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Gartner: Android OS Sales Trumps iOS And RIM, Grew 888 Percent In 2010(techcrunch.com)
18 points by sandipc 16y ago|13 comments
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by sandipc 16y ago
this isn't a great reason, but perhaps this is because users of the Chrome Web Store are guaranteed to be using a modern web browser (Chrome), while regular computer users of the Android Market can be using any browser. (Does the new Marke
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Housing Markets: The rentership society(economist.com)
4 points by sandipc 16y ago|0 comments
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by sandipc 16y ago
I don't think this statement is actually true: "Ever since Facebook pioneered the concept of the News Feed, a constantly updating stream of communications to keep you in the loop..." (Twitter, and possibly even RSS feeds before that)
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by sandipc 16y ago
there is more to Chrome than WebKit
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More Evidence That Facebook Nearing 600 Million Users(techcrunch.com)
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Verizon to Offer iPhone Users "Unlimited" Data(online.wsj.com)
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Twitter For Mac Is Like Massively Multiplayer IM — Will It Alter Twitter Itself?(techcrunch.com)
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How Spotify’s Failure to Launch in the US Could Save the Company(techcrunch.com)
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Starbucks Unveils a New Logo With No Words(eater.com)
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Qualcomm Buys Atheros For $3.1 Billion(ces.crunchgear.com)
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by sandipc 16y ago
interesting, I've never heard of BODMAS... just PEMDAS. Same thing, different acronym. (parentheses, exponents, multiply/divide, add/subtract)
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by sandipc 16y ago
As far as I know, Bing is the default on the Samsung Fascinate (Galaxy S) on Verizon, but not any other Verizon Android phones. And certainly not on the "Droid" series (which is distinct from Verizon's other Android offerings)...
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California Bill Criminalizing Online Impersonations In Effect Starting Today(techcrunch.com)
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So Much For FREE: Apple Will Sell $2B in Apps in 2011(techcrunch.com)
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Android Honeycomb Music Player: Full Guide [Early Leak](androidcommunity.com)
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by sandipc 16y ago
unfortunately, AFAIK, T-Mobile is the only major US carrier to offer such no-contract/unsubsidized discounts
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Delicious in Purgatory(techcrunch.com)
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by sandipc 16y ago
more on the story of Henrietta Lacks: http://www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0400web/01.html and the ethics of taking her cells without her consent: http://magazine.jhu.edu/2010/06/immortal-cells-enduring-issu...
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by sandipc 16y ago
Or the Creative Nomad Jukebox...
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by sandipc 16y ago
in my experience, they will marvel at the speed for a little while... until a favorite website doesn't display correctly for whatever reason. Then it becomes my job to play tech support.
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by sandipc 16y ago
What do you mean?
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by sandipc 16y ago
I think most people attribute the jerkiness to the lack of GPU/hardware acceleration in the Android UI. Really hope that's implemented in 3.0
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by sandipc 16y ago
There are rumors that Honeycomb won't need any physical buttons at all... (the prototype tablet Andy Rubin demoed the other day had on-screen buttons that would rotated with the screen)
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by sandipc 16y ago
that it bites you and kills you? Fear is not a requirement for that to happen.
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by sandipc 16y ago
Samsung was also notoriously slow in releasing the Froyo update for their phones
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by sandipc 16y ago
Re: the battery drain Is the EVO that much of a power hog? How much of that do you think battery usage is just the screen vs. the scrolling effect? On my HTC Incredible, I can scroll through webpages / browse the web for many hours, provid
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by sandipc 16y ago
I think the section at the end about the author buying his wife a Torch (and his problems with its usability) are a strong indicator of your second point.
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by sandipc 16y ago
"In Facebook at least you can rely on your real life connections, so the level of signal/noise is much better." why don't you just only follow accounts on twitter that don't spam their followers? I agree that there is a lot of spam, but mo
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by sandipc 16y ago
2 seconds is too long?

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