Amazon Officially Unveils Its First Smartphone: Say Hello To Fire Phone

We've been hearing about Amazon's potential smartphone for what seems like years, but today it's finally real. At a super-exclusive Amazon event, Jeff Bezos talked about Prime, Kindles, FireTV, customers, some other stuff, and took wraps off of the company's first go at a phone. It is, as you may have guessed, an interesting one. It's packing some rather unique features, as well as top-notch hardware:

• 4.7" IPS LCD HD display "optimized for one-handed use" – 590 nit brightness, Gorilla Glass


• Quad core 2.2GHz processor


• Adreno 330 GPU


• 2GB RAM


• 13MP f/2.0 rear shooter, OIS – instant access button, even with the screen off


• Unlimited photo storage


• Dual stereo speakers


• Ships with non-tangle headphones with flat cable and magnetic buds


• Glass back


• Aluminum Buttons

So yeah, Fire Phone.

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Fleksy releases app to allow texting from Samsung Gear 2

You may be able to read messages on your Gear 2, but you cannot type out a reply with it. That changes today with Fleksy releasing a new messaging app that allows the Samsung smartwatch to have a full, but small, keyboard to text with. All texting, receiving and replying, can be done from your wrist. The app will sync with a smartphone to better understand texting patterns and it is what allows texts to be sent over to the smartwatch.

The Fleksy Messenger App is available for free in the Samsung Apps section of compatible devices.

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Amazon Fire Phone officially announced

Amazon’s finally done it, folks — their first phone is officially here, and it’s called the Amazon Fire Phone. It’s a 4.7-inch HD smartphone that actually has quite a bit of oomph in terms of power. Beneath the hood is a 2.2GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 800, anyone?) and 2GB of RAM. Also of immediate noteworthy mention is a 13 megapixel camera that can hold its own in low-light photography situations up against phones like the iPhone 5S and the Samsung Galaxy S5.

Developing…

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Samsung launches Milk Music for several tablets

Samsung’s music streaming service, Milk Music, was previously only available to Samsung smartphones. Today, Samsung is expanding the availability of the service by offering it to a handful of Samsung tablets, including the TabPRO line, the NotePRO 12.2, and the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition. That’s only a few new additions, but it’s better than nothing.

If you have one of Samsung’s new tablets, you should be able to find Milk Music in the Play Store to download.

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Oyster e-book subscription service opens the cover on Android app

Oyster, the e-book subscription service, has launched an Android version of their app after several months of being an iOS only app. Oyster’s business model is patterned after services like Netflix in giving users access to their entire library for a flat monthly fee. Oyster currently charges $9.95 per month which gives users unlimited access to their library of over 500,000 titles. Titles includes New York Times bestsellers, Oprah picks and Pulitzer Prize winning titles among others.

Much like what Netflix does for movies and TV shows, Oyster will provide personalized recommendations to help users find titles that may be of interest. Oyster also includes features to share activity with friends on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

You can check out some screen shots below. If you decide to give Oyster a try, hit one of the download links. They are currently offering the first 30 days free as a trial period.

Google Play Download Link

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Nike+ Fuelband app finally available for Android

Nike has finally given tons of FuelBand owners what they’ve been waiting more than two years for: a companion app for Android. The app was exclusive to iOS up to this point, something which we thought was thanks to Nike and Apple’s tight relationship. But it seems Nike has finally stopped making excuses as the official FuelBand app is sitting in the Google Play Store. Unfortunately you will need the latest FuelBand SE fitness band in order to use it, and it does appear you’ll need at least Android 4.3 or higher. The app is also only “optimized” for the following devices:

• - Samsung Galaxy S5


• - Samsung Galaxy S4


• - Samsung Galaxy S3


• - Nexus 5


• - HTC One


• -Moto X

Short roster, that. So while it’s what we’ve been waiting for, it’s not quite in the capacity that we expected. Let’s hope Nike eventually loosens these restrictions and requirements in the weeks or months to come. Should you be lucky enough to satiate all those needs then you can find the app for download at the link ahead.

Nike+ FuelBand (Playboard) | Nike+ FuelBand (Play Store)

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Sunrise Calendar adds hooks to additional platforms like Evernote, Tripit and Songkick

Although Sunrise Calendar just released the Android version of their app a few weeks ago, they are already releasing an update that hooks the calendar with several popular apps and services. The new connections are possible with Evernote, Songkick, Tripit, Github and Asana. These new connections are in addition to existing integrations like Facebook event syncing, Google Maps integration and iCloud calendar support.

With Songkick, concert schedules can be viewed directly in the calendar and users can search for nearby events. Evernote users will be able to view their reminders in Sunrise and can even edit them in Sunrise with full synchronization back to Evernote. Similarly, users can fully sync tasks and reminders between Github or Asana and Sunrise while Tripit users can access their itineraries in the calendar app.

Sunrise is free to use and can be downloaded using the links below.

Google Play Download Link

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