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1. Screen Size

Tablet PC is smaller in size as compared to a desktop computer and well proportioned more than a laptop computer. They are manufactured in various dimensions which are 5 inches to 10 inches, but the preferable size is 7 to 8 inches.

2. Screen Type and Resolution

It is more adaptable than a notebook or laptop with a touch or multi touch screen monitor which can be used to reduce and expand images and web pages. Since it is completely touch screen it does not require a keyboard for typing a character when editing or to click the icons on the screen.

Also, this apparatus has varied screen resolution and most of them are with 800*480 pixels and some have 1024*600 pixels.

3. Processor

The processors are of different models like: TI OMAP3 CORTEX A8, TCC 8900, Rockchip RK2808, Telechips TCC8900, Telechips TCC8902, ZT-180 (ARM Architecture), VIA MW8505 and many more. Most of these processors have clock speed that varies from 600MHz to 800MHz.

4. Memory

An Android tablet PC has a RAM of 256MB with a support to extend memory via SD, like the Herotab RK7 that supports extended memory via SD up to 32GB.

5. Network Adapter

All of the Android tablet PCs are WIFI ready and most of them are incorporated with an 802.11b/g wireless network adapter with a range of 100 ft to 150 ft.

6. Battery

Most of them possess an integral li-ion battery which facilitates us to browse the screen from 5 hours (WIFI off) to 6 hours (WIFI on). But there is also a new tablet PC which has detachable battery, with Witstech A81E that is run by the newest Android 2.2.

7. Weight

This characteristic makes it more multipurpose than laptop or notebook computer because they are design to be a perfect mobile companion that weighs less than 1 kilogram. (Example: the Witstech A81E Android 2.2 weighs 0.39kg).

SOFTWARE

8. Operating System

Presently, the largest selling mobile operating system is Symbian OS, and smaller competitors comprise of Android, Blackberry OS, iOS and Windows Mobile. In the mid of 2010, the smartphones working under Android operating method were classified first among the smartphone OS.

 The prime advantage of Android OS is that it covers a large number of people writing application plan that widens the performance of the tools operating with Android OS. It is anticipated that there are almost 70,000 obtainable applications for Android, which renders it the 2nd most famous mobile improvement. Android OS versions are: Android 1.5 (Cupcake), Android 2.2 (Froyo). Android 1.6 (Donut), Android 2.1 (Eclair), while some Android Tablet PC works with Windows CE 6.0 (dual boot with Android OS)

9. Application Programs

By using tablet PC you can edit documents in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, read PDF file, and several other programs provided with an internet browser. If you desire a multi purpose tablet PC, the best selection are the designs which are performing the Android Operating system because it has more than 70,000 downloadable applications.

10. Multimedia Player

The tablet PC supports the well known and ordinary Video and Audio formats like – MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, AC3, OGG, AVI, MPEG4, MPEG2, WMV, RMVB, FLV, H.264 etc. It is also well suited with image formats like JPEG, PNG, BMP and GIF.

There are several free Android weather apps available in the Android market, which can be selected according to your taste and requirements. Here are Top Ten best free Android weather apps mentioned below.

1. Weather

It is very simple, prompt and reliable app for weather prediction as it is appropriately named and is improved by Michael Bachman.

2. iMap Weather

This app furnishes radar descriptions and predictions of weather. It also provides exhaustive existing weather situations, local and international, depicting astonishing demonstrations.

3. Moon Phase

It is a free Android weather app which is built up by Udell Enterprises, Inc,. It clearly illustrates the specific stages of the moon for particular statistics in an efficient manner.

4. Snowstorm weather widget

Snowstorm weather widget furnishes you with predictions concerning snowstorms etc. It is very useful during snow season being a specific free Android weather app.

5. Radar Now!

Radar Now! is an efficient choice to exhibit the existing weather through radar, as it is a brisk and plain free Android app.

6. AccuWeather.com

The AccuWeather.com app is grand for obtaining worldwide weather forecasts. It is a GPS-based weather update app to ascertain exact and dependable information about weather.

7. Weather Widget – Free

It is very useful free app to obtain quite satisfactorily the brisk and trustworthy weather updates and it will perform everything for you and will be a good addition to your Android phone.

8. Weather Widget Forecast Addon

It increases the efficiency of the above mentioned weather widget free apps and if you try the Weather Widget and download the free Forecast Addon, you will possess a captivating arrangement.

9. WeatherBug

This free Android weather app displays local and general weather updates which are precise and also the add-ons of maps and videos are astounding.

10. The Weather Channel

It is the best free Android weather app obtainable in the Android Market; which is quite well known and furnishes weather updates direct from one of the most valued weather providing origin. You can locate a default position to receive continuous updates without any problem.

