TheFleetingFox

Its better they don’t buy Rockmelt. Rockmelt rocks, and FaceBook would probably ruin it.

Bought the game yesterday. ITS AWESOME!

It reminds me of my childhood days playing Age of Empires on the computer, and if it can bring that kind of nostalgia, while being modern – you know you did something right.

GOOD JOB!

Moto has great build quality – but except for the RAZR, all of their phones are thick like a brick. They have a certain “industrial premium” feel to them – which is probably why Verizon kept using that “Droidddddd” crap in their commercials.

My first smartphone was the OG Droid.

That and BLUR is the most evil P.O.S ever

ICS is actually the first version of Android that has made me seriously think about switching, but there are a few things hold ing me back.

1. There is no amazing yet pure ICS flagship phone at the moment. G Nexus is nice but outdated already (the camera was outdated at launch…) And HTC is still skinning their phones, and the bootloader is locked. GS3 looks terrible (amazing hardware, but I am one of those people who dislikes pentile. The shape of the phone is also pretty dang ugly (personal opinion).

2. Im already heavily invested in iOS, and iOS has all the apps that I need and use most. As well as the funnest games (personal opinion).

Even with my rather large list of improvements, I still find that my 4S serves my needs the best currently. That being said, had the Lumia 900 been a little more future proofed, and WP a little more fleshed out (waaaaayyy better appstore is needed) I would have choosen WP over Adroid (at least until a pure ICS super phone comes out that looks sexy and isn’t made out of cheap plastics (personal opinion).

1. Bigger screen. I know that doesn’t have to do with the OS, but in reality it matters. Bigger screen can display more information and make everything easier to see.

2. iOS needs more ways to glance at information rather than having to open apps. I would prefer something kind of like widgets – but more WP style than Android style. Make the weather app bigger and have it displaying the current weather/ temperature. Make the calendar app bigger and have it displaying your next meeting. Same thing for reminders, photos. Open the API so that devs can do the same thing – like iOSs own version of the “live tiles”. Let the FaceBook app tell me more at a glance than just numbers – “3 updates” or “2 messages” "

3. More Siri! Give Siri more power and functionality, as well as customization ways to access it. From the springboard let me tap home once to bring up Siri (no more holding down home). In an App use double tap. Let me say “compose email to XXX” and it can open the mail app and then start voice dictation.

4. More individuality. Not everyone likes to use the standalone Mail app. Let Sparrow have push, and give me the option to use it as my primary email app. Same with Safari – let me choose to have Dolphin as primary if I want.

5. Revamp Safari.With an increased screen size, it would be perfect timing to re-do Safari. WP actually has a beautiful browser. When im not using tabs – make them disappear. Make it so that I can just tap the top to get the address bar/tab bar. Otherwise Just display the web page and let me do my thing. Also give me the option to change the color of the tool bars in Safari – Im tired of that pale blue.

6. Customization. Give me the options. Let me make all app icons just boxes with text labels. Let me assign my own pictures to app icons. Let me choose app icon colors and shapes. Let me put the apps in an arrangement other than the grid – so that when im using a nice wallpaper, the apps don’t have to cover it up. Let me delete the damn Stocks app if I dont want it. Let me puts Newstand in a folder.

7. Maps – current form of maps pretty much sucks. Give maps better integration with Siri – “find directions to XXX”. Siri pulls it up, and on that same screen displays the map, and directions from where you are to there. “voice navigation”, and now Siri starts giving you the directions.

8. Youtube – the current youtube app is pure crap. Its like a cheap web wrapper, and I hate it. Make a new one, let the search function have voice dictation, give it better sharing options – send a link as a text message, post it to facebook.

All these changes would make iOS AMAZING, and I would be a happy Panda

I must not have paid enough attention to realize that it was the plan from the beginning. After hearing him laugh and vanish and talk about how he would never lie for 5000x times, I turned the volume up and just played music.

Also – I dont think he “fixed” the soulstone. When he started casting on it, it rebuked him and he was like “waaah!?”. Then you just killed him. It was pretty lame.

Still – They could have had him steal the soulstone and disappear, your character feels duped and has to find another way ( have Tyreal make one? Or have Tyreal know where another Angel hid some powerful secret item?) Or have some great scene where Kulle casts on the soulstone but it explodes and kills him, or it destroys the temple and you have to fight your way out.

