Samsung Galaxy S Advance Jelly Bean Update Roll Out Gets Closer

Good news for Galaxy S Advance owners, We have just received word that Samsung will deploy the Android Jelly Bean 4.1 update for the Galaxy S Advance Smartphones. Surprisely the update is available for the folks living in Russian Federation. The Android update brings Samsung new TouchWiz Nature UI along with usual Smart Keyboard, improved voice search, enhanced notification, improved S voice, Google now, new photo effect filter, improved voice and data connectivity.

Samsung mid-range Galaxy S Advance comes with 4 inch Supper AMOLED display, 5 Megapixel Auto-focus camera with LED flash, 1 Ghz dual-core processor, 8GB internal memory, 768 MB RAM, 301 Bluetooth and much more,

The new firmware looks good as we expected, but there are no major bugs fixes and glitches to report at this moment. According to SamMobile, the Galaxy S Advance update is not tested yet in other regions, so peoples how don’t live in Russia maybe have to wait until March, 2013 to catch it. Obviously the latest update should arrive to your smartphone eventually.

if you want to update your device manually, just connect Galaxy S Advance with your computer and update the device via Samsung KIES Software. However, the latest update can be easily downloaded by OTA.

The 6 Best Android Apps For Your Health & Fitness

Gone are the winters, and now it’s spring – the time when you can go outside and be in a great shape. You can even make use of your Android device that supports a large number of apps which will track down your calories as well as kilometers to get in the right shape.
Following are the 6 best Android apps you can opt for health and fitness, which will assist you to obtain and live in the most suitable shape.

Endomondo Sports Tracker :

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This happens to be an extremely useful app for rollerbladers, cyclists, joggers, runners, or all such people who simply prefer going for a walk occasionally. The apps will assist you to track your height, weight, speed, kilometers and time, maintaining a history of your workouts. The app has been integrated with Google Maps and audio playlist that enables you to have a comprehensive analysis of your improvement. Endomondo Sports Tracker app can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play.

Calorie Counter by FatSecret :

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This is an extremely vital and handy app for all such users who prefer to maintain a track of their nutritional details and calorie consumption. The applications also record the recommended every day intake for you to acquire your weight and fitness targets.
The app can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play Store.

Instant Heart Rate :

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The heart is the most imperative organ of the human body. With the Instant Heart Rate app, you can be sure of the fact that your ticker is doing well. Presently, this application is the most reliable and accurate approach to measure an individual’s heart rate without any additional equipment. All you need to do here is to place your index finger on the camera on your phone and within a few seconds you will see a real time heart monitor. The app turns out to be extremely useful while tailoring exercises or for all those users who have heart issues. Instant Heart Rate can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play.

First Aid :

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Being healthy is not only about keeping it fit. It is also about being able to hold on to medical emergencies. The Health Team came up with the First Aid app, which is the best one for all such people who get to come across any emergency. You can treat anyone who is in need or simply when you are participating in rescue activities. The app can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play Store.

BMI Calculator :

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An individuals’ Body Mass Index or BMI is basically the key to ensure that you are not being overweight.It can be a bit tough to wrap it up, but with the BMI calculator app from Woytek, users will be able to easily determine their BMI. This app is for normal people and not much recommended for athletes. The app offers both imperial and metric units through which users can measure equal to the average.  BMI Calculator app can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play.

VirtuaGym Fitness Home and Gym :

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VirtuaGym is another incredible application for all those people who are interested to look for a handy daily workout routine that suits their schedule. Basically,  the app VirtuaGym is believed to be an extension of virtuagym.com, which is a personal trainer over the Web. Actually, on the other hand,  the app and the site are not synchronized at all. Still, you can make use of this app and make it truly worth. The app can be easily downloaded from Google’s Play Store.

 

[Images Credit: Google Play Store]

Facebook releases official ‘Pages Manager’ application for Android

Finally, Facebook officially released the Facebook Pages Manager App for the Android OS to make it easier to mange your Faceook Pages.  A few months ago, Facebook already released iOS app for the iPhones and iPads. According to the company spokesperson, The new born App is currently rolled out for Australia, Canada and New Zeeland.

The Application description on Google Play:

Manage all the Pages you admin, wherever you are. Helps Facebook Page admins connect with their audience and keep up with activity on multiple Pages.

