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Hey I'm very happy with my Google navigation. But there was an issue that I thought I wouldn't have anymore. I lost my data connection due to a rally event deep in PA today. What's the best navigation that doesn't require a data connection? I used to use Co piolet back in the day.
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I've been trying to get a good app too. I wish they had tomtom for Android... Hopefully soon....
Well im sure you know google maps is kinda 3 apps mixed in to one but ive seen on cnet . com was apps that you can DL the maps you wanted for offline Nav
Maverick is really good and you can download maps for use offline
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth
I love Sygic, stopped trying others long ago, NDrive was nice but pricey, CoPilot had some bad ideas for my hometown (wrong way on one way streets, inaccurate destinations, etc).... however, my testing was over a year ago, and things improve. I bought two licenses on sale previously, use it on my phone and tablet.
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I love Sygic, stopped trying others long ago, NDrive was nice but pricey, CoPilot had some bad ideas for my hometown (wrong way on one way streets, inaccurate destinations, etc).... however, my testing was over a year ago, and things improve. I bought two licenses on sale previously, use it on my phone and tablet.
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Sygic is asking me for a product code.
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nvm I fixed it. Thanks
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Hey boys and girls
im not sure if you know about this already or not but I got fed up with the whole Apple / Samsung court cases and chilsish behaviour, after tweeting @nokia they sent me this link - http://conversations.nokia.com/trial-a-nokia/
I filled it all out and guess what there sending me a new lumia 900 to play with how awesome is that ???? give it a shot
cheers
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Hey boys and girls
im not sure if you know about this already or not but I got fed up with the whole Apple / Samsung court cases and chilsish behaviour, after tweeting @nokia they sent me this link - http://conversations.nokia.com/trial-a-nokia/
I filled it all out and guess what there sending me a new lumia 900 to play with how awesome is that ???? give it a shot
cheers
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Lol... giving them away
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Lol... giving them away
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Read again, they loan it to you for 2 weeks.
Hey, yeah I know its only for a few weeks but thats still pretty awesome and there is a chance that you get to keep one
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Hey, yeah I know its only for a few weeks but thats still pretty awesome and there is a chance that you get to keep one
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It's a great marketing tool. People are edgy about WP7 (and I'm guessing 8.) and this is a great way for them to try it out. Microsoft should do something similar as well.
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It's a great marketing tool. People are edgy about WP7 (and I'm guessing 8.) and this is a great way for them to try it out. Microsoft should do something similar as well.
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hey so I now have my brand new white lumia 900 and everything about it so far is brilliant. I'm only missing one app so far that being Sky +. I have the norms Facebook, twitter, foursquare, Skype IP con errors and a host of others. Its synced all my contacts ithout issue no duplicates. So far its all good
I will keep you updated
I just signed up for it. Fingers crossed!
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How long did it take you guys to hear back from nokia? Its taking forever for me...hope that doesn't mean i dont cut it. And with the announcement today, Nokia dropped the ball.
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How long did it take you guys to hear back from nokia? Its taking forever for me...hope that doesn't mean i dont cut it. And with the announcement today, Nokia dropped the ball.
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Hey Guys
All in all about 5/6 days in total, in really loving this phone its been awesome so far with everything I have asked of it, I highly reccomend you all at least have a go with one. I honestly think Windows Phone may be the way forward, Apple lost my interest a long time ago as they only ever seem to add a few new features with each release and not revamp the entire OS and lets face it the phones have pretty much stayed the same. As for Android well I do love it however maybe in just getting old because this Windows Oas just feels more professional and well just better !!!
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Hey Guys
All in all about 5/6 days in total, in really loving this phone its been awesome so far with everything I have asked of it, I highly reccomend you all at least have a go with one. I honestly think Windows Phone may be the way forward, Apple lost my interest a long time ago as they only ever seem to add a few new features with each release and not revamp the entire OS and lets face it the phones have pretty much stayed the same. As for Android well I do love it however maybe in just getting old because this Windows Oas just feels more professional and well just better !!!
