May 9th, 2013
It's always cool to see science fiction become reality. One of the latest tech gadgets to bring the ideas of writers like Bradbury and Asimov to life is Google Glass, Google's augmented reality mobile device. In late April, Google announced that the first version was being shipped to certain lucky users who had signed up for it, leaving the rest of us to wonder exactly how the device will work. Well, wonder no more.
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When it comes to smartphones, there are a multitude of reasons as to why users choose them. One of the popular reasons is because of the apps which bring functionality to the phone and allow business users to increase their efficiency. For Android phone users, you have an app that can help provide you with some extra information during phone calls.
Android users are most likely to be invested in the Google ecosystem, using a wide variety of Google apps. One of the more popular apps is Chrome, which is available for both Android and desktop. Being Google, these two versions can sync information between themselves, allowing for the same experience across devices. There has recently been an update to the Android version that introduces even more features still.
Of the two major mobile operating systems, Android is heralded as being more open, as you have access to the phone operating system code. Users are encouraged to tinker with their phones by installing apps that make their phone unique to them. While there are a number of ways to tailor the OS, users are fairly limited at managing phone calls and texts.
The calendar has rolled over and for many it's time to look forward. 2013 is a promising year for tech, especially in the mobile field. Towards the end of 2012, Google's mobile platform Android appeared to be growing and increasing in popularity. Many users who will be replacing older phones this coming year are curious as to how Android is actually doing, and an increasing number of them may well make the switch. So what state is Android in for the year ahead?
In today's world, individualism is striven for and encouraged. If this is true then why do all of our mobile devices essentially look the same on the outside? From Apple to Samsung, they all look similar. This has led to users expressing themselves through their home screens and apps. Admittedly, this is a lot easier on an Android device, it just takes a bit of tinkering.
Benchmarks are an important part of any industry, they allow companies to have a base from which they can compare, or operate off of. When it comes to smartphones, there are a number of different benchmarks available. The main one for Android devices is Google's Nexus line - devices that Google thinks are the ultimate 'Android experience'.
Today’s tech based society is all about doing more than one thing at the same time - commonly labeled as ‘being efficient’. With the heavy adoption of smartphones, we can take our office and work with us to our kids soccer games, or check our email during the commute in hopes of getting ahead of the day’s work. If you have an Android phone, there are many ways you can use it to multitask. Widgets are one of those.
Technology has made our lives infinitely easier. We no longer have to rely on our memory to store important information such as phone numbers, just enter the digits onto your phone, hit save and it’s there at the press of a button. There are two downsides to this though as we have come to rely on the phone to store our numbers and when it dies, we stand the chance of losing all our contacts. However, if you have an Android device, this can be avoided.
The keyboard, an input device that nearly all generations in the workforce have experience using in some form or another, is an integral part of computers and smartphones. Until the introduction of the smartphone, the keyboard had largely remained unchanged. Smartphones have changed the way we type, and if you have an Android device you can use a number of different keyboards.
