Has there been any indication that this is possible on Android without specifically coding support for it into each app? Have there been any custom ROMs which have this feature? I feel that if this were possible then someone would have done it by now, but I don't recall seeing anything like it.
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Has there been any indication that this is possible on Android without specifically coding support for it into each app? Have there been any custom ROMs which have this feature? I feel that if this were possible then someone would have done it by now, but I don't recall seeing anything like it.
Wow that's pretty sad. You'd think scrolling would be a pretty basic part of views.
Junior Mint
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I find the scrolling acceleration to be so fast on Android that you can usually get to the top in something like 3 fast swipes. Still not ideal but for one handed use, I'm not going to be able to reach the top on my Nexus 4 anyways lol.
Vyse The Legend
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I hope to god it is true. I needs this shit.
ThatObviousUser
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And this has been my "issue" with iMessage. Yeah, the concept works fine and is seamless (let's just assume that as fact, even though it has gone down frequently since it has launched). If you are paying for texts anyway, who gives a shit if it sends through iMessage instead of SMS? What benefit are you receiving from iMessage? Slightly better quality photos?
Hangouts is great because I can reply to people from any computer I'm at, as well as any portable device I will ever have. Platform ubiquity is absolutely essential.
The downside...well, not everyone is using it. The people I message most are using it now though, after I showed them the benefits.
Nicktendo86
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Just found a four pack of android branded kit kat chunkys in London!
Gimme dat
god damnit I need to tell my gf to get one asap. Whereabouts did you find it?
Nicktendo86
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A tesco express near St Paul's. Funny enough I only went there tonight as my train line is delayed and had to walk to another station lol
"MY NAME IS MY NAME."
How does this guy know?
Alright I'll tell her to look around. I might be going to London by the end of the month, reckon they'd still be sold?
The Faceless Master
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yeah, it's the biggest non-issue i've ever seen. people are always complaining about it everywhere, but it never actually gains any wide level of traction. people are basically okay with the inconvenience because they have an iPhone. any other userbase would just not be okay with that...
Sounds like I'll be F5-ing The Verge all day on the 15th.
i have 1000 free sms a month, but most carriers here in Spain do not include sms in their plans, some do but many don't so it it is an issue for many, that may be different depending on which countries of carriers people have. And mms are expensive as fuck, 1.20 each for Vodafone Spain. So I'd rather have total control of what I send. Whatsapp has the fouble check thing to be sure the message has been delivered, so if someone is without data for whatever reason, I can text if I wish.
Just follow them on Twitter and they'll tweet about it ASAP.
The Faceless Master
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sure, if you live in the middle of nowhere with Satellite internet, you would often be faced with scenarios of no cellular service and ample internet service, but that is the opposite of normal.
-Pyromaniac-
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Is that guy reliable?
Just follow this thread. You get live play-by-play and order link,
I need to order a $350 for my friend too.
But... then he has to be on twitter all day :S
Oh I do. It was just a figure of speech and an implication that The Verge will likely have some sort of exclusive on the reveal.
Battersea Power Station
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He probably has it. He was using the Moto X for at least a week before it was shown and kept it a tight secret. I imagine Google views him as a great asset for building the Android community.
-Pyromaniac-
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ahhhh nice, hype then.
My Google wallet is ready.
Vyse The Legend
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Nope. He just tweeted that he doesn't know anything, official or otherwise. It was just based on the Google Launchpad rumors.
Nothing to see here, sadly.
My Google wallet has been ready since they leaked the phone on the kitkat lawn video.
I know the phone will be officially announced this month. But I have a feeling we'll have to wait until November to actually own it.
The Faceless Master
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only in America.
Battersea Power Station
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Marques doesn't spread rumors around. He's probably under embargo so he can't say it's official, or officially official. *eyeroll*
Nicktendo86
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Yeah I think so, the competition is going on until April I think and stores are just getting the android stock in so you should be safe!
The Faceless Master
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At least the year is almost over I guess. It's ridiculous how long it's taken Twitter to even make anything Android related. They made a Windows Phone version with all their design language before even coming close to Android's design.
On the bright side, at least they aren't Facebook.
On the bright side, at least they aren't Facebook.
wsoxfan1214
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Man all you pleebs and SMS plans. I get 5000 free a month, no extra charges.
Most are unlimited over here for no extra charge.
The Faceless Master
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Lite's Good!
or something like that
or something like that
Don't let the name fool you - the LG G Pro Lite isn't a small phone. This handset has a 5.5-inch screen, a 3,140mAh battery, dual SIM slots, and its own stylus. That means the G Pro Lite is just as large as the Optimus G Pro itself. What makes it "lite" then? The specs. The new handset drops from a quad-core processor to a dual-core processor, and with a 960 x 540 resolution, you can forget watching the 1080p content the original device could handle. 32GB of internal storage has changed into 8GB, and the 2GB of RAM has been sliced in half. So the G Pro isn't slimmer, just slower and less pleasant to look at.
