04-23-2013, 10:55 PM | #16 | |
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04-23-2013, 10:58 PM | #17 |
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I look at that as a big plus. That way, I'm able to customize my Nexus 7 the way I want it; not the way someone else thinks I should have it.
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04-24-2013, 12:23 AM | #18 | |
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I have settled on Dice Player after trying some others, same thing was true of office documents etc my Samsung came with Polaris office and that does the job and does it pretty well but on the Nexus the options are much costlier. There are a lot of things I still need to find an decent alternative to that were out of the box on the Samsung a couple of examples being the stock browser and the power saving settings. I will say the Nexus 7 was good value for money hardware wise but after all the praising of stock Android I've read on the internet (probably one of the reasons I bought the Nexus) I found the software fairly disappointing even buggy in places and my opinion after having both is I really think Samsungs Touchwiz is better all round. |
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04-24-2013, 01:00 AM | #19 |
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Apple has been a victim of its own success. They have been milking their formula for hardware and software over and over with minor modifications. That is not a way to move forward, they need some radical new ideas or they will face a slow but steady decline. Their users are happy, but there is no great incentive to upgrade when a new model comes out and users of other brands see no reason to switch.
They have also distorted the market in the US. Phone buyers pay the same for iphones as they do for other phones, but telcos pay a lot more. Because when selling iphones in the US carriers have to take large minimum quantities off Apple's hands. It also means that carriers have to spend large amounts to advertise for the iphone and push the iphone on their sales floors. As others like Samsung grow more popular it will become more difficult to continue to pull this off. That means profitability will decline. I am not saying that Apple can't do it, but they better have something really big up their sleeves if they want to return to their previous #1 position. For now they look like the new Microsoft. Which isn't bad. |
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04-24-2013, 05:02 AM | #21 | |
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04-24-2013, 06:15 AM | #22 |
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People somehow think stock prices are something other than a popularity contest. Apple was insanely popular for a while in the stock market - probably too much so. Now they're coming back to earth, but what has changed substantively with their business? Nothing. Pundits will try to justify the stock drop by pointing out why Apple isn't king of the hill anymore, but it's all just guesses
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04-24-2013, 08:19 AM | #23 | |
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That said, I rooted my device and gutted it. It is now a dedicated ereader, with a couple of commuter games. |
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04-24-2013, 09:26 AM | #24 | |
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Likewise I think you used to pay extra for Power Point but now it is included in the base package. Just a reversal of tactics. |
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04-24-2013, 11:36 AM | #25 |
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I hope the water is not too deep here at this end of the pool. Cos that's when the big kids tend to dunk you leaving you wishing you hadn't dived in in the first place.
My mother in law has had a Galaxy Note as her first smart phone for nearly two months. It's the best thing that's ever happened. She doesn't know how to call us. It's hillarious. Meanwhile, getting back to the story, half the thread here agrees with the story that Apple is being left behind by not having all the extra features and the other half are complaining that they can't get rid of all the extra features from their Galaxy. Before anyone flames me, I'm sure your Samsungs work great and you like them. I wouldn't pass up the chance to own one but I don't have a reason to own two telephones and you know what Apple die hards are like. The iPhone isn't exactly a lemon now is it? And just to keep the spice in our life, what are the bundled features that come with Galaxy and missing from Apple that the avarage smartphone user is going to want? The ones in the story either weren't explained well (preaching to the converted) or didnt register as a deal breaker in the decision stakes for me. No dunking please. |
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04-24-2013, 11:57 AM | #27 | |
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Go into the Play Store from your phone, go into My Apps -> All -> Scroll to the app you have uninstalled from your phone and hit the grey circle with the cross through it. This only works on free apps that you have downloaded though, not on any you have paid for. |
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04-24-2013, 12:21 PM | #28 | |
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It's an evolution of the prior model and despite some improvements, it still is especially weak in the software Samsung adds to basic Android. I found Samsung's software often gimmicky, duplicative of standard Android apps, or, in some cases, only intermittently functional. So that sure didn't help things along. I guess you're always gonna get conflicting reviews. Just like my neighbours wife when she recommending movies. Whatever you do don't go and watch one she likes. I'd rather poke my eye out with a fork. Anyway, I'll have a little bit more of a look around and see if I can find what I was looking for. |
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04-24-2013, 12:21 PM | #29 | |
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Samsung stopped supporting my phone after Gingerbread, so it might be something that was improved for later phones with newer versions of the OS. I don't know; I have an iPhone now. |
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