«Messenger Lite is a slimmed - down version of Messenger that offers
the core features of the app, while giving everyone the opportunity to stay connected to their friends and family, regardless of device or quality of internet connectivity.»
«Messenger Lite is a slimmed - down version of Messenger that offers
the core features of the app, while giving everyone the opportunity to stay connected to their friends and family, regardless of device or quality of internet connectivity,» said a spokesperson for Facebook.
Not exact matches
Make the first version
of your
app only about that
feature that offers the
core value
of your product — the must have.
Facebook launched Messenger Lite for Android in the United States last year, which offers the
core messaging
features of the
app and drops everything else, including video calls, selfie lenses, and games.
In looking at Facebook's efforts to continue innovating its
core product — adding more
features like Places and Deals, taking away the friction
of page - loads to access parts
of the site like Photos, going further into mobile with new
apps, and generally trying to make itself easier to access and more available anywhere — one can see how it is working to get there.
Armed with 15 years
of search history and price data, the data scientists and data engineers at Trainline have been busy coming up with these smart
features for its
core consumer
app.
Now, with online dating sites and
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However, we can also do a better job
of deconstructing
apps to their
core features and use - cases as opposed to demoing an entire product as if selling the instructor a used car.
One impressive new Android tablet to launch this month worth reviewing is the Icoo 7GS — 3G edition — available through a site called Tablet Sprint — this new 7 Inch tablet compares to the current $ 300 Nexus 7 3G version, with most
of the same
features, but sells for about $ 200 — and offers one
of the newest Quad
Core processors, an HD 1280X800 IPS screen, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, MicroSD storage, and a SIM slot built in with 3G HSPA + with both internet and phone call connection through any GSM carrier, including AT&T and T - Mobile — The site TabletSprint also currently offers Bonus
Apps, including an Office Suite with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and the popular 3D game Shadowgun — and also
features a few other new models worth checking out that launch in June --
Editor's Summary: * Acer first tablet with Quad
Core Tegra 3 Processor * Provides long battery life
of up to 12 hours for video playback * Pre-installed productivity solution: mobile office suite Polaris ™ 3.5 and wireless printing
app * New tablet is first Acer Olympic Games Edition, exclusive design
features Olympic rings * Pre-sale starts now at $ 449.99 for 32 GB Iconia Tab A510 in U.S. and Canada
But this octa -
core - powered Android device is more than just a supersize slate, offering deep pen integration and a host
of productivity - friendly
features, such as a souped - up Multi Window mode that lets you run four
apps at once.
This $ 1,199 tablet
features a fast
Core i5 CPU, a built - in S Pen, and a bevy
of apps to facilitate content creation.
If the
core selling points
of your web - based ebook reader is that it paginates and works offline — two
features that native
apps easily do much much better — then you've already failed.
The
App market continues to be a baron wasteland and the lack
of email, BBM, and other
core features is a huge drawback.
HTC One X runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS with HTC Sense 4.0 UI on top
of it, powered by a 1.5 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad -
core processor under the hood, sporting a 4.7 - inch second generation Super LCD HD display with 1280X720p resolution, equipped with an 8 megapixel rear - facing camera with LED flash, 1080p HD video recording capability, an additional front - facing camera, 32 GB internal storage, 1 GB RAM to keep things running smoothly, micro USB 2.0, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi - Fi, DLNA functionality, 21 Mbps HSPA connectivity, Beats Audio integration, pre-installed HTC Watch
app, access to Android Market, a whole host
of the Google services, 1800mAh battery to power everything and all the regular
features of an Android phone.
Notice the extra shortcut icons at the top
of the screen, talking you to the
core tablet
features of the browser, email
app, camera and Settings menu.
Much like it's Apple rival this latter
feature can be used to open
core apps, set alarms, make adjustments to your calendar and even operate the calculator — you'll have to spend some time talking to your Nexus 10 in order to find out exactly what Google Now is and isn't capable
of doing, but overall it's undoubtedly pretty smart.
The preview SDK
features a new user interface framework for scaling
of apps to tablet displays as well as native tablet
app development, new graphics framework for improved graphics and performance, new 3D rendering engine, improved support for single -
core and multi-
core processors, HTTP Live streaming support (championed by Apple), new DRM framework for consistent DRM across devices, improved enterprise support such as policy control for encrypted storage and password expiration as well as improved management.
The phone
features a 5 - inch 720p HD display and quad -
core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor with LG's suite
of specialized
apps, such as Knock Code and Knock On, LG Gate for enterprise security, as well as QSlide Apps, QuickMemo, and LG's Smart Keybo
apps, such as Knock Code and Knock On, LG Gate for enterprise security, as well as QSlide
Apps, QuickMemo, and LG's Smart Keybo
Apps, QuickMemo, and LG's Smart Keyboard.
