Google/Android has released a new keyboard app called the Gboard to the UK and USA, not sure what the G is for, but the keyboard has an integrated search feature which makes it even easier to share and find things on the Internet, and it's an iphones keyboard design but Android integrated. Also you can find emojis easier, by searching for it instead of having to find it. This has always been one of my biggest problems, and I think many others problems with the Android typing system. And one of the best features is the ability called glide swiped which allows you to create words without lifting your finger from the screen, which is good if you're trying to type really quick. Gboard is coming to Android soon. It's already available on Apple products. I honestly think this app sounds pretty promising.
The Great Debate: Android or iphone?
Friday, June 17, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Iphone's small yet huge advantage over Android
Some may be unhappy with their phone's small flaws, but overall pretty satisfied. However, Iphone owners are happiest as shown by American Customer satisfaction Index report, but only barely. This year in customer satisfaction, Samsung only scored 80 out of 100, while Apple gained the upper hand with 81 out of 100. The Iphone 6 an 6 plus are what helped Apple's customer satisfaction in the first place, which was to be expected as they are the bigger phones and they were highly anticipated iphones since the Iphone 5. Samsung also had room to congratulate themselves as well, as the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 took first place with a grade of 86 ahead of Apple's Iphone 6S Plus, which had a high score 85. Samsung tied with Apple for third and fourth place with it's Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy Note 4. Every category I say was equal, but it was the battery life that really kills it for Samsung. For example, take the Samsung Galaxy S6. The phone is phenomenal and a huge step up, you see how succesful it is. But it's battery life is just bad compared to Apple's Iphone's, probably because the phone has better specs. Meaning in the future, if Android can improve battery life while keeping the same specs, i think android will be a lot better.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
A Genuine Android Gaming Console
There are plenty of Android gaming devices that have been strictly dedicated to gaming as handhelds, but most of them have been failures. They usually are believed to rival gaming products such as Nintendo Ds, the Wii U, and even Sony and Microsoft consoles as well as handhelds. For example the Ouya, might have made millions on kickstarter but it had bugs and it had bad sales so Razer ended up buying the company. Nvidia shield gaming handhelds came closest to getting an Android gaming machine to be taken seriously. They usually sport the best controls and designs. Heres a picture of a Nvidia gaming handheld for the Android phone below:
However, the devices usually fall short of everything expected and wanted. But we may have found the Android gaming machine we've been waiting for: the Nvidia JXD S192, which is powered by the Nvidia Tegra K1 quad core processor and the 2 GHz ARM cortex-A15 chip. The bad boy also sports 2 gigs of ram, which is decent. As for the screen it's pretty nice, with a full 8 inch HD display with 323 ppi. Stereo speakers are built in, a rear camera of 13 megapixels, and a front camera with 5 mega pixels. A gamepad is built around the screen that has Xbox style buttons and analog sticks. You may also use separate USB or Bluetooth controls. There is a 10,000 mAh battery, which is pretty decent. So you could play for 6 hours straight, and if not then you can use the Internet for 57 hours. It comes with 18 pre installed gaming emulators for different consoles and handhelds, old and new, such as Dream cast, SNES, NES, N64, Mega drive and psone, and that's only a few. This sounds amazing, I'd love to be able to play all my childhood ganes on the go and at a faster speed then before, all on the device. The device comes with Android 4.2.2 google play, so pretty up to date. The device has been being pre-order able for a few months now, at around $219.99.
However, the devices usually fall short of everything expected and wanted. But we may have found the Android gaming machine we've been waiting for: the Nvidia JXD S192, which is powered by the Nvidia Tegra K1 quad core processor and the 2 GHz ARM cortex-A15 chip. The bad boy also sports 2 gigs of ram, which is decent. As for the screen it's pretty nice, with a full 8 inch HD display with 323 ppi. Stereo speakers are built in, a rear camera of 13 megapixels, and a front camera with 5 mega pixels. A gamepad is built around the screen that has Xbox style buttons and analog sticks. You may also use separate USB or Bluetooth controls. There is a 10,000 mAh battery, which is pretty decent. So you could play for 6 hours straight, and if not then you can use the Internet for 57 hours. It comes with 18 pre installed gaming emulators for different consoles and handhelds, old and new, such as Dream cast, SNES, NES, N64, Mega drive and psone, and that's only a few. This sounds amazing, I'd love to be able to play all my childhood ganes on the go and at a faster speed then before, all on the device. The device comes with Android 4.2.2 google play, so pretty up to date. The device has been being pre-order able for a few months now, at around $219.99.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
The most official iphone 7 rumors and pics?
