
Samsung Captivate Glide
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy S II
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

No big shock in there, and expectantly this'll all happen on the earlier end of the "upcoming months" level, but it's good to observe that these carriers are aware that clients want to be kept in the loop on the Android update strategy.

New Update for Google Play: News on the Music Store & Android Apps

Google Play gives us update for Android apps and news on the music store. Google Play is update from Android Market Place, and it was launched a few weeks ago. So, does Google Play going as a replacement for Google Music? Because Google Play has one so attractive feature that called as ‘The Mix Instant’, a feature that permits to make our Google Play playlist of the Apple’s Genius Playlist and it works fine. As Google Music was also available for the iPhone and iPad via an HTML app, and so far Google Play seems available for iOS as well.

According to ZDNet, “Google is quick to point out how many tablet apps are in the Google Play market, and just as quick to get its own apps released. Unfortunately they seem to crash regularly, even on ICS.” but this can be this can be sort out in the upcoming time, for sure. But more terrible news is there are some fake websites have been created with the name of Google Play. According to Trend Micro, “a group of dynamic malware developers can make Android Apps on the fly like (like ANDROIDOS_SMSBOXER.AB) that may force you for its subscription services, and then you have to pay for its unwanted charges”.

But in my view there are really some badly written apps that crash all the time, so you just don't use them. In a few case, in browser, some pages act some strange JavaScript processing that may cause for it to suspend for a while. I am sure depending on apps used, your results may vary.

Does Windows 8 Really a Threat for Android?

Android is a major participant for Smartphone and Tablets and has a market of 52% Smartphone market share. The OS has developed with time and its latest stable release is V 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). But Microsoft has launched the Windows 8 tablets and its giving the tough competition to the Android.

Android Developers are doing hard work to prove themselves as the best in the market and are introducing new and upgraded versions of Android. They have full knowledge and know the market well, by now we can wait for that they understand the client’s needs better than everyone in the industry. But with Windows 8, the whole situation may be change. Microsoft has backed with its windows 8 Tablets and below points are needs to be concerned;

1) Windows is the most leading OS in the world (has 90% market share) and many people all over the world have been using Windows, so they know the system better.

2) Windows PC consumers may just support a windows tablet because it would permit a lot more choices for synchronization with the Windows PC, so you can easily run each of your software’s configured on your Windows Tablet.

3) Cost may be another key point. Windows certainly keep its price equal to android tablets.


But Now If we talk about Android, then we must say that Android is a well recognized brand and many people do not worry about ICS (Android latest release) vs Gingerbread. They just love Android. Android has a powerful share feature. Though there are some limits of the processors, but this will also recover soon. Security can be also a big issue. Windows users are afraid of virus and this point also goes into the favoir of Android.Google also has introduced a lot of value added features from some of last years which have been established in the market sucessfully.

The base line is Microsoft has properly done its homework and waiting for the result which may actually not like then it's expecting. But it may be really dangerous for Android and Apple. Let the war start....