http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3RQpQV9_3oM The Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom is a very strange device. It’s a Galaxy S 4 Mini melded with a point and shoot on the back. Literally, it has a 10x zoom lens sticking out of the back of the phone. We call it strange now, but we’re sure it has its target audience. We once called the Note… Read more
Google Play Books just keeps getting better with every update. Despite it having the ability to read out loud to you for a while, the app was updated with an option for higher quality voice. You have to be connected to the internet to use the high quality voice, but it should be a lot more pleasant to listen to than before. Google has also added… Read more
The update the Gmail Android app received in Android 4.2 was pretty huge, in my opinion. The swipe to archive/delete function is nice and useful (and a direct rip from webOS, which is understandable since Android’s director of user experience Matias Duarte used to be VP of Palm). But the biggest feature is the message auto-fitting, which zooms out all… Read more
A lot of devices had local search removed in updates to prevent lawsuits by Apple, but (in my opinion) this wasn’t a big usability issue and could easily be worked around. Now we may have a more serious problem on our hands. The newest ICS leak for the Epic 4G Touch (it’s been getting tons of new leaks) has all pinch to zoom functionality removed…. Read more
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