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[APP][2.1+] New Speed Dial App - Sign

We just released our first app, a speed dial widget, Sign. We would love to get everyone's feedback and comments. Here's a brief description.
Sign is a unique, gesture based speed dialer for Android which lets you call or text your friends by simply drawing a gesture (signing) directly from your home screen.
Unlike other speed dial options such as direct dial icons or quick dial widgets, you don’t have to worry about accidentally calling somebody just because you inadvertently bump your phone’s screen. Sign is still extremely fast, easy to use, and best of all, you decide how to activate a text or phone call. Simply assign a gesture to any contact. To make a call or text, all you have to do is activate the widget and Sign right from your home screen. Simple and secure, it’s easy to use without even looking at your phone to find contacts or phone numbers.
We developed an enhanced recognition engine to provide a more accurate, consistent, and reliable system to recognize the gestures you assign to your contacts. Sign lets you assign single OR multi-stroke “Signs” to the people you call or text most often.
The free version, Sign Lite, has a limit of 3 Signs
and the full version, Sign ($1.99) has unlimited Signs
I can't post the QR Codes due to new user restrictions, but search Sign in the market.
Give it a try and let us know how you like it. If you have any issues with it at all, please send us an e-mail, we'll respond quickly to fix any problems. Also, we have quite a few ideas for future updates, but suggestions are always welcome.
Based on previous suggestions, we are working to allow user control over whether the default action is call or text.

Ok, I am now approved to submit images and links.
http://www.simplyapplied.com
I've put the screenshots in the following post.
Thanks for checking it out.

Ok, finally figured out how to get approval to post images/links.
I took the following screenshots using a free app called ShootMe (Johan Cloetens), which worked great. These do a better job of indicating how you Sign from the homescreen than the ones in the market.
I apologize in advance for the size of the first two, I have resized them about 10 different times but I can't get them to shrink.
The contact list with assigned gestures
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A single stroke Sign on the homescreen (half cut off)
A multi-stroke Sign on the homescreen
Multiple gestures within one Sign (although this would defeat the purpose of a "speed" dial, it is possible to have up to 8 strokes in any Sign)
Call confirmation
The settings screen
Contact Assignment Screen

A quick note - We've had mostly positive reviews so far and only one significant bug identified - Sign currently only syncs with Google contacts, so if you use EAS/3rd party contact lists, these currently do not show up in the list of contacts you can assign a gesture to. This is a known issue that the programmer is working to implement a fix. If you have this issue and want us to keep you updated, send us an e-mail at [email protected] and we will let you know as soon as that problem has been resolved.
Also, if you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know. We are currently working on an update to implement a few suggestions we've already received. The primary change will be to allow the user to set either call OR text as the default action. Hopefully that will reduce how often you have to select one or the other.
Thanks to everyone who has tried it out.
SA

Great app
Nice idea which is implemented well

a dream - gesture for hardware back button
hy
is it possible to use it for the hardware back button ?
it will be great, because i can say go back with simple gesture and my hardware button will not use. This is a great usebillity.
i know it is only for the contacts but for the future ......
somethink like tasker -> : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/

meo said:
hy
is it possible to use it for the hardware back button ?
it will be great, because i can say go back with simple gesture and my hardware button will not use. This is a great usebillity.
i know it is only for the contacts but for the future ......
somethink like tasker -> : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
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Meo:
Thanks for the comment and I'm glad to hear you like the usability. Sign is currently for contacts only; however, we have discussed implementing some additional gesture controls for other actions on the phone and we are investigating how to do that effectively.
One issue with implementing additional functionality into Sign is that as a speed dial application, it is important for it to remain lightweight, responsive, and fast, otherwise people will choose other speed dial options. My initial thought is that if we do include the type of functionality you mention, it would be within its own separate application and not within the Sign speed dial application.
We do have other ideas for gesture-related applications that are currently in the design stages. You can check our webpage for regular updates on what we are working on. However, our primary focus now is to make sure everyone who has Sign is satisfied.
Thanks again for the suggestion!

