Solution: Twitter for Tablet is crashing!

Tablet optimized version of Twitter is released here! If you own an Android Tablet, you can go straight to the German Website to download the application. Like a good early adopter and enthusiast of Android Applications found in the wild, I am sure you went ahead and downloaded the app, only to find that it keeps crashing or never loads. 

The version of Twitter for Android that we are talking about is optimized for Galaxy Note 10.1. Samsung has optimized Twitter (or I am anot sure if Twitter has optimized Twitter) to make it look like an application that can be used on Android. And the German site we are talking about says there is no assurance that Twitter for Tablet will run on any tablet. And they are right! It may not when you install it!

Yes, you are right. If you install the Tablet version of Twitter on top of your existing Twitter application, it will never load. All that you will get is a black screen of death and an intimation that tells you the application crashed.  What can you do when the Twitter for Android, optimized for Tablets crashes?

There are two things you can try:

One, Go to settings on your Android Tablet, and go to the applications and bring up the Twitter Application. And the rest is simple - clear the cache! Once you clear the cache, the Twitter for Tablet that is leaked will start working.

There is no 100% guarantee that clearing the cache  will allow Twitter for Android to work. If it does not, I suggest that you uninstall the current version of Twitter on your Tablet and install the APK given here. From my experience, it works 

Amaze your friends with this magic keyboard!

I never lose a chance to show off the power of Android.  I always have things thing about trying out any new thing that I find on Android. Just as I was searching for the next cool thing on Android that will amaze my friends, I came across this magical application that allows you to use the keyboard of your computer and the browser to type.

Yes, there is a surge of different kinds of keyboards on Android. Some of them try to be as accurate as possible. Some of them just focus on adding glitz to the utility  by including gesture typing, swiping (I still do not know what is the difference between both!!), etc. Some of them go to the extend of eliminating the key buttons and the qwerty type layout. But it looks like the cool idea was yet to come.

Yes, the makers of Wifi Keyboard came up with the next best thing. They made a keyboard that is not a keyboard at all. Though they call it Wifi Keyboard, it does not have anything to do with Wifi. All you need is a computer, a net connection and a browser. You can use the keyboard of your computer and type, once the Wifi Keyboard is downloaded and enabled on your computer.

You can download the application from here!!

Guess what - I typed this entre post using the Wifi keyboard. There were no glitches, no typos as it usually happens when I use a native android keyboard on the screen. And it was fun typing.

Wifi Keyboard allows you to use the browser and type on your computer. The text that you type will not be displayed on your computer screen. The best thing I notice about the application is that there is only a millisecond delay between when you touch your finger on the computer keypad and the text beging displayed on your phone/tablet. Yes, some times when there are too many inputs Wifi Keyboard gets confused and text may not be displayed quickly. But this happened to me only once as I was typing using Wifi Keyboard.

The best next part is, you can use almost all the functions allowed on your computer keyboard if you are typing using Wifi Keyboard. From Ctrl+V to Arrows. It also allows you to your the F2, F3 keys to access Menu or search. It is a cool application. Download it today!!

How to stream live TV on Android for free in India?

If you are in India, own an android phone and are connected tithe world wide web through your blazing 3g connection, I'm sure you have at least once in your android user lifetime searched for an application that allows you to watch TV live. In the process you might have got into any of the following three bizarre situations,  One, you might have downloaded an application only to know that it's a link to a website or at its best a junk application that shows you nothing more than error messages. Two, you might have got your hands burned and your pocket torn downloading and subscribing to applications like mimobitv from Apalya, paying unreasonably and getting charged even after you have unsubscribed .Three, you might have downloaded applications only to know that the best they can do is play all these crappy Russian or Chinese channels that you don't even understand.

I am sure you were cursing under your breath a d wondering when would Android users in India get a decent application that will allow live tv streaming for free. Well, the time has come.

So, what do you do when you want to watch tv in your android phone for free?  Well, head over to the market and download DTV .

Dtv is a well designed mobile app that allows you to stream tv live on your android. There are four things cool about the Dtv application. One, it has a very well designed and intuitive user interface that works well on your phone and tablet. Two, it has plenty of customization options that makes viewing a pleasure. Three, it has almost all Indian channels in a playable format, with minimum or no error issue. Four, it is free!

Then what are you waiting for? Head over to Play Store and download your copy of Dtv today. You can download Dtv from here and start watching all your favourite indian tv channels for free.

How to type in any Indian Language on Android Phone?

Android is evolving so quickly into a robust platform that matches operating systems on personal computer. It's actually evolving in leaps and bounds. And one of the concerns of people who live on the Indian subcontinent has always been, when it comes to android, its inability to render indic languages. A lot of discussion has been going on around the web regarding this and people have been tying to figure out ways to create text input and rendering methods for Indian languages or indic languages as it is popularly known in tech circles.

If you look at the Google Support forum for Android you will see many threads where people are asking for rendering and input systems for Indian languages. Google has solved this issue in their latest Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean updates and now developers can create input systems for Indian languages because text rendering has got so much better than it used to be.

So, what is the best way to type in Hindi, Malayalam, Kanada, Tamil, Marathi in your latest Android phone? Panini Keyboard has done it for Malayalam. However,  the issue with Panini Input Method is that they don't  give you the qwerty keyboard interface. It's pretty similar a scenario for other Indian language keyboards as well. Until Adaptxt came along.

Adaptxt is a normal keyboard, that was launched in Play Store recently without much noise. They have not made any tall claims about why it is better than other keyboards on the Play Store. Because action speaks louder than words.

The first thing that caught my eyes about Adaptxt is the varied language input options available for the keyboard. Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil -be it any Indian language you want to type in on your Android phone. Adaptxt has a language pack for that. Certainly,  Adaptxt comes with a hoard of other features and customization options too. But for me what sticks out is their robust language packages.

You want to type on your Android Phone or Tablet in Hindi/Malayalam/Kannada/Tamil/Marathi/Gujarathi and the best keyboard option you have out there on Google Play is Adaptxt. You can download Adaptxt from here.