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Saturday 29 January 2011

iTechPit

iTechPit

iTechPit is a a new blog that provides you with Tips, Tricks and Tutorials for PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Android and iPhone. It is updated daily to provide you with the best tutorials.

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Thanks :)

Monday 17 January 2011

How to play unsupported media types on your android device.



By using Rockplayer, you can now play unsupported media file types on your android. This includes MKV,AVI,MPG etc.

Simply put the media onto your SD card and then download rockplayer via the android market. Open up rockplayer and navigate to your file and it should load up. Depending on how the video is encoded, the video might be laggy, lacking frames etc.

How to install .APK files onto your android device.

How to install .APK files onto your android device

1) Plug in a Micro SD card(using a adapter) into your computer
2) Make a folder on the root of your Micro SD card called "apps"
3) Place the .APK file into the "apps" folder
4) On your android device, download ES File Manager via the market(QR Code is below)
5)Navigate to your apps folder (\SDCard\apps)
5) Click on the APK and it should start installing.

ES File Manager QR

Advanced Task Killer [Android]






Advanced Task Killer is also known as ATK. It is a tool to kill applications running. 

*Uninstall,reinstall and restart your phone can solve Froyo issues, Long press go to 'Force Stop'*
KW: taskiller taskkiller task killer taskmanager manager panel taskpanel process app



How to download - 
Search "Google Goggles in the android market"
or use this QR Code :

Slice It!





ONCE YOU SLICE, YOU CAN'T STOP SLICING!
Silver AWARD Winner - Pocket Gamer

Slice it ! is a puzzle game, where you slice different figures into the same ratio (or surface area).

Features 
- 140 Different stages(more stages will be added)
- Use Hint !
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish available.


How to download - 
Search "Google Goggles in the android market"
or use this QR Code :


Napster - Listen to music





Listen to your choice of over 11 million full-length songs—anytime, anywhere, all for just $10 a month. Also enjoy Napster on any connected computer, compatible TV, Blu-ray™ player, or other home audio products. Sign in today, or sign up for a FREE TRIAL and save 20% with the annual plan. 
Enjoy Napster everywhere.

Recent changes:
• Your Saved Playlists will now automatically sync with the Napster cloud. You can also use this feature to save individual songs to a playlist on your device.

• You can now delete playlists using the Napster app. Press and hold a playlist to bring up the menu.

• Want to see more recommendations based on your favorite artists? A new Related Artists feature is available on every artist screen. It's a great way to discover new artists and rediscover old favorites. 


How to download - 
Search "Google Goggles in the android market"
or use this QR Code :


Vevo - Listen to free music





The wait is over!! The #1 online destination for music videos is now on your Android device. VEVO’s free high-quality music & entertainment programming experience is now available within a gorgeous new Android App. 

Discover, watch & share your favorite music videos wherever you want, whenever you want. Use voice-activated search to find your favorite artist or song, be the first to see exclusive new video premieres and watch live streaming concerts.

Features: 
• Access VEVO’s entire music video catalog – 25,000 videos from more than 7,500 of your favorite artists
• Features include: exclusive videos, premieres, top charts, top playlists, artists on tour & VEVO original music programming
• Share any video easily with friends via Twitter & Email
• Purchase your favorite music from Amazon
• Use Voice Control to search your favorite artist and/or song
• Have fun with music trivia before watching each video

Download VEVO now and join the millions who are already experiencing high-quality music videos from VEVO while on-the-go. 

VEVO for Android will work over 3G network connections, but for the highest quality music video experience, we suggest accessing via Wi-Fi or 4G networks whenever possible. 

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of some licenses from the content owners, Features and Videos may not be available in all regions.

What is VEVO?

VEVO is the leading premium music video and entertainment service with 1.5 billion worldwide streams and nearly 60 million unique visitors in the U.S. and Canada each month. VEVO's programming is made available across the VEVO platform, which includes VEVO.com, VEVO Mobile (iPhone, iPod touch), VEVO connected devices (Google TV, Boxee) and a VEVO-branded embedded player. VEVO also syndicates its programming to additional internet destination sites, including AOL, BET, CBS Interactive Music Group (including Last.fm), Univision and, through a special partnership, VEVO on YouTube, expanding the platform’s reach across the worldwide web.

