In the recent months there has been tons of speculation over who will manufacture the next Nexus device for Google. Rumours have been abound for many manufacturers, most recently LG, but others pertaining to HTC, Sony, Samsung, and even Motorola. Here is a brief rumour roundup with mockup photos of each LG Optimus G Nexus could be seen in November. (http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/10/04/lg-optimus-g-ne... Spec-wise similar to the...
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Results, Quadrant, Higher is better. Source http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_tx_t_and_v_benchmarks_are_here_promising_too-news-4722.php as of Aug.29. 2012 Sony Xperia T 5675 Highest Sony Xperia V 6047 Sony Xperia TX 5793 Samsung Galaxy S II I5365 Meizu MX 4-core 5170 HTC One X (Tegra 3) 4842 LG Optimus 4X HD 4814 Motorola Atrix HD 4178 from GSM Arena "The Krait cores helped the three new Xperias pass the BenchmarkPi with flying colors - none of the quad-core smartphones currently on the market could...
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I for one am liking the direction they are heading in. The first "promise" that has significant meaning to me is one of battery performance. The Droid RAZR MAXX arguably pioneered the high capacity smartphone segment, and it seems Motorola has deemed it worthy to continue this focus. As a heavy BlackBerry user, battery life has always been a priority of mine, and while I have considered the large extended batteries for Android phones I have owned, it just didn't seem right. Vendors like Mugen...
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The short question, as per the title- do you recycle your old gadgets? The long story: At the beginning of July, I found myself faced with an odd situation. I realized I had kept (read: hoarded) a bunch of my old cell phones. Each in a different state of disrepair, none of which I would consider properly working or repairable I knew it was time to let go. Now, I knew I wouldn't be able to pull any significant cash from them so I started to look into various routes of recycling. There are...
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Motorola makes flashy consumer products. Being an owner of the original Razor I felt burned when my gorgeous phone broken in less than six months sustaining a drop than any number of my Nokia or Sony Ericsson phones easily survived previously. Before that I had a previous Motorola flip phone in which I had to jiggle the power cord every single time I charged it because the charging port was faulty. Since the Razor experience I have personally vowed never to buy another Motorola phone because...
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According to a new study by Nielsen, two thirds of all new cellphone buyers are picking up smartphones instead of basic or feature models. Given that carriers are heavily subsidizing smartphones, with some now in the free tier, that may not be a big surprise. And smartphone market share is likely to keep going up. Back in February, according to Nielsen, smartphone and feature phone ownership levels crossed paths at 50%, with feature phones headed down, and smarties moving up....
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The New York Times is reporting that Facebook is considering building its own smartphone -- for the third time. According to the article, the social network has hired away a bunch of Apple's iPhone and iPad developers, and sees developing its own phone as a top priority: “Mark [Zuckerberg] is worried that if he doesn’t create a mobile phone in the near future that Facebook will simply become an app on other mobile platforms,” a Facebook employee said. But would there be any reason to buy a...
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There is no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S III has an impressive spec sheet. Even though the phone doesn't bring much new to the table, it appears that it will be competing with HTC's One X for the throne atop the Android mountain. One part of Samsung's new device has me less than impressed though. The device is a totally plastic, wholly generic, typically Samsung design. In the age of One S, X, Lumia 900, and the iPhone 4S, the look and feel of the Galaxy S III is out of step. Build quality...
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I am just curious as to the evolution of users' cell phones over time. I realize this may date some people on the discussion, but it should be interesting to see. My cell phone history is this: Starting in 2004 Motorola T720 (1 year) Nokia 6101 (1 year) Sony Ericsson K790a (3 years) Sony Ericsson X10 and BlackBerry Bold 9700 (16 months of dual phones) BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 (1 month before unfortunate water damage) Sony Ericsson X10 (for another 5 months) BlackBerry 9790 (1.5 months and counting) My ...
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This is a bit old as it came out last week but HTC has said they are looking to make less devices to try and find that special device. Motorola has also said they are planning to do this. This just leaves Samsung as the only other major Android manufacture who goes overboard on Android releases. Overall do you think this is a smart move for not just HTC but handset manufactures in general? If you take Motorola over the past couple months they released the Razr, Razr MAXX and then the Razr...
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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.
This is pretty big news for Google and hopefully one more step closer in providing a more unified UX/UI on Android. As it stands now when manufactures put out their phones they can force apps to use their customized skin. By requiring that they keep Holo intact on the phone this will allow for app developers to choose between the Holo theme or letting the skin take over when users launch their apps.
How do you feel about this and if you're an Android user are you excited for the change?
Will You Be Getting An Upgrade? It seems that most of Google's installed base is stuck on versions of Android more than a year old, and few will get updates on devices more than a year old, even if they are still under contract. "Blogger Michael Degusta revealed in October that 45 percent of Google's installed base of active Android users were stuck using software released in the middle of 2010. That's because handset makers like Samsung, HTC, Motorola and others do not make those updates...
