Android's brand new OS update, specifically designed for the tablets, Honeycomb has many eye-popping new features, specially with respect to the user interface. And the brilliant lockscreen is one of them. Honeycomb isn't made available to the phones, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the amazing ripple lockscreen.
Ripple Lock is a lockscreen replacement app for Android devices which mimics the lockscreen of Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The app comes in Free as well as paid versions. The free version comes with ads which really spoils the fun and makes the lockscreen look dirty, The paid version though is free of ads and would cost you $1.30!
The ripple based unlock animation is a treat in itself. Just drag the lock away from the unlock circle and you start seeing the ripples. Dragging to the edge of the circle unlocks the screen. The developer promises to update the app frequently and aims to add more and more features in coming days. Give Ripple Lock a try and let us know if you like it. Check the video of Honeycomb Lockscreen animation after the break.
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One thing you wished that wouldn’t change was the ability to transport yourself from the buzz around to your own sweet musical world, even in the middle of the busiest train station or circus show. You always do want an escape route. But with Apple’s iCloud, one has to wonder what will happen to the quality of music we get.
iCloud will allow users to upload music to their Apple computers and play from a web browser or internet-linked Apple devices. Apple has confirmed that it will launch iCloud on June 6, 2011 (Monday) at the keynote address to the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Apple is expected to offer the iCloud service free to those who buy music from its iTunes digital download center, and might later change it to $25 annually.
Under the deals signed with major record labels, "Apple will share 70 per cent of any revenue from iCloud's music service with record labels, as well as 12 per cent with music publishers holding the songwriting rights. Apple is expected to keep the remaining 18 per cent", as per a blogger with the LA Times.
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Whenever Android and iPhone fanboys clash, "affordability" of Android phones over pricey iPhones take the center-stage more often than not. Many of the Google purists argue that Android has made smartphones affordable to people of all classes. The argument is fair enough, but does affordability comes with a major compromise? Well, that is what we figured out when reviewing Huawei Ideos U8150 android phone.
IDEOS was announced in September 2010 and made its way into the Indian markets during February 2011. When it arrived, it classified itself as the Cheapest Android Phone in the world. Considering that, it was running Android 2.2 Froyo, which never made it onto many other low-end Android phones, Ideos managed to steal some eyeballs earlier on. We considered reviewing Ideos, to formulate an opinion on the state of low-end android smartphones in the market.
As mentioned earlier, Ideos runs on Android 2.2 Froyo, and comes with a 2.8″ capacitive touchscreen, 528MHz Qualcomm Processor with 256MB RAM, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, microUSB 2.0 etc. It also has...
A recent study by Microsoft Advertising, MEC and Mindshare has shown an unique behavior of web users in India. The study was undertaken across 11 countries - Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom and the US and focused on 7,000 participants aged between 16 and 54 years old.
Some of the most interesting facts from the study:
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