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Old 18th March 2013, 15:22     #13121
plaz0r
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mpx
some people here make Android users look retarded by association.
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Old 18th March 2013, 15:40     #13122
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by _indigo1
Android is much younger than iOS
Google can't afford to ever admit that, because that would mean that Android was conceived while Google CEO Eric Schmidt was on the Apple board and privy to confidential information on every aspect of iPhone.
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:05     #13123
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youve certainly become quite the crusader for pome justice, please continue

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Old 18th March 2013, 16:09     #13124
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vrtgo is certainly a crusader for ignorance and mouth breathing stupidity.
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:19     #13125
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
a) I have no idea what pome justice is;

b) personally I think it's most likely that what happened is this: in the early 2000s Google bought a mobile OS because it didn't want to miss out on ad revenue from mobile browsers. At the time the hottest smartphone was the Blackberry, so Google bought Android and said to the team "make a Blackberry clone". Then when the iPhone was under development Eric Schmidt comes back from meetings at Apple, bursts in the door...

Schmidt: "I've seen the future and it ain't Blackberry, cancel that shit immediately and start building something like the OS described in these documents, documents that you will burn afterwards and which I will deny ever having shown to you."

Android team: "The fuck? We've been working on software to drive a device with a scroll wheel and a hardware keyboard, but the thing in these docs is entirely touch-driven. We're not making something with a touch interface."

Schmidt: "You are now."

Android team: "But we'll have to stick a half-arsed touch-input layer on top of an OS that wasn't designed for it, and the interface will be laggy as shit."

Schmidt: "JUST DO IT."

*phone rings*

Schmidt: "Oh hi Steve, great meeting this morning, oh yeah by the way I was thinking that maybe I should resign from the board because now we've got a touch-driven smartphone in development--"

(looks up, sees Andy Rubin making throat-cutting gestures with a panicked look on his face)

"--I mean, we've had a touch-driven smartphone in development for years -- and you know, it'll be a competitor to your phone, and so I was thinking, like, I really should resign from the Apple board. Yeah I know I've been receiving your phone research and prototyping reports for a year now without saying anything, but you know, it just slipped my mind, in every board meeting, email, and conversation we've had recently. Did I say recently? I mean, for years. Because that's how long we've been doing our one. Totally not just recently. Gottagokthxbye!"

(to Rubin) "JUST FUCKING DO IT."
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:38     #13126
blur^
 
a++ would watch that movie

i mean pirate that movie
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:39     #13127
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justin timberlake could play steve ballmer
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:40     #13128
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^^^Ab - fucken loled
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:42     #13129
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Tom Cruise could play Ballmer by resurrecting Les Grossman and putting on some stilts.
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Old 18th March 2013, 16:54     #13130
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haha continue plz
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Old 18th March 2013, 20:35     #13131
mpx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pxpx
In war, it's the innocents that suffer. Choose a side mpx!
I choose Android for now! My S3 is doing me proud, I'm still hurt by the last few major updates of iOS that screwed myself and my phone... but I can totally see myself forgetting it all when a fancypants new iPhone comes out. I really don't know if I could go back to a smaller screen though, or the current thin screen - feels way too weird in my hand.

The one, and only thing I miss from Apple is their build quality. I don't care if they break when you drop them, they felt and looked sexy. The S3, while I think *personally* wins out of both phones, looks and feels like shit. I'm considering getting a wallet cover for it so I can hide it from my eyes when I don't need to see it.

I can't believe they made the S4 lighter and thinner, it's way too light and thin as the S3!
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Old 18th March 2013, 20:43     #13132
TnT
 
But Apple made the iPhone thinner and lighter... so it must be good.
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Old 18th March 2013, 21:39     #13133
_indigo1
 
It's quite hilarious the people who come in and jump on the bandwagon (indigo shouldn't post blah blah), given that the tardism in this thread for the past couple of page comes _in between_ my posts, not on them.