Basically SOMETHING other than spend 3 hours to rez him, and then kill him immediately afterwards. That is just pure lazy story telling, and I don’t stand for shit like that.

The story is crap, especially when you start comparing to other games (that have come out in the past 2-3 years). Bioshock had an amazing story! Gears of War had a pretty solid story. Uncharted has arguably THE BEST story of any recent games.

Thankfully I got the game free, because other wise this would have been a big waste of money for me.

Its a good game, but I was expecting more.

Im actually surprised this review doesn’t even mention some of the things that disappointed me with the game.

Gameplay is great, but the graphics look so outdated. Playing at full HD and maximum graphical settings and characters still look undefined, especially smaller monsters. At the same time the cut-scenes are amazingly good.

The story is complete crap. First act, the story is pretty strong, but by the second one all things get ridiculously lame. It becomes “go to this obscure part of the map to get this, then go here” repeat that 3 or 4 times to complete the overall quest for the area.

(SPOILERS BELOW)

Seriously, why did I have to spend 3 hours in like 5 different dungeons gathering a guy’s body parts and blood, to reanimate him – WHEN IM GOING TO KILL HIM AGAIN THREE MINUTES LATER !?!?! Whats more annoying is all throughout those 3 hours you have he ghost telling you “i am trustworthy I will lead you to blah blah blah” and your character keeps repeating " Do not betray us" – and WOAH! He betrays you….

Seriously Blizzard? Its like they spent 10 years looking how to make the story as cheezy as possible.

If you like fun actions/adventures games, or RTS games – buy Diablo 3. If you want a game for a story/graphics – don’t buy it.

American GS3 probably won’t have that quad core Exynos. The chipset is no compatible with LTE, and in the U.S it will most certainly be an LTE phone for all the major carriers. Expect dual core Snap Dragon s4 – which will still put out great performance.

He also can’t use the international version (which will have quad-core) because that won’t work on Verizon.

Sony rarely ever makes CDMA phones. The Play was the big exception – and it flopped.

Avoid Motorola like the plaque. The battery life on the MAXX isn’t worth dealing with one of the worst phone skins (blur) ever. Not to mention the crap load of crap that Verizon preinstalls on it that you can’t remove.

The G Nexus is a great phone. Poor camera, but still an otherwise solid choice. Can’t beat stock Android, no crapware, and no hassle of having to root to modify.

Trust me. I had a chance to sit down and play with the Vaio Z with the 1080 screen. I had to squint the entire time because the UI was just so darn small.

Retina display + properly scaling UI = amazing eye candy goodness. Though I bet windows 8 would look amazing as well with that high a PPI

You mean the laptop series that has no set release date? The ones which people have only been able to do “hands on” with prototypes because Asus hasn’t even finalized the design yet?

Can’t tell if serious or……

Wow… these all look great.

Will definitely be getting sling shot racing, and if I can convince my GF to get Autumn Dynasty I would love it..

Do they support the Retina display on iPad?

Not reviewing a feature or even trying it and then calling it useless – does not make sense. Trying it, and finding no meaningful desire to use it further does. You and him and arguing two different points of view.

Saying “I didn’t even bother downloading itunes, it must be useless” and “I downloaded it, and its nice, but I prefer to get my music elsewhere” are completely different statements. Had he done the latter instead of the former, his review would have held credibility, it would have had actual thoughts. But he didn’t and it shows in the quality of his post.

IMO any PPI >300 is fine by me. I did mention that other manufacturers were catching up – but I have yet to see anyone come out with a PPI that dwarfs the iPhones, so one could argue that no phone really stands out from the crowd in that respect.

“And to be clear, I’m not an iOS hater – I think it has some great qualities. But the ones you mentioned aren’t them.”

Personal preference. I hated iTunes until I saw it on my friends Mac. When I got an iMac – I fell in love with iTunes. iTunes sucks on Windows. I like Siri as well – I don’t need it to open apps for me, but that it can find directions, stores, send texts while im driving, place calls while im driving, it sets my alarms, and it does my reminders – I consider those features. At least for myself and my needs.

The Author is correct because Tesla has already stated they are going to be building the Signature version on the Model S first. The Signature version is the 70+ K one. In 2013 They will start building the base Model S which starts at 49K (after tax credit).

