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- Windows Phone 8 To Have Nokia Maps On Board
- Download The Official Google I/O App For Android
- Swype Beta Brings Syncable Dictionary And Personalized Prediction
- Theme Your Android Device With UOT Kitchen
| Windows Phone 8 To Have Nokia Maps On Board Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT Microsoft is all set to drop the much disliked Bing maps and welcome Nokia Maps on board for all their WP8 devices. Nokia maps have earned a lot of appreciations especially since they were launched with the Lumia range of devices. The maps are also expected to be available in the offline mode just like the Google maps as announced by Google recently. There is expected to be turn by turn navigation on board which is an extremely good news for all those who are planning to get the Windows Phone 8.
The battle for the best maps certainly seems to be more intensified now more than ever with Google announcing some great features recently and then Apple moving to its own App for maps. Microsoft certainly seems to be jumping right into the mix with this announcement. There are also reports suggesting that the maps would have NAVTEQ Data as well as support for 3D. Map control for the developers is also expected to be added specifically for the developers. This definitely makes the wait for Windows Phone 8 a lot more interesting as we are fairly confident that Nokia would do a good job, like they always have done with their maps. There was also report confirming that the new Windows 8 devices would have a new start up screen as well as a few other UI changes which definitely sounds very interesting. What are your views upon this step from Microsoft? Are you excited about Nokia Maps too? Do let us know in the comments section below. Via: Technobuffalo Related posts:
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| Download The Official Google I/O App For Android Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:59 AM PDT In seven days time at Moscone Center in San Francisco Google I/O would kick off. We are all eagerly anticipating the conference since a lot of new features and devices are expected to be announced. We may see the Siri competitor from Google and also there are reports of seeing the new Nexus line of devices and obviously the Nexus tablet. However, for those who wish to stay updated with all the happenings of the Google I/O which is Google’s annual developer conference, Android Play store now has the Official Google I/O application.
The application is much better from how it was last year. It also now has built in integration for Google Plus. Also included is the ability to go for a conference directly from the application. The entire list of features in the application are listed as below:
This application is definitely helpful for both the people going to the conference as well as those who wish to follow it from a distance and keep tabs on the keynotes going on. You can download the application from here. Via: AndroidCentral Related posts:
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| Swype Beta Brings Syncable Dictionary And Personalized Prediction Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:22 AM PDT Swype is without a doubt one of the most used alternative keyboards in Android. It is a keyboard that has made typing much faster than it is possible on the normal qwerty keyboard. You do not have to raise your fingers when you type using Swype and you make patterns that really reduce the time of typing. Swype has come a long way since it was announced initially as an experiment. Evidently it has been a massive hit and undergone a lot of updates. It is now in fact available as one of the alternate keyboards right out of the box in smartphones such as the Sony Xperia and Galaxy SIII. However, swype has just got a little bit more friendly. Nuance, the developer of Swype has announced some amazing changes to the already fantastic application. The Swype keyboard would now be able to make word predictions even more accurately. One of the features is the integration of Social networks, text messages and emails that would pick the words that you use often and make typing even quicker. The users would also be able to sync their personal dictionaries across various devices and you can also download new languages right from the keyboard itself.
Dragn Dictation is another feature that is included which lets you dictate if you do not wish to type things along. The developers have also promised to add a history based prediction which would make things even easier. Here is exactly the press release for those of you who want to know all the detailed new features: “ Swype’s New Living, Learning Keyboard Gets Smarter Every Time You Use It Burlington, Mass. – June 20, 2012 – Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the next-generation Swype keyboard, a four-in-one keyboard that is a revolutionary step forward in the way people communicate and input text on their mobile devices. Swype now combines touch and voice input with unique adaptive capabilities to understand users’ preferences over time – becoming smarter and more personalized every time they swype, speak, tap and write. Staying connected has never been more exciting as Swype provides consumers with more choice in how they input text, and now interprets a user’s personal language style – ultimately providing an amazingly fast, flexible, and accurate experience. New features include: · Next Word Prediction: Swype’s next word prediction is amazingly intelligent as Nuance has integrated capabilities from its renowned XT9 portfolio. Swype gets smarter based on historical usage, so prediction becomes more accurate with each use. · Voice-Text Dictionary Syncing: Swype now includes a personal dictionary. Every new word a user enters on the keyboard gets added to their personal dictionary for speech and text, and you can even have Swype learn from emails, texts and posts. These updates are then mapped into Swype’s unified language model, so people can immediately speak or write that same word no matter how unique or specialized. · Language Downloads: Swypers everywhere can communicate in any language they speak, as Swype now supports the download of over 55 languages right from the device. · Four-in-One Keyboard: Swype now delivers a four input modalities in one keyboard. People can swype from letter to letter; type rapidly with predictive text input powered by XT9; speak their text naturally through a fully integrated Dragon button; or, simply write letters, words and symbols using their fingertip. Further, users can switch back and forth between modalities on the fly – providing the ultimate in keyboard personalization. “People use their keyboards every day in every way – so input needs to be fast and simple,” said Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. “The new Swype living, learning keyboard ushers in a new era of input, where the keyboard adapts to the users’ unique way of communicating every time they swype, speak, tap or write.” ” You can also try out the new Beta version from the official site of Swype here. Via: AndroidCentral Related posts:
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| Theme Your Android Device With UOT Kitchen Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:53 AM PDT Everyone wants their phone to stand unique from other Android devices. Developers around the globe have been working hard for this to become a reality and the outcome of their hard work is the UOT Kitchen. This guide here explains how to use the most famous online theming resource UOT kitchen to customize your android device. Before starting with the guide below is a little description of the UOT kitchen. Ultimate Online Theme kitchen in short UOT kitchen is a online resource for customizing parts our mobile like changing the status bar icons, scrolling glow in settings menu, enter and exit transition effects, booting animation and many more that you need to try to know it. In short it is a great site for theming and themers to change the looks of the mobile in a pretty easy way. This guide is written keeping in mind the HTC Explorer users but can be used to customize any android device with a few changes in between. All you have to do is follow these simple steps: 1. Firstly open the UOT Kitchen site. You’ll see the welcome screen as shown below.
