Yep. Sunset was amazing. I just found out I have 28 gifs of us from when we went touring Greek islands there. I always thought of it as a gimmick, but they're really pretty cool. Nifty surprise.
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Yep. Sunset was amazing. I just found out I have 28 gifs of us from when we went touring Greek islands there. I always thought of it as a gimmick, but they're really pretty cool. Nifty surprise.
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Where is Hangouts SMS support.
Idk but open source hacker and android genius Koush Dutta has now gotten SMS to work via Google Voice through some voodoo that's now included in Cyanogen Mod. MMS is still a no go though.
Dude is straight SSJ4 in terms of Dev power level!
Dat battery life and this:
http://9to5google.com/2013/07/23/go...-own-x8-arm-processor-to-debut-in-new-droids/
Are the biggest things from the event. Guess the Moto X is much much more than the Nexus 4.
Very interesting.
The next few years are going to be fun.
I wouldn't mind that Moto battery life tech on a Nexus device.
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Idk but open source hacker and android genius Koush Dutta has now gotten SMS to work via Google Voice through some voodoo that's now included in Cyanogen Mod. MMS is still a no go though.
Dude is straight SSJ4 in terms of Dev power level!
SMS always worked through GVoice. Well, through Gmail and the web app.
Vyse The Legend
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That is interesting. The Moto X has a larger battery than the Ultra and a smaller screen, so theoretically, the battery life should be better, too. If they can squeeze 30 hours out of the X, then that makes it a much more interesting proposition to me.
doubtful, just creative "advertising"
install the update, then try clearing the data for the maps app
What about the extra core for language processing? Its all bullshit?
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ANYONE HYPED FOR GOOGLE EVENT TOMORROW???
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What Google event?
gut would say yes. We'd know if they fabbed a new processor. I think its more likely they are calling some subsystem a language processor than the fact that they fabbed their own chipset. I thought part of one of the S series was that it had an always listening mode.
But places the the verge are calling it a moto chipset, so who knows. We should find out the details on it within a few days now that they unveiled this "moto processor"
andrx pls
With the battery life they're promising, I except all those 8 cores to be included into one single package.
Yeah, I'd wait for someone like Anandtech to talk about it. I'm sure Klug will have something written up by the weekend.
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From: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/23/4549060/motorola-using-its-own-8-core-chip-in-new-droids
"Update: A Motorola spokesperson at a simultaneous event held in Chicago to announce the new phones tells The Verge that the X8 is a custom-made system-on-a-chip. However, the spokesperson added that company is using Qualcomm Krait CPU cores and Adreno GPU cores in the design. It's possible that the much-rumored Moto X will use this X8 SoC, but we'll need to wait to know for sure. Motorola declined to comment when asked who is manufacturing the chips."
"Update: A Motorola spokesperson at a simultaneous event held in Chicago to announce the new phones tells The Verge that the X8 is a custom-made system-on-a-chip. However, the spokesperson added that company is using Qualcomm Krait CPU cores and Adreno GPU cores in the design. It's possible that the much-rumored Moto X will use this X8 SoC, but we'll need to wait to know for sure. Motorola declined to comment when asked who is manufacturing the chips."
That's obvious. Also, has someone else mentioned: looking at the Droid Ultra, the Moto X should theoretically have a great battery life.
Android And Me accurately described the X8 early this month: http://androidandme.com/2013/07/opinions/4-reasons-why-the-moto-x-will-live-up-to-the-hype/
"How smart is your smartphone? It can sync your bookmarks between Chrome on your desktop and Chrome on your phone, but only after you go through the setup process. Open a few apps, fumble around some menus and press some more buttons. Most of that you have to do every time you want your smartphone to do smart things. With the Moto X, not anymore.
Back in April, we told you how the Moto X will feature creepy intelligence. Its going to know when you want to do things, before you even tell it. And if you do have to tell it, it will always be listening, ready for action. Earlier, we told you the Moto X would launch with a MSM8960pro. But thats not all. There are actually going to be eight different cores making the Moto X a contextually aware information powerhouse.
They break down like this:
Four processors cores are dedicated to graphics. By taking this route, youre going to see Android running smoother than ever before. Paired with stock Android, this thing is going to fly in the graphics department.
