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So far I love this phone. I'm just missing one thing the iPhone has that this one doesn't.
And that is RAGE! RAGE the game that is. Is it ever coming to the android????
And meantime is there something even close to it for android? I like the simplicity of aim shoot and get out the way from stones....
I don't like nova 2 its hard to control for me. Any suggestions of a nice aim n shoot kind if game?
Also, on the back of my sprint sprint phone it says in big letters "galaxy S II" so why on earth are we calling this phone EPIC 4G TOUCH? should be SPRINT GS2, PIRIOD!
Thanks.
Call it what you want homie, pple know what you mean. Call it all that and a bag of tricks and I know what you're talkin about.
The reason it is called galaxy s 2 is because samsung wants name recognition across all of the carriers. They have forced them all to place that name before whatever name they want to give it.
As far as your game have you tried to google rage for android.
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Google rage comic maker? Are you serious??? Do you actually know which game I'm talking about? I doubt it but thanks for at least replying.
Carmack has expressed interest in Android and more than hinted at working on it, with comments about being how he's going to regret using iPhone-centric tags in the RAGE code when he ports to Android. That said, he's also since stated that the wide range of available hardware for Android concerns him and may prevent him from considering it too seriously. So we're in a waiting game on RAGE.
Original Source: http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=8894
Samsung Offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for GALAXY devices
first quarter 2012.
Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for GALAXY devices. The platform update for GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.
The ICS-upgradable devices are the GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus.
For upgradable models, Samsung will make separate announcements on details of OS updates schedule for each market according to market situation and carriers’ requirements.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Samsung GALAXY Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich powered smartphone, were first unveiled at a Google/Samsung joint news conference in Hong Kong on October 19th.
Ice Cream Sandwich brings an entirely new look and feel to Android. It has a redesigned user interface with improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC support and a full Web browsing experience. Ice Cream Sandwich also features a new People App which lets users browse pictures, messages and social network updates from friends, family and co-workers.
Ice Cream Sandwich also introduces innovations such as Face Unlock, which uses facial recognition to unlock the smartphone. Using NFC technology, Android Beam allows users to quickly share Web pages, apps and YouTube™ videos with friends by simply tapping two phones back-to-back. Users can even use fun effects while shooting video or video chatting with Google Talk™.
* Google, Nexus, Android, Android Market, YouTube, Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Calendar are trademarks of Google, Inc.
Doesn't mean much since carriers ultimately decide when to push it out but at least samsung has made the announcement.
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speaking as an original epic 4g owner, this doesn't make me feel any more confident that our phones will get an ICS upgrade.
unless you followed the whole gingerbread debacle w/the epic 4g, it's really hard to explain how little sprint and/or samsung cares about giving us an android upgrade. They seriously just do not care.
I've learned that the Sprint Epic 4g is different from the intl galaxy phones. Period. It might as well not even be called a "galaxy" anything.
It wont surprise me at all to see ICS available on the intl Galaxy S2 phones a year or so before it comes to the Sprint Epic 4g Touch. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we never get the upgrade. seriously... I know that sounds crazy but if you look to the original Epic 4g for precedent, announcements that a "Galaxy S2" phone will get ICS means nothing for the Sprint Epic 4g Touch.
When I bought the epic 4g touch, i asked myself "would i be happy with this phone if this was the only version of android i'll ever get?" and decided yes, so i bought it. That should really be the standard for deciding whether to buy a phone from samsung.
I'll be happily surprised if i'm wrong though (and hope I am...)
That doesn't apply to us. From history with Samsung and sprint, the Samsung phones on Sprint just don't get updated. Look at the moment and the epic.
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sd180 said:
speaking as an original epic 4g owner, this doesn't make me feel any more confident that our phones will get an ICS upgrade.
unless you followed the whole gingerbread debacle w/the epic 4g, it's really hard to explain how little sprint and/or samsung cares about giving us an android upgrade. They seriously just do not care.
I've learned that the Sprint Epic 4g is different from the intl galaxy phones. Period. It might as well not even be called a "galaxy" anything.
It wont surprise me at all to see ICS available on the intl Galaxy S2 phones a year or so before it comes to the Sprint Epic 4g Touch. In fact, I wouldn't surprise if we never get the upgrade. seriously... I know that sounds crazy but if you look to the original Epic 4g for precedent, announcements that a "Galaxy S2" phone will get ICS means nothing for the Sprint Epic 4g Touch.
