Thursday, 3 February 2011
LOVE
After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship. Driven by the powerful music of Angels and Airwaves, Love explores the fundamental human need for connection and the limitless power of hope... A high-impact visual adventure, that resonates a common truth, that everyone has a story to tell and something even greater to leave behind.
Nokia N8 Games
If you’re one of those lucky few who have their hands on a Nokia N8, then we have a few games for you to pass the time and gives your Nokia N8 phone that extra bit of awesomeness.
If, like us, you love gaming on your mobile phone then you’re in for a treat. Gaming on the mobile phone is excellent for a number of reasons, especially the fact that you can play games, even your favourite games, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing – be it on the bus to work, on the train or even if you’re chilling out at home.
So here are the games that come highly recommended by N8Geeks;
Angry Birds – Strategy
What? A game involving birds? What on earth! In this game you literally use small, large and positively very angry birds as your choice of weapon to defeat the arch enemies – the green pigs. The enemy has stolen your eggs and it’s your mission to reclaim them using your various artillery (or should I say birds).
You fire your birds from the left side of the screen into various structures with the aim of the game to kill each and every green pig that is on your screen in order to progress to the next level.
Compete against thousands upon thousands of other people with online leader boards, or if you’re anything like me, even compete against your friends to see who’s the best Angry Bird-ee. This game will give you many hours of fun, strategic planning and tonnes of excitement – all for free.
This particular version is only a small, free version – which has with it 6 unique and fun levels. The full game is due to be released soon on the Nokia N8, so keep your eyes peeled.
Price: FREE
Download: Angry Birds on Nokia N8
Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD – Arcade
Many people will have heard of the ever-popular Guitar Hero franchise, widely available for consoles and this game is very little different. You tap your way to rhythm-king with this seriously addictive music rhythm game.
If you’re a fan of rock music and do have a sense of rhythm (it’s probably going to be difficult if you don’t) then this game is for you. You can choose to either become and world-renowned drummer or a guitarist; you will be travelling the globe and perform on the most famous concert stages with your new found band.
The aim of the game is to tap the screen to the beat of the specified song. If you miss-time the tap, you’ll know about it – the crowd will grow with unrest and, eventually, boo you off if you’re timing isn’t up to scratch.
Do you have the rhythm to successfully complete all of the songs with the likes of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”, “Call Me”, “Paranoid” and lots more. Take up the challenge and become the master of your guitar and drums, there is no second best.
Price: €7.00 / £6.00
Download: Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD on Nokia N8
10PM – Action
The dead are rising from their graves after a deadly zombie-like virus managed to escape from a secret government laboratory. After a botched attempt to cover up the incident, it’s up to you to defend your ground from a possible zombie invasion in this awesomely addictive game.
In your typical zombie outbreak storyline, the government has been secretly creating new viruses to be used as weapons, but something went disastrously wrong and broke free from government hands.
The result of this; zombies that come out at 10PM – and they quite literally do. If you attempt to play the game before 10PM you will be confronted with a pink, tadpole-like ‘thing’, with the goal of collecting other similar versions of yourself.
Start the game up at 10PM and you’ll be confronted with blood-thirsty zombies and your goal is to kill them before the escape the reaches of your crossbow – every time one of them manage to escape your reaches, you will lose health. The zombies come across your screen in an attempt to reach the other side, your job is to stop them with your explosive laden crossbow – how else do you kill a zombie?
If you want to play the game before 10PM, luckily you can. Just simply quit and touch the ever shining sun. Either that or do it the long-winded way and set the time of your phone to 10PM.
Price: FREE
Download: 10PM on Nokia N8
Real Football 2010 HD – Sports / Football
Real Football 2010 HD is, as you would probably imagine, a football game for hand-held devices. The game is a benchmark set for mobile football games and is available on many operating systems, including the likes of the iPhone and of course the Nokia N8.
Do you have the skills to overcome the best teams in club football? You can choose from 245 teams in over 7 leagues and almost every player on the World’s best football stages – all thanks to the FIFPro license obtained by its’ developers.
There are 14 unique stadiums with excellent detail in 3D as you tackle, slide and shoot your way to victory thanks to the intuitive and simplistic touch screen controls, which include a directional touch pad that allows for that perfectly precise pass that could down and out the best of teams.
If you’re a football fan, be it gaming or not, this game will be perfect for you. With the great graphics and huge array of teams and players, there is plenty to keep you occupied during those nagging and boring bus journeys to work.
