No Multi-User Support In Android 4.2 Phones

   As I have already said in my article about the new features of Android 4.2 one of the best features by far is the ability to have multiple user accounts.I was really waiting for this. Tablets are now becoming the new “home PC” and these get shared all the time. If your older kids are going on a trip, it’s always great to lend them your top-notch Android smartphone for them to use features like navigation and others. Sadly, Android 4.2 only provides multiple-user support for tablets even if the functionality is built-in to smartphones as well.
It’s still unclear as to why that is, but some area already speculating that Nokia is to blame.Nokia filed a patent in 2005 where they make this feature an exclusive Nokia service, though I can't remember they ever launched a device with this feature working.

How To Get Android 4.2 Stock Keyboard

                                                       In my article yesterday about new features of Android 4.2 I said that Android has introduced gesture based typing.Well it sounds similar to Swype but it is much faster.Obviouslt,this is a feature of Android 4.2. But if you want to give this keyboard a try, it’s already available for download under two cases:
Case I: If your device is not rooted, but you have the stock Android keyboard either active or disabled by your OEM (Motorola for example), you simply download the .APK file and install it. Obviously this requires that you allow the installation of apps from unknown sources in your device’s settings. Worse case scenario is that the app simply won’t install if you don’t meet any of the criteria, so our advice is that you try this first. Sadly though, if you’re not running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or above, this won’t work.
Case II : If case 1 doesn’t work, you would have to flash the keyboard onto your device. Obviously this requires a Rooted phone, and well, worse case scenario is actually worse if something goes wrong.

Why Nexus Devices Don't Support MicroSD Card

Matias Duarte,director of Android operating system User Experience at Google explains why Nexus devices have no SD card,though many people may not be satisfiedwith that answer. As Duarte explains, “We take a different approach. Your Nexus has a fixed amount of space and your apps just seamlessly use it for you without you ever having to worry about files or volumes or any of that techno nonsense left over from the old era of computing.”

Thus, Nexus devices don’t have MicroSD card slots. They are simply too old for the technoworrlld  technoworld and apparently they confuse people. Many people probably wouldn’t mind this if there were better storage options.

While the Galaxy Nexus had 32GB of storage, the LG Nexus 4 has been reported as only having 8GB and 16GB offerings. It’s disappointing that Google believes everyone would be happy with only 8GB or 16GB of space with no room for expansion. Many people use much more than 16GB of space.

How To Flash BAKED Blackbean Into Galaxy S III

                         There are a  lot of custom ROMs that have been for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 in this technoworrlld technoworld which allows to enjoy the goodness of  Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.Among those custom ROMs, the BAKED Blackbean custom ROM’s all-black user interface may be the one for you. Aside from its user interface, the ROM also includes Google Apps in an inverted theme, bringing a new Google experience to your mobile phone.

                        The BAKED Blackbean ROM is based on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The ROM also brings some cool features from popular ROMs such as CyanogenMod and AOKP. Among these features are DSPManager, AOKP Toogles, ROM Control, CM Lockscreen Calendar, CM Lockscreen Weather, and others.
This tutorial shows you how to flash BAKED Blackbean ROM for the Galaxy S3 L710.


Warning

1.The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3, model number SPH-
   L710. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
2.The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no
   guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
3.Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever
   happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
4.Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.

Well,after reading you might be thinking of leaving.Don't.If you follow the tutorial carefully,there shouldn't be any danger

Requirements

1.Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 with ClockworkMod Recovery installed

2.Download the following files:
   a)BAKED Blackbean ROM (baked_d2spr_blackbean-5.zip, md5sum:
      10e143143fca441c0b07e5bc7bab582b)

b)Inverted GApps (Google Apps) package (gappsinverted-jb-20151016-signed.zip, md5sum:
   e075ce4e468f61a94fa22969d7f0e467)

3.Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g.,
   contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide
   erases such data.


