Software2Tech.com

Google is on stage in NYC and just announced their Google Wallet and Offers services. Google is teaming with MasterCard, Citigroup and Sprint to launch a new phone-based mobile payment system.

The services will combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone. Together the services will work like this: Coupons for items you buy regularly will pop up on your phone, or items the store you’re shopping at is out of will pop up on the phone and let you buy that item online. When you check out, you wave your phone over a terminal, which will charge your card. Meanwhile your loyalty points with that merchant will be added to your phone. Eventually receipts will be delivered to your phone.

More info: googleblog

Join US At FaceBook

Today, LG has made it official announces LG Revolution for Verizon Wireless Communication Stores.  The LG Revolution is another LTE that comes with a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 4.3” 480×800 screen and run Android 2.2.  LG Revolution is the first Android smartphone preloaded with the Neflix application which allow Netflix subscribers access to movies and television shows. Revolution by LG will be available in Verizon Wireless Communication Stores for $249.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.  Here is LG Revolution key features:

- 4G LTE – customers can expect download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G Mobile Broadband coverage areas.

- 1 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon® processor.

- Android 2.2 platform.

- Access to more than 200,000 apps available to download from Android Market.

- Bing Search and Maps.

- Adobe® Flash® Player.

- Rear-facing 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.

- 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat.

- 720p HD video recording and playback.

- Wi-Fi connectivity 802.11 b/g/n.

- Mobile Hotspot capability allows customers to share 4G LTE with up to 8 Wi-Fi-enabled devices or a 3G connection with up to 5 devices.

- Bluetooth® Version 3.0 Support Profiles: headset, hands-free, object push, advanced audio distribution (stereo), audio/video remote control, file transfer, phone book access.

- V CAST Apps.

- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with SWYPE technology.

- Equipped with Dolby Mobile for a rich listening experience.

- Extensive image editor includes: crop, rotate, resize, apply filters, image adjustments, draw, write, erase and add stamps.

- 16 GB preinstalled microSD car.

Video: LG Revolution Review (via)

Join Us At FaceBook

Today, Google has updated Maps to version 5.5 and bring some new features. This release adds ‘check in’ and ‘rate and review’ buttons to Place pages, the option to edit your home/work address for Latitude, and redesigned transit station pages.

What’s in this version:

Check in and check out directly from Place pages.

Change your Latitude work and home addresses.

See the redesigned transit station pages.

Google Maps 5.5 Apk: Link

(Android Market link)

Join Us At FaceBook

Today, BlueStacks has announced  that  BlueStacks Emulator  is to gets work that allows users with an x86 PC to run Android applications. BlueStacks is a multi-OS runtime with breakthrough virtualization technology that can run Windows programs and Android apps simultaneously, and switch seamlessly between them. The BlueStacks user interface is fully configurable and employs a lightweight, optimized, soft hypervisor with deep enhancements to support “embedded virtualization. End consumers can enjoy the full Android environment through BlueStacks, or just install Android app icons directly on the Windows desktop. Have a look at the BlueStacks demonstrating its Android emulator for Windows PCs,

More info: Allthingsd , BlueStacks

Join us At FaceBook

If you have NVIDIA Tegra powered Android device, you can easily find games that are optimized to exploit the full potential of the Tegra mobile processor. You can download and play lot of NVIDIA nice 3D graphics games such as SAMURAI II: VENGEANCE.

Yes, there have a lot of NVIDIA games which are specifically for Tegra devices and i think that  many Android users face the problem that want to play these games but they don’t have the proper hardware. But don’t worry about it, now Tegra Specific Games can be played on Non-Tegra Devices using Chainfire 3D driver. For your info, Chainfire3D is  an intermediary OpenGL driver which can link or communicate between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins to provide extra functionality. Chainfire3D is free apps and only support 1ghz or more and rooted Android devices only. Overall. With OpenGL video driver Chainfire 3D, a few nifty plug-ins, and bit of crafty tinkering you can now play Tegra specific games on non-Tegra devices.

Here is instruction on how to setup Chainfire3D  and play NVIDIA Tegra  on Non Tegra Android Phones. Before start, you must make sure that your phones has gain root access. Otherwise, you can use Z4root, universal Androot, Superoneclick or other root tools to root your Android Phone.

Step 1: Download Chainfire3D  and setup on Android phones.

Step 2: Launch  and click on CF3D driver and then click on Install. Your Android phone will reboot once installation complete.

Step 3: Now Download and unzip CF3D driver Plug-ins zip file (Link). These file have libGLEMU_NVIDIA, libGLEMU_POWERVR and libGLEMU_QUALCOMM. So now , we want to play NVIDIA Games, so just copy libGLEMU_NVIDIA and place on your Android phones SD Card.

Step 4: Launch CF3D driver  again and click on the “Install Plugin” , then click on the libGLEMU_NVIDIA.

Step 5: Click on use plugin and then select plugin.

