Technology Android

[dilla]

Without the savant side.

Hahahaha. Have you seen the Ricky Gervais snippet on that?

 

[Casey]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/21/motorola-droid-3-review/

Engadget reviews the new Motorola Droid 3. This actually seems like a really decent phone - an excellent 5-row QWERTY, 4" screen with qHD resolution, front-facing camera, dualcore 1GhZ processor. Unfortunately it's let down by apparently being the heaviest of the Droid series phones to date, and only having 512MB of RAM.

That combined with the fact that TI processor in it is inferior to the likes of the Exynos processor which is what my SGS2 has, and the Tegra 2's shipping on many other Android devices, means it's only scoring 2300+ or so on Quadrant out of the box, which isn't too impressive seeing as my overclocked G2 on a single core processor scored more than that, and as I mentioned before, I'm getting 3600+ on my SGS2.

Still, it's a very decent phone and probably the best QWERTY slider on the market right now.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

What are you, rainman? lol

lol that actually made me laugh

 

[Prize Gotti]

FINALLY got the Froyo 2.2 Update for my Defy. Its so nice being to use flash properly instead of the shitty "Lite" version in 2.1, and also, my WiFi now works! There must have been some kinda error in the 2.1 rom, even the 2.1 updated version didnt fix the problem, but it hated my Fibre Optic router. Caused my entire network to drop every time my phone connected. All fixed now so I dont have to walk around the house looking for a 3G signal.

 

[Preach]

when i sync an iphone with itunes i can do 'everything' my phone lets me do to it, from within iTunes.

what is the corresponding android application for windows?

 

[Pittsey]

when i sync an iphone with itunes i can do 'everything' my phone lets me do to it, from within iTunes.

what is the corresponding android application for windows?

What do you want to do? I don't really understand.

 

[Preach]

have a hub for transfering data back and forth between a pc and the device, but in a simplified manner that doesn't require me to think for myself, but simply pressing a "sync now" button that syncs music with the playlist of whatever media player i choose, pictures with my My Pictures folder, and other things in respectively neat folders.

 

[Casey]

I think Kies does that for Samsung devices. Or you could try DoubleTwist.

 

[Pittsey]

have a hub for transfering data back and forth between a pc and the device, but in a simplified manner that doesn't require me to think for myself, but simply pressing a "sync now" button that syncs music with the playlist of whatever media player i choose, pictures with my My Pictures folder, and other things in respectively neat folders.

Ah.. See I hate itunes. I prefer just to drag and drop my media... No sync'ing....

And stay the fuck away from Kies. It's shit.

 

[Casey]

/\ Same, I prefer to drag and drop and do my own organisation. I don't understand this obsession with syncing libraries and playlists and whatnot. I guess it's something that people who use iTunes do...... fuck itunes.

 

[S O F I]

Question about Spotify. Can you only listen to my playlists when I'm signed into Spotify? I'm talking about the friend feature through FB.

 

[Casey]

/\ No you can listen to other people's playlists whenever. I've been listening to a great 80's synthpop playlist that Trent Reznor made.

 

[Casey]

In case anyone here has one of these....

Gingerbread 2.3.4 Leaks for Samsung Droid Charge With Version EP1H

 

[Flipmo]

The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II 4G successfully launched in Canada last week, no word on how many were sold but it’ll certainly add to the global sales numbers. Samsung sold 1 million of the Galaxy S II in 30 days, then gained momentum as a confirmed statement by Samsung on July 3rd said they reached a record setting 3 million devices sold in just 55 days. Now, according to rumours around the web is an unconfirmed report from Samsung stating that an astonishing 6 million Galaxy S II units have been sold worldwide in less than 3 months. Remarkable numbers for this thin 4.3-inch device.

Source: Digital Versus
Via: PhoneArena & PocketNow

 

[Preach]

And so far I can totally see why. Unless you are a complete n00b and utterly useless, it's not even that much more difficult to use. It has 3 navigational buttons instead of the 1 on the iPhone, but is still quite easy to use. Besides, anything I'm wondering can be googled for an instant response, anyway. I remember having concerns that getting used to Android would be a tedious process. I don't know how much TouchWiz differs from standard Android, but it's a sweet UI. Smooth transition for an iPhone user.

 

[Pittsey]

And so far I can totally see why. Unless you are a complete n00b and utterly useless, it's not even that much more difficult to use. It has 3 navigational buttons instead of the 1 on the iPhone, but is still quite easy to use. Besides, anything I'm wondering can be googled for an instant response, anyway. I remember having concerns that getting used to Android would be a tedious process. I don't know how much TouchWiz differs from standard Android, but it's a sweet UI. Smooth transition for an iPhone user.

I prefer Vanilla Android, by far.

At some point you may decide to root your phone and install a custom rom, which will more than likely be vanilla. Then you can decide.

 

[Casey]

For as powerful as the SGS2 is, you don't even need to install a vanilla-based ROM at this point for a standard Android UI experience. You can simply install LauncherPro from the Market and use that as the default launcher. Even though TouchWiz still runs in the background, the phone is so damn powerful that it makes no difference.

Both me and my cousin using SGS2's have rooted 2.3.4 Samsung firmware with LauncherPro running on top.

 

[Casey]

Gotta admit, this does make the phone a lot cooler lol.

Hardware modded Sensation is the bee’s knees

Software mods for Android phones have never been in short supply (in fact, they’re a way of life), but hardware mods are a little harder to come by. One of the greatest came from someone spraying a Nexus S battery cover in diplo to give it a rubbery grip. The G2 spring mod is still popular, giving G2s everywhere a snappier hinge. Evo battery door mods add some red flair to your device when stripped down. And possibly the craziest hardware mod out there? The ol’ adding a front-facing camera to your Samsung Vibrant trick. It now seems another device is about to join the elite ranks of hardware modification: the HTC Sensation.
Paul White from Whitesites Blog took some sand paper and stripped down the metal frame on his HTC Sensation. Then, with some metal polish and a few paper towels, he shined it up. And it looks amazing. The process doesn’t look too hard, and after you see the results it’ll be hard to imagine this not becoming a trend among more hardcore users. Of course, this does all sorts of bad things to any warranty you may have. But if you’re brave enough to attempt this mod, be sure to share the results in the comments below. While you’re down there, let us know of any other hardware mods you can think of.

 

[Pittsey]

lol.

Some people are nutters. A phone is not a piece of fashion for me. I don't buy fancy cases (or any case) and I will not be modding it.

 

[dilla]

lol.

Some people are nutters. A phone is not a piece of fashion for me. I don't buy fancy cases (or any case) and I will not be modding it.

It's more noticeable if you have a common phone, like the Droid here in the States. Or the Incredible. If you care, most of the time you can look at someone's phone and tell what it is. But if it makes you do a double-take...well, that's kinda the point. It seems all phones today are black or grey. White is the new "cool" color as the EVO and the iPhone and a few others have come out with revised models with white casing.

I got a buddy that first had the third-party white case for his iPhone 4. Then, when it was officially released by Apple, he switched to a clear case. Looked like this:

I thought it was pretty neat. Wish i could that to my phone.