Price: €4.00 / £3.00
Download: Real Football 2010 HD on Nokia N8
Tetris – Arcade
Tetris is an old-school classic, especially if you’ve ever owned a Gameboy back in the day (surely i’m not that old that i’m the only one who remembers it). The game has been played and enjoyed by over 60 million players and with new added features, this game is perfect for your Nokia N8.
The aim of this game is to fit pre-defined free-falling shapes that come from the top of the screen, to the bottom of the screen. Each time you make a line with these shapes, that specific line will dissapear from the screen. If you don’t manage to correctly fit the shapes into the bottom of the screen, it will be game over. You don’t want your shapes to stack on each other, rather fit them in like a jigsaw.
If you’re a Tetris newbie or a hardened veteran, this game will probably keep your entertained for hours upon hours.
Price: €7.00 / £6.00
Download: Tetris on Nokia N8
Crazy Hamster Lite – Adventure
Crazy Hamster Lite is an adventure game where you assume role of crazy hamster, who has forgot to store his supplies for the coming winter. Not to worry though, as you will be visiting different lands to collect them all before the harsh winter sets in.
It’s not as quite as easy as that though, as you will have to keep your eyes peeled for various traps and obstacles that are put in place to keep your from completing your target – collecting all his food across these various lands.
You have to neutralize and stop these menacing traps and even help the hamster build bridges to pass gaping holes, extinguish fires and even using ladders to make him move faster. This game will definitely please those that love adventure games, so get your hands on it now – best of all, it’s free.
Price: FREE
Download: Crazy Hamster Lite on Nokia N8
Galaxy on Fire – Action / Adventure
Galaxt on Fire is a multiple award-winning sci-fi adventure that is finally available for Symbian devices, in particular in this case the Nokia N8. It brings with it significantly better graphics, touch and motion controls, high-quality sound and an awesome new survival mode.
You are in a huge galaxy of hundreds of planets (500 to be exact) and space stations with your aim being to defeat all the enemy spacecraft that you come across. Upgrade your ship in order to battle with the better, faster and stronger enemies and you progress.
You assume control of Mr Maxell, a mercenary in control of a spacecraft that is destined to fight against the alien Vossk. You will be fighting against 10 different species, from humanoids to aliens, cyborgs and many others in a totally awesome game.
Price: FREE
Download: Galaxy on Fire on Nokia N8
Avatar HD – Action
Delve deeper into the spectacular and unique world of James Cameron’s Avatar and get ready for a journey of discovery and redemption, which is sent two decades prior to the events in the epic film.
You will assume command of Captain Ryan Lorenz and put your conciousness into the body of a human-Na’vi hybird and become the very first Avatar. Fight for survival in epic and tense action sequences against the beasts and carnivorous plants. In the height of the battle, you will take to the skies of Pandora on a banshee in awesome shoot’em up sequences.
Plan your own future as you put your new powers to use either saving the Na’vi or work with the humans to destroy the Na’vi’s World forever. The game is rich in content and has very impressive graphics that fit and look perfect on the Nokia N8 – if you’re an Avatar fan or even if you’re new to the whole Avatar excitement, get yourself involved and immersed into their World.
Price: €4.00 / £3.00
Download: Avatar HD on Nokia N8
Need for Speed Shift – Sports / Racing
The World’s #1 franchise has finally hit the Nokia N8. Get on the circuit in the fastest, hottest and most enviable cards in the World. You will be flying through the streets of London, Italy, Dubai and other countries in 24 awesome street and pro-racing tracks and events. Your goal is to race, out-speed and beat the top 3 racing drivers in the World.
If you’ve ever played the game before on an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 and enjoyed it, then this is probably a game for you. The graphics on this game are also beautifully illustrated and very well presented, with different cars to choose from and lots of intense events to pit your new-found skills against the opposition.
Price: FREE
Download: Need for Speed Shift on Nokia N8
If you’ve downloaded any of these awesome games then let us know what you think and if you have any other games to share with our readers then leave a comment below.
If, like us, you love gaming on your mobile phone then you’re in for a treat. Gaming on the mobile phone is excellent for a number of reasons, especially the fact that you can play games, even your favourite games, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing – be it on the bus to work, on the train or even if you’re chilling out at home.
So here are the games that come highly recommended by N8Geeks;
Angry Birds – Strategy
You fire your birds from the left side of the screen into various structures with the aim of the game to kill each and every green pig that is on your screen in order to progress to the next level.
Compete against thousands upon thousands of other people with online leader boards, or if you’re anything like me, even compete against your friends to see who’s the best Angry Bird-ee. This game will give you many hours of fun, strategic planning and tonnes of excitement – all for free.
