HTC One S: Android 4.0.4 rolling out with HTC Sense 4.1 of start

Good news for owners of HTC One S.  Many reports that reach us both in Germany and in the Netherlands there is an over the air update is available for this unit. By installing this update, your HTC One S running Android version 4.0.4 with Sense 4.1.

The update ensures that under the hood a few bugs to be solved. But that's not all; the update also makes sure that Sense 4.1 less of your phone calls. The update is your phone also slightly faster. This seems particularly noticeable when the camera app from HTC itself. As an extra in this update, you come into a game once hub against the EA Gamebox gaming hub.

Besides the EA Gamebox is also a diagnostic repair tool for HTC itself. So they can remotely read problems with your phone. This is handy, because maybe you do then your phone to a service center to send if he no longer good works, but they can if you're lucky your problem remotely.

Facebook Apps for Android are Faster

Facebook has not the best reputation apps are concerned. Especially on the iPhone and iPad, the app from the social network agonizingly slows. That is now changing come with a completely new version.

Do not expect any major visual changes. The adjustments to his Facebook apps for iOS made, mainly in the background done. Facebook have decided to completely rebuild the programming language for Apple intended, and no longer the HTML 5 web standard to use.

This provides a huge improvement in speed and performance of the app. "We have a new Facebook app for the iPhone and iPad that much faster," writes Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on his social network. "The team has everything completely rewritten to emphasize speed. It is a big step forward. "

And it must be said: Version 5.0 of the Facebook app seems twice as fast to boot and load as the previous edition. Also scrolling through the news feed is a lot easier, as the opening and closing of photos.

But it is a pity that not all functions of Facebook the translation made to the new mobile applications. So you can still no posts to share on your Facebook profile, and it is not possible to be friends 'tagging' in a status update - a feature that Facebook does allow for other apps, but do not run.
And Android?

The Android version of Facebook has received an update, but that is not a reflection of the great steps forward with Facebook on the Apple platform. In the latest Android version, users can create events from the app, uploading photos, and improved emoticons can be used in states. Small beer compared with the completely rewritten for iOS apps so.

According to Business Insider's Mark Zuckerberg not happy with the progress of the Android app from Facebook, and obliged his developers to only use this app to work, so they can determine how that is inferior to the iPhone app.

Archos 101 XS Android Tablet: first of Gen10 XS line

Archos on Wednesday a new Android tablet, the Archos 101 XS, announced. The tablet is light, thin and comes with a new protective case with built-in keyboard, which also functions as a docking station.

The new tablet, according to Archos very thin in the first place: with its 7.8 millimeters, the device even 15 percent thinner than the third-generation iPad. Also the weight of 585 grams, according to the French electronics manufacturer very modest.

The 101 XS has a screen of 10.1 inches. This screen has a mva panel and a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels. Under the hood sits a 1.5 GHz processor from Texas Instruments.

Cover Board
The tablet is the first product in Archos' Gen10 XS series, later this year will be extended to smaller models, the Archos 97 and 80 XS. All models in this product series are supplied with the Cover Board, a new protective case with built-in keyboard.

With magnet this cover on the tablet to confirm, so the screen is protected. But the Cover Board can also be used as a docking station; the built-holder above the keyboard can be used to turn the tablet upright.

Jellybean
Archos has announced that the 101 XS mid-September on the market. In combination with 16GB of storage, the unit will cost 379 euros. Later this year the 97 and 80 XS. In the fourth quarter, the French manufacturer with an update to the current operating system, Android 4.0, you must upgrade to the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

New Nikon camera runs on Android

Rumor had it been around a while, but now it's finally available: the Nikon Coolpix S800C. The first camera that completely runs on Android and according to Engadget also one that you definitely need to get if you need a camera. The Coolpix S800C is perhaps flat, but still has the familiar look of a camera. The camera has black and white color patterns.

The camera comes with built-in GPS that allows locating pictures with geotagging. Also, the camera has a 10x optical zoom lens, 16 megapixels BSI CMOS sensor, 3.5-inch WVGA OLED touch screen, a 1080p movie capture mode, and Android 2.3. Thanks to the presence of Android it is possible to all known features of Android to use, such as installing and downloading apps (Instagram?!), Tethering with your mobile and much more.

The camera can also have its own network so that the photos can be downloaded directly via another device that can connect to the network. The camera has 4GB of internal memory, which would be more than enough to fill up the camera with photo-sharing apps and photos. The time now is wait and see how Android on a camera works and what it means for the battery.