2. Now click on kitchen tab and you will get the screen below with all the mods you need to select to apply to the final theme.
3. Now click on the mods you wish to make, like if you want to change the battery icon in the status bar select the battery tab and tick on “Use This Mod” and click on “SCB with %”(in this all the colors are predefined) or “Custom battery”(in this you can select the color at each battery level and battery bars of different styles) and select the one of your liking and click on generate preview to see how the mod looks like. In the mod I selected version c, new charger for which the preview looks as below. Note: If you select the custom battery bar select the correct color of taskbar that you are going to apply in the status bar tab (if you select the wrong color later in your mobile the percentage numbers may not show up correctly).
4. Similarly now in the icons tab you can select the themed icon set or custom uni-color icons. If you select the custom uni-color icons don’t apply them as it has no affect on sense lockscreen.
5. Then moving to the status bar tab , in this you’ve to select mdpi and click on the mods you want to apply and click on preview Note: The transparency doesn’t work with stock odexed rom but works on deodexed, the top bar text works for froyo only and the quick settings tab for 2.1 so leave these. After selecting the mods for my mobile the preview looks as below.
Tip: You may want to select the same color in some cases then just copy paste the color code so everything looks even. 6. Now in the pop up tab select the mods you like, in this the most beautiful one is the overscroll glow so don't leave it and select other mods of your wish, for my mod the preview is as under.
7. Don't go for the lockscreen mod as it is not for the htc lockscreen 8. Now in the window animations tab select the animations you want, there’s also a video showing how the animations look like check it and select one.
9. Don't use the font mod instead use the FONT INSTALLER app from Play store. Now in the boot animation tab select mdpi and in “select place for boot animation” select /system/customize/resource/(Froyo default) .It’s says froyo default but this is the one that works with explorer.
10. Now follow carefully for the file upload part : For proceeding with this first you need to have the com.htc.resources.apk , SystemUI.apk, framework-res.apk. These files can be obtained by using one of the following methods: · Using Root explorer: Go to /system/framework/ and select mount r/w and copy the framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk somewhere on your sd card. Go to /system/app and select mount r/w and copy SystemUI to your sd card. Now copy these files to your computer. · Using ADB: type the following commands one by one in the adb window. Code: adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk adb pull /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk adb pull /system/app/SystemUI.apk Your final screen should look like this with the required files:
11. Now after obtaining the required files using one of the methods above just upload them in the upload tab under “Select your rom from kitchen’s list, or upload your own files” and selecting Upload System Files then in the select the options in each section as shown below :
After selecting everything and uploading the files move on to the summary tab In this you should see everything in green on the left side, if you see anything in red then it means that you have made an error in that section so go back where you made the error, correct it and then submit work to kitchen. 12. Then you will get a message that your work has been submitted and you’ll be given unique number for your pickup. Make a note of this number. Later go to the pickup page and wait till your file is ready to download. Then download it and flash through recovery. If you’ve followed everything perfectly in the guide you won't get a single error. 13. After downloading the zip you need to rename the bootanimation.zip file in system>customize>resource to hTC_bootanimation.zip(the case is important) using any archiver otherwise the selected boot animation doesn’t show up. In case you are getting an error: · If you get a shft error i.e. your mod is incorrect, follow the guide properly and check you’ve uploaded all the required files. · If you get a ( status 0) error in the recovery while flashing check that you’ve selected Type EMCC in the update binary in Upload tab. · If you got everything correct and flashed the theme but nothing has changed then go into recovery>mounts and storage>mount system and then flash the zip again. Note: Theming for other devices can be made by replacing "htc" from above files. You can visit the UOT Kitchen from here and play around. Disclaimer: Blogtechnika cannot be held responsible for any damages to your device while following this guide. Feel free to drop comments in the section below. Related posts:
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