Jolidrive. Mobile News Now Covering your smartphone & tablet - Mobile News Now Covering Your Smartphone & Tablet News. How to Make Free Phone Calls To the US and Canada on iOS and Android. This is a sponsored post written by myself on the behalf of Vonage for Ivy Worldwide. All opinions are 100% my own. If you’ve taken a look at Web-based phone options, you’ve probably heard of Vonage. Vonage has been a leader in the world of VOIP (Voice Over IP) telecommunications for years, and now they’re making giant strides forward in the world of smartphones.
Whether you’re on iOS or Android, you’re you will definitely want to take a look at what Vonage has done now. No accounts, no logins, no passwords. Vonage Mobile gives you access to its calling service with nothing more than your mobile number and an email address. I was able to download the app, get it set up, and make my first two free phone calls without using my minutes in less than a few minutes.
Here at LockerGnome, we have a morning meeting that can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour each day. So, what does this iPhone and Android calling app actually bring to the table? Call Quality User Experience Final Thoughts. [Video] Upcoming TSF Shell Pro 3D Android Launcher Takes Launcher UI To A Whole New Level - Tie Your Jaw To Your Mouth Before Watching. There is no shortage of launcher replacements for Android, but once in a while a new one comes along and takes the launcher experience to a new level.
Such is the case with TSF Shell Pro, a new launcher currently in development by a team of developers who call themselves C3D. TSF, their brand, stands for The Special Forces, and special they are - just take a look at what the team cooked up. TSF Shell Pro has a UI so polished that your favorite launcher will feel like it was designed in 1999. How about 3D widgets with interactive modes and animations? As I mentioned, TSF Shell Pro is currently in active development, but in the meantime we do have this 8-min video that showcases everything it can do. The above kind of reminds me of TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) Home, but since the company was acquired by RIM, we don't expect anything good to come out of them for Android anymore.
I'm anxiously waiting for TSF's first public release, how about you? Via TSFUI Thanks, Nyamka Ganni! What Are the Best Android Devices Coming out This Holiday Season? GLBenchmark confirms Asus Padfone as one of the first Snapdragon S4 devices. Earlier this month we reported that the Asus Padfone would be one of the first devices to feature Qualcomm’s new 28nm Snapdragon S4 processor and today some information from GLBenchmark seems to confirm that. The guys from Netbookitalia.it spotted a benchmark result for the Padfone that reveals the Snapdragon S4 model number MSM8960. New details listed for the Padfone include a 960 x 540 qHD display, Android 2.3.5, and a max CPU frequency of 918 MHz. We don’t know exactly when this device information was submitted, but the Padfone is rumored to launch around February and we expect it will be upgraded to Android 4.0 by launch. The max CPU frequency of 918 MHz is a little odd because we know from our recent trip to Qualcomm that the first dual-core Snapdragon S4 devices should debut at speeds up to 1.5 GHz.
The device being tested was likely an engineering sample, so that might be the reason for the slower clock speeds. Republic Wireless Officially Unveils $19/Month Service: Unlimited Everything, No Contracts. Last week we broke the news on a previously-stealthy mobile carrier called Republic Wireless, which I’ve been tracking closely since. The story so far: Bandwidth.com, which provides the VoIP backbone for services including Google Voice and Twilio, is launching an alternative mobile carrier called Republic Wireless. As GigaOm reported last week, it will cost only $19 a month for unlimited text, data, and voice. It can offer these low rates because its phones use a special ‘Hybrid Calling’ system that relies on Wifi whenever possible, falling back to cellular connections when Wifi isn’t available.
The initial cellular partner is Sprint, but Republic is working to use other carriers as fallback options as well. Now the company has officially announced additional details about the service, which just launched. The key new details: Here are additional details from the press release: Here are additional details from the Republic Wireless site, which just went live: So why is this a big deal? Samsung Galaxy S II | T-Mobile. Shop for music, discover new artists, get personalized recommendations, store up to 20,000 of your songs for free and listen anytime. See more Android apps › Data rates apply The Unlimited-Premium data plan gives you rich entertainment like movies, music, TV and more. Learn more › Includes up to 5 GB of high-speed data. Check out our huge selection of free phones available with a two-year contract on a qualifying plan. Pick a free phone › Average download speeds on T-Mobile’s 4G HSPA+ 42 Mbps network in four major markets are faster than average home internet speeds as determined by independent third party testing.
T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network, including increased speeds, not available everywhere. The Android robot is created & shared by Google & used according to the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Data rates apply. T-Mobile USA, Inc. does not sell the iPad or iPod. iPad and iPod are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Samsung Galaxy Note: awkward and awesome. There’s simply no getting away from it: the Samsung Galaxy Note is huge! With 5,3 inches of screen real estate, it’s also quite the attention grabber. That attention elicits one of two responses. The first of these is awe and envy. The other is laughter and derision.
The Galaxy Note is an anomaly. Samsung has also taken the novel decision to include a pressure-sensitive stylus that slots into the bottom of the device and allows users to take notes, draw or sketch, and annotate any screenshot. The stylus functionality appears to be one of the features Samsung most wishes to highlight, and to those for whom that sort of thing is useful it’s definitely a great feature. Though this delay is less of an issue while drawing or scribbling a word or two on a screenshot of a map or similar, with the Note being punted as a digital notebook it’s frustrating because generally it can’t keep up with the speed at which most people write.
A Samsung Wave smartphone is dwarfed by the Galaxy Note. Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs. HTC Rezound vs. Galaxy Nexus vs. Droid Razr: specs showdown – Cell Phones & Mobile Device Technology News & Updates. Continuing with the format we used on our previous specs comparisons of the iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus, the Nexus and the Droid Razr, and the Lumia 800 and iPhone 4S, we now have a side-by-side comparison of the three biggest phones on Android this season.
This is our breakdown of the technical specifications of the just-announced HTC Rezound, alongside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Droid Razr. Are specs everything? Of course not, but you already knew that. But before we get to compare these three beasts, let’s see how the individual parts look. Design and Dimensions These could be the three most attractive Android phones you have seen. The Galaxy Nexus continues in the Nexus S’ tradition of curved glass. The Razr is the thinnest of the three, as well as the thinnest smartphone out there. Display If you added the iPhone 4S to this list, you’d probably be looking at the four best displays on the market. Processor Here’s another area where you can’t go wrong. Maximum download speeds. Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II. Free Power Widget - Android Market. ✭ One of the "13 best android widgets for 2013" (Techland @Time Magazine) ✭ ✭ "Overall, Slider Widget is incredibly easy to use and very intuitive.
" ✭ (Paul Wilks @ androidtapp) ✭ "So many apps try to do too much, or be too clever, but Slider Widget gets the balance right. " ✭ (Bobby's Blog) ✭ "this should be a part of android" ✭ (Raymond @ play store comment) ✭ "Brilliant Excellent UI and functions, exceeds all expectations. Really easy to use. " ✭ (Yunus @ play store comment) ✭ "It's awesome and perfect! A small Widget that gives control of the screen brightness and the sound volume directly from your home screen. . ✓ Displays brightness and volumes ✓ Control screen brightness・ or set auto brightness (on/off) ✓ Control volumes・ ringtone・ media・ notification・ alarm・ system・ voice call ✓ 3 input options・ change values with the slider・ change values with hardware (up/down - buttons)・ use buttons with double clicking to toggle (BETA) ✓ 4 widget sizes: 1x1, 2x1, 3x1 and 4x1.