Until 2013 It will be impossible to get that 49K Model S, so he is right that right now the asking price is 70+K.

From reading your post, as well as your comments below there are just a few things I would like to point out.

1. This is not an article. Its a post. Articles have factual information or ideas based off of actual thought. This post is based solely on trollish rationality. I.E you openly admit in the first paragraph you are an Apple hater, and then proceed to post about how your time with the iPhone was terrible.

2. Why did you even bother posting this? Like in my first comment – this post really adds/contributes to nothing. Except your trolling credentials. Are you expecting someone to come in and magically convince you that there is something magical about the phone? That you were blinded, but by this one suggestion you saw the light? Or were you hoping that everyone reading would agree with you, realize they are morons, and decide that you are the almighty tech reviewer – and we should all just get the phone you have now. Because in all honesty, what you wrote is not a review, its not adding to the community, and it really has no place here. (Unless you were simply 100% trying to troll – in which case, WELL DONE! That bait worked!).

3. In your actual “review”… well… I dont even want to go into it. But before calling something featureless and uninteresting – try actually using the features. Connecting to the largest music store in the world…. is a feature. Voice control over most functions – music, reminders, calendars, texts, calls, directions, and even suggestions – is also a feature. Having the highest pixel density in the market (though the competition is catching up) is also a feature. Saying “I didn’t use Siri, and I didn’t even both with iTunes – so they must be useless, thus this is a useless phone” – does not make you a reviewer. Rather it makes your “review” incompetent and incomplete. Incompetent and incomplete reviews really don’t have a place here, at least when they lack intelligent or thought out ideas (like yours did).

This is not to imply that the iPhone is the greatest phone ever. Its a great phones amongst a variety of other great phones. The beauty of capitalism and our (you say you’re from London but ill include you in this system) way if life is the freedom to choose the product for yourself. So please, choose a product that you like, and resist the urge to tell other people how you don’t understand why they choose the product they like. Because in the end, their opinions and reasons are theirs, and yours are yours, and no-one really cares about yours when they don’t make sense.

Well my point of view was that the steel band that surrounds the iPhone is the superior piece. While it does make the phone heavier, it also structurally supports the internals of the phone, and all but completely prevent damage to the device frame due to accidental dropping. That and it is going to be extremely hard to scrape that steel band.

As for the glass front and back, that is of course up to personal preference.

For keys, if you willingly put unguarded keys in with an unguarded phone – thats the persons own fault/stupidity. Its stupidly simple to keep your phone in a pocket separate from keys, or to at the least use a key valet… I personally keep my phone in one pocket, with all my kets in a valet in the other. Simple solution that works flawlessly.

The SGSII shares the same back plate with the Infuse – which is the phone I had. That back plate is surprisingly study/ scratch proof (because they gave it the rough textured and matte finish. The rest of the Infuse scratched to hell so easily it was ridiculous). The problem with it though is that eventually the latches that keep the plate secure will fail and chip off, and then part of the backplate feels uneven and loose…. which was annoying as hell.

Finally, it will be hard to judge polycarbonate simply by touch and feel due to the simple reason that no manufacturer is using it purely. Even with the Lumia 900 – the Cyan version was given a gloss treatment, so it feels smooth and slippery. The black one was give a matte finish, so it feels slightly textured. The Cyan at room temperature (i.e phone not in use) will feel colder than the matte because of the same application. Matte will absorb oils from your fingers, while Cyan will retain finger prints. One phone – two different finishes, two entirely different experiences.

Heft implying security is a mental notion that has to be dealt with. Its simply a mental insecurity rather than a physical structural falt.

Once people become more familiar with the properties of truly advanced materials – such as Carbon Fiber, I do think that said notions will fade. A brick is dense and hefty – but drop it 5 feet and it will shatter. Drop the same shape in Carbon Fiber and nothing happens….

Just food for thought… :)

They aren’t going to use a rigid material – such as metal or polycarbonate because of the design in which the back plate attaches to the phone.

In the Infuse, GSII, and Nexus, every time you attempt to remove the back play, the plastic is bent to give the latches space to slide through. You can’t bend metal or polycarbonate without deforming it. Thus it will never happen.

