Which isn’t even a software company, but the largest smartphone
manufacturer — is increasingly differentiating itself in both hardware
and software, and not just with Android anymore. The latest ATIV Book
9 line of laptops includes some very interesting software that makes
connecting to an Android smartphone particularly fun and useful, and in
ways that none of the software giants are attempting. And the best part
is: no cables required.
There are two kinds of people: those who plug their buy cell phones cheap
into their computers, and the other 79.5% of smartphone owners
(read: Android users). Apple — and heck, even Microsoft — originally
built their smartphones to connect and sync with computers via iTunes
and Zune (nowWindows Phone). Although updates eventually untethered
them, they still carry the legacy of PC syncing.
And then there’s Google, the dominant mobile OS provider that does everything through
the cloud. They know that most people never plug their phones into
anything except to charge them, so all syncing and storing should be
automatic and wireless.The real secret sauce (and perhaps the $200 price
premium) of the ATIV Book 9 Lite is it’s SideSync software, an
application that enables Samsung Galaxy smartphone owners (Galaxy S II
and up and Galaxy Note II and up) to connect their phones and laptops
“seamlessly.” Let’s be clear, there’s nothing seamless about it.
The ATIV ships with the software but has to download another three or four pieces to be fully functional, and the buy cell phones cheap
all require three apps too. The installation process on both the phone
and laptop sides is slow, frustrating, and all too easy to mess up. And
if you are one of the unlucky souls who owns an unlocked Galaxy phone
without Samsung’s app store built in, then you can’t get any of the cool
functions offered.
SideSync is a two-pronged app on both the laptop and smartphone (I used a Galaxy Note II) that lets users command the buy cell phones cheap
via computer, specifically with the mouse and keyboard. That may not
sound like much, but we’re using our smartphones more and more, even in
front of a computer. If you’ve got the laptop and smartphone side by
side, there’s no need to take your hands off the keyboard to respond to
an SMS or switch out of your laptop application to check who used your
favorite hashtag on Twitter. It makes the two devices work together, and
it does a damn good job of it.
Of course, how useful this feature is will depend on how you use the buy cell phones cheap.
I typically sit with my laptop front and center, smartphone docked on
the right. Notifications come into the phone all With SideSync, and
thanks to Android’s usability, you can do just about anything on the
phone via your computer's mouse and keyboard (notable exceptions include
selecting physical buttons and swipe gestures). It’s not only
remarkably useful, but hard to stop using. Just like switching from two
monitors to one makes you feel handicapped, losing a direct connection
from your laptop to smartphone feels… hollow, like there’s now something
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The other half of SideSync is to show the
smartphone screen right on the laptop, live. It’s probably kitschy and
useless to most people, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t totally
impressive to show a smartphone right from your laptop, on the slightly
bigger screen. Macs can do this with a paid app (Reflector) and an
iPhone, but that still requires you do everything from the phone. Show
the phone in landscape or portrait, show any app, and control the whole
thing with your mouse and keyboard with a mock phone straight from your
screen. For smartphone developers it’s a godsend, for everyone else it’s
just really cool.
Samsung’s other piece of software that only works on the company’s own i9300 mtk6577
smartphones and laptops is HomeSync, a partial syncing competitor to
iTunes or Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Available as both a native app and
via the web, it syncs all of your media between the phone and laptop and
can do so wirelessly.Just look at Samsung's new Galaxy Note 3. The
device is the latest in a line that brought big back into style -- and
now, plus-sized phones are a category all their own. Lucky for Samsung,
size isn't the only thing that sets the Note 3 apart.
The phone's S
Pen stylus opens the door to some interesting and innovative ways of
interacting with a smartphone -- and this latest model offers some
meaningful improvements over its predecessors in both form and
functionality. While the phone has plenty of attractive qualities,
though, it also has some noteworthy downsides. So all considered, is it a
buy cell phones cheap worth buying?
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