How to use Google Maps in iOS 6

Apple new mobile operating system for its mobile devices iOS 6 was made public by the corporate giant just a few days ago, with many new enhancements and features like Passbook, Facetime on cellular, improved Siri, it was awesome. One of the major update in the latest OS was that it lacks the Google Map, and was replaced by their own navigation app called Apple Maps. As soon as it was made public many drawbacks were put into the limelight which were similar to that of the ones which Google Maps once had during its initial release days. But as we know that Google Maps as of now is the undefeated Champ of the Mapping World, has left many Apple users to find the ways to get the app back, but unfortunately there is no chance, and as the Apple maps rely on the Crowd-sourcing for its update as stated by the Apple, it may get a lot of time to get completely usable.

But there is a way you can enjoy the benefit of the Google map services, by using your browser.

Here is how –
Go to your native Browser and enable the share location option. Then head towards “maps.google.com” and click on the book option located below the screen and place it on your icon rack, rename it to Google maps and you are done.
This is a bit like bookmarking, and till now this is the only way to get the benefit of the Google Map services, but there are rumors that, Google is upto something for the latest version of Apple iOS. Let’s hope that Latest Google Map app gets available soon for the Apple users desperately waiting for it, and does not face the same fate as was done to their Google Voice app for iOS.

Apple iOS 6 goes official

Apple at WWDC on Monday has announced the next generation iOS for it’s mobile devices. iOS 6 as claimed by the corporate giant has tons of new feature, with a updated Siri application, better Multitasking, inbuilt Facebook integration and all new Apple Maps.

Facebook Integration –
In the last update of the iOS, Apple included the Twitter integration which left many disappointed as Facebook integration was expected, But in the latest version all is sorted. Now you can directly upload pictures, share statutes and many more.

Apple Maps –
Apple this year has dumped the Google Maps and has launched it’s own version of Navigation application. The latest release by the Apple will have Turn by Turn navigation, 3D Maps, points-of-interest searching, integration with Siri for commands, and the ability to submit anonymous traffic/incident reports.

Safari(browser) –
Apple has copied some of its competitors with some much-needed upgrades features for Safari. First and foremost is the ability to sync open tabs from Safari on a desktop to Safari on an iOS device via iCloud. This also requires OS X Mountain Lion, but still, it took Apple long enough. Opera, Firefox, and others have offered this for ages.

Siri –
This personal voice assistant app, has gained a lot of popularity since its arrival in the last update, and this time Apple has updated it’s data base, which will give the users, better interaction for the commands input.

There are also many more features, not yet, in-depth explained in the presentation, till the just wait till the iOS6 will go live for download the Apple’s mobile devices.

Google’s Online Storage, The Google Drive may get live next Week !

Rumors about the Google Cloud Data Storage, are on the high these days, as the news is striking, they are saying that, the service will be live by the middle next week. If the online tech blogs are right which are writing a lot on this topic, the site will give a initial of 5GB of storage, though more will be available at a cost, but it is better than the Dropbox free account which offers only 2GB initially.

 

Moreover the official news is not out on any of the Google’s Blog, but more likely, this services will be available on all the major Operating systems like, Windows, mac etc  and on mobile platforms like Android and iOS.

Competition for the Dropbox more likely to increase a lot, as the Google is himself emerging as a giant now in Cloud Computing, lets see what happens next when the Service will get live at https://drive.google.com, will it be better or best, we’ll surely find out  when we’ll get our hands on it !

Samsung Galaxy S3, the best ever smartphone !

Rumors are every where that the most awaited Samsung galaxy S3 the best ever innovation by the Korea Giant will make it’s debut in June or July, actual dates are yet to be finalize and the officials are not clarifying anything. But now a days more and more websites are writing on this topic and everyday something is new is there on the net about the most awaited device.
But one thing is clear that Samsung will take not any chance, in this battle against the already well established iPhone 4s, because this battle will not be that as easy for the both warlords !

How Samsung Galaxy S3 will look like :
There is already much about this everywhere, but the most recent rumors indicates that, this revolutionary device would have a 4.3 inch Super Amoled Plus screen, and on top of that it will be the thinnest, only  7 millimeters thick. Samsung’s current smartest phone Galaxy S2 is 8.49 millimeters thick.

Speculated features of Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III

• 4.6 inches wide screen, 720 x 1280 pixels display
• Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen
• 16M colors
• Push Mail
• RSS
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
• SNS integration
• MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
• MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
• Organizer
• Image/video editor
• Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
• Voice memo/ dial/ commands

The battle will be the must watch one, who will win Samsung Galaxy S3 or the Apple’ next ,iPhone 5 !

iPhone 4Gs is the Next Apple Product !

