wraggster
February 15th, 2015, 22:47
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/878aaf5d409aea2cdff3ac7101f2d74d/201552184/samsung-galaxy-s6-teaser-2.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/samsung-galaxy-s6-may-use-microsoft-apps/)
Quite a few smartphone fans will tell you that a Samsung phone's Achilles' heel is its software -- you'll find a ton of (frequently unwanted (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/23/shocker-nobody-uses-samsung-bloatware/)) apps and features that do little besides chew up space and slow things down. You may get to wave goodbye to that cruft when the Galaxy S6 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/02/samsung-unpacked-2015-teaser/) shows up, however. A SamMobile source claims (http://www.sammobile.com/2015/02/12/exclusive-galaxy-s6-software-will-bring-some-amazing-changes/) that Samsung is yanking a lot of its usual pre-installed bloatware, making the GS6 "amazingly fast" compared to a weighed-down phone like the Galaxy Note 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/15/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review/). The titles wouldn't go away forever, but you'd have to download in-house apps if you didwant them. Instead, the focus would be on a host of included Microsoft apps: Office, OneDrive, OneNote and Skype would give you some solid productivity out of the box. It's not clear if the Microsoft deal has any connection to a recent truce with Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/09/microsoft-samsung-settle-royalty-dispute/)over patent royalties, although it wouldn't be surprising.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/samsung-galaxy-s6-may-use-microsoft-apps/
Quite a few smartphone fans will tell you that a Samsung phone's Achilles' heel is its software -- you'll find a ton of (frequently unwanted (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/23/shocker-nobody-uses-samsung-bloatware/)) apps and features that do little besides chew up space and slow things down. You may get to wave goodbye to that cruft when the Galaxy S6 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/02/samsung-unpacked-2015-teaser/) shows up, however. A SamMobile source claims (http://www.sammobile.com/2015/02/12/exclusive-galaxy-s6-software-will-bring-some-amazing-changes/) that Samsung is yanking a lot of its usual pre-installed bloatware, making the GS6 "amazingly fast" compared to a weighed-down phone like the Galaxy Note 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/15/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review/). The titles wouldn't go away forever, but you'd have to download in-house apps if you didwant them. Instead, the focus would be on a host of included Microsoft apps: Office, OneDrive, OneNote and Skype would give you some solid productivity out of the box. It's not clear if the Microsoft deal has any connection to a recent truce with Samsung (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/09/microsoft-samsung-settle-royalty-dispute/)over patent royalties, although it wouldn't be surprising.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/samsung-galaxy-s6-may-use-microsoft-apps/