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Maybe its just me... but I'm becoming quite bored with my Evo. It doesn't matter what ROM I'm using, I am just getting over Android. Sure it boots fast... but my battery won't last even a full day with heavy usage and its tedious changing them all the time, the touchscreen is way too sensitive at times, and since FroYo, I've had way too many freezes and reboots to count.
I'm honestly ready to jump on the Torch or just go back to using my Bold 2... I could pound the hell out of my Bold 2 and it would still last a day and a half minimum, I rarely, if ever, had it freeze, and it did most things I needed it to.
Am I missing something here? Because Android is turning out to be pretty boring. I hate the fact that I can't have a full desktop replacement like I could on Windows Mobile, I rather dislike having to select one e-mail at a time to delete it, and the customization is just not there...
you had me until you said you'd go back to blackberry.
Boring? Bb may be the most boring thing ever
But yeah maybe android isn't for you if you think you can do most things on your bb.
I like mine still and gingerbread will make it more interesting.
That said it gets stale at times but so did iphone os and web os
All things do. Bb got stale 5 years ago
I said I'd go back to Blackberry for stability purposes... not because its not boring. Plus I wouldn't have to buy another phone... I already own a Curve 8330 I can use on Sprint and my 9700 is on ATT.
Its either that or back to the Mogul or Touch Pro 2... I'd rather shoot myself.
I guess for me it would be more useful if I had a hardware keyboard...
EDIT: I guess I was expecting more... You know full flash is great and all... but without proper 3D acceleration it runs like ****. Same goes for the games on the Evo. 43FPS on Antigen? Are you kidding me? The Evo should absolutely SPANK that game...
Dude, if you like stability, unroot your phone and use stock 2.2. Stock = Stability. Period. Also, how does one get "bored" with a phone? As far as I'm concerned it's a tool you use to make calls, browse web, send texts, etc. Do you ever get "bored" with your laptop or your tv because it does what it's supposed to do? Please.
I hear you and don't totally disagree
Android platform is still young
Maybe windows phone 7 can bring something new along but I doubt our as they are blatantly copying iphone os 3
Its tough to keep pace nowadays with users demands for new stuff. I include myself as one of those users
As far as bb I was questioning why you'd buy the torch but if you are saying just a phone you already have that's a different story
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Dude, if you like stability, unroot your phone and use stock 2.2. Stock = Stability. Period. Also, how does one get "bored" with a phone? As far as I'm concerned it's a tool you use to make calls, browse web, send texts, etc. Do you ever get "bored" with your laptop or your tv because it does what it's supposed to do? Please.
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I do get bored with my TV thanks and my laptop and my desktop can both be upgraded to extend its capabilities. I run multiple operating systems on both machines.
And stock isn't stable. I've seen people ***** about stock just as much, if not more, than rooted. FroYo is just trash.
Jsimon9633 said:
I hear you and don't totally disagree
Android platform is still young
Maybe windows phone 7 can bring something new along but I doubt our as they are blatantly copying iphone os 3
Its tough to keep pace nowadays with users demands for new stuff. I include myself as one of those users
As far as bb I was questioning why you'd buy the torch but if you are saying just a phone you already have that's a different story
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I don't have high expectations for WP7. I would love to be proven wrong but I don't even enjoy that particular interface on my Zune...
The Torch is something new and it fixes the main *****es that I had about BlackBerry - boot times and the web browser. Plus ATT offered it to me for 214 even though I only became a customer in January.
On the same token though I think its absolutely appalling that RIM is using the same 624MHz processor that my Bold 2 has and the Bold before it did as well so that would definitely factor into my decision to most likely not purchase the device.
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I do get bored with my TV thanks and my laptop and my desktop can both be upgraded to extend its capabilities. I run multiple operating systems on both machines.
And stock isn't stable. I've seen people ***** about stock just as much, if not more, than rooted. FroYo is just trash.
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Lol I do get ya man I also get bored with my gadgets
Just a nature of the beast
I tried iphone 4 and was bored after a week
Android is new completely to me so I'm still having fun with roms and kernels, oh my
But I'm sure I'll get bored at some point I just hope gingerbread is out by then
I've not had stability issues though barring some mistakes I made as I learned how to properly flash roms
If I can hold on til Gingerbread (provided the Evo has the horsepower to run it considering it has no dedicated graphics processor and Gingerbread recommends it) I might be fine... I guess one of the biggest annoyances for me is the difficulty in finding apps. The Market is a huge mess. On my berry, I search appworld for a term and it searches the description as well plus gives me options to organize by price, popularity, reviews, etc... Unless I am blind, there is no way I can do this with the Market...