Android File Transfer

For those who purchase a tablet and computer skills are limited, spend your first video or picture of the tablet can be a complicated operation. The truth is that the Android file transfer, so many times we can do on a PC, not so intuitive on a tablet Android or IOS.

There are several methods for transferring files with Android we can use, depending on the performance of our tablet:

    From a PC or laptop with a USB cable.
    With a microSD card.
    Via Bluetooth.
    Wirelessly from another computer with a special program.
    From the cloud, with services like Dropbox, SugarSync or similar.


With either method we use, we have a file source (a photo, video, document, or whatever), you have to go to the tablet (or vice versa). And where is left?

There are several systems in Android File Transfer

Android is based on Linux and uses the same file system. To be practical (and assuming that we are not root), we are able to access two different spaces:

With the USB cable will have the most intuitive and we'll be more accustomed: when connecting via USB to a computer tablet, will access the storage space is on the PC as if it were an external drive more. We can copy files wherever you want, create folders, etc...

Micro SD cards. Assuming you already have a card with the content you want to move to the tablet, it will access the location / Removable / MicroSD.

Reaching this route depends on the browser we use. I recommend ES File Explorer, which I find the most complete. With him, to access the microSD card click on "Favorites" and will directly access the microSD.

Normally, you can also directly access the contents of the microSD card from the application you wish to use. For example, if we want to open a Word document from the Polaris Office program, just click on "Folders" and leave us a choice SD card or internal storage.

Via Bluetooth. To transfer a file from a computer to a tablet via Bluetooth, we have only to follow the same steps as if we do it with a smartphone, which depend on the source computer. If we want to send from the tablet to any other team, no more than point out the file to send, indicate "Share -> Bluetooth" and choose your destination from the list of teams that we get visible.

Via Wifi. To use this system, we have set up a network in which are contained the source or destination computer and our tablet. Then, we can use the same browser, such as ES Explorer, to order as we would transfer between two computers. Configure the network can be a bit long and confusing, so I'll talk about this issue in another post later.

Through Dropbox or similar service in the cloud. To use this system, which otherwise seems most comfortable, we must have a Dropbox account or similar service, of course, and install the program on the source computer and destination (one of them is supposed to be our tablet). Then install the program on your tablet DropSync or Android smartphone.

Of this system in a previous post we talked.

Dropbox allows you to have a storage space where you get the type of files you want, with the folder structure you want, something like a virtual flash drive. The computers that have Dropbox installed the program (or Dropsync in Android); copy those files you have in the cloud on your computer, keeping all copies synchronized: what you change on your tablet will also change in the cloud and your PC.

So, to send a video to your tablet, you just have to copy it to the Dropbox folder on your PC. When you synchronize everything (need Wifi or 3G), you'll also video on the Dropbox folder on your tablet.

Asus tablet TF300 is updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

About four weeks after the confirmation of the arrival of Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean' for the second generation ASUS Transformer tablet seems this weekend has already started with the actual deployment of the update. Almost immediately after the company on his Facebook page posted a teaser, appeared on various forums the first reports of receipt.

At first glance the Jelly Bean update, such as the latest flavor of Google's mobile operating system goes through life; just apply for the ASUS Transformer Pad TF300. This Tegra 3 tablet seems to become the first non-Google device that through official channels to update is to Android 4.1. Until now, the update because only available for the Nexus 7 tablet and Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S smartphone, ie, only devices in cooperation with Google and Samsung respectively ASUS has made.

That ASUS is the first manufacturer who Jelly bean updates rolls out, is probably not a coincidence. The group is indeed largely responsible for the production of the Nexus 7 and has thus been possible to gain some experience. The competition is also not quiet because including Samsung and HTC have already announced updates to receive current devices like the Galaxy S3 and One X. Reportedly will not be long in coming.

New Android 4.1 Jelly Bean includes Google Now, a clever service that results from various Google services combine your personalized information to offer. Under the guise of Project Butter is also quite tinkering under the hood, so your phone with Jellybean a significantly faster response to offer and the operating system in general smoother working.

Android App: Block unwanted phone in Android

If you want to block a phone number, you should first consider whether it is locked or normal phone number. If it is a normal phone, it can be the number as a contact and the contact information on the menu button. You'll come to an option menu where you can check the phone number you want to send directly to your voicemail. If you have to stand out, so the caller can not reach you. If you have a voicemail, the caller can still leave voice messages voicemail. With HTC you can run this by long pressing on a contact and then 'block' button.

A locked phone is more difficult to block. Thereby blocking all blocked numbers, sometimes even government agencies or other companies may have. If you still blocked phone number block, it is best to install the free app Easy filter. In EasyFilter you can control who you can call and which phone numbers are blocked.