Chinmoy Kanjilal
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Posts by Chinmoy Kanjilal
Nexus One is the First Android to go to stratosphere, via NASA
August 5, 2010 - 22:11
Tags: Nexus One, Updates
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NASA recently carried out an operation named “NexusOne PhoneSat” which sent a Nexus One into the stratosphere. The goal of the experiment was to test the phone’s resilience to G-forces for the purpose of creating smaller satellites. The cellphone was strapped at the back of a rocket and sent 28,000 feet into the stratosphere; the [...]
Nimbuzz Version 2.0 brings its own VOIP solution NimbuzzOut
August 5, 2010 - 21:06
Tags: Nimbuzz, VoIP
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Android has lacked a proper VOIP solution for too long now. Existing options like Skype and Rebtel have a good amount of geographical and network provider limitations. Every VOIP solution has some unique features. However, none of them is feature complete. This time, another VOIP player Nimbuzz has joined the race with its NimbuzzOut.
NimbuzzOut is [...]
New Android Rootkit allows Full Data Access
July 31, 2010 - 21:55
Tags: Hacks & Mods, Rootkit
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Android is becoming a popular OS and poses serious threats to cellphone manufacturers like Apple, Blackberry and Nokia. Android has shown an immense growth and can throw them out of the race soon. However, with so many Android devices all around us, one important concern that comes to my mind is security. Every feature on offer [...]
Google introduces Licensing Service for Android, makes it harder to use cracked Apps
July 31, 2010 - 21:15
Tags: licensing, market, Protection, Updates
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Android Apps have been easy and fun to crack up until now. Google apps have missed a protection feature that allows developers to issue proper licensing in their apps. This facilitated anyone with access to the apk files to install the app.
Google is looking to change this with a new feature called “Licensing Service for [...]
HTC Legend Root Updated, now Working for Software Version 1.32.xxx
July 29, 2010 - 21:18
Tags: Hacks & Mods, Legend, Root
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HTC Legend was the first phone from HTC to get the Android 2.1 OS. This made it the most popular phone at that time and the first one to be forgotten thereafter. The guys at MoDaCo released a root procedure for phones with HBOOT version of 0.43 or lower and software version of 1.31.xxx series [...]
Android Market gets Carrier Billing, makes it easier to install Paid Apps
July 28, 2010 - 04:33
Tags: market
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The most popular way of installing apps on Android is the Android market. However, installing paid apps is quite different from installing free apps. The Android market currently works on a charge per paid app install basis. Therefore, if we install a paid app, we will need to pay at the end of each single [...]
Adobe unveils P2P Video Calling based on Adobe Air
July 25, 2010 - 08:43
Tags: Adobe Air, P2P Video Call, Updates
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Adobe Air has not yet made an appearance on Android, and developers and Adobe alike are extremely excited about it. Adobe Air beta runs bug free on Android as I tested it. However, the test was far from a real benchmark as there are only a few handfuls of applications currently available. Tweetdeck has not [...]
