Google has announced an update to its Maps service for Android, adding train information, place ratings and Lattitude friend suggestions. For commuters, the Transit feature will mean that, where applicable, you will be able to look at the schedules of trains from the Maps app. All you have to do is add the Transit layer and click on whatever station you want information about.
The massive increase in the use of smartphones is expected to make the need for AMOLED screens increase to 600 million by 2015, according to Samsung. Samsung recently stated that it would be investing in a new OLED production line, and the Korean giant has now talked about some of the reasoning behind that decision. According to the Lee Woo-jong, Samsung’s vice president of marketing, the need for OLED screens is still far in excess of production, and that is likely to continue
Google has announced an update to its Google Goggles phone app which translates foreign words found in the pictures you take. The service, which is available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and above, allows for automatic text translation, whether it be words on a street sign, menu or poster. Once a user takes a picture of the word or phrase, Goggles will ask the user whether they want the information translated.
O2 has been voted the best mobile broadband provider in an independent survey by JD power. The bubbly brand beat off competition from Orange and T-Mobile to be dubbed top dog, with a customer satisfaction score of 653 out of a possible 1,000. Orange was close behind with 650, and T-Mobile managed 644, on a scale that measured performance, reliability, cost, offers and promotions and customer service. Air appeal It was also ranked by customers as among the best in the industry, along with Orange.
3 has announced that it will be the first UK network to offer the Android Eclair-toting Samsung Galaxy Portal. Available in red and black or white and green, the Samsung Galaxy Portal – or i5700 to give its pedigree name – comes complete with all the loveliness of Android 2.1 3 is keen to point out that the phone will also ship with the Layar augmented reality app, which utilises the phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to point you to your nearest watering hole or cash machine. How do you want to use it? “The Samsung Galaxy Portal is all about letting people shape a phone and its functions to match how they want to use it,” said Sylvia Chind – Head of Branded Devices, 3UK