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[tino]

Android is skipping this year because they have nothing to fear with WP8.1 not coming out until next year.

Get a Samsung high end phone and you will get the features google will get around to impliment in 2015.

 

[reKon]

Official Instructions From Google

This will factory reset your device so make sure what you need is backed up.

Thanks!

 

[SimleuqiR]

Get a Samsung high end phone and you will get the features google will get around to impliment in 2015.

And a Fisher Price coat of paint to boot!

Regarding the Hangout update:

"If you've confirmed your cell phone number with Hangouts and also have a Google Voice number associated with your phone, you'll see both in the settings menu."

Sounds like they are gearing up for SMS. In theory, you should be able to use both your phone #s (voice vs mobile) to send and receive SMS via Hangouts (I would hope)

 

[Cheebo]

Asus posted on their facebook the new Nexus 7 will not support USB OTG. Google's recent hatred of external storage is sad and very Apple like.

 

[brotkasten]

Asus posted on their facebook the new Nexus 7 will not support USB OTG. Google's recent hatred of external storage is sad and very Apple like.

"Hey Cheebo, did you know about our cool Google Drive service for your private files? And the Google Play Store offers all kinds of entertainment for your new Nexus device. It's time to live in the cloud."

 

[Junior Mint]

Individual permissions controls is already inside of 4.3!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ager-control-permissions-for-individual-apps/

Thank god. Time to turn off everything in Facebook now.

Oh damn, it's not really an "official" thing yet.

 

[Zeppu]

I wish I had 4.3 so I could use the new ui automation dev tools to spam the 'Check now' button to get 4.3.

 

[tino]

Asus posted on their facebook the new Nexus 7 will not support USB OTG. Google's recent hatred of external storage is sad and very Apple like.

Thats really terrible. The OTG function affects nobody except the nichest group of geeks. Yet google just to go out of their way to kill it.

Almost as bad as killing google reader, almost.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

And a Fisher Price coat of paint to boot!

Regarding the Hangout update:



Sounds like they are gearing up for SMS. In theory, you should be able to use both your phone #s (voice vs mobile) to send and receive SMS via Hangouts (I would hope)

Voice takes over your phone though. Why wouldn't you just use the Voice number? It's all I've ever used.

 

[Toki767]

Voice takes over your phone though. Why wouldn't you just use the Voice number? It's all I've ever used.

Some people pay for SMS or something.

 

[kehs]

Voice takes over your phone though. Why wouldn't you just use the Voice number? It's all I've ever used.

Photos, and three hours late texts.

 

[Talon]

Photos, and three hours late texts.

This.

I abused voice back when I had a crappy Windows Mobile 5.5 phone (HTC Dash), but I haven't used it since. Well, other than for customer service calls.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Voice takes over your phone though. Why wouldn't you just use the Voice number? It's all I've ever used.

Some people pay for SMS or something.

Ah, you guys are thinking too small or too big. Not everyone wants Voice to take over their entire phone services.

Well, I don't pay for SMS. But Google Voice has other great features other than free SMS. I have family members that use it primarily as a second phone/voice mail services - almost like a spam account. They use it for filling out forms or to filter calls from unwanted parties. They still use their regular mobile phone #s to text.

I have one family member that just uses it for international calling.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Ah, you guys are thinking too small or too big. Not everyone wants Voice to take over their entire phone services.

Well, I don't pay for SMS. But Google Voice has other great features other than free SMS. I have family members that use it primarily as a second phone/voice mail services - almost like a spam account. They use it for filling out forms or to filter calls from unwanted parties. They still use their regular mobile phone #s to text.

I have one family member that just uses it for international calling.

Well those people are dumb.

Good luck giving everyone your new number when you switch phones.

 

[Toki767]

Ah, you guys are thinking too small or too big. Not everyone wants Voice to take over their entire phone services.

Well, I don't pay for SMS. But Google Voice has other great features other than free SMS. I have family members that use it primarily as a second phone/voice mail services - almost like a spam account. They use it for filling out forms or to filter calls from unwanted parties. They still use their regular mobile phone #s to text.

I have one family member that just uses it for international calling.

I know almost no one that gives out their Google Voice number. I do use it for calling customer service stuff though.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

I have no idea what my mobile carrier number is. I've changed it like three times since I've gotten Google Voice. Why would I not have done that? It's so much more convenient.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I have no idea what my mobile carrier number is. I've changed it like three times since I've gotten Google Voice. Why would I not have done that? It's so much more convenient.

The way Goog intended.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

The way Goog intended.

That reminds me of the days of GOOG-411

:_( right in the feels

 

[Husker86]

I have no idea what my mobile carrier number is. I've changed it like three times since I've gotten Google Voice. Why would I not have done that? It's so much more convenient.

The way Goog intended.

There is one thing stopping me from doing this...MMS. I have got most of the people I message to switch to Google Hangouts, but there will always be those rare people who I either don't talk to much or don't think about who will send a group message that I would be frustrated if I missed. Having said that, I'm about 90% of the way convincing myself to cancel my ripoff $20 text plan. At this point I'd almost be better off paying $0.20 a message...that's how little texts I use now.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

I should be thankful that I don't pay extra for text messaging.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Free Google Voice texting.

