Jelly Bean: Next Version of Android OS

Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that “We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about”.

Not only that Google is preparing to release Ice Cream Sandwich but also they are looking forward to the next version Android OS after ICS. According to thisismynext, the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich will be known as “Jelly Bean”. The name is not yet finalized but looks like Jelly Bean is on top of the choice.

As we know Google has a tradition of naming Android versions after desserts and the next version of Android name should start with “J”.

Following the tradition there isn’t much deserts started with “J” so it seems Jelly Bean is a solid choice. The source also mentioned “Jelly Bean” would be all about ““game-changing stuff” that had originally been scheduled for Ice Cream Sandwich is now being pushed to Jelly Bean, as google in hurry to release Ice Cream Sandwich. Still, there are some fairly major architectural, functional, and design changes coming in Ice Cream Sandwich according to the source. For now we are all excited to see Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Android Virus Protection, Two Free Apps Available

However, Android uses a so-called open-source method allowing some apps to be downloaded without having been checked for viruses.Bloomberg News’ Rich Jaroslovsky suggests that Android users download Symantec’s free Norton Mobile Security Lite or Lookout Mobile Security.

“Luckily, Android Market is full of security apps, many of them free, that provide at least a basic layer of protection. Most of these will scan newly downloaded apps for viruses and spyware. Many also offer paid versions with additional features, such as the ability to remotely erase your phone if it goes missing. (Before signing up, make sure you’re not buying services you’re already getting through your wireless carrier or other sources.),”

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Android Takes 20% Smartphone Marketshare

Along with the growth of Indonesian mobile market, we started to collect few data that could probably help understand the mobile market better. We’ve written about the future of smartphones and feature phones here, but we haven’t exactly write about the numbers to support it. So here it goes.

Indonesia claimed 63 percent mobile internet adoption rate, a 158 percent monthly increase. This significant growth is mostly triggered by the availability of cheaper smartphone devices with standard features like web-browsing, Facebook, Twitter, chat, emails and cameras. Lots of cheap phones enter the rural mass-market with prices as low as $80 and ridiculously cheap data plans as low as $4 per month.

Barriers all gone.

All mobile phones in Indonesia 25% of 3,1 million is a Smartphone. Interestingly, 20% of them are Android. If you walk down the main streets of Indonesia’s big cities, you’ll see there’s a lot of billboards for Android devices from various manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and even the local player Nexian. Along with its open-source nature, Android is taking new people from lower economy to experience smartphone supported by these manufacturers with their own market segments and economy classes.

In fact, Samung is enjoying the fast-growth of Android devices. “The growing adoption of smartphones in Indonesia in 2010 reached 65%. It is even higher than the growth of the global smartphone (60%)” said Budi Janto, Samsung Mobile Bussiness Director. In the Android phones Samsung mastering 78% all of them, and on the side of the tablet computer has a 60% market share in Indonesia.

And although BlackBerry is still arguably dominating the young modern market, Android can start gaining smartphone marketshare and iPhone can finally get their devices sold properly. There is 1 iPhone for every 12 BlackBerry devices in Indonesia, which is good compared to last year.

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Operate Your Canon DSLR from Your Android With DSLR Controller

iOS users have long had the ability to control their cameras with their iPhones and iPads, but DSLR Controller now brings that to Android for your Canon DSLR.

The software is currently in beta, but getting it working took less than a minute. You just grab it from the Android Marketplace and connect your Canon DSLR via USB (you’ll need a USB host cable if your Android device doesn’t have a regular-sized USB port). Presuming the app is loaded and your camera is on, you should see what your camera sees in the main viewer on the screen. Because all this data is happening via USB, it updates really quickly and is far more usable than the Live View support you’ll get over Wi-Fi on an iPhone app.

In addition to Live View, DSLR Controller lets you adjust pretty much every setting on your camera (e.g. aperture, exposure, ISO, etc.), can take photos, and more. While the app is currently in beta and might not work for every camera, it worked great with my 5D Mark II and support should broaden in the future. If you’ve ever tethered your camera to your computer or an iOS device before, you know the experience is not ideal. DSLR Controller, on the other hand, isn’t cumbersome or slow. It’s a very promising option for tethered shooting.

DSLR Controller (~$8.50) | Android Marketplace

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Microsoft Get Benefited From Android

Microsoft is also taking advantage of the popularity of the Android operating system. The world’s largest software vendor is reported to gain more revenue from Android platform rather than homemade, Windows Phone 7. Microsoft did not engage directly towards making Android or handset. However, they are known to draw royalties from licensing patents on Android phones, especially the HTC brand. Sales of mobile Windows 7 Phone is far less encouraging.

While HTC’s sales large enough thanks to the adoption of the Android OS. Then estimated, Android just finished mine money for Microsoft. “1.4 million unit sales of Windows Phone with $ 15 per unit royalty to Microsoft gets USD 21 million in the second quarter of 2011. While the HTC phones sold 12 million, with USD 5 per unit royalty to Microsoft earned $ 60 million of Android,” Market analysts call the Horace Dedieu from Asymco.

In 2010, Microsoft and HTC reach patent agreement. Although not stated implicitly how the royalties should be paid for HTC on Microsoft, said to amount to $ 5 per unit sold. Microsoft is also currently trying to achieve more or less the same deal with Motorola. Microsoft judge Android phones Motorola violated its patent related to the process of application and data syncing.

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Google Wants to Redact Email In Android Lawsuit

Google asks the judge in charge of the lawsuit that Oracle filed against it to redact an email written by one of its employees. The search giant said that it is a confidential document and Oracle should not have revealed it in the court.

Oracle filed the lawsuit last August 2010 and claimed that Google’s Android platform violated several patents that Oracle owned through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The email in question came from Google engineer Tim Lindholm and was sent in August 2010. In the email he said that they were asked to investigate alternatives to Java for Chrome and Android to which he said that there is none and that Google should negotiate for a Java license.

The contents of the email were disclosed last week during a hearing. Judge William Alsup told Google’s lawyers during the hearing that the company they represent will be at the losing end if the contents were revealed to a jury. He said to Oracle’s side that the email is good evidence against the search giant.

Google doesn’t want the email to be made public, especially not in front of a jury. The company maintained that the document was highly confidential and the protective order says that parties involved should give other parties notice when the proceeding will include protected material.

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