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  • How To Minimize Android Data Consumption

    How To Minimize Android Data Consumption

    Three weeks back I bought my first android Smartphone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia 10. Before buying the phone, I was using a BlackBerry 9800 with Airtel monthly BIS subscription and I thought all was well. Well, the android phone did what I never expected. The 1GB data allocated to monthly BIS subscription with Airtel was…

  • Top 5 Reasons Why Android OS Sucks

    Top 5 Reasons Why Android OS Sucks

    Everyone seems to be using Android phones these days and prefer not to go with iOS because of some of the reasons listed here. In actual fact, I’ve come to realize that most of those who criticize iOS do not actually have it and never used it once. Quite unlike iOS, it’s like the Android…

  • Enabling Notification Badges for Whatsapp and other Android Apps

    Enabling Notification Badges for Whatsapp and other Android Apps

    Whatsapp is probably the most widely used instant messaging application on Android and since it’s cross-platform, it’s used on iOS, Blackberry OS and other mobile operating systems as well. I’ve used it (and still use it sometimes) on my iPhone 3GS and I love it but on crossing over to Android, I noticed the notification…

  • 5 Free Android Apps that Make Reading on Mobiles Fun

    5 Free Android Apps that Make Reading on Mobiles Fun

    Amazon’s Kindle may be the ultimate e-Reader for voracious readers, but most people read digital novels, stores, and articles on their mobiles. Smartphone users can access and read any book they want, anytime. While one may not want to read Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past on an Android device, reading short stories and light novels…

  • Top 6 Reasons Why The iPhone Sucks

    Top 6 Reasons Why The iPhone Sucks

    In today’s mobile market, every company is holding its grip tight to dominate and in actual fact, there is indeed a vivid competition between these mobile companies and their products. It is no mistake seeing Apple on the top list in the mobile market today because the iPhone surfaced with a well built mobile operating…

  • Nokia and Windows Journey: Success or Failure?

    Nokia and Windows Journey: Success or Failure?

    Nokia’s journey with Windows kicked off to a start a couple of years ago, when the first Windows Phone with the Nokia brand lodged itself into welcoming European markets, and then slowly all over. Just as the success over that was dying out, Nokia was pursuing and perfecting its new lineup of phones that get…

  • 5 Great Alternatives to Whatsapp Messenger on Android, iOS and Blackberry

    5 Great Alternatives to Whatsapp Messenger on Android, iOS and Blackberry

    Whether you have an Anroid device, iOS device, a Blackberry or a simple Nokia s40 phone, you can use these exceptional Whatsapp messenger. Whatsapp is considered as one of the top mobile messengers.  It is a great choice for those people who love networking. Almost every other person owns this application and if you don’t,…

  • How to Trade Stocks on Your Smartphone

    How to Trade Stocks on Your Smartphone

    The number of things a smartphone can do continues to increase. One of the latest innovations in smartphone technology allows investors who wish to manage their personal portfolios online to do so via their phone. More and more, brokerage firms are developing applications (“apps”) that customers can download and install on their smartphones. These apps,…

  • 17 Must-have Cydia Tweaks for iOS 6.1.3 and Repos for Free Apps After Jailbreak

    17 Must-have Cydia Tweaks for iOS 6.1.3 and Repos for Free Apps After Jailbreak

    With all iPhones, iPad and iPod Touch easy to jailbreak now untethered on iOS 6.1.2 using Evasi0n, there are certain Cydia tweaks and apps you should have on your jailbroken device. There are lots of apps and tweaks in Cydia but not all of them are what you would like to have on your device.…

  • Dim Your Android Phone Screen Brightness Below Minimum Settings

    Dim Your Android Phone Screen Brightness Below Minimum Settings

    When you spend long hours working on your PC, it’s only safe that you set the screen brightness to the barest minimum to avoid doing any hidden damage to your eyes. Over the years, I’ve learned to set the screen brightness on my gadgets to minimum except during the day or  in sunlight when it…

  • The Best Android Jelly Bean Phones in the Market

    The Best Android Jelly Bean Phones in the Market

    Representing the newest release for Android, Jelly Bean has received two key updates, and is now at version 4.2.1. Available since last November, Jelly Bean has been specifically designed to offer much faster browsing and a slicker interface for smartphone and tablet users.  Jelly Bean is particularly effective at reducing buffering and making smartphones run…

  • 10 Must-have Apps for your New Android Device

    10 Must-have Apps for your New Android Device

    Over the last few weeks, I’ve been busy loading up my Samsung Galaxy SII with all sort of applications; useless ones I’m never gonna need and some very important ones. Some of these apps will work quite well on non-rooted Android devices and some need root access to fully function. I consider them what every…