When I bought the epic 4g touch, i asked myself "would i be happy with this phone if this was the only version of android i'll ever get?" and decided to yes, so i bought it. That should really be the standard for deciding whether to buy a phone from samsung.
I'll be happily surprised if i'm wrong though (and hope I am...)
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Atleast the OG epic 4G got gingerbread... Us on the vibrant got looked at like the red headed step child... We never got official gb and completely skipped over for the Galaxy S 4G... T-Mobile knows how to make you feel loved...
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sd180 said:
speaking as an original epic 4g owner, this doesn't make me feel any more confident that our phones will get an ICS upgrade.
unless you followed the whole gingerbread debacle w/the epic 4g, it's really hard to explain how little sprint and/or samsung cares about giving us an android upgrade. They seriously just do not care.
I've learned that the Sprint Epic 4g is different from the intl galaxy phones. Period. It might as well not even be called a "galaxy" anything.
It wont surprise me at all to see ICS available on the intl Galaxy S2 phones a year or so before it comes to the Sprint Epic 4g Touch. In fact, I wouldn't surprise if we never get the upgrade. seriously... I know that sounds crazy but if you look to the original Epic 4g for precedent, announcements that a "Galaxy S2" phone will get ICS means nothing for the Sprint Epic 4g Touch.
When I bought the epic 4g touch, i asked myself "would i be happy with this phone if this was the only version of android i'll ever get?" and decided to yes, so i bought it. That should really be the standard for deciding whether to buy a phone from samsung.
I'll be happily surprised if i'm wrong though (and hope I am...)
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That whole thing gingerbread debacle on the og epic was a pain. Half the year was spent on Gingerbread leaks lol.
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That whole thing gingerbread debacle on the og epic was a pain. Half the year was spent on Gingerbread leaks lol.
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I know! ha... i know i play with my phone too much already and this is a sad statement but it was kinda of a mini emotional rollercoaster. please dont laugh.
I am staying confident that we will see an update for our phones in a timely fashion. People need to stop talking about the Epic 4G already, it is getting old.
If you have any friends on Verizon who bought the HTC Thunderbolt, it was released with Froyo and they just recently got GB. Should that mean that HTC doesn't update their phones either?
The Epic 4G touch is in a league of it's own and it is a flagship phone and Samsung knows they are being looked under a microscope right now as far as updates are concerned.
The Epic 4G was never what the Epic 4G touch is and should not even be looked at in the same manner...
I also don't think it will be Sprint who holds up the update and if it is, we shouldn't see the EVO 3D getting updated either. If the 3D gets it's update it will surely not be Sprints fault if the E4GT doesn't get it...
The only thing that makes me skeptical with the announcement is would they have listed the Epic 4G touch separate from the SGS2 like they did with the LTE version, or do you think they are grouping our phone in there with it?
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I am staying confident that we will see an update for our phones in a timely fashion. People need to stop talking about the Epic 4G already, it is getting old.
If you have any friends on Verizon who bought the HTC Thunderbolt, it was released with Froyo and they just recently got GB. Should that mean that HTC doesn't update their phones either?
The Epic 4G touch is in a league of it's own and it is a flagship phone and Samsung knows they are being looked under a microscope right now as far as updates are concerned.
The Epic 4G was never what the Epic 4G touch is and should not even be looked at in the same manner...
I also don't think it will be Sprint who holds up the update and if it is, we shouldn't see the EVO 3D getting updated either. If the 3D gets it's update it will surely not be Sprints fault if the E4GT doesn't get it...
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CNET did a great article on phone updates last summer. According to the article, the manufacturers produce the updates and the carriers test and then approve or disapprove them.
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I am staying confident that we will see an update for our phones in a timely fashion. People need to stop talking about the Epic 4G already, it is getting old.
If you have any friends on Verizon who bought the HTC Thunderbolt, it was released with Froyo and they just recently got GB. Should that mean that HTC doesn't update their phones either?
The Epic 4G touch is in a league of it's own and it is a flagship phone and Samsung knows they are being looked under a microscope right now as far as updates are concerned.
