One of the downsides to Samsung’s Galaxy Gear is that it’s only officially compatible with the South Korean company’s own family of smartphones, but a new workaround allows Nexus 5 to add Galaxy Gear support to their own handset themselves.
A Galaxy S5 concept from Apple Conspiracy.
Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 will make its debut on Sunday, February 23, one day before Mobile World Congress 2014, according to respected Russian tipster Eldar Murtazin.
The device is expected to introduce a new TouchWiz user interface on top of Android 4.4 KitKat, as well as new high-end specifications, an improved rear-facing camera, faster processors, and possibly even iris scanning technology that will allow users to unlock the device with their eyes.
The Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, a more affordable version of Samsung’s entry-level Android tablet, has been made available to pre-order in Europe for the first time since it was announced last week.
The Wi-Fi only model is priced at 6,490 rubles in Russia, which is roughly $206 U.S. dollars; while the 3G model costs 9,900 rubles, which is around $294 U.S. dollars.
Samsung is now rolling out the much-anticipated Android 4.4.2 KitKat update to all Eastern European models of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3, in Poland and Russia. This upgrade, build number KOT49H, is a fairly major bump up from 4.3 Jelly Bean, and brings a mass of new functionality, together with the usual multitude of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations.
Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S5 will feature a 2K QHD display and iris scanning technology, and it will get its grand unveiling at Mobile World Congress next month, an unnamed “tipster” has claimed. Samsung is expected to maintain the plastic form factor we’ve seen from the rest of its smartphones, concentrating on improvements internally instead.