With Android 4.4 KitKat, octa -
core processor for the Wi - Fi / 3G models and quad -
core processor on the LTE model, a 2560 x 1600 display, 3 GB
of RAM, a 9500mAh battery, integrated S Pen, and lot's and lot's
of apps and
features packaged into it, what's not to like?
HIGHLIGHTS Android - powered Smartphone
Features A Bright 3.5 ″ Full Touch Screen Quick Access To Social Networking Tools Like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and FourSquare Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like Google Maps and MetroNavigator Full Suite Of Metro Services Like Mobile Web, Music and Video Download Apps, Games, Ringtones, and More From The Android Market Capture Photos and Video With The 3.2 MP Camera Access Your Microsoft Exchange Email As Well As Popular Web - based Email Services Like Gmail Chat With Your Friends and Family On - the - go With Instant Messenger Services Like Google Talk WHAT»S IN THE BOX Battery - Yes Charger - Yes MESSAGING FEATURES HTML Web Browsing - Yes Instant Messenger - Yes Email Client - Access Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP Email Mobile Web Browsing - Yes Multimedia Messaging - Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages Text Messaging (SMS)- Send and Receive Text Messages ENTERTAINMENT App Store - Download Apps From The Android Market MP3 Player - Yes Facebook - Yes Twitter - Yes Games - Yes Custom Ringtones - Downloadable Customizable Graphics - Downloadable MP3 Ringtones - Yes Picture Caller ID - Yes Polyphonic Ringtones - Yes Ringer Profiles - Yes Streaming Multimedia Support - Yes DIGITAL CAMERA Camera - 3.2 MP Camera Also Captures Video Camera Megapixels - 3.2 MP Video Capture / Camcorder - 3.2 MP Camera Captures Video ADVANCED FEATURES Google - Google's Android OS 2.3 Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)- Yes Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Yes Visual Voicemail - Yes GPS Services Support - Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like MetroNavigator Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)- Yes PC Synchronization - Yes CORE FEATURES Color Main Display - 3.5 ″, 320 x 240 Pixels, 262,000 Colors, Touch Display Alarm - Yes Calculator - Yes Calendar - Yes Manual Lock - Yes Color - Red Style - Candy Bar PDA Device - Yes Speakerphone - Yes To - Do List - Yes Vibrate - Yes Voice Me
Features A Bright 3.5 ″ Full Touch Screen Quick Access To Social Networking Tools Like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and FourSquare Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like Google Maps and MetroNavigator Full Suite
Of Metro Services Like Mobile Web, Music and Video Download
Apps, Games, Ringtones, and More From The Android Market Capture Photos and Video With The 3.2 MP Camera Access Your Microsoft Exchange Email As Well As Popular Web - based Email Services Like Gmail Chat With Your Friends and Family On - the - go With Instant Messenger Services Like Google Talk WHAT»S IN THE BOX Battery - Yes Charger - Yes MESSAGING
FEATURES HTML Web Browsing - Yes Instant Messenger - Yes Email Client - Access Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP Email Mobile Web Browsing - Yes Multimedia Messaging - Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages Text Messaging (SMS)- Send and Receive Text Messages ENTERTAINMENT App Store - Download Apps From The Android Market MP3 Player - Yes Facebook - Yes Twitter - Yes Games - Yes Custom Ringtones - Downloadable Customizable Graphics - Downloadable MP3 Ringtones - Yes Picture Caller ID - Yes Polyphonic Ringtones - Yes Ringer Profiles - Yes Streaming Multimedia Support - Yes DIGITAL CAMERA Camera - 3.2 MP Camera Also Captures Video Camera Megapixels - 3.2 MP Video Capture / Camcorder - 3.2 MP Camera Captures Video ADVANCED FEATURES Google - Google's Android OS 2.3 Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)- Yes Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Yes Visual Voicemail - Yes GPS Services Support - Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like MetroNavigator Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)- Yes PC Synchronization - Yes CORE FEATURES Color Main Display - 3.5 ″, 320 x 240 Pixels, 262,000 Colors, Touch Display Alarm - Yes Calculator - Yes Calendar - Yes Manual Lock - Yes Color - Red Style - Candy Bar PDA Device - Yes Speakerphone - Yes To - Do List - Yes Vibrate - Yes Voice Me
FEATURES HTML Web Browsing - Yes Instant Messenger - Yes Email Client - Access Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP Email Mobile Web Browsing - Yes Multimedia Messaging - Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages Text Messaging (SMS)- Send and Receive Text Messages ENTERTAINMENT
App Store - Download