Sounds great, I'll try it out in a bit. Before I do, I'd like to sugggest using the standard Android theme (or a Sense UI ROM/device if you really must) for screenshots. The one you're using on your device looks awful and it messes with the standard Android UI elements too.

I like it so far.
My only request would be to add a "Text Message" button to the call/cancel dialog, rather than using the buttons at the bottom.
It's more natural for me to launch Sign and make the gesture for my fiancee immediately, but I keep forgetting to select "Text Message" first.

bhaiwaah said:
Nice idea which is implemented well
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Thanks, glad you like it!

saltorio said:
I like it so far.
My only request would be to add a "Text Message" button to the call/cancel dialog, rather than using the buttons at the bottom.
It's more natural for me to launch Sign and make the gesture for my fiancee immediately, but I keep forgetting to select "Text Message" first.
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Salt, the programmer is already in the process of adding a feature which will allow the user to select the default action when they open Sign. Right now, the default is set to call; however, you will be able to set the default to text which should resolve the issue.
Thanks for giving it a try, and we appreciate the comments!

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great idea i like it cant wait to switch to andoid

jul644 said:
great idea i like it cant wait to switch to andoid
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Thanks. I got a Droid back in December and it was my first smartphone. I had an older blackberry, but I didn't really use it for anything other than calls and the occasional email.
However, I'm pretty addicted to messing around with my phone and playing around with various apps and I had some ideas for apps I thought would be cool to have. That, and the fact that I kept accidentally "direct dialing" my pregnant wife at 2 in the morning is where I came up with the idea for Sign.
Hopefully you enjoy Android as much as I have, because I literally started Simply Applied to develop apps solely because of the Droid and the Android OS.
Since then, my wife has gotten an iPhone and I am amazed at how boring it is for me personally. It feels limited and closed compared to Android. I literally played with it for 15 minutes and I've barely picked it back up since then. The iPhone is definitely an incredible device, but not for people who like to play, tinker, and customize their phone.
Android allows that flexibility and customization, which is why when I design the apps, I'm looking at ways to use it to create really a different user experience. I'm sure the iphone has gesture-based dialers, but there's no way to have a speed dial widget which lets you draw the Sign directly on the homescreen. It just can't be done on the iPhone.
We have some other unique ideas that we are currently working on that even stretch Android's current capabilities, but luckily I have a creative programmer who is extremely patient with my ideas and does his best to implement them. I really think he did a great job with Sign and has made an app that works very effectively and is entirely unique and different from other speed dial applications.
And I'll stop boring everybody at this point...I can get carried away.
When you try it, definitely let us know what you think and feel free to offer suggestions.

Looks pretty nifty. What's the battery drain like?

Very very neat.
Out of interest how many people worked on this project? And how long did it take you?
All the best.