Go ahead, read back to where I chimed in (Croco's post a page or two back)

Indeed you see I've contributed very little and really not made any divisive comments (except in response to cyc's completely off topic tantrum in the middle)

Of course, someone people take any conversation as a challenge to their epeen and begin their spouting. You can pick these ones because they read like creationist posts in an evolution thread.

Yes I take credit for calling Apple self important.. because they are.

(Also; Hey mpx, I won't ever respect you having met you IRL)

Waits for army of mouthbreathers to scrutinize my post, focus on irrelevant inaccuracies, and look for any minor contradictions since I began posting on forums. HAVE FUN

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Old 18th March 2013, 21:50     #13134
p01s0n
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by _indigo1
It's quite hilarious the people who come in and jump on the bandwagon (indigo shouldn't post blah blah), given that the tardism in this thread for the past couple of page comes _in between_ my posts, not on them.

Go ahead, read back to where I chimed in (Croco's post a page or two back)

Indeed you see I've contributed very little and really not made any divisive comments (except in response to cyc's completely off topic tantrum in the middle)

Of course, someone people take any conversation as a challenge to their epeen and begin their spouting. You can pick these ones because they read like creationist posts in an evolution thread.

Yes I take credit for calling Apple self important.. because they are.

(Also; Hey mpx, I won't ever respect you having met you IRL)

Waits for army of mouthbreathers to scrutinize my post, focus on irrelevant inaccuracies, and look for any minor contradictions since I began posting on forums. HAVE FUN
bro get out
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Old 18th March 2013, 22:42     #13135
BoyWonder
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by _indigo1
Yes I take credit for calling Apple self important.. because they are.
Yes, a successful business with successful products must be bad. God I'd hate to live in your world. How's the desolate view?

BTW do you think that Google as a company don't feel somewhat... self important?
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Old 18th March 2013, 22:43     #13136
CCS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _indigo1
the tardism in this thread for the past couple of page comes _in between_ my posts, not on them.
lol, deluded.

Quote:
Indeed you see I've contributed very little and really not made any divisive comments (except in response to cyc's completely off topic tantrum in the middle)

(Also; Hey mpx, I won't ever respect you having met you IRL)
lol, hypocrite.
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Old 18th March 2013, 22:44     #13137
_indigo1
 
lol, as sure as the sun rises.
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Old 18th March 2013, 22:50     #13138
_indigo1
 
oh, in case it came across wrongly - I wasn't saying _everyone_ who posts in between me is a tard. That _would_ be deluded.
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Old 18th March 2013, 23:04     #13139
mpx
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Oh man this guy has met me IRL and doesn't respect me. But I even have an Android phone??? How can I win him back guys??
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Old 18th March 2013, 23:31     #13140
Heresy
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lol underscore indigo one
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Old 19th March 2013, 00:07     #13141
Vrtigo
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dont like the shape of the S3, or the S4. round is lame, i prefer the square with round edges shape of the S2. also, the thinner the better.
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Old 19th March 2013, 00:22     #13142
Wally Simmonds
 
Just sold my S2 for a cheap LTE S3. Yeah, I like the 'boxy' S2 look better, but I wanted a bigger and better screen, and thats the S3. They're pretty cheap atm with all the new phones coming out..
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Old 19th March 2013, 10:20     #13143
p01s0n
 
I don't like any galaxy phones they are all janky garbage plastic corea crap
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Old 19th March 2013, 12:03     #13144
Waldo
Pornstar
 
s4 to big, s2 is as big as ill allow in my pocket, my junk takes up too much space as it is.
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Old 19th March 2013, 14:31     #13145
DrTiTus
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
Thumbs up

My pink Chinese tablet with awful battery life (40 mins of usage if I was lucky) has become usable. Previously it would drain ridiculously quickly, then shut down claiming it was running out of juice. I didn't really use it because it was pointless. That's what you get for $72NZ delivered, I concluded.

