Blue Bugle: Mobile, Desktop & Web Technologies

One of the biggest news of the last two days is the release of yet another smartphone in the Samsung Galaxy family, a phone of no especial features, with 720p 233ppi TFT screen, Android Jelly Bean, 1.5 GB RAM, 8/16 GB internal storage, Exynos 5 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, etc. The smartphone, known as Galaxy Mega is peculiar due to its screen size, of 6.3 inches, which makes it the mammoth of the smartphone market. Samsung was the first manufacturer to lead the way to phones of unusually large screen sizes. Soon enough, other manufacturers followed, and some even managed to go a few steps further. Is this rat race for large screen sizes come to an end? Is it time for customers to really think about the display technology, rather than the screen size? Let’s find out. The year was 2011 and the place, Berlin, home to the Berlin Radio Show. Samsung announced a legendary product in its Galaxy family of devices—the Galaxy Note. The product is in its second generation now , with sales g...

One of the announcements that has rocked the world of smartphones in the last couple of days is that of Facebook Home, which is as Facebook says, a piece of software for your phone designed to put your friends above everything else. What does this mean to the existing smartphones, and how does it affect the status quo? Let’s find out. Check out the promo video: The announcement came two days ago, on Apr 12, 2013 . It has received, as expected, widespread attention from the smartphone community. On an unrelated note, I was unable to check it out at the time because I was hospitalized for renal calculi that were eating me alive. Facebook Home is not a new operating system that targets Android or iOS, neither is it an enhanced app for your existing Facebook smartphone app, which by the way is one of the most popular apps out there. Facebook Home is an enhanced home screen option for Android devices. Also, not for all Android phones, only these—HTC’s First, One , One X, Samsung’s...