U.S. Top 10 Android phones in October 2011

Do you want the list of top 10 U.S Android phones? Here we will bring in U.S top ten Android phone with little description and price from different carriers. In fact the top list includes Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Sensation 4G, Google Nexus S, Motorola Droid Bionic, Samsung DROID Charge, Samsung Infuse 4G, Motorola Photon 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, T-Mobile G2x and HTC DROID Incredible 2. Through Android Market you can download applications for all the phones listed below.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II is certainly the most well-liked in support of the three major U.S. carriers. Galaxy S II is ready with Android 2.3 operating system, a high-end Smartphone, equipped with Exynos 4210 dual-core processor and overall performance is outstanding. It is also equipped with a 4.3 inch front Super AMOLED PLUS display materials. At present display it is the best phone. Galaxy S II is one of the world’s slimmest mobile phone as its body thickness is of only 8.49mm.

You can get Samsung Galaxy S II in contract at $199 from AT&T and Sprint, T-mobileoffers two years contract term at $229.

HTC Sensation 4G

HTC’s Sensation is definitely the most excellent in T-Mobile Android phone. This phone is very powerful. The device is equipped with the Android 2.3 system and uses the Sense 3.0 interface. This high-end phone comes with 4.3 inch LCD screen display and runs on 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon. HTC Sensation 4G is outfitted with 8MP camera for capturing images and video recording.

The price of HTC Sensation 4G from T-Mobileis $199.99 for two-year contract.

Google Nexus S

Nexus S is still one of the most fashionable Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone as it offers unique Android experience. Nexus S allows users’ has right to use Google’s latest first updates, rather than waiting like other mobile operators or handset manufacturers follow-up. The phone has 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display and runs on 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor with Hummingbird chipset & PowerVR SGX540 GPU. In addition, Sprint’s Google Nexus S 4G version supports Google Wallet and NEC.

You can get this Smartphone from AT&T and T-mobile at a contract price of $99.99.

Motorola Droid Bionic

Motorola Droid Bionic aka Motorola Droid Bionic XT865 got released in September after delay. It is unquestionably one of the most powerful mobile phone. This droid phone is racked with Android 2.3.4 version. It is equipped with 4.3 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen. People have to give it a pretty good evaluation, but people cannot understand is that Bionic uses slightly bulky Blur UI. Droid Bionic runs on Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and is equipped with 8MP camera & dual-LED flash.

It comes with a price of $ 299.99 from Verizonof two years contract.

Samsung DROID Charge

Samsung DROID Charge is aka Samsung SCH-i520, Samsung Inspiration, Samsung 4G LTE and Samsung Stealth V. It’s the phone from Verizon with very good customization and is featured with Android v2.2 Froyo operating system. The device supports Verizon’s 4G network. Samsung DROID Charge uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED Plus 4.3 inch display. Here you can experience the amazing films and the effects of games are unmatchable. This device runs on 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor and Hummingbird chipset setting.

Alas, DROID Charge is not cheap as it comes with $ 199.99 from Verizonat a two years contract.

Samsung Infuse 4G

Infuse has a large 4.5 inch screen with Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen display that makes video a quite enjoyable. It is very thin measures 132 x 71 x 9 mm in dimensions. If you are a movie lover, then this phone is your most excellent pick because its Gorilla Glass display makes movies fantastic. It is an Android based 2.2 Froyo Smartphone that runs on ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz processor. Capture images and 720p videos through 8MP camera.

Grab this from AT&Twith two years contract price of $ 99.99.

Motorola Photon 4G

Motorola Photon 4G has a TFT screen with 4.3 inch high-brightness qHDdisplay and dual-core processor. Few American think it’s a best phone from Sprint as it has an impressive editing software which is very similar to Motorola’s Atrix 4G. The device runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the quality of image and videos are fantastic because of its 8MP camera with dual LED flash and HD 720p video capturing & 1080p playback.

You can afford a Photon 4G from Sprintin two years contract at a price of $ 199.99.

HTC Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt is the first telecom operator Verizon 4G mobile phones. It is equipped with a 4.3-inch screen and a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Verizon’s 4G can support high-speed network as it runs on Android 2.2 OS plus HTC senses. The 8MP camera with LED Flash makes it a winning Android and 1.3MP for video calling.

Buy HTC Thunderbolt from Verizonin two year contract at a price of $ 149.

