All Android users had been waiting for this news since a long time: Skype for Android is now available for every Android user. Previously, it was restricted to only Verizon users, just like Microsoft’s Bing app is which was totally ridiculous to be honest – it puts the ‘open’ness of Android to shame. But that’s in the past and the app can now be downloaded for free from Android Market. You can make free Skype-to-Skype calls (no matter PC, Mac, iPhone or Android etc) and chat with friends as well. Calls work over both WiFi and 3G but for US users, it’s WiFi only. And of course, you can buy Skype Credit to place calls anywhere in the world!

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Permalink: BREAKING: Skype for Android Now Available for All Users! (Not just Verizon anymore)

We broke the news yesterday showing you a screenshot of Google’s Chromium OS installed on iPad. Today, we bring you a video evidence showing the Chromium OS up and running on the iPad. Hexxeh, the famous hacker has now posted a teaser video showing the Google’s upcoming chrome web browser based OS in action on the iPad. Even though its a pretty small demo and appears buggy in terms of touch sensitivity, it’s still a pretty ground breaking progress!  Read more...

Permalink: HUGE!! Google’s Upcoming Chromium OS Running On iPad [Video]

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Permalink: BREAKING !! Google’s Chrome OS Installed On Apple’s iPad

Google is celebrating today, September 27, as their 12th anniversary with a special doodle. The doodle is a pretty birthday cake with a candle which replaces the ‘L’ in Google. Google has been the dominating search engine in the world, since forever it seems.

Google has been a success story as great as Apple or Microsoft’s. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Google has shaped the Internet as we know it today. Google was created on September 4th, 1998 in Silicon Valley, California, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The search engine was officially launched on September 27th.  Read more...

Permalink: Google Celebrates Its 12th Birthday With Doodle Featuring a Cake

Samsung are preparing to release Galaxy Tab soon. It is expected to be a huge hit for Android and new tablet fans. It will cost around £599 and is considered to be the main competitor to the iPad. The Galaxy Tab has a 7” screen which is smaller than the iPad’s 9.7”. They both have a 1Ghz process but the Samsung Galaxy Tab has a 3.1MP back camera and a 1.3MP front camera so could this be the thing that gives the Galaxy Tab the edge? Will loyal Apple fans dump the iPad for the Galaxy Tab?  Read more...

Permalink: The First Official Hands On Video of Samsung Galaxy Tab Appears on YouTube

A few days ago, we showed you how to install Froyo Android 2.2 (JPC build) on a Samsung Galaxy S. A lot of users root Android phones to gain additional features and run apps that aren’t allowed to run normally. Rooting also allows you to install the One Click Lag Fix app that removes even the slightest lags you might encounter while using a Galaxy S, making it the fastest Android phone out there. It scores a staggering 2100-2300 points in Quadrant benchmark when running the official Android 2.1  build with LagFix installed. We showed you how to root Android 2.1 on Galaxy S in a previous post. In this post, you’ll learn how to root Android 2.2 on Galaxy S.  Read more...

Permalink: How to Root Froyo Android 2.2 Beta JPH build on Samsung Galaxy S

After over an year of rejections(by Apple), anger(from the users) and betrayal(by Sean Kovacz), Apple has approved a Google Voice app for the App Store. Sean Kovacz was the pioneer of Google Voice apps, after it was taken away from the App store, Kovacz submitted his app to Cydia instead. Apple’s reason for rejection was that such an app duplicated the features of an iPhone and people suspected an Apple/Google war brewing. Google didn’t let Apple stop them and created an HTML5 web app.

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Permalink: Google Voice app appears in the App Store

If you use Gmail’s video chat service, you would have noticed that its quality is not good. To fix this, Google has rolled out a new Labs feature which allows you to increase the quality of video chat as well as provide a bigger preview window. To enable this Labs feature, you have to visit the settings page of Gmail Labs and turn on "Video chat enhancements".  Read more...

Permalink: New Enhancement in Gmail Labs allows better quality Video Chat

A new beta build of Android 2.2 codenamed Froyo is making rounds on the Internet. I found it on XDA and decided to give it a go on my Samsung Galaxy S which was running the latest official JM1 Android 2.1 build. So far, I’m really pleased with the performance and improvements in this version. Having used the previous Froyo JPC ROM for Galaxy S, I can say that things are improving. GPS works better as well as the browser. Everything is just smoother than before and dare I say, it’s even useable without a lagfix although being an iPhone user, I can’t stand even the smallest of lags so I’ve got it up and running with One Click Lag Fix 1.0.  Read more...

Permalink: How to install Android 2.2 (Froyo) build i9000XXJPH on Samsung Galaxy S [Guide]

A lot of users are having trouble accessing the download and recovery modes in Samsung Vibrant since the hardware access seems to have been disabled in the newer phones. The guys over at XDA are working on a fix for this, but for the meanwhile, here are some methods that you can try to get into recovery mode:  Read more...

Permalink: How to access download and recovery mode in Samsung Vibrant