Android’s chief architect, Andy Rubin, took to Twitter over the weekend to share the news that Google’s mobile platform is being activated on 900,000 devices each and every day. Google doesn’t provide a breakdown of those activations, so that massive number includes smartphones, tablets, Kindles, and other devices running Android.

It would appear that Google is on the cusp of reaching one million devices activated each day. But can it? Android’s adoption rate has slowed in recent months. Let’s take a look at the numbers.

The last time we heard from Google about the Android daily activation rate was in February. The number at the point was 850,000 daily activations. It took four months (February to June) to grow by 50,000 activations. Cont….

Have you ever dropped your phone in a sink, in a swimming pool, or worse, a toilet? Have you ever forgotten your cellphone in your pocket and then put it in the washing machine? The steep cost of high-end smartphones available nowadays means people will spend slightly more to ensure that their device is protected and in pristine condition.

While most cases protect against unexpected drops and falls onto solid ground, waterproofing a device is a whole different ball game. A device dropped in water for even a few seconds could spell big trouble. While there are some household solutions to salvage a water-logged device, more often than not, you’ll need to replace the device. In case you and your device are frequently in close proximity to water and are worried about losing your phone to water damage, Liquipel has the answer for you.

Liquipel, based in Santa Ana, California, specializes in research and development of innovative protective coating for electronic devices. The Liquipel team has come up with an amazing proprietary technology that fully protects your device from any kind of water damage, and even lets you use the device while it is submerged in water (Temple Run in the shower anyone?), although that is obviously not a recommended use. Two amazing features of this product are:

• Liquipel is not a cover but a nano-sized coating of armor which is invisible to the naked eye. It completely protects your device from water damage without taking away from the aesthetics of the device.
• Permanently bonds at a molecular level to the device, not only on the outside, but inside as well. As seen from a video below, you can even remove the back cover of a smartphone while it is submerged in water and the device will still work.

Don’t take my word for it. This video explains how the technology works, as well as two videos of a product test using an HTC Thunderbolt 4G.

How it works

Product test

The list of devices supported by Liquipel so far is somewhat limited, but the developers mention that the list while continue to grow.For more information on Liquipel, you can visit their website here. Supported devices include:

• Apple: iPod shuffle, iPhone 3G/S, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S
• HTC: Evo 4G, Evo Shift 4G, MyTouch 4G
• Samsung: Galaxy S2, Charge
• Motorola: Droid X, Droid X2

What are your thoughts? How helpful will the Liquipel coating be for you? Are you planning to Liquipel your device?

Source : link

Today the mobile  network company Three announced that as of the 25^th May the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will be available online as well as in all Three stores. The Ace 2 is the successor to last year’s Galaxy Ace, the Galaxy Ace saw success among entry-level and mid-range smartphone buyers across Europe.

The Galaxy Ace comes equipped with a:  3.8 inch WVGA screen, 5MP camera with Auto Focus, front facing VGA camera, 800MHz dual core processor, 4GB internal memory, and HD video recording @ 720p, just to name a few of the great features that the  Galaxy Ace has to offer.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is available from £22 a month with no up front cost on the Essential Internet 500 plan. The Essential Internet and Ultimate Internet plans, offer a fear-free mobile internet experience, with a guarantee of no surprise out-of-bundle data charges.

The handset is also available on Pay As You Go for £229.99. All in One 15 costs £15 and gives 30-day access to all-you-can-eat data along with 300 any-network minutes and 3,000 texts. Or All in One 25 costs £25 and offers 500 minutes, 3,000 texts and all-you-can-eat data for a 30-day period.

Full Specs

Internet Connectivity

Local Connectivity

Camera and Video

Sound and Music

Memory

Other Features

Battery

Today the mobile  network company Three announced that as of the 25^th May the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will be available online as well as in all Three stores. The Ace 2 is the successor to last year’s Galaxy Ace, the Galaxy Ace saw success among entry-level and mid-range smartphone buyers across Europe.

The Galaxy Ace comes equipped with a:  3.8 inch WVGA screen, 5MP camera with Auto Focus, front facing VGA camera, 800MHz dual core processor, 4GB internal memory, and HD video recording @ 720p, just to name a few of the great features that the  Galaxy Ace has to offer.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is available from £22 a month with no up front cost on the Essential Internet 500 plan. The Essential Internet and Ultimate Internet plans, offer a fear-free mobile internet experience, with a guarantee of no surprise out-of-bundle data charges.

The handset is also available on Pay As You Go for £229.99. All in One 15 costs £15 and gives 30-day access to all-you-can-eat data along with 300 any-network minutes and 3,000 texts. Or All in One 25 costs £25 and offers 500 minutes, 3,000 texts and all-you-can-eat data for a 30-day period.

Full Specs

Internet Connectivity

Local Connectivity

Camera and Video

Sound and Music

Memory

Other Features

Battery

The HTC One X AT&T is now available on  listed at  For $129.99, that is $70 less than what AT&T has been directly selling it for, theirs priced at $199.99. With the Amazon offer you will get: free 2 day shipping, shipped within  24 hours. Amazon seem to be doing whatever possible to compete for their share of the market.

