The RingDroid application is developed using Java and most of RingDroid’s functionality control can be done via the Andriod touch screen without press menu keys. Meanwhile, you can set the start and ending notes by sliding arrows along the timeline, by pressing Start and End to record the point, or by typing in time stamps.

You can even zoom in to set more precise marks on the timeline, and can press the Menu key while in zoom mode to reset to the beginning. Once finish customize the time frame of your andriod ringtone, Just press the drop-down menu to create a ringtone, alarm, notification, or edited tune.

Beside that, Ringdroid also features own sound recording function which letting you lay down your own sounds from scratch by pressing the Record button on the RingDroid app interface.

RingDroid - Andriod Ringtone Maker Features:

- Open an existing audio file
- View a scrollable waveform representation of the audio file at 5 zoom levels
- Set starting and ending points for a clip within the audio file, using an optional touch interface
- Play the selected portion of the audio, including an indicator cursor and auto scrolling of the waveform
- Play anywhere else by tapping the screen
- Save the clipped audio as a new audio file and mark it as Music, Ringtone, Alarm, or Notification.
- Record a new audio clip to edit
- Launches automatically in response to the GET_CONTENT intent with a mime type of audio/ if any other   application wants to pick an audio file - for example the “Rings Extended” application.

Check out more : Howto create android ringtone using RingDroid

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HTC has announced will be the first mobile phone company integrated Google Android mobile open source operating system on the upcoming HTC Touch Cruise mobile phone. This has been a great news for Google Android fans which finally have a mobile phone that support Google Android and commercial worldwide on smart mobile phone market.

As Google Andriods mobile OS has been receiving a lot good review recently about the functionality and features. The upcoming HTC Touch cruise will supporting VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics, SQLite for structured data storage. Plus more, It will supports a wide array of connectivity including GSM, CDMA, Bluetooth, EDGE, EV-DO, 3G and Wi-Fi. The Web browsing is build based on WebKit application framework.

However, the full information about HTC Touch Cruise with Google Android has not been finalized yet. But there is no doubt that HTC Touch Cruise will be the most exciting products HTC has ever come out with.

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After saw the Andriod demo clip, i think Andriod mobile phone operating system will sure a perfect iPhone competitor which have a nice slick touches to the interface

Key features of Andriod demonstration clip had:

• Slide to unlock patterns - On the screen you’ll have 9 dots that you’ll be able to create a pattern with, and that pattern is what’s used to unlock your phone. Now, I don’t think this leaves any chances for accidentally unlocking the phone! And it will fun too, since we all love connecting dots, eh?
• Notifications - A slide down page contains all of your notifications (calendar events, new email, etc…). This all-in-one location is quite time-saving.
• Desktop - Yes, Android will feature a fully customizable desktop similar to Windows, where users will be able to create shortcuts for bookmarks, contacts etc and drag them to position where ever they want.
• Street View - The Android devices will include an optimized version of Google Street View that looks pretty sweet. You can use your finger to spin the map around, or enable the compass view feature that will rotate the 3D imagery according to the direction you’re facing.

Meanwhile, there are dozens of photos of the touchscreen Android prototype over at Android Community. You can check it out more about Andriod

To export a presentation to your local computer:

1. Click the File menu of the presentation you’d like to export.
2. Select Save as PPT.
3. In the window that appears, click to save the file.

You can also save your Google Presentations as PDF or Text files, share them with your friends and family, or make them public.

For more information, read the Google Docs Blog.

Google Calendar Sync is not able to to sync events on secondary calendars at this time, it will only sync events from your primary Google Calendar and your default Microsoft Outlook calendar.

Google Calendar Sync offers 3 types of Sync Options between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar.

• 2-Way Sync - will sync all the events in your Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar.
• 1-Way: Google Calendar to Microsoft Outlook calendar - All events in your primary Google Calendar will be added to your default Microsoft Outlook calendar.
• 1-Way: Microsoft Outlook calendar to Google Calendar - All events in your default Microsoft Outlook calendar will be added to your primary Google Calendar.

You can configure your Google Calendar Sync to sync both Google and Outlook, sync Outlook to Google only, or sync Google to Outlook only in the Setting windows. You can also set how often you want to synchronize your calendars. The minimum time interval is 10 minutes.

Google Calendar Sync is now available for free for all Google Apps users at http://dl.google.com/googlecalendarsync/GoogleCalendarSync_Installer.exe

Google Talk(the desktop application) doesn’t have this new feature yet. You cannot switch yourself to invisible if you are logged in using another gadget or desktop Gmail Client.

This new feature works in the new version of Gmail on Firefox 2 and IE7.

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To use Chatback, you must have a Google Talk account. You can create a Google Talk Chatback badge here, then copy and paste the code into your blog or website. The live chat badge will display your online status (whether you’re available to chat or not) along with your status message. People who visit your web page will be able to chat with you whenever you’re signed in to Google Talk. The live chat is one-to-one, and you can talk to more than one person at a time.

Chatback uses the web-based Google Talk Gadget so your visitors don’t need to download or install anything. It opens in a new window so they can keep chatting with you even if they browse to other pages.

And now Google has added iGoogle Themes Directory to its gadgets directory. The directory, which is available through the “Select theme” link on your iGoogle homepage, contains ton of themes to choose from.

iGoogle Theme Directory allows users to post their work and share with others. Similar to Google Gadgets, the directory allow you to view and select themes, rate themes, add comments and view how many users.

You can also design your own theme and upload it to a directory. To learn more on designing your own theme, read the Developer’s Guide, check out examples of themes or download the themes template to help jump start your development if you are new to XML.

Click on the “Share” whenever you find an interesting item and you want to share with your friend. The icon will turn orange to indicate that it’s being shared. Google Reader automatically creates a public page for any items that you mark as “shared”. You can see a list of everything you’ve chosen to share at the “Your Shared Items”.

Now Google makes your Google Reader shared items visible to your friends from Google Talk. Your friends will be able to see your shared items in the Google Reader left-hand navigation area under “Friends’ shared items”.

You can manage your friends list at your Google Reader Settings page to choose which friends and invite them to see your Reader shared items. Read here for more on how to add and remove friends.

Google have been testing new scrolling ads. The scroller are tiny “Up”, “Down”, “Left” and “Right” arrows at the top or bottom of the ad units. The arrows let you scroll through a whole series of ads for new advertisements. This shows your readers more ads.

When you clicked on the arrows, the ads scrolled up and down, back and forwards without reloading your website.