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If I can hold on til Gingerbread (provided the Evo has the horsepower to run it considering it has no dedicated graphics processor and Gingerbread recommends it) I might be fine... I guess one of the biggest annoyances for me is the difficulty in finding apps. The Market is a huge mess. On my berry, I search appworld for a term and it searches the description as well plus gives me options to organize by price, popularity, reviews, etc... Unless I am blind, there is no way I can do this with the Market...
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The market definitely sucks
Have you tried app brain
It haas helped me find cool apps more than the market
App Brain?
No I haven't ever even heard of it.
I'm waiting for some real games to come to android too but I'm not that in need since I have my ipad for gaming not to mention my itouch
I do want facebook connected scrabble for android though and bejeweled blitz also with fb connect would alleviate these horrible games I see for android
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If I can hold on til Gingerbread (provided the Evo has the horsepower to run it considering it has no dedicated graphics processor and Gingerbread recommends it) I might be fine... I guess one of the biggest annoyances for me is the difficulty in finding apps. The Market is a huge mess. On my berry, I search appworld for a term and it searches the description as well plus gives me options to organize by price, popularity, reviews, etc... Unless I am blind, there is no way I can do this with the Market...
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The Evo does have a dedicated graphics processor. In fact, the adreno GPU is quite capable for a mobile device. Games just need to be re-written to support it (Nova is an example of this, it used to run like crap, now runs beautifully). Sure it's not as powerful as the SGX series, but it's certainly not that underpowered.
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App Brain?
No I haven't ever even heard of it.
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Find it in market and download it
Its an alternative app store same apps but more easier ways to find them
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Find it in market and download it
Its an alternative app store same apps but more easier ways to find them
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Thank you! THIS is what I was looking for! It uploaded my list of installed apps and recommended new apps to me based on that. FANTASTIC!
I wish they had rep here because I would totally give you rep for that!
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Thank you! THIS is what I was looking for! It uploaded my list of installed apps and recommended new apps to me based on that. FANTASTIC!
I wish they had rep here because I would totally give you rep for that!
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Your welcome and I'm glad to pass on the recommends I myself received when I first got my evo
Its not a flawless app but it beats the heck out of the stock market app
And yeah thee sync feature is sweet
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Your welcome and I'm glad to pass on the recommends I myself received when I first got my evo
Its not a flawless app but it beats the heck out of the stock market app
And yeah thee sync feature is sweet
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I just installed like 20 apps I didn't even know existed - like StumbleUpon, for example, which is apparently a brand new app (less than 50 downloads)
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I just installed like 20 apps I didn't even know existed - like StumbleUpon, for example, which is apparently a brand new app (less than 50 downloads)
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Hope this improves your android experience
The community around thee android platform had really impressed me
Especially on this board!
I honestly don't see how you could possibly get bored... You have roms and kernels to last you days of flashing...
Like gambling? You can play Live Poker.
Like racing? You can play Asphalt
Like reading quotes, books and newspapers? theres an app for that.
Like porn? well who doesn't? There is even an app for that.
Craving some super mario or final fantasy? You have emulators.
Like listening to music? You have pandora and a bunch of other radios...
WTF MORE COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT? Some people are just never satisfied.
like honestly...I just don't get it. If your having trouble finding a stable Rom try evios latest and use one of kings kernel. Im easily getting 15 hours on a single charge with moderate-heavy usage.
P.S the latest app thats been keeping me busy is Akinator. That sht is crazy!!! the first time I used it I literally dropped my phone.
Anyway to get this working yet?
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This could be a deal breaker for the next couple months!
Lots of incompatible apps!
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This could be a deal breaker for the next couple months!
Lots of incompatible apps!
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Yeah you would think Verizon would make their flagship app work with their flagship phone. But hey, at least they didn't screw up the release date of the 15th...
The NFL Mobile app doesn't work on the G-Nex? What the hell am I paying $10 a month for?
My 3 week old RAZR is sitting on eBay and it does something very important that the G-Nex doesn't. This is sad news.