T-Mobile G2x

G2x also has a very good evaluation; it is considered to be the best T-Mobile phone in UK. LG G2x is equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs in Android 2.3.3. It has the ability to capture 1080p HD video through 8MP camera with LED and has an additional 1.3MP camera for video calling. The memory can be expanded to 32GB and has built-in online services such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

You can afford T-Mobilein two-year contract at a price of $ 99.99 and can get mail-in rebate.

HTC DROID Incredible 2

DROID Incredible 2 uses a high-pass 1GHz Scorpion processor and runs in Android 2.2 Froyo version. The device is equipped with 4-inch Super LCD capacitive touch screen. Although the performance and appearance with the previous generation is not much difference, but still you can go for it. It captures 720p videos on 8MP camera with dual-LED flash and has secondary 1.3MP camera for video calling.

You can buy this phone from Verizonat a price of $149.99 for two-year contract.

Here are top 10 U.S Android Smartphones with links to buy from particular official sites.

Is the Gideon Sundback Google doodle Firefox unfriendly?

 

If you are a Firefox user, you might not be allowed to play with the new, interactive zipper Google doodle. This is because the new zipper Google doodle does not seem to be fully compatible with the Firefox browser.

To mark the 132nd birth anniversary of Gideon Sundback, Google posted an interactive doodle on the home page that features a giant zipper running down the centre of the global search engine’s home page. And if you drag your mouse down to unzip the zipper, it will split the screen, including the search textbox and reveal the relevant results for the name Gideon Sundback.

But some of the Firefox users have reported that on unzipping, the page turns white and no search results appear. They have claimed that on unzipping the Google.com home page on the Firefox browser, they are provided with nothing but a blank page, while some users are facing the same error on the google.co.in page.

However, the error is intermittent and seems to affect only Firefox users.

We checked the same issue on other browsers including Google’s own Chrome, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari, and it seemed to work fine on them.

Google is believed to use advanced JavaScript and HTML5 elements for many of its fun and interactive doodles, but some of the code isn’t always compatible on all modern Web browsers.

Google has been pushing its Chrome Web browser in a big way, including advertisements in the mainstream media and outdoor hoardings. Advertising approaches that we do not usually associate with Google. Chrome is now the most serious contender to Internet Explorer in the battle of the browsers.

Travel Picks: Top 10 wacky sports around the world

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – All eyes will be on London this summer for the 2012 Olympic Games. But while waiting for the world’s elite athletes to take the stage, online travel adviser Cheapflights (www.cheapflights.com) has come up with a top 10 list of no-frills, high-adrenaline and wacky sports which might be entertaining. Reuters has not endorsed this list:

1. Camel Racing

Forget horse racing at Ascot. Camel racing in the United Arab Emirates is now the place to be seen. Popular throughout the Middle East as well as Mongolia and Australia, the sport takes place every year from late October to early April. In the dusty desert, camels race along a sand track up to 10 miles long while their owners drive alongside shouting and honking their horns to urge the camels forward. The louder the shouting, the faster they run. But be careful not to get in their way: anywhere from 15 to 70 camels race at a time and onlookers will want to avoid the stampede! Unlike horse racing, there’s no betting in camel racing, but, if the sport tickles your fancy, owning a winning camel can be a lucrative investment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The races usually take place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and, while the morning races tend to be reserved mostly for sheikhs, the afternoon races are open to all.

Camels race during the 27th Janadriya festival on the outskirts of Riyadh2. Tuna Tossing

The Tuna Tossing World Championship occurs annually at the Tunarama Festival in Port Lincoln, Australia. Men and women 16 years and older fight it out to toss their tuna the farthest, hoping to win a share of AU$3,000. Contestants can toss the 10 kg frozen tuna in any way they want, so twirl, throw, fling and chuck that tuna to victory. But be warned: the record for the longest tuna toss of all time stretches for an enormous 25 meters, so competition is fierce. For younger tossing hopefuls between the ages of five and 10, the Tunarama Festival also holds an annual prawn toss.

3. Greasy Pole Climbing

This messy and challenging sport is a crowd favorite in a number of corners of the world, including Indonesia, Brazil, the UK and the Caribbean. Depending on the local tradition, competitors try either to shimmy up a vertical pole laden in grease or to reach the end of a slickened horizontal pole without first splashing onto the sea. While grease-pole climbing made a one-time-only appearance in the 1904 Olympics, the biggest stage now for the sport is the Greasy Pole Competition, which takes place every year during St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Forty to 50 men aged between 18 and 60 test the slipperiness and attempt to be the first to reach the end of the pole and grab the red flag at the end. The pole is 45 feet long and can be anywhere from 10 to 25 feet from the sea at Gloucester Harbor. The pole is heavily greased with biodegradable axle grease and, to make it extra slippery, anything from Tabasco sauce to banana peels are added. Due to the popularity of the contest, there are strict rules regarding who is eligible to walk on the pole. The event is currently held on Friday, June 29, Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1 – always at 4:45pm.