Apps From The Android Market MP3 Player - Yes Facebook - Yes Twitter - Yes Games - Yes Custom Ringtones - Downloadable Customizable Graphics - Downloadable MP3 Ringtones - Yes Picture Caller ID - Yes Polyphonic Ringtones - Yes Ringer Profiles - Yes Streaming Multimedia Support - Yes DIGITAL CAMERA Camera - 3.2 MP Camera Also Captures Video Camera Megapixels - 3.2 MP Video Capture / Camcorder - 3.2 MP Camera Captures Video ADVANCED
FEATURES Google - Google's Android OS 2.3 Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)- Yes Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Yes Visual Voicemail - Yes GPS Services Support - Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like MetroNavigator Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)- Yes PC Synchronization - Yes CORE FEATURES Color Main Display - 3.5 ″, 320 x 240 Pixels, 262,000 Colors, Touch Display Alarm - Yes Calculator - Yes Calendar - Yes Manual Lock - Yes Color - Red Style - Candy Bar PDA Device - Yes Speakerphone - Yes To - Do List - Yes Vibrate - Yes Voice Me
FEATURES Google - Google's Android OS 2.3 Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)- Yes Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Yes Visual Voicemail - Yes GPS Services Support - Integrated GPS Provides Support For Location - based Services Like MetroNavigator Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)- Yes PC Synchronization - Yes
CORE FEATURES Color Main Display - 3.5 ″, 320 x 240 Pixels, 262,000 Colors, Touch Display Alarm - Yes Calculator - Yes Calendar - Yes Manual Lock - Yes Color - Red Style - Candy Bar PDA Device - Yes Speakerphone - Yes To - Do List - Yes Vibrate - Yes Voice Me
FEATURES Color Main Display - 3.5 ″, 320 x 240 Pixels, 262,000 Colors, Touch Display Alarm - Yes Calculator - Yes Calendar - Yes Manual Lock - Yes Color - Red Style - Candy Bar PDA Device - Yes Speakerphone - Yes To - Do List - Yes Vibrate - Yes Voice Memo - Yes
The kicker is this, most Android
apps aren't even written to take advantage
of the Samsung Exynos chipset
featuring a dual -
core Cortex - A9 CPU and Mali 400 GPU so when many
of the
apps catch up, performance should get even better.
And
of course, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 matches the
features of other Android tabs: built - in GPS, support for Adobe Flash in the browser (you still have to download it on your own), 1290 x 800 screen resolution, Bluetooth and Wi - Fi, the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual -
core processor and Android tablet
app.
Both are powered by similar 1GHZ dual -
core processors and run versions
of the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS with customized user interfaces that access their respective stores
featuring limited selections
of approved
apps rather than offering everything you'd find in the overall Android marketplace.
«As a huge fan
of NovelRank.com, I've long wanted a NovelRank - powered iPhone
app,» said Dave Wooldridge, author and founder
of Electric Butterfly, Inc. «Working closely with NovelRank.com, we designed and developed this native
app from the ground - up, providing NovelRank.com's
core features in a convenient, mobile solution optimized for iOS devices.»
Kids want a real tablet, not a toy — the Kids Edition
features a quad -
core processor, a vivid HD display, front - and rear - facing cameras, Dolby Digital audio, and access to Amazon's unmatched content ecosystem
of over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, and Android
apps and games.
With a nice robust design and innovative family
features the Amazon Fire tablet is great for kids, but with a poor screen, lack
of some
core apps and confusing user interface it's not for everyone.
Motorola Atrix 2 runs Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS, sporting a 4.3 - inch qHD display with 540 X 960 pixels
of resolution, an unspecified dual -
core processor, PowerVR SGX 540 GPU, an 8 megapixel rear - facing camera with auto focus & an LED flash to record 1080p HD videos, 1 GB
of RAM to keep things moving, 8 GB in - built memory storage, memory expansion support up to a total
of 40 GB via microSD cards, 2 GB microSD card pre-inserted, micro USB port, micro HDMI port, Wi - Fi, Webtop accessories including an HD Dock and a Lapdock, Android Market, pre-installed AT&T Music Store
app, battery is supposed to provide talk time
of up to 8.5 hours & standby time
of 15.9 days, a whole host
of the Google & the carrier services and all the regular
features of an Android phone.
It has a 7.9 ″ screen, giving you more space for enjoyment than the 7 ″ screen tablet and it also has every
feature required in a tablet, i.e. dual camera, dual
core processor, largest variety
of apps.