Nokia usually uses a sliding gesture to get the back plate off, which is why it is removable and also solid. (Note: That is their traditional method, I don’t know how it works with the Lumia Series… (nor do I really care)).

Most of the other manufacturers that are using premium material back plates – Apple, Motorola (The RAZR), HTC either has the back plate unmovable, removable only through screw detachment, or through that traditional sliding process.

That being said, the argument that a phone made of polycarbonate is somehow the ultimate form factor is still ridiculously funny. Of course a majority of those people also claim polycarbonate is not a plastic, which is obviously is. Its a good material, but its still cheap (as far as materials go. It is a relatively expensive plastic though) and it is not really superior to other plastics in terms of structural stability. It will still dent, scrape, chip, and crack, not to mention there is still the chance of structural failure. It just feels different in the hand. But in the end, its the same plastic that the water companies use to hold gallons.

Not to argue (or start a troll war) but the iPhone’s design is superior with the steel band, which is basically immune to the dangers listed above. Though of course some will argue that glass was a poor choice (my screen/back has never cracked – so again I don’t really care).

I for one eagerly await the adoption of Carbon Fiber into the manufacturing process. Same structural properties and securities of steel while being lighter than the plastics, with an impeccably low chance of structural failure.

Waiting till the refresh is the best idea. Of course its all hyped by an insane rumor mill, BUT – if certain things do happen, the MBP line will really be the best laptop around.

Ivy Bridge is pretty much guaranteed – so expect better graphics performance and overall faster task completion, as well as reduced power consumption (which means better battery life! :P).

Retina Display – IMO if this if real, anyone who doesn’t get it would be a fool. Even if you dislike OSX – bootcamp Windows and be on your way with a machine that is still amazing.

Dimensions – These will probably change in that the MBP will become thinner/ lighter, which is always a good thing when you plan on carrying your laptop around.

IF Apple does all three above – they will have instantly destroyed the competition amongst this years current crop of laptops, and it will be up to the other manufacturers to refresh their offerings and compete – so in the end, the consumer wins.

With the likely chance that only 2/3 or even 1/3 happens above – MBP is still a great laptop, and while its expensive it comes with a variety of offerings (like an amazing warranty and customer support system) to make the increased cost worth it.

Remember when you are comparing that MBP to those unspecified laptops you found that are $$$s less, there are probably quite a few difference. Whats the ACTUAL (not described) battery life? Whats the build quality like? What kind of warranty do you get? Hows the trackpad? Whats the screen res?

All important things to note and consider.

Do you really have to say “hi galaxy”? Isn’t there some other way to use it without having to “call it”?

Wait a minute….

All the Android fanboys were telling me a week ago me that this was already a feature of Android! They said “Apple was copying what Android already had for YEARS!”

You mean that was a lie? Samsung is the one copying it now!!?!?

GASP!

Snide joking aside. It will be very interesting to see how this compares to Siri. Like its always said, Asian companies dominate the hardware, but Americans rock the software.

They have already stated that they are…..

Reading + the internet = your friend.

Firstly.

I started with the OG droid, then iPhone 4. Sold that for the Samsung Infuse. Sold that for a Samsung Focus (WP). Gave that to a family member and got a 4S.

I had a Xoom, gave that away and got the Gtab. Sold that and got the new Ipad.

Ive experienced all three ecosystems, I know the weaknesses and benefits of each. And from this experience, I know that everything you are talking about above is mostly false and fueled by fanboy rage.

1. Processor

Not only does the clock speed of the processor not matter, but arguing about it is moot and useless. All the processor does is run apps and the OS. As long as it runs the OS fluidly, and the apps smoothly – there is no competition.

For the sake of arguing – go into your Sprint of Verizon store. Put the iPhone beside the Gnexus, and start up temple runner. iPhone wins. It loaded the game faster. Now press play. iPhone wins – graphics are sharper and gameplay is smoother. On the iPhone you can turn or jump without the game hitching, not so on the Nexus.

2. Camera.

The iPhone uses Sony’s sensor. GS2 uses Sammy’s own. Both are comparable, but your comparison is flat out lying. Not wrong. Lying. Both camera sensors are great and put out superb images. My Infuse used the same exact sensor that the GS2 uses, it took great pictures. So does my 4S.

3. 4G.

