Samsung: 11 million Galaxy S5 sales in first month
As if you might have expected anything else, Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S5 is off to a strong start. According to Co-CEO JK Shin, the new flagship smartphone is selling better than any of its predecessors. How well is it doing? In the first month since it was released the Samsung Galaxy S5 has been sold 11 million times. Thanks to an ever-increasing presence (125+ countries), the handset also benefits from standalone retail stores and market saturation.
Are you among the 11 million buyers? Do you plan to join the club or is there something else you’ve got your eye on?
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Guinness World Record for fast texting is broken by Fleksy Keyboard
One of our favorite keyboards announces new Guinness World Record, new updates, and extended trial
At AndroidGuys, Fleksy is one of our favorite keyboards to use on our mobile devices. It’s one of the fastest growing keyboards out there, and their progress is absolutely getting recognized worldwide. The new world record, typed on a Fleksy Keyboard, was set by Marcel Fernandes in 18.19 seconds. Here’s the record-breaking sentence:
The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.
Fleksy is here to announce a little more than setting a new world record. New updates are pushing out to the Android app allowing users to try to break the “World Record Challenge” themselves. It will also be 50% off until May 29th, rendering it only $1.99. If you’re still on the 30-day free trial, two more weeks will be added to your version.
This is some well-deserved, great news from Fleksy. If you haven’t yet tried the keyboard, head to the Google Play link below to try it! Also, catch the press release below.
Fleksy Keyboard Breaks the Guinness World Record for Fastest Texting
Celebrates World Record with Major Android and iOS Updates Featuring Fleksy’s Most Accurate Performance yet.
Now Available in Google Play with 2 More Weeks Added to the 30-day Free Trial.
Fleksy, the award-winning touchscreen keyboard company, today announced that it just broke the Guinness World Record for fastest texting on a touch-screen mobile phone. Marcel Fernandes, a longtime Fleksy user, broke the record in New York City with a time of 18.19 seconds at an official Guinness event, making Fleksy the fastest smartphone keyboard in the world.
Fleksy takes the coveted title while introducing its much anticipated next-generation accuracy engine on both mobile platforms. The new Fleksy engine features improved correction accuracy, including space error corrections and an improved language engine for its award winning keyboard. The previous record holders were Microsoft and Swype.
“We’ve been passionate about building the most comfortable, beautiful, and fastest smartphone keyboard ever since we started” says Ioannis Verdelis, Founder and COO of Fleksy. “The Guinness World Record is a great testament to our progress, and we are pleased that our latest improvements make Fleksy the world’s fastest keyboard for smartphones.”
To support Fleksy’s Guinness World Record-breaking speed, the team has released updates to Fleksy for both Android and iOS. Both apps feature the most accurate Fleksy Engine yet. The iOS update features 6 new languages, and the Android app includes a new World Record Challenge, allowing Fleksy users to beat Fleksy’s own record and win badges and prizes.
Fleksy for Android will be 50% off in the Google Play Store until May 29 and all previous free trials will be extended until May 29. “We’ve made a lot of improvements to our product in the last months, and we want to give everyone the chance to try the world class technology we’ve been building” said Kosta Eleftheriou, Founder and CEO of Fleksy.
About Fleksy:
Fleksy is a revolutionary keyboard powered by patent-pending technology that makes typing on any device fast, accurate and so easy you can type without looking. Its unique language algorithm founded on Geometric Intelligence moves beyond text prediction and autocorrect to give a much more accurate and easier typing experience than other keyboards.
Winner of the 2013 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award, Fleksy is the first keyboard app to be demonstrated on a 3D gesture system (Leap Motion); the first to be demonstrated on a smartwatch (Omate) and the first to arrive on iOS. Fleksy’s award-winning design and technology is backed by venture capital firms including Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. To learn more about Fleksy, visit http://www.fleksy.com.
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Xiaomi announces a 49-inch 4K Android TV for a whopping $640
Tech lovers worldwide have just been given a reason to envy China. Early this morning Xiaomi just announced that it is releasing a 49-inch 4K Android TV called the MI TV 2.
Despite the price being around the same price as most flagship phones, this television comes with decent mid-range specs when compared to an Android mobile device and awesome specs when compared to other televisions. It boasts a MediaTek MStar 6A918 chip (1.45GHz quad-core CPU, Mali-45 MP4 GPU), 2 GB of RAM, plus 8GB of storage space with the ability to add up to 64GB more via a MicroSD card. Best part of all is that this TV comes with Android (using the MIUI TV skin) installed and an amazing 49-inch 4K 3D screen manufactured by either LG or CSOT.
The MI TV 2 takes its modernization of the TV one step further by ditching the old infrared remote and adding a Bluetooth LE remote. Xiaomi takes full advantage of the Bluetooth by adding features like “find remote” by tapping a button on the bottom of the TV to make your lost remote beep. If remotes aren’t your thing, you can use the app instead and control your TV using gestures and/or voice. The app will also bring up related information about the TV programs you are watching from sources like IMDB.
The innovation didn’t stop there. To make the TV only 15.55mm thick, CEO Lei Jun said that his team decided to store the speakers in separate parts. There is a wired audio bar that has the mid-range and treble drivers and a Bluetooth subwoofer. Having the Bluetooth speakers enables users to connect their mobile devices to the audio system to pump out music from their phones as well.
Availability is set for May 27th in China. No word if this TV will make an appearance Stateside or Europe anytime soon.
Source: Engadget
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HTC One mini 2 gets its official launch
HTC UK have today officially announced the launch of the much rumoured One Mini 2, the little brother of their extremely popular flagship HTC One (M8) Android smartphone.
