July 2012
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Why should you NOT buy a Nexus tablet?
Reasons might sound silly or lame to some, but it depends on your usage. If any of the below does not hurt you, please go ahead and buy it. It is the best one out there. No SD slot If this is billed as entertainment device on the go. Then that memory of 8GB/16GB is not enough. So to offset that a SD card slot with max capacity of 32 GB would have been great. In fact the sd card slot is a...
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Why iPhone is not the best phone.
Here are some important reasons why iPhone is not the cutting edge:
Android Beam
Face UnLock.
NFC Wallet.
Agreed, it is not about the features. There are lot of other things such as usability, performance, value etc. Apple is not the best even when judged from these parameters. Some of the core features of a mobile operating system are not that efficiently implmented in iOS. Like -
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June 2012
1 post
Android and App Developers
Couple of reasons why developers like Android:
No Private APIs. Even Google develops off of the same APIs that is at every developer’s disposal. This is a huge thing.
The APIs are very powerful. The Access that you get is very deep.
Case in Point:
On{x} . This app is being developed by Microsoft in Android platform. It is taking Geo-fencing one step further. “Shira Weinberg, the team’s...
March 2012
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Develop Google Nexus for users, not for Android!
Google needs to treat its phones as devices for end users, rather than devices in which the OS is developed on. Taking their last product release as an example, these are couple of things Google must improve. Treat your brand sacred Never compromise on the Nexus moniker. It should always be Google Nexus. It should never be Samsung Galaxy Nexus. That is foster care. To compare with Apple, Steve...
November 2011
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Google Music - Taking a wrong aim
Google Music has taken aim at providing a competitive service to iTunes. And, it has done its job well. It almost does what iTunes Cloud Service has done - except for WMG standing in its way.
It also goes one step above it by providing two bonuses:
Store your own song. Songs you have not purchased using Google Cloud
A store system for Indie music artists. ala Etsy for Music.
Well, that would...
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SD cards in Android phones
There is a tendency among android handset manufacturers to remove SD card slot - atleast in the high end models. So, what is reason behind android phones not having SD slot?
The tradeoff is the gain in performance. If there is a SD Card, every application has to check where to write. Even loading playlists, and almost every other tasks, needs to check the SD card. But when you remove SD card,...
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USB Mass Storage in Galaxy Nexus
Galaxy Nexus does not support USB Mass Storage. However, it supports MTP and PTP. Also, it is not a problem with ICS. ICS still supports UMS
Why did Galaxy Nexus stopped supporting UMS? - They wanted to have no partition for the Memory available. That is the full 32 GB/16 GB is available for everything - music storage, apps, pics, docs, etc.
Since there is no partition, it is...
What is missing in Android Tablets?
“There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.” - amazon.
Android tablet makers were in neither of these camps. While their eyes were set on the first, the second camp is the one that is going to make Android money. Or atleast whoever...