Ranked by comScore as the #1 Music platform on the web, VEVO was named by Billboard as one of the top startups of 2010 and received the prestigious Advertising Age Media Vanguard Award for Online Video Platform Launch of the Year. Turning online music programming on its heels just one year into launch, VEVO’s “meteoric rise” (Mediapost) has been applauded by the Associated Press as a “striking example of the music video's dramatic comeback” while its mobile launch was called “stellar” by Mashable.

VEVO was created in partnership by Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and the Abu Dhabi Media Company. It is operated independently by a dedicated management team with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and San Francisco. VEVO features the most extensive catalog of premium music content found anywhere on the web thanks to deals with such leading music companies as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, INgrooves, IODA, and The Orchard, among many others. Explore VEVO at www.vevo.com .


How to download - 
Search "Google Goggles in the android market"
or use this QR Code :


Google Goggles - Search by taking a picture


Google Goggles

Search by taking a picture. Goggles uses image recognition technology to recognize objects and return relevant search results. Identifies products, famous landmarks, storefronts, artwork, and popular images found online. Goggles can translate words in English, French, Italian, German & Spanish. Goggles can extract contact information from business cards.


How to download - 
Search "Google Goggles in the android market"
or use this QR Code :



Friday 14 January 2011

Doodle Bowling [Android]


Don't let the crudely drawn lines fool you, Doodle Bowling is a full fledged bowling game with realistic physics and scoring. There are over a dozen funky themes to unlock, from doodle to fire, arcade, chalk, cardboard and underwater just to name a few - we'll even let you bowl in outer space!

Recent changes:
Decreased the install size to the Internal Phone Memory.

Warning, this update deletes existing Doodle Bowling saved game data. We are looking into fixing this bug. 

How to download the app -
- Search for "Doodle Bowling" in your preferred android store

-Or use this QR Code


QR Code provided by Appbrain




CNET TV [Android]

hKeep up with your favorite tech shows, reviews, and daily content with the CNET TV app! Now available for free on Android devices, the CNET TV app has all your favorite shows, from Loaded to Apple Byte, and the best videos of the day all rolled into Today on CNET. Featuring the full lineup of CNET Tech Shows, Product Videos, Buying Guides, and How-To videos, the CNET TV app delivers all the shows you want!


Highlights:
> Featuring Today on CNET, Most Popular videos, and New Releases
> Watch live streaming video and view schedule of upcoming shows
> Tech Shows including CNET Top 5 and Tap That App
> Buying Guides and Product Videos for tips on all your electronics purchases
> How-To Videos have everything you need to troubleshoot your digital life
> CNET Live videos features previously aired episodes of favorites like Buzz Out Loud and Crave




How to download


- Search for CNET TV on your preffered android market

- Use this QR Code
QR Code provided by AppBrain

Need publishers to help with blog

I'm in need of some volunteers to publish Android/Blackberry/iPhone stories to iDroidApps. If you are interested for the position please use the contact form at the top and mention which device you will be publishing for.


Thanks :)

Thursday 13 January 2011

Cut Rope comes to Android Devices

Cut Rope was a very popular game for the iPhone and now it has been ported to the android device.


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Cut the rope by simply swiping your finger across them to deliver the candy to that little python.
Collect as many stars as you can by touch them with that candy.

Keep it, we will keep working on it, more levels will coming very soon.

How to download


- Search for "Cut Rope" on your preferred market
- Use the following QR Code

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Play PSX Games with PSX4Droid

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PSX4Droid allows android users to emulate PSX games on there android device.


sx4droid v2 is a Sony Playstation 1 emulator for high-end Androids (600MHz+ recommended).

Be sure to read the included help file inside the psx4droid v2 menu for help with topics such as setting up the emulator.

