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by css771 14y ago
I think the reason for that is that they want to target the developing world with low end smartphones primarily. Not everyone will go for a tablet. But everyone needs a phone. The growth is still primarily in phones in the developing world.
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by css771 14y ago
> there are no guarantees that AOSP even works without Google's magic proprietary mojo What do you mean by this? If you mean in the market, it can work. Amazon's devices are proof. If a manufacturer is shipping just AOSP, it needs to ha
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by css771 14y ago
Well, you can still install custom ROMs even with a locked bootloader. You just can't change the kernel. The custom ROM needs to be using the same kernel.
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by css771 14y ago
A better way to search for an app called "child books" would be to use quotes around it.[1] But I agree, Google Play's search can still be improved. Currently a search for GTA vice city [2] places the actual game in third place behind other
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by css771 14y ago
At that point they're actually Google users too. So in the end, users win. Google along with them. And Apple saves face.
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by css771 14y ago
I'm not very knowledgeable on the matter. Maybe you can enlighten me. Can an open source OS actually have private API's?
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by css771 14y ago
But isn't it a jump from that to "remote root on every Android device that has market installed" and "If your device is online, it's a few hundred bytes over an always-on socket away from remote install/wipe" (remote install yes but wipe?)
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by css771 14y ago
> As a reminder, Google literally have remote root on every Android device that has market installed. If your device is online, it's a few hundred bytes over an always-on socket away from remote install/wipe Is there a source for this?
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by css771 14y ago
Why is it that every time that something like this happens, Google is the only tech company that comes forward with a message? Doesn't having a free and open internet benefit any other company?
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by css771 14y ago
OK that's a terrible linkbait title. This is a personal opinion of one person. Every review I've read says the Nexus 4 is much improved in every respect over the Galaxy Nexus. Just because of one person's opinion, that does not make it a du
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by css771 14y ago
This one - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickylaish... and this one - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manuelmaly... are the best ones currently imo.
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by css771 14y ago
I used to use the T-Mobile $30/month Monthly4G plan. You get only 100 minutes but 5gigs of HSPA+ unthrottled data. If you use the GrooveIP app or set up another SIP client, you can make calls without a problem. Latency for those calls depen
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by css771 14y ago
Or because this is not a particularly new post, no particularly new content either.
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by css771 14y ago
Why are you bringing iOS into this? He never mentioned anything about it.
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by css771 14y ago
Not from a hardware perspective definitely. But when a kid's interest in software is piqued at say, 9 or 10, would you rather that he/she be using an open source OS that encourages tinkering or a beautiful black box?
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by css771 14y ago
I use Android Police's excellent suggestions that come out once every 2 weeks or so. They always have an interesting app or two. Besides that, suggestions on /r/android.
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by css771 14y ago
Or, if you have a Galaxy Nexus, try out an alpha port here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805282
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by css771 14y ago
> To leverage the Desktop monopoly to force users to get familiar with the interface of Microsofts mobile offerings, which had no success to gain user acceptance on their own. FUD. Not FUD. I agree with that statement the parent said. W
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by css771 14y ago
Or sell it as an upgrade for next year's version.
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by css771 14y ago
What I meant by that is that, in WP, if I leave an app running, and then come back to the home screen and tap on that app's tile, it will start a new instance; not resume the old one. Also, WP closes apps way too early in the background.
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by css771 14y ago
I have used a friend's Lumia 900 running WP 7.5 actually. I hate the fact that apps are not retained in memory long enough. They always start over. Also, launching an app from the home screen launches a new instance instead of resuming the
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by css771 14y ago
The tech savvy Android users? They would be the last people to switch to WP. That thing does not have a viable way to run unsigned applications. No proper multitasking, no proper notifications. What exactly about WP is supposed to attract t
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by css771 14y ago
Actually, smooth performance is something very few consumers in the developing world actually care about. I bought an android phone for ~$130 in 2010. It ran eclair. Now it runs the latest version of gingerbread. I never really felt it's pe
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by css771 14y ago
There was never any such recommendation. The back button is an essential android feature.
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by css771 14y ago
The real reason here is a technical limitation. The Nexus One and many other devices from that generation have very little ROM space. Typically <500MB. ICS+ takes anywhere from 350MB-400MB of that. So the user is left is left with hardl
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by css771 14y ago
What the hell.. junk like appleinsider is making the front page of HN now?
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by css771 14y ago
Google does not "sell" Android to you. It's free for anyone to use. Take it up with the OEMs.
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by css771 14y ago
Because being sucessful on mobile is about creating the entire experience. If any other manufacturer created their own platform on Android, they wouldn't have the Google apps licensed to them, and consequently wouldn't look as attractive to
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by css771 14y ago
Talking purely from a consumer perspective, you want to argue that one phone reproduces accurately the full RGB spectrum and another blows it out of proportion and that makes one phone better? Isn't that a matter of subjective taste? How do
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by css771 14y ago
I dont see much incentive for Google to release an app right away. The people who are going to install a native app from the app store will use the web version anyway. And Google can still get to serve location based ads on the browser for

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