seboj said:
Looks pretty nifty. What's the battery drain like?
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Thanks! Battery drain is essentially 0. Although it is a widget, its inactive unless activated by the user. If the user doesn't initiate an action within 15 seconds, it closes. Also, it closes immediately upon launch of the sms text application or the phone dialer.
We're extremely conscious of how poorly designed apps can impact the phone and we take active steps to ensure our apps are well designed to avoid those issues. This is what our programmer wrote for our blog a couple months ago.
Depending on what they’re doing, widgets can be resource hogs. A home widget is essentially a small and limited user interface to either an existing app or background service. They’re primarily used to display data, not for input, which can be a challenge for apps like our notes widget which is in development. Since widgets are typically displaying data from a background source, they have to be updated at regular intervals…for example with a stock ticker app, it would be every second, using lots of resources. With our notes app, it only updates when a note is added/modified so it is relatively lightweight. Our upcoming gesture dialer/text widget Sign is also very lightweight because it is essentially dormant until activated by the user.
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TT1986 said:
Very very neat.
Out of interest how many people worked on this project? And how long did it take you?
All the best.
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Thanks, we tried to optimize the feeling that you were interacting with the phone/device and not simply opening a separate program/app to do something the phone couldn't do. We really wanted it to be interactive in the homescreen, so from that perspective, I think its pretty unique.
There are three people in the company, although we currently have only one programmer. We all have other full-time jobs, so Sign took approximately 3-4 months from start to release. In actuality, the app could have been completed in about a couple weeks, but we decided to develop a custom gesture recognition system. After testing out Gesture Search and the gesture API, we realized that it wasn't reliable enough to be used as a dialer. So we designed a custom recognition system which incorporates elements of the gesture API, but improves on the consistency and accuracy to reduce the chance of misdials.
Two of us are primarily involved in the app ideas, design, and development while the third person is responsible for a variety of other tasks important to our overall longterm marketing/pr strategy, among other things. However we all have ideas for apps which we will eventually develop. Although we aren't doing this full-time (yet), we're treating it like its full-time because we truly believe that there is some incredible potential in the Android platform and we want to be a part of that.
Sign is our first app and the first app for the programmer as well. We actually started with another app first, but with Google's Gesture Search being released, we felt this app took priority. Needless to say it has been a learning process for all of us, but hopefully we can take some of the lessons learned from this project and be more efficient on future projects.
We have a lot of exciting ideas for future projects, and several other projects underway. Our website is currently under construction, but you can visit http://www.simplyapplied.com to see updates on Sign as well as our other projects.
Thanks for your interest in Simply Applied. We definitely want to establish ourselves as a well known and respected developer that has very high quality apps. We also want to be known for being extremely responsive to issues our customers are having with any of our products. For our company to be successful, we can't go through the same process we are going through with Sign, which is a grass roots effort to generate interest in our app, for every one of our apps. We need to develop trust from a large base of users that knows that they when they download an app from Simply Applied, they are getting a well thought out app which is well programmed and works as advertised. They also need to know that if there is an issue with the app, we'll fix it. Then our future apps will sell themselves and we can focus on developing and programming and making better apps. Not that I don't enjoy talking about this topic, obviously.
Simply Applied applies to our apps...but not so much my posts - brevity isn't a strong suit.

By the way, an issue was discovered overnight. For anyone whose premium version of Sign has stopped working overnight or today, please download the update in the market. The issue has been identified and corrected. Thank you very much to those people who informed us of the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Looks pretty good. I'm gonna try it

Ult:
Let us know what you think. We're still working on the fix for the non-Google contacts, but as soon as that done, we are evaluating what features to include in the following update. So we welcome your suggestions.
Thanks for giving it a shot.

SUPER EXCITED about Android Open Accessory.......just dream; what is the future!

Did anyone else see the IO announcement? Lets just take a moment to dream of the possibilities of Android as a Open Development for Accessories and Open Devices Platform.
One of the examples was having a Alarm clock that slowly turns on the lights and stereo to wake you up.
Have a new notification? have a special red light in your room that alerts you, who needs a led light on a phone anyway??
What are some of the things you can think of doing??? What can you see in the future!

Well it would be amazing if you could preheat the oven while your at the store shopping for what you want or set your security system from work when you forgot to that morning.

Exciting news, I hope adoption blows up.
There is already hardware and software to do many things in home automation. Many of them have some kind of web based access to them which makes them "available" to mobile phones. Examples: I can log into a web page and view the feeds from my security system cameras as well as move and zoom the one at my front door. I can control my DTV DVR as well as view live or recorded television from my phone through the DTV app. There is hardware that allows the control of outlets and switches in my house that can be controlled via a web interface. This stuff tends to be expensive but it is out there.
The awesome thing about Open Accessory would be that the control of all of these things could be put into one convenient app that is specifically meant to work with my phone. No more fumbling with multiple web pages that were meant for desktop use. Wider adoption of such devices would also drop cost and increase support.
Time will tell.

drop cost is the best part!