This particular version is only a small, free version – which has with it 6 unique and fun levels. The full game is due to be released soon on the Nokia N8, so keep your eyes peeled.
Price: FREE
Download: Angry Birds on Nokia N8
Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD – Arcade
Many people will have heard of the ever-popular Guitar Hero franchise, widely available for consoles and this game is very little different. You tap your way to rhythm-king with this seriously addictive music rhythm game.
If you’re a fan of rock music and do have a sense of rhythm (it’s probably going to be difficult if you don’t) then this game is for you. You can choose to either become and world-renowned drummer or a guitarist; you will be travelling the globe and perform on the most famous concert stages with your new found band.
The aim of the game is to tap the screen to the beat of the specified song. If you miss-time the tap, you’ll know about it – the crowd will grow with unrest and, eventually, boo you off if you’re timing isn’t up to scratch.
Do you have the rhythm to successfully complete all of the songs with the likes of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”, “Call Me”, “Paranoid” and lots more. Take up the challenge and become the master of your guitar and drums, there is no second best.
Price: €7.00 / £6.00
Download: Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD on Nokia N8
10PM – Action
The dead are rising from their graves after a deadly zombie-like virus managed to escape from a secret government laboratory. After a botched attempt to cover up the incident, it’s up to you to defend your ground from a possible zombie invasion in this awesomely addictive game.
In your typical zombie outbreak storyline, the government has been secretly creating new viruses to be used as weapons, but something went disastrously wrong and broke free from government hands.
The result of this; zombies that come out at 10PM – and they quite literally do. If you attempt to play the game before 10PM you will be confronted with a pink, tadpole-like ‘thing’, with the goal of collecting other similar versions of yourself.
Start the game up at 10PM and you’ll be confronted with blood-thirsty zombies and your goal is to kill them before the escape the reaches of your crossbow – every time one of them manage to escape your reaches, you will lose health. The zombies come across your screen in an attempt to reach the other side, your job is to stop them with your explosive laden crossbow – how else do you kill a zombie?
If you want to play the game before 10PM, luckily you can. Just simply quit and touch the ever shining sun. Either that or do it the long-winded way and set the time of your phone to 10PM.
Price: FREE
Download: 10PM on Nokia N8
Real Football 2010 HD – Sports / Football
Real Football 2010 HD is, as you would probably imagine, a football game for hand-held devices. The game is a benchmark set for mobile football games and is available on many operating systems, including the likes of the iPhone and of course the Nokia N8.
Do you have the skills to overcome the best teams in club football? You can choose from 245 teams in over 7 leagues and almost every player on the World’s best football stages – all thanks to the FIFPro license obtained by its’ developers.
There are 14 unique stadiums with excellent detail in 3D as you tackle, slide and shoot your way to victory thanks to the intuitive and simplistic touch screen controls, which include a directional touch pad that allows for that perfectly precise pass that could down and out the best of teams.
If you’re a football fan, be it gaming or not, this game will be perfect for you. With the great graphics and huge array of teams and players, there is plenty to keep you occupied during those nagging and boring bus journeys to work.
Price: €4.00 / £3.00
Download: Real Football 2010 HD on Nokia N8
Tetris – Arcade
Tetris is an old-school classic, especially if you’ve ever owned a Gameboy back in the day (surely i’m not that old that i’m the only one who remembers it). The game has been played and enjoyed by over 60 million players and with new added features, this game is perfect for your Nokia N8.
The aim of this game is to fit pre-defined free-falling shapes that come from the top of the screen, to the bottom of the screen. Each time you make a line with these shapes, that specific line will dissapear from the screen. If you don’t manage to correctly fit the shapes into the bottom of the screen, it will be game over. You don’t want your shapes to stack on each other, rather fit them in like a jigsaw.
If you’re a Tetris newbie or a hardened veteran, this game will probably keep your entertained for hours upon hours.
Price: €7.00 / £6.00
Download: Tetris on Nokia N8
Crazy Hamster Lite – Adventure
Crazy Hamster Lite is an adventure game where you assume role of crazy hamster, who has forgot to store his supplies for the coming winter. Not to worry though, as you will be visiting different lands to collect them all before the harsh winter sets in.
It’s not as quite as easy as that though, as you will have to keep your eyes peeled for various traps and obstacles that are put in place to keep your from completing your target – collecting all his food across these various lands.
