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.
That can't be right, my sources tell me Greyface is an anti-apple hating trolling troll.
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
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.
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.
Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc., (2353.TW) which had planned to unveil a smartphone Thursday using software from Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group, said it is cancelling a press conference to launch the device after its existing partner, Google Inc. (GOOG), expressed concerns about the smartphone.
"Acer will continue to communicate with Google and the company still wants to launch the new smartphone based on Alibaba software," an official at Acer, who declined to be named, said.
My extended battery for my G Nex came in. Am I suppose to do anything like discharge completely then charge it?
Sprint, the only national carrier with Truly Unlimited℠ 4G LTE data, text and calling to any mobile, will offer the feature-packed Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE at a price that makes it an easy choice for customers who are ready to step up to their first Android-powered smartphone. At less than $100, Galaxy Victory gives Sprint customers the benefit of Sprint 4G LTE at a very accessible price.
Galaxy Victory will be available beginning on Sunday, Sept. 16, for just $99.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement, after a $50 mail-in rebate. Galaxy Victory is powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 4-inch touchscreen display and access to the Sprint 4G LTE network.
Additional features on Galaxy Victory include: 5MP camera with LED flash and video capture, 1.3MP front camera that can be used for video chat, Google Wallet, S Voice, S Beam, AllShare® Play, AllShare Group Cast.
aaaannnddd the official announcement.
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.
Step up your game son!I didn't even make the list.
F*ck Apple.
Look at all that evil.
Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc., (2353.TW) which had planned to unveil a smartphone Thursday using software from Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group, said it is cancelling a press conference to launch the device after its existing partner, Google Inc. (GOOG), expressed concerns about the smartphone.
"Acer will continue to communicate with Google and the company still wants to launch the new smartphone based on Alibaba software," an official at Acer, who declined to be named, said.
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/acer-...smartphone-on-alibaba-software-20120913-00197
That can't be right, my sources tell me Greyface is an anti-apple hating trolling troll.
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.
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
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.
-_- y'all aren't going to miss meOh, don't try to suck up now...
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.
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?
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.
Just google Alibaba and it took them 1600 engineers to make an Android clone? Wtf
Same price as the s3, is there that much performance difference between the 2? I prefer the design of the one x
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
So according to Android Police, the Razr M has a few preloaded apps from Verizon that can't be disabled.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Intel has ported Google's Android 4.1 OS, called Jelly Bean, to work on smartphones based on the low-power Atom chips code-named Medfield.
"I'm running it," said Mike Bell, Intel's vice president and general manager of the mobile computing group, during an interview at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Multiple Intel employees are using Medfield smartphones with Jelly Bean, Bell added.
*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.
Get the Canadian (Rogers) version =D
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"Our partner was notified by Google that if the product runs Aliyun OS, Google will terminate its Android-related cooperation and other technology licensing with our partner," according to a statement e-mailed to CNET. "We respect and understand our partner's decision to postpone the introduction of the phone, and are dismayed by the impact this dispute has had on our partner."
CNET has contacted Google and Acer for comment. We'll update the story when we get a response.
Aliyun has been on the market for about a year and still has only a tiny market share. But given Alibaba’s enormous presence in the Chinese market, Aliyun could become more popular quickly — if handset makers adopt it. Aliyun has an interesting heritage. It is Linux-based and is actually a derivative of Google’s Android. But since Android is open source, a company can take it and modify it into something unique, a process called “forking” — so long as the firm doesn’t want any further support from Google.
Thus, the irony that Google, an advocate for open source and “free” software, is upset about one of its “customers” (who don’t pay for the software), rejiggering Android for its own purposes. Acer already sells a lot of Android-based phones and relies on Google services such as Google Maps (hence, the leverage Google can apply to get Acer to hold back).
Acer had been scheduled to launch The Acer CloudMobile A800, based on Aliyun, earlier this week, but canceled the event at the last minute, saying that the introduction would be delayed without specifying a new launch date. Given negotiations likely going on at the moment between Google and Acer, the product may never see the light of day.
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. =(
It is Linux-based and is actually a derivative of Googles Android. But since Android is open source, a company can take it and modify it into something unique, a process called forking so long as the firm doesnt want any further support from Google.
Thus, the irony that Google, an advocate for open source and free software, is upset about one of its customers (who dont pay for the software), rejiggering Android for its own purposes. Acer already sells a lot of Android-based phones and relies on Google services such as Google Maps (hence, the leverage Google can apply to get Acer to hold back).
BUT WAIT, IT'S FORKED FROM ANDROID!!!Given Apples important victory over Samsung in the recent U.S. court case, hardware vendors are looking for possible alternatives with greater shelter from the intellectual property wars. Aliyun is one such alternative.
Matter of a few dayz now...yea, still alive and kicking! Next up will be a full video and our Google Play link...