Friday, December 3, 2010

Mobile Buzz

Mobile Buzz

Angry Birds For Android Makes $1 Million Per Month in Advertising Revenue

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:05 PM PST


Angry Birds is one of the biggest mobile app success stories of all times. It was first released on the iOS platform, priced at $0.99. It passed 10 million downloads back in November, just on the iPhone.

Rovio Mobile, the creator of Angry Birds, also released it on Android on October 15. This time around, it released it for free, the only price which works well on Google’s Android platform. Like most developers, it hoped to make money off advertising. It just passed 7 million downloads a week back.

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Today, Google Mobile Ads just released a Youtube video marketing Angry Birds as one of the most successful apps using its mobile advertising platform. Apparently, by the end of the year, Angry Birds for Android will be netting Rovio over $1 million per month in mobile ad revenue.

These figures indicate that Rovio would make more money on Android than on any other platform.

Check out the video by Google Mobile Ads.

via AllThingsD


Angry Birds For Android Makes $1 Million Per Month in Advertising Revenue originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Pathik Shah on Saturday 4th December 2010 01:05:25 AM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

White iPhone 4 Spotted at Burger Joint in Minneapolis

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:18 PM PST


The elusive White which has been spotted in various locations including UK seems to be rearing its head out once again, this time in Minneapolis, USA.

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The website Just Judy Judy Judy was the one which spotted the white iPhone at My Burger in Downtown Minneapolis. The guy who had the white iPhone does not work for iPhone and instead works for a company called AutomotionTV. Not surprisingly, the guy was not keen to answer how he got the phone. However, someone outside Apple having a white iPhone definitely sounds fishy right? However, it might be that the guy had some friends who gave it to him.

White iPhone Minneapolis

According to a statement back in July, Apple had said that the white iPhone will be available in late 2010. However, December is already here and there is still no sign of it, so could Apple be planning to launch the device before the holidays? Not sure, but it might just spring a surprise.

So did you put off your plan to buy an iPhone to wait for the white one? Or are you planning to buy the white iPhone too? If yes, you might just get a surprise announcement from Apple soon.

Thanks for the tip Judy.


White iPhone 4 Spotted at Burger Joint in Minneapolis originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Keith Dsouza on Friday 3rd December 2010 04:18:27 PM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

Enable Wi-Fi Tethering On Sony Xperia X10

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:20 AM PST


The Android 2.1 update for Xperia X10 has been released few weeks ago and brought some joy to users. However, a very important feature, Wi-Fi tethering, didn’t come with the update. However, since Android 2.1 on X10 can be rooted, Wi-Fi tethering can be enabled using a third party app. Here are the two steps to enable Wi-Fi tethering on your X10 and other Android device.

First thing to do is root your Android device. The easiest way to do it is by installing z4root from Android Market on your phone. This app will root your phone in one click. I rooted my X10 using this app. However, it took three tries to root my phone, so try again if it didn't work for the first time.

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To enable Wi-Fi tethering on the Xperia X10, install Barnacle Wi-Fi Tether from Android market after rooting your phone. After the installation, run Barnacle Wi-Fi Tether and click Start. Now your phone is ready to share its internet connection with other Wi-Fi capable devices. Enjoy!


Enable Wi-Fi Tethering On Sony Xperia X10 originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Rahul Shah on Friday 3rd December 2010 01:20:00 PM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

Android Market Gets ‘Related’ Tab

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:14 AM PST


Yesterday, when we posted the video of Android 2.3 Gingerbread UI exposed through Voice Search, many of you must have noticed a new tab in the Android Market. Since the video was in some alien language (at least for me), I could not understand what that new tab in Android Market is for.

Well, just now I was using my sister's HTC Legend and opened up the Market to update a few applications that I noticed a new tab. The new 'Related' tab shows users applications which are similar to the current application the user is viewing.

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However, when I checked the Android Market on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S) I did not find the new 'Related' tab. Ironically, the Legend runs on Android 2.1 while the Galaxy S is running on Android 2.2. Hopefully, Google will roll out this new 'tab' feature soon to all Android devices.

Update: Looks like Google is slowly rolling out the ‘Related’ tab to all Android devices. I just got the “Related’ tab in my Samsung Galaxy S.


