Cultofandroid posted a screen shot of tiny mode for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. This shrinks the size of the screen to a smaller size to enable one handed use with more ease.
Is it me, or does this tiny screen mode look daft?
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Right on cue prior to an Apple Keynote, product shortages are declared
In about 2 weeks time, Apple is due to hold another Keynote speech, in which new iPads are rumoured to be launch.
And surprise surprise, the likely most popular model, the iPad Mini with a retina display, will be in short supply as commented by Reuters.
Call me skeptical, but every year just prior to a Keynote Product launch, there are stories in the press stating there will be shortages on the new devices. Apple just did it with the gold iPhone 5S and 5S generally. The shortage created queues outside of their stores.
However, if you order on line, your new shiny device will arrive in a week or two. Shortage, I doubt it. Good marketing. Most definitely.
PayPal confirms alliance with Samsung
Samsung and PayPal have forged an alliance that will add the popular PayPal e-commerce service into its app and content ecosystem. This will provide consumers with an easier and safer method of purchasing goods and will also let app developers receive payments faster.
Own an iPhone 5S/5C – 6 tips that might help you
If you have just bought an iPhone below are a few tips that might help you.
1. Compass App – if you swipe the screen to the left on the built in Compass app you will get to the Spirit Level. Handy if you are putting a shelf up on the wall.
2. Calendar App – Open the app. To get a list view of all your appointments, just tap the magnifying glass icon. To see the week view, rotate phone from portrait to landscape.
3. Managing Cellular Data Use – go to Settings, Mobile (Cellular if in the USA), and scroll down whereby you will see how much data each app is using. If you see any alarm bells you can turn off the particular app using data. At the bottom, you can tap on System Services to see what data the individual services are using.
4. In iMessage, if you want to see the timestamps when a message is received, just slide message to left to reveal the timestamp.
5. To search your iPhone. On home screen, just slide your finger down in middle of screen to reveal search box.
6. Safari – to swipe between different pages, just slide left or right.
There are many more little tips, but if you have one you think is useful, drop a line in the comments.
Got an iPhone and Apple TV – time for some serious gaming
I have loads of games on iOS, more than any other operating system.
What gets even more fun is using your Apple TV with your iPhone and Airplay.
So if you have all the above, I would recommend trying out the following games that I love to play –
– Real Racing 3
– Asphalt 7
– Sky Gamblers Storm Chasers
– NOVA 3
Can you recommend any other games that work this way. It is works using an iPad.
Samsung announces a milestone for its ChatOn service
If you buy a new Samsung smartphone, or visit the appropriate app store, you will see Samsung has it is cross platform messaging service called ChatOn. It is even available on the Apple AppStore.
Well Samsung just announced it had reached 100 million users for its service. A reasonable number but not at the level of rival service WhatsApp which currently has 300 million users and growing rapidly, or even Apple’s own iMessage.
I suppose all Samsung has to do is buy WhatsApp to solve the number of users, and then integrate it into the SMS app.
I wonder, do any of you use ChatOn, and if so how reliable has it been for you?
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 reviews are out and they are confusing
All the major US websites have released their reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. I doubt many of these website spent detailed time with the device or used it exclusively as their main phone.
If you want to see a proper review, scroll back to Tuesday for the review and unboxing.
First up Samsung has introduced region sim locking with has angered many customers even though they thought they were buying sim free unlocked phones. Samsung still hasn’t completely clarified the position on this.
Next up the reviews are very conflicting although there are some consistencies. Lag was confirmed as present in all reviews. All agreed the screen was excellent. Some said battery life just managed to 8pm, others said 2 days with ease. Call quality was shocking apparently. Mind you who uses this type of phone for calls. Camera was said to be excellent in good light but due to its large size it was easy to cause blur. The Verge made the point that actually it took longer to enter tasks and data using the stylus. Other comments noted some bugs and pointless features. Overall it was the best Samsung phone.
I must admit reading the various reviews and sometimes different opinions leave me none the wiser as to whether this is a phone or phablet worth adding to my collection.
Curved phones to become a reality next week and the week after that..
Samsung has said that next week it will release the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 but with a curved screen. LG then went on record to say it would bring out its own curved screened phone the LG Z, the week after.
Samsung went on the record to say the curved screen version of the Note 3 will be limited, very expensive and difficult to come by.
New phone dilemmas – do you suffer ?
Apple launches new iPhones. Samsung releases it’s new phablet. LG, HTC and more all coming out with their next great phone.
And as these phones come out you wonder if your phone you just bought was the right decision. Or are you the sort of person who buys and doesn’t worry about the next big thing.
So here I am looking at my iPhone 5S and am wondering whether I should use Apple’s 14 day return with no obligation and get the Note 3.
I have tried to draw a pros and cons list. And fundamentally it’s a spec vs apps vs one hand vs screen argument. The Note 3 is state of the art. But the apps on iOS are more advanced and function better. But the the Note 3 is probably future proof. But then you could say when will you ever use all those hardware specs?
Watching the YouTube review posted yesterday made me crave the Note 3 even more. So with 2 days to decide what would you recommend ?
The first game controller gets revealed for the iPhone
Twitter user @evleaks has revealed a photo of the new Logitech Game Controller for the iPhone.
Just one question. How long before these are available to buy ?
I would imagine Apple will reveal more at the iPad Keynote in a few weeks time.
