Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM:
I don't want to be flame bait (oh well, maybe i do) .. I posted this on
your blog post:
I'm surprised anyone buys android phones at all. They're stuck
between a rock and a hard place: If they buy from Google they have
your well
Well, in the spirit of continuing to provide Troll bait:
http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-and-nexus-4-users-report.html
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:20 PM, glen e. p. ropella
g...@tempusdictum.comwrote:
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM:
I don't want to be flame bait
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:20 PM, glen e. p. ropella
g...@tempusdictum.comwrote:
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/16/2013 09:34 AM:
snip
I've been quite happy with my Google Nexus, made by Samsung. And I was
previously satsified, approaching, though not achieving happiness with
my Motorola Droid 2
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/18/2013 02:15 PM:
Can you share the details of upgrading android without help from Google?
.. could most customers do this?
Yes, I think so. But you can't be afraid of breaking the phone. So,
there's a distinction between _could_ and _would_. The hacking distance
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 02:53:37PM -0800, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
Owen Densmore wrote at 02/18/2013 02:15 PM:
Can you share the details of upgrading android without help from Google?
.. could most customers do this?
The biggest problem is _fear_. The ROM makers pepper their sites
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/25/144204/unlocking-new-mobile-phones-becomes-illegal-in-the-us-tomorrow
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Douglas Roberts d...@parrot-farm.netwrote:
That is why an unlocked phone can be to your advantage.
On Feb 16, 2013 10:06 PM, Russell Standish
I don't want to be flame bait (oh well, maybe i do) .. I posted this on
your blog post:
I'm surprised anyone buys android phones at all. They're stuck between a
rock and a hard place: If they buy from Google they have your well
articulated problems.
But if they get another handset mfgrs phone,
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:34:39AM -0700, Owen Densmore wrote:
I don't want to be flame bait (oh well, maybe i do) .. I posted this on
your blog post:
I'm surprised anyone buys android phones at all. They're stuck between a
rock and a hard place: If they buy from Google they have your well
Android 1.6?
Let me guess: you're also one of those running an ASCII email client, as
well. I believe I see a pattern.
(Message sent from my rooted, cyanogen modded Android 4.2.2
work-in-progress gorilla glass excuse for a phone).
On Feb 16, 2013 9:35 PM, Russell Standish r.stand...@unsw.edu.au
The phone is just a touch over two years old. Even though my contract
has expired, and the phone company has offered an upgrade, its only on
the proviso that I change plans, which would see me losing roaming (a
big deal in a country where mobile coverage it pretty ratshit out of
the big cities).
That is why an unlocked phone can be to your advantage.
On Feb 16, 2013 10:06 PM, Russell Standish r.stand...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
The phone is just a touch over two years old. Even though my contract
has expired, and the phone company has offered an upgrade, its only on
the proviso that I
Oh, for completeness I should say that my iPhone and Galaxy S3 are with
ATT.
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Bruce Sherwood
bruce.sherw...@gmail.comwrote:
I've been very happy with my Galaxy S3 phone. At the time I bought it this
summer, my iPhone had removed Google maps, which was a very
Seriously. If I were one of those Chinese or Korean quick turn-around
phone manufactures I'd jump all over this. What do you suppose the set up
time for a new product line is for one of those factories?
http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/02/opportunity-knocks.html
I've seen quite a few hits
BTW, the English translation of that first micgadget article is a little
amusing, but the gist of it is that the knock-off market is a fast growing
one. This bit in particular was interesting:
Surprisingly, Meizu, the company who well-known for copying Apple
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