Step 6: Thats all and now you can play NVIDIA Tegra games on your Android Phones. ( I have try on nexus one with SAMURAI II: VENGEANCE games, it run smooth! )

According to the developer , there may have some risk involved, so you should have either root access in recovery, a CWM backup, or a firmware to flash handy. Nevertheless, the driver has been tested and found working on the following devices:

- HTC HD2
- Samsung Galaxy S
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7″
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Samsung Epic 4G
- Motorola Atrix 4G
- Motorola Droid 2
- LG Optimus 2X
- Google Nexus S

Download [root] Chainfire3D Apk: Link

(Android Market link)

Join Us At FaceBook

Following the launch of the Vega Racer smartphone, Pantech has released the Vega No. 5, a smartphone/tablet hybrid that sports a beautiful 5″ screen. The Vega No. 5 has some of the most impressive specs we’ve seen on a 5″ hybrid device and power by dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (MSM8×60), making it one of the fastest Android handsets available. Here is the Vega No. 5 main features,

- Dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (MSM8×60).

- 800 x 480 5-inch display.

- 1GB of DDR2 RAM.

- 16GB of internal storage.

- 8MP rear camera + LED flash capable of 1080p video capture.

- Front camera.

- SDHC card slot.

- DLNA, DMB antenna.

- NFC support .

- Android Gingerbread 2.3.

The No.5 is to come later this month in Korea in the shops, prices and availability of the racers are not known. Hands-on video after the break.

Join Us At FaceBook

Microsoft today previewed many of the new features to be included in the upcoming Mango update of Windows Phone 7. Updated Windows Phone 7 platform includes more than 500 new features designed to improve multitasking, offer more dynamic information and make apps and the OS work together more efficiently.

For more info on this Windows Phone 7 features , you can check out all the features and updates for Windows Phone in this almost 11-minute video by Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president of Windows Phone.

Updated features on Windows Phone 7 were impressive, it looks like a very solid update and will make a very good smartphone operating system even better. But, i think that  Mango still won’t be enough to help Microsoft gain on the iPhone and Android phones.

Join Us At FaceBook

Robots took over your world. This is your chance to take it back.The humanity had fallen. In the great robot uprising machines took the planet over. Empire of Machine is the new world order. It’s time to take it back! One node at a time.Rip through your enemies with lasers, electrocute them or fry them with microwaves. Deploy your own robots to fight for you or steal them from your enemy. Protect and upgrade your forces or throw them away in a ruthless wave of destruction.

Robotek is a latest or new released Android games from Hexage. The game map is spread in some locations on the planet and gameplay will lead by offense, defense, counterattack, combos and more with the aid of a slot machine. You can gain experience from every battle, level up, gain power and crush the Empire of Machine. This version, Robotek 1.0 is optimized for handsets and tablets with resolution 800×480 and higher (Galaxy S, Droid, Desire, Incredible, myTouch 4G, G2, EVO, Nexus One, Nexus S, Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom, Advent Vega, etc.).

Robotek features,

- Unique blend of strategy, action and RPG.

- More than 200 levels spread all around the world.

- Rewarding skill system with more than 30 levels.

- 9 upgradable slot symbols to fit your own style of play.

- 4 special abilities including the devastating Nuke.

- Play thrilling hotseat duels with your friends.

- Online hall of fame – Your scores can only grow.

- Facebook leaderboards .

- Signature soundtrack by kubatko.

Download Robotek 1.0 Apk: Link

(Android Market link)

Join Us At FaceBook

A new report from DigiTimes suggested that the iPhone 5 will sport a curved glass cover,

“There has been a fair amount of buzz on the iPhone 5, and the latest being circulated around the supply chain in Taiwan is that Apple is going to adopt a curved cover glass for its next generation model, according to industry sources.

However, in order to push forward the production of curved glass, Apple reportedly has purchased 200-300 glass cutting machines to be used by glass makers, said the sources.” – DigiTimes

A curved glass display on the iPhone 5 would mean that Apple is actually going for a full-on redesign of the iPhone. The iPhone 5, Apple’s next-gen smartphone, could have a curved glass display similar to Samsung’s Nexus S and HTC Sensation as being one of the few high-end models with slightly curved screen. As expected, iPhone 5 won’t arrive this summer, but closer to the holiday 2011 shopping season because Apple is still working on sourcing the parts for the coming iPhone 5.

images via

Join Us At FaceBook

Previously, engadget reported and showed us some of the blurrycam snapshot  purported to be Sony Ericsson’s resurrection of its Cyber-shot phone. The images are not clear but show a touchscreen Sony Ericsson handset carrying the Cyber-shot logo on the front. The three buttons on the bottom of the phone would imply it would run Android, with the return, home and menu keys in the same order as the newest Xperia handsets.

Rumor around the network would like to Android as the base operating system, and should Cybershot (almost certainly) to refer to a device intended more to photography . Here was was a concept created by Shane A. Bygrave who now details his work in the following pics, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot Android phone.

Join Us At FaceBook