Music Player for Android

I am new in android platform. I was really excited to explore its possibilities. My expectations were crushed soon after I find out that my music player stopped working after several sessions of playing. It was really hard to believe that my integrated player got screwed by itself. Anyway, I looked for some alternative music players. But my quest turned utterly disappointing when I found that all the popular players are stuffed with lots of unnecessary features, not to mention stupid bugs. Which really bugged me about these players is that they don't allow playing music files from a directory or folder. It’s a shame, because I don't prefer playing audio files from albums or artist lists. So I kept looking for what I really needed. Then at last I found a simple app which really served my needs. The app is called Music Explorer. It has neither a cool interface nor an exciting feature like equalizer. But the player can give you comfortable music experience. You can play music from anywhere you wish, such as internal memory, external SD card or even from pen drives. It can play one after another tracks even in background, a feature which is foreign to many paid apps. Its playlist is a very basic one but will provide you access to a few handy features like shuffle and repeat. The player is very light weight and occupies less Ram. In a word, Music Explorer works in the same way as it promises to work. Nowadays I cannot even think of replacing it with any other players. I believe that none can abandon it after coming across with its dependability.

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Smart S-12 Android 2.3 Phone Price and Specs

• Make: Smart Mobile 
• Model: S-12 
• Operating System: Android 2.0.x (Gingerbread) 
• CPU: 1 Ghz 
• RAM: 768 MB 
• ROM: 1.1 GB (Extendable up to 32 GB) 
• Display: 4.0 inch WVGA capacitive touch screen 
• Dual Camera: Back-3.2 Front- 0.3 mp 
• SIM: Dual SIM dual standby 
• Connectivity: WILAN, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth V2.0 
• Battery: 2000mAH 

Price: BDT 7800/- 

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Run Android 4 on your PC and Install .apk apps happily

This little tutorial discusses how to run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on your desktop or laptop PC and the way you can install Android apps (.apk files) for an offline machine. This is ideal if you want to test Android OS before buying a new Android tablet to see if its good enough for you. And also good for testing or debugging Android apps.

The Mobile world is talking about Android and the Tablet world is crazy about it. so why not go out for a spin?!

Step 1: Download the ISO

1. Go to http://www.android-x86.org/download
2. Find the heading (with a folder icon) "Android-x86-4.0"
3. Find the ISO for eeePC (android-x86-4.0-RC2-eeepc.iso)
4. Click the "View" link to download the Android x86 ISO (about 180 MB)

Step 2: Write the ISO

A. On USB Pendrive/Flashdrive

If you want to make your spare USB flashdrive be able to boot Android then follow these steps below. It is especially good if you have a notebook without a CD/DVD ROM drive:

1. Download Unetbootin (about 5 MB): http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe
2. After downloading, run the unetbootin.exe file
3. Click the DiskImage radiobutton
4. Click the [ ... ] button and select the ISO image that you downloaded in Step 1
5. Select your USB flash drive partition in "Drive" drop down menu
6. Click OK. Now your pendrive will be prepared for running Android
7. When Unetbootin finishes with the job, click Exit, then proceed to the next step...

B. On CD/DVD

If you want to make a CD to boot Android then follow these steps:

1. Download and Install ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
2. Start Imgburn and click "Write image file to disc"
3. Click the folder icon next "Please select a file" and select the ISO file you have downloaded on Step 1
4. Click the big "Write" button with cd icon on it.
5. When the content inside the ISO image will be written to the CD, the CD ROM door will automatically open up.
6. Close the CDROM drive door with the CD in the CD ROM drive and proceed to next step.

Step 3: Download APK files on pendrive

In this step we will store some .apk files, which are pretty much like .exe files for Android, in a pendrive. The pendrive will act like an External Memory card which will allow us to access the apk files to be installed. (Because Android cannot access your hard drives!)

If you have made a bootable Android pendrive then you will need another pendrive to act like External Memory. If you have prepared a bootable CD ROM drive then you will need only one pendrive.

1. Download apk files from various websites online. There are many website online. Such as http://www.papktop.com . There is a list of such websites at the end of this website.
2. Store the apk files to the pendrive.

Close all programs and restart your computer with the CD still in the CD ROM drive.
... proceed to next step

Step 4: Running Android

After restart, if everything went OK, Android-x86 Live CD Menu will appear. Choose VESA mode and press Enter. Hopefully Android will run. If not follow the instructions below...