The Epic 4G was never what the Epic 4G touch is and should not even be looked at in the same manner...
I also don't think it will be Sprint who holds up the update and if it is, we shouldn't see the EVO 3D getting updated either. If the 3D gets it's update it will surely not be Sprints fault if the E4GT doesn't get it...
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it sounds like you're looking forward to ICS on the epic 4g touch- and I am too. My comment wasn't so much saying "samsung sucks, you ain't ever gonna get ICS"- I was just trying to communicate to the OP that there really is no relationship between announcements that "ICS is going to the Galaxy S2" and whether ICS will come to our phone.
I agree that the Epic 4g is an old phone NOW but it wasn't at all old when Gingerbread came out. I think it was out for like, five months? around there, when gingerbread came up. Gingerbread was out for over a year before it came to the Epic 4g. I disagree with you that the Epic 4g Touch plays a bigger role in the Spring phone lineup now, as compared to the Epic 4g when it first came out. Seriously, when the Epic 4g came it, it was Sprints flagship phone. It was in all the commercials, it was the mac daddy... If anything, I would argue they play the exact same role in Sprint's lineup now. If anything, the Epic 4g Touch plays less of a prominent role b/c Sprint go the iPhone a few weeks after the Epic 4g Touch came out.
I also like your points regarding HTC- but seriously, HTC does a MUCH better job of upgrading their phones than Samsung. I think I saw some study somewhere but I cant find it now so I'll drop it but- I only wished Samsung did just as good of a job updating their phones as HTC does.
anyways- my last point on this topic. I would really like to see ICS on our phones but I do not look to "galaxy s2" update announcements and think "oh, that includes my phone"
The OG epic wasn't the commercial success the Galaxy S line is. Samsung would be stupid to not capitalize on the momentum they are achieving in the mobile space with both Android and WM7. If they really wanted to show how committed they were to Android and the Galaxy line, they would make the ROM's available even if Sprint is going to do there thing.
I think were gonna get a kanged version of cm9 this week actually in reference to he who shall not be mentioned twitter.
Sorry if this has been mentioned or a obvious question, but ICS update has NFC? I thought that was something built into the phone and not with just a update. I know there are NFC SD cards you can buy and something with the cover of the slot can't be metal or something but I didn't think this was possible.
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That whole thing gingerbread debacle on the og epic was a pain. Half the year was spent on Gingerbread leaks lol.
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Half the year was spent on leaks....with RAM leaks and unexpected reboots.
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Half the year was spent on leaks....with RAM leaks and unexpected reboots.
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What is ironic is the official stock ROM still random reboots if I'm not mistaken, just not as often as the leaks. And the GPS is completely screwed.
Both problems that were fixed within hours by the incredible devs on the OG Epic. Seriously, I don't know how people use the phone without running custom ROMs. (I often talk customers out of buying the epic, despite having owned one myself and being happy with it, because the stock software is BS).
I tend to think Samsung is going to get these builds out as soon as possible.
Hell there has already been one leak even though it sucks.
Lately sprint has been pretty quick to push out updates once they get their hands on it.
i think the diffrence between the og epic and gingerbread and ics is there was no press release. they seem serious about making this update happen. samsung and sprint could save alot of head aches and let the code get released here. perfected and then give it back to send to peoples device.
hess really needs to get his ear to the street on this stuff.
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i think the diffrence between the og epic and gingerbread and ics is there was no press release. they seem serious about making this update happen. samsung and sprint could save alot of head aches and let the code get released here. perfected and then give it back to send to peoples device.
hess really needs to get his ear to the street on this stuff.
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I mentioned something similar in another thread. The SGS2 is getting much more publicity than OG Epic did. It would be a PR disaster if they didn't update to ICS. They would lose a lot of potential GS3 customers
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As bad as Samsung and sprint where..... the of epic still received two updates froyo and gingerbread.
