The battle of the Droids??!

[Aothachos]

^^im actually cracking up at work right now Lmao awesome picture

[MadMax]

tomato

Thanks, the only regret is that I just got my Hero in December (it was a Christmas present from the wife and kids) and I won't get to upgrade for a while. I need the bigger screen and text more than they do!

Cheers! M2

[tomato]

Originally Posted by MadMax

tomato

Thanks, the only regret is that I just got my Hero in December (it was a Christmas present from the wife and kids) and I won't get to upgrade for a while. I need the bigger screen and text more than they do!

Cheers! M2

I feel your pain.

Look at it this way, by the time you're eligible for upgrade, your (new) phone will be way ahead of your wife's EVO.

one thing about the EVO: the battery isn't great (depending how you use it).

I get 10-12 hours right now, which is perfectly acceptable to me, but I am light user, mostly use the internet (couple of hours a day on and off?) a couple of apps here and then, a few photos, and of course, email, twitter, coming through all day.

I haven't loaded any music on it yet, still use my iPod for now.

I don't much talk on the phone at all, maybe an hour or two a month. For people who talk on the phone a lot, this isn't the right phone, unless you have a way to olug it in sometime during the day. If you use hotspot or 4g, forget it, better bring a spare battery along, too.

[Rain]

You're gonna get me in trouble PK lol

[Aothachos]

Cell phone creators are just going to keep creating new and more new phones almost every 2-3 months with the android system, and eventually its going to over flood the market and it will be head on head android os vs iphone os.

[Altitude]

I was thinking my next purchase of a cell phone would be an Android. But after reading this I don't think I will.

I refuse to allow *any* manufacturer to dictate what can and cannot be installed on a device I purchase. Why do they feel so many consumers need to be protected from themselves (or in Apple's case protecting Apple's reputation)?

Say what you will about WinMo, but at least I have complete control over the device. It's a shame that WinMo 7 is going to be such a dumbed down OS (following the lead of Apple and Google) because I may just never buy another smart phone again if this trend continues.

[Gideon]

Originally Posted by Altitude

I was thinking my next purchase of a cell phone would be an Android. But after reading this I don't think I will.

Yeah I'm pretty annoyed by that, considering the application was not malicious and was just misrepresented in the App Market to increase the number of downloads.

Which I would agree is a no-no and removing it off of the App Market makes some sense, but reaching into people's handsets to take it away? That's a bit too far.

Seems sort of crazy for Google to do something like that when Apple has yet to do such a thing to any application. (This includes that tethering application that made it up briefly in 2008, users who bought/downloaded it still had the application, Apple just removed it from the app store permanently.)

[Kal-El]

Releasing July 15th.

Very similar specs to the HTC EVO, this will be on Verizon though.

Key features...

4.3" screen
1GHZ processor
8mp camera/HD video recording
8GB internal/16GB SD card


Drool.......







EVO and Droid X next to the puny iPhone...

[Yaris Hilton]

A company "reaching" into my device without my consent and removing an application I've installed really pisses me off. Amazon did that with a book they sold to Kindle users, then decided they didn't have the copyright to. Messed some people up who were in the middle of book reports and such.

I also don't like companies installing software without permission. Sony put out a whole lot of CDs that installed a rootkit on computers that played them. I haven't bought a CD from Sony in years.

[Altitude]

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[tk-421]

Originally Posted by Altitude

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This one made my day.

[Kal-El]

iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo



This will be the funniest video you'll see this year....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD...layer_embedded

NWS for language

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo



This will be the funniest video you'll see this year....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD...layer_embedded

NWS for language

that's hilarious and really well made.
Unfortunately some truth in it.

[Kioshi]

i sense big brother....from Google...it's going to happen sooner or later.

Thanks for the article...I'm NOT getting an Android phone now :)

C'mon....Apple on Verizon or..import GSM phones~

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by PK198105

here is another take on the story;
http://www.androidauthority.com/inde...-and-security/

It does off some more clarity. Thanks

Originally Posted by Kioshi

i sense big brother....from Google...it's going to happen sooner or later.

Thanks for the article...I'm NOT getting an Android phone now :)

C'mon....Apple on Verizon or..import GSM phones~

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

A company "reaching" into my device without my consent and removing an application I've installed really pisses me off. Amazon did that with a book they sold to Kindle users, then decided they didn't have the copyright to. Messed some people up who were in the middle of book reports and such.

I also don't like companies installing software without permission. Sony put out a whole lot of CDs that installed a rootkit on computers that played them. I haven't bought a CD from Sony in years.

It may seem Google is snooping into private matters but clearly they are preventing third party developers from collecting sensitive data that may be used illegally.

I'd certainly prefer Google doing some appropriate policing rather than the Android market getting filled with suspicious activity that endangers the private material of its users.

Apple regulates their market far more. At least Android remains a free and open market. But freedom can't mean illegal activity. Otherwise we all lose freedom.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by PK198105

the original site that Altitude posted the link to , seems more pro Apple. There will always be a battle between Apple and Google and whoever comes up with a good product. Apple has it good sides but I cant stand their mentality of "we will decide for you". I'd buy an Apple PC yes because they are good for a lot of multimedia stuff, other Apple products nope because they are not the best. Google on the other hand is at least trying to be transparent and is showing they are trying. Sure there will be bumps and not everyone will be happy but at least most of their stuff is free both money-wise and ideologically

Yup. Interestingly, all the best apps by Google and on the Android market are FREE. Some of which are highly advanced expensive to develop apps like...

Google Maps and Navigation (I'd pay at least $200 for this app, seriously)
Google Earth
Google Sky Maps
Google Translate
Google Goggles
ect.....

[Kioshi]

LMFAOOO....

It's damn true...

I was snooping around and found this little thing written by someone, who kind of knows what they are talking about...

Interesting enough - http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2010/06...ty-models.html

[tomato]

So... I hear FroYo is officially rolling out on N1's in the US starting today...

Anyone on here has a Nexus one?