You have to neutralize and stop these menacing traps and even help the hamster build bridges to pass gaping holes, extinguish fires and even using ladders to make him move faster. This game will definitely please those that love adventure games, so get your hands on it now – best of all, it’s free.
Price: FREE
Download: Crazy Hamster Lite on Nokia N8
Galaxy on Fire – Action / Adventure
Galaxt on Fire is a multiple award-winning sci-fi adventure that is finally available for Symbian devices, in particular in this case the Nokia N8. It brings with it significantly better graphics, touch and motion controls, high-quality sound and an awesome new survival mode.
You are in a huge galaxy of hundreds of planets (500 to be exact) and space stations with your aim being to defeat all the enemy spacecraft that you come across. Upgrade your ship in order to battle with the better, faster and stronger enemies and you progress.
You assume control of Mr Maxell, a mercenary in control of a spacecraft that is destined to fight against the alien Vossk. You will be fighting against 10 different species, from humanoids to aliens, cyborgs and many others in a totally awesome game.
Price: FREE
Download: Galaxy on Fire on Nokia N8
Avatar HD – Action
Delve deeper into the spectacular and unique world of James Cameron’s Avatar and get ready for a journey of discovery and redemption, which is sent two decades prior to the events in the epic film.
You will assume command of Captain Ryan Lorenz and put your conciousness into the body of a human-Na’vi hybird and become the very first Avatar. Fight for survival in epic and tense action sequences against the beasts and carnivorous plants. In the height of the battle, you will take to the skies of Pandora on a banshee in awesome shoot’em up sequences.
Plan your own future as you put your new powers to use either saving the Na’vi or work with the humans to destroy the Na’vi’s World forever. The game is rich in content and has very impressive graphics that fit and look perfect on the Nokia N8 – if you’re an Avatar fan or even if you’re new to the whole Avatar excitement, get yourself involved and immersed into their World.
Price: €4.00 / £3.00
Download: Avatar HD on Nokia N8
Need for Speed Shift – Sports / Racing
The World’s #1 franchise has finally hit the Nokia N8. Get on the circuit in the fastest, hottest and most enviable cards in the World. You will be flying through the streets of London, Italy, Dubai and other countries in 24 awesome street and pro-racing tracks and events. Your goal is to race, out-speed and beat the top 3 racing drivers in the World.
If you’ve ever played the game before on an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 and enjoyed it, then this is probably a game for you. The graphics on this game are also beautifully illustrated and very well presented, with different cars to choose from and lots of intense events to pit your new-found skills against the opposition.
Price: FREE
Download: Need for Speed Shift on Nokia N8
If you’ve downloaded any of these awesome games then let us know what you think and if you have any other games to share with our readers then leave a comment below.
Best iPhone Apps in 2011
Atomic Web Browser
Atomic is one of the better alternative browsers available for the iPhone and iPad as it offers a number of benefits over the native Safari offering. It has an impressive full screen mode that gets rid of most of the navigation clutter to allow you to view more of a given page at any one time. Another neat feature is its tabbed browsing, which makes it faster to swap between open pages.There’s good integration with Twitter and Facebook and it includes a handy built-in ad blocker too. You can also choose between a large range of search options such as Bing, Yahoo, Wikipedia and YouTube. We like the way you can increase or decrease the font size used to display pages and there’s a handy lock rotation feature for those using older iPhones.
Verdict
Atomic Web Browser is a slick alternative to the built-in Safari browser as it offers up a number of really useful features.
Convert Units for Free
The iPhone isn’t exactly short of applications to convert between different units, but some of these are paid for apps and many are limited to specific types of conversions. Convert Units beats the lot because it’s free and allows you to convert between a very broad range of different units including everything from time and volume, to speed and temperatures.The user interface is refreshingly straightforward. You simply select the type of conversion you want to perform using the button in the centre of the display and then use two roller deck menus at the top to choose the two units to convert between. There’s a keypad at the bottom of the display where you enter the amounts that you want to convert.
Verdict
Convert Units’ broad range of conversion options and slick, easy to use interface makes it a worthwhile app to have on your phone.
iFitness
If your New Year’s resolution was to get back in shape, but you’re currently lacking a bit of inspiration in your fitness regime, then it’s worth giving iFitness a go. It offers a comprehensive exercise database with clear and easy to follow instructions, pictures and videos.Currently there are over 300 exercises listed in its database, which will give you plenty of opportunity to vary your exercises programme and save you from becoming bored. You start by choosing the muscle groups that you want to target and you can then tap on individual exercises that work these muscles to see a picture of the exercise. Tap again and you’re presented with detailed text instructions on how to perform it. On more complicated exercises there are also video instructions that you can view.