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Hello everyone,
My current phone is the 1st gen of the Galaxy S - Fascinate running on MIUI 1.12.16 with Glitch v13. I've had a blast tinkering with this phone, flashing different cool ROMS and tweaks in it. But after a year, I think it might be time to get into something new and more exciting. Since I've heard of the upcoming G-Nex, I was waiting for it in anticipation. They were really hyping up the ICS, I think it was cool especially the face unlock & touch to beam. I went to a Verizon store the day it came out and played with the phone. But didn't get to spend much time on it since there's a line for it and a Verizon sales person that's standing there making sure I don't take too long on it. I walked out of the store unexcited about it. I can't exactly pin-point the reason why. The ICS GUI looks nice the screen appears nice and all, the response seems ok, just nothing that blew me away. I can tell the floor model was dropped because the back cover is not sitting flush anymore no matter how much I tried to push it in, maybe some retainer clip broke inside. I am still thinking about visiting again to take a look. However, I'd like to know from you guys, who've been playing with this phone, what you think about this phone. What do you like most and what did you like the least? I'm more concerned about the hardware aspect of the phone because we all know that software can always be altered, updated, or changed. Would you recommend this phone??
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Hardware is the least thing you should worry about.
This phone pretty much has it all.
Closest thing in hardware has to be the iPhone 4S, followed by the Galaxy S II.
The speedtest in your signature-holy freaking crap, Batman. That's some serious speed you have there.
I came from the fascinate, love the jump in screen size and wouldn't go back. Plus I am getting 4g crazy speeds.
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Afternoon people
Just wandered if anyone has any icon links they like.
I've got a fair few packs for the last couple of years just looking for something different for my nexus all the icons I've got are from my desire HD. The only new ones I got are the gnexus icons in theme and apps
Yeah so story cut short..recommendations for nice looking icons?
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Im posting this here since its the phone I currently own. I used to love android but now ever since my dad gave me an iPad, I'm thinking to myself iOS is not as bad as I once thought. I've been playing games on it and iOS has far better games IMO and you can't theme android unless you know what you're doing or have a nonstock launcher. Anyway I don't wanna turn this into an iOS vs android debate. I just wanna know what I can do with my sgs3 to make it better being rooted stock (not into flashing roms anymore) would love to know to theme with touchwiz being my launcher and maybe some good apps and games? Thanks guys you all do such great work
http://www.androidpolice.com/tags/games/ You can use sites like android police which run a lot of apps/games reviews, which is what i love about the site. If you're bored with Android over games then you only have what iOS give you, what i mean to say on Android you can run emulators etc. If you really like the games on iOS then get a iPod Touch, that's one route. If you're bored of Android overall, you will get bored of iOS even sooner, the novelty runs off when you realize although the apps my look prettier essentially the functionality of their Android counterpart is the same.
edit: Also check out post like this form AP:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/29/xx-best-new-android-games-from-the-last-2-weeks/
You mean you can't make your own themes unless you know what you're doing? Because it's fairly easy to customize it once you know how. It does take a lot of time though... but have you check out the available themes? There are many launchers to play around with. You should really explore more. Although you said you've used androids for awhile... i don't think you even scratched the surface.
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Go the next chapter: LEARN ANDROID. There are endless possibilities once you've got the ins & outs of the Android platform.
Once you've done that and understood how the platform works...its time to get into development.
There are so many things you can do with Android...and no its not just theming. Lol.
Work on your app drawer
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Oh trust me I've tried like almost all launchers at one point that was available at the time. I've always went back to stock which was sense at the time. I just like stock and hate how you can't theme touchwiz .i mean you can but I have no knowledge in doing so and don't have much time to sit and figure it out ATM. And you're right back when I had the touch diamond I tried the iPhone 3G and got easily bored with it. I guess eventually the iPad will have same result. Thanks for the replies.
Same boat here. I starting to get bored of android. At times I'm jealous of the apple ecosystem. I mean I don't game much but finding a decent pair of headphone that is fully conpatible with this phone is a pain in the ass
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Theming isn't that hard either. I've been able to theme without even knowing much about how it even works just by changing images. The way I've sort of figured out how to do it is using root explorer. I'll download a rom that is themed and I'll unzip the systemui.apk and basically just look through the images there. Based on the locations of particular images I'll know where to put new ones. Framework-res.apk also has stuff to look thorough add well as lidroid-res.apk. It's not original stuff but I can manage to cherry pick stuff to make my phone look the way I like. Usually changing toggles and batteries. Eventually I'd like to look into how to really theme or maybe even dev, but for now I'll leave that to the experts
Funny, I've been thinking about switching it up to IOS lately as well. Except in my case, it's not so much about being bored with Android. For me it's the need to stop spending so much damn time messing with my phone. Recently I've started looking at the iPhone's inability to easily customize IOS and install other ROMs/themes as a real positive. It would be nice to once again have a phone that I just look at as a productive tool than a toy to mess with.
