Latest Android Device?

Well there arent any new breakthrough in android market since last few weeks but here is a short list of phones which are released  in last 3 months, select your perfect christmas gift before its out of stock :P Have a look:

1. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
2. Motorola Moto G
3. Google Nexus 5
4. Verizon Wireless Ellipsis 7
5. LG G Flex 
6. Samsung Galaxy Light
7. HTC One max
8. LG G Pro Lite
9. Samsung Galaxy Round
10. Alcatel One Touch Evolve
11. Alcatel One Touch Fierce

Smartphone killed off the Christmas gadget gift

Buying someone a gadget for Christmas might look harder than ever this year. In years gone by you might have bought the gadget freak in your life a peculiar alarm clock, that neat new voice recorder, or even a gleaming new satnav system. If you really loved them, you might buy them a video camera, or a digital camera.

Now? All those functions – the £100 functionality of a satnav, the £500 functionality of a video camera – have been rolled into, swallowed by, smartphones. A few years ago Vic Keegan, my predecessor, began trying to count the number of functions that mobile phones (what we'd now call featurephones) had begun taking onboard. There was the alarm clock, timer, world clock, address book, music player; quite soon the camera joined in. Then video came in too – blocky at first, but increasingly good.

But the arrival in force of the smartphone has accelerated everything. The smartphones available now are general-purpose computers, at least to the extent that developers can think of what to write for them. Satnav functions? Built in to all the major smartphone platforms now. Camera and video function? That's absolutely assumed, and while many phones can't compete directly with a top-end digital SLR, Nokia has set the benchmark until some time in 2015 with the 41-megapixel camera in its Lumia 1020 . But that's just how it is. Sales of digital cameras, camcorders, and satnavs are heading the same way as those of analogue cameras and film. Ask Kodak how that ended.

It's pretty obvious that the smartphone is going to take over any sort of function that can be digitised or computerised. Or, if the task requires a larger canvas – sketching, say, or writing a length, or examining images in detail – that they could be done on a tablet. Or, perhaps, a computer. But those are so cumbersome and hard to carry around.

Controlling lights and heating? Easy with a smartphone or tablet, through Bluetooth and other wireless control systems. Reading books? Yes, can do that too. (Amazon's Kindle app is available for smartphones and tablets – you don't necessarily need a Kindle.) And the app stores aren't underserved either when it comes to trivial apps which don't serve any particular function except to kill time, and aren't "useful" in the normal sense of the word.

So if you are trying to buy something for the person in your life who loves gadgets, you're going to have to think well outside the smartphone-shaped box. It's just over 10 years – April 2003 – since the Innovations Catalogue, that bazaar for the bizarre, was axed. It offered such wonders as revolving wine racks, heated eyelash curlers, and a hammock that didn't need trees. Now those were things and functions that you couldn't absorb into a computer. And no doubt they came from the wellspring of a very human imagination. A revolving wine rack! Of course!

Don't worry. A quick search suggests that there's no shortage of sites offering completely useless gadgets at entirely reasonable prices. Right now I'm looking at a Death Star cookie jar (£35), a Tetris light (rearrange the shapes and colours to your taste! £30), zombie head decanter (such a fine holder for that 30-year-old brandy; £20). And oh, so much more which can never be done by a computer. Because, apart from anything, who would want to?

Google Nexus 5 Camera [TWEAK]

Google has been creating waves yet again with their recently launched Nexus 5 running on the new Android 4.4, KitKat with the two most talked about things being its camera and the other exciting features that the latest Android variant has to offer. Even though the Nexus 5 has a fairly decent shooter, it is still not as good as those found in the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Note 3. For those who have already purchased a Nexus 5 and/if they haven’t been impressed with its camera need not to be worried about anything. Our friends at XDA are currently working on a new camera app that promises to add a host of new features and at the same time also improves the camera’s overall performance. Here’s a quick look at what we should expect to see with the new camera app update:

• Sound Recording now in Stereo with the secondary Mic
• Faster Focusing for the camera
• Front Camera also records 720P Videos@ 20 Mb/s
• Front camera Audio Bitrate@ 192000 Kb/s
• AntiBanding default set to 50Hz
• Focus Range Adjusted
• Enhanced Smooth Zoom
• Turned Edge Enhancement ON

For those of you who have already rooted their devices can head on over to the XDA forum, choose your desired zip file and download the pack. So how did you like the new camera experience ? Do share in your experiences with us.