HTC One X 4G At a Glance:

• 3G/4G/4G LTE connectivity
• Android 4.0 OS
• 1.5 GHz dual-core processor
• 4.7-inch HD 720p touchscreen
• 16 GB memory
• 8-MP camera + Full HD 1080p video capture
• GPS navigation
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 4.0
• Personal/corporate e-mail

Source:Amazon

On Wednesday we heard from Verizon that they would be ending its policy of allowing grandfathering in of contracts when purchasing a new phone. The company  clarified the news Thursday, saying that only purchasers of subsidized phones (like the iPhone 4S and other flagship devices) would have to adopt the new pricing plan.

In the new announcement the company said

When the new options are introduced, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to our customers purchasing handsets and signing a new contract. Customers who choose to purchase phones at full retail price and are currently on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan. The same pricing and policies will apply to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.

This is just damage control after ticking off many of their subscribers, who thought they would be loosing their unlimited data plan.

Source: MSNBC

If you are looking for information on How to root Alcatel 918N, this might be for you, but only if Superoneclick and Unlockroot fails. With these steps you should be able to root a cheap Alcatel OT-918N,

Download all and follow all instructions carefully:

1. Drivers MTK6516_PL-2303_para_XP, vista y win 7.rar— here

2. 918D system.img (pass: breakk.movilesdualsim.com)— here

3. flash tool and scatter.txt — here

4. EXtract all downloads to a single folder that can be easily located.

5. Backup your files

6. make sure the phone is charged with enough battery then turn the phone off

7. while its off connect the phone to your PC using a USB Cable

8. An unknown device will appear instantly

9. choose to update driver manualy.Depending on the OS you have (xp, vista, 7) install the appropriate driver from STEP 1.

10. If you installed the drivers correctly UNPLUG your phone and you can now proceed to the next step

11. run “Flash_tool.exe” from the extracted files

12. click on the yellow folder button on the right that says “Scatter-loading”

13. browse for the file MT6573_Android_scatter_Alcatel_OT_918D.txt select it and click open

14. it will gives you an ERROR [WARNING HINT] JUST PROCEED and click OK

15. a list will appear, scroll down and CLICK the BOX beside “ANDROID”

16. then double click on the word “Android” and browse for the file system.img (the file you downloaded in Step 2) and open it

17. Now click the button Download in the top of the flashtool window

18. This will initiate a 15 second countdown at the bottom of the window, plug the 918N in the usb port during this countodown (the phone must be off)

19. You will see a yellow bar @ the bottom, wait until it goes reaches 100%. Once this is done there will be a message that will report that you successfully completed the process,also a green/white circle will appear in the flashtool and on the screen of your mobile the battery charging indicator will appear. UNPLUG the phone from the usb port and press the POWER. The phone will start and the Android logo will appear, now just wait a few minutes without touching anything on the phone (buttons or touchscreen), it will take some time to load the system.img. Once the screen displays the menu that asks for password the for 2 SIM cards you are ready, you have succesfully rooted the 918N!!! JUST HIT THE THANKS BUTTON 

Source: movilesdualsim via XDA Developers

Thanks To @ breakk, @ fluoresce, and Jbazt_katuforzs

LG isn’t going to let Samsung and Apple have all the cloud storage fun, the South Korean company is making its own cloud storage service.

LG Cloud is a new cloud service that will work with Android smartphones, Windows PCs and LG TVs. Any Android user can download the LG Cloud app from the Google Play Store starting tomorrow. The only limitation is the phone has to run Android 2.2 or higher. Once installed, the app will automatically sync data from the phone to the cloud service………read full story here

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, today we will be learning how to root our LG Lucid 4G. The LG Lucid 4G uses the same rooting technique as the Lg Spectrum and this technique seem to have been well tested and works.

How to Install

• Your device must be in USB Debugging mode. To turn it on, go to Settings > Applications > Development and check the box.

Windows: 

1. Install the LG Spectrum USB drivers (download)
2. unpack the archive
3. open run.bat.

Linux/Mac:

1.  Connect your device to your PC
2. unpack the archive
3. and run run.sh
4. You may need to chmod 755 run.sh.

Whoa, there. We’re still weeks away from an official big stage unveiling, but it looks like Samsung’s next Galaxy phone is already out there. Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has past form on these kind of things, has got its hands on the GT-I9300 — purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention. According to the specifications leaked, Tinhte reckons the phone houses a 4.6-inch display at 720 x 1184 resolution (roughly 320 DPI, picking up Android’s XHDPI classification — thanks Rawat), while a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor works on keeping the Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smoothly. Other hardware mentions include 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera, 16GB of storage plus microSD capability. In a side-by-side comparison with the Galaxy Nexus, it looks like the phone’s display is incrementally larger, although we’re unable to tell the precise size, nor whether we’ll be treated to Super AMOLED Plus or some Pentile substitute.

Full story here