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Any info on these USB-having tablets with new Android version? When?
I'm looking forward to them as soon as I found out how useful they would be for me. If I could hook them up with any printer, video/screen projector or flash drive I could very often carry one instead of a laptop.
 
Pittsey said:
They're not releasing it?

Will they release 4.0? And will they release it at launch?
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No, they aren't releasing Honeycomb. The reasoning was that they don't want people putting hacky versions of Honeycomb onto phones when it simply isn't designed for smaller screen sizes. Hence, the main aim of Ice Cream Sandwich is to create a version of Android that works well on both. The best of both worlds, basically.

Yes, they will definitely open-source ICS. That's what was said at IO. A new flagship device (the third Nexus device) will launch concurrently, most likely. Latest rumors have that happening in Oct/Nov, but we'll see. Business wise they don't want to miss the Xmas period so it's likely.
 
masta247 said:
Any info on these USB-having tablets with new Android version? When?
I'm looking forward to them as soon as I found out how useful they would be for me. If I could hook them up with any printer, video/screen projector or flash drive I could very often carry one instead of a laptop.
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Android 3.1 has the USB-hosting and has already been rolled out to the XOOM and the Asus Transformer. However, the XOOM doesn't have a regular size USB port so would require an adaptor and the Transformer has I think multiple USB ports but they are located in the keyboard dock.

The new Galaxy Tab has a USB similar to the Camera Kit connector you can get for the iPad - a little thing that you plug into the main charging port that has a USB port on the other side. And I believe this tablet launched with 3.1 already.
 
Masta, correct me if i'm wrong, but you have a Samsung Galaxy i5700 and you are on Android 2.2 FroYo using the Samdroid custom firmware.

how does it perform? and have you over/under-clocked the cpu for anything?
 
I sold my i5700 and I'm looking for something new.

I had Samdroid 2.1 but that's because I was using a different phone for the last few months until I sold my i5700. Samdroid was much better than a stock rom, especially customizations but also performance. I undervolted my cpu but remained on the same CPU speed (800mhz).
 
Sandeep14 said:
Is it possible to use Google Music in the UK if I can get someone to sign up to it using my Gmail account in the USA? Did it work over here for you casey?
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I've been using Google Music since before most Americans even. My cousin on the Android team invited me within minutes of them announcing it at I/O :D

Are you not able to sign up from http://music.google.com ? If not, then yeah, you could get someone in the US to try.

Also, the version of the Android Music app that has Google Music enabled, may not yet be in the UK Android Market. If you google for an app called MarketEnabler, then provided you have root, you can spoof the location and carrier using that app, so that you can load different regional versions of the Market. So if you use that and set it to spoof a US carrier, the app will show up. That's what I had to do on the first day.

I have over 10k songs in my Google Music account now :)
 

Casey Rain said:
I've been using Google Music since before most Americans even. My cousin on the Android team invited me within minutes of them announcing it at I/O :D

Are you not able to sign up from http://music.google.com ? If not, then yeah, you could get someone in the US to try.

Also, the version of the Android Music app that has Google Music enabled, may not yet be in the UK Android Market. If you google for an app called MarketEnabler, then provided you have root, you can spoof the location and carrier using that app, so that you can load different regional versions of the Market. So if you use that and set it to spoof a US carrier, the app will show up. That's what I had to do on the first day.

I have over 10k songs in my Google Music account now :)
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thanks. is there are way to send myself an invite, i.e. via a proxy?

otherwise I may have to tell my friend to do it, providing she has enough time while she's in america.
 
So I just won a second hand Samsung Galaxy i5700 Portal/Spica for £55 on eBay (£5 delivery). Good condition. Want to root it and install Samdroid 2.2, and then give it to my Dad. - That way, he'll have an upgraded phone, bigger screen, better camera and Sat Nav.

I just hope he gets to grips with the touch screen. Hopefully, because he's been using Google Maps from my Mum's HTC Wildfire.

Summary: Whole family to be on Android now :)
 
Sandeep14 said:
how did you undervolt it? was that using a different kernel?

so what phone do you have right now?
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Yeah I had a Kernel with undervolt included.

Right now.. I have Samsung Wave. It comes with Bada platform out of the box but they're working on an Android port which I'm going to install as soon as it's usable.
However this phone is really great hardware-wise, that's why I decided to keep it. Galaxy S internals but with a smaller (3,3 inch) super amoled screen which makes it more pocket-friendly and comes with a led flash for camera. Also a solid, aluminum body and a camera button. And the price was very good. Ticks almost all of my boxes and I'm really happy with it.
Actually the Bada platform is very cool, fast and stable too and the phone had a lot of Android-like features out of the box. Actually a lot of features were rip-offs from Android apps. But the thing that I miss the most is Android market - there are way less apps for bada and most are paid since there are no adds in apps.

But I'll be looking for a good, new Android phone nevertheless :p
 
http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/27/googl...tured-by-samsung-possibly-dubbed-nexus-prime/

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We exclusively reported details of Google’s first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone — either a Nexus device, or a “pure Google” flagship handset from one of Google’s key partners — and we now have more information surrounding the world’s most anticipated Android phone. We reported that the handset would nix physical menu keys going forward, and would feature a monster 720p -resolution display, and we have now confirmed with our source that the screen itself is branded as a “Super AMOLED HD” display. The branding confirms our suspicions that Samsung will indeed be the manufacturer. We have also confirmed that the processor in the upcoming device will be an OMAP4460, just as we originally reported. Hit the jump for more.

This upcoming superphone will not have any carrier preloads or OEM customizations, which goes without saying for a Nexus phone or a reference/flagship Android offering. The current codename is “Prime”, and our source believes it’s possible that the phone could launch as the “Google Nexus Prime.” We also have information that Google’s onslaught of high-end Android devices isn’t going to stop anytime soon. With the Motorola DROID and Motorola XOOM, Google launched its flagship Android devices with one carrier and one OEM, but we’re hearing things might be switched up this time around. Our source indicated that Google could be working with multiple carriers and multiple OEMs on their own “exclusive” Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) halo devices, and that they may all launch around the same time.
Imagine flagship releases from Motorola, HTC, and LG with Ice Cream Sandwich available on AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint all at practically the same time… in addition to a Google Nexus handset from Samsung. The summer’s going to be hot, but it looks like the fall might get even hotter.
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That will probably be my next phone depending on it's specs. I want a nexus google experience phone... But... I don't want the phone to get upstaged a couple of months later like the nexus S did.
 
i see nexus s' position as a bridge between the previous and the next generation since it added FFC and NFC. It was rumoured to be a dual-core phone at first, but remained a single core device. its successor of course will have a dual cpu so that'll be the next step up..

the nexus s was particularly nice because from stock it was pretty much a galaxy s with no touchwiz.
 
Yeah, I love my Nexus S. I don't see the need to have something more powerful at this point. I don't care about it being upstaged lol. You can never have the most powerful smart phone for more than a few months.
 
S O F I said:
Yeah, I love my Nexus S. I don't see the need to have something more powerful at this point. I don't care about it being upstaged lol. You can never have the most powerful smart phone for more than a few months.
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I see your point. But it seemed to me like Samsung released the nexus s with google and claimed it the flagship phone, all the while knowing that they were going to release a beast of a phone just after. I felt..... Betrayed. ;)
 
I kinda really want a SGS2 lol. I may buy one and try it out for a week. If I don't like it, I'll sell it. If I do, I'll sell my G2 and then I won't be out for the whole cost of the phone. But I really fucking wish there was a QWERTY slider with the guts and screen of the SGS2.

Why won't some fucker make one already!!!!
 
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