This has been a big week on the cloud front. Not only has Google finally introduced their long-awaited Google Drive service, with 5GB of free storage, but the HTC One S is out now, and comes with 25GB of free Dropbox space, presumably to make up for the phone's lack of a microSD card slot. Meanwhile, Microsoft has finally made Skydrive easier to use, though new users will get just 7GB of free space, compared with the 25GB Microsoft previously offered. And, not to be left out, Apple has let it be...
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I'm sitting here listening to a recent episode of BOL (CNet's Buzz out Loud... and now I'd really like to meet Aneesh Chopra... but I digress), and Molly just finished a rant about her experience with the Galaxy Nexus and a discussion about Google's business opportunities now that they have Motorola's mobile division and it got my wheels turning. Since day one of my involvement with Android I've longed for 1 thing.... stop playing catch up and INNOVATE, Google!!!! Ice Cream Sandwich is a big...
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The US Copyright Office in 2010, stated Jailbreaking iOS devices is legal. Now this exemption is running out. I would like to hear what you think about rooting or jailbreaking. I'm doing some research of my own and want any information, whether you oppose Jailbreaking/Rooting or you're in favor, I want to know. Please be as detailed as possible when replying, so that your comment is not misconstrued.
The way I see it, this fragmentation - with allowing the OEMs to add their own little flavor to the vanilla Android OS (Blur for Motorola, Sense for HTC, etc.), it just delays all the phones from being instantly updated. That much is obvious. Microsoft did it right, just like Apple - they told the OEMs, essentially saying: "There will be no tweaking of the Windows Mobile OS. It will be deployed as is." This allows them to push out updates instantly to every phone out there at the same time,...
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Platform wars Two crucial factors, interface and information management. The mastery of both is the winner. iOS started with the mastery of the interface by giving us a device which manages the music masterfully. This is where we live, where the human soul survives. Music is our spiritual expressions of our hopes and longings. The iPod gave us management of this in a sleek device and interface. Simple to use so it didn't get in the way of what people were really wanting, an easy and elegant...
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About six months ago I asked gdgt users whether they preferred streaming services like Spotify, RDIO, and Rhapsody, or locker services like Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player (http://gdgt.com/question/poll-music-lockers-or-st... I'm not holding out hope that someone will combine the two in any meaningful way (i.e. a service where I can stream anything from their catalog and also upload any music of mine that's missing), so what I really want is something...
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My daughter recently acquired a new iPod touch. As she was enthusiastically going through the process of adding music, videos, apps, and photos to her device, she asked me a question that has lingered with me and one which I think merits sharing with my gdgt community. Her question was "How come there are two different stores on my iPod?" She pointed out that while on the computer all available content can be downloaded from the iTunes application, on iOS she has to go to the iTunes application...
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I for one, actually really love it. They have a bunch of free music from some great artists (picked up some free Train, Five for Fighting, and Oasis). They might not have Warner yet, but it's still a fledgling service that connects really nicely with Google+ - if someone shares a song you can get a free listen of that song, not a 90-second preview.
Abstract: The latest Android mobile phone under Google's flagship phone line, the Nexus family, currently has a diagonal screen size of 4.65 inches (118.1mm). This follows a trend that Google started with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 -- their first Android flagship phone. Released in 2008, it had a diagonal screen size of only 3.2 inches (81.3mm). Since then, screen sizes in Google's Nexus line have grown at an average rate of 0.48 inches (12.2mm) per year. I. Introduction In 2008, HTC released the...
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I'm about to write you all a book. Read it and love it, OR! just read the title, and answer. Post brought to you by zfwp (http://zakkforchilli.wordpress.com) iOS As of right now, to change your "theme" or Graphical User Interface (GUI)—you have to jailbreak your iOS device and download another third-party application. Almost every phone / Mobile OS I've ever used and almost every phone / Mobile OS I've ever heard of, seen, studied—has had the ability to change the look and feel of your general,...
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Google depends on advertising dollars for the bulk of its income and has freely given away its Android software to anyone. Now Amazon has taken a version of Android, heavily modified it, and controls the ecosystem for its Fire tablet. Will or can Google get anything out of this or have they been left out in the cold?
I'm not talking about something like Prism, Chrome apps or the offline storage interface (which I think is extremely subpar). I'm talking about something like Sparrow for OS X. Preferably free, but if it's awesome I'm willing to shell out the cash. One thing I'd like to have is that it uses the gmail shortcuts, like Sparrow does.
Here is the article from VentureBeat: http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/23/landmark-cloud-m... Here is a second from AllThingsD: http://allthingsd.com/20110823/why-the-mp3tunes-ca... The author of the article has a very interesting quote and that is the following: "The ruling frees up “cloud music locker” services like Google Music and Amazon Cloud Drive to scan a user’s collection and give them...