Warning: Not an Asus product

We have downloaded the ISO image for ASUS eeePC. There are ISOs for some specific manufacturers (Asus laptop, eeePC, Motion m1400, r2-s103t, Sparta, TegaV2, TX2500). This is due to the difference of wifi connection hardware in different manufacturers' products.

In some computers, the Android Live CD will issue a warning and probably end up in a black screen and halt the system saying that the machine is not made by Asus. But we want to use Android anyway. To avoid this situation we can set a boot parameter " nomodeset". But if it runs without it, you're good to go without setting this parameter.

1. When the Android-x86 Live CD Menu appears after restart, press the Tab key from your keyboard
2. Press space and type "nomodeset" without quotation marks
3. Press Enter

Even after you set the parameter, it is possible that it will show the above warning message. But ignore it. It will run smoothly on your PC.

Step 5: Installing apk files (the offline way!)

You can easily download and install apps through Google Play, the app store for Android. But if you don't have a wifi connection available around you then you will need to install Android Apps (.apk files) with an SD card (or in our case - pendrive!)

1. Insert the pendrive that has the apk files inside it
2. Click the main menu button from the desktop (top-right corner)
3. Click at the right edge of screen then click "Open Manager"
4. On the left side you will find "/" item. Click it.
5. Then click "mnt" folder and then "USB".
6. Click on an apk file. Click install ... and enjoy!

APK files download site:

http://www.papktop.com/
http://www.torrapk.com/index.php/en/search-by-category
http://www.androidfreeware.net/



(There are tons of other websites on the web. Help yourself.)

Reference:

http://www.androidauthority.com/run-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-on-your-pc-60659/
http://forum.samdroid.net/f21/android-x86-problem-installation-5888/

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 Specs

Dual SIM phones are getting popular day by day. In line with this craze Samsung has launched its latest dual SIM Smartphone Samsung Duos S7562. The phone is also known as Kyle. It is a mid-range Smartphone in the shorter form of Galaxy S3. Here are the detailed specifications:

• CPU: 1 GHz Cortex A-5 processor
• GPU: Adreno 200 
• Display: 4.0 inch, 480 x 800 pixels, 16M colors, TFT Capacitive touch screen 
• OS: Android 4.0 ICS 
• Camera: Back: 5 Mega Pixel camera with autofocus and LED flash Front: VGA camera
• Memory: 4GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB 
• Operating Frequency / Band : SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (HSDPA 900 / 2100) SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900(HSDPA 900 / 2100) 
• Connectivity: Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, USB, WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot), GPRS, EDGE, 3G (HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps) 
• Dimension: 121.5 x 63.1 x 10.5 mm 
• Weight: 120 g

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Surface Will Rule Tablet World

I really don't get why modern men are leaning towards android powered tablet PCs. I'm saying this because I find these PCs greatly incapable of doing things which I can do more comfortably on Windows powered desktop PCs or netbooks. The software collection of android is extensively rich. But these programs lack the usability and more importantly the functionality, which is a prerequisite for professional works. The reality is that Google mainly developed this OS for mobile phones and as a result functionally ii is not as strong as Windows. I've heard a lot of complains from tablet PC users that they are sick of using android OS as it provides basic apps. Some of them even asked me whether they can install windows on an android OS. They wanted to replace android with Windows since it would broaden the opportunity for them to use anything much comfortably whether it is a software or an accessory. Hardware manufacturers usually make their products targeting Windows machines. Rarely, they provide driver support for others operating systems. So I cannot blame if anyone shifts his interest from Android towards Windows.

This only reminds me one thing: a huge change in the tech world will come if windows powered tablet pc is launched. The good news is that early or late, Microsoft, the begetter of windows has decided to launch Windows powered tablet PC Surface. This is certainly good news for Windows lovers. On the other hand, it could be a bad news for the now-ruling tablet operating systems: iOS and Android. Now the question is will surface be an iPad killer? Well, I talked about this with different people, ninety percent of them were hopeful that Surface will win the race with its new Windows 8 pro. Microsoft really worked hard to make its OS fit for the tablet PCs. Even the tab’s exterior is painstakingly designed. With magnetic keyboard and kickstand it emerges as one of the innovative and caring devices of the age. If everything goes ok this device will eventually replace the desktop PCs since users will be able run desktop apps on their tabs. This would be absolutely a dream coming true for the windows lovers.

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