Top 10 tips to increase Android's battery life

More than half of the total smart-phone users are using Android. But all the Android devices face one common problem-poor battery life. Due to this flaw, most of the people are not been able to enjoy their Android to full extent especially when they are outdoor. So here are some basic yet very helpful tips to get the most of your android device-

1. Don’t use live wallpapers-Being an Android user, I know it’s very hard to stay away from these eye catching live wallpapers. But these wallpapers eat your droid’s battery fast. So better don’t apply them especially when you are outdoor.

2. Turn-off Wi-Fi and data connection-While not using Internet, turn off wi-fi or data connection. Your battery life will improve dramatically.

3. Keep widgets minimum-Some of the widgets are really needed but Lower the number of widgets on your home screen, better is the battery life. So keep only the useful widgets to enhance your Android’s battery life.

4. Arrange icons in folders-I know your Android is full of some awesome apps and games. Obviously some of these are used more frequently by you and you must have placed them on your home screen. It’s better if you put them into an folder rather than placing directly on the home screen.

5. Adjust screen brightness-Display is the biggest single drainer of your Android’s battery. Select it wisely. Adjust screen brightness suitable for you. Minimum brightness is better.   

6. Turn off Auto-sync-Just turn off auto-sync. You can do this by going into settings>accounts and sync>auto sync.

7. Low screen timeout-This function allows you to set time after which the screen goes dark when you stop interacting with it. Lower timeout is better.

8. Go 2G-Use 2G as much as possible and switch on 3G when you really need it. Especially when you are in the area where there is any hardly any 3G coverage.

9. In case of no coverage-When you are outdoor and there is no coverage, it’s better to switch to flight mode. Because a large amount of battery is consumed in searching for the signal.

10. Use battery savers-Last but not the least, if you still not using the battery saver then better get one from the market. I recommend to go for Juice Defender or Easy Battery Saver.Your battery life will go up significantly.

11. Full cycle recharge-Once a month, drain your Android battery to 0% then charge it to 100% without any interruption.

If you follow these basic tips then you will surely feel the difference in your Android’s battery life.So have fun with your Android.

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Top5 torrent client for Android

Most of the people are having an android device today. This is obvious due to large no of apps available on it. Android Market is the second largest app store. Apple’s iTunes is having the highest collection of apps but the growth of iTunes is slower than Android Market and recently Android market crossed the landmark of 400,000 apps so Android Market will be the largest app store soon. Torrent client is must have for an Android. Android Market is having lots of torrent clients that lets you download torrent files and to take full advantage of your unlimited data plan. Here is the Top5 Torrent client for your Android.

1. tTorrent-This is the undisputed no.1 torrent client in Market. You can download multiple torrents at a time, magnet link is supported and you can search torrents through it also. This is the fastest torrent client available on android devices. The best feature of tTorrent is user interface. Its UI is eye-catching.

2. aDownloader-Another awesome torrent client for android. Speed wise it is equal to tTorrent sometimes I feel it is providing more speed than aDownloader. All the basic features of torrent clients are in it. Magnet link support, torrent search engine, multiple downloads, upload and download speed limits. Its UI is ok nothing fancy in UI.

3. aTorrent-This torrent client is loaded with lots of features. Along with the basic features, you can download parts of your torrent, option to pause torrents when there is no external power supply, you can select downloading folder. It is having nice speed with normal UI.

4. Rutracker Download-Another Torrent client with really cool UI. Some of my friends are reporting it as the fastest torrent downloader. It is also loaded with tons of features. All the major torrent search engines are there in it, partial torrent download, multiple downloads. If you are bored with our old torrent client then it is worth a try.

 5. Redtorrent-This is just about an average torrent client. It is having a lot of problems on my android, sometimes download speed goes very slow, some forceclose also. Better alternatives are available in Android Market. It is having basic features like multiple downloading, downloading on WiFi only etc.

All the torrent clients are listed above are free of cost. You can give them a try. Personally I would recommend you to go for tTorrent or aDownloader.

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Top 5 Comic Stores for your Android

Everyone loves comics. Only the reading style has changed. There was time when we used to read comics on paper now there are smartphones for that. You will find some comic stores on Apple’s itunes and Google’s Android Market. The comic store owners are worried due to launch of these comic store apps for phones. But who cares? I am going to tell you about some comic store available in Android Market. So here is the list-

1. Comics-The largest comic store available for Android with over 14,000 comics. Most of these are paid but don’t worry, you can enjoy around 600 free comics also. You can read comics from publishers like Marvel Comics, DC Comics, IDW, Archie etc.DOWNLOAD this store.