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Did they email you first or did they just send you the phone?
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Did they email you first or did they just send you the phone?
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Well they dont have my address yet. Thats why i'm hoping that they will email me asking for it so they can ship it out. Its been 3 days now and i'm thinking that they didn't accept it.
I signed up for this too I'm starting up a phone blog, so this will help me out a lot. If I may, I want to ask a question.
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I'm currently an Android user, and looking to Windows Phone as my next OS. My device was recently stolen, so I'm looking to by a new device. But I have no idea which one to buy. Most windows devices look the same expect the Nokia 900. It's an amazing device. But what makes it difference between this device, and the Radar?
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I signed up for this too I'm starting up a phone blog, so this will help me out a lot. If I may, I want to ask a question.
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I'm currently an Android user, and looking to Windows Phone as my next OS. My device was recently stolen, so I'm looking to by a new device. But I have no idea which one to buy. Most windows devices look the same expect the Nokia 900. It's an amazing device. But what makes it difference between this device, and the Radar?
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The OS is the same. There are some Nokia exclusive apps for a short period of time, but that's about as far as the difference software wise goes between a Nokia and the Radar. The major difference between the Lumia and the Radar is the build quality. Everything after using the solid as a rock Lumia feels like crap.
I hope I get one. I really want to try out windows. That new lumia 920 is sick!
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Hi guys they send you a form to fill out if they have chosen you, they have gave me another £10 free credit today they have been really good so far awesome in fact, I have never known a company to do anything like this before I think its brillaint, good luck to you all im sure they will be in touch soon
im really thinking I might get one of these phones to as they are great, I have had no issues yet at all everything about it is fantastic
they emailed me a form to fill out
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soooo been using this beast for a few days now not everything can be awesome so, im not a big fan of the camera i the dark it reminds me of a phone from 5 years ago the flash just isnt good enough to be fair, on the flip side in the middle of the day the camera is just as good as any other I have had good quality bright and well perfectly acceptable.
I have now came across a handful of apps that I cant find when I say handful I mean 2/3 literally that I would like but to be honest I can live without, Instagram , Sky + and the other escapes me right now.
the hardware on the phone is brilliant though, I think I will be moving to a Nokia very soon, the build quality is just amazing.
everything else is so far so good
oh one last thing for now, the windows phone marketplace, it seems to get a lot of grief from people for only having a few apps ??? I think theres over 100000 now compared with Apple and Android in the millions....... well this maybe true but looking at the apps on Android and then my windows market place well its an education. the amount of pure and utter crap found on the android play store is crazy half really is malware or just an app that well basically dont work.
all the apps I have really needed and are useful are found on the WP marketplace, when browsing the market place every app is of use or is popular and wanted by users there are no crappy apps for want of a better word..
with that said more updates will follow.
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soooo been using this beast for a few days now not everything can be awesome so, im not a big fan of the camera i the dark it reminds me of a phone from 5 years ago the flash just isnt good enough to be fair, on the flip side in the middle of the day the camera is just as good as any other I have had good quality bright and well perfectly acceptable.
I have now came across a handful of apps that I cant find when I say handful I mean 2/3 literally that I would like but to be honest I can live without, Instagram , Sky + and the other escapes me right now.
the hardware on the phone is brilliant though, I think I will be moving to a Nokia very soon, the build quality is just amazing.
everything else is so far so good
oh one last thing for now, the windows phone marketplace, it seems to get a lot of grief from people for only having a few apps ??? I think theres over 100000 now compared with Apple and Android in the millions....... well this maybe true but looking at the apps on Android and then my windows market place well its an education. the amount of pure and utter crap found on the android play store is crazy half really is malware or just an app that well basically dont work.
all the apps I have really needed and are useful are found on the WP marketplace, when browsing the market place every app is of use or is popular and wanted by users there are no crappy apps for want of a better word..
with that said more updates will follow.
