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At&t? Da fuq
wakajawaka
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Hello guys.
I just realised that I'm still using google listen for my podcasts (yes I know it died a long time ago) and with google reader dying too, I guess it will just stop working.
What free podcast app do you guys recommend? I:
-would like to import podcasts easily, if it's via reader, much better
-Have a galaxy S one and I use it a lot and while I do other things so I wold be awesome if it was non battery and resource intensive.
Thank guys!
I just realised that I'm still using google listen for my podcasts (yes I know it died a long time ago) and with google reader dying too, I guess it will just stop working.
What free podcast app do you guys recommend? I:
-would like to import podcasts easily, if it's via reader, much better
-Have a galaxy S one and I use it a lot and while I do other things so I wold be awesome if it was non battery and resource intensive.
Thank guys!
The Faceless Master
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Antennapod
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
They also totally revamped the Cyanogen website. It's sleak, modern, and fit for a mobile world.
wakajawaka
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Giving it a try right now. Seems pretty much what I want, and I love open source.
Thanks a lot!
Unknown Soldier
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I'm amazed that there are CM10.1 dailies for Touchpad now. You can't kill that tablet, even with fire.
I still <3 my Touchpad.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm sure google will get around to it in 2 years.
Same here, there's been an alarming number of people who've been vocal about not trusting g+ or whatever. I don't really understand it personally, no one's forcing you to use it and the account already exists so wtf
Are you rooted? you can also get a market spoofer
EDIT: LOL the jayz app will install on my OG transformer but not on my tuna. Nice.
Unknown Soldier
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How is it abandoned by Google if it's still receiving Android updates?
The Jay-Z promotion applies only to Galaxy S3, S4, and Note II. That's only 3 of the over one hundred Galaxy models which have been released around the world, so it's not as if Galaxy Nexus is all alone in being left out.
And yeah, you could just get a Market Spoofer. All 1 million albums haven't been claimed yet so it's not as if you couldn't get it now.
Didn't realize the promotion only applied to specific models.
zomgbbqftw
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Dat Z Ultra viewing angle. :O
Chances of xperia z ultra coming to Verizon?
We do the loop hole on Verizon. 5 line plan. 3 smartphones with unlimited data, 2 dumb phones. Send upgrade when needed to dumb phone line, activate phone when it arrives, swap sim cards and reactivate dumb phone onto line. Rinse repeat.
We do the loop hole on Verizon. 5 line plan. 3 smartphones with unlimited data, 2 dumb phones. Send upgrade when needed to dumb phone line, activate phone when it arrives, swap sim cards and reactivate dumb phone onto line. Rinse repeat.
zomgbbqftw
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179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
Thanks!
So as wide as a 3DS XL but an inch longer. I think I would need to upgrade my pockets for this thing. The square corners really won't help it in that regard, either.
I'm not happy with these big screen Android devices rocking software buttons.
The thinness makes a huge difference, the Z would fit easier in your pockets than any 3DS.
The thinness makes a huge difference, the Z would fit easier in your pockets than any 3DS.
Nicktendo86
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Why not? Means we can have a bigger screen with a smaller form factor, makes perfect sense to me.
indigo-cyclops
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Haha, for the HTC One. But I don't know shit about the other networks. It was just a fleeting thought.
My wife has a basic phone with an upgrade, would the Verizon loophole work there? Could I then give her my upgrade after the fact? Also, if I do it that way, I will get the increase to 4G LTE right? I would like to try and keep the unlimited data but if it's too much of a pain I'm more likely to just give up on finagling.
That might make sense when you're trying to maximize screen space on 4" phones but on 6", 8", 10" devices the software system UI buttons just end up taking screen space from the content. Even in fullscreen mode—which is rarely employed by Android apps—those three blurry dots are still visibly distracting. It's pointless and annoying.
if the buttons weren't on screen, there would just be more bezel for the buttons, and you wouldn't have that screen space anyway.
The Faceless Master
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damn, how can Sony be so blatant in their press releases?
gee i wonder what waterproof smartphone with a full HD display on a global scale released just after the 19th!
gee i wonder what waterproof smartphone with a full HD display on a global scale released just after the 19th!
staying with verizon is like staying in a relationship with a drunk husband that beats you every week but promises to get better.
The Faceless Master
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but leaving for AT&T is like leaving your abusive husband to shack up with Ike Turner
agreed, but at least at that point its ike turner... not clyde who works at the local food king... and if you want to leave, you can. With Verizon you have to keep coming home every day
Not necessarily true. Samsung managed to increase the screen from the GS3's 4.7" to the GS4's 5" while keeping the device size pretty much the same without getting rid of the bezel buttons.