Verdict
This feature-packed fitness app means you’ll have no excuse for not sticking to your exercise regime.
Nigella Quick Collection
Nigella may be the middle-aged man’s crumpet thanks to her ample curves, but she knows a thing or two about knocking up a tasty meal with the minimum of fuss. This app offers 70 recipes that have mostly been culled from her ever-increasing number of cookery books, but there are also 10 that are exclusive to this app.The recipes are sorted into categories, but you can also select recipes using the 'what’s in your fridge' option. When viewing recipes you can move back and forth through the instructions by shouting forward or backward into your iPhone, so you don’t have to dab at it with your sticky fingers. There’s also a useful shopping list feature that comes in handy when you’re out buying ingredients for meals you’re planning on dishing up.
Verdict
It’s a bit pricey, but this well presented app is the ideal companion when you need a bit of inspiration in the kitchen.
Cut the Rope
The iPhone isn’t exactly short on puzzlers, but there’s always room for one that’s truly excellent and Cut the Rope fits the bill. The premise behind the game is simple. You open a package to find a monster called Om Nom that’s rather fond of sweets. Luckily, on each level there’s a sweet and it’s your job to guide it into Om Nom’s gob.You can’t directly interact with the candy. Instead, there are ropes on each level that you have to cut to guide the sweet towards the monster. As you would expect, the puzzles get substantially more difficult as you go along, but the gameplay remains superbly well balanced and the graphics and in-game physics work a treat.
Verdict
The superbly addictive gameplay, cute graphics and impressively accurate physics make Cut the Rope one of the best puzzle games on the iPhone at the moment.
Yell.com
With tons of location-aware apps floating around that offer lots of information on your current surroundings it can be easy to forget that some of the more established names still have plenty to offer. Take Yell.com, for example. This app calls on the UK’s Yellow Pages listings to allow you to search for local businesses and service providers in your local area.The database includes pubs, restaurants, taxis, cash machines and shops. The app can also use your phone’s GPS chip to show you those that are nearest to your current location and there’ an augmented reality view that overlays information about local business on a live feed from your phone’s camera. You can save business details to your iPhone’s contact list and get driving or walking directions to the businesses that you find.
Verdict
Yell.com is a well-designed application with an easy to use interface that makes it easy to find useful businesses nearby.
Brushes
If you’re of an artistic bent and fancy using your iPhone to knock up a few sketches or even complete pictures then Brushes is a great place to start. The iPhone is not exactly lacking in artistic apps, but Brushes rises above the competition not by going out of it’s way to offer tonnes and tonnes of features, but instead by offering a supremely intuitive user interface that avoids getting in the way between you and the picture you’re trying to create.The app provides you with a broad selection of brushes that you can customise using the transparency, stroke width and spacing settings. There’s also an easy to use colour wheel with a comprehensive array of effects and the app makes it easy to work on different sections of your picture at any one time.
Verdict
If you fancy doing a spot of painting on your iPhone, then Brushes is definitely the tool to get.
90 in 1: Appzilla!
As its name suggests, this app offers 90 different mini apps for the paltry sum of 59p. Open up Appzilla and you’re presented with icons for all the apps laid out across a number of scrollable screens - pretty much like the normal iPhone homescreen.With this number of apps included, the quality varies a lot between them and with some of them you can find similar apps available for free in the app store. However, there are still many here that are worth having and in general the usability of each of the apps is quite good, even though the presentation can be a bit crude at times. Among the apps included you’ll find a flashlight, currency converter, spirit level, spell checker and more.
Verdict
Not all the apps are massively useful, but there are enough good ones here to justify the low 59p asking price.
Gibson Learn & Master Guitar
If there’s one brand that’s synonymous with electric guitars then its Gibson, thanks to the fact that it’s behind some of the classic models like the Les Paul, SG and Explorer. So with the Gibson name attached to this app you’d expect it to be pretty good and thankfully it doesn’t disappoint.Despite being free, it packs in a lot of useful features including a guitar tuner and metronome. Along with this, you also get a reasonably large chord guide that covers pretty much all the basic chords that you’ll need to learn as a beginner. Gibson has even included a number of high quality videos from its Learn and Master Guitar courses that offer excellent instruction for both beginners and more advanced guitar players.
Verdict
Slick presentation along with some very useful features and great instruction videos make this a must-have for budding guitarists.
