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by ocean12 14y ago
" If you look at the progress not just in design, but software, hardware and everything. Samsung, HTC, Nokia, all the major manfs have come miles further than Apple in the last 5 years when it comes to hardware design. " Hardware design is
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by ocean12 14y ago
" is iOS really stale? " They are still selling every phone they can make, so I would guess no. The hardware, mostly the screen, needs some refreshing to be current with hardware on other platforms, but no, I wouldn't call it stale. More l
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by ocean12 14y ago
It's only Android 4 and higher. Awful.
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by ocean12 14y ago
Paul Thurrott: "You start using it, I'll start my countdown to the service's death." https://twitter.com/thurrott/status/314476511497445376
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by ocean12 14y ago
I think it's true that the industrial design on this is a notch above...
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It Took Five Years To Make a Beautiful Android Phone(gizmodo.com)
4 points by ocean12 14y ago|3 comments
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by ocean12 14y ago
"The Android way: Our problems become your problems."
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Why Android Updates Are So Slow(marco.org)
2 points by ocean12 14y ago|2 comments
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by ocean12 14y ago
Salient point: "The people who are getting the “Apple never did anything like this before” vapors from Apple’s throwing of sharp elbows in the direction of Samsung seem to forget that this is the same company that ran the John Hodgman/Justi
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Daring Fireball: Everything Else(daringfireball.net)
2 points by ocean12 14y ago|1 comments
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by ocean12 14y ago
Got a link to share with us?
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by ocean12 14y ago
Yes, but I buy phones every two years and I'd rather know I'm getting the top technology available at the time when I make my purchase. The N4 is lacking LTE. Maybe not a dealbreaker for some, but it is for me.
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ComScore: iPhone Taking Share From Android in U.S. Smartphone Market(daringfireball.net)
1 points by ocean12 14y ago|0 comments
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Micropublishing is about more than just The Magazine(pandodaily.com)
1 points by ocean12 14y ago|0 comments
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by ocean12 14y ago
"My point though, is that open-vs.-closed has very little to do with commercial success, in and of itself. Openness carries no magic." http://daringfireball.net/2013/03/open_and_shut
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by ocean12 14y ago
Using it while driving sounds dangerous!
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by ocean12 14y ago
Take another look. Just because Nexus is bigger doesn't mean Asus isn't.
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by ocean12 14y ago
I thought we were discussing Google Glass. (for what its worth, Gruber backed the Pebble on Kickstarter: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/04/23/pebble-watch )
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by ocean12 14y ago
No, the 4 suffers from horrendous battery life and it's camera is very 2010.
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by ocean12 14y ago
Exactly my point.
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by ocean12 14y ago
The Verge had an article in its forums that it promoted to the front page that discussed the privacy implications. The article concluded that many places are likely to ban them from their property. http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/23/402204
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by ocean12 14y ago
Overall, LG did a good job designing and manufacturing the Nexus 4.
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by ocean12 14y ago
Then you missed a cogent argument: "If you have a phone in your pocket, why wear this? And it doesn’t seem to replace the need to carry a phone."
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by ocean12 14y ago
No, I don't.
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by ocean12 14y ago
I've never understood the argument against bluetooth headsets. I live in a major city and see them all the time. I wouldn't wear one while sitting at a meal with someone, but neither do I see the sense in holding a phone to my head while
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by ocean12 14y ago
Unless I'm wrong, the big ASUS splashed across the back of my Nexus 7 seems to say that someone other than Google made the device.
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by ocean12 14y ago
I wish him much success. Its hard to keep a small business profitable.
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by ocean12 14y ago
Netbooks? How'd that work out for the industry?
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by ocean12 14y ago
Vibrating bracelets is an excellent idea, but I wonder if they would work for a really deep sleeper. Back when I had a pager and was on call, I'd set it on top of a shallow pile of coins. The racket it would make and the sound of coins fal
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How to Work an On Call Job and Keep Your Sanity(lifehacker.com)
2 points by ocean12 14y ago|1 comments

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