Its obvious that the smarter manufacturer’s waited until Qualcomm came out with the chipset that supported all radios on a single chip – 4g, 3g, and blue tooth e.t.c e.t.c. There is an incredible difference in performance between devices that use a single chip vs. those that are using multiple. Multiple chip devices (which use an extra chipset just for the 4G radio) are notably fatter (see the Skyrocket vs. 3G GS2) and have comparably poorer battery life (see: HTC ThunderBolt. Droid Bionic, OG Droid RAZR, Skyrocket, e.t.c e.t.c). Newer phones are using these all-in-one radios, and I would rather wait for that and all the benefits that it brings along, than be stuck with a phone I have to charge twice a day just to use.

4. Body style/ innovation

This is the second stupidest argument you have made thus far (1st being the camera). I would conclude that “innovation” is not based solely on how a phone’s design is composed. But on the premise that it is – the iPhone 4 & 4S are both regarded as some of the best designed phones ever made. Which is why whenever a new phone is released – its style is compared to the iPhone. Its like Porsche’s 911 – the car still practically looks the same since its 20th century introduction – slowly refined over the decades, it does not look radically different. But it is still beautiful. Now please tell me how you think the 911 is ugly and stupid – because half the world is going to tell you, your wrong.

To conclude, its better suggested that you do YOUR research before using personal opinion to compete with or downplay factual evidence. Like whatever phone you like, I myself and the rest of the world personally don’t care. but don’t allow your superficial opinions (all opinions are superficial) to compel you to downgrade something else because it does not fit your lifestyle of choice.

Personally referring to people as “iSheep” “fanboys” or “fanDroids” does not make you some cool rebel that discovered the secret to individuality. Rather is makes you seem ignorant because the smarter person realizes that what product you use does not determine ones “originality” or “individuality” – it just describes your personal preferences and life style habits. If you want to tinker with roms, clock speeds, skins, rooting, e.t.c e.t.c – than Android is the phone for you. Choosing Android does not make you some super-cool individual who choose to go “against the MAN!” by using a phone that millions of other people use. Just the same, those who want a continually smooth experience and don’t care for tinkering, will probably go with iOS or WP.

“The Galaxy S2 became so popular”.

Popular yes, a threat to the iPhone? No. No single phone is a threat to the iPhone currently. Not saying one can’t/won’t be. Just saying at the moment there is none.

The real argument is that the value of increased screen size is popular that it threatens Apple – to which you will have to wait until the release of their next phone to verify or debunk. As is stands, the iPhone 4 & 4S still outsold the competitors (in their respective release years) by magnitudes.

“They are now completely losing their status of "innovators" and bringers of the future”

Big words. Please provide examples of the lack of innovation. Not saying you are lying – but words are meaningless unless backed up with examples.

As I see it – the retina display iPad is the first tablet to ever have such a resolution. Do you know of a tablet that did it first? Oh….. where are the other tablets that have the same resolution or better? Pretty sure the retina display on the iPad is a great example of being a “bringer of the future”.

gosh – this sounds like such a fanboy rant. Believe me when I say – if there were a better phone/tablet out there right now (like say a 30% more polished ICS, using the One X’s/ Lumia 900’s body, with an app store the quality of Apples) then I would switch in an instant, because I don’t play in the fanboy wars, I just choose the best product and go with it until something comes along that dwarfs it.

Are you installing from disc?

Might want to try downloading the client from battle.net. Might take longer, but it definitely the easiest route to go for a clean install.

If you are downloading from battle.net. Cancel the download, delete the partial data. Then restart the whole computer and retry it. Or install from disc.

Can’t help without more info.

“Hate Apple because their anti-competitive behavior moves the industry backwards”

Because before the iPhone – EVERYTHING had a high resolution display, an app store worth billions, the largest music store on the planet. Motorola was SO GREAT until Apple came and stole everything from them and then SUED THEM!

BLAH BLAH BLAH IM A BITTER TROLL.

Really you should have said “I hate Apple because they’re the winners at the moment, and I hate winners – even though I don’t play the game. I just hate winners.”

Lol. Don’t think your understood properly. Or you missed the part where he said:

“TO ALLOW a crazy screen and graphics upgrade”. Thicker and heavier ALLOWS for a bigger battery which ALLOWS for that graphics upgrade (and the screen).

Upon the path to completion, you stumbled and faceplanted.