FileApp
The sizeable amount of storage built into all the iPhone models means they’re ideal tools for carrying files around on. This is where FileApp comes in, as it makes it easy to transfer files from a PC to your iPhone. You can connect to your phone from your PC either via a USB cable or over Wi-Fi as long as they’re on the same network.Once connected you can simply drag and drop folders and files across to your phone. You can then sort your files by filename, date created or file type. Naturally, you can also view files while they’re on your phone. A pretty wide range of file formats is supported for viewing, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, along with PDF, HTML, TIFF and JPG.
Verdict
FileApp is a pretty simple application, and it makes it easy to get files onto your iPhone and then view them.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Waiting for Forever
Who decides what is normal? A unique love story about friendship and a view of the world from different perspectives, WAITING FOR FOREVER explores the connections people make in the face of life's changes. Best friends while they were growing up, Emma (Rachel Bilson) and Will (Tom Sturridge) lost touch a long time ago—as far as she knows. To Will, Emma never stopped being the most important person in his life. Believing them to be forever linked, he goes wherever she goes. Will doesn’t have a home, a car, or a “real” job. He survives on his talent as a juggler and entertainer—talents honed through years of showing off for Emma. When her father gets sick, Emma returns to their hometown, trying to leave behind her complicated love life and failing career as a TV actress. As its characters face love, death and their own preconceptions.
Best Adsense Alternative
Adbrite powers the world’s most trusted and transparent marketplace for digital advertising. Serving over 253 million impressions a day on over 116,097 sites, AdBrite is The Internet’s Ad Marketplace®. AdBrite has created a completely transparent and effective advertising exchange focused on maximizing ROI for advertisers and publisher yield through best in class targeting and optimization technology. AdBrite’s auction-driven pricing, real-time bidding and API functionality, combined with a self-service account management interface, gives our customers unparalleled access to campaign information and total control.
With my experience, I would say Adbrite is the best alternative to Google Adsense. Also Google Adsense and Adbrite can both go hand in hand to yield you better profits. The key differentiation of Google Adsense and Adbrite are as follows :
Google Adsense has an stringent approval system to begin with.You need at least 7 days or more to get approved. Adbrite, approves your account instantly! You can signup for Adbrite and start displaying the ads on your site within few minutes.
2. Customer Support
No doubt, Adbrite have a better costumer support than Google Adsense. Google Adsense is based on community support, which is not as efficient and user friendly as of dedicated support staff of Adbrite.
3. Ads
Google Adsense is more contextual. The quality of Google Adsense goes unmatched. While Adbrite is also quite good enough(may not be as contextual as Google Adsense). Adbrite is not contextual like Adsense, so the click through rate is a bit low.
4. Flexibility
With Google adsense you can not sell Ad space in your site, but with Adbrite you can create your own Price and Packages. With Adbrite you have more flexibility over your ad. With Adbrite the seller has a great advantage showing what the site provides. As unique visitors, Page views, Origin of traffic, Average cost per click (eCPC), Site Category, Alexa rank, Repurchase rate, Conversion Score, AdBrite since, What CPC can I expect?, Ad zone description, and much more.
5. Payment
Google Adsense has the minimum payout amount of 100$ while Adbrite has a low minimum payout amount of 5$. Google Adsense pays in has option to pay in various currencies (like Indian Rupees) and pays out every month. AdBrite issues payments in US Dollars, two months (net-60) after you accrue them.
6. Popularity
Google Adsense wins hands on. Adbrite is surely next to it.
7. Ads Format
Google Adsense have a lot of ads format. In addition to text and banner ads, AdBrite offers advanced options like Full Page Ad, BritePic, and Inline ads. These formats will allow you to show high-value ads without losing site real estate—and the multimedia formats let you take advantage of the photos and video clips on your site. Bottom line, you’ll earn more than with the standard options provided by most ad networks.. Adbrite also allows you to display ads of other networks(say Google Adsense) beating a specified cpm.
8. Performance
Google Adsense is much better when it comes to performance. Initially Google will start displaying the ads in not more than 10 minutes while Adbrite takes more than 24hours.The load times of Google Adsense are found to be better.
9. ToS
Google Adsense is known for its strict TOS. Google Adsense, the great disadvantage can be some publisher are banned without real reason. On the other hand Adbrite is not that strict about its TOS. I have not heard an event of account banned by Adbrite till date.
10. Other
- Google Adsense will not allow to modify the ad code to suit your needs. While adbrite you can play around with the ad code as you wish !
- You can use Google Adsense and Adbrite both together, on the same site without any problem.
