Android Regains 61% of all U.S. Smartphone Sales

Android got a dramatically lead over Apple’s iOS as the war of Smartphones continue.

When the Smartphone sell was compared by NPD Group they found Android has covered 61% of total US market share of Smartphone which was more than last year’s 4th quarter. And for iOS a fall down came and it covered only 29% while it was 41% in the last year’s final quarter.

When Apple launched its iPhone 4S then we have been seen a heavy demand for it but as New Year started then Android got its position on the top again.

Though Apple lost its market share but this is not the end of war. And it is also true now Android and iPhone has covered 90% of all Smartphone sales in US market.

According to NPD, if we see overall results, then we find Smartphones failed to increase  its grip to hold the market but they got to success in 66% of all handsets sales in last quarter. If we compare all top ten selling models in the 1st quarter then we observe half of them from Apple, 3 of them from Samsung, and 1 each from Motorola and HTC.

According to Nielsen, Android is the top dog in the US but Apple is trying to back on the top.

Android Devices Hacking: New Trick from Hackers

It’s not just malicious apps you require to be cautious of infecting your smartphone. Now, accessing to poisoned websites is a danger also.

Security researchers have exposed a latest malware aiming Android devices that doesn’t acquire the common way of implanting itself in any app. The malware, named “NotCompatible,” is in its place put into the websites that seek to push the malware on visitors’ devices, representing a unsafe new trick by hackers to attempt and access private data, according to researchers.

Fortunately, the malware isn’t very quiet. To find infected, you would require to approve the download of the application, which pretenses as a security update. Mobile malware threats are not as prevalent as those aiming PCs. Illegal hackers are testing with unusual business models for mobile devices, such as tricking users into subscribing to pay-text-message services that the criminals control.

The message from the ‘NotCompatible’ findings is same to cautions for PC users have gotten for years: “The worst kind of update you can download to your machine is one that you didn't ask for and don’t know where it comes from”

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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.