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How about when Chrome lags, should I blame Android or Google? Or the Chrome team which now also manages Android.

3 days ago on Further Graphics performance updates alluded to in 4.3 2 replies 1 recommend

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With the apt-x codec, gives higher quality audio streaming as well

15 days ago on BT 4.0 in AOSP...I think its coming. Google I/O Update!!! 1 reply

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“If the Yoga 11 were a Chromebook and still lasted this long, I bet it’d be cheaper, and I bet I’d buy one.”

YES. and make it orange.

20 days ago on Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: a netbook by another name

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Once you install the unity-tweak-tool, Unity is customizable enough that I will stick with the main version.

Still I really just want to install ChromeOS version of Chrome with Aura WM. There is a script out there by dz0ny on github but it is only for 64-bit. Have to start doing my own chromium builds…

22 days ago on Ubuntu 13.04 anyone?

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…but if a chromebook could deliver that, I’d be interested at a number of different price points, and probably would prefer it over a Windows 8 or Mac laptop

22 days ago on New (and hopefully more tastefully priced) Chromebooks on their way.

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I agree with the ninja, not spending any significant amount of money without 10+ hours of battery life

22 days ago on New (and hopefully more tastefully priced) Chromebooks on their way. 1 reply

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I would look at something like the ZTE Grand X. It is a cheaply made phone in some ways but I think the processor will hold up a little better than the Nexus.

25 days ago on Is the Nexus S still usable today? (Girlfriend's first smartphone) 1 reply

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You can make the Nexus S somewhat usable but you have to carefully manage it. Anything that syncs in the background slows it down and you get awful lag. So no Chrome, no Facebook app (just use it through the browser), and disable Twitter sync (just refresh it manually when you open the app).

I think what slows this phone down so much is 512 mb of RAM, and single-core processor. So I would look for something dual core and 768mb-1gb RAM. What country/what carrier?

25 days ago on Is the Nexus S still usable today? (Girlfriend's first smartphone) 1 reply