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sooper_verge12
On The Verge since Nov 01, 2011
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Wow, FUD much?
Under Privacy settings, check, “Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic,” in Chrome. Go into the Store and pick up any number of plug-ins and extensions to do the same if you’re that afraid. Hete’s the other thing: don’t sign-in. Done.
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Ruh-roh… Poop meet fan.
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It’s not iTunes that’s why they said it.
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Note to Microsoft: Display ads was only ONE of the problems. The other was the ability to download videos (a big no-no) and enabling content on devices not authorized by the content provider (e.g. Vevo). Get off your cynical, pompous arse and take down the app. Geez!
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Goes to show you how much Google is subsidizing the Nexus 4.
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This thing looks like a poor man’s iPhone 3GS, with square corners. They’ve gone retro and in a totally non-ironic way.
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The BEZELS! What the heck? The bezels plus the borders around the live tiles make the bezel even THICKER looking. Terrible.
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You clicked right? The Verge has gone from avoiding such tactics to get to clicks to being just like other sites. They’re a couple of steps away from Gizmodo headlines. Anything to get a click right?
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Multiple users also available on the Nexus 10.
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Other than the paucity of users, Google+ is really good. Like really good. Great community. Great interactions. Great content.
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Hence the “-esque” suffix. It’s not exactly the same, but the concept is similar — flat, angled in 3-D space, polygonal… -esque…
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The logo is Windows-esque.
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Many people here don’t understand the kind of stuff researchers are doing with pathogens. This is a part of research — figuring out what factors increase and decrease virulence. Whether that leads to a vaccine candidate is another story. But that’s science. As long as they’re doing this under the proper restrictions (which some Asian countries do not share with the high standards the US holds), it’s good work.
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I feel like people WANT Google to freak out when someone overlays their software layer on top of Android. The tech media pundits wanted Google to be up in arms over Amazon “forking” Android. They wanted Google to be incensed when Samsung and HTC skinned Android. They wanted Google to freak out when there were rumors of Samsung wanting to fork Android. And now, Facebook. Guess what? Google’s holding their ground. They’re applauding good work. Why is that so strange and hard to grasp?
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I don’t know about being very different animals. Obviously, on a landscape, there’s a bit more room and there’s a lot more forgiveness for actual layout (i.e. ergonomics). On a portrait QWERTY, the layout is essential to having a positive experience. That’s the one thing that BB got right for a long time and other OEMs failed to replicate. So, if Sean’s experience with portrait keyboards are non-BB then I can see his preference for landscape. However, comparing a well laid out portrait (like you’re accustomed to on a BB (up until the Q10)) to your average landscape QWERTY, it can be an indistinguishable experience. Either way, either of these options pales (as you said) beside any of the modern implementations of soft keyboards; swyping + latest-gen auto-correct + word prediction = BIG WIN. As far as the iPhone keyboard… it’s somewhere near the Q10 in layout (flat, rows of keys) with the benefit of mild auto-correct.
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You’ve never pared a fish with your mobile phone battery? Very effective.
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As an owner of the original Droid, I am a MUCH better typist on a physical keyboard. I simply make less errors, even if the soft keyboard has auto-correction. I would have died before giving up a physical keyboard on these devices. UNTIL… the advent of swyping. I don’t like to toot my own horn, but I am sick fast with swyping. One-handed, plus auto-correct and word prediction… game over. Physical keyboards, while nice for their tactile sensibility, is no longer a necessary, in my opinion. In my opinion physical keyboards will appeal to the ones who don’t want to change their practices. I feel the same way about BB users who prefer this keyboard as I do iPhone users by the way. I also believe that iPhone users are crippled by the fact that there are no keyboard options for them. Hampered by having to thumb jab with out-dated auto-correct. It’s really just as sad a state of affairs as having to type on a physical keyboard. Between the two, I’d choose physical keyboards over an iPhone keyboard. Thank goodness I don’t have to on Android. The options are just too great.
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Hey, at least they got the market share right. Half the room is using Android. Half the room is using iPhone. Two people are using Windows Phone. They managed to show off some key features of both the other systems too. Siri on iPhone and Android Beam on the other. Microsoft would kill for the sheep that these two other devices have.
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You’re serious right now? This is what companies do! It’s like a parent talking about a child’s finger painting piece of garbage. It’s a masterpiece! You would think from their description, Apple and Microsoft are designing based on prophecy from God himself. It’s all ridiculous but that’s what you’re supposed to do. You think there was some huge creative undertaking in creating the iPhone 5?
