| Minuum Keyboard public beta lands in the Play Store Aug 19th 2013, 19:25, by Robert Nelson There isn’t a shortage of available keyboards for Android users, however as of today another has arrived in the Google Play Store. This latest is called Minuum Keyboard and it has arrived as a public beta. While today marks the entry in the Play Store, this isn’t the first time we have heard of this keyboard though. 
In fact, this was one that originally began as an Indiegogo project back in March. The app then came available (in beta form) for those who backed the project in June. Well, flash forward till today and now everyone has access to that beta. The one catch — you will need to be willing and ready to shell out the $3.99 purchase price. This keyboard touts itself as being the “little keyboard for big fingers” and promises to offer “simplified touchscreen typing.” The simplified portion comes in with the auto-correction, but right from the beginning things look a bit different with Minuum. As the name would imply, the Minuum keyboard takes the minimal approach. In this case they use a single line of keys. 
Aside from the setup you see in the images here in the post, the Minuum Keyboard also offers a regular keyboard and voice typing. The full-sized keyboard is a newer option and can be accessed by pressing down on the keyboard with two-fingers. While we suspect the folks at Minuum would prefer users to stick with their layout, they have said the full-sized keyboard would be “especially useful” when it comes to entering a web address or password. This latest beta release also improved the access to punctuation and allows for alternative alphabet arrangements. The punctuation can be accessed by double-spacing and those alternative alphabet arrangements include the AZERTY layout. That all being said, while this looks like an interesting option, we do offer the reminder that it is still beta and as such there may be some issues. SOURCE: Minuum Blog, Google Play Store |  | HTC One X up next for Android 4.2, rolling out now in Europe Aug 19th 2013, 18:58, by Cory Gunther In April we learned the HTC One X was set to be updated to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean come this June, and now it appears to finally be rolling out in Europe, only a few months late. Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and the new Sense UI 5 is arriving for the Tegra 3 powered HTC One X in Europe as we speak. 
Earlier this month we saw the update arrive for the HTC One X+ (not the AT&T model) and now it sounds like HTC has moved on to the original X this week as well. Below is more info as well as the update popup with full details. Multiple reports have surfaced in our inbox, and over at XDA, that the 380MB update to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Sense 5 is hitting smartphones as of late last night. Sadly there still appears to be no details for the HTC One, or the AT&T versions of the HTC One X and X+ at this moment. 
HTC Blinkfeed will be available, but not enabled by default, and the other features such as HTC Zoe will also be included. The new camera and gallery apps will be there, as well as the homescreen unlock options. The update also details the quick settings panel with 12 default options. So far this is hitting Nordic Countries, and again, we have no details on when AT&T will get around to updating either of these devices stateside. | | Timely arrives as a feature-rich alarm clock app [Hands-on] Aug 19th 2013, 18:35, by Robert Nelson A new alarm clock app has landed in the Google Play Store. The app is called Timely Alarm Clock and while we suspect many will tune this out thinking the stock clock/alarm app works just fine — this one may be worth a look. Not only does Timely bring some good looks, but it also brings a feature those with multiple devices may like. The Timely app works across multiple devices. 
First things first though, the Timely app launches to the clock screen, which also shows the current day of the week and date along with the time of the next alarm. The icons to switch between the Alarms, Clock and Countdown are all sitting towards the top going from left to right. A tap of the alarm option will show any current alarms and also allow you to create more. Creating an alarm can be done by tapping the alarm icon in the lower left or by swiping in from the left-side of the device. The alarms are easy to set and come with the options one would expect. For example, you can name the alarm and you can also choose which day(s) that it should wake you. There is a wide variety of available alarm tones and you can also add a challenge or Smart Rise.    The challenge is just what the name implies — a way to make it harder to snooze. Some of these include shaking the phone, doing a match or math puzzle or following a random pattern. The Smart Rise feature is a bit more interesting and is said to be based on the “advanced sleep cycle theory.” Basically this means the alarm can wake you up to 30 minutes early when you are in a light sleep cycle. 
Getting back to the multiple device option. This is one you will find when you install Timely on more than one device. For example, we installed Timely on one phone and setup the alarms and adjusted the preferences. We then installed Timely on the second device and upon launch — everything was all set. You will notice the message you get on the above screenshot. And worry not, silencing an alarm on one device will silence it on all devices. The nice part about this is the changes happen very quickly. But features aside, Timely does also look really nice. There are a handful of different options available to change things up. Some of these are in-app purchases and some are free. But in the end, even after just a few minutes of playing, Timely has already replaced our default clock/alarm setup. SOURCE: Google Play Store | | Oppo N1 Camera phone tipped for September release Aug 19th 2013, 18:08, by Cory Gunther This year has been all about the camera when it comes to smartphones. Whether that be Samsung’s Galaxy Camera hybrid, Nokia adding a 41MP camera to their Lumia 1020, or Sony’s recently leaked clip-on 21 megapixel lens attachment. Well, the folks from Oppo want to get in on the action, and have just teased (and made official, in a way) the Oppo N1 cameraphone. 
Earlier this month we received our first leaked images, which were only rendering, suggesting Oppo was working on a camera-centric smartphone. This afternoon however the company has confirmed it with a slew of teaser images, and it looks like we’ll know all the details next month. The Oppo “N-Lens” series was also talked about and made the rounds through the rumor mills. And now Oppo is set to announce the new N1 smartphone next month. That doesn’t 100% confirm it, but things are shaping up quite well. 
Oppo is an extremely popular and fast growing Chinese manufacturer and we loved the Find 5. The new Oppo N1 is set to be quite the smartphone coming with a 12 megapixel camera using their new “Owl” tech for greater low light photography performance, as well as a Xenon flash. There’s also rumors of a 5-inch or bigger 1080p display, and the camera possibly being 16 megapixels, which would make more sense. Stay tuned as it looks like we’ll be finding out more details next month.    VIA: GforGames | |
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