A contestant climbs a greasy pole in an attempt to reach for prizes hung at the top during a game to celebrate …4. Cheese Rolling

If you’ve never heard of cheese rolling before, you might assume it’s a civilized event. Alas, cheese rolling is anything but civilized. It’s a bone-crushing race where people run, stumble and slide down a steep hill to catch massive rolls of cheese. The most famous event is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, held in Gloucestershire, UK, where competitors vie with 8 lb Double Gloucester cheese rounds. The first person to grab the cheese wins and gets to take it home. Hundreds of participants, spectators and media flock to Gloucestershire from around the world for this unusual event.

Competitors chase an 11-pound wheel of cheese down a hill during the Inaugural Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival …5. Corn Hole

Basically a hipper version of horse shoes, Corn Hole became the new standard for tailgating, barbecues and all other styles of outdoors parties throughout the US after college students in the Midwest put it on the map. A one-handed sport, Corn Hole can be (and most often is) played without ever putting down your beer. However, true competitors in the sport, which is thought to be based on a game created by Native Americans, play in tournaments sanctioned by the American Corn Hole Association. There they vie in two-person or two-team matches, looking to rack up 21 points by landing more of their bean bags than their opponents’ on the raised board (1 point) or through the 6-inch-diameter hole at its center (3 points) from 27 feet away. Prize money has been creeping up over the years and now can be as high as $20,000.

6. Buzkashi

Literally translated, it means “goat grabbing.” As for how it’s played, well, imagine polo but with one slight modification. Both sports involve two opposing teams competing on horseback with the aim of maneuvering an object into the scoring area. The only difference is that in Buzkashi you use the carcass of a goat or calf instead of a ball. These days, a calf is used more often than a goat as the carcass of a calf is more durable. This is a fiercely competitive sport and definitely not for the faint of heart. For a chance to win, both the player and the horse must undergo long and strenuous training. The Afghan Olympic Federation has implemented official rules for Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan.

7. Bun Climbing

The annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival is held on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese calendar. Thousands of locals and tourists gather on the tiny fishing island of Cheung Chau in China to celebrate the festival and watch the bun climbing in amazement. The Bun Mountains are 60-foot-tall steel structures covered with delicious, decorative steamed buns and bamboo scaffolding. Men compete in a race to climb up the towers and grab as many buns as possible. The person with the most buns wins. This peculiar sport shouldn’t be taken lightly though, as potential bun climbers must take a training course to learn basic mountaineering skills. At the end of the training period, 12 finalists are chosen to compete in the bun climbing competition. For safety reasons, fake buns are now used to stop the possibility of climbers slipping.

8. Quidditch

Yes we mean the sport that Harry Potter and his friends played. “Muggles” now play it – well, except for the flying bit. Imagine instead people running astride broom sticks, working to get a ball through a hoop without getting smashed by an opponent aiming another ball at their heads, dodgeball style. Or chasing a gold-suited player darting around, carrying a sock stuffed with tennis balls that serve as the important “snitch” that must be captured to end the match. This low-flying version of the game started at Middlebury College in Vermont in 2005 and now plays out at more than 300 college and high school campuses across the US and 12 other countries. Statistics come from International Quidditch Association, Inc., which also hosts the annual World Cup and is considering an exhibition match in London to coincide with the Olympics.

9. Outhouse Racing

Rugged living leads to rowdy sports, or so it would seem given those who embrace the sport of outhouse racing. Found through much of the US, this is a sport of hometown fun and foolishness. The Australians practice it too, though there it is known as dunny racing. By either name, it’s a sport you can get a mental picture of quickly. Or possibly not. Here’s how it works in one Australian town: Every second year in September, the town of Winton in the outback of Queensland hosts the Sorbent Australian Dunny Derby. Twenty “dunny jockeys” sit astride dunnies on wheels pulled by a team of four to race to the finish line of a 250-meter track. All the jockeys are weighed in before and after each race and a professional race caller is present to call the race. Then just pick your favorite dunny and bet on it, although you may not win as much as the winning team, which is given AU$3,000. After the Derby has finished, everyone joins together to sing and dance to their favorite country music.