2.Marvel Comics-A well established name in the super hero comics. Everyone loves their comics. They have comics on Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man, Wolverine. Their comic series are interesting and once started its hard to not to read the entire series. That is is reason they offer first 3-4 editions for free and then place a price tag for other editions.DOWNLOAD this store.

3.DC Comics-Another vast comic store for your Android featuring World's Greatest Super Heroes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and many more. Publishing more than 80 comic format titles monthly and over 1,000 comic books and graphic novels annually. But their comics are a bit costly than others.DOWNLOAD this store.

4. Graphicly Comics-A not so popular comic store. They have a long list of publishers including Marvel and Archie. A lot of free comics to read. Their customer support is excellent. They will contact you within 3-4 hrs with answer to your queries. They are working to make their readers happy and gain some reputation.DOWNLOAD this store. 

5. Comic Shopper-Some people say it is the best comic store on Android and honestly I haven't tried it yet.They provide you comic books,cards,games and related comic and science fiction popp-culture merchandise every week.They have comics from all the major publishers so you can have your favorite comic easily.DOWNLOAD this store.

                                                             And HAPPY NEW YEAR from Gadget Maniac

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Top 5 smartphones of 2011

The world is getting smarter so are the phones. Everyyear companies come with a smartphone that has something unique about it. There are a lot of smartphones that fit the pocket of every user.In Asian countries you have to pay high to get these phones as compared to European and American countries where people get a deal with their service provider. But nevertheless people buy these phones and get addicted to it. Well this is quite obvious because of the millions of awesome apps and games available on these phones. Whether you talk about Android devices, Apple devices, Blackberry or Windows powered devices, the phones are loaded with some freaking awesome apps. In the huge crowd of smartphones it is difficult to pick the best 5.But still here is a list of Top5 phones that I think are smarter than others-

1. Samsung Galaxy Nexus-This is the first phone to get an Icecream Sandwich upgrade.Nexus comes with at a price of $300 with two year contract. It is having a 4.65 inches of Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels having a pixel density of 315 pixels per inch which is quite satisfactory. The phone is extremely fast due to 1.2GHz OMAP 4460 processor. It is having a RAM of 1GB with 16 or 32GB of internal memory. It comes with a 5MP camera which can record videos at 1080p full HD. Camera handles motion very well and it is having a lot of filters to give you the best results. It is definitely the best smartphone, you can buy and ICS in it tastes fabulous. But unfortunately you won’t be able to use Swype in it as ICS doesn’t support it but inbuilt voice commanding system in ICS is comparable to SIRI.

2. Samsung Galaxy S2-This is another great phone from Samsung. It comes with a display of 4.52 inches. The phone is having a Super AMOLED plus display better than nexus but with a resolution of 480x800 this phone disappoints a bit. The phone comes with 1.2 GHz Cortex A9 fast enough to complement the phone. It is a dual camera phone with 8MP primary camera and 2MP secondary camera for video calling. With primary camera you can take pics at 3264x2448 pixels and it allows you to take full HD videos 1080p with 30fps.The battery life in it is really very impressive. Currently it is powered by Gingerbread but it will soon get ICS upgrade.

3. Apple iPhone 4S-There was a lot of buzz in the market regarding the launch of iPhone5 but apple launched iPhone4S before it. People were disappointed hearing the launch of iPhone4S not iPhone5.But still it is a record breaking phone thanks to SIRI which proved to be a game changer. It is having 3.5 inches LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 640x960 which is better than Galaxy S2.It is having a RAM of 512 MB which is a downside for the phone. iPhone 4S runs iOS 5.iPhone 4S is also loaded with 8MP camera and 1080p full HD video recording. The secondary camera is VGA(disappointing). The processor is 1 GHz cortex A9 compared with 1.2 GHz of galaxy S2 and Nexus.The battery in it 1432 mAh Li-Po giving a talktime of 14 hr on 2G and 8 hr on 3G.  

 

4. HTC Evo 3D-First and foremost, the Evo 3D is a gorgeous phone. Its display is a 4.3-inch 3D touchscreen with a sheet of Gorilla Glass for added toughness. One of the most important features of the Evo 3D is, of course, its 3D display. The phone uses parallax barriers to display 3D images and video, without the need for clunky 3D glasses (similar to the concept used on the Nintendo 3DS). The Evo 3D's 4.3-inch qHD 960-by-540-pixel screen looks terrific in 2D--and pretty good in 3D, as well. Let me be clear, however: This isn't the kind of 3D you'd see at the movie theater. Images aren't exactly flying in your face. Rather, it looks like you can peer into the phone much like a diorama.

