ahahahahah way to go, Dvid, love it. > On Nov 19, 2014, at 6:49 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, Google obviously never releases extremely bug-ridden software like > Apple does, right? (see the below message). > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: MacDailyNews <comment-re...@wordpress.com >> <mailto:comment-re...@wordpress.com>> >> Date: 20 November 2014 14:59:33 NZDT >> To: dchitten...@gmail.com <mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com> >> Subject: [New post] ‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update >> bricks phones, tablets; kills apps >> Reply-To: "MacDailyNews" >> <comment+e60benyponb65mhj-j_lcs...@comment.wordpress.com >> <mailto:comment+e60benyponb65mhj-j_lcs...@comment.wordpress.com>> >> >> >> Respond to this post by replying above this line >> New post on MacDailyNews >> >> <http://macdailynews.com/author/macdailynews/> >> ‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update bricks phones, tablets; >> kills apps >> <http://macdailynews.com/2014/11/19/shockingly-bad-google-android-5-0-lollipop-update-bricks-phones-tablets-kills-apps/>by >> MacDailyNews <http://macdailynews.com/author/macdailynews/> >> [cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"Early adopters of Google's latest Android >> operating system are warning others of problems with the software," Leo >> Kelion reports for The Beeb. "Issues include the update causing Nexus 7 >> tablets to run slowly and repeatedly crash, with several users complaining >> they had become 'unusable.'" >> >> MacDailyNews Take: Even more so than usual, apparently. >> >> "The code also appears to remove apps built with Adobe Air and then prevent >> them from being reinstalled," Kelion reports. "Dozens of messages posted to >> Google's own forums suggest that owners of the 2012 version of the Nexus 7, >> in particular, are experiencing headaches. 'Some apps won't work and some >> crash. I wish I didn't install the update,' wrote Kristen Sawyer. Another >> user, nicknamed StretchToo said: 'Chrome is dead, unusable, Firefox just >> about works, the keyboard takes over a minute to load, nearly works if you >> hunt and peck but dies if you try to swipe.'" >> >> "'Updated and the Nexus is [so] shockingly bad it is basically unusable, >> lags just rotating the screen, every task takes 10 seconds to perform if it >> does it [at all],' wrote Gary Looker," Kelion reports. "Several Android >> Lollipop users have also highlighted compatibility problems with Air-based >> apps... Reports elsewhere suggest some users are experiencing problems with >> text messages, the way contacts are managed, and wi-fi connectivity." >> >> Read more in the full article here >> <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30116319>. >> >> MacDailyNews Take: It's well past time to stop settling for inferior wares >> and get the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, and/or iPad mini that you really >> wanted but stupidly tried to approximate, fragmandroid settlers. >> >> Pry open thou eyes, casteth aside thine darkness and cometh-hither into the >> light! >> >> [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "buddabob" for the heads up.] >> >> Related articles: >> Apple posts new how-to guide: Switching from Android phone to iPhone >> <http://macdailynews.com/2014/09/16/apple-posts-new-how-to-guide-switching-from-android-phone-to-iphone/> >> - September 16, 2014 >> Reviewers fall all over themselves to praise Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6/Plus >> <http://macdailynews.com/2014/09/17/reviewers-fall-all-over-themselves-to-praise-apples-64-bit-iphone-6plus/> >> - 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