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I use Poweramp for my local music but I stream using Google Play Music. Poweramp is really great for my local music, I don't even let Google Play Music see my local music anymore because I put a .nomedia file in my Music directory on my SD card.
Kill Your Masters
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N7.2, gimme NOW.
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Won't somebody please release an Android 10" tablet with a 4:3 aspect screen?
Please? Anybody?
Please? Anybody?
Nicktendo86
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I'd buy that
zomgbbqftw
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Not enough of an upgrade of the Nexus 7 tbh. I think the Tablet Z is still the best Android tablet available right now, but the N7.2 will give it serious competition, especially at that low price. 
I think i'm pretty much 100% getting the Nexus 7 at this point. Although I have a question for you guys. I know that 7 inch tablets are not ideal for reading Magazines on, but if I were going to do it anyway which app would be best for it? Are the Google Play magazines good, or does Zinio or something else do it better?
Play Magazines is usually okay. Although they're basically unreadable on the N7 due to the screen resolution. Hopefully the new one should improve this dramatically. I love reading magazines but stopped buying them some time ago. I contemplated picking up a Nexus 10 just for this reason.
Don't know about magazines, but I read comics on my N7 all the time and I think it's great for that. At times I do wish I had a bigger screen though, especially for the prettier art, but it works great.
Then again I guess magazines contain a lot of tiny text, but I'd wager you have to zoom in on those either way.
I'll try out the Play Magazines when I get my Nexus then, thanks
Do you have any recommendations for Comic apps?
Other then the official Marvel and Comixology apps, not really. Perfect Viewer has gotten a lot of great reviews on the Play Store though!
Nicktendo86
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Not enough of an upgrade of the Nexus 7 tbh. I think the Tablet Z is still the best Android tablet available right now, but the N7.2 will give it serious competition, especially at that low price.
Any sales figures for the Z?
zomgbbqftw
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Can't say specifically, but well ahead of expectations for the Tablet, just barely meeting expectations for the phone.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
That doesn't happen till this weekend when I pop the question.
no shit, i'd buy it day one. Be able to miracast from my phone instead of a damn MHL cable, combined with the fact that I could have a full fledged Chrome browser on my TV that I dont need to have a keyboard sitting around to use. Let me watch espn, hbo go, netflix etc through the browser and ... i'm in heaven
Nicktendo86
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Pretty much what the Nexus Q should have been.
"Will you be the jelly to my bean?"
In regards to the N7² specs, me thinks this aligns with the rumors that KLP will be much more optimized to run on lower spec hardware. We already have read how 4.3 has made the N4 run much smoother and supposedly gives it better battery life.
Also, the official SD card support discovery might also hint at the above. Maybe using SD cards to boost older hardware's performance/capabilities?
Who knows, right? Exciting times.
Also, the official SD card support discovery might also hint at the above. Maybe using SD cards to boost older hardware's performance/capabilities?
Who knows, right? Exciting times.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
I'll NFC her my request in pic form.
Vyse The Legend
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So, is Miracast support a real rumor about the Chromecast, or just hopes and wishes?
zomgbbqftw
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I remember a Samsung advert which had something like this in there. Don't do it man.
In case anyone wants, here's a link to the livestream on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Google?v=GZzS6BxHEns
http://www.youtube.com/user/Google?v=GZzS6BxHEns
Battersea Power Station
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People expect a lot of Android stuff to be announced at this event. Isn't the August 1st supposed to be about Android as well, or just specifically Moto X?
The latter.
The rumour I've heard is that it doesn't, or at least doesn't default to it (sorry).
I imagine one of the reasons why is because the current Nexus 7 doesn't have dual channel wifi, and therefore couldn't support such a dongle without turning off it's internet connection...
Today is a Google event. August 1 is a Motorola event. If one of them were going to have an abundance of information about new stuff in Android, it would be today's.
Vyse The Legend
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4.3 will be announced and demo'd.
Chromecast is a new device that will be unveiled.
New Nexus 7.
August 1st is only Moto X.
This just went live. Static Google logo only.
I usually go with reviews, but I have no idea if the reviews don't mention anything. Worst you're going to experience is some formatting issues anyway, but looking up publishers isn't a bad shout.
Last time I had to do this was when I was buying the Sherlock Holmes collection. There are like a dozen versions on the Kindle shop, but I ended up settling on one because the reviews all mentioned it had good formatting, didn't have the bastardized Americanisation that some version had and had hyperlinked contents. Which is neat.
I have it open on my second monitor while I'm programming. I can just tell it's going to start blasting music or something when I least expect it...
Ooh, can you link me to that collection? That sounds great.
And any service you recommend over the others? Figured I'd just go with Play Books.
This is the one I ended up buying.
The customer reviews underneath are not for that version, it looks like something odd is going on with Amazon's review system because each version of the book has the same reviews under it now which was not the case when I picked it up a year ago.
I don't know about services, I use Amazon because I bought a Kindle.
Yeah reviews on Play Books seem to be aggregated form some 3rd party source, so they're not really the most helpful.
Guess my next issue is to pick a service as well, hah.
Also this stream better start soon. Getting antsy in my pantsy.
And hopefully 4.3
CurlySaysX
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What a boring stage.
Is that white background going to break up later on unveiling something huge and exciting?
Is that white background going to break up later on unveiling something huge and exciting?
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