Archive for the ‘Android’ Category
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
If you’re traveling overseas and facing inconveniences due to the language barrier, you can now count on the free Google Translate app on your Android mobile device – even when there isn’t any data connection.
Offline mode of the Google Translate app on Android lets you bring a translator around in your pocket.
Google Translate is a popular web service that helps translate free text and website text content from one language to another.
50 language packs available for download to use in offline mode of the Android app.
The browser-based service is usually used on desktop and notebook computers and require an Internet connection to work.
Languages include Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Conversation mode allows voice entry and read out.
Google has now launched offline language packages for Google Translate on Android (2.3 and above) with support for 50 languages for the app – from French and Spanish to Chinese and Arabic.
I see three key features that makes this mobile version a useful tool for the traveller.
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Tags:Android, app, Arabian, Chinese, English, Google, Japanese, Korean, languages, Translate
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
The free fxTrade mobile app brings robust desktop functionality to mobile devices, including customizable charts, price alerts, overlays and indicators.
OANDA’s free fxTrade mobile app is available for the iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices.
OANDA, a global provider of innovative foreign exchange trading services, today announced a significant update to its OANDA fxTrade mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
“There are no longer any compromises when it comes to mobile,” said OANDA CEO K Duker.
OANDA’s fxTrade mobile app allows users to quickly monitor forex market activity as well as manage positions, control risk, and monitor account status and profitability while on the go.
The free app’s intuitive design makes the most of native iPhone, iPad, and Android capabilities to provide features that traders need to stay on top of the fast-moving forex market.
OANDA’s fxTrade mobile app comes with rich features and customisability.
Today’s release is the result of more than 18 months of work from the OANDA mobile development team, and incorporates user feedback from OANDA customers globally.
“With this new version of our trading app, we’re providing our customers with what they want: a robust platform at their fingertips and a great trading experience, no matter where they are,” Duker added.
Mobile devices already account for 30 percent of logins and 15 percent of trades for OANDA clients, a number that has risen rapidly since the company introduced its first mobile trading app in 2010.
The OANDA mobile apps for iPhone and iPad users are available for download in the App Store, or on the Google Play apps store for Android-based smartphones and tablets.
These apps complement the OANDA MetaTrader 4 mobile applications that are available for iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets.
Key features of this new version of OANDA’s fxTrade mobile app include:
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Tags:Android, Apps, FOREX, iOS, iPad, iPhone, OANDA, smartphones, tablets
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Xperia SP offers a high quality HD experience, LTE 4G and easy connectivity while the Xperia L comes in a stylish design boasting good camera quality with HDR for both photos and videos.
Both smartphones will be available ( in white, red or black.) in selected markets in SE Asia from Q2 2013. Prices TBA.
Sony Xperia SP and Sony Xperia L are will both be available in white, black or red.
The two new smartphones join Sony’s Spring 2013 lineup and come with a high quality screen, the latest camera features, NFC connectivity for One-touch function, Battery STAMINA Mode for extended battery life, and Sony’s media apps for enjoying photos, music, and games on the go.
Sony’s One-touch functions, allowing the user to easily and instantly enjoy music and photos across an array of devices, such as Sony’s SRS-BTV5 speaker and latest range of NFC-enabled BRAVIA TVs, with just a single touch.
Sharing is made easy with no wires, cables, or fiddling with settings. Below are more details on the two new smartphones.
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Tags:Android, Android 4.1, smartphones, Sony, Sony Mobile, Xperia
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Samsung has launched in New York the fourth generation GALAXY S. The GALAXY S4 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED with 441ppi, and uses either a Quad-Core or Octa-Core processor – depending on the market, available in white or black, 3G or LTE.
Tech specs here.
Samsung GALAXY S4 – the widely-anticipated successor to the S3.
There’s a 2,600 mAh battery, 13-megapixel rear camera, 2GB RAM, 16-64 GB user memory with microSD slot for up to 64GB, and loads of software features.
No eye-scroll though. As expected, there’s Smart Pause – which pauses and play a video on the screen when the user’s eye looks away and back respectively.
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Tags:Android, Android 4.2, Galaxy, Jelly Bean, launch, Samsung, smartphones
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Friday, March 8th, 2013
Panasonic is at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Click to view or download Panasonic promotions during IT Show 2013.
Check out Panasonic’s business notebooks and ruggedised tablets.
The FZ-G1 runs on Windows 8 while the FZ-A1 runs on Android 4.0 (S$1,499).
Their latest is the Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook CF-AX2 which debuts at IT Show 2013 at S$2,899.
The monitor flips over to convert the Ultrabook into a tablet. IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Level 1, Booth 1528.
Tags:Android, Android 4.0, convertibles, hybrid, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, notebooks, Panasonic, promotions, ruggedised, Singapore, tablets, ultrabooks, Windows, Windows 8
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Seagate will be at IT Show 2013 at Marina Bay Sands at Booth 1201.
Click to view or download Seagate promotions during IT Show 2013.
Seagate’s range of portable and desktop expansion hard disk drives will also be available with other resellers during IT Show 2013.
