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Update: I took the liberty and harrased the other guys with PM and got most of them replied. Thanks. Unfortunately we have lose Jtwo to Apple and potentially Greyface too.
And me
For my personal device, I'm going back to iPhone next week. I had the first iPhone and the 3G, but skipped the 3GS. When my upgrade was up, instead of getting the iPhone 4, I went with the Captivate. I really enjoy Android, it's been a fun couple years, but I'm going to take a break for a bit. I'll still be lurking around, though, as I always have my pick of plenty of Android devices for my work phone.
BootlegSnackz
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so what's the big deal with Google TV?
I keep trying to find a reason to buy it, only to be shot down at the feature page.
Is it for people that don't have smart TV's? or an Xbox 360?
I'm trying to justify a purchase, someone help me do it.
The Vizio Co-Star goes a step further by making the package look good, still having trouble though.
The Faceless Master
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Update: I took the liberty and harrased the other guys with PM and got most of them replied. Thanks. Unfortunately we have lose Jtwo to Apple and potentially Greyface too.
Code:============================================ User Name Posts Android Copernicus 1,499 Google TV / Nexus S / N7 Faceless Master 885 Epic 4G gcubed 875 GNexus tino 606 Note, HD2 Circle T 341 GNexus, S3 SimleuqiR 338 GNexus, Transformer Ashhong 335 S2 DrFunk 331 S3, Note, Xperia S rozay 330 Greyface 278 Xperia Ray (iPhone 5 soon) Divvy 253 Andrex 252 GNexus, N7 Unknown Soldier 247 Banned Brettison 245 One X, Bboy AJ 238 Note (Int.) kinggroin 208 GNexus Pctx 207 S2 (Skyrocket) Jtwo 205 iPhone (had a Droid)
Samsung 14 Asus 3 HTC 2 Sony 2
hardware poll got Samsung'd!
And me
For my personal device, I'm going back to iPhone next week. I had the first iPhone and the 3G, but skipped the 3GS. When my upgrade was up, instead of getting the iPhone 4, I went with the Captivate. I really enjoy Android, it's been a fun couple years, but I'm going to take a break for a bit. I'll still be lurking around, though, as I always have my pick of plenty of Android devices for my work phone.
Meh. Galaxy Nexus is old on the tooth now.
Yeah, if you already have a smart tv/media player/etc it's not as attractive.
I'm in a small minority, but I thoroughly enjoy the cable box integration. Instead of looking for tv content through channel listing, everything is sorted through genre/type instead. You can also jump to other sources from there. So if something is playing at the moment, but midway through, you can see if it's available from netflix/amazon/play/etc so you can watch it whole.
I also like the ability to send urls/youtube videos to the display if I come across something. I've been using it to post on gaf recently, and it's not to bad.
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Look at all that evil.
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/acer-...smartphone-on-alibaba-software-20120913-00197
nah, pop it in and charge it up
The Faceless Master
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aaaannnddd the official announcement.
BootlegSnackz
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Soooooo my wife decided to skip on the iPhone 5 because of this adapter business and decided she will give it a go next year with the 5s since I have an upgrade in Dec 2013.
So I get to use her upgrade this year. I really want a nexus but if I'm dissapointed in the specs maybe I'll see a new superphone later on ...maybe at CES or that conference in Feb I'll jump on it...so basically I'm in the same place I was last year... I'm bad at making decisions ha.
Will probably end up waiting for the GS4
Hopefully it gets a 1080p screen.
So I get to use her upgrade this year. I really want a nexus but if I'm dissapointed in the specs maybe I'll see a new superphone later on ...maybe at CES or that conference in Feb I'll jump on it...so basically I'm in the same place I was last year... I'm bad at making decisions ha.
Will probably end up waiting for the GS4
Hopefully it gets a 1080p screen.
Think I'm going to cave and pick up a Galaxy S3 this weekend. I'm not a fan of TouchWiz, but it seems relatively simple to get a new ROM on even the Verizon version of the S3 these days (though I'm kinda worried about getting too wrapped up in all of the custom ROMs business), plus it has a fantastic camera and acceptable battery life. Now I just need the weekend to hurry up and get here.
aaaannnddd the official announcement.
Entry level LTE and 4G devices all over the place, shit is cray.
If you have a upgrade and you wait on use it, you are basically paying your carrier every month $15-25 subsidize money for nothing. I would upgrade ASAP and sell the old phone.
If I were you I would get the iPhone 5, for good depreciation.
Step up your game son!I didn't even make the list.
F*ck Apple.
yn-neko hates a cat
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I'm Almost dumb-founded that more people aren't following this news.
First Law of Business Dynamics: Companies in power tend to want to stay in power and will do evil shit to make it happen.