Two processors cores are dedicated to applications. Let the graphics processors focus on graphics, while two 1.7 GHz processors focus on apps.
One processor will be dedicated to language processing. The low-power language chip will focus on audio sensors, noise cancellation and speech recognition. This will allow the Moto X to use an always-on listening mode, but still retain sufficient battery life.
One processor will be dedicated to other contextual sensors. During his interview at All Things D11, Dennis Woodside said the Moto X would anticipate what you want to do with your phone. Hold it up like youre going to take a picture, your camera will turn on. Thats what this processor is for.
No one else has a chip configuration like this. Its exclusive to Motorola and is what will make this phone smarter than any other phone before it. Google has made it clear that Motorola is being given no special treatment, but its clear that Google is playing a role in the production of the Moto X. Google makes stock Android, with all the bare essentials. Google is going to make the Moto X will all the little things that they really want in a phone that dont make it into stock Android for one reason or another. Think of Motorolas products as getting the moonshot thinking approach. If anything were to kill Nexus, this would be it."
"How smart is your smartphone? It can sync your bookmarks between Chrome on your desktop and Chrome on your phone, but only after you go through the setup process. Open a few apps, fumble around some menus and press some more buttons. Most of that you have to do every time you want your smartphone to do smart things. With the Moto X, not anymore.
Back in April, we told you how the Moto X will feature creepy intelligence. Its going to know when you want to do things, before you even tell it. And if you do have to tell it, it will always be listening, ready for action. Earlier, we told you the Moto X would launch with a MSM8960pro. But thats not all. There are actually going to be eight different cores making the Moto X a contextually aware information powerhouse.
They break down like this:
Four processors cores are dedicated to graphics. By taking this route, youre going to see Android running smoother than ever before. Paired with stock Android, this thing is going to fly in the graphics department.
Two processors cores are dedicated to applications. Let the graphics processors focus on graphics, while two 1.7 GHz processors focus on apps.
One processor will be dedicated to language processing. The low-power language chip will focus on audio sensors, noise cancellation and speech recognition. This will allow the Moto X to use an always-on listening mode, but still retain sufficient battery life.
One processor will be dedicated to other contextual sensors. During his interview at All Things D11, Dennis Woodside said the Moto X would anticipate what you want to do with your phone. Hold it up like youre going to take a picture, your camera will turn on. Thats what this processor is for.
No one else has a chip configuration like this. Its exclusive to Motorola and is what will make this phone smarter than any other phone before it. Google has made it clear that Motorola is being given no special treatment, but its clear that Google is playing a role in the production of the Moto X. Google makes stock Android, with all the bare essentials. Google is going to make the Moto X will all the little things that they really want in a phone that dont make it into stock Android for one reason or another. Think of Motorolas products as getting the moonshot thinking approach. If anything were to kill Nexus, this would be it."
Junior Mint
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My interest is piqued.
Jayayess1190
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The Maxx is thinner than the N4 and has a larger battery. LG you suck.
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It's now app agnostic though, and they got it to work through everything.
We knew this.
Looks to be a very efficient 2012 high-end phone with extra hardware functions specially added to enrich Google services. Might be more "Google" than Nexus devices.
There's already a leaked image of 4.3 for the Nexus 4 and none of that extra stuff is included.
Audible Phonetics
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What is everyones opinion between S4 and the HTC One?
Vyse The Legend
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One is miles ahead.
We would have known through leaks if those where features included in the AOSP.
I don't think the MotoX's fts. are going to make it into 4.3, but I do think they'll work them into KLP.
They probably want to give the MotoX some sort of exclusivity window.
Vyse The Legend
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You mean, Moto X and the three Droids that all have the same features.
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Unless I am woefully mistaken Qualcomm has been doing the above for years no one bar those with an interest in cpu design has been paying attention. What they are referring to as cores are actually DSP's - qsdp6v5 and the like. So article sounds like bullshit, Qualcomm has been opening up the development of these devices over the last few years.
lol you're right
Only the Droid Maxx is slightly interesting.
yeah, i'd assume its created by qualcomm for Moto. I remember stories about the language processing and listening features "available" on krait chipsets, but none of the off the shelf chips have it. So moto just contracted qualcomm to "make" them a chipset
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Screw all of this Moto talk!
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