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Android devices will be updated to 4.0.4

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Google’s announced that it’ll update Android multiple devices soon up to 4.0.4 . These gadget are Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ and Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi. Yet, This updates is only a few countries available like the U.S.

On the other hand, Indian users’ll have to wait for this update other devices. So, What New update can give new features to costumers? Android lovers who has these gadgets will take better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, stability improvements improved phone number recognition and many more important fixes.

When you take a alert on your gadget, you will be able to download and install it.

An Android application aims to make shopping easier

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Prepared to ditch your wallet, cash and charge cards? A mobile payment app lets users make purchases with their smartphone without taking the device out of their pocket or purse.

Developed by electronic payment startup Square, the application called Card Case allows customers to pay for products and services at local merchants automatically by simply providing their name to complete the transaction.

“You walk in, say your name, and walk out. It’s a seamless payment experience,” said Megan Quinn, director of products for Square.

The application automatically opens a tab when it detects that a customer is within 100 meters (328 feet) of the business, as lengthy as they have enabled the functionality within the application and approved the company.
The user’s arrival, along with their name and photo, is announced on the merchant’s app giving them the ability to charge products and services to the customer’s credit card.

“You can pay without ever reaching for your purse, taking out your wallet, or even your phone,” said Quinn. “It requires no new or unusual customer behavior — you don’t have to wave your phone, or preload money.”

By giving the merchant access to customers’ names up front, and removing the transactional aspect, the company hopes to provide a personal touch, helping customers feel like regulars even at unexplored shops.

“We’ve removed the mechanics of the transaction and brought it back to the relationship and conversation between the merchant and their customer,” Quinn explained, adding customers tend to return to places where they feel comfortable.

Over 20,000 merchants have signed up for the application over the U . s . States in eight days, including coffee houses, bakers, barbers as well as maqui berry farmers market stalls.
Although other companies have announced mobile payment apps, many have implemented Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which uses a chip in smartphones to send encrypted payment data when the phone is waved in front of the merchant’s reader.

Last week, PayPal announced an update to their Android app that uses this technology to allow users to swap payments between each other by tapping their phones together. The Google Wallet app available for the Nexus S, uses the technology to allow payments anywhere MasterCard PayPass is accepted.

“NFC is an interesting technology that has the potential to power many interesting new applications,” said Quinn. “We just don’t think it’s necessary to help small businesses grow.”

There is currently no NFC chip included in iPhones, and NFC equipment amongst merchants is not yet mainstream.

Card Case, available for iOS and Android smartphones is only available in the United States, but the company plans to expand to international markets in 2012.

HP Touchpad and Android Honeycomb? It’s true!

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HP’s flubbed Touchpad tablet PC is in this news again, and like virtually the rest of the major Touch pad tales, that one has Hewlett packard running in circles.

Since its sudden demise, the internet has been abuzz with people trying to get the Android OS onto the HP TouchPad. A Chinese developer by the name of Chompers has just released a very rough, but publicly available download of his hack.

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In his current version, Android installs as an app into webOS, then boots into the Android OS from there. Forum members at PreCentral have tested it, but report it’s still buggy and almost nothing works, but as a proof of concept it’s ahead of the briefly mentioned and still not unavailable CyanogenMod.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich leaks show a true treat

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We might have to wait a few more days until we obtain to see our first official view of Ice Cream Sandwich, but that does not mean we can not take a peek in the meantime. Android fans were treated to a number of leaks now, which provide a clear look at the following release of Android, including screenshots, video, and applications.

A number of images showing the basic aesthetics of Ice Cream Sandwich appear to confirm the influence of Honeycomb’s navigation and layout. Starting with the unlock screen, it’s obvious that this version of Android is not going to be a minor upgrade.

The process for adding icons and widgets, for example, should be nearly identical to the process found on most of today’s Android tablets. What’s more, the experience shouldn’t be diminished by a smaller screen size. Some readers will notice that the launcher and navigation buttons closely resemble the leaked video from last week, lending credibility to the admittedly strange set of occurrences.

A video of the purported Galaxy Nexus gives us a basic look at how things will work, including adding widgets and accessing applications. Although there’s a definite 3.0 presence to the experience, new and longtime Android users should have no problem adapting to the interface.

On a related note, the chaps at Android Police have stumbled upon Google+ 2.0 and Music 4.0 apps that support the Ice Cream Sandwich experience. Each title has its own set of changes, some of which may go unnoticed by casual users.

Hard-core Android enthusiasts will recognize that the Music app shows a much cleaner experience, with modified options and controls, less obtrusive buttons, and the ability to rate music with a thumbs up or thumbs down. Presumably this last item will tie into the Google Music cloud experience that learns your preferences and queues up more of what you want to hear and less of the other stuff.

Finally we come to a minor video, although it’s still something that diehards always seem to find interesting: the boot sequence. A member of MyDroidWorld has posted what looks to be the new boot-up animation for Ice Cream Sandwich, which looks nothing like its predecessors.

Depending on how long we have to wait before Samsung and Google take the stage together–Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus launch scheduled for CTIA has been delayed–we could find ourselves looking at a number of increasingly bigger leaks.

Google, Oracle CEOs Ordered Returning to Android Negotiation Table

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Having didn’t reach funds after a day of settlement, the CEOs of Google and Oracle have been summoned to look for a 2nd round of talks to try to settle Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit against Google over the use of Java in the Android mobile Operating system.