Instructions

1.Copy the BAKED Blackbean ROM and inverted GApps packages to your phone’s internal SD card.
2.Turn your phone off.
3.Press and hold the Volume Up, Home, and Power buttons until ClockworkMod Recovery boots.
4.Create a NANDroid backup of your current ROM. Go to Backup and Restore and select Backup on the next screen.
5.Select Wipe data/factory reset and confirm the action on the next screen.
6.Select Wipe cache partition and confirm the action on the next screen.
7.Go to the main menu and select Advanced. From there, select Wipe Dalvik cache and confirm the action on the next screen.
8.Select Install ZIP from SD card.
9.Select Choose ZIP from SD card and choose the BAKED Blackbean ROM ZIP file. Confirm the action on the next screen to flash the ROM to your phone.
10.Go back and repeat steps 8 and 9 and flash the inverted GApps package.
11.Go back to the main menu and select Reboot system now to reboot your phone.

Now wait for it......Yipee!You have successfully flashed the BAKED Blackbean ROM on your Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710.

Do tell me what you think in the comments

NFC Sharing Between Android And Windows Phone

Well good news for both Android as well as Windows Phone users.Well,it seems that it is possible to send things like contacts and web page URLs through NFC  between an Android device and a Windows Phone 8 device.In tests between a HTC Windows Phone 8X and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean it has been shown that URLs and contacts can be sent between the devices, in both directions. However, using NFC on Android is a little simpler and requires less taps than on Windows Phone 8.




                             It has been a long time since Android supported near field communication (NFC) but it has recently been ported to Windows Phone 8. The new mobile OS from Microsoft has a feature called “Tap + Send” which is available under the “More …” -> Share menu.

Don't get so excited,though.There is a limit on what can be sent between platforms. Using two devices with the same OS it is possible to share photos and videos between phones. But across the Windows – Android divide you get an error saying that large file transfers aren’t supported.

               Although this is all very good news for consumers, its bad news that photos & videos can't be sent.

Ipad 4 Twice As Fast

   
                     

                        When Apple officially unveiled the fourth generation iPad, it boldly stated that the new CPU  will provide twice the processing power over the previous one. Well, it looks like it was true, as the tablet's benchmark scores show. The iPad 4 with its A6X SoC managed to score 1757 points on Geekbench, which is a 111% increase in raw computations performance over the A5X running inside the third-gen iPad. In comparison, the iPhone 5, sporting an A6 chip scored 1571 points, while the iPad 2 with its A5 SoC got 780 points.







                            While the A6 chip inside the iPhone 5 has been proven to be a dual-core SoC clocking at 1.3GHz, the New iPad with Retina Display (that is the fourth generation Apple slate) takes that further with an Apple A6X chip inside.  The A6X chip, by construction, adds another graphic core for a total of four (opposed to three on iPhone 5′s A6 SoC).. As far as memory is concerned, the tests confirm that the iPad 4 has 1GB of RAM, just as much as the iPad 3 and the iPhone 5 have.

Apple Faces Danger From Android

                                       Android is steadily growing its share almost all over the world and remains the world’s most popular operating system, according to the latest report by UK-based analysts from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

                 The Kantar report focuses on the state of the mobile market in the United States, the UK and Europe as a whole in the third quarter of 2015.

             According to the report,Android leads in the United States, but with less. Its commanding 66.4% share has shrunken down to 57.5%, cannibalized by the growth of the iPhone which now has a 35.7% share. Interestingly, RIM has now become less popular than Windows Phone, but both have a very marginal sub-3% representation in the States.

                       Outside the States, Android is the market leader growing share. In Great Britain, Android controls 58.2% of the market, followed by the iPhone with 28%.In Europe, Android has an impressive 67.1% while the iPhone is a distant second with 16.5%.

                 Interestingly  Kantar thinks that for the week or so of availability, the iPhone 5 has swung the stakes in favor of Apple:“We can see that in markets with a large number of existing Apple customers, sales have already seen a significant boost. We expect this momentum to be fully realized in the next set of results,“ Kantar analyst Dominic Sunnebo said.