Transferring data between devices is always a tiresome task, specially when moving contacts from one Smartphone platform to another. Luckily, in this competitive world, there are some basics that make difficult tasks extremely simple.

Now, there is a great technique to transfer all your contacts from an Android Smartphone for those who have bought or planning to buy a Windows Phone device. For Windows Phone it will not work by simply copying the .vcf file.  Users have to convert the files to .csv format. We suggest you a simple and easy method instead of going through headache.

It is supposed that on Android phone all the contacts, emails, and calendar events have been synced to the Gmail account. Then only, user can continue with following steps:

Step 1:

Go to the main menu of your Windows phone by tapping on the arrow on the top right corner of the screen. Scroll down and open the Settings app.

Step 2 :

After opening the settings, you will find an option of ‘email + accounts’. Select this option to create a new account. This is required so as to fetch the contacts from the Gmail server.

Step 3:

Select the option to add a new email account.

Step 4:

From the list, select Google to add your Gmail account details in the following screen.

Step 5 :

After adding the Gmail account login details and pressing next, the phone asks you if you wish to sync only email, or email, contacts and calendar. Choose the second option. Then let the phone sync all your contacts to the Windows Phone contacts app. This may take some time so it is recommended to grab a cup of your favorite beverage.

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Google Glass, popular wearable mobility gadget, is bringing dedicated applications for social networking services Twitter and Facebook. Glass users would be able to share information and pictures with friends & family while not having the need to access their mobile phone devices with these dedicated applications. As of now, Facebook application for Google glass comes with restricted features and allows for sharing of photos taken with the glass. However, twitter application for Glass offers much more in terms of usability as it allows the users to share pictures.  It also allows users to see Twitter notifications and respond to messages that they receive for their Twitter account. Google Glass can do things like a Smartphone such as taking pictures and videos. It allows users to send an SMS. Users just need to speak the words and the Google Glass will send an SMS on what they said. Also, users can get directions and information on places with these glasses. Google Glass makes use of augmented reality, which is basically explaining a normal scenario with computer generated information. The Glasses are likely to be available for general public towards the end of this year. However, it is expected to be priced at around Rs 80,000.

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Google in their latest move has asked Microsoft to remove Youtube application from Windows Phone 8 devices and app marketplace. However, the reason for this demand is that the app doesn't allow advertisements. Also, it allows users to download videos from Youtube. These are considered to be violations of Youtube's terms of use. As a result, there are no ads that means no revenue for Google and content creators. Therefore, it hits the Google's very source of revenue. According to a letter by Google to Microsoft, Google has asked Microsoft to "immediately withdraw this application from the Windows Phone Store and disable existing downloads of the application by Wednesday, May 22, 2013." As per Microsoft spokesperson, “We'd be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs." It is hoped that the issue is resolved in time and the Windows Phone users do not suffer from this wrangling between two companies. In case, Youtube app is pulled out of Windows Phone store, users can still access youtube.com through their phones browser.

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When a new product is released, people tend to move past the good points quickly and focus on what is missing. When Google declared its new Google+ Hangouts integrated messaging system yesterday, there were a few minutes of people saying "Cool!" before the outcry became, "Where is the SMS support?"  However, good news is that Google has confirmed that SMS support is coming soon. The good news was announced by Dori Storbeck, Google's Community Manager for Hangouts and Chat in the comment thread of Google+ post. As per Google's Community Manager for Hangouts and Chat, "SMS integration is coming soon - it is one of our most requested features!"  Therefore, Google fully understands what the users want, but just couldn't get it ready in time for launch. Google has a history of rolling out updates for new products quickly, so it can be expected that the features will be added soon.  Storbeck didn't answered directly to what users on iOS should expect, but it is assumed that SMS would not be able to be integrated there because of restrictions by Apple. However, it is still possible that iOS could see Google Voice integration.

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Google’s I/O meeting is more focused on developers rather than product unveils or latest Android versions. But that does not signify there is nothing new. It is occurring under the cover and one of its major manifestations came in the form of new location APIs for developers. It will open the technique for a ton of new functionality and apps. However, it is also done in a way so that user’s phone can last long enough. Google has determined its innovation in location services in three areas: power, accuracy and coverage. It means that with the latest APIs apps using your location will draw less power from the system, be more accurate and available in places they weren’t earlier. They will also be capable to track location, user activity, and employ geofences.  There are three latest APIs and they support Android devices as old as running 2.2 Froyo.

Fused Location Provider

Fused comes with the thought of simplifying the way user refer to location and also combining all location sensors like cellular, Wi-Fi and GPS. It makes all that signal simple and uncomplicated to access so user don’t have to invoke every single way to determine location.

Simple accuracy priorities

As it is stated earlier, more exact location purpose means a higher battery draw. Google launches three levels of accuracy developers will be able to choose from:

High Accuracy:

Location checks every 5 seconds consuming 7.25% battery capacity per hour. The given location data is true in a 20 meter range and employs GPS outside & Wi-Fi inside.

Balanced Power:

Location checks every 20 seconds drawing 0.6% battery per hour. Accuracy is in a 40 meter range. This is the way that without draining your battery user can bring energy efficient location data into a lot of applications.

No Power:

No interval for location checks, does not consume power, gives one mile accuracy.

Geofencing:
The new API will make it possible to add up to 100 geofences for each app. Geofences are areas around a certain location. It will trigger an action when the user crosses the border of such an area.  User also have to mention that a similar function already exists in Android and it is called addProximityAlert(), although it arrives with one huge downside - it consumes 8% of your battery per day. This new geofencing execution will cut power consumption to merely 2.4%.

Activity tracking:

Google is giving developers a simple tool to ensure what kind of activity a user is doing - walking, cycling, driving a car. It uses existing device sensors and done with machine learning. The anticipations for the new location APIs are sky-high.

Source : phonearena