Note: Kindly download and install the app entirely at your own risk. TAP would not be held eligible for any damage   done to the device during/after the installation.

The new Google Nexus 5

Google’s most anticipated device of the year, the Nexus 5 has finally arrived in the Play Store ending days (and months) of speculations, leaks and rumors. The Nexus 5 does manage to live up to its much anticipated hype and the one department where it tends to stand out from the rest is most certainly its camera that comes bundled with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) a feature that is currently missing in any of the other high end devices available in the market; so credit should be given to LG (Google have decided to stick with them after the success of the Nexus 4) for making it available for the Nexus 5.

                           

The Nexus 5 is now available in the Play Store in two variants, 16GB and 32GB and priced at $349 and $399 respectively. The smartphone comes in two colors Black and White, though only the back of the device color changes from the front it is Black only. As far as carriers are concerned, we have come across Sprint and T-Mobile who are currently the only two official carriers for the device. Sprint is said to launch the device on November 8th with the 16GB version available for $150 and the 32GB for $200. T-Mobile on the other hand haven’t confirmed a release date as yet but it is expected that the device would be launching soon (hopefully before Christmas).

When it comes to hardware and features, the Nexus 5 thoroughly deserves to be in-line with the other higher end devices currently available in the market is the only device (for now) to be running on Google’s latest Android 4.4, KitKat. Anyone of you interested in placing an order anytime soon ? For those who have already got their hands on the device may feel free to share in their experience with us. Cheers !

Nexus 5 Specs at a Glance

• 5-inch display with 1920×1080 resolution
• Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 800, 2.3GHz
• 2GB of RAM
• 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera
• Android 4.4 KitKat
• 16GB / 32GB of internal storage
• WiFi ac, NFC, and Bluetooth 4.0 LE
• 2,300 mAh battery with wireless charging built-in
• microUSB with SlimPort

Free Ufone internet on Android (Complete)

Hello all,


All around Pakistan, people are struggling to run free internet on android from ufone... here is a detailed walkthrough on activating and running internet with full functionality... with full support for browsing and running apps like facebook, whatsapp, kik, viber etc.. n not to forget skype :P

Activating Ufone Internet on Android

~~~~ ROOT REQUIRED ~~~~

So here are the main settings:

1. MOST IMPORTANT: Deactivate GPRS and Activate only MMS (Use Ufone Self Care Portal)

2. Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Data enabled: ON

3. Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Access Point Names > NEW APN:

Name: Ufone Free

APN: ufone.pmms

Proxy: 172.16.13.26

Port: 8080

Username: *Leave Blank*

Password: *Leave Blank*

Server: *Leave Blank*

MMSC: *Leave Blank*

MMS Proxy: *Leave Blank*

MMS Port: *Leave Blank*

MCC: 410

MNC: 03

Authentication Type: None

APN Type: *Leave Blank*

APN Protocol: IPv4

4. Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi Settings > Advanced > Use static IP: ON

IP address: *Leave Blank*
Gateway: *Leave Blank*
Netmask: *Leave Blank*
DNS 1: 212.72.23.30 or 172.16.13.219(ufone)
DNS 2: 212.72.23.31 or 203.82.48.3(ufone)
Or simply you can give Google's DNS Servers : Primary: 8.8.8.8 Secondary:8.8.4.4

Workaround for changing DNS

If your set dont have dns settings, then you have to download an app from Google Play Store, named DNS Changer
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eddypcz.dnschanger

Note: Internet Speed may vary upon AREA and Handset. I have EDGE im my Area of service so i get speeds from 10kB/s to 25KB/s

Problems with ufone.pmms

Many have faced this problem, when changing apn to ufone.pmms, thier edge sign (E) disappears. This is due to this configuration of the os ip configuration limits set by manufacturer... now when the phone connects to mms server, it gets ip address from the server, but doesnt get the dns thats why the phone reconises it as bad connection...

Now we can override this by a simple administrative tool builtin android system by following these steps...

1) Dial *#*#4636#*#*

2) Tap phone information

3) Scroll down and tap on TOGGLE DNS CHECK

4) NOW Wait for few seconds. .... done 

Now u will see the (E) sign is back

Another workaround for ufone.pmms problem

In some phone there is problem in getting into phone info menu with 4636 dail menu (as mentioned above)... we still have another way... 

Install this app (Network) from play store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mangelow.network and this will also work the same way the info menu supposed to do...

As the screen shows the the TOGGLE DNS CHECK have been tapped already...