Microsoft Surface RT Videos (Reviews, Tips, Apps)

Hi all,
I am starting a series of videos that will look at every aspect of the Surface RT tablet. I do reviews on different aspects of the device, basic tutorials to learn how to use the device and app reviews on the best, most useful and free apps.
I have previously done very successful videos on the Asus Transformer Prime (150 videos) and the Nexus 7 (100 videos) but I see this as being my biggest project to date since Windows 8 is such a radical departure from previous version that I'll be posting many videos as I learn new and interesting things. Here are a few videos just to give you a flavour of my work.
I am literally scratching the surface (every pun intended) of this device and will be kicking out a couple of videos everyday for a good few weeks. I'll be updating this thread regularly. I hope you find them useful, entertaining and informative.
Thanks in advance,
vgjfelix

Cool - Couple of comments.
On the Tile Screen, if you drag one app way to the bottom, it will also shrink the size of the start screen overall, making it easier to drag long distances accross many groups. I am finding this crucial, since my start screen is getting really long - over 70 apps. Which brings me to my next comment - Hopefully MS or a 3rd party developer will come up with an option to group tiles into folders as you can do on Ipads and Android, as app management is going to be an issue with the current layout and no ability to group into folders
Regarding the charging cable - I am surprised you made no comment how tough it is sometimes to get the magnetic connection to seat properly and start charging even though it appears to be connected - I think MS failed on the design. Apparent in your video when you are using 2 hands to get it seated correctly. I had heard this can be fixed by filing the sharp edges of the connector but have not been brave enough to do it yet.
Other than that - Good job - Keep them coming . .

guitar1969 said:
Cool - Couple of comments.
On the Tile Screen, if you drag one app way to the bottom, it will also shrink the size of the start screen overall, making it easier to drag long distances accross many groups. I am finding this crucial, since my start screen is getting really long - over 70 apps. Which brings me to my next comment - Hopefully MS or a 3rd party developer will come up with an option to group tiles into folders as you can do on Ipads and Android, as app management is going to be an issue with the current layout and no ability to group into folders
Regarding the charging cable - I am surprised you made no comment how tough it is sometimes to get the magnetic connection to seat properly and start charging even though it appears to be connected - I think MS failed on the design. Apparent in your video when you are using 2 hands to get it seated correctly. I had heard this can be fixed by filing the sharp edges of the connector but have not been brave enough to do it yet.
Other than that - Good job - Keep them coming . .
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Thanks for the comment. Thanks for the app drag tip. I am learning just like everyone else at the moment so whenever someone tells me something like this I think 'this needs a video' so I'll probably do one about it.
I have noticed since doing the plug review that is it a little tricky to connect up the charger. I might bring this up in a later video.
vgjfelix

Two more videos here.
First of all I know this review is completely out of number sequence, I just wanted to put this one up as soon as I did because this topic is important to me.
Font sizes. Once again another tablet fails to deliver when it comes to giving us the freedom to set font sizes how we would like. That's what we do a lot of the time with tablets, and you can always resize fonts in books readers. So why doesn't this extend to apps and the tablet (and I'm talking about tablets in general here) eco system as a whole. Well one app in this video proves it is possible with a brilliant feature.
And the second one: here begins my App-Snack videos. First one is a simple live clock and date tile:
vgjfelix

A quick look on my experiences (so far) of how the tablet lock and unlocks

If you use the legacy (non-Metro) control panel, you can adjust the DPI to enlarge text and everything in the screen. However, this may push the display below the minimum resolution to use metro-style apps.

This video is a quick test about using the tablet in a confined space:

Today is a quick look at an odd problem with the youtube reply button on the browser.

Just in case you didn't know. You don't have to get an official HDMI cable:

This is a video about some of my first impressions tile arrangement on the start screen:

This one is a quick look at the lack of uniformity when changing settings. Why is the same option accessed by different methods.

Another quick look, this time at frustrating experiences of the App store search function (am I really doing something wrong?):

As I start to get a grip on this operating system, more and more Basics tutorial videos will start to come out. In this one I look at the offscreen swipe gestures (on the startscreen).

Another quick look, this time at my shrinking storage:

Another quick look in this one regarding High Contrast Mode:

A look at an excellent Tech news app that's arrived early on Surface RT

A guide and impressions of the app store in this one:

In this video I show you how to quickly move tiles around your startscreen,

So the Surface RT is seriously telling me that it won't support the resolution of my television so I can't watch movies on it? Very disgruntled! Help someone!

A quick basic video about lock screen passwords.

