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In order to enhance the overall experience of all its users, Google + has recently announced its latest Android application called “Hangouts on Air” that will enable the users to enjoy  video chatting with their 9 friends at a time.

This application will surely give a reason of happiness to all the users who wish to stay connected with their various friends at a time. This application was announced by the company last year but then it was made available only to few selected users but now the application is made public and can be used by anyone over various Android devices like mobile phones and tablet that have 2.3 and newer versions of the OS.

In order to chat with your friends through this application, they also have to install the same on their devices.  This latest application will provide one stop solution to various services of Google like connecting through GTalk application and public timeline.

The users of the application can now broadcast their videos to a large audience base on the web. In order to use the application, you will have to simply go to Google Play Store which was earlier known as Android Market and then download the application from there. Once the application is installed on your Android devices, you are all set to enjoy chatting with your near and dear ones.

There is good news for all the users of Samsung Galaxy SII mobile phone as the company has announced Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the phone. This update can be done on Samsung SII GT-I9100G phone which comes packed with Texas Instrument chipset and has different internal hardware when compared with Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100. The Texas chipset offers better talk time as compared to the Exynos processor that comes along with regular Samsung SII models.

The new phone will feature dual core 1.2 GHz of Texas Instrument OMAP processor along with PowerVR SGX540 graphics chip. Looking externally one cannot find out the difference between the models as both look same.

The users can manually check their phone so as to see that whether their model has been hit by the ICS update and this can be done by checking through the system update option of the setting applications.

Another way of checking is by connecting the phone to the Samsung Kies software PC or a Mac and then get the update. The update for the model is available in various countries but the users of India will have to wait for a period of around a week or two to get the update.

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Mobile Gadgets seem to have penetrated deep into the Indian markets. And how could the celebrities be left behind? Be it Blackberry, iphone, ipad, and what not… The Indian celebrities are seen using some of the latest gadgets out there. Right from the world of cricket to business to movies, which celebrity loves which mobile gadget? And what do they use it for? The infographic below tells it all!

Source : http://www.gadgetgeek.in/201202/mobile-gadgets-used-by-indian-celebrities.html

Seems that different chat and social networking apps are busy updating themselves for becoming Android-friendly. Why should Skype lag behind? Now, this online video chat and calling facility has brought a new updated version of the app which was meant for Android phones.

The new update also confirms that the new update is compatible with other devices; However, Skype has not confirmed that it is going to offer flawless video quality for other devices.

The newly revised app works on WiFi as well as 3G networks. Those users who have OS older than the Gingerbread will have to use its rear view camera of their phone. Anyhow, you can download this new updated app from the Android marketplace.

The handsets that are compatible to this app are Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Tab, HTC Desire, HTC Sensation, HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire HD, HTC Flyer, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro.

How about a cool walky-talkie handset that makes you dance to latest tracks? That would be great, isn’t it? Now as almost all the mobile phones has FM and music players in them,, Tata Teleservices decided to move away from the crowd. Recently, the company has launched a very uniquely designed walky- Tata Walky Groove Station.

This is a fixed cordless handset with colored display. Apart from its fabulous design, you will fall in love with its special features. The multi talented cordless handset has “POD” docking station in it, which helps it to offer you some added benefits. It has a micro sd slot too. Its music rich feature is excellent as it offers FM station and MP3.

This new gift from Tata Teleservices can be well enjoyed by both prepaid and postpaid customers. It has been priced at Rs. 2,999. It comes with stereo speaker and line in facility too. So, no more treating your walky as a tool for only making calls; now it’s also an entertainer.

Nokia is about to come up with some really cool apps for their upcoming phones. on of suc apps is the hands free texting apps. This is actually a voice free texting app which is voice trained and can be used to send messages when you are too busy to get your phone and read the sms.

This is based Microsoft’s cloud based voice regognition and text to speech technology- called TellMe. The best thing about this app is it won’t tire the other available sources of your handset.

This app can also be used to operate the handset and commanding it to open apps, make calls, redialing phone numbers, make online searches, plot a route in mobile maps, and many more. Well that sounds pretty interesting. But now we wonder how will it work on the phones of Indian platform and send messages according to different languages! Whatever it is, this app will surely make Nokia a serious competitor to others!

There it goes again- Google is all here with an update for its Google plus app for Android phones- Google plus app 1.0.5.

Notification reliability is the first thing that you will notice about it which will keep you informed about future updates on Google plus. Apart from that, you can also enjoy an improved group chat service called- Huddles. Some users had constant issues regarding the chat facility that they are unable to remove one to one conversation from the group chat, but now the issue had been solved. You can also click and open the urls shared in Huddles. You can also access all to circle notification in the updated version Of Google plus. More updates have been introduced, you just need to check them out use them as

Google plus is sure to come up with more updates for smooth functioning & user friendly apps! But this upgrade is not meant for the iOS users.

If you are an owner of a smartphone, then you would come to know why an update is so important. It makes your device works faster and improves its performance in a much better way.

HTC had always kept it open (till June) that one of its most desired handsets, Desire is not going to receive any Android Gingerbread update. This was a disappointing piece of info that they had put up in their Facebook page. Well, it’s no longer a matter of disappointment as the handset maker had finally released Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade for Desire handsets.

Previously the upgrade was denied because HTC devices were witnessing memory problems (as per the engineers of HTC). However, it had 512MB ROM and 576MB RAM which was more than enough for the upgrade.

Users will need to download this update manually into the Desire. Then shift it to the memory card to install it. Well, it sounds easy but is a bit tiring!

Another telecom service provider has given us a little heartache with its hike in tariff rate. The latest company to join this tariff hike bandwagon is none other than BSNL. Well, we did not expect this from a govt. based operator (is any body listening?!).

But there is little twist in the tale, they have maintained a little bit of decency and took the indirect route. They have decreased the number of validity days instead of hiking the rates directly. However, they have increased the cost of some STV. Whatever it is- our pocket is the only sufferer!!

It’s not over yet- they have also announced a hike in their prepaid per second plan- 1.2p/sec will be charged for calls to all other networks. For the lifetime prepaid users- the charges will be 49p/min. These will be effective from coming 5^th August 2011. Till then, enjoy the last few days of current tariff plans!

It seems that apple is concentrating on its iPad series now. The latest buzz is its going to come up with a new version of iPad 2 which is meant exclusively for business people.

It is in news that the new version of iPad2 a.k.a the premium iPad 2 will be sold along with the old version. As it is mean for the professionals, it is expected to have better resolution and probably will feature a high definition camera. New software will also be implemented for professional use. An analyst from Rodman and Renshaw confirmed that the company is expected to roll the device out in the current quarter.

Digitimes also mentioned about this new version of iPad which is expected to sport 2048 x 1536 resolution and will be known as iPad HD. It might be preinstalled with photo and video editing software. It can be effectively used by people from publishing industry.