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Google should borrow the little automator thing they built though.. that seemed pretty cool…
plug in the headphones, open the audio app etc..
1 day ago on Eric Schmidt on Motorola Mobility's future: 'a lot more focus on Android'
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“An alliance you say?!.. We’re on the case!!”
1 day ago on Sony Mobile drops Xperia Play from ICS upgrade list 4 recommends
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with you on killing “motoblur” of course..
but the putting Android on Cable boxes is a crazy rat’s nest – that’s going to make the mobile industry clusterf^%k of carriers and bloatware look like a cake walk.
There’s no way that a cable provider is going to lease you a box that isn’t completely custom-built to serve you their method of delivering content. It’s just not going to happen. And consumers aren’t going to start dropping $400 or $500 dollars on a contract-free set top cable box.. especially one from Motorola.
If GoogleTV or Android land on Motorola cable boxes, be prepared for Comcast and Time Warner “experiences” to poison the experience in ways that Blur, Sense UI and Touch Wiz never dreamed of.
meh.
1 day ago on Eric Schmidt on Motorola Mobility's future: 'a lot more focus on Android'
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yeah we’ll see.. but most Flash ads are served through an ad platform which isn’t necessarily tied to the host site – so an entire ad network could theoretically get the thumbs up.
Flash-based ads are still pretty widely used (even Microsoft’s own sites) And Microsoft themselves are still pushing ‘rich media’ ads which are still – even in 2012 – generally Flash-based..
http://advertising.microsoft.com/rich-media
(note that MS isn’t using Silverlight to playback the sizzle reel)
2 days ago on Windows 8 Metro browser to include limited Adobe Flash support
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Typical fanboy jury.. Oracle has done nothing wrong and has been victimized by the evil that is Google.
Poor Larry Ellison.. sobbing dejected into his pimp cup.
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(/s)
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it’s because of the ads.
2 days ago on Windows 8 Metro browser to include limited Adobe Flash support 2 replies 7 recommends
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overheard in the background…
“Hey Quebec!, back to work.. I ain’t paying you to go f&^k around taking pictures of our sign with your big plastic phone thing, now go scrub out the deep fryer.”
2 days ago on Apple and Samsung fail to find common ground in mediation talks, says Korea Times 1 reply 1 recommend
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LOL.
Yeah, just another one of Apple’s many, many failures that only appeal to their rabid fans. Apple should really just close up shop and return the money to their investors and let the real innovators like Samsung, Asus and Lenovo show us how its done.
/s (of course)
2 days ago on Apple and Samsung fail to find common ground in mediation talks, says Korea Times 3 recommends
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how can anyone honestly look at “S voice” and come away with anything other than it’s a Siri clone?
I don’t fall into the camp that Samsung is a wholesale Kirfing company – they have certainly created unique devices in the past – but they’re also more than willing to just clone something that they think will make a good bullet point – it’s kind of pathetic really and just gives more power to Apple – who becomes more and more ‘the standard’ and frankly that’s not good for anyone.
It reminds me of Chinese car companies trying to create their own BMW and Smart Car look-alikes.
2 days ago on Samsung admits to blocking leaked S Voice app, calls it a 'test version'
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Looks to be about as effective as that annoying fad of having a chick walk across the bottom of a website and ask if you need any help.
This stuff is all just stupid until it’s mated with a really advanced AI.. and that doesn’t exist yet, so it’s just a string of canned videos that will be ignored.. just like they are in the video.
3 days ago on 'Hologram-like' assistants coming to New York airports in July 1 reply
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…needs more nature then it will be ready.
3 days ago on Samsung admits to blocking leaked S Voice app, calls it a 'test version' 11 recommends
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I can’t understand anything that originates from Samsung that isn’t accompanied by a ridiculous spectacle..
Isn’t there a way of illustrating this complaint using some sort of ‘boy from the future’ metaphor?
3 days ago on Samsung pens letter detailing 'potentially serious issues and problems' with nano-SIM vote 1 recommend
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their = they’re
my grammar sucks
4 days ago on Motorola: if Android 4.0 won't improve a device, we won't upgrade it
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Kidding about what exactly?
The point is that there is no problem with a carrier (like Verizon for example) selling phones – even ‘older models’ devices like the Pro, Droid 3 and Droid X2 with old software.
Here’s what Moto products Verizon is selling now on their site;
Droid 4 – Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) OS with Motorola Application Platform
RAZR – Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread) OS with Motorola Application Platform
Bionic – Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS with Motorola Application Platform
Droid Pro – Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS with Motorola Application Platform
In addition you can buy a Droid 3 on contract from Verizon – if you go through Motorola’s Verizon portal or in stores.
So basically –
1. There is little, if any, incentive for handset makers to rush to get the latest Android build on their devices – new or old. Clearly the carriers aren’t demanding it, and hence the handset makers aren’t killing themselves to make it happen.
2. When devices get ‘old’ and for Android that’s essentially 6-8 months (although sometimes products are ‘outdated’ almost upon launch).. there is even less incentive to keep developing software for them – and zero incentive after the device is EOL.
…and that’s really the over-arching point..
Why would motorola rush to update hardware? There’s nothing in it for them and the proof is clearly demonstrated in looking at what their offering right now.
4 days ago on Motorola: if Android 4.0 won't improve a device, we won't upgrade it 1 reply
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They can continue to sell discounted older-model phones with previous generation software.. in fact that’s exactly what they’re doing right now.
Again, no real incentive to change.
Take a look at all the four carriers – which low price Android phones are they pushing and what software are these phones running? It’s all Gingerbread.. and one would assume they aren’t having trouble moving units or the carriers would be demanding ICS on these devices. They’re not.
So what’s really in it for Motorola to spend valuable engineering time updating anything but the most recent of devices if their customer (the carrier) hasn’t asked for it?
4 days ago on Motorola: if Android 4.0 won't improve a device, we won't upgrade it 1 reply
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They’re determined to keep it above the $38 mark.
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whoops.
4 days ago on Can Facebook live up to its $104 billion valuation? 1 reply
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it was a joke.
See they’ve dressed the Goy up so they all know who to ask to flip the light switch.
4 days ago on More than 40,000 Orthodox Jews rally against the internet at New York baseball stadium
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Of course they should upgrade all these devices to ICS.. but there’s literally nothing in it for them to do it.
They’ve sold the phone already to their customers (who aren’t end-users) and they’ve made every dollar they’re going to make from these devices. There’s very little incentive for them to dedicate engineering time to EOL’d hardware – especially in the highly-competitive Android handset world where there are better devices arriving on a near monthly basis.
It’s been said a thousand times before.. if you want the best chance of getting new software on your Android phone, get a Nexus.
4 days ago on Motorola: if Android 4.0 won't improve a device, we won't upgrade it 1 reply
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I was almost expecting to see the silhouette of an alien emerge from the treeline.
4 days ago on Apple outlines Campus 2 'spaceship' for Cupertino neighbors 1 reply 1 recommend
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Looks like someone brought their Shabbos goy to the party.
4 days ago on More than 40,000 Orthodox Jews rally against the internet at New York baseball stadium 1 reply
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yeah, but how would i know which product is the best without a CGI smartphone slicing through new york or being hijacked in an intense motorcycle chase?
6 days ago on Microsoft wins ban on Motorola Android devices from the ITC 2 recommends
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So in a market like China.. where the largest telecom company doesn’t offer the iPhone it’s not selling as well?
shocking.
7 days ago on Steve Jobs was 'closely' involved in upcoming iPhone redesign, says Bloomberg
