Friday, June 17, 2016

Google's new keyboard is an IPhone keyboard?

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. 

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.