You need to maintain an absolute dead-on viewing angle to properly appreciate the third dimension, though. The Evo 3D is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Snapdragon processor supports advanced 3D technology, including full 1080p 30-frames-per-second HD video and stereoscopic 3D video capture and playback.

5. Motorola Droid Razr-The list can’t be completed without this great phone. The phone comes at a price of $300 with two year contract. It is having 4.3 inches display. The back is made of Kevlar which is 5 times stronger than steel making this phone the toughest smartphone ever. The phone comes with Super AMOLED plus display with 960x540 pixel resolution. The phone is loaded with 8MP camera allows you to record at 1080p full HD videos and 1.3MP secondary camera. It is having 1.2 GHz processor and running on Gingerbread. It is a great smartphone overall despite its poor battery performance.

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Top 5 Android Browsers

Google Android Market just hit the 10 billion downloads. Google is offering some of its premium paid apps at just 10 cents. So first check out the market to buy your favorite app before the offer ends. Now coming back to the topic you know Android market is loaded with more than 200000 apps. There are a large number of browsers in the market. Android stock browser is good but not that fast and have less feature so android users search for its alternative. Because most of alternative browsers are good and are having something unique about them. It is difficult to choose one of them. Since they are all free so you can try them and keep the one suitable for you. I am publishing a list of 5 browsers that I think are best among all. Check it out-

1. Dolphin Browser HD-This is the best browser available in the market without any argument.This is also the most downloaded browser in Android market with over 10 million download.It is no.2 on CNET’s top 100 app list and no. 1 on PC mag’s list of top 40 app of 2011.Famous for its gesture this browser is having 60+ add-ons.It is fast and side bar feature is something new.

2. UC web Browser-It is the fastest browser available in the market.If you are a heavy internet user and like to download a lot then you must download this browser.It is easy to use and having nice user interface.UCB 8 is now using U3 kernel which has make it even faster than before. Night mode browsing is nice feature.

3. Opera Mini- This is the only browser in the market which is able to show the data usage. This feature is available in the opera in the latest updated version. This is fast and data saving browser. If you are using a limited data plan then you must use opera browser the web. It can reduce your data consumption upto 90%.

4. Miren Browser-Another great browser with flash support. Nice UI and users are quite happy with it.Some of friends who are using it giving it a 5 star rating telling me that they have tried all the browser out there but this one is the best.It is worth your time.You must give it a try.It will surely enhance your browsing experience.

5. Ninesky Browser-This browser gives you the feel of google chrome. It’s easy to use having nice speed with flash support to help you play videos online.It is the most power saving browser out there due to its low carbon mode.

Apart from the browsers mentioned above there are some more browsers like skyfire, boat browser, firefox you can try them also.I am using ninesky, opera and UC web. Which one will you choose?

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Top 5 Tech sites

A  lot of tech sites are created everyday but only few survives and most of bloggers give up in the everyday increasing competition. But there are some sites that tech maniac visit everyday. These are the standards for other tech blogs. Here is a list of top 5 tech blogs based in Google PR,Technorati authority and alexa ranking. Probably most of you are familiar with these blogs -

1. Mashable.com-Without any argument it is definitely the best tech blog today. With a Google page rank 8 and alexa rank 184 and technorati authority of 861 this is the standard to compare any blog. Pete Cashmore is the CEO and founder  from New York. The blog is updated daily with social media news, tech news and some other entertaining posts. I don’t think there is any tech maniac unaware of this awesome blog.

2. Techcrunch.com-Even this superb site is not that far behind mashable. I was confused between two thinking which one is better. I personally like techcrunch more than mashable but due to technorati authority and alexa ranking, I have to go with mashable. Techcrunch is having 853 technorati authority and alexa ranking of 241.Michael Arrington’s techcrunch has a lot to learn from for the newbie.

3. Gizmodo.com-Another great site concentrating more on latest gadgets launchings and gadgets reviews. With Google PR 8,technorati authority 843 and alexa ranking 607 this is a must visit website for every gadget maniac who want to be updated with the latest happenings in gadget world.

4. Engadget.com-A great tech site with alexa rank of 339 and Google PR 8 with technorati authority 834.Engadget is not that far behind from other tech giants. This sites provides the in depth review of android devices and also other gadgets. Overall a cool site to plat with.

5. Arstechnica.com-This websites also managed to make in the list of top 5 tech blogs even in the heavy competition in the everyday growing tech sites on www. With a Google PR 8,alexa rank 1770 and technorati authority 806.A nice site but lags behind when you compare it with the above mentioned site.

So just have a look on these sites and decide which one is better?

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