Author Archive: Gareth

Google Docs Android App hits

A dedicated Google Docs application has finally been released on the Android Market by Google, for all devices with Android 2.1 or above. The app allows access for documents, images, text, spread sheets, and presentations. It also boasts a built-in OCR (optical character recognition) feature, which converts pictures to text. The application also supports account syncing. It isn’t a full fledged office application yet, but it is a good start for a long awaited feature.

Get it here.

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Toshiba Tab specs finally Revealed

For a few months now, many have been waiting anxiously for the official announcement of the Toshiba Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet that has been teased since CES. We now have the announcement from Toshiba of the 10.1-Inch Honeycomb Tablet dubbed, "Regza AT300". Here are the released specs:

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast App reaches the Amazon App Store

If you have an Android mobile and currently living in the United States of America (Howdeee Pardners!) then you might be interested to know that you can pick up the Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast application from the Amazon App Store. If you search for Mobile Tech Addicts anywhere on the site you will find the app, or if you don’t like all that mucking around with typing you could click here.

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HTC Flyer WiFi priced

In contrast to the recent post of the pricing for the HTC Flyer, PC World have listed the price for the HTC Flyer without the 3G aspect, the Wifi one. Loosing the 3G modem will drop the price from £599.99 to a bargain basement £479.99. This takes into account the drop is storage size also. The 3G listed on PC World’s site is 32GB, whereas the wifi is left with a little 16GB chip in there.

The HTC Flyer is a strong and exciting product but HTC have really pushed the boat out when it comes to the pricing. The Galaxy Tab was also guilty of this and soon we will see Motorola, Acer and LG entering the same price range with their offerings, however the latter three are better spec’d and running a more appropriate operating system. Oh, but they don’t have a stylus.

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Apple Vs Samsung: The legal battle of the century

According to Reuters, Apple Inc are suing Samsung over the look of the Galaxy line. Mobile and tablets “slavishly” copying  iPhone and iPad design. According to Apple "This kind of blatant copying is wrong."

To mark this occasion of momentous nonsense I am launching a competition. The person who can identify the most differences in the devices after the break will receive a special mention on the podcast on just what a keen attention to detail they have.

Samsung Galaxy S Gingerbread update imminent

Another week, another release of a 2.3 update to one of the many Galaxy phones. Samsung seem to be making good on these updates and it’s a very welcome announcement. The Galaxy S 2.3 Gingerbread update will start rolling out this weekend. I’m guessing that users of other phones and tablets in the Galaxy range will see a release for their device in the near future.

To download the source, head over to the Open Source Developers Center, search for "GT-I9000_OpenSource_GB.zip," download, and enjoy.

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