Google Reveals Android 4.0 ( Ice Cream sandwich)... in short is slick... - Page 3

MikeCL · 10-25-2011, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dopedangel

In july you will be able to buy Samsung Galaxy S3 with quad core processor
SAMOLED HD + display. Google is supposedly now going to slow its Android releases to once a year so it will be ICS.

The Samsung phone is it going to be new or will it be about outdated when its time to upgrade?

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Originally Posted by kennyc

What the hell's a froyo anyway?

Missed this thread last week -- too much going on -- I'm glad they released this and am looking forward to the merging of phone/tablet os. Hopefully it will be released for my Xoom soon.

Also looking forward to ditching my work iPhone early next year for something like this or the Razr or Bionic or with 4G and Android 4.0 and ....

(they are making noises about releasing source code...)

lol tell me this.. does the iphone allow you to change the wallpaper now or is it still locked down?

I used to have the first iphone.. I brought it broken on ebay and replaced the whole board ($125 + the replacement screen which was another $125) it worked ok for awhile.. I jailbroke it which made it better.. but after that last time I dropped it in the store and it cracked the screen again I was like that's it!

wodin · 10-25-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeCL

I got 1 more year left on my contract with Sprint.. I wonder what phone would be out on Sprint worth upgrading in July?

Right now I have my Evo 4G rooted running Cyanmod 7 and I love it.

Yes, the concept of planned obsolescence seems to have broken down with the EVO 4G. I bought mine a at launch, and only now is there a phone coming out (Galaxy Nexus) that is compelling enough to consider upgrading; and even that doesn’t have a kick stand.

I sure hope Sprint picks that one up!

avariel · 10-25-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

What the hell's a froyo anyway?

Frozen Yogurt.

kennyc · 10-25-2011, 06:25 PM

Ah, really?? I never heard it called that.

MikeCL · 10-25-2011, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

Yes, the concept of planned obsolescence seems to have broken down with the EVO 4G. I bought mine a at launch, and only now is there a phone coming out (Galaxy Nexus) that is compelling enough to consider upgrading; and even that doesn’t have a kick stand.

I sure hope Sprint picks that one up!

I kinda miss my Samsung phones, the HTC is OK but it's no Samsung.

My battery life is pretty bad with my usage and I'm using these so called extended batteries.. I say that because they come from China and i doubt they are really 3000 mAh.

wodin · 10-26-2011, 01:55 PM

Yes, battery life has always been the EVO 4G's weak point. I've learned to live with it by very rarely turning 4G on (only when I have a plug in handy), and for a while I used a battery saver app. With the latest firmware upgrade I found that I no longer needed the app. I recharge every night, and my phone usually lasts all day without needing recharging.

My wife, on the other hand, often forgets to charge hers; and frequently has it die at the most inconvenient times.

kennyc · 10-26-2011, 02:10 PM

Silly wife.

vaughnmr · 10-26-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

Yes, battery life has always been the EVO 4G's weak point. I've learned to live with it by very rarely turning 4G on (only when I have a plug in handy), and for a while I used a battery saver app. With the latest firmware upgrade I found that I no longer needed the app. I recharge every night, and my phone usually lasts all day without needing recharging.

My wife, on the other hand, often forgets to charge hers; and frequently has it die at the most inconvenient times.

Here's my EVO with light usage, 4 days, 3 hours, 46% battery left....

MikeCL · 10-26-2011, 10:03 PM

*sigh*

I wish people would stop that.. not picking on you vaughnmr just saying that one's usage is not the same as everyone..

I've got tasker running on my phone along with setcpu so say when I get down to like 60% or so my cpu is underclocked to like 500 Mhz and keeps going.. Now when I get to like 10% I have tasker take over to turn the phone to airplane mode to conserve battery..

wannabee · 10-27-2011, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kjk

Can't wait to try the face recognition unlock.

Couldn't you hold up a life size photograph of the owner's face?

kjk · 10-27-2011, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by wannabee

Couldn't you hold up a life size photograph of the owner's face?

Apparently it's not fooled by photos.
However, it also didn't work in the demo, so it is definitely still a work in progress.

kennyc · 10-27-2011, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wannabee

Couldn't you hold up a life size photograph of the owner's face?

or their dead head?

5thWiggle · 10-27-2011, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

or their dead head?

Spoiler:

monkeyluis · 10-27-2011, 07:50 AM

I watched the announcement & I was pretty disappointed. They do have some nice things, but there are no big leaps here that they made. I figured it would be a huge leap forward for the android os.

mewmartigan · 10-27-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kjk

Apparently it's not fooled by photos.
However, it also didn't work in the demo, so it is definitely still a work in progress.

Here is a video that shows it working much better than it did on stage. Seems fast too...although I probably still won't use it, haha.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/i...ck-demo-video/

I'm not sure I get the point of lock screens at all....I understand security ones (maybe face unlock, password unlock, tracing a pattern, etc) but the ones that just slide to unlock? What's the point?

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10-25-2011, 06:25 PM	#34
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Ah, really?? I never heard it called that.

10-26-2011, 01:55 PM	#36
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Yes, battery life has always been the EVO 4G's weak point. I've learned to live with it by very rarely turning 4G on (only when I have a plug in handy), and for a while I used a battery saver app. With the latest firmware upgrade I found that I no longer needed the app. I recharge every night, and my phone usually lasts all day without needing recharging. My wife, on the other hand, often forgets to charge hers; and frequently has it die at the most inconvenient times.

10-26-2011, 02:10 PM	#37
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Silly wife.

10-26-2011, 10:03 PM	#39
MikeCL Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 38 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: KKB-3G	sigh I wish people would stop that.. not picking on you vaughnmr just saying that one's usage is not the same as everyone.. I've got tasker running on my phone along with setcpu so say when I get down to like 60% or so my cpu is underclocked to like 500 Mhz and keeps going.. Now when I get to like 10% I have tasker take over to turn the phone to airplane mode to conserve battery..

10-27-2011, 07:50 AM	#44
monkeyluis Banned Posts: 725 Karma: 656644 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central Florida Device: iPad "3", Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, iPhone 4S	I watched the announcement & I was pretty disappointed. They do have some nice things, but there are no big leaps here that they made. I figured it would be a huge leap forward for the android os.