OoVoo for Android: Video Call, Chat with 12 people at once

Video service ooVoo has apps for Android, iOS, Windows and Facebook. Remarkably, the video chat functions for up to 12 users simultaneously.

Oovoo has quickly become a very successful video chat application. The free version puts Skype into the crown. Big plus is the support for video chats. The emphasis in the new apps there is therefore: you can now chat with 12 people at once. Now the question is whether you ever do that for private use. The feature is probably mainly for the competition to impress and attract customers (remember the megapixel race with digital cameras).

Oovoo is available across platforms. The chat feature is available to everyone, though the iOS version limited to viewing four streams simultaneously, due to the smaller screen size. Recording video chat is now available in the free version available so you can chat directly upload to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Also, the interface of the PC version completely overhauled. Oovoo can be downloaded from the homepage and in the respective app stores. OoVoo for Android you can download it here

Viber app for Android: `free calls and send messages

We are accustomed to free chat with apps like Whatsapp. But free calling is of course useful too. Viber has an Android version, which you can call for free with others via a data connection. It will cost you no minutes and you do not even have to register.

After a long wait and test and wait even longer than finally Viber Android application available to all users. He had been a while for the iPhone in April, the beta, but now everyone can finally also free calls and send messages among themselves. Viber is a hit in communications country: according to the company is 11 million minutes a day talking on the Service and that number is expected in the coming days very rapid.

Android application
For the application on Android, they have a number of features that are not conceived on the iPhone are present. So there will be a complete full-screen notification on your screen with all the information and controls that need it during the call. Viber also has a messaging capability, and this can be done via pop-up messages on the screen to display a received message. There is also the possibility to Viber as the default service set for all your calls.

Phonebook integration
Ideally, of course, the directory integration on your phone. There need be no separate programs are launched to reach your contacts. Within your address book you can see who is making about Viber features and with it you can call for free.

SopCast for Android: Streaming on your Android

The video streaming is very common these days thanks to technologies such as Peer2Peer, which means they are the users who distribute the contents as you will see. SopCast is one of these alternatives and is available for PC, Mac, Linux and Android.

SopCast for Android is not limited to sports, but since NBA Playoffs are starting, among other sports are followed, I will focus only on this point. With SopCast for Android is now possible to watch games in many sports leagues and live from your Android. And I will say from the comfort of it, because it is rather a convenience to know that you can not be sitting on your couch for being even at work.

SopCast for Android is very easy to use, once installed and open SopCast on your phone, you'll see a window to anonymously log in or connect to server "default". You will then see a list of available channels. Now, the list shows is not very detailed so it is advisable to seek URLs or links to pages that collect SopCast channels so that you add manually. Much faster and convenient. And do not worry about copying the link, once you have installed SopCast and touch the link, the program will open automatically.

SopCast for Android is not available in the Google Play Store, so to install it you must download it from their official website and have enabled the option to "allow unknown sources" in order to install applications outside the Play Store.

Download SopCast for Android Here

Sony Xperia J, new budget smartphone with Android

Not only HTC knows its secrets to hide until the IFA fair in Berlin kicked off, Sony has also already a secret to give. The Xperia J, a budget phone from the Xperia series, is probably announced at the German stock market, but many of the details we already have.

Not just a picture of the device was leaked, the specifications are already clear. The Xperia J will be a budget device and thus contains a processor with a single computing core running at 1 GHz. clock. It is a MSM7227a Snapdragon processor. Furthermore, the device 512 MB RAM and a screen with a diagonal of 4 inches. The screen has a resolution of 854 by 480 pixels. Back of the unit finds a camera with a 5-megapixel resolution. At the bottom of the unit finds the characteristic transparent light beam which Sony recently often in her modeling integrates.

Sony will launch the device to feature Android Ice Cream Sandwich, either version 4.0. Whether an update to Android 4.1, expected has not been announced, but it seems plausible. Sony Xperia J would like to do in bookstores for about 150 euro and want the device may launch in September.

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.