[Discussion] Galaxy S4 Bloatware

Hi everybody,
Our newest superphone the Galaxy S4 is full packed with cutting edge technology hardware but we already know that. But what about the so called “bloatware”. The S4 come with a series of new features to enhance the user experience and make the phone more than just a phone. Many of those features are at an early stage and may seems not so useful for the moment, but remember that it is often the case with new software. We all remember the quote from Ken Olsen CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
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Which one is your favorite one? Which one do you think you will use the most? etc..
Features List (it’s a first draft, please notice me if I forgot some)
Auto unlock zone
You can add several "home" Wi-Fi networks and the lockscreen will be disabled when the Galaxy S4 hooks up to one of them. This way you can have a secure PIN lockscreen outside and a quick unlock at home or the office
(EDIT: Looks like a lot of devices are missing this feature. In the mean time you can use HOME UNLOCK for free from the market.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5zdGtkZXZsb3BlcnMuaG9tZXVubG9jayJd)
Quick glance
It uses the proximity sensor to detect you reaching for the device and it lights up the screen that shows the time, missed call and message counters, battery charge and music track info.
Multi-window
It runs two apps side by side on the screen. You can adjust the division line giving one app more space. Only compatible apps can be used with Multi-window, for now that means mostly the ones that come preinstalled on the phone.
Note: Samsung is probably blocking apps on purpose since mods exist on the SGS3 forum allowing any apps to use Multi-window.
Air View
There's no need for the S Pen on the Galaxy S4 anymore - the phone can detect your finger hovering over the screen. This enables information preview (e.g. SMS text, calendar entry text and so on), previewing videos just by pointing to a spot in the timeline, the next track in the music player by hovering over the next button (works with previous button too), previewing folders, speed dial contacts, and magnifying links in web pages. Air view detects fingers 1cm / 0.5" away from the screen, so there's no danger of accidentally tapping the screen when you wanted to use Air View instead.
Air Gestures
You can use this to scroll web pages in the browser (vertical waves), switch between tabs (horizontal waves), move between tracks in the music player and photos in the gallery, accept a call and move app shortcuts and S Planner events.
Air Gestures can detect your hand up to 7cm (just under 3") and might prove useful in some situations.
Who will use this? Former iphone user who looking to look cool.
Smart Stay
Prevents the screen from locking as long as the front-facing camera can see your face (great for reading).
Smart Rotate
Uses the orientation of your face rather than accelerometer info to decide how to rotate the screen.
Smart Scroll
It allows you to scroll up and down by tilting the phone as long as you're looking at the screen. In effect, it's an accelerometer based scroll that prevents accidental scrolling by making sure you're paying attention to the screen.
Smart Pause.
It uses the front-facing camera to track your face and will automatically pause the video when you look away. Look back and the screen and the playback continues.
Camera Modes
The camera interface is based on the Galaxy Camera.
There are two virtual shutter keys (still and video) on the right, plus a mode button. Modes are picked from a carousel with descriptive images and text. At the bottom there's an up arrow for color effects - the cool thing is that all effects do a live preview, Samsung is really showing off the chipset's processing power here.
Dual shot mode
Snaps a photo with both cameras and presents them picture-in-picture style (think video call). You can move and resize the image from the front-facing camera that's taking a photo of you
360 photo mode
One of the rarest camera modes. It creates a spherical panorama like you see in Google Street View. (There's a regular panorama mode as well.)
Sound & shot mode
It snaps a photo and records a few seconds of background audio, which really gives photos an ambience.
Cine Photo mode
To have motion in your shots you can create cinemagraphs.
Eraser mode
