Android World Update # Android Community

Android Community Tracking the Android Platform Revolution

Ready to move beyond the basics? Enroll in this advanced DSLR course to explore more creative scenarios, image editing, and videography. From our sponsors

Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 tipped to already be in development Sep 16th 2013, 07:30, by Juan Carlos Torres Not everybody bought into the smartwatch fad, an observation that Samsung, who just unveiled its Galaxy Gear smartwatch early this month, seems to have taken to heart. The Korean manufacturer is now reported to be developing a revamped smartwatch which we may see as early as the first quarter next year. The Samsung Galaxy Gear felt like a polished device, but it was not without its shortcomings. Aside from the rather shoddy battery life, the Galaxy Gear is, at least at the moment, an exclusive Galaxy Note III accessory. This practically meant paying twice, once for the Galaxy Gear itself, and another for the smartphone. This did not sit well with the crowd and Samsung seems intent on addressing the issues, or at least some of it. According to sources from the Korean media, Samsung has already started the development of the Galaxy Gear 2. This next generation smartwatch is expected to have a longer battery life and include a GPS chip. And probably more importantly, it is rumored to be compatible with more Android smartphones. It seems that the Galaxy Gear launch was just meant as a trial run to measure reception to the wearable device and have an actual working foundation for the real thing. Samsung probably already had this in mind even before launch, as the turnaround for the Galaxy Gear 2 sounds a wee bit short, with the company expected to unveil the new smartwatch at either CES in January or MWC in February next year. VIA: Techkiddy Story Timeline Samsung Galaxy Gear: Hands-on with the Note 3's smartwatch Samsung Galaxy Gear has 12 apps at launch, over 70 in the works Samsung Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear landing on T-Mobile, AT&T next month Verizon Galaxy Note III and Galaxy Gear pricing seen in leaked document Android Device Manager to get remote locking and password reset Sep 16th 2013, 06:57, by Juan Carlos Torres Google’s Android Device Manager already lets users track down their lost devices, or, in the worst case scenario, wipe all the data on it. It seems though that in its next iteration, the service will get an additional, but less drastic capability, that of locking a device and changing it’s unlock password. Early last month, Google announced the Android Device Manager to help users recover their lost devices or secure sensitive data. This much needed functionality has previously been provided by third-party apps and services but now comes built into Android itself. This being Google, some might raise privacy concerns, but no one will probably deny the usefulness of such a feature. The feature is about to get even more useful soon as Google rolls out an update to its Google Play Services package. The new feature includes the ability to lock the device via the web service, as well as changing the current password to unlock the device. This provides users a stopgap measure when attempting to retrieve a lost device, leaving the data wipe as a proper last resort. The updated Google Play Services, version 3.2.64, should soon go out to devices. Users need not do anything as the update happens in the background with no user interaction necessary. VIA: Android Central Story Timeline Android Device Manager arriving this month to locate a misplaced device Android Device Manager now rolling out Android Device Manager tracking and remote wipes go live

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions