Android: Twidroid- Twitter apps for android phone

May 24th, 2010 by ytechcity

This Android based Twitter app is available in a free and a pro version. Both of Twidroid’s offerings provide most every Twitter function you might need, from the basic viewing and sending tweets, following and unfollowing users, viewing profiles to the more advanced: saved searches, URL shortening, photo posting, and geo-location support.

Version 3.2.5 (21-05-2010):
update: improved remember timeline position
new: option to disable the display limit for full-tweet-text-notifications
PRO: option to disable swipe gesture
update: increased connection timeout to avoid connection error pop
update: internal preparations for twitter’s new OAUTH authentication coming july

Official Website:
http://twidroid.com/

Download:
To download twidroid to your device, simply launch the android market in the application menu, search for “twidroid”, select either the free or PRO version, install and you’re good to go.

Android: Download 10 Top Android Apps You Must Have On Your Android phones

May 13th, 2010 by ytechcity

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Here is the list of top 10 apps from Android Market which you must have on your latest Android phones :

1) Locale: Tlets you customize your phone’s settings based on your location. You could program the app to set your phone to vibrate every time you’re at your office, or set it to go silent when you enter the perimeter of your local movie theater. Locale’s incredible location technology leverages GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular positioning to determine the location of your phone. Although not all phones are equally equipped and not all location technologies have equal coverage, Locale gracefully scales back. Walking into a building with poor GPS reception? Not a problem.
Locale is available on the Android Market simply go to Android Market from your Droid and search for Locale.

2) Twidroid: This Android based Twitter app is available in a free and a pro version. Both of Twidroid’s offerings provide most every Twitter function you might need, from the basic viewing and sending tweets, following and unfollowing users, viewing profiles to the more advanced: saved searches, URL shortening, photo posting, and geo-location support.
Click here to download this Android App

3) Google Voice: The Google Voice for Mobile app is free to install and use. You do need to have an existing Google Voice account, however, for it to work. Once installed, you can make outgoing calls from your Google Voice number with the touch of a button, right from your contacts list. You also gain easy access to voicemail and Google Voice-based SMS messaging.
Click here to download

4) KeyRing: This Android app that puts your membership cards barcodes into your Motorola Droid. Simply scan your various cards anything from gym memberships to drug store discount clubs and Key Ring will categorize them into a drop-down menu.
Click here to download

5) Compare Everywhere: With Android app installed you scan a barcode in any store to get instant information about any product. Compare Everywhere will connect you to reviews and pricing details to make your shopping simpler.
Click here to download

6) Meebo: This Android app will keep you connected to all of your IM accounts while you’re roaming around with your new Droid. Meebo links multiple IM protocols into a single app that you can always keep running on your phone. AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MySpace IM, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ are all supported — and, if you create a Meebo account, you can save a collective log of all your chats that’ll be accessible online.
Click here to download

7) Pandora’s Android App: Like its online iPhone counterpart, the Pandora Android app lets you listen to personalized radio stations based on your favorite artists or songs. Thanks to Android’s multitasking capabilities, you’ll be able to rock out while running other apps which the iPhone can’t handle.
Click here to download this Android App

8 ) ActionComplete: ActionComplete is a high-tech to-do list for your Droid phone. It makes it easy to organize your tasks and appointments, using a system developed by “GTD” (Getting Things Done”) guru David Allen. You can even set reminders that’ll pop up based on where you are, allowing you to remind yourself of certain tasks at the office, others at the home, and so on.
To install this free Android app simply search for ActionComplete on Android Market from your Droid.

9) Sherpa: The Android application that helps you find new places based on your own personal preferences won’t cost you a dime to download.. Sherpa “learns” your likes and dislikes, then uses your location information to suggest restaurants, stores, and attractions in your area that might float your boat.
Click here to download

10) Google Sky Map: The Google Sky Map app, actually overlays information about the night sky onto your Droid display. It uses a combination of GPS data, compass data, and date and time information to help you identify planets, stars, and constellations.
Click here to download

Twitter apps for Android: the best apps reviewed

May 11th, 2010 by ytechcity

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If you are still wondering which is the best Twitter Application for your Android, Richard from Engadget has a detailed comparison of 8 Twitter Apps.

Twitter’s official app may be one of the better looking ones but it still lacks other neat and commonly used features found on 3rd party apps. In the end, beauty is only skin deep and Engadget lists its top 3 favourite apps with breakdown comparison of tweeting features of each app.

Some nifty non-standard features include replying to all mentions, saved timeline position, ability to post videos and more.

Head on to engadget to read more about it.

Google: Google Goggles brings visual search to Android phones

May 9th, 2010 by ytechcity

Text search and voice search are so yesterday. Today Google unveiled Google Goggles, turns your camera into a search tool. Check out the video above. In a nutshell, it takes a picture of something, analyzes it, and returns search results. How it works, according to the Big G:

•We first send the user’s image to Google’s datacenters
•We then create signatures of objects in the image using computer vision algorithms
•We then compare signatures against all other known items in our image recognition databases; and
•We then figure out how many matches exist; and
•We then return one or more search results, based on available meta data and ranking signals; and
•We do all of this in just a few seconds

Google Goggles is in its infancy, and we’re going to spend the rest of the day trying to use it on every random object in our basement (save for the bodies, naturally). This should be fun. You can download Goggles now in the Android Market for phones with Android 1.6 and above. [Google Mobile blog]

News: Maxis and Digi launch HTC legend-the newest Android device

May 9th, 2010 by ytechcity


DiGi’s and Maxis was stepped up to the plate offering a subsidised Android based phone at a very attractive price with its latest DG Smart Plan for Digi and Android™ phone packages for Maxis .

Digi:
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Digi’s offer 2 DG Smart Plan™, the only different is 12 months contract and 24 months contract, and claimed that you can save RM 1000 on 24 months contract and save RM 600 on 12 months contract.

Maxis:
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Maxis only provide 1 plan and claimed that you can save RM600 by sign up for a data package on a 12 months contract.

Let’s calculate:
For both of 12 months contract, Digi need to pay RM1399 for the phone and RM68 for data plan.
Maxis need to pay RM1399 for the phone and RM58 for data plan, Maxis offer 3 data plan to let u choose, which is 500MB is RM58, 1.5GB is RM78 and 3GB is RM88.

More information:
1. HTC Legend
2. Maxis official Website
3. Digi official website

Therefore, which one u perfer? Share with us?