Android 2.3 hits Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G

Android OS powered phones are available in wide range of variety, like you can get a high-end Android phone as well as a mid-range powered phone too, all depends on your budget. High-end comes with everything latest and they are always running on the latest OS version, and mid-range devices are sometimes missing it. Android 2.3 a.k.a Gingerbread is the latest version of Google Android OS and high-end devices are shipping with it, also some mid-range devices too. It’s also rolling it to devices running on old software version and now it’s HTC EVO Shift 4G turn. HTC EVO 4G recently received it and now Shift 4G will start receiving Android 2.3 from June 20th and it will be an over-the-air update. Shift 4G is a QWERTY slider phone, and it’s actually Sprint version of Desire Z.

If you are just like me and can’t wait to try Gingerbread then just go to Menu>Settings>System updates>HTC software Update and the manual update will start, you can do it right now. It will bring Gingerbread features to Shift 4G as well as Swype text capability.

Vodafone releases Android 2.3.3 to Xperia Arc and Play customers

Vodafone has released Android 2.3.3 to its Xperia Arc and Xperia Play customers, equipping the handset’s with Facebook Inside Xperia integration.

Just one week after Sony Ericsson made the update available, Vodafone UK has confirmed that it’s now available for Arc and Play users. Once installed, users can look forward to getting to grips with Sony Ericsson’s all-new Facebook Inside Xperia application, which made its debut on the Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro. This’ll equip the devices with a Facebook-focussed media player, social integration inside the built-in gallery app, and a more connected phone book, enabling users to see Facebook updates and profile information.

The OS bump will also equip the handsets with a number of fixes and improvements. According to Voda, these include; improved voice quality, device stability improvements, enhancements to email setup and performance with exchange accounts, and a number of niggly bug fixes.

Rather than delivering the update over-the-air (OTA), Vodafone says that the OS bump will be available via USB. To download Android 2.3.3, simply hook your handset up to your PC, and connect to Sony Ericsson Update Service application. You will be prompted that an update is available and should follow the onscreen instructions.

What is Android?

What is Android?. i want to explain u what is android?.Android is a Linux-based mobile phone operating system developed by Google.Android is unique because Google is actively developing the platform but giving it away for free to hardware manufacturers and phone carriers who want to use Android on their devices.Android has a large community of developers writing applications (“apps”) that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently over 200,000 apps available for Android. Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can also be downloaded from third-party sites. Developers write primarily in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.

Few of the features android:

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)\
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

Use Your Android phone as a WiFi modem

You know you can surf the internet on your Android phone , but did you know that the same phone can also enable you to surf the internet from your PC? Yes this is possible.Do you have a smartphone with Android operating system and want to turn it into a Wi-Fi modem? Today i will tell you how to turn your android phone into Wi-Fi modem.

first you need to have root permissions on your mobile phone.

After having the root permission, You just need the Wireless Tether appication that you can download from the Android Market.

Tethering is a method to share the Internet connection of an Internet capable mobile phone. This sharing can be via cable, or wirelessly over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. This program enables tethering via wifi and bluetooth for “rooted” handsets running android.

After having the root permission, You just need the Wireless Tether application that you candownload from the Android Market.

With it you can share the Internet connection you have with your mobile PC, mobile phones and other gadgets equipped with WiFi.

It is tested on a HTC Wireless Tether Magic and everything worked perfectly. I was able to connect both the PC and the iPhone. At the same time.

In the application you can allow only the devices that we want. This is to prevent others from entering our connection.Features of

• Access-control feature. Allow/deny clients to use your mobile-data connection.

• Wifi-Encryption. 128-bit WEP in general. WPA/WPA2 on supported devices.

• Reduce wifi-transmit power (on supported devices)

• Settings for wifi-ssid, wifi-channel, “lan”-network and more.

I think this method really the most useful not only because you can connect multiple devices simultaneously but also because it avoids keeping it around the USB cable.