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Based on court filings, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal has called for the leaders of Oracle and Google to return to the U.S District Judge in San Jose, Calif., on Sept. 21 after the companies failed to come to agreement on a settlement during a day-long meeting on Sept. 19.

The battle of the Larry’s – Larry Ellison, Chief executive officer of Oracle, and Larry Page, Chief executive officer of Google – might be viewed as a battle of good and evil, or at least the old guard versus the new. Ellison has been a swashbuckler of the technology industry, making his bones with a timely investment in a database platform and parlaying that into a series of acquisitions that continue to empower Oracle. Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems gave rise to the current lawsuit, as Ellison, that has been around the block a time or 2, saw fit to tax Google with a toll for allegedly tapping into Oracle’s patented Java technology – acquired from Sun — without its permission. Ellison has proven in lawsuits that he is not afraid to mix it up in court, nor is he averse to calling on the government to scrutinize competitors when it is convenient.

Meanwhile, Google co-founder Page is known as a serious engineer and businessman, however is new to the Chief executive officer ranks, having stepped in as Chief executive officer in April after Eric Schmidt stepped down to become Google’s executive chairman.

Florian Mueller, an intellectual property analyst that has closely watched this case, said in a Sept. 19 blog post: “I believe there’s a reasonable chance that Larry Page will show the strong leadership he’s demonstrated since taking over the helm and make Larry Ellison an offer too good to refuse: a ton of money in exchange for a perpetual license. The side effect of encouraging other patent holders to expect similar pay-offs is inevitable however not a reason not to do what needs to be done.”

However, as yet there’s no indication that any progress has been made toward a settlement. If the lineup of who showed up for the negotiations is any indicator, Google weighed in with more bodies. In addition to Page, there in attendance at the Sept. 19 meeting was David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, and Andy Rubin, Google’s senior vice president of mobile, who oversees Android development, based on a court filing. A court filing also said Ellison was joined by Safra Catz, Oracle’s president and chief financial officer.

The 2 sides come to the negotiation from vastly different positions. Oracle has argued and had its expert assert that the database giant could be due as much as $6 billion in damages because of Google’s use of Java. However, Google maintains that if it owes anything it should be no more than $100 million.

Yet, “Google’s chances of getting out of this lawsuit unscathed are rather slim,” Mueller said. “Oracle probably wouldn’t win a trial on all counts, however it’s highly prone to win on at least some of them, and quite probably the counts on which Oracle would prevail would be powerful enough. However, Google has to think about the implications of any settlement of this particular litigation for its overall business.”

Meanwhile, should the 2 sides fail to reach a settlement the judge could order them to continue to meet to negotiate. However, if negotiations are eventually exhausted with no agreement, the case is set to go to trial at the end of October.

Could “Android Jelly Bean” Function as the Successor to” Ice Cream Sandwich”?

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Slowly reports day? Just how else to explain the buzz being created by a thisismynext.com report about possible codenames for Google’s follow up to its upcoming Android mobile operating-system?

The follow-up to Google’s latest-generation “Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS” that is affectionately referred to as Ice Cream Sandwich won’t even be coming until October or November, based on Google. Nevertheless, interest in all things Android has absolutely kept pace with the operating system’s developing importance in the smartphone and tablet markets.

So perhaps it seems sensible that people are keen to learn any detail at all about Ice Cream Sandwich’s successor, even its codename. Which, reported by thisismynext.com, may or may not be Jelly Bean.

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The tech blog cites one “trusted source” as saying “Jelly Bean” is a done offer. But another source cited in an update to the thisismynext.com post says that codename hasn’t yet been finalized. “What Jelly Bean” has going for it, of course, is that Google has so far named each successive new version of Android and some important updates to the OS after a tasty treat that follows an alphabetical pattern.

Thus we have seen Banana Bread followed by Cupcake followed by Donut, etcetera, through to the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich. Even though Ice Cream Sandwich is assumed to be a major version update from Android 3.0 to Android 4.0, Google has not actually made that official yet. Jelly Bean could be Android 5.0, but that’s not official either.

Thisismynext.com thinks Jelly Bean makes a lot of sense because “the pickings are fairly slim for desserts with ‘J’ names.” Maybe, but Google has been known to get creative with its Android codenames. Case in point, Froyo, the codename for Android 2.2.

Jell-O is a brand name, so it’s probably off limits. A better bet would be Jujube, which is actually a generic term, though “Jujubes” is branded in the U.S. by the confectioner Farley & Sathers (on a historical note, Jujubes were originally made by the Heide Candy Company). Jelly Roll would be a nice twist on the more generic Jelly Bean, with the bonus of being an homage to jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton as well as a somewhat dated but naughty metaphor.

Speaking of metaphors, here’s a mix of them: If Google does decide to throw us a curveball with Android 5.0 (or whatever the “J” stop turns on the Android train turns out to be), perhaps it will go with Javvarisi, the Tamil term for pearl sago, a tapioca like starch that’s used in sweet pudding dishes.
Or maybe the search giant will try to be a bit more more health-conscious with the next version of Android. If Google wants to start getting off codenames that still evoke sweetness without relying on refined sugar, they may try Jicama or Jackfruit.