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I saw Dave Zatz post this link on Twitter: http://www.multichannel.com/article/476897-NCTA_CableLabs_Want_Set_Tops_To_Suck_Less_Power.php First of all, it is about $#@!%&*&$ time! Second, I thought that this quote was telling: The Energy Star 3.0 specification will yield HD DVRs that consume less than half of the energy of previous-generation models -- some of which draw 40 watts or more -- while they also will provide more processing power and home-networking capabilities. NCTA also noted...
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Motorola's keynote is going down right now. What will they be announcing today?
Follow along with our friends from Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/motorolas-faster-thinner-smarter-stronger-event-liveblog/?sort=newest&refresh=120
There doesn't seem to be a location for two-way radios, like the Motorola Talkabout products listed here. http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Two-Way+Radios+-+Consumers.
There are two talkabout products currently in the db, but these are clearly phones...
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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1. This is about patents Probably every single article I've read about the deal has mentioned Android's patent problems, and I doubt that Google would have bought Motorola Mobility if it were simply a handset maker; it's that vast trove of patents that drew Google in. In fact, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha hinted last week that they might begin using their patent portfolio to make claims against other Android licensees, something which in retrospect turns out to have been a negotiating...
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In case you hadn't heard the news this morning, it looks like Google will be buying Motorola for $12.5 billion. Reasons why it makes sense: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/googles-125-billion-... Reasons why it might be a disaster: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-motorola-dea... What do you think? Is this good for Google and Android? Via: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/superchargi...
Currently every single major smart phone is a black slab with a large touch screen. When will a company change that form factor and introduce or reintroduce a different form factor? Will we see smart phones with flip screens, similar to the original RAZR, or something new that is not a black slab?
I've read several reviews about the device. Overall they are convincing me to buy the defy+. But the camera seems bad or mediocre in all reviews and some reviews mention bad build quality, that makes me unsure I'd like some information from owners about that. Is the camera usable? Only with great light and no movement? Or isn't is that bad? Is the build quality bad, OK or good? Pretty important for a phone that's supposed to be "life proof".
I currently have and regularly use the Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus (http://gdgt.com/plantronics/voyager/pro/plus/) and while it is still functional I feel as if the technology has possibly gotten better over the last 2 years and I am currently interested in upgrading to another headset. The main reason I am even considering this is because of the occasional drop out of audio when listening to music sometimes when turning my head the opposite direction of where my phone is, putting my phone in...
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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 rooted my phone and I attempted to install the OTA ( I performed the necessary steps to keep my phone rooted), but the update didn't install correctly. However, I'm constantly reminded to install or download the update and it's getting annoying. Does anyone know if you can disable this notification using SQL Lite Editor or by any other means?
P.S. I'd rather not deal with unrooting and rerooting my phone and am trying to avoid it by any means possible.
I want something that can be used for calls, daily listening at work and is versatile enough for running. I don't care so much about being able to run in the rain, but if sweat could be an issue that would be annoying. I am almost 6 feet tall and have a normal size head, hopefully that isn't a deciding factor though.
I just want something that I can pair my laptop, iPhone and possibly PS3 with and not look like I have a monstrosity on my head.
I've been using a Motorola Droid for the past 2 years. It's starting to act wonky, and I have an upgrade. I've been wanting the Samsung Galaxy S II/ Samsung Function all month but there's no US release (press release is expected August 29th). I loved the RAZR and enjoyed the Droid most of the time I've owned it. Should I get the Samsung or wait even longer for a Google-Moto device?
One number that keeps floating around after Google announced their acquisition of Motorola Mobility is 17,000. That's the number of patents that Motorola Mobility has in their portfolio. When the mobile devices division was split off from Motorola earlier this year, how did they divide the patents between the two companies? I would assume that anything that was granted to employees working in the mobile devices division was automatically assigned to Motorola Mobility? I'm not sure how that sort...
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If the other Android licensees no longer perceive that they will be treated fairly and openly by Google, will they explore other OS options? Everyone seems to think, yes, and they say Windows Phone 7 next, but what about webOS? I'd have to think HP's licensing terms might be better, with the imperative of growing the user base. Don't Samsung, LG, and most likely HTC, have to think about it - if for no other reason than to improve their bargaining position with Microsoft?
I'm wondering if there's anyone who owns both who could speak to the pros and cons of one tablet over the other. A friend of mine asked, but I'm not really the most knowledgeable person with Android tablets, so I thought I'd turn it over to you guys.
Would like to know which manufacturer is not nerfing cool features and not installing bloatware so that I can browse that manufacturers products and only consider specs. If there is no saint then just opinion on the least obnoxious will be great. No #apple or #WP7.
I am one of Apple's biggest fans, to me they make good products that makes my life a lot easier. My complete eco system at home and work is Apple, thats why I guess it works well. However I want to start pitching Android Application Development, so Ill need an Android device. There are so many options out there, I am not looking for something similar to the iPhone 4, I am looking for the best Android experience. I owned a HTC Desire released by Telstra (Australian Carrier), used it for a week...
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