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you're lucky...i tweeted @nokia and they said they escalted it and will get back to me whether i got it or not. Hope i did..i have a great app idea (its done..just needs testing on a windows phone )
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you're lucky...i tweeted @nokia and they said they escalted it and will get back to me whether i got it or not. Hope i did..i have a great app idea (its done..just needs testing on a windows phone )
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good luck fella
Any updates for anyone? I haven't heard anything back.
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Does anyone know how I could possibly get/trade my inc 2 for a Verizon iPhone 4s? I'm a couple of months away from my upgrade and I've been thinking of getting an iphone but I want to try one out before going away from my droids. Any suggestions?
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Does anyone know how I could possibly get/trade my inc 2 for a Verizon iPhone 4s? I'm a couple of months away from my upgrade and I've been thinking of getting an iphone but I want to try one out before going away from my droids. Any suggestions?
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Good luck. Try craigslist.
Here is my timeline. Started with blackberry 9659, droid inc, droid inc 2, back to 9650, iPhone 4s, galaxy nexus, and now back to inc2. You will miss the android lifestyle.
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Forgot to mention that I don't have money to buy one for cash at the moment. Just had surgery and I'm off work for a bit. Need a new toy to play with so I don't go crazy. Lol
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Stay away from apple. Nuff' said
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Uhhhh... Find a sucker?
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I went from Blackberry to iPhone 4 and now Inc2...I would not trade my Inc2 for any iPhone. You will miss the freedom of Android...just sayin'.
That's kinda what I was thinking. I love the droid for the open environment and customization. I've only briefly played with the iPhone but liked it. Just not sure if I would like it for the long term. I'm always customizing my phone and flashing roms constantly. I think I would miss that after a while.
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That's kinda what I was thinking. I love the droid for the open environment and customization. I've only briefly played with the iPhone but liked it. Just not sure if I would like it for the long term. I'm always customizing my phone and flashing roms constantly. I think I would miss that after a while.
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I think you would. I had the iPod touch and wanted an iPhone for jailbreaking, but once I got my android and rooted it, I wouldn't trade android for iOS for anything.
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Hey, I've been living with a iPod Touch as a make shift phone and it has its ups and downs. The up being the MP3 player of the iPod being far superior, the down is the hell called iTunes. Question: Can I live with iTunes? Ans: I may buy a gun, put one bullet through my PC and then probably me too before I can answer that question with a straight face and say yes. And no. I miss a lot of Android. The copied notification shade is a big sham (though they implemented it different to Android, I can't make it work like I can on the Droid.) you can't access the memory like on the Droid, each app can see only their stuff. No co-operation on the phone. No centralized accounts thingy. All things google can hang themselves. Nah, I give me a Nexus any day. A Dix will be fine too. Only thing I like on iOS is some of their gui graphics (only some, not all) as they look so glossy and chewable. I think that can be taken care of using MIUI.
Side note: Their new Maps seems to have a nicer interface (appearance wise) than Gmaps, but at least for now has no transit routes. Which is all I use maps for. Google should polish its Navigation app. The google maps app on the other hand looks clean and perfect on the Droid. (TL;DR)
Last year my wife got an iPhone and I got my Dinc2. I had very little in the way of iPhone envy and after I rooted and installed ICS, I had none whatsoever. My wife is pretty tech savvy, but she just wants things to work; I love to tinker. Over the past year, it's really been eye-opening for both of us because she struggles to change settings or do things that I don't even have to think about on my Android phone. She's regularly frustrated by Apple's control - even after jailbreaking. The iPad is even worse. I was tempted when the iPhone 4S came out, but after our experiences this year, me with my Dinc2 and her with the iPhone, I'm Android all the way. Even though I'm a die-hard Mac user, I wouldn't buy an iPhone or an iPad. Just my 2 cents.
