Indian company Micromax has come a long way beating majors like Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung, LG and likes to become the largest Indian domestic mobile handsets company in terms of units shipped during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and the third largest mobile handset seller in India as at March 31, 2010. This success can be attributed to the company's highly-affordable yet feature rich line of mobile-handsets appealing to the masses, Micromax Mobile has now forayed into the Indian smart-phone market by launching their first Google Android handset "Micromax A60".

Powered by an impressive feature set including a 600 Mhz processor, 150MB internal memory supporting Android 2.1 Eclair, 7.1 cm Full-Touch Screen (resistive), 3.2 MP Auto Focus Camera, Voice Assisted GPS Navigation, Wi-Fi, Accelerator Sensor, Bluetooth, FM radio, Android Market and HSDPA 7.2Mbps this is definitely a go for Rs. 6999/- (~ USD $154 without any contract).

Google has scheduled to roll-out the official Android Market Update v 2.2.6 over the span of next two weeks to all devices running Android 1.6 or higher. However, users can enjoy the update right now as developers have ripped and posted the new Android market APK install file for everybody to download and install.

The new update brings a sleeker UI introducing features aiming to improve merchandising of applications and streamlining the whole browse-to-purchase experience. Full-quality images and description of new android market features is available after the jump with direct download links to the com.android.vending_2.2.6.apk install package.

Official Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread User's Guide (Manual) is now available for download, packed with 374 pages of newly added and updated information the manual will provide fully illustrated How-To information for the updated user-interface and functionality to the mobile operating-system.

While OEM manufacturer's like Samsung are still rolling out Android 2.2 Froyo Update across various devices, Google has finally announced the much awaited "Android 2.3 Gingerbread". Being advertised as the "fastest version of android yet" (check video) the new major update to the world's second-most popular mobile operating-system brings better gaming, more refined and speedier UI, support for Near Field Communication, updated Linux kernel, one touch selection/copy/paste, improved power management, faster HTTP communication and much more.

Wait of Indian Samsung Galaxy I9000 (GT-I9000HKAINU) owners for long awaited Android 2.2 update is finally over as Samsung Kies is now allowing the update, users with Firmware version "I9000DDJG4/I90000DDJG4 I9000DDJG4/I9000DDJG4" can now officially update to Android 2.2 Froyo upgrading there firmware to version "I9000DDJP6/I90000DDJP5/I9000DDJP2/I9000DDJP6".

While users need to take help of unofficial hacks to use Adobe Flash Player on iOS thankfully the technology is fully supported on Google Android platform, however plugins come disabled by default in Google Android web-browser and here is how to activate them to utilize Flash Player on webpages.

TeamViewer is a popular remote desktop and file transfer utility available on Windows, Linux, Mac And iPhone/iPad platforms, as very much anticipated Google Android client of this multi-platform utility is now available for download. With full support for multi-touch, using TeamViewer Beta For Android is a smooth process. The client is currently available as a beta version and comes with a free for non-commercial use license, the .apk package can be downloaded using the QR Code or direct-download links provided at the end of this post.

Google Android powered Samsung Galaxy I 9000 cellphone is receiving some great reviews and sales, but every phone has their own issues and Samsung Galaxy I 9000 has quite some too. One of the most annoying issue with this cellphone is connectivity with Wi-Fi networks, strangely the phone refuses to use Wi-Fi with full-signal strength most of the times as shown below.

After, trying and failing every single solution shared on android forums I tried using manual settings for Wi-Fi and it worked, a detailed how-to follows after the jump.

Similar to iOS jailbreak you can hack your stock android install to get root user privilege on the device granting you complete control over it. This process known as "rooting" allows users to overcome limitations, add functionality and customize each and every aspect of the operating-system. Compared to iOS jailbreaking, rooting android is a bit easy and can be achieved either by using a desktop application or an application downloaded from market/SD card. While there is quite a fleet of different android powered devices the methods shared below should work on most cases.

If you want to go the "On device" method z4root is the answer, you simply grab the application from "android market" (or download apk to your device storage from computer) and launch it following on-screen instructions.

Cloud storage and syncing not only comes-in handy but also ensure safety against data-loss, we have reviewed services like Dropbox, Windows Live Mesh, ZumoDrive and aDrive (50 GB Free backup) offering starter packs with limited free storage space. Another cloud-storage and syncing service SugarSync is now offering 5 GB free backup-storage for everybody with no limit on the number of devices your can sync, to make things even more lucrative SugarSync truly holds to it's motto - "Access all your data Anytime, anywhere, from any device" by offering clients for PC, MAC, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian and Windows Mobile Mobile Platforms.