New Android User? Read This!!! (Part 1)

"Congratulations on your new Android device" That was how a friend greeted me when i also got my first android phone. So i'm saying same to you if you fall in the New Android User category.

The device is a smartphone, so you the holder gotta be smart too (lol.) Nevermind!
Would like to let you know the device you're having is a very high level of potential in serving.

What do you expect from the Big G.???

Would like to share with you some essential settings and apps you should be having on your device to get you smart on the go.

You would like to the device you have is a power and data hungry beast! Yes, the simple formular is 

Android + Power + Data = Genuis
Android - Power - Date = Toy

Even HTC would state in their manual that you need an unlimited data plan to enjoy their device.

So, you got the phone, data is ready, power is on standby. Lets kick off

Log in your Play store and ready to pimp your smartphone.

Would like to suggest some neccessary setups. (Just an opinion) as you need to save battery life.

1. Brightness : Looking at the "battery use" in android devices, "Screen" seems to have the longest usage bar. Yes, Display, so to save more battery, lets set up some display settings to ease the lynching of the battery life. Leaving the screen backlight at the lowest would be perfect but if your the type that use the phone anywhere (like in the daylight outside) you can set to auto so the sensor can switch between levels in indoor and outdoor situations. Also, untick the "Auto-rotate screen"

2. Sync : Set the sync time intervals to longer time as short sync time can be draining battery real good. You can also choose to sync manually.

3. GPS ; If you're not the type that uses Map all the time, You can de-activate the gps.

4. WiFi : Leaving the wifi on can also hinder long-lasting battery-life. Activate only when needed. There are apps that can manage wifi. Apps can help you switch off the wifi when its not in use.

5. Data : Also, setting the data connection type at lower eg 2G would also do great in saving more battery juice

Ok! For settings, thats a lil you can try out to optimize your device battery life.

Later, i would be sharing tips on how to enhance the BatteryLife/Device with some applications. Stay tuned. Always check here for more tips. (Part 2)

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Also, should you have any additional tip and suggestion for us, we'll be very greatful. Kindly use the form on the right hand pane to reach us.

How to Auto-Hide Your Taskbar on Windows 7/Vista

How to autohide your taskbar on windows 7

We’ll be looking at auto-hiding the taskbar on windows 7 (also works on the Vista )

This is a very simple task to a lot of people but for the sake of few who can’t, because it took me a while too to get it. Since then, I prefer that auto-hide gesture.

So here are the steps:

I’ ll assume you’ve booted up your pc to the desktop.

Now look at the task bar on the base of your monitor

Right click on any blank space on the task bar (where theres no icon)

                               A menu list pops out, select “Properties”

A setting dialogue window opens

Just tick the "Auto-hide the task bar" click on apply!

There you go!!! Taskbar Hidden.

To see the taskbar, simply move the mouse-arrow the taskbar location and it should pop out and back in when you remove the mouse-arrow.

Please, comment or share if this helped you.

Battery Consumption Illustration by Snapdragon (Video)

I was just cruising this cool afternoon when when i saw this video on Youtube by Snapdragon; a giant CPU manufacturer. So i decided to share with my readers.

The video was illustrated to show how Chipset works and how much power they consume which leaves effects on the battery life of our smartphones. A device (dont know which device) having the Dual-Core Snapdragon Chipset on was compared with a competitor having a Quad-Core chipset. Both were connected to a power monitor.

The smartphone batteries were bypassed. That way, both phones are fed the same voltage (3.7 volts). The boxes are also able to measure the current passing through the phones. A call was then placed to each phone so you can see how much current is being used during the phones calls. With the displays on and off, the Qualcomm Snapdragon smartphone is the least power-hungry in the modem department compare to its competitor. 

Watch the video and see the results for yourself.

Video Credits - Snapdragon Processors

Qualcomm Launches its Snapdragon Battery Guru App

One of the giant chip manufacturer Qualcomm has launched an Android app that improves the battery life for devices powered by its Snapdragon chipset Processor.

The app Snapdragon BatteryGuru, is available free on the Google Play Store, works with both hardware and software to maximize power cell longevity by intelligently adjusting the device settings without disabling its often used features.

The app 'studies' users behavior and tweaks internal settings such as sync frequencies of apps accordingly, saving valuable charge from being expended needlessly as the device connects to Wi-Fi and mobile networks to update.

Since its launch, the app has seen over 100,000 downloads and is said to optimize performance offered by Android devices featuring the  integrated modem that comes as part of the Snapdragon chipset.

