Topic: Everything Android - The Official Android Thread

[shingi_70]

But they're of low quality almost if they were made in Kore......


Well I played with the new Google Keep app and its going to be a nice little note and memo app for simple things. No where near being at the level of a evernote or oneote.


Droidlife has what's supposed to be a look at Google Play 4.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3VL-R4RPx3Q

[pokepal148]

But they're of low quality almost if they were made in Kore......

i did a bit of research and found that the iphone isn't the holy grail of design, heres a quote from a reply thread from one of the hyperlinks i used

"Anodising (alumina) is very hard. As a result, if the alumina layer is thin, any impact can distort the aluminum underneath and cause the alumina (which cannot flex) to spall off. Heavy anodising can work very well indeed on larger surfaces like door handles, where it can be thick enough to resist impact, but it wouldn't work on a phone body with sharp edges because the edges would be rounded and because the entire phone body might flex slightly, possibly cracking off the entire anodised layer. Can I say here that I personally would never have used anodised aluminum for a case like this, with very sharp edges. Better results would be obtained with a paint which was a closer match to the physical characteristics of the metal. The case of a Galaxy 3 or a typical Blackberry might well get away with it because of the lack of sharp edges, so that a stronger layer could be used. Perhaps at Apple the design department overrules manufacturing, I wouldn't know"

with that in mind, define quality design

[NWR_insanolord]

I believe he was referring to aesthetic qualities, which Apple has in spades. And that's not the first time I've seen you bitter at Apple's hardware quality.

[pokepal148]

i believe in functionality which is why im leaning towards an Optimus G(and a second screen protector for the rear glass)

an asus padfone seems interesting as well but idk
but on that note with how much samsung seems to be moving away from google services i can see why Google seems to be giving LG and ASUS so much attention on the nexus line all of a sudden.

but samsung, considering touchwiz is the cause of so many of the Galaxy S3's preformance problems i think you'll learn that adding fire to fire means more fire

[shingi_70]

I'm still mostly looking at the nexus 4 or whatever the next one will be seeing as it will probably have T-mobile LTE. (the nexus 4 has the software/hardware for LTE but f it gets the update remains to be seen).


So what are you guys expecting at this year's Google i/o i'm guessing
-Android 5.0 key lime pie
-Nexus 7 refresh
-Nexus 10 refresh
-Nexus5 phone
-Google now goes to chrome
-Google Music Subscription service
-Google Project X
-Google Glass public release date
-Play store 4.0




Also its harder to make cool android customizations on the nexus 7 because you have alot of unused screen real estate. 


Anyone want to post there homescreens mine currently is

[Sarail]

My Nexus 4 background/layout currently.

[BranDonk Kong]

Nice wallpaper.

[Shaymin]

Stock Note 2 background because I can't be arsed to change it.

[shingi_70]

No porb I find its harder to find wallpapers for android compared to ios.


So apparently Google is working on a Smartwatch that should be launching in the summer alongside the Google X phone. I know the pebble   guys have to be worried with so many bigger enties working on pebble competitors (Google,Apple,Samsung,LG)

[Oblivion]

Psh, Pebble is a piece of ****. MetaWatch for the win.

[shingi_70]

That Blackframe metawatch>>>>the pebble smartwatch.


Either way both will probably get curbed stomped by whatever Google and Apple put out.


Anyone here try blackberry 10 yet?

[Oblivion]

Google definitely, Apple maybe.

[shingi_70]

From what I've seen of early review Pebble is a worse product on ios than android. SO either way they're screwed after you get these native watches that sync with each ecosystem.

[Oblivion]

Yeah, I agree, Pebble sucks. However, the MetaWatch works very well with iOs, but obviously won't beat a native product.

[BranDonk Kong]

Was watching CNN the other day...Android at 70% of OS market share, iOS down to 20%, BlackBerry down to 3%.

[NWR_insanolord]

Market share is the most overrated statistic in tech. That said, Blackberry is pretty much dead.

[BranDonk Kong]

Tell that to Apple's stockholders.

[pokepal148]

Tell that to anyone's stockholders.

fixed

[BranDonk Kong]

True. Proves my point though.


And tell that to the thousands of people that had a job at RIM last year.

[NWR_insanolord]

Tell that to Apple's stockholders.

Apple's stockholders don't give a **** about market share. They care about profit, which Apple's rolling in, and anyone making Android devices that isn't Samsung is lacking.

[TJ Spyke]

Apple's profits have slowed down quite a bit though, which is what cause their stock to drop a whopping 10% the day they announce lower than expected sales numbers in January

[shingi_70]

Tell that to Apple's stockholders.

Apple's stockholders don't give a **** about market share. They care about profit, which Apple's rolling in, and anyone making Android devices that isn't Samsung is lacking.

don't forget Google's stockholders as well since Android is just a way to get the masses to use their services.  I mean despite liking Microsoft alot and choosing a Windows 8 Ultrabook over a Chromebook I probably won't leave Google on the mobile/tablet front. At this point im just too entrenched in the google ecosystem to really move.

[NWR_insanolord]

Google hasn't found a good way to monetize Android, though. Outside of the Nexus brand, they're not really bringing significant money in from it. They even get significantly more ad revenue from iOS than they do from Android.

[BranDonk Kong]

So market share and sales have nothing to do with each other?

[shingi_70]

So market share and sales have nothing to do with each other?

Not exactly. I mean globally Nokia and RIM both have massive marketshares counting everything they do BB7/BB10 and Symbian/Windows Phone. Yet that Marketshare doesn't matter that much since most of it is in emerging markets and places that can't afford the high end money maker devices that makes the headlines.


These markets will make sure that  RIM and Nokia will never fully disappear but they won't be playing on the samsung/Apple level unless the high end Blackberry and Lumia devices start to make major waves.




Also like Insanolord said just because Android has a high market share doesn't automatically mean sales. Right now the only ones making money off of android from a hardware standpoint are Samsung. HTC and Sony are respective #2 and #3 and both are considered struggling in the hardware space. Its mostly because HTC doesn't know how to market and no american carrier wants to play ball with Sony.


Even Google is having trouble despite the nexus line selling decently enough since the Galaxy Nexus.  There have been reports about Google being worried Samsung possibly forking Android in favor of going with their own services.


Here's a Verge link since the actual WSJ article is behind a pay wall.
 [size=78%]http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323699704578324220017879796.html?mg=reno64-wsj[/size]

The only way Google is going to gain any sembablance of hardware control over at Google (if they care anymore) would be to play ball with carriers something that Google doesn't want to do after the Verizon-Galaxy Nexus debacle. I can see them continuing their T-mobile partnership since tmo is going all in getting rid of contracts as they're main method of payments.

It probably won't happen anytime soon but after seeing the Chromebook Pixl I really want to what an intenrally made android device from google would be like.