Android Market Gets ‘Related’ Tab originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Rajesh Pandey on Friday 3rd December 2010 01:14:21 PM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

MeeGo Tablet and Phone Spotted in Russia

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:03 AM PST


At an Intel press event held in Moscow on December 2, for launching MeeGo based netbooks powered by the Intel Atom processor, Intel executives also showcased a MeeGo powered phone and tablet.

Both the tablet, and the phone are powered by Intel Atom. The HI/LO Vibrant phone sports a 5 MP camera and a secondary videocall camera. The tablet looks quite good, but no detailed specifications have been released.

We should probably see the onslaught of MeeGo devices in Q1 2011, but I wonder if it isn’t too late already.

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via MeeGoExperts


MeeGo Tablet and Phone Spotted in Russia originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Pathik Shah on Friday 3rd December 2010 12:03:33 PM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

Download Dungeon Hunter For Android For Free

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:57 AM PST


Gameloft is known for making some game looking games for the iOS as well as for the Android platform. However, the company for some unknown reasons does not sell its games in the Android Market. Instead it does so via its own market (which is crap).

Due to this, not only do the sales of the game suffer but not many people know about their offerings. The company has some pretty impressive Android games like Asphalt 5, Assassin's Creed and Hero Of Sparta.

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Now, as a part of their Advent Twitter promotion Gameloft has made Dungeon Hunter for Android available as a free download for 24 hours. The company will be giving a surprise gift every day until Christmas so expect them to make a few more Android games available as a free download.

The clock is already ticking so users should quickly head over to Gameloft's site and download their free copy of Dungeon Hunter.


Download Dungeon Hunter For Android For Free originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Rajesh Pandey on Friday 3rd December 2010 11:57:06 AM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

Best Mobile Apps Of the Week for iOS, Android and Symbian – #1

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:13 AM PST


Welcome to the first edition of Best Mobile Apps Of The Week where we will feature some popular and useful apps for different mobile platforms. From now on, every Friday we will be introducing our readers to one new application for the , and platform. We may add any other platforms such as WP7, webOS and Maemo on popular demand. So if you guys want us to feature apps of any other OS – drop in a comment and let us know.

Here are the featured of the week for iOS, Symbian and Android:

Remote (iOS)

If you own any of the iOS based devices, chances are you must be using iTunes to manage media and apps on it as well. If you use iTunes as your primary media player, then Remote is going to come in very handy for you. The application basically allows users to control media playback on their PC/Mac running iTunes using their iOS device.

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However, for Remote to work users must have a Wi-Fi network and their PC/Mac must be connected to the same network as well. Users also need to enable the 'Home Sharing' feature on iTunes and share their media library on the network.

iOS owners can download Remote from here.

Gravity (Symbian)

Gravity is among the few good applications available for the old sinking ship – Symbian. Gravity is a combination of many apps into one. It is basically a Twitter and a social networking client. It supports Facebook, Foursquare and even acts as a great RSS reader by importing your feeds from Google Reader. The application is available for all the popular Symbian versions – S60v3, S60v5 and Symbian^3.

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There is a 14-day trial version of the application available for download. The full version costs 10 Euros but is totally worth it. The developer of Gravity – Janole – is also very active on twitter and tries to solve all the problems which Gravity users face.

Symbian users can download Gravity from here.

Launcher Pro (Android)

One of the main reasons why Android is so popular is because it's highly customizable. Users can customize nearly every aspect of the phone (software wise). It might be possible that you may not like the Launcher your phone manufacturer has shipped your phone it. Users can easily replace the default home launcher app in Android by downloading another one from the Android Market. Launcher Pro is arguably one of the best alternate home launcher app in the Android ecosystem.

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The application is available for free but a paid version ($1.99) is available as well which adds a few nice features like Widget resizing, Sense Widgets and Gesture Swipes etc. However, the paid version is not available for download from the Android Market.

I will recommend all Android handset owners to try out Launcher Pro once. Not only is it fast, it offers some nice features as well like a 3D app drawer and a landscape mode home screen. The app also looks very sleek and users can easily customize the icons and the background used by the app.

So that's it folks! I hope you liked the applications suggested by me in our first edition of Mobile Apps of the week.


Best Mobile Apps Of the Week for iOS, Android and Symbian – #1 originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Rajesh Pandey on Friday 3rd December 2010 11:13:55 AM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.
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