Now Offline Google Maps available in Android Device : Watch Demo Video

Google release offline Google maps for Android Devices. You can now save and use certain maps on Google Maps for Android when you’re not connected to the internet. You can even find and orient yourself by enabling GPS and using My Location and the compass.

Now, you can download the latest version of the app in Google Play, then select and save a region of a map from more than 150 countries (including India) for use offline. Whether travelling internationally, carrying a WiFi-only device, heading underground on the subway or restricting your mobile data usage, you can now save up to six large metro areas (e.g., Greater London, or New York City and surrounding area) and use Google Maps for Android to find your way.

Wish you had a map when your device was offline? With offline maps, you can save and use certain maps when you’re not connected to the Internet. If you have GPS on the device, the blue dot will still work without a data connection so you know where you are. Whether you’re traveling the world or underground, offline maps can help you navigate the offline world.

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How To Install Cyanogen Mod 9 on Samsung Galaxy Note N7000

Cyanogen Mod developers has ported Cyanogen Mod 9 (CM9) firmware on Galaxy Note N7000. The new Cyanogen Mod 9 for Galaxy Note is based on Android ICS 4.0.4. To use this custom ROM on your Galaxy Note N700, you must have unlocked and rooted device.

Here is a complete and successful guide to install Cyanogen Mod 9 on Galaxy Note N7000.

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any damage of Galaxy Note as the process is itself quite risky. However it is unlikely to damage your Galaxy Note, follow the step in your own risk.

Pre-Requisites:

1. Backup all your data first such as SMS, Contacts, Call logs, Images, Music and etc.

2. Make sure that you have over 70% of battery backup, so that the process will not interrupted due to power loss.

3. Disable all security suites such as antivirus in your system so that you could update Cyanogen Mod 9 without any interruption.

4. Make sure you have rooted Samsung Galaxy Note N7000.

5. Enable USB Debugging which can change by going to Settings => Applications => Development => USB Debugging.

6. Download necessary files:
CM9 ICS Package here 134.54 MB, and Google Apps here 49.63 MB.

Updating Galaxy Note to CM9 ICS

1. Connect your Galaxy Note to system where you downloaded the files via USB Cable, then copy both files to internal memory. Please keep in mind that the package should me in root directory otherwise it is undetectable.

2. Now put your device in Recovery Mode which can be done by holding down three buttons: Volume Down, OK, and Power buttons. Please keep in mind once again, you must have rooted Galaxy Note.

3. Once you are in Recovery mode, the first thing is to wipe your data and bring your device to factory mode. For this select “Wipe data/factory reset” then “Wipe Cache partition.”

4. Now, select the “install zip from sd card” followed with “choose zip from sd card” and browse through the directory where you put the packages. Select the CM9 ICS package first then the GoogleApps package.

5. The whole process will takes 5 to 7 minutes, however is can be longer. Meantime get some coffee.

Finally, you device will reboot automatically with Cyanogen Mod 9 brand based on ICS 4.0.4. Incase if you device does not reboot, then remove and re-insert battery and switch on device.

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Samsung Galaxy S2 Vs Apple iPhone 4s

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Samsung Galaxy S2 is equipped with Android platform ver2.3 (Gingerbread) where as Apple’s iPhone 4s is installed with latest iOS 5 platform. The platform installed in Galaxy S2 is provides very handy customizable interface using TouchWIZ 4.0 environment. And because it is Android, it is open source. On the other hand, Apple’s iOS 5 offers better user interface, enhanced camera applications & modes and improved notification interface.

PROCESSOR:
Both the phones run on dual core processor. Galaxy S2 uses Exynos 4210SoC processor clocked at the frequency of 1.2GHz on Cortex A9 dual core processor with ARM Mali 400MP GPU. iPhone 4s works on its Apple A5 chipset based on 1GHz dual core processor ARM Cortex-A9 processor with PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. When the processors were compared, Galaxy S2 gave better performance with respect to iPhone 4s. But when it came to the Graphical Acceleration, iPhone 4s brilliantly covered all lags in processing.

 

Display: 
If we talk about display, the Galaxy S2 dominates over iPhone 4s on its screen size and high colors and contrast ratio. Galaxy S2 has 4.3inches WVGA Super AMOLED plus capacitive touch screen displaywith a maximum resolution of 800×480 pixels. Whereas, in iPhone 4s, there is 3.5inches IPS TFT capacitive touch screen display with 640×960 pixels.

CAMERA:
Quality wise, Galaxy S2 is better than iPhone 4s but if we see the features, iPhone 4s win the camera war. Galaxy S2 was introduced with 8MP rear and 2MP front facing camera with LED flash. iPhone 4s have 8MP CMOS rear camera and VGA front facing camera with LED flash with some attractive features like auto white balance, facetime app, hybrid IR filter.

NETWORK:
In terms of network & speed, Samsung Galaxy S2 leads over iPhone 4s. Galaxy S2 provides HSDPA connectivity at the range of 21Mbps with 4G capabilities. Whereas, iPhone 4s delivers 3G HSDPA speed of the range of 14.4Mbps.

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Comparison: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich vs Apple ios 5

Two great operating systems for smart phones and tablets launched within the last few weeks. Both iOS 5 from Apple and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich from Google have impressed their respective constituencies.

