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Yeah it certainly has been fun watching phones come and go the last two years.
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Yeah I fiddled with ios5 on my buddies 3GS and it was perfectly fine. Smoother than my Droid is.
Droid 4 pics: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/27/exclusive-first-pictures-of-the-droid4-by-motorola/
I can't believe these are already surfacing, especially since they are non-blurrycam. Considering it'll be running Gingerbread, I wonder if it'll be coming pretty soon...
I can't believe these are already surfacing, especially since they are non-blurrycam. Considering it'll be running Gingerbread, I wonder if it'll be coming pretty soon...
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So I was thinking about this panoramic photo feature in ICS..
You know where thats headed? Streetview. 10 years from now everyone with Android devices will be doing Google's streetview work for them. Seriously, its not that big of a leap. Just spin around 360 degrees and figure out a way to indicate to the user how to get the "ceiling" of the photo and BOOM. Suddenly the entire world is streetviewable.
Something like spinning around 180degrees and then it beeps and then you tilt the phone up to the sky and down to the ground, then spin another 180degrees and do the same thing. Thats 100% coverage. Tag it with GPS coordinates and off to the Googleplex it goes.
Rural areas, shopping malls, alleyways, you name it.
You know where thats headed? Streetview. 10 years from now everyone with Android devices will be doing Google's streetview work for them. Seriously, its not that big of a leap. Just spin around 360 degrees and figure out a way to indicate to the user how to get the "ceiling" of the photo and BOOM. Suddenly the entire world is streetviewable.
Something like spinning around 180degrees and then it beeps and then you tilt the phone up to the sky and down to the ground, then spin another 180degrees and do the same thing. Thats 100% coverage. Tag it with GPS coordinates and off to the Googleplex it goes.
Rural areas, shopping malls, alleyways, you name it.
Jtwo said:
Is that really accurate? I imagine the photo cars that Google has taking streetview pictures have much more precise instruments in them than your average phone GPS setup.
It might work well as an approximation of the area but I don't see it becoming this big crowdsourced map resource. Admittedly though, one can dream...
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isn't that only for the Galaxy S1?sooperkool said:
Galaxy S2 uses a Yamaha sound chip, not the Wolfson
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I have no reason to believe that phones won't be as capable in a short amount of time.
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Ferrio said:
View all?
Jamesfrom818
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Try browsing through market.android.com on your computer.
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Paznos said:Droid 4 already? might as well wait for the Droid 5
Seriously. Have they really been releasing a Droid update every 6 months or so? The first Droid came out like 2 years and 10 days ago.
Besides, it's not even an ICS-native phone.
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Same result here. Maybe Google search filters out the really shitty stuff.
Logitech Revue with Honeycomb and Market?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/logitech-revue-on-sale-promising-new-and-improved-google-tv-with/
and it's only $99? Very tempting. Is the Market restricted at all? This could be pretty nice for Google Music thru my HDTV. Though I guess that's already possible on current GTVs just by using the browser and going to music.google.com? It would probably be nicer thru the app though.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/27/logitech-revue-on-sale-promising-new-and-improved-google-tv-with/
and it's only $99? Very tempting. Is the Market restricted at all? This could be pretty nice for Google Music thru my HDTV. Though I guess that's already possible on current GTVs just by using the browser and going to music.google.com? It would probably be nicer thru the app though.
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The Faceless Master said:
You could be right, I'm on a Nexus S 4G so its been great for me and its advertised as for Galaxy S devices.
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Futureman said:
Are the major sites still actively blocking GoogleTV devices?
That's bullshit. The 3GS ran iOS4 just fine and, in fact, runs iOS5 much faster even. Have you actually tried it?Davidion said:
It was the 3G that struggled with iOS4 (it was very slow and missing feature). The 3GS, however, had few issues with it and is even better now. It's actually still a very good phone despite its age.
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Futureman said:
They don't actually have 3.1 on them yet, despite what the box says. They are supposed to be sold after the 3.1 update launches, which I imagine is soon.
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dark10x said:
iOS5 runs pretty janky (at times) on my iPod Touch 4th gen. and iPad 1. I can't imagine it runs better on the 3GS, but you're right, it was the 3G with the crippling issues.
sooperkool said:
I believe they still are. There is a reason Google wants to beef up Youtube with "Channels". Content providers are scare that Google will make TV watching over the internet almost free, while they service you with ads. Pretty much cutting off the cable companies out of the loop.
Google TV and Google Fiber are the boogie men to the Telecom and Cable industry.
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So is the Nexus Prime is pretty much a Verizon exclusive?
(I mean "Galaxy Nexus")
I don't think I'll ever call it that.
(I mean "Galaxy Nexus")
I don't think I'll ever call it that.
Vyse The Legend
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Raitosaito said:
Verizon removed the "Exclusively from Verizon" tag from their website.
I would say that it once was, but now, it's not.
Behold!
Jamesfrom818 said:
Same here. It must be a bug with that list in particular as the page is supposed to load more when you get to the bottom. If you switch to books category it works fine.
Also I tried "live wallpaper" and it gave me 8000 results and it downloads more just fine, when you get tot he bottom it loads more.
Futureman said:
Nope. Because I would read about it and want a future phone. And no one would believe me about anything if I told them. So unless the thread also contains lottery numbers no thank you.
Oh, by the way, if anyone is time travel reading this thread from the past:
Draw Date Powerball is last:
10/26/2011 1 18 21 39 55 6
10/22/2011 3 8 23 30 58 13
10/19/2011 16 26 35 52 58 2
Oh, and send me a check as thanks. PM me for the address.
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