So, to start with here are a few steps to maximize your Adbrite earnings.
- Un-check the auto-approve of ads, and don’t approve ads below 10 cents.
- Give a nice description of your website, remember most of the advertisers you will catch from the Adbrite market place.
- Get the big rectangles, as that is the best performing ads for any network.
- Put up as many tags as you can, in the keywords field. Use the dictionary if you run out of keywords.
- Make the color of the ads text and background same as rest of your website.
- If the ads are a banner, only approve the really high CPC ads, like 50 cents or more, and for CPM ads banner, choose max you can
Symbian vs. Android
While Android and Symbian have been making headlines since their release, the war between them has already been waged. The makers, namely, Google and Nokia have been trying hard to beat each other in terms of performance. While Android is relatively older, Symbian is also trying hard to keep up with the former. With both providing amazing gaming experience, it is for the gamers to determine the best choice. However the following discussion under the head will help you have a rough idea about the specialties of both.
Open / Close OS
:
In the competition going on in the mobile platforms of Open Source, developers preferably have two major choices: Android and Symbian. It has an integrated browser that in based on WebKit engine of open source. The former is an open source but with a closed development (relatively). Symbian is out and out an open source, once it comes around the corner, to release its full source code.
Feature / Tools Exclusive to OS
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Android’s bunch of features includes Application Framework that allows users to reuse components, Dalvik Virtual Machine, Optimized graphics for full 2D and 3D support. With media support for video, still images, common audio, and other complicated formats, its multimedia performance is also very high. It sports features like accelerometer, compass and GPS. For storage of structured data, SQLite, is just ideal. Further core applications like SMS program, maps, calendar, email client, contacts, Java programming, etc are highly optimized in Android. However, Android does have a very poor support for Web games, which makes it quite unusable for playing online.
Symbian, on the other hand supports C++ programming effectively. It is because of its high Java support, that gaming has its ultimate experience here. More for online games, that takes time to buffer and run on other mobile, this one has smooth running as a PC. With its wide compatibility with device, it is also a good choice, especially for gamers. But, Symbian OS is not equally good in terms of downloading gaming. Nonetheless, in all the other aspects it is quite competent.
Usability
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Depending on the user’s choice, both are easy to operate with non-complex interface. Users can use either of them depending on their need. While both provide smooth uninterrupted gaming experience, the Symbian one is more prescribed for online gaming. However, both the operating systems have refined playing in touch screens in mobiles.
Telco Network
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Android has made its handsets a Wi-Fi hotspot. With a support to wireless Internet, this operating system can run Web on your handset even when you do not have a network connection in your phone. You can simply get a wireless connection from some other device to serve the purpose.
Symbian does not have an integrated network accelerator, for smoother and clearer video calling, but you can download one and use to speed up the connection for uninterrupted networking.
Handset/ hardware differences
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The hardware interface of Android includes an autofocus camera, callback on camera error, etc. and interface for supplying image data from captured picture, delivering copies of preview, geomagnetic field, sensor and other exciting features that facilitate the usage.
Handsets like Nokia N8, powered by Symbian OS have been reported with issues with opening large web pages.
Internet and Email
Android 2.0 now includes the Firefox Mobile Web Browser, which provides faster and stable browsing experience. Symbian browser can download only one file at one time, however there is now support for multi window browsing though the Symbian web browser.
Applications
with Android operating system, the users can access thousands of applications, which is essential for the smart phones. Being an open source platform with relatively closed development, Android offers several applications. However, being an out-n-out open source OS Symbian offers huge range of third party apps.
Multimedia
Both Android and Symbian based mobile phones support good multimedia features. The media players can play diverse music and video files, while there are high mega pixel cameras as well. However, the images appear better on the Android based touch screen phones.
Conclusion
Android is much advanced and provides more value to the end users. Symbian needs updates its features.
Open / Close OS
In the competition going on in the mobile platforms of Open Source, developers preferably have two major choices: Android and Symbian. It has an integrated browser that in based on WebKit engine of open source. The former is an open source but with a closed development (relatively). Symbian is out and out an open source, once it comes around the corner, to release its full source code.
Feature / Tools Exclusive to OS
Android’s bunch of features includes Application Framework that allows users to reuse components, Dalvik Virtual Machine, Optimized graphics for full 2D and 3D support. With media support for video, still images, common audio, and other complicated formats, its multimedia performance is also very high. It sports features like accelerometer, compass and GPS. For storage of structured data, SQLite, is just ideal. Further core applications like SMS program, maps, calendar, email client, contacts, Java programming, etc are highly optimized in Android. However, Android does have a very poor support for Web games, which makes it quite unusable for playing online.