Let me tell you how that epiphany went:
Phil: Jony, we got to change this glass back. It’s killing us on repair costs.
Jony: How about metal?
Phil: What kind?
Jony: Aluminum. Like everything else we make, duh!
Phil: Colors?
Jony: The only colors we ever used! Have you seen our iPhone before?
Phil: Shape?
Jony: OMG! THE SAME G.D. SHAPE! Oh but add a chamfered edge. Makes it look pretty.
Phil: Alright geez! Production!
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Actually it’s brilliant. Unfortunately they cheaped out on the materials. The fact the anodized unibody chips, dents, scratches so easily is a travesty to an otherwise great design.
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The last line of the video kind of encapsulates it. It’s what they think. The article written here is what the Verge thinks. That’s the beauty of art. It’s completely subjective. No right. No wrong. If you love this design, buy it. More power to you, your not trying to impress anyone with how pretty your device is. If you hate it, lay off it. No one is holding your arm behind your back forcing you to get this device. Enjoy your One. Each device is great in its own right, attempting to abide by the values that likely they felt got them where they are
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Recommended etwashoo's comment in Does anyone know why Google bought Motorola?
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To put that in perspective, it would take 3,235 years for Microsoft’s royalties to pay off Google’s $5.5 billion valuation of Motorola’s patent portfolio.
So, you’re saying there’s a chance!
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That may be, but let’s investigate that notion a little bit more:
1) It’s hard to control for environmental factors like living in one where there’s an abundance of calorie-rich foods and the lack of opportunities for physical activity. Even so, these two factors are controllable by the individual correct? A person can seek out lower-calorie alternatives, healthier diets and engage in more physical activity/exercise.2) Regarding the genetic disposition, the CDC recently indicated that it is unreasonable to assume that genes are responsible for the epidemiologic proportions of obesity afflicting people today. Even so, that does not negate the involvement of genetics in obesity (as you said). However, unlike some genetic disorders, the ones that predispose us to obesity can be managed with various kinds of interventions, necessary to maintain a healthy weight.
In other words, genes are not destiny. Obesity can be prevented and to a certain extent managed with a combination of diet, physical activity and medication. No need for major traumatic surgery to the head and brain.
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And that’s what I mean. With phone manufacturers, even Apple, moving to a repair rather than replace policy, I think people should start asking that question: “Do I want my phone to be repaired by someone in the store or even sent in to be fixed if I KNOW my device has a notoriously difficult repair rating?” Yeah, it’s an ancillary benefit to improving the companies bottom line if the phone is easier to refurbish, but consumers need to think about this quotient particularly since these devices can be increasingly fragile and prone to accidents. TBH, anyone buying anything but a GSIV needs to consider device insurance.
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You might want to read up on Apple’s new policy. Replacement of your iPhone is going the way of the do-do. The impetus now will be to repair them and more at the cost of the consumer.
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Recommended DrDoppio's comment in Samsung Galaxy S4 review
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What the heck is happening to the human race that we cannot control our own eating impulses that we need a pacemaker in our brain because our eating habits have led us to have pacemakers for our hearts?!
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I think people don’t clearly understand the value of a device that is easy to repair to a company that must handle warranty repairs and replacements on a device that’s obviously not going to make the kinds of profits an iPhone does. Bash it’s “cheapness” or “looks,” it makes good business sense for a company to build the device the way it does. Consider Apple’s recent change in its repair/replace policy, if you brought in a mildly broken iPhone, do you really want to entrust your devices repairs to the geniuses at the bar? Or even if it was sent back to Apple, do you feel like your device is the same one you bought? Particularly given how difficult it is to repair the iPhone? It makes sense and I applaud Samsung giving us options in terms of SD card and battery replacement or swapping.
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(Insert “Buy an iPhone” joke here.)
Seriously though, most people have a high enough IQ to turn something on or off. These settings are not on by default. If you want to use ‘em, turn ’em on after learning a bit about it. Don’t zoom through the set up phase of turning on the device either. But even if you have to (because the customer rep at the carrier store turned it on for you), educate yourself. Don’t be a one of those dummies who don’t know how to use your device.
I think that you’re underestimating a lot of people who actually care to know how to use their device. There are ways. Whether these features are gimmicks or not, some people may find them actually useful. It behooves them to figure out if they are. And for many of them, they will.
