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Samsung is said to be considering letting app developers know a whole lot more detail about what individual users do with their phones. According to The Information, Samsung has been developing a service called Context that would collect what a person types, what apps they use, and what data their phones sensors pick up, and then allow developers to tap into that pool of data to enrich their apps. Samsung and Google met right before the Motorola sale The service has reportedly been delayed by disagreements over whether it would actually help Samsung sell more smartphones, and its unclear if it will ever launch. At the meeting, the companies reportedly discussed putting limits on the extent to which Samsung and other device manufacturers would customize Android.