Put it on charge last night, maxxed out at 92%. Suspecting something wasn't right, I ran a Battery Calibration app which deleted a file related to the battery's history/properties and now I've been using it for a few hours with WiFi on, and have 70% battery life remaining. Much better!

I recommend everyone with an Android try calibrating their battery at least once after you've cycled it a few times from new (leave it on charge for ages the first few times, even if it reads 100%). It certainly won't do any harm, and you might just be surprised at the results.
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Old 19th March 2013, 15:31     #13146
p01s0n
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrTiTus
My pink Chinese tablet with awful battery life (40 mins of usage if I was lucky) has become usable. Previously it would drain ridiculously quickly, then shut down claiming it was running out of juice. I didn't really use it because it was pointless. That's what you get for $72NZ delivered, I concluded.

Put it on charge last night, maxxed out at 92%. Suspecting something wasn't right, I ran a Battery Calibration app which deleted a file related to the battery's history/properties and now I've been using it for a few hours with WiFi on, and have 70% battery life remaining. Much better!

I recommend everyone with an Android try calibrating their battery at least once after you've cycled it a few times from new (leave it on charge for ages the first few times, even if it reads 100%). It certainly won't do any harm, and you might just be surprised at the results.
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Old 19th March 2013, 15:53     #13147
DrTiTus
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
CCS and p01s0n are like our very own Statler and Waldorf.



"That was terrible!"
"Boo! Boooo!"
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Old 19th March 2013, 15:56     #13148
p01s0n
 
Quote:
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CCS and p01s0n are like our very own Statler and Waldorf.



"That was terrible!"
"Boo! Boooo!"
yeah except not ironically because having to run an app to delete files to get back 90% of your battery life is fucking atrocious.
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Old 19th March 2013, 16:28     #13149
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
You buy a $72 tablet, you takes your chances.
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Old 19th March 2013, 16:45     #13150
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrTiTus
CCS and p01s0n are like our very own Statler and Waldorf.



"That was terrible!"
"Boo! Boooo!"
Whereas one could pick the dumbest Muppet around and it'd still be smarter than you.
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Old 19th March 2013, 16:49     #13151
Fx.
 
might have to resurrect my $80 tablet from a few years back

decent enough apart from shitty battery (old school resistive touch is crap but nice enough for reading books etc)
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Old 19th March 2013, 17:04     #13152
Vrtigo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ab
You buy a $72 tablet, you takes your chances.
i think thats what he meant
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Old 19th March 2013, 17:48     #13153
plaz0r
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by CCS
Whereas one could pick the dumbest Muppet around and it'd still be smarter than you.
Get that man to the burn ward!
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Old 19th March 2013, 19:35     #13154
fidgit
Always itchy
 
Seriously though, I wouldn't mind if Apple developed/included/updated-my-phone-to-have some kind of Magical and Revolutionary version of Widgets. I'm still surprised at the iPhones complete lack of info it can display on the home screen - come on guys, my blackberry could show me more detail without opening any aps than an iPhone.
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Old 19th March 2013, 20:20     #13155
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
I've never felt any desire for widgets. There are things that shit me about the iPhone, but that ain't one of them.
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Old 19th March 2013, 21:43     #13156
DrTiTus
HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE
 
It's 23 degrees and sunny where I am.
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Old 19th March 2013, 21:44     #13157
Pimp-X
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iPhone. Needs more clocks.
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Old 19th March 2013, 22:00     #13158
Saladin
Nothing to See Here!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pimp-X
iPhone. Needs more clocks.
Nothing a little jailbreaking won't fix.

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Old 19th March 2013, 22:08     #13159
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
widgets are choice cunt
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Old 19th March 2013, 22:20     #13160
mpx
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Yeah to be honest I was pretty anti-widget until I made the move, now there's some I can't live without. I don't really have much but the ones I do like 'Eye in the Sky' weather and Spotify are badass.
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