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Hey, I've been living with a iPod Touch as a make shift phone and it has its ups and downs. The up being the MP3 player of the iPod being far superior, the down is the hell called iTunes. Question: Can I live with iTunes? Ans: I may buy a gun, put one bullet through my PC and then probably me too before I can answer that question with a straight face and say yes. And no. I miss a lot of Android. The copied notification shade is a big sham (though they implemented it different to Android, I can't make it work like I can on the Droid.) you can't access the memory like on the Droid, each app can see only their stuff. No co-operation on the phone. No centralized accounts thingy. All things google can hang themselves. Nah, I give me a Nexus any day. A Dix will be fine too. Only thing I like on iOS is some of their gui graphics (only some, not all) as they look so glossy and chewable. I think that can be taken care of using MIUI.
Side note: Their new Maps seems to have a nicer interface (appearance wise) than Gmaps, but at least for now has no transit routes. Which is all I use maps for. Google should polish its Navigation app. The google maps app on the other hand looks clean and perfect on the Droid. (TL;DR)
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Hair wondering when you had the iPod touch ? The new ios has where you can interconnect some accounts like fb, Twitter, and instagram which is all most people do anyways. Also, what kind of hell is iTunes? Just wondering on that one. But instead of saying they don't do something or lack an option android has make sure you jailbreak and look for the apps. It's not fair to compare rooted android vs stock ios.
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Have you tried the Marketplace section of XDA? People are always buying, selling, or trading all kinds of phones on there. It's worth a shot. You might have to throw down a bit of cash along with the trade, but possibly not. It's worth a shot!
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Hey guys,
I saw this smartwatch on Indiegogo the other day and I think it's pretty sweet.
http://igg.me/at/kreyos/x/2722203
Looking at the specs sheet alone its definitely something.
What do you guys think? Get it or wait till more is out?
I'm holding out for the nexus watch
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do you really think Google will concentrate on a watch instead of their Google Glass? I think they just might skip the watch...
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do you really think Google will concentrate on a watch instead of their Google Glass? I think they just might skip the watch...
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How many people do you think work there...... im sure they have tons of projects going on. Like the self driving cars. I thought i read some where the watch was a for sure thing.
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How many people do you think work there...... im sure they have tons of projects going on. Like the self driving cars. I thought i read some where the watch was a for sure thing.
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Well if that's the case, I doubt it'll be anytime soon. Seeing as there hasn't really been any leaks for a Google smartwatch so far.
Kreyos it is....for now.
I love the voice search thing. Hopefully it has full support for Google Now. A watch is useless without voice recognition.
However, I like to be able to stream music remotely to it and plug in my 3.5mm headphones. I know that's asking a bit much, but I think it's somewhat reasonable. Does anybody else think that should be a thing?
I'll wait for a Nexus watch. Google will have the most optimized watch for Android. Hopefully.
I backed this up the first day it was on indiepop. We'll see come november how it works with android phones. Even if an nexus watch does come out, I highly doubt it'll have a speaker, voice control AND be waterproof.
Ive been looking for a good smart watch for a while, have been waiting to see what comes about.
The nexus one i cant see coming out for a good 6 months + yet,
The new sony watch looks gorgeous but function is a bit boring, the greykos function looks good but i think
it looks ugly!
I thought so too at first, but I guess the design grew on me.
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I backed this up the first day it was on indiepop. We'll see come november how it works with android phones. Even if an nexus watch does come out, I highly doubt it'll have a speaker, voice control AND be waterproof.
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I wish I knew about it first day. I'd get it without any hesitation.
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A watch is useless without voice recognition.
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Take that Casio!
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Take that Casio!
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Haha. Smartwatch was implied, my good man. There is no way a watch can achieve its full potential if you can't enter text into it.
I've been using Casio watches for like the past 10 years. Great stuff, but I'm ready to make the switch to Smartwatches.