  • Post new updates and photos and respond to comments as your Pages
  • View and reply to private messages sent to your Page
  • Get notifications about new activity on your Pages right away
  • View your latest Pages Insights

Of course, the Facebook Pages Manager application will also provides new updates, photos respond, Private messages as well as notification that happens on your Facebook Pages.

While its look like the app is not collecting highest rating & reviews on Google Play store and peoples are expecting further improvements. The Facebook Pages Manger Application is available free of cost on Google Play Store. if you’ve Facebook Page, just download it and share your comments.

Source: Facebook Pages Manager for Android

Upcoming Gorilla Glass 3rd Version 3 Times More Scratch Resistant

Gorilla Glass is on track to becoming the most popular scratch resistant solution for modern smartphones and tablets. Corning, the maker of popular Gorilla Glass for phones and tablets, has announced that they would showcase scratch resistant Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013 next week. Gorilla Glass series has been rapidly growing and is used in large range of popular smartphones of 2102 including Samsung Galaxy S Series, HTC One, iPhone, Google Nexus as well as NOKIA Lumia 920.

According to Corning upcoming Glass 3 will be three times more resistant and will also reduce visibility of scratches  by 40 percent apart from this, The third generation of  Gorilla Glass would be tougher than previous with native damage resistance.

Corning said full product details will be released on January 7.

“This year at CES, Corning will demonstrate its industry leadership in specialty glass and fiber optic technologies with the introduction of two products designed to enhance and extend the capabilities of consumers’ favorite devices,” CEO Wendell P. Weeks said in a statement. “These new innovations build on the increasingly important and continually evolving role of highly engineered glass technologies in delivering improved product performance and functionality through touch capabilities, protective cover glass, and device connectivity.”

Source: Corning Press Release

Fast Fingers; The Top 5 Alternative Keyboards for Android Smartphones

#1 Swiftkey Keyboard

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Are you the kind of person that starts a text and by the end you’re left with a jumble of characters and letters that barely resembles a language at all? Swiftkey might be the best for you. This cutting edge technology allows for error correction and word prediction in a way that has never been seen before. Without even using spaces Swiftkey can determine what you meant to say. It literally learns your style of typing to best correct words and even predict what you’re going to say before you start typing it.

 #2 Go Keyboard

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Go Keyboard is another very smart texting app. It also can learn the way you type and help texts come out smoother and faster. This is also the app for the fashion forward person out there. With new themes coming out all of the time and over 60 in total you can change the layout and look as often as you want. It even has great customizable size templates to work best on any size and display of tablet or phone.

 #3 Smart Keyboard

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Smart Keyboard is another great keyboard app. It has a solid and professional looking layout and has incredible language variation. It caters to numerous alphabets and language inputs which makes it a great keyboard for multilingual people or world travelers.

 #4 Swype

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Swype has been dubbed as the cursive style writing for the new age of technology. It features a single touch interface that allows the user to simply swipe their finger over the keyboard making a zig zag pattern over the letters of the word they want. Swype takes a bit of getting used to, but it is an incredible revolution in typing on an electronic device.

#5 Hacker’s Keyboard

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Hacker’s Keyboard is mainly designed for tablet use. It is laid out very similarly to a computer keyboard and allows the user to feel like they’re not typing on a touch screen. It even allows multitouch for command keys so that you can press copy and paste type shortcuts without going through the usual hoops and leaps that are necessary on a normal device.

Al in all keyboards for touch screen devices are very personal decisions. Different styles fit different people better. Check all of these top 5 out and see how they work for you. These will allow you to reach your true texting potential and have everyone envious of your speed!

Samsung confirms it will bring Tizen OS smartphones this year

Finally Samsung confirms it will bring Tizen OS Smartphones this year. Tizen is a Linux-Based open source OS system led by Intel and Samsung. The Operating system supports both Intel and ARM processors and SDK API allow developers to develop HTML 5 based applications.

“We plan to release new, competitive Tizen devices within this year and will keep expanding the lineup depending on market conditions,” Samsung told Bloomberg Businessweek in an e-mailed statement.

Samsung believed to have better designs on boosting Tizen as a leading OS.

Unfortunately, we haven’t any confirmation about device specification and pricing details for the upcoming Samsung smartphones. Maybe following actions help them, to decrease reliance on Google Android Os.

[Image credit: Tizen]