Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers a large and "pure" Android smartphone (see article below), an iOS printing and scanning app, a cloud-based practice management system, a backup service for Google Apps, and a new mobile weather app. Don't miss the next issue.
The Purest Ice Cream Sandwich This Side of the Galaxy
If it's human nature to seek purity, why do so many products seem impure? For example, the ingredient list on a bag of Doritos reads like a chemistry experiment. In the technology world, many have criticized Android-based smartphones of impurities — skins that impede usability, apps installed by carriers that you can't remove, the inability to update to the latest version of the operating system, etc. However, every year, Google in conjunction with one of its hardware partners ships a pure Android smartphone. By and large these smartphones garner the best reviews though not the best sales because salespeople push products with the highest backdoor commissions. As a TL NewsWire subscriber, you know better than to take advice from a salesperson.
Galaxy Nexus … in One Sentence
Announced last night (in Hong Kong), Samsung and Google's Galaxy Nexus is an Android smartphone.
The Killer Feature
The Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone that will run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), the new version of Google's mobile operating system.
New features include Face Unlock (your smartphone unlocks only when it sees your face in its camera), Android Beam for wirelessly transferring data such as your contact information to another person's NFC-equipped smartphone, improved speech recognition for entering text into any application, Google+ integration (including 9-person video-conferencing), app folders, a customizable favorites tray, and improved camera software.
Other Notable Features
The 5 megapixel camera on the back camera has a flash. It shoots 1080p video and can snap panoramic photographs by stitching together photos you snap as you move around in a circle. Samsung claims "zero shutter lag," and "top notch low-light performance." There's also a 1.3 megapixel front camera for video-conferencing.
The display is massive by smartphone standards — 4.65 inches — and uses AMOLED technology at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels (essentially the same as a 720p television) and a pixel density of 315 ppi (the sharpness — second only to the iPhone 4S).
Other specifications include a 1 GB of memory, 16 or 32 GB of storage, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi, and perhaps most importantly a width of 0.35 inches (thinner than the iPhone 4S) and a weight of 4.76 ounces.
What Else Should You Know?
Carriers and prices remain unknowns at the moment, but rumor has it that Verizon will carry the Galaxy Nexus, and that it will work on its next-generation LTE network. Learn more about Galaxy Nexus.
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