Just went ahead and the pledged for it.. Hopefully it's worth the 129$
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Been a fair while since the last post here, but just to let anyone seeing this know Kreyos STILL haven't sent out these damn watches.
The first 5000 have been sent via ship to the US but now have apparently been stopped by the US longshoreman contract negotiations, this being the fourth delay in shipping.
I've backed out and bought a Gear Live watch instead.
Android Wear shows far more promise than Kreyos' watches and I suggest anyone that wants their watch before Smartwatches are a thing of the past should just ask for a refund and get something that can actually ship before hell freezes over.
I got it yesterday and really wasn't impressed with it at all.... Kinda glad I didn't pay for it. Maybe I have to try more apps to really be sure but on first glance I thought it was really bad.
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I got it yesterday and really wasn't impressed with it at all.... Kinda glad I didn't pay for it. Maybe I have to try more apps to really be sure but on first glance I thought it was really bad.
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I feel the exact same: glad I didnt pay for it lol.
Too grainy for me..not crystal clear and gives me a headache looking at it.
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Kinda grainy, not sure if its screen protector or if its normal
Screen door effect is not as bad as people made it out to be. The controller is nice and natural feeling. I suggest using both head straps when you get it. Facebook account is mandatory for Occulus related software. And if you want to browse the internet in VR, get the dedicated Samsung Internet browser app, not the built in Gear VR browser on the bottom menu.
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Screen door effect is not as bad as people made it out to be. The controller is nice and natural feeling. I suggest using both head straps when you get it. Facebook account is mandatory for Occulus related software. And if you want to browse the internet in VR, get the dedicated Samsung Internet browser app, not the built in Gear VR browser on the bottom menu.
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It's more the playback quality... It just looks like a really bad 240p YouTube video... The way they made it sound I was expecting way better clarity and it really doesn't deliver that...
It would be better if it was in HD
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Does anyone get bad lag? I can hardly find videos that play all the way through they keep buffering.
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Can you play games with it.?
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it's been pretty good for me, with low expectations because I didn't see too many games coming out for it (I'm glad that promo gave us a few good games)
but still, needs work and more support
(Drop Dead) was a good experience for me plays a lot like house of the dead plus its free of course so very happy so far
not bad i guess, its not perfect but its free right
only few free stuff in the store mostly demo but over all not bad for a first time VR user
my 8yo daughter is loving it
Used it for about 20 minutes when I first got it. Haven't touched it since. Would have preferred a free SD card instead
Dead and Buried is fun as hell, so is Drop Dead. They make very good use of the controller. The 3 dimensional art in the "Oculus 360 Photos" app is pretty damn cool too, it makes me want to find more 3d art. I also enjoy taking 360 degree photos with my S8+ and then viewing the photos in the Gear VR. Watching videos isn't too bad either, you get that big screen feeling when you're no where near a big screen.
I havent received mine yet, did you guys get tracking in email? On samsung page it says gift sent but no date or tracking on it
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I now have 3 of these things [1 from the Note 2 and 2 for S8 and S8+]. The controller is a nice addition. I've played a couple of games so far and enjoyed the experience. Downloaded a simulation of flying through the galaxy. That was really cool! I enjoy it for what it is.
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I havent received mine yet, did you guys get tracking in email? On samsung page it says gift sent but no date or tracking on it
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Cris, I received email updates from Samsung with tracking info once it was confirmed sent.
As for the headset, I came in with no expectations and as such, was pleasantly surprised. My entire family thought it was 'cool,' and my wife has actually put in more hours playing Drop Dead than anyone else, lol.
For those with the 'grainy' concerns, have you tried adjusting the image with the scroll wheel thing on top of the headset? I didn't notice it was there until the second day. (I didn't read the manual)
Didn't use the one at all that I got with the S7 edge, not once, and still haven't used the new one. Shoulda sold em. Maybe I still will. Idk they're cool but only for like 10 minutes. That's just me.
VR streaming sucks. I download all 180 and 360 VR content.