Well at least my wife has a RAZR. I can watch it on hers.
I agree. This really pisses me off. I work out of town all the time and cant catch up on my NFL. I'm going to reactivate my Bionic and maybe return the Nexus if they don't resolve this quick. There are a bunch off apps that don't run or constantly crash. Verizon visual voicemail keeps crashing in the background also.
VZW states it is a 3rd party app
VZW Support @VZWSupport
@calKno This is a third-party application and we do not have an ETA of when it will be available on Nexus. ^LA
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The app has certain approved devices that work with it.
I miss it only for the radio streams and the fieldview.
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The app has certain approved devices that work with it.
I miss it only for the radio streams and the fieldview.
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I never used it for the video, just the stats and to keep up with the game when I can't watch or listen to it.
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I never used it for the video, just the stats and to keep up with the game when I can't watch or listen to it.
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I just don't understand why you would tie it to devices instead of just a Verizon account.
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I just don't understand why you would tie it to devices instead of just a Verizon account.
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I guess it is a VZW "sponsored" app, so they limit to their phones and dropped the ball in having the developers prep it for SGN or ICS.
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I guess it is a VZW "sponsored" app, so they limit to their phones and dropped the ball in having the developers prep it for SGN or ICS.
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It's my understanding that -all- 4G phones, of which the G-Nex is included, are supposed to be able to use NFL Mobile for free. FWIW.
Yes....this is ridiculous. I was looking forward to streaming highlights and video. Now I can't even are a flipping score?
Several other apps not working as well.
I still love this thing though.
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Not an issue of being free (which it is). Program doesn't even load up. Says device not yet supported.
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I'm from the Netherlands and a great NFL fan.
all my NFL apps are working fine on the GNex.
fantasy football
gamepass mobile
NFL app (this one lets you view scores and highlights and news and such)
so is there a different app you're trying to use?
ps: all apps from NFL enterprises.
The APP we use in the states lets us watch the games live, We get full covereage of the NFL network games (thursday,saturday,sunday,monday night games) and for the bulk of them we use Red Zone to let us watch all the good plays while they happen.
Any chance of being able to maybe.... tinker.... with the ini? maybe trick it into thinking that its something different or maybe its just an issue of screen size again. Similar to swypes issue?
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I miss it only for the radio streams and the fieldview.
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ESPN raido lets me tune into AM1050 and listen to the jets
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The APP we use in the states lets us watch the games live, We get full covereage of the NFL network games (thursday,saturday,sunday,monday night games) and for the bulk of them we use Red Zone to let us watch all the good plays while they happen.
Any chance of being able to maybe.... tinker.... with the ini? maybe trick it into thinking that its something different or maybe its just an issue of screen size again. Similar to swypes issue?
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The same as game pass mobile
Only i pay a lot less since i life outside of the usa
It is a bummer that this doesn't work, but there seems to be a little self-contradiction here - a lot of complaints that Verizon GNex isn't a stock google phone, and then more complaints that they didn't do more to change the phone so that it would work with Verizon sponsored apps.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/popular-game-developer-halts-work-on-android/7117
A lot of Android hate and doom and gloom in this one. A couple days old, but didn't see it on here and I had fun reading through some of the deluded iPhone customers and Android naysayers hate.
In some respect the article has a point. The variety of Android phones/internal hardware can and does cause issues at times. Look at a few apps at times and you will see them being updated at times per device cause of an issue. But that's the cost of being a dev as well.
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In some respect the article has a point. The variety of Android phones/internal hardware can and does cause issues at times. Look at a few apps at times and you will see them being updated at times per device cause of an issue. But that's the cost of being a dev as well.
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Oh, I know, and I really hope that ICS becoming the standard and helps alleviate some of the issues. I bought Zombieville USA and Battleheart and am slightly angered that these two games will not be getting any more support.
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Oh, I know, and I really hope that ICS becoming the standard and helps alleviate some of the issues. I bought Zombieville USA and Battleheart and am slightly angered that these two games will not be getting any more support.
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ICS is not going to change it. Just as any other major Android build has not changed it either. Not every phone is going to get an upgrade to ICS just like not every phone got an upgrade to GB/Froyo and so on. Low end phones that can't handle ICS will be stuck on the version they are on till that person gets a new phone. this is why people do talk about fragmentation of the android platform and honestly in some respects they are right. Microsoft and Apple do not really have this issue (but MS also does not have as many different variation of phones that Android does and Apple only has 1 phone regardless of hardware that does not really change all that much)
Hopefully everyone follows htc's footsteps and only make a few models per year and focus on quality not quantity.