Look guys, it's a LG Note 1!
This is seriously the strangest thing ever. What's the point?
Marty Chinn
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Whatsapp users don't seem to complain about never knowing if the message got to the other end. So no, even if what you claim is true, which honestly I don't think it's nearly as unreliable as you claim, then it's not true that no other userbase doesn't tolerate it. My first experience with Whatsapp was a lost message.
I have a set limit on the number of texts that I pay for in my texting plan. I pay for a texting plan because it's useful but anything that helps me avoid using up one of my prepaid texts is helpful. So I give a shit about how it's being sent. The benefit I get out of iMessage is I use one app to do all my messaging, and it all seamlessly works. I don't have to know what the other person has at the other end as iMessage takes cares of it for me. Hangouts is nice in concept, but it's still a work in progress. Honest question, does everyone using an Android phone automatically have Hangouts running? Because if it's not active in the background by default, that is then one step behind iMessage. The second thing would be phone number association which it does not do now, so that's another step behind. Platform ubiquity is great if most people are using it, but the fact is the only thing that is standard among phones is SMS, otherwise everything else is fragmented. That downside you list is a pretty damn big downside.
iMessage is a lock-in feature. If you use an iPhone, iPad and Mac, it's fantastic because your iMessages are synced.
Apple wants to make it painful for you to leave the platform at any of those three points and rewarding to stay within the ecosystem. Frankly, it's clever. It seems super minor, but it's a pretty enticing feature.
Hangouts would be the absolute opposite; however, Apple won't allow Hangouts to "own" SMS because that's a device layer process in iOS.
Google and Apple come to features from different positions. Apple is all about tight vertical integration. Google is all about getting you to use their services...but also dabbling in vertical integration. Microsoft presumably is going to try to leverage Skype as a ubiquitous Windows-native feature...although Skype hasn't done anything other than suck ass since Microsoft bought them (hooray bitching about free services that work great 99% of the time, allowing you to call anyone in the world for free...he said without a hint of irony).
Weird times we live in.
Apple wants to make it painful for you to leave the platform at any of those three points and rewarding to stay within the ecosystem. Frankly, it's clever. It seems super minor, but it's a pretty enticing feature.
Hangouts would be the absolute opposite; however, Apple won't allow Hangouts to "own" SMS because that's a device layer process in iOS.
Google and Apple come to features from different positions. Apple is all about tight vertical integration. Google is all about getting you to use their services...but also dabbling in vertical integration. Microsoft presumably is going to try to leverage Skype as a ubiquitous Windows-native feature...although Skype hasn't done anything other than suck ass since Microsoft bought them (hooray bitching about free services that work great 99% of the time, allowing you to call anyone in the world for free...he said without a hint of irony).
Weird times we live in.
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I'll give MS kudos for keeping the Skype Linux client going, but yeah, otherwise Skype's been pretty meh to bad since they got bought. Well, they've been redesigning the Windows UI to be flatter, which has been nice I guess. Still kind of overcomplicated, though.
The Faceless Master
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why give kudos to something they have to do because the EU made them agree to it as a condition of purchase?
ThatObviousUser
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Oh really?
Kudos retracted.
Kudos retracted.
The app is split into Metro and Desktop editions.
The latter hasn't been updated other than to include ads and 4K calling.
The Metro app...doesn't show you notifications in Desktop mode at all - last I used it.
Triggerhappytel
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Hey guys, I have a quick question and I wonder if someone here might be able to advise: can anyone recommend a good volume increase app from Google Play? I've tried trials for a half dozen or so and none of them make any difference at all. It's to use on my first gen Nexus 7, as I watch a lot of stuff on YouTube in the evening when I'm cleaning the kitchen, but the volume is a little too low. My Galaxy S3 is much better in this regard. I'll gladly pay a few pounds if it does the job.
This is goofy.
Junior Mint
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Samsung is ruining Android.
First they butcher the UI and any semblance of UI design
Then they convince millions of people that Android = laggy, ugly, plastic
Now they are moneyhatting devs and hardware manufacturers to go exclusive
I'm only half joking but if the Nexus program ever disappeared I would be back on the iPhone so fast.
First they butcher the UI and any semblance of UI design
Then they convince millions of people that Android = laggy, ugly, plastic
Now they are moneyhatting devs and hardware manufacturers to go exclusive
I'm only half joking but if the Nexus program ever disappeared I would be back on the iPhone so fast.
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