Snaps a burst of photos and automatically detects moving objects and removes them. This is great for popular tourists attractions as it's quite difficult to get a photo of those without at least one person walking into your shot.
Drama mode
It takes multiple photos of a moving subject and creates multiple "clones" of it.
**3D Movies & Still
This is rumour to come in a future upgrade
Group Play
It shares various multimedia across multiple devices in the same room but unlike DLNA it's interactive.
One use case is to play a music track on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and use multiple phones as speakers. You can pick the role of each phone (e.g. left channel, right, all the way up to surround sound). This way you can control the music from one phone but use the loudspeakers of all
More useful are the options to share a picture or a document - you can have the same picture appear on everyone's phone and you can draw over it if you need to highlight a certain element of the image. Imagine this in a business meeting
Multiplayer games
Finally, it allows for multiplayer games to be played on several phones simultaneously. Of course, only supported games work
Samsung also introduced its new game controller.
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S-Link
Unlike Group Play, S-Link is intended for personal use. You can link the phone to a computer that is synced with Dropbox, SkyDrive or SugarSync and remotely access content on that device.
S Voice
Can be used to:
Initiate a call,
Dictate text,
Take pictures,
Play music,
Open an app,
Change a setting,
Make a memo (including voice memo),
Add a reminder,
Schedule an event,
Set an alarm or timer,
Check the weather,
Do a search on the internet,
Look for local listings (e.g. nearby restaurants)
Answer to a question.
Some features are available outside of S Voice, set the Galaxy S4 to answer a call or snooze an alarm by voice commands even when S Voice isn't running.
S Translator
It can translate between two languages using either typed text or by using speech recognition. It can read out the resulting translation too, if you don't thing your Korean accent can cut it. S Translator supports all the widely-spoken languages - English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and, of course, Korean. S Translator can be invaluable when traveling
This app can work together with Photo Reader, which employs Optical Character Recognition so you can just snap a photo of the text instead of having to type it in (which can be quite a challenge, imagine typing Chinese if you've never studied it).Photo Reader can read the text for you and sent it to S Translator
IR remote control functionality.
The app can control TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, streaming media players and air conditioners. Devices are organized by rooms.
The app knows some home setups are messy - some let you change channels with the TV remote, others require you to use the set-top box remote for that. Same for the audio, you might be using the TV to output the sound or an AV receiver. The app will ask about your setup and present a unified remote control interface even if you have multiple hardware remotes to control all the devices.
I can already see the practical jokes you can do with this.
S-Health
Will track your steps, stairs climbed, and the ambient temperature and humidity, plus track your food intake and estimate calories consumed/burned. You can even track sleep with an optional accessory. There’s a wristband you can wear independently of the phone (in case you prefer running without it), which will track your steps and monitor the quality of your sleep. It will then sync wirelessly with the app. There’s also a connected scale and heart rate monitor.
So let’s discuss about these new features. I can see many aplications for most of these features in daily life. A lot of these features will unleash
their true power when combine with multiple phone.
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I think I'll actually use most of those features except multi window. I love the auto unlock feature. And I'm definitely getting a game pad when it is released
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1337RYoN said:
I think I'll actually use most of those features except multi window. I love the auto unlock feature. And I'm definitely getting a game pad when it is released
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Yes I'm surprised Samsung didn't talk much about the game pad, It looks awesome.