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Google needs to put a clamp down and only give the market (err....the playstore) to devices that are unskinned. It isn't the hardware or apps wouldn't exist for windows, it is the excessive theming.
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Hopefully everyone follows htc's footsteps and only make a few models per year and focus on quality not quantity.
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HTC themselves pretty much broke that part however. The One line of phones is going to have a few "variations" EU/US and so on where hardware (not talking about radios for cell providers) is different. The One line of phones that was announced at MWC with quad core and so on will only have duel core when they hit the US again fragmenting the ecosystem and having more phones to deal with.
I honestly think there has been widespread experimentation on the part of manufacturers. In the beginning, android had more limitations, obviously, and I think the evolution of the OS has moved faster than the hardware makers.
I read that Motorola is going to limit their yearly offering as well.
I just upgraded from the transform. It was the red headed step child that required rebooting several times a day.
I truly believe that it was only meant to be a second tier option next to the original epic.
I hope there is a little more thought about how many different phone flavors are produced and how it makes android look compared to apple.
The smartphone market is not one size fits all. Apple would like that to be the case, but it's just not. My wife hates the size of the screen on my E4GT, and loves the keyboard on her Evo Shift. I'm the exact opposite. It's nice to have options.
This is the equivalent of a Windows developer whining that their software doesn't run on EVERY SINGLE PC running Windows. Oh, and with Apple pushing out new phones/software updates that DO leave features out for those on older hardware (Siri & iphone 4??) fragmantation will also be an issue. They now have 3 ipads and however many iphone versions to deal with.
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The smartphone market is not one size fits all. Apple would like that to be the case, but it's just not. My wife hates the size of the screen on my E4GT, and loves the keyboard on her Evo Shift. I'm the exact opposite. It's nice to have options.
This is the equivalent of a Windows developer whining that their software doesn't run on EVERY SINGLE PC running Windows. Oh, and with Apple pushing out new phones/software updates that DO leave features out for those on older hardware (Siri & iphone 4??) fragmantation will also be an issue. They now have 3 ipads and however many iphone versions to deal with.
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Actually anything from the iPad2 will work just fine on the iPad3. The only difference would be is if the dev "chooses" to update the graphics for the new screen size. outside of that it does not matter.
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Actually anything from the iPad2 will work just fine on the iPad3. The only difference would be is if the dev "chooses" to update the graphics for the new screen size. outside of that it does not matter.
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That is true at this point but soon there will be apps that only run on the "New" Ipad and will not work on 1 and 2. IOS is fragmenting as well. The difference is Isheeple don't whine about it they slavishly run out and upgrade.
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That is true at this point but soon there will be apps that only run on the "New" Ipad and will not work on 1 and 2. IOS is fragmenting as well. The difference is Isheeple don't whine about it they slavishly run out and upgrade.
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Actually I don't see that as becoming an issue. The reason I don't is cause Most devs can do exactly what can already be done with Android as well. Offer a HD pack that changes graphics only and will work on the higher res screen while keeping the app itself standard.
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The smartphone market is not one size fits all. Apple would like that to be the case, but it's just not. My wife hates the size of the screen on my E4GT, and loves the keyboard on her Evo Shift. I'm the exact opposite. It's nice to have options.
This is the equivalent of a Windows developer whining that their software doesn't run on EVERY SINGLE PC running Windows. Oh, and with Apple pushing out new phones/software updates that DO leave features out for those on older hardware (Siri & iphone 4??) fragmantation will also be an issue. They now have 3 ipads and however many iphone versions to deal with.
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It isn't hardware that complicates things for developers, it is software. Trust me, I went to school for this stuff. With Android, a developer may call an API only to find out after release that it isn't there because HTC decided to replace it with their own similar but completely different version of it for no apparent reason. This isn't the case with windows, IOS, etc.
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In some respect the article has a point. The variety of Android phones/internal hardware can and does cause issues at times. Look at a few apps at times and you will see them being updated at times per device cause of an issue. But that's the cost of being a dev as well.