After being an avid Android user for the past 3 years, some days I really do miss the simplicity of my old iPhone.
I have a curiosity with the upcoming HTC 8X. I have invested quite a bit of money on Android but I like new toys too.
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Are you seriously saying android, an Os that you can do way more customizing to than ios, is getting boring and you want to change to ios? What a contradiction smh
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Try MIUI Launcher.. See what that does for you...
As far as time spent on Android modding and so on. I agree. Apple does tout productive. And it is, to a point. My father in law is a wedding photographer. He uses Apple computers when he needs to edit some. Though he does not need an iPhone for that, it is nice to have most of your hardware from the same company so that the eco system feels complete.
To those on Android that feel like it consumes to much time in doing so. My suggestion is to use a little self control with your devices. I will attest to that being harder than said. But, it is doable. If you need to mod, then do only necessary or central things such as rooting to get useful apps to work. Some home replacement apps have the ability to save the state of setup. Technically this does not have to be such a daunting task, take a couple of days to do this. It doesn't have to be a one day consuming event.
Nowm the one thing that thw iPhone lines have over Android phones is the super wicked frikking awsome accessories hands down. Actually infuriates me at times. The SGS3 should have the same by now. It is on almost all carriers. Oh well, regardless Android rocks. And that is because the Devs that support our phones kick but. You want to talk about time consuming? Devs spend uber amounts of it on thesenphones for us. And the don't ask to get paid for it. And they have jobs and family's like we do.
Also, the act of even having thus tech no matter it be Android, Apple or any other. That in it self is time consuming. I say lets shut down the whole computing and electrical industries and start from scratch. Just live off the land. Essentially, we do things to stay alive. So get rid of all unnecessary things. You will save a bunch of time. Time is only relative to how you spend it. If you live your life to truly better others and your own lives. Then you will not waste any time. Time is only wasted when you and those around you are unhappy.
Ok I'm done, I just went into this long dissertation on life relatively. Sorry.
I just flashed the latest ROM five minuets ago and am finally getting thirty hours of battery time! This is sick!!
So this might be a short story
Back in 2010 I got into android,I wanted to save money left att and got me android phone (htc hero )I actually really like it , 2 months later the evo was announced and I got it the day it came out,now the phone changed everything love the big screen, éclair was good but froyo came out a few months later(yeah the update only took htc few months) and since I had rooted my hero I decided to give it a try on htc evo 4G, rooted and started flashing away, sometimes as bad as 3-4 roms a day. Only rom the would last me a week would be warm 2.2(myn recognized developer) and I got tired of it, didn't have more problems with money I got an iPhone 4 like it but hate it the notifications, switch around 4-5 android phones and by the end of 2011 I was tired of flashing and looking at xda every minute of my life, on October 14 last year I got my 32gb iPhone 4S, got rid of my gs2 (hated the slow camera) And evo 3D. The iPhone last it me a while, when out the country, love the app selection and the pic quality, nothing IMO was better, but htc releases the one x and I like the phone a lot but is on att exclusive so I didn't get it, the gs3 gets announce and I didn't like the whole nature UX crap, plus I was worried about the camera. Sprint gets the Galaxy Nexus and I went to check it out, I ended up buying it, love the phone but hate it the network and the camera... Evo LTE comes out and I got it as well, I took it to Mexico for vacations love the pictures and the screen is just amazing, but sprint here in vegas got overload, speeds sucks... Decided that I wanted to switch networks, I decided to get tmobile a try and get the one s, really slim and nice looking phone but storage sucks and screen was crap compare to 4s and the evo lte, I decided to switch to the gs3(even tho I didn't like it at first) because of the screen resolution and the extra memory, one month ago I was in the same spot as you, the new iPhone was about to get announced I wanted something that was useful and I didn't want to mess anymore, decide to go back to stock(not root). Really like the speed of the phone, great camera, etc. But I couldn't find apps, the play store sucks at that sometimes, on launch day I got me an iPhone 5 and is the best looking phone I ever seen. Not matter what anyone says the phone just look stunning, once I set up my iPhone from icloud I get all my apps and settings back to how I used to have on my 4s it amazes me how good apple could be with some stuff. Didn't like the OS same row of icons from 2007 :/ returned the phone and decided to keep my gs3, plus all my apps had black bars because it hasn't been optimize for the new display. Going back to the gs3 I'm still dealing with apps problem, I asked in the forums and people gave me some good responses, i started using app Aware and looking around the web. Now I have a lot good apps and games that I thought android just didn't have I'm happy with the phone and enjoy it, I think one of the biggest problems with xda members is that we keep flashing the phone too much and it feels more like a task then enjoyment. That's my point of view just enjoy your phone. You can go ahead try iPhone, trust me you going to be excited but who wouldn't is a new phone but at the end I decided to stick up with Android. Google ics changed a lot of the bad things and jellybean as well, I'm excited to see what the next update will have
Sorry for the long post... I might have some mistakes, kind of sleepy when I wrote this...
