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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge launched in South Korea
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 might be Samsung’s flagship phablet, but the “experimental” Note Edge is still just as exciting. The device, which makes use of a curved AMOLED display to enable information and app controls independent of the main area of the display, is now available in South Korea.
This kicks off what Samsung’s describes as a limited launch, with the company only expecting to ship about 1 million units globally. The initial launch plans from Samsung said to expect this in select and limited markets, so we wouldn’t be looking for this thing in 120 countries around the globe like a typical Samsung flagship.
We do know Samsung is planning on launching the device on the United States’ four largest carriers as mentioned in their original press announcement, though there has been no further word on availability outside of South Korea at this time. With today’s launch it’s likely that we will be seeing the Note Edge seed into other markets by the end of the year.
[via Samsung]
Big Pushbullet update brings healthy load of Material Design
Pushbullet, whose developers are seemingly the fastest on the face of the planet, has gotten another big upgrade today. The biggest highlight by far is the makeover it’s gotten — this thing is full-on Material Design, baby. The company has embraced Material Design down to the “T” as they’ve always looked to follow the latest design standards set by Google. Key visual upgrades include better use of white space, a card-like interface with floating action buttons, the new sliding hamburger drawer and lush animations.
Here are some of the other changes included in today’s upgrade:
- Improved navigation
- Convenient push search options
- Streamlined settings screen
- Better new push form
- More robust and reliable notification pushing
That sounds like it’s worthy of a few megabytes on your Android phone or tablet. Pushbullet notes that there are a couple of UI things that need cleaning up, though they’re already planning on a smaller house cleaning patch that should address most of the issues in one fell swoop. The issues aren’t big — just a couple of quirky kinks that need working out. Be sure to find the latest version of Pushbullet over at Google Play.
[via Reddit]
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