Android ICS for Samsung Galaxy Note to arrive in Q2, adds “Premium Suite” of apps

Android ICS for Samsung Galaxy Note to arrive in Q2, adds “Premium Suite” of apps

Korean mobile giant Samsung brings goods news for its Galaxy Note users by announcing a “Premium Suite” of apps that would be accompanied alongside the Android ICS 4.0 upgrade, worldwide upgrade schedule for same the begins Q2 this year. The new software suite aims at providing rich multimedia experience with new applications optimized and designed for the S Pen.

The apps that would be a part of the suite include S Note, My Story and Angry Birds Space. S Note is an on the go productivity app to fulfill multiple needs of professionals that includes “Shape Match and Formula Match applications that help correct and digitize geometric shapes and even solve numeric formulas hand-drawn with S Pen”. My Story is your companion to show off your creativity, helping you design digital e-cards by integrating content from various sources that include video, images, text, voice, and more. Angry Birds Space, the latest offering from Rovio Entertainment packs in great action and fun for gaming freaks, it also includes a special Galaxy Note level available exclusively for the Galaxy range of devices .

On the Android ICS 4.0 front we would see a completely new UI that offers a redesigned app menu and better multitasking support. The upgrade would showcase latest features like Android Beam, Face Unlock, Snapshot and more.

via Samsung Press

Sony’s first Android ICS Smartphone: Xperia neo L debuts in China

Sony’s first Android ICS Smartphone: Xperia neo L debuts in China

Today, Sony Mobile announced the Xperia neo L smartphone in China, the company’s first smartphone that would ship with Android ICS pre-installed on to it. The Xperia neo L is a successor to the Xperia neo and neo V smartphones that were introduced last year. The handset does not seem to carry major changes on the hardware front in comparison to its predecessors, it seems that the processor and other related specs remain more or less the same. The Xperia neo L sports a 4-inch FWVGA Display (854×480 pixels), 1GHz Single-Core Qualcomm processor, 1GB internal storage with Micro SD card support up to 32GB, 512MB RAM, 5MP camera with LED Flash (supports HD Video recording up to 720p), VGA front facing camera, 1500 mAh battery, and the key ingredient to the mix is Android Ice Cream Sandwich that comes pre-loaded.

The exact date for the product release or its exact availability is yet to be revealed.  We still speculate whether the handset would only be available to markets wide China or would be released globally.

We also saw some great Android handsets that were introduced earlier this year by Sony that include the Xperia P, Xperia U, and Xperia Sola. All devices boast great specs, but still await an upgrade to Android ICS, which should hopefully come through by the end of this year.

Evernote for Blackberry updated, adds better support for attachments

Evernote for Blackberry updated, adds better support for attachments

Evernote for Blackberry has just been updated today, the new version brings in some key changes to the app including improved support for attachments, snapshot optimization, less power consumption, better interface design and finally the app is faster than before.

Improved support for attachments

Evernote users can now easily add and create audio notes, snapshot notes, text note and notes with files attached to them. In the current update users can easily attach or remove attachments as per their needs by click pressing the “Clip” button and then pressing the “Add New” button.

Evernote for Blackberry updated, adds better support for attachments

Optimize and Resize Snapshots

If you are among users who take photo snapshots often, the app now allow users with the option scale the image or save and sync it with its original size. The change is very handy considering network usage, especially for people particularly on a 2G or a slow connection.

Evernote for Blackberry updated, adds better support for attachments

Besides the above changes, other improvements include speedy access to the application with changes to network connection management, less battery usage and a clean user interface.

via Evernote Blog

Adding Pinterest to your WordPress Site, the easy way

Adding Pinterest to your WordPress Site, the easy way

Pinterest is one big thing that everybody is targeting to gain traffic and visibility across varied platforms, beat it your website, mobile apps, or even all of us who target social media for big time conversion opportunity. The purpose for me to write this post comes into action, as I felt that many websites have mentioned complex ways to add Pinterest to WordPress powered blogs or sites, which include a bit of code to fumble around with, while most of us would not be at ease or would not like to give it a try. Before straightaway coming to the point as to how we integrate or add Pinterest, I would like to inform that “Pinterest” as a platform has massive potential for growth and everybody wants to target it as a platter of self publicity. I have gone through many success stories and I am still aiming to get the most out of the wonderful photo blog.

“My Point: No Coding and Easy Integration”

•    Pinterest Floating Style Integration

So for all the newbies or folks who don’t like to code or like managing everything in a way simple manner, I would suggest you people to use two plugins. The first plugin adds the “Pin It” in the form of a scrolling or floating share, the same plugin can be seen towards your left. It pins the featured image of your blog post on the fly to the Pinterest site. To make you remember, the floating share style is originally inherited from Mashable and has now become the most common phenomena across all sites. Beyond the “Pin It” option, you get standard features like Facebook Likes, Tweets, Google + 1’s, Digg, Stumble, Linkedin and more, which again depends on what all you want to add-on.

-> Download Floating Style Pinterest Add-on Plugin: Slick Social Share Buttons

-> Plugin Author Site: Design Chemical

•    Pinterest Button Above or Below Posts

The next plugin I share with you  is an interesting share as well, the reason why I am keeping it as backup or standby option is due to sole reason that most of us add the Facebook Like, Tweet, and Google+ 1 button with posts, when we simultaneously add the Pintrest “Pin It” button above or below posts it might spoil the appearance or layout of your respective WordPress sites.  It might also require you to work over the theme style sheet or CSS file to ensure proper and correct placement of the button.

I suggest two plugins that you may try, I have tried both but liked the floating variant personally and hence finalized on the same.

-> Pinterest “Pin It” Button By Phil Derksen (option to add the button at the top or below a post) : Download

-> Plugin Author Site: Phil Derksen

-> Pin It On Pinterest by Flaunt Your Site (option to add the button below a post): Download

-> Plugin Author Site: Flaunt Your Site

I hope that my post would help you achieve the goal and the momentum that “Pinterest” provides via huge audience and hence increasing visitors to the site as well the publicity gig over social networks. If you face any issues please leave a comment and I would get back to you at the earliest. You can also reach me if you need any Pinterest invitations. Enjoy ! 🙂