There are only a few months left until the release of the Iphone 7 and it's variations, and there are leaks already. This makes sense as iphone 7 production has been announced, and workers cant keep the news to themselves when they get new parts. There is a mega negativity on Apple's part because of the widely shared belief by the IPhone consumers that the IPhone 7 will be boring. This is based on the Iphone's rumored design, which is rumored to look like 2014's IPhone 6 or the current latest iPhone 6S. This is pretty shocking to me, as I honestly never thought the fans would see how obvious is that IPhone designs are usually strikingly similar when its just a variant of a recently released IPhone. However, this wouldn't be a big deal as the fans would still buy it of course. In the photo below, we see what is probably a real IPhone 7, as the leaked image was released on a foreign website, which usually leaks real images of upcoming phones. The phone below looks a lot like the IPhone 6 and iPhone 6S, but hey, who knows what the front looks like. Also, even if the design may not be the most amazing feature some may have been expecting, and again, there still may be a chance that this isn't the real phone as it's only a leaked image, the phone's camera seems promising. I mean look at that camera! It's huge. Probably going to be better than the last iphone's. But it looks pretty real to me. Is this the real thing? We can never know for sure, and even if most things point to it being the real thing, why would Apple release leaked images of the next IPhone that looks too similar to the previous ones? I'm not sure. But I do know this: We shouldn't expect much of a difference from this when the phone is released this upcoming September, because there isn't much time left to make many changes.
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Supposedly a real IPhone 7 |
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Android N vs IOS 9
Google revealed the new Android operating system is called Android N. "Android N" supposedly is getting better features than those of the new apple software, IOS 9. Android N is going to get beefed up security updates and new emojis. Google's update will come this September. Some of the ways Android N will have some perks over IOS 9 and vise versa. Google Assistant, will let you talk with the Android device, from bringing you to a website, to making an resteraunt reservation, so similar to Apple's siri. Split screen is on IOS 9, but only on the IPad and not the Iphone, well, yet. But for Android N, it will be on both phones and tablets. Instant apps will let you access apps without actually installing the app itself. This will come in handy for example quick pay app, you can use quick pay without having to use whatevee the phone would normally make you use. It also saves space. Currently IOS 9 has no counter against this. Some things Android N and IOS 9 noth have are replying with notifications, which lets you reply within the notification menu to texts; Android has night mode, which reduces eye strain at nighr when viewing your phones bright screen, and IOS has practically the same thing, except its called night shift. I'd personally have Android N as my phones software, it has more advantages over IOS. But thats just me. Some people dont care.
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Android N software on a Android phone |
Thursday, May 12, 2016
IPhone of the future?
Recently its been rumored that the Iphone will ditch the usual design, and have an edge to edge display, which is rumored to look like a piece of glass with a iphones screen. I don't think this is the greatest idea, and it's also rumored that it's going to have no home button. Why? What's can even replace the home button? The phone is probably gonna be called the iphone 7s or iphone 8, and the touch id sensor will be on the bottom. This is because the entire face will probably be the display. At this point, it sounds to me like apple is just trying too hard with the futuristic theme of Iphones. First we hear that future Iphones will probably have no earphone port, and now everything is going to be implemented into the front facing screen? This shouldnt be possible unless the phone shrinks to fit the size of the screen, or if the screen expands to fit the iphone. Apple sure are risk takers. But to be fair, people will buy anything they give them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/12/iphone-rumours-apple-to-reinvent-phone-with-edgeless-display-and/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/12/iphone-rumours-apple-to-reinvent-phone-with-edgeless-display-and/
Thursday, May 5, 2016
New Samsung galaxy phone...?

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