Tesla Motors will likely be adding Google Chrome and third-party apps to its Model S vehicles by the end of next year, according to comments made by CEO Elon Musk at a reception event in Munich (spotted first by Engadget ).
Musk says that Tesla needs to settle the electric vehicle’s localization software and upgrade the browser to Chrome, before it will be ready for third-party developers. He says the company is also considering adding an Android emulator to the car, “so that you can literally run an Android program in a window on the car”.
➤ Tesla Model S to get app support and Chrome by late 2014 [Engadget]
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Samsung Galaxy S4 in Aurora Red to launch exclusively with AT&T on June 14, pre-orders open May 24
AT&T revealed today that it has exclusive rights to stock the new Samsung Galaxy S4 in Aurora Red , a new color variant announced earlier today when the smartphone passed 10 million global sales .
The device will be available to buy both in-store and online from June 14, although pre-orders are opening on May 24 (tomorrow). The 16GB model will cost $199.99 on a two-year contract, the same as the existing color variants , Black Mist and White Frost.
The Samsung Galaxy S4, unveiled in March , is currently going head-to-head with the HTC One, and will also compete with the next iPhone that will inevitably be released later this year.
The device has a premium 5-inch 1080p display, set at an impressive 441 ppi. Under the hood is a quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 processor, bumped up by an additional quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 chipset. That’s an insane amount of processing power, to put it mildly.
Alongside the aforementioned 16GB of internal storage is a microSD card for extra memory, and the device runs on the latest version of Android (version 4.2.2) with Samsung’s TouchWiz skin slapped on top.
The Galaxy S4 also has a mighty Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery, which should do a pretty decent job of counterbalancing the smartphone’s power-hungry processors, and 2GB of RAM handling multiple apps and tasks.
The device hit 10 million global sales today, breaking the milestone within one month of its initial launch. That’s twice as fast as the Galaxy S3, which took two months last year .
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active hands-on: A no compromise Android smartphone fit for the great outdoors
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is a one of a kind Android smartphone, splicing industry-leading high-end specs into a durable handset that is both dust and waterproof.
The device, unveiled earlier this month , is made for people who live or work in the great outdoors and are prone to using their smartphone in less than ideal weather conditions. Yet for all of Samsung’s efforts to make the Active as rugged and durable as possible, it still comes off as a bit of a looker.
The 5-inch, 1080p display offers a pretty daunting 443 pixels per inch, ensuring that video games, movies and photos look absolutely stunning. The hardware is also rather subtle, avoiding the huge bumpers and JCB colors that so often come with protective covers aimed at people with a vocational career.
The Galaxy S4 Active comes with an impressive 1.9 GHz quad-core processor packing 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. The handset is therefore incredibly quick and takes on high-performance app with no fuss whatsoever.
TNW had the chance to go hands-on with the device at Samsung’s ‘Premiere 2013’ event in London today and came away rather impressed. In many ways it actually surpasses the original Galaxy S4, which is an achievement few of its closest competitors have been able to achieve.