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Androids Market Place increased tenfold

Published on July 15, 2010 by Andre in Android, Android app, Technology News and Tips and Tricks. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

Googles Android: iPhones greatest competition.

The number of Apps for Googles Smartphone Software Android grows at express speed. The quantity of new added software has been increasing month to month for a year and now the mark of 90.000 Apps is passed. In June 2009 the number of new added applications amounted to about 1700 and in June 2010 it were nearly  already 17000 new software-apps, which means that the market place could decuple in a year.

This trend might continue in the future, since its no more than mid-July and there are already 10.000 new apps in the market place this month.  Based on this expansion rate there might be a million software downloads from android users right now.

Needless to say FriendCaller also offers an application for Android. For this reason Android users also have the chance to benefit from FriendCallers cheap prices for international phone calls.

Apple reveals iPhone 4

Published on June 8, 2010 by Shabaz in Features, Technology News, iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

iPhone 4Apple revealed its new iPhone 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. Furthermore, iPhone 4 is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera that has a LED flash with it. HD video recording is one of the features of iPhone 4 that will help sweeping the smartphone market with glory.

iPhone 4GiPhone 4 comes with the new Apple iOS 4. Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform. There are over 100 new features as compared to the last model, iPhone 3GS. The new iBooks app is also included in the iOS 4, and one can sync their books with bookstores, and can also read and store PDFs in iBooks. There are over 60,000 books available in the iBookstore, and since the launch of Apple’s iPad (two months ago), five million books have been downloaded.

iPhone 4 HDiPhone 4 users will be able to experience an amazing talk time of over seven hours on 3G networks, and up to 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi and up to six hours of web browsing on 3G. The battery life and graphic performance is enhanced due to the use of the Apple’s new A4 processor. iPhone 4 also offers 802.11 n Wi-Fi networking and adds quad-band HSUPA to provide 7.2mbps downlink and 5.8mbps uplink capability.

Apple plans to offer its iPhone 4 to customers in US, France, Germany, Japan and UK on June 24, and provides an opportunity to pre-order iPhone 4 from June 15. Also on June 24, a new iPhone 3GS 8GB model will be available, adding up to the 16GB and 32GB 3GS models stream released last year.

OS 4.0 updateiOS 4 can be downloaded after June 21 and iPhones (3GS models only), iPads, and iPod touches (3rd Generation) can be upgraded via iTunes 9.2 or later. FriendCaller has been successfully tested on the new iOS 4 and updates to the new version of FriendCaller for iOS 4 will be released shortly after the iOS availability via iTunes.

iPhone, iPad and iPod touch conversion in to a FREE VoIP phone

Published on June 7, 2010 by Shabaz in Android, Android app, Tips and Tricks, VoIP Freedom, iPad, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

cut down phone billsWould you like to cut down the huge phone bills your iPhone or iPad operator sends you every month? Would you like to pay only the monthly base contract price and get rid of all the call charges applicable on your contract every month? We bet anyone would like to do that as soon as possible. The solution is to use the evolutionary Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. With VoIP you can call anyone on the Internet for FREE, and can make cheap calls to any mobile or landline worldwide.

FriendCaller VoIP app running in backgroundFriendCaller ranks among Top 10 apps in the Social Networking category in app stores around the world. One can download the free app for his/her iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and can make full use of the VoIP technology. Not to forget, FriendCaller is also available for Android. And the advantage for Android users is that they can use FriendCaller app on Android as a background service. This means that they can use their Android as they like; play games, browse Internet, watch movies, listen songs or use any other application, and side by side FriendCaller runs in the background, converting a normal cellular android phone in to a full featured VoIP phone. One can receive and make calls anytime and won’t have to quit current activity. Whereas, in case of Apple products, like iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, 3rd party application can not run in the background, and one has to quit the current activity to make a call or receive one.

The problem to convert the iPhone, iPad or the iPod touch in to a full featured VoIP phone has now been resolved. With the new release of Apple’s OS 4.0, multitasking is no more a problem now. Now you can make and receive calls on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch anytime, and you won’t have to quit the current application. This new multitasking feature of OS 4.0 makes using the iPhone or iPad so much easy, and finally any one can convert their device in to a full featured VoIP phone for FREE, and forget about the expensive cellular calling plans of their operators.

FriendCaller OS4.0 background Incoming call via FriendCaller running in background

Soon, you will be able to experience FriendCaller on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on OS 4.0. Please note that multitasking is only possible via OS 4.0 on iPad (all versions), iPod touch (3rd Generation only), and iPhone (3GS models only). Above you can see screenshots of FriendCaller on the new OS 4.0 running as a background app, and an incoming call notification. Stay tuned, and not long from now, you can enjoy it too :)

The iPad’s count is now a 2m

Published on June 4, 2010 by Shabaz in Technology News, iPad, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

ipad 2 millionOn May 31, 2010, Apple announced that iPad sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. A million iPads were sold out till 1st May, which was after the 28 days of its launch, and hence beating iPhone, which hit the 1m count in 74 days after its release date.

