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How to add album art using Windows media player in Windows 7

Some times album art will not be found in your song which was downloaded from internet or shared from some one. Most of us like to have album art for quicker access and nice view in your handy gadgets. Native Windows media players comes with "Advance tag editor" option to add album art manually. But the latest versions don't have such option. To overcome this issue just do the following steps.

1. Download the required album art
2. Copy the album art picture
3. Open the song in library mode
4. Right click the default album art displayed in WMP
5. Click Paste and your album art will be applied to the song.

HTC Wildfire gets Froyo aka Android2.2 update

HTC gifted Froyo for this holiday season to its Wildfire device owners. Froyo update to HTC Wildfire is considered as a rumor until the last minute before the update was announced. The update is now available in European countries and other parts of the world will receive later with slight delay. 

You can download the ROM update from HTC server through OTA using your WiFi or 3G internet service. It is not recommended to use low speed data connection because the update size is more than 50MB, may cause damage to the OS if the update fails. HTC have done lot of tuning in Froyo to work with low spec device like Wildfire. Lets see how the wildfire spreads.

Logo Design Techniques

Logo makes important part for each and every organization. A perfect logo describes the creativity of the company's idea. Some of the perfect logos are Apple, Java, Disney, etc. Some logos doesn't contain the name but its structure itself enough to describe its organization. Apple logo is the perfect example for Apple and Mac products.

Logo Design Tips are much more important things to be considered before releasing a logo for your company. Because first impression is the best impression. You should be able to show the first logo as perfect. A perfect logo has some characteristics like unique, elegant, attractive, simple, understandable, impressive, compact, stylish, etc. Expert's are always available for you to design a best logo which suits your company and also your products. It is better to have an expert's idea before doing any work. If it is logo you should spent some time to make it perfect because sometimes its like the mirror of your products. Design a better logo and make business better.

Mobile Number Portability - MNP service started in India

Indian government activated Mobile Number Portability - MNP service in specific part of the country as test run. MNP allows you to change your mobile operator without changing your existing mobile number i.e. no need to buy a new number. This will be good for all mobile phone customers who want to change their service provider but don't want to change their No.

You have to send a SMS to 1900 to change your service provider. Then they will send you an port number, using that you can change your service provider. You will be charged 19 INR for new connection. The connection charges can be waived if operator wishes. You have to suffer a two hour no service in the time of switch process. You can't change the mobile operator again until 90 days from your previous change operation. Changes only allowed within state and not state to state. GSM to CDMA or CDMA to GSM also possible. MNP will be activated on or before 20th Jan 2010 in all other parts of the Country.

How to improve your Android phone's battery backup

We have seen lot of Android phone users complaining about their phone's battery backup. But actually Android OS doesn't consume as much. Normal battery backup can be improved by following these simple steps.

1. Always turn off Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and  3G mobile network when not needed

2. Turn off data synchronizing which is turned on by default setup and eats lots of battery. You can turn off this by Settings -> Accounts & Sync -> Background data.

3. Screen brightness should be set to Auto

4. Turn off location services which sends your geographical data to Google at regular intervals. You can do this by Settings -> Location -> uncheck both Use wireless networks and Use GPS satellites options.

5. The most important thing in battery management is using a task killer because Android OS doesn't have a perfect task killer mechanism. We prefer Advanced Task Killer application which is a freeware available in the Android market.

We have tested an HTC Wildfire without these tweaks, unfortunately the battery lasts only 5 hours because HTC sense will open more apps by default. The good news is we got almost 1.5 days of battery backup after following the above simple steps. Now, you can save your time from continuous charging of your mobile phone. These tips and tricks will be applicable for all HTC Android mobile phones.

Your favourite Winamp available for Android

Winamp is one of the best media player available for PC. Now it is also available for Android mobile devices. Yes, you can download Winamp beta from Android market. It has wonderful user interface and playback as like its PC version. The main advantage over inbuilt music player is headset control. Even though you don't have a  headset with play/pause or next song buttons, you can do it with the single call button. Single click for play/pause and double click for next song.

