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by fpgeek 13y ago
Starting with their baseline of better performance and faster updates than most OEM builds, they're building in some very interesting features/services: - privacy-conscious device location - cross-platform secure messaging - multi
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Google wants their services to be available on all US wireless carriers in the US, not just one. And however much they fail to demonstrate it sometimes, Google wants their services available in the rest of the world, too. Getting entangled
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Will Apple Ever Fix iMessage Text-Killing Problem?(mashable.com)
3 points by fpgeek 13y ago|0 comments
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by fpgeek 13y ago
The LGPL means there will still be code dumps, but the development process has been closing for some time (e.g. WebKit2 process changes).
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by fpgeek 13y ago
As of this FCC filing, the Transformer Book Trio seems to be alive and well: http://liliputing.com/2013/09/asus-transformer-book-trio-hit... (redundant processors and all).
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The iPhone 5C is Defensive(tech-thoughts.net)
2 points by fpgeek 13y ago|0 comments
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Just because the lock-down was in the name of security doesn't mean that it's going actually help improve it...
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by fpgeek 13y ago
If you really want and Android phone with a fingerprint reader, at least one is apparently incoming: http://www.phonearena.com/news/At-least-one-upcoming-2013-An... We don't know which phone, but my guess is the H
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by fpgeek 13y ago
An upstream contract that required detailed information about paid users, for instance? I could imagine wanting information like that for auditing if there were complex restrictions on permissible resale of the upstream data.
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Why many app developers in Asia are prioritizing Android over iOS (thenextweb.com)
1 points by fpgeek 13y ago|1 comments
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by fpgeek 13y ago
There are ways to develop for Windows on other OSes without piracy (e.g. WINE).
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Note that this is a problem both stores share: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/08/how-app-store-grifters-... From what I understand, absent a legal judgment Apple doesn't do much to police copycats, mi
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by fpgeek 13y ago
I know of at least two security researchers that got malware into Apple's App Store. Given the review process, the odds may be longer that a particular app is malware, but given the size of the store I think it is virtually certain the
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by fpgeek 13y ago
You've been able to share apks "forever" (since before the G1, I believe), but Google's official beta-testing framework (Play Store integration [don't even need unknown sources], rolling/controlled updates, bet
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Google Play gift cards in the US go back to August 2012, IIRC.
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by fpgeek 13y ago
And another tiny bit of my childhood dies... :(
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by fpgeek 13y ago
I'm sure they'll know a lot more about how well the Android-branded Kit Kats are selling (which is probably a better indicator of the success of the campaign anyway).
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by fpgeek 13y ago
For KitKat (which is the OS name) I see android.com/kitkat first, kitkat.com second and Wikipedia third. For Kit Kat, which is the candy bar, I see Wikipedia first, followed by kitkat.com and android.com/kitkat third. Their SEO is
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by fpgeek 13y ago
I think Android Quik would be next (and perhaps likely if KitKat goes well given the Nestle connection and the scarcity of "Q" dessert names).
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by fpgeek 13y ago
You do realize that if current trends continue, there will be Android KitKat phones on sale right next to or behind the gas station / convenience store counters with the chocolate Kit Kats, right? And that this has been an explicit goa
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by fpgeek 13y ago
It's both. Hershey has the US rights, Nestle has the rest.
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Barnes and Noble should have gotten here first. Think of the difference "Would you like the ebook with that?" at checkout could have made (in terms of building Nook, incremental store memberships and so on). Instead, they bet on t
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Unless you break the DRM you can't grep Kindle books either (and Amazon's search is a poor substitute).
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Um, Samsung makes/made Windows Phones, too. They're heart might not have been in it, but if the platform was ever going to scale quickly they had to be involved. It would have been easier to convince them to make more/better
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Also governments funding space programs...
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Ahem. You forgot one of the most potent weapons in Microsoft's IP arsenal: patents. I wish they weren't as powerful as they are, but they can't be ignored.
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Jeff Atwood's Code Keyboard Review(xahlee.info)
72 points by fpgeek 13y ago|107 comments
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by fpgeek 13y ago
If you're interested in good, smaller Android phones, keep an eye on Sony. The current rumor is that the mini-edition of their next flagship will keep the high-end specs of its larger sibling (except for the screen resolution, of cours
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by fpgeek 13y ago
The HTC One isn't the greatest comparison because it comes in a Google Play Edition, which is a near-Nexus experience (though outside the US you are still stuck with ROM flashing, albeit from a source with solid base and guaranteed up-
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by fpgeek 13y ago
If you're logged in and you have a "US" Google account (credit card and shipping address, not sure if there are other requirements) you should be able to see it (at least I can, but only when logged in).

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