If Opera Mobile is not installed on your phone then go get a copy from the Android Market. Or if you don’t have Internet access on your phone, then download a copy from Opera’s website and transfer it to your phone:

http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/android/mobile/10.1/

Once you have connected to the Wi-Fi network with the proxy and have Opera Mobile running:

1. Type opera:config into the address bar then enter

2. Scroll down the page until you get to Proxy and click it to display the settings

3. Now Scroll down again until you get to HTTP server and HTTPS server and in these two fields type your proxy information in the format address:port (e.g. my.proxy.com:3128)

4. Scroll down more until you get to Use HTTP and Use HTTPS and tick both boxes then click on save lower down

5. Now close the window and go to any site and the proxy should be working on Opera Mobile, and if your proxy server needs a username and password a popup will tell you to enter them in after you try going to any site

Alternatively, we have another solution to this but this surely requires some expertise.

As there is no UI for proxy settings for android web browser. But the android web browser will read the proxy settings in its settings database.

Here is the instructions to enable the proxy in the android web browser.

1. > adb shell
2. # sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
3. sqlite> INSERT INTO system VALUES(99,’http_proxy’, ‘proxy:port’);
4. sqlite>.exit

You can talk to settings.db for more information.

1. sqlite> SELECT * FROM system;
2. sqlite> .tables
3. sqlite> .databases
4. sqlite> .schema table_name
5. sqlite> more SQL expression to talk to the tables

Don’t forget the ‘;’ at the end of the SQL expression.

The new interface, is called Renderscript, an Android performance and graphics programmer at Google.The goal for the feature has to be better games on Android. It’s a broader feature, though: it’s used in Honeycomb’s YouTube and Books apps.The target audience is the set of developers looking to maximize the performance of their applications and is comfortable working closer to the metal to achieve this. The target use is for performance-critical code segments where the needs exceed the abilities of the existing APIs.

To that end, Renderscript exposes two hardware-accelerated interfaces, one for rendering 3D graphics and one for for power-efficient computing operations. To use it, Renderscript relies on a variant of the C99 programming language that itself is related to C. And the Renderscript plumbing that comes along with Honeycomb, aka Android 3.0, makes the decisions about whether to run the computing jobs on regular or graphics processors.

The Native Developer Kit Google offers for Android already lets programmers directly access low-level hardware features. Renderscript has an important difference, though: it’s cross-platform. Instead of coming with software coded just for a specific chip, it comes with scripts that are compiled into an intermediate format that is then translated for a specific device only when it runs.

The portable machine has a D-Pad, face buttons and a 7.0 inch Screen at the front. Its a 800 x 480 capacitive touch screen with a satisfactory display. Thing to admire in such a portable pack is a dual-core cortex A9 CPU with Mali 400 GPU (well thats impressive). Further more the device carries a 16 GB of internal storage with 512 MB RAM and a 2 Megapixel rear camera with the 0.3 Megapixel front facing camera. The device supports HDMI-out, USB port and it features WiFi as well. The gaming tablet runs up on previous version of Android i.e Android 2.2 Froyo.

You can download games direct from market or via downloading apk file and installing them later. The mostly android market games will allow you to interact on touch screen, for using side buttons for few games that support side buttons you have to install ROMs on your device.

Although the iPhone does hold an almost 60% lead in the market compared to handsets that use Android, this OS is rapidly becoming more and more popular and shows no signs of slowing down.Of course, one of the major factors that influence the move from regular handset to smart phone are the applications available. Considering that there are over 5.9 billion people using a mobile phone in the world today (almost all of the world’s population), it would be crazy to ignore the potential of apps and how they work. Almost 11 billion apps have been downloaded up to now and this is only going to increase, with estimates putting the industry north of £40 billion pounds over the next three years.

Apps World will be holding two events in England and North American over the next 6 months which aims to highlight and inform about apps and the potential they have for smartphone owners and small businesses.The first will be held in London, Earl’s Court 2 over October 2-3rd 2012. This is followed across the Atlantic in San Francisco at the Concourse Exhibition Centre over 5-6th February.

There will be many workshops over the two day event that covers everything from mobile marketing to cloud services. What is really interesting is that for the first time, Android will be getting its own dedicated workshop.

Whilst maybe not the most imaginatively titled, Droid World is on hand to really boost your knowledge of Android OS, as well as taking a look at many aspects that make up the platform of apps on Android. This includes:

• - Design processes
• - How new interfaces such as voice can be applied and are evolving.
• - Using advertising to drive monetary opportunities
• - Creation and marketing of apps
• - Ways to customise and extend the platform and services.
• - Jelly Bean, how it works and what it will do for Android OS

With speakers from successful brands such as Facebook, Ebay, LinkedIn, Samsung and Google, there will be a lot of influential and informative seminars to attend. It’s a great opportunity to enhance your own knowledge of apps, of Android and of how they affect us.

Few months ago, Apple released their iPod nano watch in the market, and now there is an Android watch, from Sony. The watch is optimized for Sony Xperia smartphones, but it runs with pretty much every Android handset. All you need is Sony’s LiveWare app along with the SmartWatch plug-in. With this watch, you can check your messages, play your favorite music, check Facebook, Twitter and even perform some camera functions as well. It will be available in the market for $149.