All this looks so awesome! I love that wifi lockscreen feature. Anyone know what kind of games will be able to play with the game pad? It looks like a 360.
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Kremata said:
Yes I'm surprised Samsung didn't talk much about the game pad, It looks awesome.
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It's definitely gonna be a major competitor to Project Shield. The S4 + Gamepad is more portable and has way more features. The Shield's processing capabilities are either matched or bettered by the S4.
And since the S4 is going to be a huge seller, hopefully more game developers like Gameloft will hop onto the bandwagon and make their games compatible. It would be awesome to play Mc4 with that
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I am veey much interested to see how capable is Ir blaster. I would love it if it will control all my devices without nees of anything else. Surly a great thing to show off too, haha.
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Project Shield is different, that uses your computer to play your computer games on the device remotely (at least that is one of its functions), but all the Samsung version needs is a way to stream games from the PC like Project Shield and then it would best it, with your computer doing all the work all it needs is some sort of remote viewer app with no delay.
In fact with project Shield being android based it could be more than possible you could just install the app and it would work (possibly with some hacking) actually come to think about it Nvidia could just sell the app make some money hat way as I don't see many people wanting a 2nd device just for games when they already have a phone.

This add-on controller to me it looks like a cheap attempt to counter Nvidias Project Shield.
I played with most consoles from cheesy monochrome to Gameboy and PSP. Touchscreens were the first to bring a new dimension into handheld gaming. I don't see any need to go back. Instead gamedesigners should rather focus on making the best experience for what the given hardware offers.
I don't feel like carrying around extra controllers with me.
The other, imho useless feature is "Smart Pause". When I watch a longer movie I sometimes look away from the display to just relax my eyes, but that doesn't mean playback shoud stop.
But in general: The more gimmicks the better

Game controller is cool idea but $110 is too much for me. Very expensive.
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I agree much of the software is bloatware, but I will be disabling quite a lot of it, till I can root and remove things like chaton etc..

sohebq said:
I am veey much interested to see how capable is Ir blaster. I would love it if it will control all my devices without nees of anything else. Surly a great thing to show off too, haha.
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Yes the app will ask about your setup and present a unified remote control interface even if you have multiple hardware remotes to control all the devices. And it's supposed to come with a very complete database.
Soon you will start seeing people changing the channel of TV's in sports bar and public places. I don't know if Samsung thought about this. Oh boy.

sohebq said:
Game controller is cool idea but $110 is too much for me. Very expensive.
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Because it's new, I'm sure the price will go down soon and more games will be added. It's still cheaper than buying another game player.

I like the air gestures and stuff, but I hate the embedded unremovable Chinese bloatware that comes with almost every phone one buys in China. How beautiful would it be if they were replaced by Google Apps.

how do i activate auto unlock zone ?

prodigiez said:
how do i activate auto unlock zone ?
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If I remember correctly it's in the Lockscreen Settings->advanced

there is no advanced option in lockscreen setting.. :|

prodigiez said:
there is no advanced option in lockscreen setting.. :|
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Are you on AT&T? Cuz the AT&T LTE version doesn't have this option, They replaced it with AT&T Smart Wifi.

im not on att.. i dont have both smart wifi and advanced option in lockscreen..
asia version i9505

What's the app for the remote control? (home theater stuff) Is it right in front of me and I'm missing it??

for some reason i'm finding the menu/touchwiz to be more responsive on my S3.. i've only had the phone for a few hours but i can see some slight lagging in the UI at times. phone does have tons more stuff installed than the S3.. i never rooted my sprint S3 since it ran pretty good and didn't seem so bloated, the S4 may change that.

Android 8.0 Features and Design First Time On XDA

Concepts can be really fun and interesting at the same time. We’ve seen tons of third-party concept smartphones being posted all over the internet, like the ‘Sony Shadow’ concept smartphone we’ve covered recently. The designer envisioned this smartphone to sport two displays, one on top of the other, while the top one is actually a slide-out display. It’s certainly and interesting concept, and even though it will probably never become a reality (at least not soon), it’s quite interesting to check out such content. Well, we have yet another concept to share with you, though this time around we’ll talk about software, not hardware, read on.
Google had started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to Nexus devices quite recently, and the company won’t announce the next version of Android (8.0) until next year, they’ll probably talk about it during Google I/O 2016. Android 7.0 Nougat is the current-gen Android variant, and it’s pretty much brand new, but an India-based designer decided to take matters into his own hands and actually create a concept design of Android 8.0. If you take a look at the info-graphic image down below, you’ll get to see the design he envisioned.
Now, this design actually builds upon Google’s work thus far, and does not exactly step away from Android 7.0 Nougat all that much. The circle home on-screen home button is now replaced with the letter ‘G’, while the designer has also introduced a brand new, customizable lock screen. The designer has also changed the app drawer, you can now see your docked home screen icons when you fire up the app drawer (by swiping from right to left), and the notification shade has been somewhat redesigned as well. If you take a look at the status bar up top, you’ll notice that notifications are now centered, rather than being stacked on the left side.
In any case, this certainly is an interesting design, and as already mentioned, it really isn’t all that different than Android 7.0 Nougat, it keeps some design cues while it comes with a different approach for other design elements. The aforementioned YouTube video, which is embedded down below, will show you all the elements we’ve talked about in this article, so make sure to check it out.
For screenshots please check post 2
Video on Youtube
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Concept and Design By Vijay

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Is this real concept or rumors ?

Deena Khanam said:
Is this real concept or rumors ?
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It is just concept so not sure it is true or false.

@421rahman look here for new concept

@Salman Al-Badgail Thanks mate