PSP Emulator for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Others

The gaming library for smartphones is still not huge and there are only a few games – available on Android, Windows Phone and iOS — that can actually please specific type of hard-core gamers.

This is where emulators come into play that can get your PSP games running on smartphone devices. These emulators have this ability of bringing amazing PSP titles to smartphones.

One of its kind emulator, known as PPSSPP, is already here to bring you the joy of PSP games on smartphones.

PPSSPP emulator has been developed by Henrik Rydgard. It works well on Android, iOS, blackberry, symbian and many other OS as well. PPSSPP emulator has made a lot of improvement over the time and now it is able to run many great titles of PSP at good amount of frame rates, but of course the performance depends upon the device you’re using.

Probably the great thing about PPSSPP is that you don’t need high end android devices for games to play. Emulator will also run smoothly on a dual core and even on a single core device as well but performance would vary.

The PPSSPP emulator runs about 26 games by now. Few games are hurdled with some bugs but others seems to be working fine.

Control Your Android Device From PC, Without USB, WiFi

When was the first time you heard about the idea of controlling your phone through the internet? From the NSA?

Actually, no. We’ve been hearing about it since the modern smartphone came along. Still, so few developers have pulled off the feat successfully that the seemingly tireless process feels like a gruelling job.

AirDroid, however, is one of the few tools which will make any average user proud.

The app gives simplicity a new definition. After a simple installation and an account register, you’re done. PC installations of any sort? Those don’t exist here as your average Web Browser takes care of that as flawlessly as anything.

Best of all, it is free. At least if you’re just an average Joe.

Highlights

• Send & receive SMS from the comfort of your computer.
• Move photos, videos, ringtones and any other files on and off Android, all without a USB cable.
• Locate and lock your Android when it’s lost. Cannot get it back? Simply wipe all data remotely.
• Easier way of app search, installation and apk export.
• See through the lens of your Android camera, front and back. Or stream the screen of your Android in nearly real-time.
• Call contact, share clipboard content, push url to Android and more
• Price: Free

The Mobile App

In order to make the system work, you’ll need a Wi-Fi for your smartphone/tablet and a good connection for your PC, or a USB cable to get connected. If you don’t have both the connectivity options even then you can get connected with your Android device through Mobile Internet. Its all there.

The mobile app doesn’t do all that much, apart from offering device details and managing files in a clean and fluid interface, but it’s still a crucial part of the equation. (One cool thing it offers is the QR Code scanning through its webpage which triggers the app.)

In order to improve the battery life, it’s highly recommended that you exit this app after every use. It certainly helps as I myself noticed it depleting the battery juice faster than usual on my phone.

The Web app

The Web app is the centre of all the interest. Unlike several other similar apps, AirDroid doesn’t require any additional installation or a PC client whatsoever. It itself has taken a few design cues from here and there and shows your phone’s status and notifications. All-in-all, it’s quite usable.

Mobilink Introduces Mobimusic Windows App

Mobilink’s Mobimusic, the a music and content video portal, is now available as a Windows app in Pakistan.

The introduction of the Windows app brings all the content from Mobimusic’s vast libraries at the fingertips of Windows phone users in Pakistan. Notably, this application marks the industry’s first entry in to the Windows application space.

No GPRS charges apply for browsing or downloading the content from the app.

Farid Ahmed, Vice President, Marketing Mobilink highlighted, “The Mobimusic app is just one of the countless ways that Mobilink brings its customers a better everyday and it is with great pride that Mobilink maintains its tradition of being the market leader.”

Mechanics:

• Users can access www.mobimusic.pk from their Mobilink Mobile Internet enabled handsets.
• Users can subscribe by clicking on the ‘Subscribe’ button and will receive a confirmation message of the subscription.
• Users can ‘download’ or ‘stream’ their choice of content by clicking on ‘Download’ or ‘Stream’ button in the content description.

Charges:

• Prepaid : Subscription charges for this service are Rs. 5+tax/day for 5 Content downloads OR 10 Video Streams.
• Postpaid: Subscription charges for this servce are Rs.35+tax/week for 35 Content downloads OR 70 Video Streams.
• Effective Rate for download is Rs. 1+Tax per content or Rs.0.5+Tax per Stream.
• NO GPRS charges apply for browsing, downloading or streaming the content.

Terms & Conditions

• Only Mobilink subscribers using Mobilink Mobile Internet can buy and download the content.
• Content is available for all major handsets available in the market.

u-blox, an LTE Equipment Manufacturer, Opens Office in Lahore - PakistaniXpro

u‑blox, a large scale manufacturer of cellular, positioning modules and integrated circuits announced the opening of its new LTE software design centre in Pakistan.

The center will be the company’s R&D facility focusing primarily on protocol stack development for embedded 4G cellular communications, said a statement issued by the company.

The inauguration of the new R&D facility, which is located at the Arfa Karim Software Technology Park in Lahore, was attended by professionals from the technology sector and senior management team from u-blox.

Commenting on the occasion Mr. Andreas Thiel, Head of Wireless Products Development at u‑blox, said: “Our LTE software team in Lahore is a key part of our overall embedded 4G strategy; Expanding the center bolsters our goal of end-to-end ownership of key intellectual property for LTE, a technology that has now become the fastest growing standard in the history of telecommunications.”

Company statement said that new office is already staffed and operational. The facility has enabled u-blox to expand its headcount to over 100 people.

With the opening of the new facility, u-blox plans to double its LTE R&D capacity in the location.

The centre complements u-blox’ 4G LTE baseband chip design international facilities located in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Belgium. The expansion of u-blox in Lahore, Pakistan will accelerate the company’s growth in the global wireless industry, the statement said.

Smartphone Sales Surpass 250 Million Units in Q3 2013, with Nokia Back in the Top 3

Number of smartphone shipments exceeded a quarterly record of 250 million in Q3 2013, representing a y-o-y growth of almost 49% from Q3 2012, and q-o-q growth of 10%, said a report published by Juniper.

According to the report, Samsung now accounts for a third of all smartphones shipped with an estimated 85 million smartphones – a record for the company.

The iPhone accounted for 1 in 7 smartphone shipments during Q3 2013, representing a quarterly growth of 8% from Q2 2013.

These top end players are expected to continue to witness impressive growth next quarter due to seasonality, however, the report said, there can be steady decline in growth thereafter especially in maturing markets.

Nokia shipped a record 8.8 million Lumia devices and nearly 6 million Asha smartphones in Q3 2013, together exceeding LG for the second time this year. LG maintained its smartphone shipment pace compared to the previous quarter, shipping another 12 million in Q3 2013, representing a 24% increases year-over-year.

BlackBerry’s recent results – which run to a different financial schedule – are expected to see them ship just under 4 million smartphones in Q3 2013. In the three months to the end of August 2010, BlackBerry clocked up some 12 million smartphone shipments and more than $4.6 billion in revenues; in its most recent quarter, smartphone shipments had fallen to a paltry 3.7 million against revenues of less than $1.6 billion; the costs of sales were now exceeding the revenues earned.

Huawei, ZTE and LG together shipped over 37 million smartphones in Q3 2013, accounting for a combined market share of 15%.

Juniper report notes that increasingly vendors will be required to anticipate customers ‘future needs’, whilst at the same time creating ‘new needs’ that customers will find desirable. This will become of paramount importance as new customers become a scarce resource and vendor churn becomes a major factor.