It boots iOS 6, sports a 7.9 - inch IPS LCD display with 1024 X 768 pixels
of resolution, an Apple dual -
core A5 processor, a FaceTime HD camera on the front, and 5 megapixel iSight camera on the back with 1080p HD video recording capability, 802.11 Wi - Fi a / b / g / n support for speeds up to 150 Mbps, Lightning to USB connector, LTE / DC - HSDPA connectivity, Safari browser, access to
App Store, iCloud services, 16.3 Wh battery to power everything, a whole host
of the iOS services and all the regular
features of an iPad.
Archos 97 Titanium HD runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, sporting a 9.7 inch IPS display with 2048 X 1536 pixels
of resolution, powered by a dual -
core Cortex - A9 processor clocked at 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM to keep things running, backed up by a 5 megapixel camera, a front - facing 2 megapixel shooter for making video calls, 8 GB
of onboard storage with memory expansion support up to 64 GB via microSD card slot, microUSB 2.0, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, 3.5 mmheadset jack, a couple
of built - in speakers, OfficeSuite Viewer, Archos Media Center
apps, a whole host
of the Google services and all the regular
features of an Android tablet.
Given it lacks a lot
of features other competing phones have (no auto - focus camera, no front - facing camera lens, BlackBerry's lackluster
App store, single -
core processor), T - Mobile really should have capped the initial price with a new contract at $ 149.99.
Sony Xperia ZR runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, sporting a 4.55 - inch Reality display with BRAVIA Engine 2 technology at 1280 X 720 pixels
of resolution, powered by 1.5 GHz quad -
core Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 processor, 2 GB RAM, 13 megapixel rear - facing camera with Exmor RS for mobile» and HDR to capture full HD videos under the water, a front facing camera, waterproof and dust - resistant (IP55 / IP58), 8 GB onboard storage, microSD card slot for memory expansion support, micro USB 2.0, microHDMI port via MHL support, 4G LTE connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, dual - band Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, preloaded WALKMAN, Album and Movies
apps, 2,300 mAh battery with STAMINA mode, a whole host
of the Google servicesm and all the regular
features if an Android phone.
Under the hood, the Iconia Tablet A200 - 10G08U will be powered by a dual -
core nVidia Tegra 2 processor that
features a clock speed
of 1 GHz, coupled with 1 GB
of DDR2 RAM and running on Android ™ version 3.2 Honeycomb ™ at launch and optimized with Acer's «ring interface» that contain three customisable shortcuts, a volume control bar, a quartet
of your favourite
apps and a scrolling wheel
of web links.
It just a bunch
of features that should have been in the
core game that have been ripped out and placed in an
app for no practical reason whatsoever.
But the
app delivers what it promises — on - the - go access to the
core features of WestlawNext.
Now, Fiat Chrysler is using Android 7.0 to support its Uconnect software, taking over the job
of designing and maintaining its own custom Android skin, and fully integrating Andriod's
app support and other
features on a
core level.
It's also worth noting right out
of the gate that the
core functionality in the
app is free, but some
of the more advanced
features are reserved for the Pro version.
And if users saw Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp's Stories
features as uncool clones or redundant as a set, it might have had to limit its attack on Snapchat to just one
of its
core apps.
Google's neglected Hangouts
app launched many
of these
features back in 2013, but it hasn't become a
core place for text messaging, making it more
of a specialty
app amongst Google's fragmented communication family.
These
apps can extend your SAP systems and provide access to
core enterprise data and business processes while taking advantage
of iPhone and iPad
features users already love, like Touch ID, Location Services, and notifications.
Nearly identical but for their processors — the Plus has an ARM processor and the Pro has an Intel
Core m3 — they're the first Chromebooks that have embedded styli and can run Android
apps out
of the box, and both
features add a ton
of functionality to Google's lightweight operating system.
The developers behind popular image editing
app Pixelmator on Tuesday released Pixelmator Pro for Mac, a new title that takes advantage
of Apple APIs like Metal 2 and
Core Image to deliver GPU - powered tools, machine learning
features and more.
WordPerfect 12.0
features a
core stable
of productivity
apps but suffers from its poor handling
of Microsoft files.
And it portends great things for the future: Google is already working on the next set
of applications for Pixel Visual
Core, and it will surely bring more
features to third - party
apps as it matures.
Samsung refers to the
core features of the phone, but it is pursuing deep integration with third - party
apps as well.
That's one benefit
of Facebook's standalone
app strategy: it can pull the best
features back into its
core Facebook and Messenger
apps with an idea
of how people will want to use them.
The
apps would have access to
core data and business processes on SAP S / 4 HANA, the company's suite
of digital data management software, with iPhone and iPad
features including Touch ID, location services and notifications.
The BlackBerry DTEK 60 run on Android Marshmallow that comes with a
core integration
of BlackBerry's own
apps and a number
of device exclusive
features.
Why this matters: Google typically updates many
of its
core apps weekly to give you new
features and fix bugs.