Android... apakah benda itu.. bagi orang yang tak mampu mengejar teknologi sudah tentu robot hijau yang bernama Android menjadi skeptikal dan hanya satu watak game atau logo sebagaimana angry bird atau lain- lain komponen dalam komputer sahaja. Dan ramai juga yang kabur akan makna dan peranan sebenar komponen ini..
Android adalah satu sistem operasi untuk peranti bergerak iaitu telefon bimbit, komputer tablet dan notebook. Android dikembang maju oleh Google berasaskan perisian Linux dan GNU. Android adalah sebuah firma yang pada mulanya dibina oleh Android Inc selepas itu ia dibeli dan dimiliki oleh Google.
Untuk mengembangkan peranan Android, 34 konsortium telekomunikasi termasuk Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcom, T-Mobile dan juga Nvidia. Dengan mempunyai komunii yang besar dalam peranan aplikasi ia seterusnya mempengaruhi pengembangan fungsi peralatan. Dianggarkan hampir 70,000 aplikasi untuk Android boleh didapati diawal operasinya menjadikan Android ditangga kedua paling popular untuk peralatan mudah bawa atau mobile waktu itu.
Sistem operasi Android adalah platfom smartphone terlaris di dunia mengalahkan Nokia Symbian yang selama ini mendominasi kedudukan teratas selama 10 tahun.
Sehingga hari ini Android mempunyai lebih 150,000 aplikasi yang tersedia dimuat turun secara percuma setelah versi pertamanya 1.0 bermula September 2008 selepas itu versinya mula berkembang 1.1, 1.5 (cupcake), 1.6 (donut), 2.1 (eclair), 2.2 (froyo), 2.3 (gingerbread), 3.0 (honeycomb) dan yang terbaru cream sandwich.
Pendek kata, robot hijau yang yang memasak makanan kesukaannya itu adalah operation system (OS), macam nokia guna symbian, tapi android lagi teruja dan tidak semestinya dengan iPhone, Blackberry dan sebagainya untuk pelengkap gaya, kerana android gadget semurah RM 500 ke atas dah boleh puas dengan aplikasi yang sangat banyak dan juga kelauan internet yang bagus.
Instagram for Android: The good, the bad, the ugly
To longtime Android users such as myself, the name Instagram might not mean much. Sure, we see the vignetted photos invading our Facebook and Twitter streams, and we notice the instagr.am links all over the place, but other than that, we don't really get it. I mean, what is it, exactly? Is it just a bunch of camera filters? Is it a Tumblr-like social network? Well, now that everyone's favorite hipster photo app is available, let's take a close look at how the Android version (download) of this uberpopular app works.
(Credit: Instagram)
First thing I need to mention is that Instagram is a lot more than just a free photo enhancement app for your phone. It connects its users to a photo-based social network that's more than 30 million users strong. With this powerful social functionality, the app makes it incredibly easy to not just polish and share photos, but also to keep tabs on friends through the built-in Instagram photo stream. So it looks like the answer is yes, Instagram's got a bit of Tumblr blood in it, and that's good.
Start by signing up for Instagram with an e-mail address, username, and password. From there, you can link your account to your Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Tumblr accounts. But don't worry, whenever you snap a picture, Instagram will still ask you which account(s) you want to share with. Linking just makes it so you don't have to log in every time. If you choose not to share with any linked accounts, then your photo will simply live on your Instagram profile, and will be pushed out to your followers' Instagram feeds.
Once you're all connected, you can start snapping photos with the Instagram camera, which comes with simple flash controls and a camera-switch button to go from front-facing to rear-facing in a single tap. Beyond that, though, there's not much else to the basic shooter. There's no spot focusing, and no cropping or zooming once a shot is taken. Interestingly, though, you can crop and zoom in on photos imported from other apps into Instagram. What's up with that?
After you snap your photo, Instagram gives you the option to use any of its 18 photo filters, each of which adds a slightly different look to your work. While each of the filters is uniquely interesting, what I noticed is that all of them evoke a similar retro/vintage feel. This isn't necessarily bad (unless you think vintage is ugly), but it is worth noting. At this point in the workflow, you also get the option to rotate your photo, add a border, or enhance its brightness.
Even though the Instagram camera is solid and performs well as is, I would love to see a few additions in the next update. For one, this Android app absolutely needs Live Preview. As it is now, you can't preview filters before snapping, the way iPhone Instagrammers can, and that's bad. Also, it would be nice to get the Tilt Shift/Blur feature that iPhone users use to achieve the popular Toy Camera effect. Lucky for Android users, the folks behind Instagram assure us that they intend to bridge these differences in future updates. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57408956-94/instagram-for-android-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/
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