 

[zedge]

Saw this on the verge looks pretty neat.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leoexe.archery

 

[Groof]

Asus have just made their official page for the new Nexus 7 public. On the bottom there are three accessories listed:

Travel cover
Premium cover
Screen protector

Seems like they're gonna do more of an effort to support this one with accessories, maybe?

 

[Battersea Power Station]

I can't say if I like the Apple-like naming convention of having to say "Nexus 7 (2013)."

It's elegant but also can be confusing.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Asus have just made their official page for the new Nexus 7 public. On the bottom there are three accessories listed:

Travel cover
Premium cover
Screen protector

Seems like they're gonna do more of an effort to support this one with accessories, maybe?

Wonder if that pro cover has that magnet thig the iPad Smart Cover has... No mention of it on the site

 

[Groof]

Wonder if that pro cover has that magnet thig the iPad Smart Cover has... No mention of it on the site

Well it kinda has to, right? I mean the first one supported it. I'd wager the Premium cover will support it, but not the travel cover.

 

[3phemeral]

Has anyone one tried any of the 4.3 ROMs for their Gnex toro? They already have builds at Rootzwiki and XDA.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Get a Samsung high end phone and you will get the features google will get around to impliment in 2015.

Hopefully by then Google will have fixed most of the bugs in the new features!

 

[The Faceless Master]

Individual permissions controls is already inside of 4.3!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ager-control-permissions-for-individual-apps/

Android Police stay winning

 

[Fatalah]

I just want the damn Hangouts app to show user status already. Come on yo.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

I just want the damn Hangouts app to show user status already. Come on yo.

It's not going to do it any more than Whatsapp or iMessage does, since that's what Google's competitors to Hangouts are. It has to be a SMS-comparable, "always there" type of client. No such thing as away or busy.

 

[Groof]

I just want the damn Hangouts app to show user status already. Come on yo.

This ain't important at all. What we need is proper contact sorting.

 

[Talon]

Asus have just made their official page for the new Nexus 7 public. On the bottom there are three accessories listed:

Travel cover
Premium cover
Screen protector

Seems like they're gonna do more of an effort to support this one with accessories, maybe?

Asus is making iPad accessories now?

 

[navanman]

Google demoed Android STB with motion camera at CES this year.

Verge has the details

 

[The Faceless Master]

I just want the damn Hangouts app to show user status already. Come on yo.

i dunno how Google plans to satisfy people who want status and people who want sms and people who want seamless integration

someone is gonna lose

 

[ILoveBish]

My chromecast will be here tomorrow and might be picking up a ouya for dirt cheap this weekend to put CM10 on. More android goodies to play with. Also where is my note 3.

 

[Fatalah]

This ain't important at all. What we need is proper contact sorting.

User status is shown when using Hangouts on a PC. Why not the app? BS yo!

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Why doesn't asus make android phones? Seems like they know how to make good "values" like the moto x might be aiming for.

Phablet doesn't count.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Google demoed Android STB with motion camera at CES this year.

Verge has the details

Hopefully, they scrapped that in favor of the Chromecast. They finally have a successful TV/media device, and a guaranteed-to-fail settop box would just ruin the momentum.

 

[Jazzy Network]

Why doesn't asus make android phones? Seems like they know how to make good "values" like the moto x might be aiming for.

Phablet doesn't count.

Didn't that make the padfone?

 

[Zombie James]

Cyanogenmod updates:

All AOSP repositories have been merged into our Github and branched to "cm-10.2". Do not build it yet. There are a multitude of build errors that we are working through. We will put up another status update when everything has settled down.

No ETA.

The +Android Police podcast just announced Nemesis news is slated to hit their site tomorrow morning! Watch their site in the morning for your first glimpse at what Project Nemesis has in store.

So Nemesis isn't 10.2.

 

[Toki767]

I've never even heard of Project Nemesis. The name makes it sound like it could be iOS related though.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I keep waiting for them to announce Project Jill Valentine but every day I leave disappointed.

 

[kehs]

Why doesn't asus make android phones? Seems like they know how to make good "values" like the moto x might be aiming for.

Phablet doesn't count.

They don't play games with carriers in the US, they're phone(s) are typically only in asia and europe.

 

[thespot84]

User status is shown when using Hangouts on a PC. Why not the app? BS yo!

i thought the greyed out/full color profile pics in the app (when you click on + for new hangout) showed status. no?

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

My sister in law got the one for her birthday, fuck verizon.

 

[Cipherr]

Individual permissions controls is already inside of 4.3!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ager-control-permissions-for-individual-apps/

Man this is brilliant. How has this taken this long.

 

[PGamer]

Has anyone else with a Nexus 4 not received the update to 4.3 yet? My phone is still saying 4.2.2 is up to date. Is there something else I should be doing?

 

[brotkasten]

Has anyone else with a Nexus 4 not received the update to 4.3 yet? My phone is still saying 4.2.2 is up to date. Is there something else I should be doing?

all you can do is wait. Google us rolling these updates out over time.

 

[Liquidus]

Has anyone else with a Nexus 4 not received the update to 4.3 yet? My phone is still saying 4.2.2 is up to date. Is there something else I should be doing?

Patience. It may take up to a week for your phone to get the update.