Topic: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread

[shingi_70]

Get a lumia 1020.


Yeah going to go with the Paperwhite.



oh so sexy.

[pokepal148]

i never gave my two cents on that but the black and white nooks/kindles do have their uses. specifically outdoor reading

[BranDonk Kong]

And the ridiculously high battery life.

[nickmitch]

And "ridiculously high" is an understatement.

[shingi_70]

So its a throw up between the Paperwhite and the new Nexus 7.

[BranDonk Kong]

Apples and Oranges. If you want a tablet, get the Nexus, if you want an eReader, get the Kindle.

[nickmitch]

I think you meant "toss up".

[NWR_insanolord]

No, I get what he's saying: buying a device that runs Android makes him want to throw up. Perfectly understandable reaction.

[shingi_70]

Press shots for the Nexus 7. Looks like its going t be announced on wednesday

[pokepal148]

you mean the one that came out last year?

[BranDonk Kong]

No, that is the new one. Too much Bezel for my taste...but the rumored specs are pretty incredibly especially for the price.

[shingi_70]

Yeah its a refresh to last year's model.

Google is hosting a morning event with Sundar Pichai the head chief of both Android and Chrome OS.






I'm guessing were going to see.


-Android 4.'3
-chrome OS 30
-Nexus 7 refresh
-New chrome OS products.

[BranDonk Kong]

I'm trying to score myself a Moto X from Motorola...I think it might actually work.

[shingi_70]

The Moto X looks pretty awesome. The only feature that I want from it right now is the always on and listening for Google Now. Google Now is a nifty feature but without that background listening its usefulness takes a major hit.


Should be getting a replacement Nexus 4 in the next two weeks.  Than in september will be grabbing the 32GB nexus 7 refresh.


That and PS4 will probably be my only tech expenditures for the rest of the year. Will get a Chromebook late next year for a laptop replacement.

[shingi_70]

Moto X is being shown off on August 1st.


The specs look decent enough.

A source who has used a CDMA variant of the phone firsthand tells us that it features a display in the vicinity of 4.5 inches, a dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon MSM8960T processor, 2GB of RAM, and a removable Kevlar rear shell.

Its apparently running a near stock version of Android which is interesting. It seems Google has a bit of an idea of what they want to do with motorola but aren't ready to execute (which is one of the reason we got the Google Editions of the S4 and One). 

It looks awesome in white.



At this point I think I'll really only recommend the Nexus 4 or the Moto X too people.






Samsung is hosting its own developer event signalling them trying to break off from Android more than they have.
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This is pretty much why Google plans to market the Moto X and the Nexus Line. Its a pretty smart strategy that keeps google in control of Android while keeping most of its partners happy.


Google bought some stock in the company who's producing glass and is rumored to be inttrested in purchasing tesla.


Its crazy how many prodcuts google will have out this year.




-Chromebook Pixel
-Google Glass
-Nexus 7 refresh
-Moto X
-Nexus 4 refresh (there won't be a nexus 5 or at least it won't be a 5 inch phone)
-Nexus 10 refresh
-Google smartwatch
-Google Android console.

[BranDonk Kong]

I am typically not a fan of white phones, but that looks pretty nice.

[Shaymin]

Question: Is there a safe way to make it so a Note II can use foreign SIM cards? I'm going international just after Christmas and would rather avoid bankruptcy from my carrier's roaming rates.

[pokepal148]

Question: Is there a safe way to make it so a Note II can use foreign SIM cards? I'm going international just after Christmas and would rather avoid bankruptcy from my carrier's roaming rates.

if you're on a contract not really,

[BranDonk Kong]

Question: Is there a safe way to make it so a Note II can use foreign SIM cards? I'm going international just after Christmas and would rather avoid bankruptcy from my carrier's roaming rates.

Of course there is, you just unlock your phone. That's the only way to do it. If you have Verizon then your phone is already unlocked. If you have AT&T or T-Mobile you typically just need to ask them to unlock it. If you have Sprint, it requires a hardware modification.

[shingi_70]

According to Phonedog Moto X is going to be $300 off contact and hit every major carrier expect maybe t-mobile. (they're just speculating due to the nexus 4 which won't be EOL'd until november at the latest.)

[tendoboy1984]

No T-Mobile love yet again. God damn it.
 
They have great plans and unlimited data, but a terrible selection of phones.

[BranDonk Kong]

And a terrible network.

[shingi_70]

Network depends on where you live. Its pretty and fast and reliable where I live.


@Tendoboy


Its still a rumor so Tmo could get the phone. Plus you could always buy it unlocked and go that route. Also Tmo doesn't have a terrible phone selection. They have every major flagship phone at this point.

[pokepal148]

I think the Optimus G has dropped to $290 unlocked, considering that i am not obsessive over constant android updates i'm keeping a very close eye on that price tag,

[BranDonk Kong]

It does very much depend where you live. At my old house my wife couldn't even use her phone, same at her work so I switch carriers for her. One very common thing that T-Mobile users tell is us that T-mobile tells them that they need to stand near a window or go outside to use their phones. This guy came in to think about using a T-mobile MVNO so we put his address in T-Mobile's coverage map, it was literally everywhere around his house but his house was grey on the map and he got no service there.