The All New: GOOGLE PLAY

Introducing

An Evolution of Android Market

Go to http://play.google.com on our Android Phone to get a feel of it

In Simple Words, All your hubs which include Books, Music, Videos, Apps etc etc under one roof.. 

I Say - - - >> Play Long & Go On n On n On

Google Play will become the single destination for all of the company's buyable content. Accordingly, the standard Android books, music, and video apps will become Google Play Books, Google Play Music, and Google Play Movies. But it's not just about devices. Google Play is meant to bring together the company's content offerings in both mobile and browser experiences.

Android devices running version 2.2 or later will have their Market app automatically updated "over the coming days," while the Google Play Store moniker will make its way into the Google sandbar, much like the Google+ service. The Android Market name will be retired, though you won't miss it much since the Google Play Store looks nearly identical.

With Google Play you can:

• Store up to 20,000 songs for free and buy millions of new tracks
• Download more than 450,000 Android apps and games
• Browse the world’s largest selection of eBooks
• Rent thousands of your favorite movies, including new releases and HD titles

Google is also using this opportunity to show off its competitive pricing in movies, music, and books, with deals happening throughout the week in celebration of the launch. A full gamut of content will be available here in the US, while services will be limited in other countries due to licensing deals (or lack thereof). Irrespective of country, the Android Market will be replaced with Google Play as the official Android app destination.

Source: Google Blog

All pics in this post are my *OWN*

The All New: GOOGLE PLAY

Introducing

An Evolution of Android Market

Go to http://play.google.com on our Android Phone to get a feel of it

In Simple Words, All your hubs which include Books, Music, Videos, Apps etc etc under one roof.. 

I Say - - - >> Play Long & Go On n On n On

Google Play will become the single destination for all of the company's buyable content. Accordingly, the standard Android books, music, and video apps will become Google Play Books, Google Play Music, and Google Play Movies. But it's not just about devices. Google Play is meant to bring together the company's content offerings in both mobile and browser experiences.

Android devices running version 2.2 or later will have their Market app automatically updated "over the coming days," while the Google Play Store moniker will make its way into the Google sandbar, much like the Google+ service. The Android Market name will be retired, though you won't miss it much since the Google Play Store looks nearly identical.

With Google Play you can:

• Store up to 20,000 songs for free and buy millions of new tracks
• Download more than 450,000 Android apps and games
• Browse the world’s largest selection of eBooks
• Rent thousands of your favorite movies, including new releases and HD titles

Google is also using this opportunity to show off its competitive pricing in movies, music, and books, with deals happening throughout the week in celebration of the launch. A full gamut of content will be available here in the US, while services will be limited in other countries due to licensing deals (or lack thereof). Irrespective of country, the Android Market will be replaced with Google Play as the official Android app destination.

Source: Google Blog

All pics in this post are my *OWN*

Remove Apps Completely from Your Android

When we install apps in our Androids.. A lotta folders and files get created in the phone which will be visible when you go to the file manager.. You must have created just a couple of folders for music, images & videos but as you install and uninstall applications in your Android, the apps keep creating folders in your mobile and start storing some data/cache in those folders..

When you directly uninstall an app from mobile directly from the applications.. The app is deleted but what about those folders and files it had created for its running??
They do not get deleted. So, here's a way to go about it which deletes all folders and cache stored because of the app and then uninstall the app. Long press the centre key or go inside the task manager, Installed apps.. First thing to do it to Force stop the app.. Just do it. Then press the  clear cache key and it deletes all the stored files from the mobile and then press uninstall key and remove the app. I know it takes some to do this but it surely is helpful.. You can figure out in your file explorer and you wont find any such folders.

Remove Apps Completely from Your Android

When we install apps in our Androids.. A lotta folders and files get created in the phone which will be visible when you go to the file manager.. You must have created just a couple of folders for music, images & videos but as you install and uninstall applications in your Android, the apps keep creating folders in your mobile and start storing some data/cache in those folders..

When you directly uninstall an app from mobile directly from the applications.. The app is deleted but what about those folders and files it had created for its running??
They do not get deleted. So, here's a way to go about it which deletes all folders and cache stored because of the app and then uninstall the app. Long press the centre key or go inside the task manager, Installed apps.. First thing to do it to Force stop the app.. Just do it. Then press the  clear cache key and it deletes all the stored files from the mobile and then press uninstall key and remove the app. I know it takes some to do this but it surely is helpful.. You can figure out in your file explorer and you wont find any such folders.

Android Market Applications Problem Discovered

Okay here is it.. I always wondered why does the market clean all the apps when I clear the mobile log or clean cache.. Well I never found a solution untill I was installing some apps sometime back and noticed that different apps were getting installed with different gmail ID's I have on my Android.

If you have more than 1 gmail id's you are using on your mobile, go to the Market, Options, Accounts, change the gmail accounts and again go to Options, My Apps and see different apps in different gmail id's.. Weird right..

Trying to find a solution to this now, your comments are welcome to sort this out..

Android Market Applications Problem Discovered

Okay here is it.. I always wondered why does the market clean all the apps when I clear the mobile log or clean cache.. Well I never found a solution untill I was installing some apps sometime back and noticed that different apps were getting installed with different gmail ID's I have on my Android.

If you have more than 1 gmail id's you are using on your mobile, go to the Market, Options, Accounts, change the gmail accounts and again go to Options, My Apps and see different apps in different gmail id's.. Weird right..

Trying to find a solution to this now, your comments are welcome to sort this out..

Beat roaming charges

Shocked by your roaming charges-theres an App for that.

Your away for holiday, you still want to check into Foursquare, Gowalla and get your twitter density reading from the Clima meter so you can see what is hot and what is not, but do you dare come home to a 2,000 pound mobile phone bill?

The online tech site ZD Net has just started a campaign to bring roaming prices down. It surveyed 1,300 of its readers worldwide, and they weren't happy either.
"We have to stand up for our readership on this one, it seems to us it's a very clear cut case of people being charged over the odds for something that is becoming crucial to all of us," said David Meyer from ZDNet.

Making use of voicemail while you're away may seem sensible - but those doing so may have to pay double or even triple the international rate.

Turning off roaming doesn't mean you need to be cut off. You can still hook up to local wi-fi networks that will let you use all the usual VOIP services, like Skype, Viber and Jajah.

The other useful tool when you're on wi-fi is instant messaging services, like Whatsapp , Pingchat and Meebo.

Google maps lets you search for free wi-fi access points by location. NavFree is a turn-by-turn satnav app for Apple mobile devices, soon to be released on Androids too. OffMaps is another mapping app for iPhones that stores the data on your handset before you depart. For Android users there is AndNav2. and Nokia users are looked after too with Ovi maps.

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