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I was thinking about the many consequences of the HP Touchpad meltdown we all just witnessed, and I am thinking the biggest consequence may be one that doesn't end up affecting HP at all. That consequence is to scare consumers away from taking a chance on any but the two established options for tablets, Apple and Google, and thereby establishing them as an immovable duopoly for the next three to five years. Some may point out that the problem with the TouchPad in the first place was a lack of...
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There's no shortage of great industry analysis about the Google / Motorola deal (and for some of the best, check out Peter's piece here: http://gdgt.com/discuss/11-thoughts-on-google-buyi... I wanted to throw my two cents in on what we, as consumers, can likely expect to see. 1. Motorola devices will be the new stock Android experience, or: goodbye MOTOBLUR. Since the Nexus One, Google's done a pretty good job of trying to have at least a few devices on the market with...
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I got this a few weeks ago...it said my account had been accessed from France. It suggested if I wasn't in France I should change my password. I did. Today I got a notice saying it had been accessed from Japan. Changed my password again but for some reason I feel like this is some error. Just wondering if anyone else ever gets this but doesn't buy into it?
I've listened to several podcasts and read several articles about OS X Mountain Lion since it was announced earlier this week and I can't help but feel annoyed at how the tech pundits give so much praise to the fact that iMessage is now running on a desktop. For example, The Verge states that, "WHEN IMESSAGE WORKS, IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE THE FUTURE." and Cult of Mac states that iMessage will, "...free our cellphones from the slavery of wireless carrier texting plans." To me, iMessage isn't very...
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I'm interested to see what the overall feeling is in 2012 in regards to this. I have been a simultaneous Android and Blackberry/WP7 user over the years and I always prided myself in my Android loyalty and scoffed at those who claimed the open-ness of Google's OS hampered the overall user experience. Last month I received my first iPhone and I think I'm starting to pull a 180. I believe at this point, especially after experiencing iOS firsthand, Google should really consider pulling in the reigns...
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I wanted to buy myself an iPhone, but then I saw the advert. of Samsung Galaxy Nexus on the tv and I started wondering wich phone is better? I know they are hardly comparable because of the different OS they are using. But wich of the phones would you prefer to have or already have?
When i type in on my internet google, google will come up on my account, but i want it to play music when google comes up, how can you get music to play?
I have a problem, I want to sync my facebook account with my gallaxy nexus but i cant everytime i click the facebook button i het back to the sync options page. any solution?
It's the time of year for picture and video taking. I'd love to hear how others, especially parents and hobbyists, set up their systems for uploading, editing, sharing, viewing, and backing up their photos and videos? I'm a little all over the place. I did recently buy a WD drive that will share my media across several computers and, ostensibly, over the web. I'm on Flickr and just started using Picasa Web Albums. I'm more interested in sharing and viewing than backing up. Are Flickr and Picasa...
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Any idea when the next gen will be coming out? I know they're selling like hotcakes since the $50 price reduction and it's a product that's supposed to get faster through software over time, but I still never trust first gen products. Anyone with experience with the Acer vs the Samsung? Also is the 100MB of 3G data/month worth $100? I love the price range of these, the only thing holding me back from unleashing $400 on an Acer 3G model or $300 on the Wifi only model is that it's the first gen...
with google music you have the ability to add 20,000 of your own songs. i did about 17,000. some of the songs need to be updated. is there a way to updated music sent to cloud?
I'm currently moving form Picasa to Aperture on OS X and I don't really want to retag everyone who is in my photos all over again, anyone know if there is a quicker way by transfer the tags information into the Aperture library?
When Google Music beta debuted earlier this year, I immediately set about uploading my entire library to the cloud. Despite using services like Rdio and Spotify, there was still music in my collection that wasn't available via any online services. One of the restrictions Google (and also iTunes) place on their music lockers is that users are limited to about 20,000 songs. Currently, there are about 23K songs in my library. After setting up the Google Music upload app to upload the contents of my...
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I'm due for a new phone and I was immediately drawn to the Galaxy Nexus when it was announced, but the more I learn about the Rezound, the more appealing it sounds. What are your thoughts, gdgt?
I am researching what would be the most convenient and future-proof way to store my photos in the cloud? the Apple service is one option. Adobe Carroussel and 20 others are also possible..
Just saw an interview on BGR with the Lighting Science Group CEO and he talked about a partnership with Google on Android@Home. I had forgotten what Android@Home was! But then it all came back to me and I remembered how Google talked it up so much back in May. So I was wondering, are there any cool gadgets available yet or, at least, visible on the horizon? A quick Google search returned nothing so I figured I'd ask here.