NOTES:

I just created a new support, feedback, and discussion site just for you! Chat about psx4droid here: http://www.androidemus.com

I read some people want full screen scaling. The Playstation uses multiple resolutions during gameplay. I keep the aspect ratio maintained. The most used resolution on the PS1 is 320x240 which fits well on both portrait and landscape modes. Though some resolutions larger than 320 pixels wide, for instance, will need to be scaled down to fit in portrait mode. I scale down to 320 pixels wide and make the height keep the same aspect to not stretch/skew the image. You don't want a 320x240 image to be full screen at 320x480 or it will be stretched vertically and look horrid. Before I scaled to 320x240 by removing parts of the image before scaling down. Now I don't. This is as "full screen" as it gets and still maintain image quality.

Some phones are limited to 30 FPS. By default psx4droid renders at 60 FPS. If this is the case for your phone, to avoid slowdown set the psx4droid setting for screen refresh rate to 30. :)

Tested on the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab, Droid X, HTC Evo 4G, and MyTouch 4G.

The Evo 4G and MyTouch 4G use to perform about 10+ FPS slower than similarly clocked devices. This was fixed in psx4droid v2 1.1.2.


How to download
- Search "PSX4Droid" in your android market

-Or use this QR Code


Monday 10 January 2011

The XPERIA Play gets previews and video

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play is the roughly the same style and size of the PSP go. It's said to have a high resolution screen (854x480) and a 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM. Below is some images of the XPERIA Play and a video playing a playstation 1 game.







Sunday 9 January 2011

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Flash Player 10.1 for Android 2.2



You can get Flash Player for your android device which will allow you to not only play flash videos, but flash games and interactive content. Flash Player is available in the android market for no price but its compatible with Android 2.2 (Froyo)

Description
Flash Player delivers a complete web browsing experience for your device including access to your favorite videos, games and interactive content. By clicking “Install” I agree to the License Agreement terms at http://adobe.com/go/eum. Manage your privacy settings at https://settings.adobe.com/flashplayer/mobile.



You can download flash for your android by
-Navigating to the android market and searching it
-Using this QR Code

No Android 2.2 Update for Sony Ericsson Xperia x10

Sony Ericsson UK has confirmed that the Xperia X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and the X8 won’t be getting the Android 2.2 update after all. This news is definitely not going to please all the Xperia owners out there.

However, Sony Ericsson says that the Xperia X10 and its other siblings will get many other enhancements via software update.




Sony Ericsson has already stated that they will release a software update for the X10 in Q1 of 2011 which will bring multi-touch support to the handset. Apparently, Sony Ericsson will also release another update which will add new functionalities to the MediaScape and TimeScape UI of the handset.

However, X10, X10 Mini Pro, X10 Mini and X8 users now need to look at the Custom ROM scene for their handset to get Android 2.2 or Android 2.3 running on their handset.

Source - Technibuzz

Saturday 8 January 2011

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Xperia X10 Mini Pro Successor Pictured and Spec'd


Pictures of an apparent successor to Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 Mini Pro have leaked out on Chinese forum IT168, along with some technical specs for the device.
Sony Ericsson has apparently packed a Qualcomm MSM7230 CPU and Adreno 205 GPU into the same small form factor as the original X10 Mini Pro. The new device is said to sport 384MB of RAM, a decent boost from the original's 128MB but still relatively anaemic compared to the 512MB+ found in most modern smartphones. No details of clock speeds were included, but the MSM7230 usually runs at 800MHz.
Check out another photo after the jump. [IT168 via SEMC Blog]



4 things your probably never knew your mobile can do

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies with your mobile phone. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. I didn’t try First(Emergency) & Second(Car Remote) tips; I tried Third(Hidden Battery Power) tip but it doesn’t work on my mobile phone. I also tried Fourth(Manufacturing Code) tip, it really shows the 15 digits code and when I opened up my handset, I found this code printed inside my phone, it is exclusive code for my handset. 

Check out 4 things that you can do with your mobile phone. 

FIRST
Emergency
 

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. 

SECOND
Have you locked your keys in the car?
 

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone. 

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). 

THIRD
Hidden Battery Power
 


Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time. 

FOURTH
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
 

To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone * # 0 6 #. A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. 