So GAf, I have a question. At the moment I have a Galaxy S2 running CM10 which I'm happy with but feeling a bit envious of all the new phones I'm seeing around which brings me to some airline miles that I can use to buy stuff from this airlines online store, originally I was going to blow it on some random stuff but I saw that they are selling the S3 and the One X. Now I don't have enough miles to buy either of them so I will have to pay the difference in cash (about $150 US) but I am seriously tempted to get the One X, I know it's a bit old now but I just love the design of it compared to the S3 and spec/performance wise, it still matches it with the phones getting released now.
So what do you guys think.....should I go for it? My galaxy s2 contract finishes June next year so I will be able to get a new phone then as well.....
So what do you guys think.....should I go for it? My galaxy s2 contract finishes June next year so I will be able to get a new phone then as well.....
I'm pretty happy with my One X. Especially after having installed this Sense 4 Holo theme alongside Apex.
I'm not bothered with battery life as it works well for my daily life, still having some juice left when I go to bed at night. Probably never will need the extra space an SD cart could give as well.
The screen is absolutely magnificent but I do have one problem with it and that is that at low light it can sometime appear to be flickering. It's a bit annoying and it seems others have the same problem.
Also, the multitasking isn't that good as it has to reload almost every program when I switch back to it. Probably could be solved by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, I dunno, but I'm too lazy to bother atm...
Anyway, it's good enough for me until next year if not longer but to tell someone to go for it... depends on how much cheaper it is than the S3.
I'm not bothered with battery life as it works well for my daily life, still having some juice left when I go to bed at night. Probably never will need the extra space an SD cart could give as well.
The screen is absolutely magnificent but I do have one problem with it and that is that at low light it can sometime appear to be flickering. It's a bit annoying and it seems others have the same problem.
Also, the multitasking isn't that good as it has to reload almost every program when I switch back to it. Probably could be solved by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, I dunno, but I'm too lazy to bother atm...
Anyway, it's good enough for me until next year if not longer but to tell someone to go for it... depends on how much cheaper it is than the S3.
haha, i'll still keep the xperia ray just for google maps. If the Galaxy Note 2 (or Nokia 920) were also coming out next week then iPhone5 wouldn't be my first choice. If the next Nexus phone comes out (with a significant increase in battery life) before the iPhone 5 gets a jailbreak then I'd probably switch back. Most likely by Winter I'll have a Nokia 920, Nexus 7 with 3G and a iPod Touch/iPad Mini
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I'm pretty happy with my One X. Especially after having installed this Sense 4 Holo theme alongside Apex.
I'm not bothered with battery life as it works well for my daily life, still having some juice left when I go to bed at night. Probably never will need the extra space an SD cart could give as well.
The screen is absolutely magnificent but I do have one problem with it and that is that at low light it can sometime appear to be flickering. It's a bit annoying and it seems others have the same problem.
Also, the multitasking isn't that good as it has to reload almost every program when I switch back to it. Probably could be solved by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, I dunno, but I'm too lazy to bother atm...
Anyway, it's good enough for me until next year if not longer but to tell someone to go for it... depends on how much cheaper it is than the S3.
Did you update to 4.0.4? That fixed multitasking for a lot of people.
Yes the phone is updated.
It might be slightly better now but it still reloads pretty much everything when switching apps.Yes the phone is updated.
I have EVO4LTE and my phone hasn't reload so far and the battery life a lot better too.
Anyway, it's good enough for me until next year if not longer but to tell someone to go for it... depends on how much cheaper it is than the S3.
Same price as the s3, is there that much performance difference between the 2? I prefer the design of the one x
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The Faceless Master
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Today's FREE App of the Day on the Amazon Appstore for Android is Tetris
sounds evil. why is Google mad about Aliyun when it was Google who decided to release the Android source?
sounds evil. why is Google mad about Aliyun when it was Google who decided to release the Android source?
As long as legal I don't see a problem. Alibaba is huge. If they want to paddle their shit OS they need to make the hardware themselves like Amazon.
Google just force the OEM to take a side. Plus google is blocked in China, the rule of game is different over there.
The Faceless Master
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http://phandroid.com/2012/09/14/iphone-5-the-lulz-dont-stop-humor/
some of these blog posts are downright embarrassing.
well, it's not a shit OS, it's a forked version of Android and it's binary compatible. their app store has a bunch of pirated apps on it too... i can see why Google would make Acer choose when they see there's a bunch of pirated apps available for free on the Aliyun app store... but still, it's pretty funny!
1600 engineers and 3 years when the source is available!
some of these blog posts are downright embarrassing.
well, it's not a shit OS, it's a forked version of Android and it's binary compatible. their app store has a bunch of pirated apps on it too... i can see why Google would make Acer choose when they see there's a bunch of pirated apps available for free on the Aliyun app store... but still, it's pretty funny!
1600 engineers and 3 years when the source is available!