Check out their latest Wireless Plus portable hard disk that’s iOS and Android ready, and streams up to 8 devices at the same time.
Tags:disk, hard disk, HDD, IT exhibition, IT Show, IT Show 2013, Marina Bay Sands, MBS, portable, promotions, Seagate, Singapore, storage, wireless
Posted in Accessories, Android, Brochures, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, iOS, Prices, Promotions, Seagate, Specifications, storage drive | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Epson introduces refillable ink-tanks with its L-series printers. Prices and availability in Singapore TBA.
The Epson L355 above is one of seven new printers in the L-series using the ink tank system.
With the L-series printers, Epson promises the world’s lowest printing cost, with a high page yield of 4,000 pages for each bottle of ink at S$9.90.
Each printer is bundled with four bottles of ink (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black), plus two additional bottles of black ink.
There will be 7 new models (listed below) in Epson’s L-series using the new ink tank system, catering to home users, small to medium businesses, and even photo enthusiasts.
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Tags:Epson, ink, inkjets, Multifunction, printers
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Norton 360 Multi-Device is a security software suite that protects Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks, as well as Android and iOS tablets and smartphones from Cyber-criminals.
A one-year subscription of S$118.99 includes licenses for the software to be installed on five devices (regardless of users).
Norton 360 Multi-Device works on Windows PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
Many people today possess multiple devices – a home desktop computer, a notebook, a tablet and a smartphone.
And we use all these to access the Web for online activities – surfing, banking, social networking etc – which opens our devices and us to cyber-criminals out there in the Wild Wild Web.
Main user interface for Norton 360 Multi-Device showing the main functionalities for Security, Identity, Backup and Tuneup.
Our personal information and passwords could be stolen, as well as confidential work documents, even our identity.
It is therefore paramount to safeguard our devices and ourselves when going online.
Norton 360 Multi-Device scans your disks, programs and even your Facebook Wall.
It can be a quite a hassle to evaluate, install, and manage different security software on individual devices separately.
Norton 360 Multi-Device offers a one-stop security solution for users to protect up to five different devices with a single one-year license.
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Tags:mobile, Norton, online, security, Symantec
Posted in All-in-One, Android, Desktops, Gadgets, iOS, Mac, Mac OS, Norton, Notebooks, Phones, Prices, Review, Security, Software, Specifications, Tablets, Utility, Windows 7, Windows 8 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
MyEyeDrops App helps Glaucoma patients and caregivers to “put the right drops in the right eye, at the right time”. The FREE app works with Android phones and Apple iPhones.
MyEyeDrops App is available FREE for Android phones on Google Play and Apple iPhones on the App Store.
Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has launched what is believed to be Singapore’s and the world’s first free Glaucoma Eye Care App – MyEyeDrops.
Medications with pictures included.
Available from Google Play and the Apple App Store, the app takes away the hassle of remembering to apply eye drops at regular intervals throughout each day for patients for Glaucoma patients.
Elevated eye pressure is one of the main risk factor of glaucoma.
Regular compliance with the use of eye drops in controlling the eye pressure is critical to prevent deterioration of the disease condition which can lead to permanent loss of vision.
With this app, forgetting to apply eye drops will be a thing of the past.
In a cross-sectional population survey conducted in Singapore, the prevalence of glaucoma was found to be 3.2% in those 40 years and older.
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Tags:Android, Apple, Apps, Google, IHiS, iPhone, SERI, SNEC, software
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
HTC launched its new Android smartphone simultaneously in London and New York today. Originally rumoured to be called the M7, the new Android flagship from HTC is simply called HTC One.
Available in late March (pre-orders begin today) in black or silver.
Update 2 (13 April, 2013):
The 32GB Glacier Silver version of the HTC One is available in Singapore from 13 April at S$968 at all three mobile operators.
The 64GB Glacier Silver (S$1,068) and the Stealth Black (32 & 64GB) versions will be available from May onwards.
Update 1 (25 March, 2013):
The new HTC One will roll out in the UK, Germany and Taiwan next week and across Europe, North America and most of Asia-Pacific before the end of April 2013.
RRP for the 32GB version is S$968 (without line contract) while price for the 64GB version is yet to be announced.
This is what the new HTC One looks like with Blink on the homescreen (and icons of some of the partner feeds around it).
Here’s a quick round-up based on my live updates during the launch event.
HTC One will eventually be available in 80 countries, supported by 185 carriers globally.
The HTC One features the New Sense interface with new HTC home screen, two capacitive buttons in an aluminum body built from a single-block – containing an integrated antenna.
It has two front-facing stereo speakers, integrated Beats Audio and option for dual-microphone HDR recording.
UltraPixel camera quality compared with two top competitors.
A new BlinkFeed feature streams social updates, information and news onto the homescreen.
1,400 content partners have signed upto stream information in BlinkFeed. ESPN and AOL are two of the these and were on stage in New York and London respectively to talk about their partnership with HTC.
Below are the main tech specs unveiled during the launch. They were consistent with the speculation and rumours circulating prior to the launch.
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Tags:Android, HTC, launch, London, New York, Peter Chou, smartphones
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