10. Pumpkin Chunking

Champions of this autumnal sport can send gourds more than 4,000 feet in the air. In fact, the World Record pumpkin flight is more than a mile (5,545.43 feet to be exact). While Pumpkin Chunking happens, formally and informally, throughout the US, the biggest competition is held annually by the World Championship Pumpkin Chunkin Association (WCPCA) in Sussex County, Delaware the first full weekend in November. The competition features catapults, air cannons, trebuchets and even human-powered categories for firing the pumpkins, and also has kids divisions. For aspiring fans, tune into the Science Channel, which airs the event on Thanksgiving Day proceeded by an hour-long special about the preparation for the World Cup called the “Road to the Chunk.”

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6 Premium Adobe Apps for Honeycomb Tablets

The next big thing for all the android device now comes in the form of an image editing widget from Adobe with a release of six premium tablet apps for Android devices in a single pack. This time Adobe releases its six premium tablet apps for Android devices and therefore Adobe has announced the availability of its Touch Apps in the Android Market. The app is totally made for Android tablets and is inspired by company’s creative suite for desktops with a collection of six enormous apps like Adobe Photoshop Touch, Adobe Collage, Adobe Debut, Adobe Ideas, Adobe Kuler and Adobe Proto.

Adobe Photoshop Touch

Adobe Photoshop Touch allows users to transform images with core photoshop features and there’s an app that is custom-built for tablets. With simple finger gestures functionality, users can combine multiple photos into single layered images and make essential added edits and it also puts a professional effect too. The tablet’s exclusive scribble selection tool allows users to extract objects from an image by simply scribbling on what to keep and then what to remove by the help of this option. With Refine Edge technology from Adobe Photoshop, even hard to select areas with soft edges are easily captured while making selections. It addition, the app helps the users to quickly find images, share, create and view the comments through integrated function of Facebook and Google search. Then you can go ahead and store files using Adobe Creative Cloud, a best place from where files can be accessed and opened in Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe Collage

Adobe Collage is the tool for every creative editor that helps in making creatives capture, refine ideas and concepts by allowing them to combine to form inspirational images, drawings, text and Creative Suite files into modern, conceptual moodboards forms. Few features also include such as importing of images with four customizable pen types for drawing where you can make your custom image. You also can add text and then applying color to give a new glow to selected image. Here in Adobe Collage virtually it can unconstrained canvas and can grow as needed to accommodate more assets. Files can be shared or transferred for accessing Adobe Photoshop using Adobe Creative Cloud.

Adobe Debut

Adobe Debut lets you to present designs to customers and stakeholders nigh on anywhere from your android device. Therefore Adobe Debut swiftly unlocks tablet well-matched versions of Creative Suite files for expedient and beautiful viewing on the tablet. Some other added features include Photoshop layers and illustrator art boards. The Feedback is collected by using a markup pen tool to add notes and drawings on top of the work.

Adobe Ideas

Adobe Ideas is an awesome a vector-based tool for drawing.  Navigation can be done by using a stylus or finger by giving strokes that appears soft at any zoom level. Clients can prefer any colored themes to art on blank canvas and can drag into compatible image files of tablet that can be proscribed as a separate layer for final modification or finishing. Then you can see the complete results by easily accessing in the Adobe illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Ideas is also currently available for iOS.

Adobe Kuler

Adobe Kuler crafts it effortless to produce color themes that can motivate any design project. Color can be explored and discovered with hundreds of thousands of Kuler themes already available via the creative community and you can also search by titles, hex value to find the appropriate color.  You can even extract color from the photo by the help of unique color tool that can be modified with marker that is controlled by your finger.

Adobe Proto

Adobe Proto enables the expansion of interactive wireframes and prototypes for websites and mobile apps on a tablet. You get gestures to draw such as stroke gesture to sketch websites layout and there exists a component toolbox that includes menus, tabs, accordiors and more to make a prefect design. CSS grid system helps to build wireframe and supports browser to view, render and interact with variety of popular designs. If are finished the work then save it in the creative cloud integrated in Adobe itself.

Screenshots

Before going for the app do take a look on the screenshots and the video that demonstrates the credibility of an image editing tool in a Tablet. And it comes less than $10, so that you can have your part of fun editing image in your way and for this reason it is now available in Android marketin a single tap from your App store.