“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone.”

iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App store. Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps just for the iPad alone. The iPad also supports the 200,000 apps already available on App Store.

And yes, FriendCaller has been one of the new exciting 5,000 iPad apps, and is still running for free, marking its top 10 position among the top gross selling apps in app stores of United States, Germany, France, Australia, United Kingdom, and Italy.

Now ranking in Top revenue software, and still FREE

Published on June 1, 2010 by Shabaz in Browser Based VoIP, Technology News, VoIP Freedom, facebook web phone, iPhone and iPod VoIP and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
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Despite being FREE, FriendCaller ranks No.2 in Social Networking category

Great news! FriendCaller 3 Pro now ranks No. 2 on the Top Grossing Apps in the US Social Networking app store category, and just climbed into the Top 10 Charts in Germany. Not to miss mentioning, we landed in the Top 5 in France, and Top 100 in United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Australia too.

top grossing social net iphone app storeSocial networking on Apple’s products like iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has become remarkably noticeable in the last few months. More and more users are downloading apps to stay connected with their family and friends while on the go. Since with the recent integration of FriendCaller on facebook and the launch of free FriendCaller app for the new iPad, we have experienced a remarkable increase in the number of users. We are trying our level best to keep the current users happy and would like to see more social networking people to try our free FriendCaller VoIP app.

Normally, a top grossing app is paid. We thank our users to bring our free app among top 10 grossing apps which are in fact all paid. Apple’s way of supporting their honest developers is whats bringing more and more developers to offer quality apps for free on the app store.

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Free GPS app, Navigon, ranks No. 1 in Germany app store

Like for example, recently we blogged about how one can save a lot of money when looking for a GPS navigation solution while abroad for a longer stay. Things have now changed. When in Germany, instead of buying a reasonably priced navigation system, one can get a free app  from the app store, named Navigon Select. You will be surprised to know that this app also ranks like us on top 10 grossing apps (in Germany’s Apple app store), since Navigon sells additional maps and features to complement the free version and users love it.

Apple hits the One Million iPad count

Published on May 7, 2010 by Shabaz in Technology News, VoIP Freedom, iPad and iTunes App Store. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

One Million iPad sales“One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.”

iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App store. Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps just for the iPad alone. The iPad also supports the 200,000 apps already available on App Store.

Due to the large screen, extreme graphics, and multi-touch interface, the price of the apps for iPad has been recorded to be higher than the price of the same apps on iPhone or iPod Touch, but still many developers try to keep a strong customer relationship and welcomes new iPad customers, by keeping their app prices reasonable or same as that available on iPhone or iPod Touch.

FriendCaller has proved itself as a strong step towards mobile VoIP freedom, and its VoIP app for iPad remains free of cost to download from the App Store, enabling iPad users to make free calls over the FriendCaller network and cheap long distance calls abroad.

Developer Frustration with Android Market

Published on May 6, 2010 by Shabaz in Android, Android app and iTunes App Store. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
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Developers view: Empty Android shopping bag

We have been very frank in the past about the challenges we have been experiencing with the iTunes App Store, the approval process and we have reported about the great progress Apple Inc. made. In the beginning there was no love lost between Apple and iPhone VoIP apps: We had to wait for weeks to get our FriendCaller VoIP processed and more than one time they were rejected with rather obscure reasons. That changed. iTunes approval is now very fast, and updates to our FriendCaller apps are approved within days even the fact of iPad drastically increasing the approval workload.

Now it is time for developers like us to call on Google Inc. to made improvements to the Android Market. The good news first: There is no approval process, you upload the app and it goes Online in a matter of minutes. The bad news: there is almost nothing else either, the web version of the Android Market provides the feel that it was created on one weekend and then abandoned. It has

  • No Web preview, very limited app screen shot space and descriptions
  • No complete web store to speak of, a few example for each categories only
  • No proper app statistics, demographics etc for developers
  • No web review of user comments and ratings or browsing through stores
  • Ok, this is my favorite and I believe it is really funny: you can not even search the Android Market web version, believe it or not, yes you can not!

It gets a little better when one visits the market through an Android phone, but only a little. What puzzles us is the question that why the store has been neglected for so long? Google is famous for creating superior products, like think of Analytics, AdWord, Gmail, Google docs, Orkut, etc. Then how come Android Developers are to suffer from the fragmentation of OS version and the lack for common hardware standards like screen resolutions.

Our FriendCaller VoIP Android version is available on the store and still is in BETA. So it is an early effort, but it is very apparent that the Android market place is a way too behind the Apple iTunes store, and it is only able to deliver a small fraction of what iTunes has to offer.

A message to Google: there is some catch up to do on Android Market. As far as developers are concerned, we don’t see much interest developing there, and only see empty shopping bags.