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As an app dev I can tell you that game development is no problem with all the built in libraries available on multiple devices. Apps don't have device-specific bugs often if at all (usually user error)
ICS changed all that since native GL libraries were added and he acceleration, etc. Whole bunch of changes.
Anyway, people don't realize that these apps net thousands and thousands of dollars+++++ more . If they had so many issues that it took away from their profits they were doing something wrong
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As an app dev I can tell you that game development is no problem with all the built in libraries available on multiple devices. Apps don't have device-specific bugs often if at all (usually user error)
ICS changed all that since native GL libraries were added and he acceleration, etc. Whole bunch of changes.
Anyway, people don't realize that these apps net thousands and thousands of dollars+++++ more . If they had so many issues that it took away from their profits they were doing something wrong
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Game development is a unique situation because they don't have to utilize as many api's the way other types of apps do. They don't have to manage syncing, talking to other apps, notifications, bluetooth, download management, etc. And you only make that type of money if you have a hit. Most apps don't even show in the market unless you specifically search for it.
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Google needs to put a clamp down and only give the market (err....the playstore) to devices that are unskinned. It isn't the hardware or apps wouldn't exist for windows, it is the excessive theming.
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Or allow the regular AOSP launcher to be 'switched on' on demand without rooting the device so the user is not tied to manufacturer mandated launchers like TW or Sense
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Or allow the regular AOSP launcher to be 'switched on' on demand without rooting the device so the user is not tied to manufacturer mandated launchers like TW or Sense
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You can do that in TouchWiz roms. It's called Sprint ID and it does infact change the launcher to the stock ICS one in seconds.
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Or allow the regular AOSP launcher to be 'switched on' on demand without rooting the device so the user is not tied to manufacturer mandated launchers like TW or Sense
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You do not understand what an API is.
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Game development is a unique situation because they don't have to utilize as many api's the way other types of apps do. They don't have to manage syncing, talking to other apps, notifications, bluetooth, download management, etc. And you only make that type of money if you have a hit. Most apps don't even show in the market unless you specifically search for it.
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The app in question has lots and lots of downloads I'm sure.
The issue with games is they mostly use their own game engine APIs since native stuff doesn't get so complex.
They usually do this so they're cross platform to prevent extra work ( something like adobe flex ). Although some don't do this and end up hacking up a solution that barely works like the developer in Op
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I'm sure Rovio would disagree.
What the point of having two seperate devices. I really want to get the new Google TV set box and I've been wanting to be able to stream from my tablet and phone directly to the TV for a while now. Why not just either add Google TV to the q or add the q functions to Google TV. Now I'm going to have to get the Sony Google TV set box and nexus q.
Also, side questions. Does anyone know if you can stream movies on the phone/tablet to the nexus q if its stored on the device and not Google play?
Google is going after Sonos it seems. However, the Q is strange (requires a Android phone/tablet to control it) and over priced. I really don't see a huge market for it unless they drop the price by a few hundred dollars.
Aye, for that much cash, I'd have thought it'd have more GoogleTV like features, unless this is just a Trojan Horse into the living room and those things can be added later (though without an hdmi input, that'll be interesting to see how).
No, I admit, I just don't 'get it' as a device when a GTv will do the same stuff, plus more, just without the amp. There's something missing in all this it feels like.
That's kinda what I meant, but didn't say. $300 to just stream video and music from play store is kinda stupid. $300 for Google TV that can do it= awesome
$300
Running on Galaxy Nexus hardware.
Only streams YouTube, Google Play Videos/Music.
Runs 'Android' but seems to have no real use beyond the line immediately above this one.
According to the data we have so far (that above), the Nexus Q seems to me to be a failure of Google to have any real vision if they intend to get into our living rooms. Honestly? No applications, no Netflix, nothing. Just YouTube and Google Play music/videos? That's pathetic. For $300? That's not just pathetic, that's an insult.
That is, unless Google is hiding more functionality in their sleeve. Which, if they have any intelligence at all (which we know they do), they most certainly haven't shown everything they intend to do with it yet. Although I could be wrong...give me this great looking device running on solid hardware and the full functionality of Android on my TV with my phone/tablet as a remote? Yeah, I'll spend $300 on it. Leave it as displayed so far? No thanks.
No Hulu, no Netflix, no local steaming. No buyers.
The reason for the price being $299 is due to it being 100% made in the US.
