We’ve seen Open Mobile’s implementation of brining Android apps to Tizen before, but that method involves deployment on a platform level. The Open Mobile code needs to be a part of the Tizen code before the Android apps can be run on Tizen. Infraware, the company behind the Polaris App Player has a different approach.

The way this works in that they have a solution called PAG (Polaris App Generator) that lets the developer upload an Android app (APK) and it converts it into a TPK file that can be installed …

One of the nicer features of the HTC One is its ability to create Video Highlights. Highlights are nothing but 30 second videos created from the pictures, Zoes and videos that you have shot on the HTC One. By default, a video highlight is created for each ‘Event’, and the HTC One automatically creates events based on the geo-tags of the photos and videos. But if you want to merge events, there’s also an option to do that, so you can have a single event spanning a week, which includes all …

More than anything else, the biggest problem LG has at the moment is that no one really considers it a top grade Android device manufacturer. This isn’t because their devices don’t have great screens, or the latest specs, but because people don’t really associate LG with great smartphones. In the Android ecosystem its all about Samsung these days, and then to a lesser extent HTC and Sony. Tell a friend that you picked up the latest LG, and you’re sure to get a puzzled look. This sentiment is LG’s problem, …

The HTC One packs a quad core Snapdragon 600 chip, 2 GB of RAM, an incredible 1080p 4.7″ IPS display  and runs Sense 5.0, a new iteration of Sense that trims down the UI to a very large extent, while not taking away too much from the default Android experience. With its premium aluminium construction, there is hardly anything you won’t like about this device.

The HTC One is definitely one of 2013′s top smartphones, and as is the case with most devices these days, there are features that are obvious and …

The Galaxy S3 is the sucessor to the super successful S2, and since I did a very popular must know tips & tricks post for it, now would be a good time to do a follow up for Samsung’s latest superphone. The S3 packs a quad core processor, a GB of RAM, a 4.8″ Super AMOLED screen with a 1280 x 720p resolution, a 2100 mAh battery, support for NFC and runs Ice Cream Sandwich with the TouchWiz layer on top.

TouchWiz is Samsung’s Android skin that differentiates the look and feel of …

One of the reasons that people prefer Android over iOS, or even Windows Phone is that it is ‘open’. It is, to an extent, but to really push the device, you do need to root your Android smartphone. Fortunately, rooting Samsung devices has been fairly easy in the past, and that’s thanks to XDA’s Chainfire. He has released CF-Root for a number of Samsung devices, and the best part about his method is that it keeps the device as close to stock configuration as possible, while giving you superuser status.

So your Samung …

The Galaxy S3 is definitely one of the hottest devices of 2012, and will continue to be the reigning Android flagship come 2013. Samsung’s just started selling the device across the world, and it just went on sale in India. While the maximum retail price in India is closer to the 43,000 INR mark, you can get it for anything between 38-39000 INR in in stores and online.

While Samsung in recent months has followed a policy of not dropping prices quickly, I do expect the retail price of the S3 to settle …

One of India’s leading banks, HDFC has launched an iPhone/iPod app to facilitate banking on the go, and the good news is that versions for Android and Windows Phone are in the works too. The application is fully featured and lets you perform all those tasks for which you would normally have to login to netbanking on the computer.
HDFC Bank also has a mobile optimized website that can be accessed at m.hdfcbank.com which will let you accomplish a lot of these tasks until an app for your favourite platform comes along.

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Even Samsung isn’t sure if the Note is a phone or a tablet, but that isn’t stopping them from selling it by the truckloads. At least in India, everyday I see more and more people buy a Galaxy Note. That brings me to the question, what about the S2? It is no longer Samsung’s flagship Android device? The S3 isn’t coming till summer, so clearly there’s still some life left in the device. So if you were in the market for a high end Android, what should you to looking …

A while ago I did a ‘Must Know Tips & Tricks For The Galaxy S II‘ post and judging by the insane number of views that video has received on YouTube alone (almost 850,000), I thought I’d do a follow up video, this time for the Galaxy Note.

The Note is breaking new ground, not only for Samsung, but also for smartphones as such. A year ago 5″ phones bombed, Dell Streak is a prime example. However, with an HD screen and s much slimmer profile, the Galaxy Note quickly carving out …