The state of Android Key Lime Pie

Google could launch their next generation mobile operating system, code named Key Lime Pie or simply Android 5.0, in October this year, while Motorola, which is now owned by the online giant is expected to launch the X Phone, the next iteration in the Google Nexus line of products at the end of this summer. Google Nexus devices, phone and tablets, will offer the pure Android experience and will represent Google's official image.

Although many people expected Key Lime Pie to be premiered at the Google conference in May, Google only announced an update for the existing Android mobile operating system, Jelly Bean 4.3, that will land on our smartphones around the date of 20 of June 2013. This is believed to be the last Jelly Bean 4.3 update ahead of Key Lime Pie and will bring minor user interface improvements and some bug fixes, as Jelly Bean is already a well polished OS.

So, how can Google top an almost perfect Android? The first whispers and rumors about Android 5 Key Lime Pie tell us that Google focused on addressing one of the worries that concerned many users with older smartphones. Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie will be optimized for lower-end devices to, not only for the top of the line smartphones. Key Lime Pie will most likely run effortlessly on smartphones witch have 512 MB of ram memory​​ or less and even on phones with a single core processor!

Fragmentation is one of the biggest problems in Android ecosystem and Google hopes that through carefully engineering Key Lime Pay, this unfortunate complication will be long forgotten. That's why with Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, Google has a completely re-engineered kernel, and this can only mean that the mobile operating system will need less RAM to operate and also will be smoother, faster and better when it comes to multitasking.

Android Key Lime Pie

One rumor that keeps coming up when there is talk about  Key Lime Pie is the debuting of profiles on Android devices. Sure, you can already find profiles on those Android custom ROM's, but this custom ROM's are not for everybody to play with. So, the introduction of profiles on stock Android is a very welcomed addition. I mean, who wouldn't be glad to be able to activate, let's say, night mode profile, where every single call, sms and email  will be filtered out and data transfers and synchronization over 3G/4G or WIFI will be cut out, leaving you with more precious battery juice in the morning and a good night's sleep?

Informed sources also tell us that Key Lime Pie will better and tighter integrate with social media networks like Twitter, Google+, Pinterest or Facebook and will offer enhance screen, power menu and lock screen customization. The rumor mill keeps on spinning and gives us another piece of information: in Android 5 you will be able to try applications or play a short demo of a game directly from Google Play Store before you actually download them!

Android Key Lime Pie User Interface Concept

Now, just a few words about the user interface of Key Lime Pie. That was it! A few words. And this is because we really don't have any clues yet about how Google's design department will address this important aspect of Android 5 development. But, don't dispear, i still managed to discover something spectacular for you, my dear curious in nature readers: i digged deep through the interwebs and i have pick up on a sensational Key Lime Pie design concept. Tip: all the picture that are scattered through this post come from this design concept. I advice Google to hurry up and hire this guy before Microsoft or Apple will.

By Aleman Adrian

The future of smartphones technology

Smartphones have come a long way in a very short period of time and they are omnipresent and omnipotent but, i can assure you, the world haven’t seen anything yet! In the near future you will have batteries that last for a week,  endless storage capacity, flexible and bendable displays, augmented reality and even holograms shooting out of your smartphone. And all of this digital sorcery will be beautifully packaged to fit straight in to your pocket or...on your wrist. Moore's Law says that we can expect the smartphones of tomorrow to be around 10× more powerful than they are today. Expect these smartphones to be nothing less than amazing!

In 2013 we assumed that HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z will be the flagships smartphones of the year and we were right. The important smartphone manufacturers dispatched from their factory's phones with 1080p screens, quad-core or octa-core processors, massive batteries, lots of ram memory, a huge array of sensors and LTE (4G) connectivity. Pretty impressive but also very predictable – if you ask me. A smartphone with a screen pixel density (PPi) of 470 is almost common nowadays and screen resolutions are approaching the limit of what a human eye can perceive. There is very little room left for improvement in this area and, sadly, the sames goes for the size of the display.

We are in urgent need for an revolution in the smartphone market, not an evolution, we demand cutting edge technology and game changing innovations. So, let's see together which part of a smartphone is most likely to bring this big changes.

Flexible Touchscreens

One technological quantum leap is at the horizon: flexible screens, a technology that has proven itself in manufacturers laboratories and is now ready for the consumer market. You will be able to wrap, fold, bend, transform and morph the shape of your phone in to whatever form you prefer. Imagine this: you will be able to metamorphose your smartphone from a wristwatch to a touchscreen tablet with QWERTY keyboard, and then folding it back again to put it into your pocket. Sounds to fantastic to be true? Flexible displays are real and they here to stay! Smartphones with morphing touchscreens will be soon available in a store near your location.

Battery Life

The newly made advancements in lithium-ion technology mean that we wold very soon go more than a week without having to recharge our power hungry smartphones – and when we do need to charge it, it will only take a few minutes. Smartphones of the future will make us forget all about the days when we had to have two chargers, both at home and at the office,  and some of us even carried with them a set of batteries. Some of the discoveries revolve around the use of graphite in the manufacturing process of batteries and this discovery's aim to improve current lithium-ion batteries. Other studies are carried out all over the world and they promise to revolutionize the way we interact with our gadgets.

Augmented Reality and Holograms

Augmented Reality  increases the perception of the world around us through smart utilization of artificial sensory input like GPS, sound and graphics. Simply put, using the camera from your smartphone, you will be able to get much more information about your surrounding area through an interactive overlay displayed on your phone screen or, to take it a step further, from an holographic projections that will unveil in front of you. You can discover the closest cafes, eating places, information about the buildings around you and also where you could find the nearest bus, metro or taxi station. The future is already here!

These above wonders are just the tip of the iceberg.  All kinds of wizardry will be applied to your future smartphone so that you could feel, smell and augment your surroundings in a way that you could never have done before. The future is bright and it's full of magical technological marvels.

By Aleman Adrian