With the covers finally taken off, the One Mini 2 is very similar to rumoured design and specs that have been doing the rounds. As expected it is a scaled down version of the bigger sibling but it still packs some impressive hardware and the same eye pleasing design features found on the One M8 although It doesn’t have Duo Cameras with UltraPixel, just a more standard set-up of a single 13-megapixel lens on the rear but is sporting a new wide-angle 5MP front facing camera.
HTC have decided to opt for a MicroSD slot on the Mini 2 plus a lager 2100 mAh battery and BoomSound stereo speakers at the front. Under the hood , its running a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of internal storage.
The handset will run on the latest Android version of 4.4 KitKat, with Sense 6.0 in the mix and sport the same three colour options as the M8 (gunmetal gray, glacial silver and amber gold). It will be available in European stores from June 2014 and hopefully it will be inbound to the US soon.
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LG G3 and Quick Cover seen in public
Whilst the LG G3 isn’t officially released, we’ve seen many rumours surrounding the device, and even a teaser from LG to confirm the existence of the device, but as we build up to the official release on May 27th, the device has been seen out in the wild.
Not only is the device seen in the above picture, but also the associated Quick Cover accessory, and boy does it look like a big device – it seems that rumoured 5.5-inch qHD screen probably wasn’t just a rumour after all.
SOURCE: Seeko
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Samsung likely to announce new Galaxy S tablets at June 12th event
Samsung have just issued invites for a 2014 Galaxy Premiere event on June 12th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Unsurprisingly perhaps then that Samsung are expected to be introducing a whole new lineup of their Galaxy Tab S lineup in both a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch variation that will feature an AMOLED display that are expected to run at around 2560 x 1600 resolution.
The updated display technology and bump in resolution should make the yet-to-be announced Samsung Galaxy S Tab devices some of the best we’ve seen from the company yet.
Keep your eyes peeled at that June 12th event.
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What?! iOS apps running on Android
Been thinking of making that switch from iOS to Android but can’t break away from those core Apple apps? Well, thanks to some students from Columbia University that may become a reality. Using their Cider compatibility layer they have successfully demonstrated many iOS running on a Nexus 7.
Although the apps run dreadfully slow it shows promise for those who just can’t let go of there idevices. This is still very experimental but has real advantages for users of multiple platforms. The layer tricks the app into thinking is running in it native environment and adapts the code to work with the Android kernel.
There is still much to work on as some features are not available like GPS. Speed is another obvious issue but if the project is worked on further hopeful these will be worked out. Below is a video of Cider being used on a Nexus 7.
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Mac Pro Shipping Estimates Begin Improving to 1-2 Weeks [Mac Blog]
Shipping estimates for the Mac Pro through Apple’s online store continue to rapidly improve, with the company’s European stores such as the UK now showing 1-2 weeks for new orders. Online stores for other regions are still listing estimates of 2-3 weeks, but they should be seeing a similar improvement shortly.
After months of shortages for the completely revamped Mac Pro following its December launch, shipping estimates have improved rapidly in recent weeks, although it is unclear how much is due to improved supplies as any kinks have been worked out of Apple’s new U.S. production line and how much is due to a slowing of demand after the initial order surge.
(Thanks, Paul!)
Graphene May Be Next Area of Innovation for Apple and Samsung
In a world where mobile devices are becoming thinner and thinner and in some cases being worn on the wrist or other parts of the body, graphene may be the wonder material of the future, with properties that make it stronger than steel, more flexible than rubber and more conductive than most metals. As a result, the material could initiate a new wave of innovation in hardware design and manufacturing that may lead to incredibly thin and flexible devices. According to Bloomberg, it also may become the next battlefield for Apple and Samsung.
Graphene is graphite, the material in pencils, arranged in a layer that is one atom thick. The arrangement of the carbon molecules makes the material stronger than steel and even diamonds. It also is flexible, conductive and so transparent that is nearly invisible to the naked eye. It can be applied to other materials, potentially allowing for the creation of flexible displays and bendable devices.
Apple, Samsung and Google are allegedly in an arms race to acquire patents and other intellectual property to cover the design and use of the material in both mobile and wearable devices. With global mobile device sales predicted to reach $847 billion by 2016 and wearable technology to explode to a $19 billion business in the next five years, the development of graphene may be critical to a company’s ability to compete in the future electronics marketplace.
The biggest hurdle for the widespread adoption of graphene is the high cost of production. These technological and manufacturing issues are being addressed by Seoul National University professor Hong Byung Hee, who owns a patent for mass-producing graphene-based displays.
To unlock that potential, the world’s biggest electronics makers are turning to researchers such as Hong Byung Hee, a professor at Seoul National University, who’s developed a patent for mass-producing graphene-based displays.
“Global technology companies are facing innovation limits in hardware and design, and in order to step over to the next level, they need to adopt new materials like graphene,” Hong said in an interview. “Our key graphene technology is receiving considerable interest from firms including Apple, Samsung and even Google.”
Apple has been silent on its own research into the use of graphene, with Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet declining to comment to Bloomberg on Hong’s patent and the company’s interest in the material. Unlike Samsung, Apple’s own publicly available patents and applications addressing graphene are scant, but it seems the company is at least exploring what the material might be used for.
Two more companies sign up to build Windows Phone handsets
Microsoft may have its own phone business now, but that doesn’t mean that other companies can’t still produce Windows Phone handsets under their own flags. Redmond’s China VP Zhang Yongli has announced that both China’s K-Touch and Florida’s Blu Products have signed up to produce mobile devices using Microsoft’s operating system. Given that both companies skew towards the cheaper end of the market, we can expect a slew of low end devices hitting the market later in the year. Hopefully, the move will help to bolster the platform in both the US and China, two places where Microsoft’s market share remains well behind closest rival Android.
[Image credit: Livesino]
Source: Livesino.net
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