The Faceless Master
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Nostremitus
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*Looks at OP*
I have a Galaxy Nexus from Sprint, does that mean Google doesn't acknowledge it?
Also, should probably be noted in OP that Android is a Linux based OS.
I have a Galaxy Nexus from Sprint, does that mean Google doesn't acknowledge it?
Also, should probably be noted in OP that Android is a Linux based OS.
Hmm, the One X is around 500 sek cheaper here...
Well the Samsung is faster. A friend have one and the standard web browser just feels so much smoother than any other do on the One X. Some game we both tried was both smoother and better shaded on the Samsung (that Babel Tower game), but on the contrary there are some T3 optimized games where the One X probably shines.
But personally I wouldn't chose between them now, if I was in the market for a phone, depending on speed. The One X is better looking but it annoys me a bit that the camera lens protrude as much as it does on the back. Battery on the S3 is simply much better and it seems Samsung will beat HTC with the JB update.
As said, I'm happy enough with my One X but had I been looking for a phone today I'm not sure what I've chosen.
Update: I took the liberty and harrased the other guys with PM and got most of them replied. Thanks. Unfortunately we have lose Jtwo to Apple and potentially Greyface too.
Code:============================================ User Name Posts Android Copernicus 1,499 Google TV / Nexus S / N7 Faceless Master 885 Epic 4G gcubed 875 GNexus tino 606 Note, HD2 Circle T 341 GNexus, S3 SimleuqiR 338 GNexus, Transformer Ashhong 335 S2 DrFunk 331 S3, Note, Xperia S rozay 330 Greyface 278 Xperia Ray (iPhone 5 soon) Divvy 253 GNexus, N7 Andrex 252 GNexus, N7 Unknown Soldier 247 Banned Brettison 245 One X, Bboy AJ 238 Note (Int.) kinggroin 208 GNexus Pctx 207 S2 (Skyrocket) Jtwo 205 iPhone (had a Droid)
Samsung 15 Asus 4 HTC 2 Sony 2
BOOOOOOOO! I was one short of 200 posts and nearly on the list! I want in! LEMME IN!
GSM Galaxy Nexus
The Faceless Master
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standard.
edit: damn son, they WENT IN on the whole "BLUR" name
Yes, the marketing department (the old, fired marketing department?) would probably prefer if I didn't refer to the skin as MotoBlur, but I'm not going to listen. I'll make you a deal Motorola, I'll stop calling it "Blur" when you do. You guys need to update your file names, or, you know, just stop skinning Android.
ahahahhahah
BootlegSnackz
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bet money that the next round of motorola phones are going to mysteriously be google experience phones
Google wants more people to experience and fall in love with stock android. separate company or not, it's going to happen.
Google wants more people to experience and fall in love with stock android. separate company or not, it's going to happen.
Honestly I want a "droid" like name that spans carriers. Verizon and their prices has made me sour on ever jumping ship from my AT&T contract since I get such a heavy discount. I want the Razr Maxx HD on AT&T or something equiv. Hopefully the Googlrola will make this happen.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I would love this. My favorite phones of all time have been motorola phones.
Get the Canadian (Rogers) version =D
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ATT best galaxy II arriving Oct. 21: http://www.bgr.com/2012/09/14/att-galaxy-note-ii-lumia-920-release-date/
Even Intel beat Verizon to Jellybean.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2622...o_smartphones_with_its_chips.html#tk.rss_news
I will have a very good chuckle if the Razr M that's announced at the Intel even on the 19th is running Jellybean, while the Verizon one is shipping with ICS.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2622...o_smartphones_with_its_chips.html#tk.rss_news
I will have a very good chuckle if the Razr M that's announced at the Intel even on the 19th is running Jellybean, while the Verizon one is shipping with ICS.
The Faceless Master
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Acer/Google/Alibaba getting good:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57512418-94/alibaba-google-forced-acer-to-drop-our-new-mobile-os/
Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2012/09/14/google-cant-have-it-both-ways/
Someone post a thread. =(
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57512418-94/alibaba-google-forced-acer-to-drop-our-new-mobile-os/
Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2012/09/14/google-cant-have-it-both-ways/
Someone post a thread. =(
SSGMUN10000
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So seems like I am going to get the wife a one x. Yeah I know gnex is the best phone but she needs a phone with an awesome camera. Found someone who is willing to sell a near mint one x for 250. Hope they don't flake out. Once in my hands I would have to unlock it. Is there a resident one x guru on here?
The Faceless Master
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Forbes article is confusing...
soooo they can do that as long as they don't want further support from Google...
soooo, Acer is free to use Aliyun, but they don't get Google Services... ok, that's what Amazon does... unless it's Acer that wants to have it both ways?
and then...
BUT WAIT, IT'S FORKED FROM ANDROID!!!
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