bookwormAT

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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"Operating System" is certainly a ambiguous term these days. Two Android-based software systems can differ in user interface, applications, file systems, performance, interaction design and features. Compare Amazon's FireOS w
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Android is a cross platform technology that makes it possible to run a single application on different hardware and software configurations. Android-based operating systems can look, feel, feature and perform very differently, but as long a
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"has always been considered" by whom? "mid tier" is a very generic term. Most critiques and opinions I know of consider these devices best in class.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
No, it does not do this. At least not for me.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
you don't need Jolla for that, you can just build your OS on to of Android. There are plenty of Android based OSes out there that do not license Google's apps. If you don't license Google's services then you can do whate
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I think many people forget that "native" is a very abstract term. "Native Android" means you are developing a single app that runs and adapts to tens of thousands of different hardware and software configurations. It w
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
As far as I remember, that ad campaign backfired pretty hard when Microsoft released it's own "I'm a PC" ad. IMHO that was the best ad Microsoft ever made. It was an obvious counter to the stereotype, but it made Apple u
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
In Austria it's about 4 times the price of a HSPA+ connection. LTE is not expected to get any mass adoption until 2016 or so. I read in Germany they are a bit faster. If you want to sell phones in Europe, LTE is not a relevant technolo
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Google's "Apps for Android" are not part of Android, but a propritary software suite. That the Chinese government banned Google services means companies making an android-based operating systems are not allowed to license Goo
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"Google Now is definitely a great response to Siri." That's an interesting way to put it. One could also say that Google Now is a great continuation of Google Voice Search. Or a great extension to Google Search. But of course
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
maybe you could just make one playlist, put all music you have in there, and pin that list on the device? Then you should have all your music and playlists available locally.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
The killer feature of Google Music is that uploaded music integrates well with subscribed music. If you have an album that is not on Google's "all access" catalog, you can buy it from somewhere, upload to Google, and then thi
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"I don't understand why manufacturers are still optimizing CPU performance instead of battery life." Maybe the simple answer is that they do not priorize processor power over battery life. Maybe they invest in both, but mak
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"I want full week battery life" That's what's wrong with dumbphones. I want multi-year battery life, so I stay with my solar calculator.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Nonesense. He's the customer.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet. We're working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible. Please check back again soon.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
iOS the software that runs on Apples devices and the "release date" of a new iOS version is the day that iOS is deployed on these devices. Android is a cross platform technology that companies (including google) use as a fundament
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Look great but unfortunately there is no search. Search is my main entry point into HN.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Not sure I understand your comment. Neither Blackberry nor Apple developed a cross platform technology meant to run different hardware/software configurations. So of course they did not demonstrate how a platform runs on such configura
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
nonesense. Android is a software platform that companies can build sofware and devices on. Android is not a device, and it's not an "operating system" in the sense that people use this word today. It is a fundament that you
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Nice idea, but do I read this correctly that this only replaces Activity#findViewById, and does not work with Fragment#findViewById or View#findViewById? Since Fragments where introduced in API 11, it is very uncommon to call findViewById d
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I have the same problem, the same phone and the same conclusion.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I imagine games are different because people who own games still tend to buy games. Someone who already has a note taking app that works for him is less likely to try another one.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Am I the only person using hnsearch to find content on HN? It seems no app developer bothers to implement a search feature in the hacker news apps. Anyway, this is a great app, thank you.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"None of these were considered open." I would say they are now, because of this: "Before Apple's app store most software was distributed directly to customers." Most discussions I see on the net these days are about
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Android is usually considered open compared to iOS because developers can distribute software directly to consumers, without permission from a third party. Source code licensing is a different topic.
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~80% of smartphones shipped last quarter are Android compatible.(idc.com)
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Curious that this needed to be proven, and that Google "needs" the Nexus program, as if this was a unwanted necessity. Google has always stated that they want to run Motorola as its own entity. The companies spokesmen have always
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I have written Android applications before, and I still believe that adapting from Samsung Galaxy 580 to the Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL is significantly less work than adapting from iPhone to Transformer Pad TF300TL.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
offtopic?

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