This is almost perfect version but when we press the button in headset to attend the call, the player resumes automatically and both song and voice call clashes. But this is almost impossible situation. This happens only when player is idle and you attend the call with headset control enabled in Winamp. If we attend a call during playing a song, the song gets paused and voice call attend action happens perfectly. It is always recommended to turn off the headset control in Winamp settings when the player is in idle.

Compatible devices are HTC Desire, HTC Wildfire, HTC Legend. Samsung Galaxy and all android devices which run Android OS 2.1 or higher. You can download this beta version through following download link (Note: right click and use the option "Save Target As") or via android market by scanning the below QR code.



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Xperia family finally getting Android 2.1


We got an announcement with legal letterhead, It's a good news for all Xperia X10 owners. Sony Ericsson has announced Eclair - Android 2.1 update for all its Xperia X10 devices. X10 is a powerful device but currently it runs older version of Android OS. Now this update is not only for X10, its for the whole X10 family covering Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro. Sony Ericsson is too late in bringing this update but we appreciate it has announced for all X10 family devices.
 
Xperia X10 gets Eclair packed with 720p HD video recording with Auto focus, Social phone book  integration, Backup and restore application, 5 home screens in which you can add widgets, shortcuts and folders. Xperia X10 mini and its brother X10 mini pro will be getting Improved messaging and contacts applications, Improved Bluetooth functionality, Backup and restore functionality and Performance improvements in multimedia and gallery apps.

The update will be available around the world one by one (i.e by region). Don't forget to check out updates coming Sunday and don't panic if update is not available, it will take some time to release in your country. This is not a update, Sony Ericsson has given you a perfect Christmas gift.

Sony Ericsson Play Station Phone Leaked

Sony Ericsson is going to release Play Station phone ? Yes we have got some leaked images of actual prototype. This is good news for mobile gamers to advance their gaming portability. There is no official statement released yet but seeing this image it is a trusted rumor. On the technical part we believe this device will be running Android OS, Xperia family member and other tech specs are not revealed. Lets hope we will be getting atleast official announcement of this device during festival holidays.

Sony announced 16.4MP and 8.1MP camera sensors for mobiles


Sony announced world first 16.4MP( IMX081PQ) and budget friendly 8.1MP( IMX105PQ) CMOS camera sensors for mobile phones. These type of CMOS sensors are currently used with HD digital camera but now they are going to be available for our mobile devices also.  IMX081PQ uses 1.21 microns size pixels whereas  IMX105PQ uses 1.4 microns size pixels which is very smaller pixel for mobiles and can't offer good image quality.  But Sony claims that it uses Exmor R technology which can optimize the pixels for high quality images.

Both devices are capable of shooting HD videos in 1080p and 720p at 30frames/sec. The 16.4MP unit can shoot 720p HD video at 60frames/sec. These modules are enough to load your photo albums with lot of HQ images. 16.4MP sensor will ship in January and its accompanying module will be available in March of 2011. 8.1MP complete unit will be available from March of next year.

Approximate price of 16.4MP and 8.1MP pack is given as 174$ and 82$ respectively. These sensors are good to replace your digital camera but quality surely depends on the OS also. If you don't want to wait until next year go for HTC Desire HD which can fulfill your camera needs. Hope we expect Sony Ericsson devices with these camera sensors on Q1 of 2011.

Indian Government blocked SMS sending due to Ayodhya verdict

Indian government temporarily banned the bulk SMS and MMS services across the country due to Ayodhya verdict. Ayodhya Babri masjid case judgement  is going to be given today.  For security reasons government put a ban on bulk SMS  and MMS services. Due to this lot of  mobile operators , e-service providers and importantly consumers got affected by loss of money and unavailability of required data. Hope the services to be started again in two days once the plea is over.

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