Apple fanboys will never appreciate anything remotely connected to Google’s Android operating system & Android lovers would rarely appreciate Apple’s latest operating system, while the two OS come with numerous interesting features and capabilities.

iOS 5 and ice cream sandwich come with many innovative features. Android 4 is the first unified version for tablets and smart phone and it comes with improved voice commands, and facial recognition features. On the other hand Apple’s latest operating system boasts of many great features including BlackBerry type messaging service called iMessag besides of course iCloud and Siri.

Android 4 or Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 5 come with great voice commands features. Siri’s voice recognition app makes a real difference when it comes to voice commands. Many smart phone analysts say that Siri is going to be a real game changer in favor of Apple and its iOS, though only time will tell if it alone can make such a great impact.

Another important aspect that is going to make a real difference between iOS 5 and ice cream sandwich is how the two provide web browsing experience to users. Though in my view, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update gives an edge to Microsoft over the two, nonetheless Apple and Google have made significant improvement in OS recently. Google’s latest OS comes with a much improved Google Chrome browser that looked many times better than the previous browser available to Android users. On the other hand Apple iOS 5 has also received a much-needed Safari overhaul.

When it comes to multitasking Apple is a well-known leader in it and its operating system has supported multitasking for ages. iOS 5’s new Notification Center shows all your phone notifications including SMSs, emails, friend requests, and others in a single place.

Android phones are catching fast with Apple products that use iOS. Apple’s latest operating system can work only on Apple products, but that is not the case with Ice cream Sandwich. So far ice cream Sandwich has appeared on Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Its operating system is an open source OS, and it can easily run on any third-party phones and tablets.

Another great feature that is available on both the operating systems is cloud computing. Apple has put in a new feature on its latest operating system that is called iCloud. Android cloud computing may use Google music to store data. Google has been in cloud computing for several years.

When it comes to quality of photos that the two operating systems produce, the two compete very well on many a counts. With Ice Cream Sandwich Google has given many new photo tools that were not available in older versions. The best feature of ice Cream Sandwich are photo-editing tools in the image gallery. It helps in improving many photos that include red-eye reduction, straightening, and hipster filters. On the other hand iOS 5 comes with great photo editing tools that many further improve the quality of pictures. The new OS from Apple lets you switch between the camera and camcorder modes, besides of course between the front and rear cameras.

While it’s true that most good apps go to the App Store, some are expensive, and some are useless. In the Android Market, half of the apps are free, most are useful. And it is true that Android is prone to hacks and malware, the developer treats you like an adult and can fix it. Apple just give you a newiphone. And if you jailbreak your iphone, if there’s a problem, Apple won’t fix it or give you a new one. Google don’t care if you rooted your Android device. Siri is basically an annoying AI that may be useful in some cases, but you have basically the same thing with Android that doesn’t use a robot(ironically).

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How To Run Android On Your Netbook Or Desktop

Android gained success is a short span, Android being the Most used mobile platform with more than a million active apps. Android powers million's phones, Tablets and Now Netbooks and Desktops. Yes, You heard me right.

You can Also Run Android on you Netbook or Desktop. In this post, I'll show you How to Run Android on your Laptop or Netbook.


Things You'll Need


Before you start reading this Tutorial, Make sure that you gather all the required stuff.

• A USB Drive or Pen Drive with 256 MB+ Space. (Or CD)
• A Compatible Netbook or Desktop (Check Here)
• Some basic Computing skills
• And Of Course - This Guide

Steps for Installation


Follow this Step by step guide for Installing Android on your device. It may take about 30 minutes for Installation.

Preparing the USB Drive 


Step 1
Format your USB Drive completely, Back up your Important data first.


Step 2
Now Go to this link http://www.android-x86.org/download and Find the Android versioncompatible with your device. Once you find it Click on View and Download it.


Step 3
Now let the Android-x86 download and meanwhile Download UNetbootin, Click Here to download. This software will help you unpack the .iso to USB drive and make it a bootable device.


Step 4
Once both files get downloaded, Open UNetbootin. Tick the Diskimage Butto. 

Now from the Dropdown list select ISO. Browse to android-x85 file by pressing '...' button. Now do the rest of settings and Press OK.

Now Let UNetbootin load files to you USB Drive. Once file loading finish, Do a Reboot if you want to Run android on same device. If you want to Run android on other device then exit.

NOTE: If you want, You can burn the android-x86 iso on CD.

Installing Android on Computer

Now that you've prepared you USB or CD, Next step is Installing it on your Computer or Laptop or Netbook. 

Step 1
Plug your USB in the device you want to install Android and then Reboot. 


Step 2
On Startup, You Computer will ask you Booting device. Select your USB drive for booting. 

(For Some computers you may need to press F2 or F10 key for booting process, depending upon your computer select to boot from USB)


Once you Computer Starts Booting from USB, It will show an Installation setup. 

Step 3 

Select Live CD – Run Android-x86 without installation. Option from the Installation setup.

Step 4

Wait for few minutes, The Setup will boot Android. After few minutes, You'll see Android Desktop.

Now Enjoy Android on your Netbook, Laptop or Computer. Now you can Install Android Applications on your Device. Hope you enjoyed the Tutorial, Please share it with your friends and Please do leave a comment down.

Now Finally You Can Run Android on Your Netbook, Laptop

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