Qualcomm recently posted test results illustrating the low-power consuming qualities of its wares in which it was demonstrated that a device running a dual-core Snapdragon chip clocked at 1.2GHz used 42% less power than a non-Snapdragon competitor. Both handsets were fed the same voltage of 3.7v as a control during the experiment.

Snapdragon BatteryGuru was  initially released as a beta version in February of this year as part of Qualcomm's efforts to combine efficient and powerful processing with smartphone stamina.

The CPU giant says that its BatteryGuru app will work alongside its processors to extend the use smartphone owners get from their devices from a single charge, something that will no doubt be a boon to users for whom short battery life has been a bugbear since the advent of smartphones.

Below is a video on How the app works.



Credits - Knowyourmobile.com

Download BlackMart v0.99.2.41 (Latest Version) for Android

Blackmart is an android application similar to the android play store. This app allows you to download paid apps free from there their servers. Blackmart has an excellent interface that lets you search and find apps and games easily. Even though downloads are reported not to be very fast, the downloads are stable. Blackmart has filter functions to help you sort apps by name, price, size, dates. value and gives the ability to uninstall applications also to make backups of them.

A newer version has being released recently with thousands of new features and a new UI including some extra settings along with some Updated apps and games, all for free. Based on Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), its really fast and attractive.

All apps downloaded from the application are stored in the application folder which you can get access to using various file-manager.

 

  

Download Black Mart v0.99.2.41 Market

Alarm on your PC with Atomic Alarm Clock

Whenever I boot up my pc, I remember an event I need to attend to at a later time and I’ll be like " I’ll leave this place when its 02:00pm " Guess what, I’ll end up leaving when its 05:00pm.

Now, I believe there are a lot who happens to experience that. Right?

Lets see how Atomic Alarm Clock can help…

Atomic Alarm Clock is a pc software to alert you about events in different alarms and can replace/customize your Windows tray clock using different skins. Atomic Alarm Clock can also serve as time synchronizer. See the time, seconds, day, date, countdowns, percentage of ram memory used including the pc UpTime in various skin designs. The program includes multilingual interface support! Atomic Alarm Clock is built into your PC time and customized.

Features:
* Fully automated PC usage/Project tracking software that surveys the time spent on the PC
* Time tracking is the process of recording the time that you or employees work on     various projects or tasks for your customers, your company, or yourself.
* Employee Project Clock is a employee time recording system
* Clock Tray Skins – Advanced replacement for standard Windows tray desktop clock
* Shows current time and date in another time zone, next to your computer desktop clock
* Speaks the time, enhances taskbar desktop clock

OS Compatibility : Windows 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
Language : Multilanguage

Find the download link below the post!

<<<< SCREENSHOTS >>>>

 VARIOUS SKIN TO SELECT FROM

 LIST OF EVENTS TO BE ALERTED

 CUSTOMIZED CLOCK TRAY

ALARM TIME/DURATION SETUP

THE ALARM GOES OFF!!!

Download Atomic Alarm Clock here

Thanks for reading and dont forget to share!!!

How To Download Play Store Apps on PC Using Real APK Leecher Utility

Android is an open OS for touch screen phones (Like you don’t know this before.. Lol)

Ok, going on to the order of the day. Downloading android apps from the play store is simple and easy, but most of the time, when we are on a computer, we would still need to download apps from our smartphones. Well, life’s becoming a whole lot easier and simpler every minute.

Today , we would be looking at how we can give our devices / data-bundle a break and download Play Store apps using our computer.

We would be using a pc utility; Real APK Leecher.

Real APK Leecher is a PC application that allows android users download apps from the Play Storedirectly to their computer hard drives.

Steps to Download APKs to your PC.

• Download Real APK Leecher here.
• Extract the zip which would contain 1Folder and 3Files
• Run the Real APK Leecher file

A configure window like the image below should open

     Fill in your your gmail account, password & device ID 
How to get your device ID : Dial  * # * # 8 2 5 5 # * # * on your device, Scroll a bit down to retrieve your Device ID.

     Fill the details and save. A window like the image below would open. Now thats the Play Ground in the Play Store *lol*

                            

 Search what ever app you need in the search column . You should get results like in the Play Store. Right-click on the preferred app and select download. Files would be saved to the folder set in the first setting window

 You can now transfer the APK to your phone via USB or Bluetooth.

Thanks for reading. Should you not understand any part of this tutorial. Just comment below the issue and we run down to your aid.

     

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