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Worth it
I think it is pretty neat personally. I own a sony google TV and wish it had some of these features, but this thing is so king for parties. I also really like the fact that it is American made. Whenever you are talking about companies like Apple getting rich off of worker suicides at foxconn.
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I think it is pretty neat personally. I own a sony google TV and wish it had some of these features, but this thing is so king for parties. I also really like the fact that it is American made. Whenever you are talking about companies like Apple getting rich off of worker suicides at foxconn.
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You sir are so right. Koush said on Google+ last night he has no use for it but will buy it solely because its made in America and gift it to someone. I commend Google for this move and will buy one too. Everyone claims to want their **** manufactured here, well prove it if so and step up and buy one, I will. That price designed, made and assembled here to me is worth it for the features it boasts.
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You sir are so right. Koush said on Google+ last night he has no use for it but will buy it solely because its made in America and gift it to someone. I commend Google for this move and will buy one too. Everyone claims to want their **** manufactured here, well prove it if so and step up and buy one, I will. That price designed, made and assembled here to me is worth it for the features it boasts.
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kudos for making the device here. now all they need to do is make it a device I would want in the first place.
if the thing turns out to be less locked-down and more hackable than the google tv products, then I can see some serious potential.
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No Hulu, no Netflix, no local steaming. No buyers.
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Tell that to Sonos. Unfortunately, this is a high end market and I'm not sure how it can work given it requires a Android ecosystem.
I agree with what everyone else has said. It'd be a hard sell to make since it doesn't (as of now) have any support for third parties such as Netflix and Pandora. However, Google has encouraged "hacking" the device... so maybe they will leave such capabilities to people such as XDA devs to really put this device to use? Kind of a stretch, but it could add utility to the device without Google having to officially sign on board with third parties?
I appreciate this is manufactured here in the US but boy oh boy.
I would really like to see my Logitech Revue get revamped, even though I only paid $120 for it at Best Buy to get that and the camera I would like to see it get some updates in features. (cough cough SKYPE support)
This thing though, I could see it being nice to have on your desk or something? I don't get the connecting it to a TV thing unless you plan on using a home theater system.
We'll wait and see.
but that thing in the video where all the people are in the kitchen talking and everyones picking songs for the Nexus Q to play, that would just be irritating. No don't touch it, you can look at it. Don't change my song please. Leave it the fck alone.
I bet it's going to be a hacker's delight. If it was priced a little more sensibly, I would have bought it.
What if this turns into the next generation GoogleTV by developers? Imagine running latest version of CM on your TV? Now, that $300 isn't looking so bad after all.
You better belive some developers are drooling over this great hardware. Cyanogen said so himself on G+. Let's wait and see......
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So what I could gather from the press conference is that it's a galaxy nexus without the screen, cell capability, storage space... but a proper hdmi output and usb...
maybe if it could be hacked to run an operating system off a thumb drive? I love Google tv but the hardware is so slow and low on memory... I dunno, but the "to make it open to general hackability" statement does show promise.
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Is there application or patch for the note 3 to make it so you can control Google music from the s view cover instead of just Samsungs music app? I love this phone, but that's just poor planning on samsungs part. Thanks for any help!
I wouldn't call it poor planning, as much as I love GM, Samsung wants to push its own services/apps, no matter how inferior they are.
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Hoping some devs can make air view/gestures work with a lot more apps.
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I was looking for the same exact thing, can't find anything yet, if I do I'll reply to this post! I hope someone figures this out
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Hoping some devs can make air view/gestures work with a lot more apps.
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That is alot of coding to make the airview apps. So i'm guessing if somebody take the time to write more stuff, its going to come in the form of paid apps. That and the fact that it's a Sammy owned feature, so not even sure if they will let anybody outside of their R&D release it without threatening them with a lawsuit. Why alot of CM stuff got pulled a while back.
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That is alot of coding to make the airview apps. So i'm guessing if somebody take the time to write more stuff, its going to come in the form of paid apps. That and the fact that it's a Sammy owned feature, so not even sure if they will let anybody outside of their R&D release it without threatening them with a lawsuit. Why alot of CM stuff got pulled a while back.
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Yeah man it's a lot of work.
As far as the Music app goes, it's not a matter of making S-View cover work with other Music apps, it's a matter of making the apps works with S-View cover. Sammy's music app is designed to work with it...