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4 VoIP Apps for Android Smartphones

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With the manifestation of VoIP apps for the Android mobile operating system, callers are finally freed from using up their calling plan time. They are free to roam the wilds of the world’s communication systems. Old Ma Bell must be turning over in her grave as free phone time is given up even more than the fabled free love of the sixties. The Android-dial masses are free at last to stiff the phone company, whose sense of entitlement has sometimes approached that of some modern day dragon. Start saving money with these 4 VoIP apps for your Android smartphone. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 12, 2012 @ 6:53 am

Rumored Google Tablet Could be Out By May

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A Google tablet has been a persistent rumor for many months now and the fact that it’s not dying means there’s a certain truth to these rumors.

New information that has come out about the Google tablet comes from an article that appears in Android and Me. According to the article, a source from a supply chain company that operates from the United States shared that a 7-inch tablet could probably be in the market by May and this tablet will have a winner of a price at $149. That is priced even lower than the Amazon Kindle Fire, which is priced at $199. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 19, 2012 @ 9:40 pm

Research Reveals Free Apps Drain Batteries Faster

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I got my iPad 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab just a few weeks apart from each other. Being my first real hands-on experience with both iOS and Android, I got understandably app crazy. I downloaded a bunch of apps for both systems and also bought a number of paid apps. I quickly realized that despite the premium associated with buying an app, it does have its benefits – better support, additional features, and no annoying ads. Now researchers have discovered one other thing that will make you look at this free/paid app debate – free apps will drain your device’s battery much faster.   [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 20, 2012 @ 8:56 pm

Instagram for Android Announced, To Be Released “Very Soon”

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Android users have envied iOS device owners for a number of things, and one of these is Instagram. The hugely popular photo sharing app has been available to iOS devices. Android users have been clamoring for an Android version of Instagram but development but it seemed like the guys behind instagram didn’t have an Android port as a priority so much so that Instagram clones have proliferated at the Android Market, one of them being Streamzoo. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 13, 2012 @ 8:16 pm

Wallit App Allows You to Post Messages on Virtual Walls Worldwide

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Location based social networking services like FourSquare are very huge right now, the same with messaging apps. Developing an app that will combine the two is practically inevitable. This is the kind of app that Wallit is. But this is not just a plain vanilla messaging app with geo-location features. Wallit has bigger objectives than that. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 9, 2012 @ 1:50 pm