NOTE: May not work with newer generation phones. Untested

How to SHSH into iPhone/iPod (Windows)


Follow this tutorial on how to SHSH into your iPod/iPhone to access your files

1) Navigate to Cydia on your device.

2) Search "OpenSSH".

3) Confirm and download the package.

4) Go back to the springboard.

5) Now you must obtain your IP Address by going to settings -> WI-FI -> Find your connected network (The one with the blue tick) -> Click the blue arrow -> Note down your IP Address.

6) Download WinSCP here.

7) Open WinSCP.

8) Put in your devices IP (The one you noted down) in the hostname field.

9) Put in root as your username and alpine as your password.

10) Click Login and its done.

Change your android's menu look with a different launcher

Launchers allow the user to customize your menu to your liking. There are many different launchers but ill be only showing you the best available on the android market.

Above is the launcher named "LauncherPro" with a custom background. You can edit the icons and put widgets where ever you like on the page. LauncherPro also comes along with extra widgets but it is required to pay a small fee to use the extra widgets. I am currently using LauncherPro and it seems the best for me.

Above is a launcher named "ADW Launcher" I haven't used this launcher yet so i don't know what it is like, but i do know that you can customize it by downloading your own themes from the android market.

I will add more launchers here once i discover them. If you would like to submit a launcher review please use the submit button at the top of the page.

Thanks

Friday 7 January 2011

Want to post app reviews on iDroidApps?

Do you want to post your app review on iDroidApps? Well you can by navigating to the "Submit" link at the top of the website. I look at every review and only the best reviews get posted.

You can also submit tutorials if you wish.

Share files between device and computer [Dropbox]

Dropbox allows you to share files between your device and computer by simply putting the files you want to share into a certain folder. It's very simple to use and can become handy if you cant transfer files to your device.


Sync your files between your computers and your mobile device. Now you can browse the files in your Dropbox folder from anywhere! Share links to files, save photos and video from your camera to your computers, and open files using your favorite Android apps.

Compatible with -
Android
iPhone
iPad
Blackberry

Download
- Navigate to http://www.dropbox.com/anywhere and select your device type. It will give you instructions on how to download it.
- If you are on android, you can use this QR Code 

Jailbreak iPod/iPhone with JailbreakMe

You can jailbreak your iDevice with 4.0 firmware using JailbreakMe by following these easy steps. (Check to see if your device is supported below)

1) Navigate to http://jailbreakme.com on your iDevice using safari
2) Now slide the "Slide to Jailbreak" 
Now it should start jailbreaking your device. It may take a few minutes to finish.

Full List of Devices Supported:
iPod 1G on 3.1.2
iPod 1G on 3.1.3
iPod 2G on 3.1.2
iPod 2G on 3.1.3 

iPod 2G on 4.0
iPod 3G on 3.1.2 

iPod 3G on 3.1.3
iPod 3G on 4.0
iPad on 3.2
iPad on 3.2.1
iPhone 3G on 3.1.2
iPhone 3G on 3.1.3
iPhone 3G on 4.0
iPhone 3G on 4.0.1
iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.2
iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.3
iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0
iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0.1 

iPhone 4 on 4.0
iPhone 4 on 4.0.1

Top Apps page now up!

iDroidApps Top Apps page is now up and you can visit it by using the link at the top of the page. The apps will be updated weekly. If you would like to suggest me a app i should try out, please use the contact button and provide me with the application name.

Thursday 6 January 2011

ES File Explorer [Android]


ES File Explorer allows you to navigate through your SD card to view and edit its contents. It comes really handy if you want to access a certain file you have put on it. You can also install apps with this if you have put a .apk file onto your SD card.

Free,Featured File manager & Appmanager & taskkiller which explores PHONE & PC

*copy/cut move
*thumbnails
*multiselect
*edit text
*manage apps
*multiple send
*search
*(de)compress
*media on ftp
*access home PC
*bluetooth

Download
-Navigate to the market on your android and search "ES File Explorer"

-Or use this QRCode with your preferred QR Reader -
Thanks to appbrain for providing the QRCode

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