The Official Android Thread - Page 8

njx9 · 10-01-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

To be fair, I sometimes catch myself swyping too fast, which is the cause of 90% of my screw ups.

i think i had a bigger issue with accidentally adding misspelled words and nonwords to the dictionary when i was drunk. it's taken a while to clear those out.

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Originally Posted by ElectricEye

Yeah, it's on there. There's a free version to try out first as well...which might as well be the paid version. Only thing that's missing is widgets.

how did you get the clock/date/weather to display like that? i can't figure it out

ElectricEye · 10-01-2011, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by njx9

how did you get the clock/date/weather to display like that? i can't figure it out

That's a clock called FancyWidget with a skin called 'Reflection' or something like that with the background set to transparent.

49erNation85 · 10-01-2011, 09:07 PM

I'm really regretting getttig the HT thunder bolt.It is a fun touch screen phone.However, it is not my style of phone.I should stuck with droid and moved on the 3rd one sadly it came out after I bought.Go figure.

ElectricEye · 10-01-2011, 09:28 PM

I regret not having the Galaxy SII. I've played with that and it's just an amazing product. Always the next one though, I suppose.

In non-phone related Android crap; looks like I'm buying my girlfriend a Kindle Fire for our anniversary. Have to wait on some more information on that one first though.

njx9 · 10-01-2011, 11:02 PM

those look awesome, if you have good wifi access. seems like by far the best option for the form factor.

ElectricEye · 10-02-2011, 12:02 AM

Yeah, I like the way it looks as well. You can't beat the price point either.

njx9 · 10-02-2011, 01:06 AM

and honestly, anything is better than an ipad. i have no idea why people are buying these things (was a christmas gift).

StripedWalrus · 10-02-2011, 04:50 PM

Just upgraded to my Galaxy SII today.

ImBrotherCain · 10-02-2011, 07:00 PM

I am waiting for the Nexus prime... It should be amazing!

SeanTaylorRIP · 10-04-2011, 08:38 PM

Got the droid Charge for $50 w/my upgrade incredibly happy with the fun, battery life is very decent for an android phone and the display is beautiful. Plus with the news on the Iphone 4s I'm happy with my purchase, wasn't really willing to shell out the extra 200 bucks for the Bionic.

ATLDirtyBirds · 10-04-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanTaylorRIP

Got the droid Charge for $50 w/my upgrade incredibly happy with the fun, battery life is very decent for an android phone and the display is beautiful. Plus with the news on the Iphone 4s I'm happy with my purchase, wasn't really willing to shell out the extra 200 bucks for the Bionic.

I have the Charge as well. The screen is so beautiful. The Bionic's screen looked atrocious compared to it. Although, the Bionic's battery life is vastly superior.

yo123 · 10-04-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by njx9

and honestly, anything is better than an ipad. i have no idea why people are buying these things

Yes you do.

descendency · 10-05-2011, 01:42 AM

"Nexus Prime" (freeze at like :20 in 1080p full screen for the best look)

I assume this will be GSM on TMobile (like the last two were... though, it might not be)

If it is, 5 days later...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetrevi...tober-16/27773

Needless to say, I need something to replace my Nexus One.

ImBrotherCain · 10-05-2011, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by descendency

"Nexus Prime" (freeze at like :20 in 1080p full screen for the best look)

I assume this will be GSM on TMobile (like the last two were... though, it might not be)

If it is, 5 days later...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetrevi...tober-16/27773

Needless to say, I need something to replace my Nexus One.

The Nexus Prime is going to be a Verizon device. I don't know about the others but it is taking place of the absent Galaxy S II Phone that isn't on Verizon.

ImBrotherCain · 10-06-2011, 02:52 PM

Que Angel Music

http://gizmodo.com/5847288/galaxy-ne...er-720p-screen

ElectricEye · 10-06-2011, 02:53 PM

God DAMN. I don't like to form factor very much, but that thing is pretty sweet.

njx9 · 10-06-2011, 03:16 PM

i'm assuming it won't have the galaxy s form, since i'm somewhat assuming android/google want to set themselves apart from the iphone a bit. the lower image (apparently the actual phone?) looks a bit different. i wonder when they'll start pushing out the ics update to other users? i'm guessing it's the last big update my x will properly take... but then, i'm up for a new phone in 6-7 months anyways. hopefully by then the nexus prime standard will have been surpassed.

bigbluedefense · 10-06-2011, 04:11 PM

To be fair, is it even a competition anymore? The droid phones are so far ahead of the iphones now it's not even a comparison anymore.

The new iphone is laughable. It's basically my droid x more or less.

njx9 · 10-06-2011, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

To be fair, is it even a competition anymore? The droid phones are so far ahead of the iphones now it's not even a comparison anymore.

The new iphone is laughable. It's basically my droid x more or less.

it's only a competition because the iphone is still 'cool' and droid is still 'geeky'. people also have this weird idea that apple products 'just work', when that's so much more true of android now. along the same lines, you get a lot of people who buy an ipad, and a mac, and then decide they want to complete the set because somehow that will be easier... *shrug*

i will give the iphone that the included music player is light years beyond the thing that comes with an android. though downloading cloudskipper pretty well resolved that for me.

ImBrotherCain · 10-06-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by njx9

i will give the iphone that the included music player is light years beyond the thing that comes with an android. though downloading cloudskipper pretty well resolved that for me.

Have you checked out the Google Music Beta... Its not great but its sizable upgrade

njx9 · 10-06-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

Have you checked out the Google Music Beta... Its not great but its sizable upgrade

nah, i spend too much time on planes/out of the country to deal with needing connectivity to my music (it's all through the cloud, right?) i'll be upgrading my spotify shortly for the off-line playlists, so i'll probably use that more often than anything going forward.

ImBrotherCain · 10-06-2011, 04:42 PM

Yea it is all cloud based but it is accessible by computer and songs/ albums can be downloaded to the phone..

descendency · 10-06-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

The Nexus Prime is going to be a Verizon device. I don't know about the others but it is taking place of the absent Galaxy S II Phone that isn't on Verizon.

No doubt. I am just wondering why Google would leave the GSM and Sprint users out to dry that they've worked hard to get.

http://pocketnow.com/android/leakste...-gsm-and-wimax

I won't even bother with the iPhone vs Android debate. Both are phenomenal phones. I wouldn't trade my Nexus One for anything (except a "Galaxy Nexus"), but if Google pulled out of the phone industry all-together, I wouldn't cry about having to buy an iPhone.

njx9 · 10-06-2011, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by descendency

No doubt. I am just wondering why Google would leave the GSM and Sprint users out to dry that they've worked hard to get.

because sprint just bought 30 million odd iphones? why give them an exclusive phone and try to compete on that, when they can steal more verizon customers?

descendency · 10-07-2011, 01:07 AM

Could there be two phones? :o

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/10/06...-galaxy-nexus/

The Nexus S released in early December and the Nexus One released in early January.

edit: If anyone cares, there are definitely two phones.

http://www.phonebuff.com/2011/09/nex...-prime-phones/

(The FCC has documentation for two different ones)