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Good news has came for the Android platform smartphone users, now on google play store has provided popular instant messager app, BBM for Android Gingerbread. Sure it's very good since lot of people still using older android version, the Gingerbread version of Android. And they still want to use the blackberry messenger. Though the first launch about two weeks ago, the use of BBM for android still got lot of complaint because not all android devices are compatible with Blackberry Ltd applications.

On the first day of its appearance, as about 10 million Android users have downloaded this application. However, the first BBM for Android yesterday can only be used on devices that already use Android version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the top the Jelly Bean, while the previous version for android users could only gape not to use it.

Because of the great enthusiasm of the Android user community to this application, now available BBM for Android Gingerbread, Android version 2.3. But unfortunately, this is not a native application output from RIM, but from a third party that is XDA Developers. If you want to use this chat application, you can download it at Google Play Store with Format .Apk. However, not all devices could be compatible with this application, since you first must have been using ARM V7 before downloading. Until this news was sent down, the Blackberry Messenger for Android still sit at the top of free Android best apps.

Tegra Note, a new mid-class android tablet from Nvidia

All this time, Android tablet always identical to the Galaxy Tab from Samsung or Google Nexus 7 . Both are dominating the Android tablet sales from 2012 until the middle of this year. Nvidia immediately saw a gap and then took the opportunity with the release of their new gadgets, a 7-inch tablet called Tegra Note. This Quad Core Android tablet from Nvidia was circulated to compete with the other mid-price tablets.

Nexus 7 is known as a pioneer of cheap android tablet . With a reasonable price of  US $199 , the Nexus 7 tablet that uses a quad -core Tegra 3 processor and a 7- inch tablet was able to beat many favorites fame like Motorola Xoom or the Galaxy Tab 2 .

Nvidia will put a price around US $199 for the Tegra Note. The difference is that Tegra Note will have a Tegra 4 processor that has an equivalent performance as Snapdragon 800. In its official release, Nvidia Tegra tablet informs us that the Note will be produced in collaboration with several producers or manufacturers such as Asus , Toshiba , Oppo and the others.

Another spec owned by Tegra Note Tablet is the 5 mega pixel camera , 16 GB internal memory and comes with a micro SD slot . Judging from the existing spec, Tegra Note Tablet may be other threats for Galaxy Note. Nvidia will start selling Tegra Note Android Tablet this October in various areas. US$199 is not an expensive price for the size of 7 inch Android tablet with a great processor .

Nexus 7 3G 16GB, cheap but powerful

Google have realize the desire of the consumers who want to buy cheap Android tablet, but has a powerful specification. Today, Google released the Nexus 7 with an internal memory of 16 GB with 3G connectivity with a reasonable price tag at around US$199. With low prices, Nexus 7 with 3G connectivity is widely believed will be the toughest opponent for the iPad Mini that just released last week by Apple. Google is not just release a Nexus 7 16 GB with 3G connectivity, but also released the 32 GB version of the Nexus 7 with 3G connectivity and 32GB Wi-Fi version.

Nexus 7 32 GB Wi-Fi version is priced US$249. As for the Nexus 7 32 GB 3G version is worth US$299. Actually, the 3 new variants of Nexus 7 have already seen by Google to cover up the weaknesses in the previous Nexus 7. It's all about the size of the internal memory options and the lack of 3G connectivity in it.

For Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 8 GB version, Google also took the decision to stop the sale. And replaced with the 3 new variants above and of course the Nexus 7 Wi-Fi version with 16GB internal memory which comes first.

The presence of this 3 new version of Nexus 7 could be a new markdown trend for the similar android tablet. As we know, many precious android tablet are cheap, but it just has very minimal specifications. And Nexus 7 could be the pioneer for a cheap tablet gadget but has the specification that's not cheap. The processors used by this new android tablet was included in the high-end processor, the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3.

Nexus Tablet 10 leaked photos

Nexus Tablet 10 that are expected to be released at the end of this year seems to be true. Through the leaked latest photos of the tablet Nexus 10, Google seems ready to release a tablet that has a 10.1 inch screen specifications this late October.

Some of the photos that were leaked showing Nexus tablet 10 from all sides. Nexus Tablet 10 estimated using a similar aluminum material design, unlike the Nexus tablet 7 which uses a plastic material. On the back of the gadget, It seen that Google also pinned 5 mega pixels camera. While on the front panel there is also a possibility of large-sized VGA or 1.3 mega pixels camera.

Nexus Tablet 10 has a width of 10.1 inch wide screen with a resolution of 2560 x 1600. While the pixel depth is estimated at 300 ppi, it's higher compared to Ipad 4 or New iPad. As for the processor, Nexus tablet 10 using the latest processors from Samsung Exynos 5250 dual core 1.7 GHz Cortex A15. The 2 GB RAM installed in this new tablet is large enough too.


Cortex A15 Exynos 5250 processor as seen from the benchmark results could equal or even better than Pro S4 Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. The attached GPU Mali-T604 is also said to be better than the Adreno 225.

Tablet Nexus 10 will adopt the latest version of android OS, Android 4.2 Key Lime Pie. Not to mention what the price of this tablet that will be released on the 29th October.

Starting from the presence of Apple's first iPad in 2010 ago, The tablet industry is increasingly crowded and many new gadgets are popping. Archos, a French manufacturer of tablet, re-introduced to the public their new tablet named 97 Xenon. The purpose of the name 97 is likely due to the tablet sized 9.7 inch. This type of display use the IPS multitouch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

The ratio of the panel that is on the Archos 97 Xenon is 4:3, the same panel that used by the first iPad. However, the actual use of the panel that has the ratio of 4: 3 is no longer a trend. For parts of the processor, 97 Xenon using a single-core processor with a speed of 1.4 GHz. The single-core processor coupled with 512 MB RAM.

The internal memory is installed on this tablet was 4 GB. Pretty standard. However, the memory capacity can be increased by the presence of a microSD slot that can read additional memory capacity up to 32 GB. The camera that've been attached to this French tablet could be their minus section. The camera has a resolution of 2 mega pixels are rarely mounted on a tablet. Archos is only pinned 2 mega pixels camera on the back and a VGA camera for the front camera.

Archos 97 Xenon will use the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version for the operating system. As for the connectivity, 97 Xenon support 3G and Wi-Fi connection, but have no Bluetooth. Very standard gadget to fight with many tablets available in the market today..