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Is this thread serious?
The beauty of Android is not in simplicity, it's in the ability to choose simplicity if you so desire.. without being forced to.
Perhaps some people can't help themselves and spend hours every week customizing their phone. But that in itself is not an OS issue, it's a self control issue.
Saying that the iOS's restriction on customization would make you more productive is the equivalent to thinking that being in a straight jacket would keep you from using drugs. Of course it would, but it does not address your specific personal issue.
Don't blame Android for your own lack of discipline. Seriously, that is one of the funniest/saddest things I have read on this forum.
I have spent countless hours playing around with customization. When I got bored of it, I simply set up my phone to be the productive tool that some are claiming makes iOS better. Eco system? I have multiple devices from different manufacturers and everything works seamlessly. Yes, it takes more intellect to figure out everything since you pretty much don't have to do anything to make iOS products interact. In fact, they do all the thinking for you. You and your wife have iPhones? And an iPad, and Mac? Great! When those pictures you took automatically sync to every device you own, you can share everything you have in your phone with everyone in your household.. whether you want to or not. Of course, there are safeguards you can set up to prevent certain things from happening, but OH NO - you would have to learn something and spend some time customizing your setup.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I have a 55" LG 3D Cinema Smart TV. A Phillips Bluetooth/Android docking stereo. A PC running Windows XP. I can stream my entire music collection through my TV's wireless Bluetooth surround sound system. Or I can stream my Google Music collection through my Phillips Bluetooth stereo/dock, wirelessly or plugged in. I can control my TV from my Galaxy S3, just like a remote control with the LG Smart Remote app from the Play Store. I can stream locally stored music and videos from my S3 to my TV. I watch Hulu/Netflix on my phone, my TV, my PC. I can plug in my phone to my TV via HDMI adapter to watch my Google movies. Or I can watch my Vudu movie collection through my TV. I've barely scratched the surface.
My phone is running Jellybean (CM10), Google Wallet, and Apex. I have no icons anywhere on my home screens. I pinch my home screen and I'm taken to my text messages. I double tap it, file browser. One finger swipe up? App drawer opens. One finger swipe down, status bar. Two finger swipe down, camera. Two fingers up, Quickpic gallery. I pay for stuff by putting my phone against a paypass terminal everywhere. Grocery stores, 7-11, multiple fast food joints, Macy's, CVS, soda machines, gas stations, etc. My facebook feed and news both on separate full screen scrollable widgets. I talk to Google to find out what's going on with the Chargers/Dodgers. I tell it I'm hungry for a specific type of food and it shows me exactly where I can go and which one's the closest. The weather is in my status bar. My phone tells me how long it will take to get home from work, what kind of traffic there is, how many minutes to my favorite lunch spot - without even asking it.
Please tell me what is more productive than that. And I haven't even listed all the things I do with my phone, not even close.
Oh and as for games, I'm sorry.. did we forget about Grand Theft Auto 3? Modern Combat? NBA Jam? I could list another 20 bad ass games on Android, but I'm actually getting tired of typing. Maybe I should have just swyped this all on my phone's keyboard, since Android can do that...
Have fun with your iOS.
IOS is for the small dogs! Android is for the big dogs!!!!" Its that simply!!!!! Who agrees?!
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