Apple

Apple inc on Tuesday launched it’s yet another smartphone, claiming to be the best ever by Apple, as said by the CEO Tim Cook. There was, many speculations, that the the Apple will launch two phones in the same event, but all things, did’nt went the way others expected. Apple launched, iPhone 4Gs, studded with a, lighting fast A5 processor, the same which is being use in the iPad 2. However, there are plenty of many updates to this model than the earlier one, iPhone 4S is said to have a battery life of 8 hours 3G talk time and can run 10 hours of video, and high quality 8.0 megapixel camera of 1080p HD recording.

Earlier, Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President of iOS Software at Apple Inc, took stage at Apple’s iPhone event on Tuesday to talk about iOS 5. iOS 5 which has 200 new features will be available as a free update on October 12. According to Reuters, Scott Forstall talked about the integration of Twitter into many of Apple’s built-in apps. He also introduced ‘iMessage’, a service for iOS users.
iOS 5 will include things such as wireless device setup and content syncing, and beefed-up camera, email and Web-browsing apps. A new service called iMessage will allow iOS 5 users to send text messages to each other over Wi-Fi or wireless carriers’ data networks, while a folder called Newsstand will corral newspaper and magazine app subscriptions in one place to make it easier to find them. When it comes out, the software will also be available for Apple’s iPad, iPhone 4 and 3GS and the two most recent generations of the iPod Touch.

Another, eye catching feature of the new iPhone is the the all new voice assistant app, called Siri, this is the inbuilt feature, but not the same as the voice search feature of the android, it is much much more, it almost behaves as the your personal assistant, and can assist you to do lot of work on the go.

-Siddhartha Rangra

The Nexus

The Nexus

There is a lot on web about the, ruler of Smartphones iPhone 4 Successor iPhone 5.
As the rumors are already indicating that this phone will be set to release in the next few months, Android has also, setup the ground, to give Apple a, quality amount of competition.
Google has already confirmed, couple of weeks back, that the next major android release will  be the Android OS version 2.4, which will be nicknamed as ”ice-cream sandwich ”. So obviously there must the device, in making to become the first to get this update, as the trend has been already set up  by the Google, Nexus series are the one that have always, got the advantage to get it first. Many websites have already claimed that the next Nexus phone, rumored name to have Nexus Prime will be the first to support the Android 2.4.

A fresh picture has been discovered online with a series of hardware specifications that will be equipped in Nexus Prime. The picture has been captured over at suspect looking retailer listing for  the rumored device, which is available to view at pleasure over at the Hantec Website.
As seen on the pictures on website, the obvious highlight of this model is that there is no physical hardware or capacitive buttons, meaning the navigation on the Nexus Prime could be handled solely on the rumored 4.5 touchscreen. It can also be seen through the pictures that there are silver trims around the device, leading to some suggestions that this could be fake since it looks remarkably like a device that HTC would built – not Samsung.

Out of all this, one thing is clear that the Nexus Prime, will be a beast, which could become a worry to Apple’s iPhone 5.

iOS devices Finally Gets the Flash Support.

Apple Devices will able to run Flash Files. !!  Yeah this will be true, from now onward.
The news that the Apple iPad and iPhone owners have long been waiting for has finally arrived, with Adobe announcing its new Flash Media Server (FMS) 4.5.
The announcement means that the iOS devices will be able to play Flash Video. This is because the flash media server 4.5, Adobe has included support for iOS mobile operating system, as well Quick Time.

So how does it work! Well it seems that the FMS 4.5 allows broadcaster to stream the Flash based Video content in a Apple derived format, HTTP live streaming to iOS devices. But it should be noted that…

Gorilla® Glass for Touchscreen Phones

Corning Incorporated, in 2008 came up  with an extremely advance, hard, and resistive to almost any harsh environment, Glass Display for High-end Touchscreen phones, They called it Gorilla® Glass.
Gorilla glass is the most typically advance hardware display technology for almost all kind of touchscreen devices, which offers a magnificent level of durablity for the gadgets. Practically speaking Gorilla Glass display is the most rugged, unscratchable, unshatterable, glass on the earth. (As claimed by the Corning Incorporated)

Gorilla Glass is an environmentally friendly alkali-aluminosilicate thin-sheet glass designed specifically to function as a cover glass for portable display devices. It is made up of small nano-structured glass optical fiber which give it extra durability and its superior composition allows a deeper layer of chemical strengthening than is possible with other chemically strengthened glasses, giving it an increased ability to resist and withstand damage.

These days, many high-end phones are offering this. iPhone4 and Samsung galaxy S were among the first to offer this technology.
Dell streak, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Dell avenue pro, Samsung epic 4g, Nokia N8 are also among the many smart phones which are using this these days.