Moreover tablets actually need a bezel for holding the device properly. It's not like the Nexus 10 is going to eliminate the bezel and increase to screen to 10.2". I'd rather have bezel buttons there than the annoying onscreen UI buttons that waste a lot of screen estate.
In the case of Sprint, the hot new investment can only be found in certain cities. You follow Sprint to the city, and he/she just vanished into the night, leaving you there cold and alone with no contact at all.
In the case of T-Mobile, he/she makes beets, not beats, but hey they're cheap and you can throw them away without shame.
indigo-cyclops
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I'm even more confused now, thanks GAF!
I haven't been this frustrated over phones in a while. I barely break 1.5 GB a month yet I'm anxious to drop unlimited data, especially if I get a phone with 4G LTE. My wife also needs a new phone, has a basic though. It's a mess, but I've never really had any issues with Verizon, so to speak. I'm in the mood now to just say fuck it, change my plan to shared data, and go get us the DNAs at Best Buy. That's a great deal, and Verizon is still listing them at $199 or some shit. As I said, I'd love to wait for the One, but who knows when that will show. I'd be rooting the phone and probably running a custom ROM anyway, and Sense 5 is available for the DNA.
Sorry for the rambling, guess I'm looking for a nudge in any direction. My Incredible has served me well but is on it's last leg. It may be psychological but since I've decided I need a new phone I've noticed the phone is fucking slower than I recall.
I haven't been this frustrated over phones in a while. I barely break 1.5 GB a month yet I'm anxious to drop unlimited data, especially if I get a phone with 4G LTE. My wife also needs a new phone, has a basic though. It's a mess, but I've never really had any issues with Verizon, so to speak. I'm in the mood now to just say fuck it, change my plan to shared data, and go get us the DNAs at Best Buy. That's a great deal, and Verizon is still listing them at $199 or some shit. As I said, I'd love to wait for the One, but who knows when that will show. I'd be rooting the phone and probably running a custom ROM anyway, and Sense 5 is available for the DNA.
Sorry for the rambling, guess I'm looking for a nudge in any direction. My Incredible has served me well but is on it's last leg. It may be psychological but since I've decided I need a new phone I've noticed the phone is fucking slower than I recall.
I am with you. Sony should stop sucking google's dick and offer hard buttons.
Because the vast majority of users won't use a separate messaging app outside their main SMS one to message people. The reason iMessage became so huge is the Messaging app used for SMS is the same app used for iMessage. It by default sends iMessage's to other iOS users and SMS's to non-iPhone users. You don't have to think about it or switch to a different chat program.
iMessage would likely have less than 5% of the users it has now if it required using a separate app from your main SMS chat application. The same issue plagues Google Hangouts. Hangouts and SMS will have to merge into the same application in the future.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I missed the part where you explain why you are ignoring the obvious best android phone on Verizon: the gs4.
indigo-cyclops
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I've read mixed things about it. Didn't like the feel of it. Don't want to pay the money for it, especially if I'm going to maneuver to keep my unlimited data. I'm a fan of HTC.
I've tried Sony Liveview, Sony Smartwatch, Metawatch, WIMM One and the Pebble.
Thoughts on them?
Vanillalite
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I haven't, but I sort of want one. I just felt like the 1st go round of these things wouldn't be near as good as if I waited. Plus there would be more models and styles to chose from. That also should put some pressure on competitive pricing.
I might ask for one for my birthday or xmas this year.
The Faceless Master
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seriously. people talk about no bezel bla bla and were amazed at the size of the Xperia ZL.
then this happened... the Samsung Galaxy S4.
barely bigger, hardware buttons!
Yeah, I feel the same. I was thinking of the Kreyos Meteor though. It seems more like what I would probably want my smartwatch to do.
-Pyromaniac-
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I prefer the software buttons. The ZL is still the most impressive size of any smartphone given what it packs.
Also so it looks like the Moto XFON is coming August 1st?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorolas-Moto-X-might-finally-arrive-on-August-1st_id44464#8-
Also so it looks like the Moto XFON is coming August 1st?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorolas-Moto-X-might-finally-arrive-on-August-1st_id44464#8-
See my thoughts from last year: here and here. Not much has changed in a year; smartwatches are useful but still frustrating to use.
Why? What do Android's software buttons provide that hardware doesn't offer (besides not breaking down so often)? If there were an option to use the PIE controls that would be one thing but the onscreen buttons are so annoying that I had install SwipeLaunch Disabler because Google Now keeps going off accidentally
i dont know what to think. You can do a mid level phone much better then what the moto X is rumored to be... and august 1st? This late in the year how much less can an S4 Pro be vs an S600?
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