The Faceless Master
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because you can get one for $200 on Groupon. compare the specs.
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because you can get one for $200 on Groupon. compare the specs.
ATT pushing 4.4.4 to the M8 starting today.
Paging Mad Marty.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
Paging Mad Marty.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
WhiskerFrisker
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Android 5.0 by November.ATT pushing 4.4.4 to the M8 starting today.
Paging Mad Marty.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
osiris3355
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But but but they said within 90 days. Haha
Jazzy Network
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It's AT&T. Who cares?
Speaking of which, the AT&T variant of the Moto X (2014) is still on KK.
Speaking of which, the AT&T variant of the Moto X (2014) is still on KK.
newdayrocks
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Are there any Verizon Wireless phones with Lollipop yet? My G3 has been waiting for months now.
Jazzy Network
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Moto X. That's it AFAIK.
WhiskerFrisker
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Only thing ATiTs is good for is demoing phones at their stores. Very handy since they don't keep a large strap over the phones on dislay (Looking at you T-Mobile).
The Faceless Master
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iirc you can pop in a SIM and use a Play Store Nexus 6 on Verizon.
20MP camera on a smartwatch.
The Faceless Master
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the app allows you to connect to a PS4, but you needs built-in existing support to connect a DS4 to your Android device. that means your device already has to support the DS4 natively or you need root to be able to support connecting a DS4.
osiris3355
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I'm just giving shit. I wouldnt be surprised if otas take longer than they did for KitKat this time around. Lollipop is a slug right now and I'm sure OEMS have been apprehensive BC of it.
The Faceless Master
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man... who was it that said that 2015 was the closest thing to a skip year we've ever had in mobile phone tech? who was that visionary? that paragon?
maybe Apple can save this year in September...
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
To be fair the S600 was a step up from the S4. Just like 810 will be a step up from the 805.
Yeah, although it's seeming like like the S600, the 810 is going to be one upped by something else by the end of the year which the next Nexus is probably going to use.
Seems like rumors point towards the LG G4 going back down to a 5.3" QHD screen. I don't know if I'd trust the 4GB of RAM rumor for it and the Galaxy S6 though. Seems like such overkill.
WhiskerFrisker
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Can't wait for Android m&m to be the savior, Windows 7. It will be glorious.
The twist?-- it will bring vibrate and silence via the volume control.
Nah, lots of people are satisfied with Lolly. Nobody was satisfied with Vista. Was there a Windows with a botched release?
Lots of people loved Vista because of its features too but that's not to say it wasn't a steamy pile of hashbrowns.
Lets see...isn't every Windows release a botched one?
WhiskerFrisker
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Windows 7 was pretty good, I think? Unless I'm forgetting launch woes. I was younger and only into video games at the time.
Visa was great if you had the PC. It was just far too much of a jump in specs for the average user. 7 was very well recieved.
RoadHazard
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Most ridiculous thing I've heard in some time. Yeah, the memory bug is annoying (although it seems to take longer to manifest itself for me than for some people), but other than that and a few other regressions (like the lack of dedicated lock screen media controls) Lollipop is by far the best version of Android ever. Vastly superior to KK overall.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Hey guys, I've been trying to decide between on a tablet in the $200-$400 range lately. The closer to $200 the better, of course. I've been considering the 2013 N7 and the new N9. Just now I started looking at the Shield tablet.
My concern is with the Nvidia graphics chip. Will there be any compatibility issues with games off of Google Play because it is a Tegra? I'd read they'd fallen out of vogue these past few years. I have heard that tablets running Intel chips have issues with a lot of apps, and I'd like to avoid that with the Shield. At $300 it seems like a nice compromise between the older N7 2013 and the more expensive N9.
I'd appreciate any thoughts.
My concern is with the Nvidia graphics chip. Will there be any compatibility issues with games off of Google Play because it is a Tegra? I'd read they'd fallen out of vogue these past few years. I have heard that tablets running Intel chips have issues with a lot of apps, and I'd like to avoid that with the Shield. At $300 it seems like a nice compromise between the older N7 2013 and the more expensive N9.
I'd appreciate any thoughts.
Having played in both sides of the pool, I'm not so sure. A lot of the nice subtle features that KK had got completely trashed in LP and almost jeered by their design team. Many people LOVED the album art display / media controls on KK but hate them on LP. Also, anyone (including yourself) who don't find the change to notifications jarring hasn't used Android long enough. Myself, I don't really care as I use an app to silence my phone and don't mess with the setting menu. Also, who thought the double swipe down was a good idea is daft; most annoying thing that should not have gone past a beta test.
2013 N7 is superior to most choice out on the market tbh. Slimport HDMI out, 32GB space is cheap, running 5.0.2 stock, good wi-fi, good screen; Less than $250 bucks.
As far as other options, your priority should be Shield Tablet then N9 as last resort. I would even state, wait a month till after Mobile World Congress next month when all sorts of new goodies get announced. If you can't, source a N7 to last a year and wait until fall or winter to pick up another great tablet based the next best chipset. There's also a big push for 64-bit chips but a lot of the tablets are still less than 2GB of memory right now.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
ATT pushing 4.4.4 to the M8 starting today.
Paging Mad Marty.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
I just checked, and nothing. I hope it at least fixes a lot of the bugs I'm having. Also, no lollipop on my N7 2013 either. This android experiment of mine isn't working out too great. At least my android wear watch got the updates.
In a quality per dollar test the 2013 N7 is unbeatable given how cheap you can pick it up for now if you look around.
-Pyromaniac-
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Alleged HTC M9 prototype leaks. My guess it's just the M9 specs in an M8 body, including huge camera:
brotkasten
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But what about the amazing DuoSense camera?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
ATT pushing 4.4.4 to the M8 starting today.
Paging Mad Marty.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
Has anyone gotten this update? The article links to the May at&t blog post when the rollout was originally supposed to take place. It's early, but I didn't see anything on xda either and a poster was wondering if it wasn't a false report based on an old blog post. Which serves to make me even more depressed.
Let's skip Qualcomm equiped 810 phones
If you went by that, you may as well skip the 815 too. Wait until 2018 for yo smartphones!
Just the forced switch to ART alone makes lollipop worth it.
One of the most uninspired hardware lines in recent memory. That off center USB is rage inducing.
Well looks like nothing is really changing.
-Pyromaniac-
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I still think it's just a testing unit and the body of the M9 will look different but yeah the overall design language is kind of wearing out it's welcome.
For people with the Nexus 6, does your back cover have any spots/smudges? I noticed them since the time I took it out of the box, but I read other people having the same thing, so I thought that maybe it wasn't a big deal. I can only see them on certain lightning conditions.
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