Symbian, on the other hand supports C++ programming effectively. It is because of its high Java support, that gaming has its ultimate experience here. More for online games, that takes time to buffer and run on other mobile, this one has smooth running as a PC. With its wide compatibility with device, it is also a good choice, especially for gamers. But, Symbian OS is not equally good in terms of downloading gaming. Nonetheless, in all the other aspects it is quite competent.
Usability
Depending on the user’s choice, both are easy to operate with non-complex interface. Users can use either of them depending on their need. While both provide smooth uninterrupted gaming experience, the Symbian one is more prescribed for online gaming. However, both the operating systems have refined playing in touch screens in mobiles.
Telco Network
Android has made its handsets a Wi-Fi hotspot. With a support to wireless Internet, this operating system can run Web on your handset even when you do not have a network connection in your phone. You can simply get a wireless connection from some other device to serve the purpose.
Symbian does not have an integrated network accelerator, for smoother and clearer video calling, but you can download one and use to speed up the connection for uninterrupted networking.
Handset/ hardware differences
The hardware interface of Android includes an autofocus camera, callback on camera error, etc. and interface for supplying image data from captured picture, delivering copies of preview, geomagnetic field, sensor and other exciting features that facilitate the usage.
Handsets like Nokia N8, powered by Symbian OS have been reported with issues with opening large web pages.
Internet and Email
Android 2.0 now includes the Firefox Mobile Web Browser, which provides faster and stable browsing experience. Symbian browser can download only one file at one time, however there is now support for multi window browsing though the Symbian web browser.
Applications
with Android operating system, the users can access thousands of applications, which is essential for the smart phones. Being an open source platform with relatively closed development, Android offers several applications. However, being an out-n-out open source OS Symbian offers huge range of third party apps.
Multimedia
Both Android and Symbian based mobile phones support good multimedia features. The media players can play diverse music and video files, while there are high mega pixel cameras as well. However, the images appear better on the Android based touch screen phones.
Conclusion
Android is much advanced and provides more value to the end users. Symbian needs updates its features.
Best android phones 2011
1. Acer Stream
Check out our Acer Stream preview for more.
2. Dell Thunder
3. Dell Smoke
4. Dell Flash
5. Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
You can learn more about this budget offering in our Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 preview.
6. Samsung i9200 Galaxy S2
Expected to be released in early 2011, the Samsung i9200 Galaxy S2 will run Android with a 2GHz processor. With 4.3 inch 1280 x 720 pixel super AMOLED 2 display, no smartphone planning to release in the near future can claim a display that good. It will also feature an 8-megapixel camera with HD video capture, 1 GB RAM, 32 GB of built in flash memory, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.5mm audio jack, gyroscope, accelerometer, proximity and ambient light sensors.
7. Samsung Galaxy Q
The Samsung Galaxy Q is considered to be an upgraded version of the Samsung Galaxy S with a physical keyboard. This new Android device will be powered by a 1GHz hummingbird processor, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, 3 inch 720 x 480 super AMOLED screen, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, Android 2.2 and 16 GB of internal memory (expandable up to 32 GB). Samsung plans to compete with the BlackBerry with its Galaxy Q series device. Unfortunately, as of yet, there is no indication on how this device will look.
You can learn more about it though, check out our Samsung Galaxy Q preview.
You can learn more about it though, check out our Samsung Galaxy Q preview.
8. Motorola Droid 2
The highly anticipated Motorola Droid 2 is expected to launch in the second week of August 2010. The exciting features that this new Android phone is packed with include - a wonderfully designed keypad, Wi-Fi tethering support, 1 GHz OMAP processor, 5 megapixel camera, 8 GB of internal memory and Android 2.1. The Motorola Droid 2 is expected to be upgraded with Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ in the future.
Check out our Motorola Droid 2 preview for more.
Check out our Motorola Droid 2 preview for more.
9. HTC Vision
10. HTC Desire HD
A fresh set of rumors are suggesting that the HTC Desire HD is actually the so-called HTC Ace. The phone will include a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, Android 2.2 OS, 4GB of internal memory, 8 megapixel camera with 720 pixel video capture, auto flash 10 support and an automatic face tracking application. Unfortunately, the images of this ‘unibody aluminum design’ device have not surfaced but there is a plenty of time for them to leak before its October release.
In the meantime you can check out the original HTC Desire review.
In the meantime you can check out the original HTC Desire review.
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