Google gets patent for advanced display settings based on battery life

This patent is a pretty cool one, because it’s finally something that’s at least a little bit different. It’s not just a patent for something that we’ve all seen, but rather Google has been granted a patent for advanced display settings based on battery life. And, “advanced” is the key word here, because we’re not just talking about brightness.

According to the new patent granted for Google, there would be three different “operating modes” that would be implemented for OLED displays based on the batterylevel. On the first level, blur and animations would be disabled. On the second level, the resolution of the display would be lowered. On the third level, the display would only show black and red colors (the most power efficient colors for OLED displays).

Google begins allowing all developers to respond to user comments and reviews on Google Play

Google is continuing to encourage the connection between developers and users and now the company behind Android has allowed developers to respond to user reviews on Google Play.

“The feature originally rolled out to top developers, and we’re gradually expanding it to additional Google Play developers,” a Google spokesperson said.

The feature first launched for top developers in June 2012, and now all developers are getting the privilege to reply to users’ comments.

n Q3, Samsung Galaxy S3 best-selling smartphone in the world

Samsung was able to take advantage of the release of a new iPhone in order to take the title of world’s best-selling smartphone for Q3 of 2012. The Samsung Galaxy S3 sold 18 million units for the quarter in comparison to the iPhone 4S, which moved 16.2 million. This equates to a 10.7 percent share of the global smartphone market for the GS3 compared to the 9.7 percent of the iPhone 4S. While I hate to burst the bubble of fellow Android enthusiasts, however, it’s worth diving deeper into the statistics.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean: the new features

1. Android 4.2 has widgets on the lock screen

Lockscreen widgets! If we had to point out the most exciting new feature in Android 4.2 that would be it. Now, you can add all kinds of widgets to the lockscreen, and you simply access them by swiping to the left or right without needing to unlock the phone. This is one easy productivity boost that we’ve been wishing for in a while. Google’s Matias Duarte showed how you can set up a widget to access the camera by just swiping to the right, but you could also set up Gmail, weather and all sorts of useful widgetry.

Google announces Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 10 tablet, Android 4.2

Google on Monday introduced a new Nexus 4 smartphone to take on Apple’s iPhone 5, a 10-inch iPad competitor named the Nexus 10, and launched a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet with cellular data connectivity.

The trio of new products all run Android 4.2, what the company called a “new flavor” of its mobile operating system code-named Jelly Bean.

The products were initially planned to be unveiled at a media event in New York, but Hurricane Sandy prompted the search company to cancel its media presentation. As such, the new products were simply unveiled via a press release on Monday.

Huawei announces Honor 2 with quad-core processor, 4.5-inch IPS HD display

Huawei has announced the launch of the successor to Huawei Honor in the form of Honor II smartphone. Priced at 1,888 Yuan (INR 16,400), the Honor 2 will go on sale starting November 4 in China.

The smartphone features 4.5-inch IPS 1280x720p display, 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and 8GB of internal storage.

Just 10.5mm thick, Honor 2 comes with an 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, Android 4.0 and 2230 mAh battery.

Android Patcher Tool Brings Various Mods and Tweaks

There are numerous tools available to help users, beginning developers, and even some more knowledgeable developers modify programs and files. Many are pretty well known, including APKTooland Virtuous Ten Studio. However, others are obviously less well known.

The Android Patcher tool falls into the latter category, but it’s already gaining new features with every update. It was developed by XDA Forum MemberREDX36 and has a number of updates and features. Some of them include:

Google Nexus 10 tablet, specs outed (Gallery)

Brief Mobile just posted a bevy of leaked images and specs for what it claimed is Google’s upcoming Nexus 10 tablet expected to be unveiled Oct. 29 in New York City.

A breakdown of the device’s specs—via the tech website’s “trusted source”—revealed a dual-core Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 10.1-inch Super AMOLED display at 2,560-by-1,600-pixel resolution, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED, front-facing camera, NFC, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.0 capability, as well as Android 4.2 Jelly Bean preloaded

LG Nexus 4 gets lost in a bar , Here are the leaked Images and Videos of Nexus 4

The LG Nexus 4 is following in the footsteps of the Apple iPhone 4 and Apple iPhone 4S. No, it has nothing to do with sales or popularity or anything related to the performance of the phone. But just like Apple’s iconic smartphone back in April 2010 and again in August 2011, the LG Nexus 4 was accidentally left behind in a bar. In April 2010, the stakes were higher because the Apple iPhone 4 had not yet been seen by the public and the design was all new. No one knew if the device was really the next iPhone or just some fake. Of course, it did turn out to be the real thing. The device ended up getting purchased byGizmodo, allegedly for $5,000, and the cops raided  the editor’s home. Eventually, the device was returned to Apple.

Darned if the same thing didn’t happen the next year with the Apple iPhone 4S. This time, Apple joined the cops in raiding a person’s home and the device was never found. Instead, the cops did a thorough investigation of their role in the whole event and an Apple security chief ended up resigning.

LGE960 (LG Nexus 4) support page goes live on LG site

The product support page for the LGE960 has went live this evening, which pretty much tells us nothing we didn’t already know — the LG Nexus 4 is coming. As the folks at Ausdroid have found, the device warranty information points folks both to Google as well your “Telco”, which makes it sound that we’ll eventually see a version sold by carriers.