Blabety Blah

Its my first decent post in this new year,I think.Actually its well into year 2010(kinda has a ring to it,doesnt it?Twenty-Ten.),far enough that all the ‘new year’ fuss has died away.Infact even the fuss about the ‘new year fuss’ has withered to dust.

And here I am back from my self imposed exile from the world wide web.Actually my pc,and my pda both died(gremlins?)and pure laziness prevented me from getting off my backside and doing anything about the pc and my phone took a long time getting fixed(more on that and the HTC mass failing issue in some later post.Maybe.)

Well,all that’s over now,so hope to keep writing in more regularly.

Now I’ll get back to what I was doing.

Studying.Trying to,actually….

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Walmart NOT Carrying Nexus One?

A spokes person from Walmart has come out and flat out denied that Walmart will be carrying the Nexus One. Does this mean the specs we saw on that page are incorrect as well? I don’t know about you guys, but that would stink if this was all a huge mistake. Below is a statement from Walmart’s Spokesman  Ravi Jariwala:

“Due to a technical error, this item erroneously was displayed on our site. We’re working with our partner Let’s Talk to have it removed as quickly as possible. We have no plans to carry Nexus One in Walmart stores or online at Walmart.com at this time.”

Quote Thanks too Androinica

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How to save pics someone sent in a text to HTC Droid Eris?

Question:
My husband sent me some pics from his phone in a txt and I have no idea how to save them to my phone...
Answer:
This is how:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-touch-…
http://www.htcwiki.com/thread/1020388/Te…

What do the symbols on the top tool bar on the HTC Droid Eris mean?

Question:
I've had this phone for 2 days and i'm not sure how everything works. But I am seeing new symbols appear in the top tool bar. Example: an @ symbol and a check mark icon. I just wanna know what they mean or how to get rid of them.
Answer:
those are notifications, you can see them in detail, if you hit the menu button while you are in the home screen, then the list of notifications show up, you can delete them if you like. Source(s): http://www.Droid-Eris.com

Sognando Nexus One...

Che dire di questo smartphone? Le recensioni abbondano sul web, su quello che a dire di molto,e pure mio, è il miglior avversario dell’ iPhone di Apple.

Solo leggendo le specifiche tecniche me ne sono innamorato…poi a vedere il suo prezzo  530 dollari della versione sbloccata (370 euro) contro i quasi settecento dell’iPhone, che seppure ha 32 gb di memoria integrata, la mia follia mi è sembrata meno folle.

Per il momento come ben sapete è in vendita online solo in america e in gran bretagna… in italia verrà distribuito da Vodafone che probabilmente, come al solito, alzerà i prezzi della versione “unlocked”.

Nonostante tutto il mercato sembra non aver reagito positivamente alle attese, infatti nella prima settimana di vendite si registrano 20.000 vendite di Nexus One contro il milione e seicentomila di quelli dell’iPhone, sarà per colpa della strategia di marketing di Google, sarà il periodo post natalizio.

Io intanto rimango a sognare, e a risparmiare per l’eventuale acquisto.

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What is Google’s Android?

   Google’s Android is an operating system like Windows 7 or Mac OS X but for your cellphone. Their are many phones that run this operating system in the USA just look for the “with Google”.  The screen may look different but its all the same thing.

USA Devices

• T-mobile G1 (T-mobile) $99.99
• MyTouch 3G (T-Mobile) $149.99
• Motorola Cliq (T-Mobile) $99.99
• Samsung Behold 2 (T-Mobile) $149.99
• HTC Hero (Sprint) $179.99
• Samsung Moment (Sprint) $179.99
• Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless) $149.99
• Droid Eris (Verizon Wireless) $79.99

 

   All of those devices runs Google Android and have Wi-Fi. The operating systems features a touch screen, the Android Marketplace with is just like the Apple iPhone Application Store but less applications.

    When using one of these devices it acts like a Windows computer with an application launcher, desktop style interface, widgets, and there is even a task manger for applications. The interface on the iPhone is more user friendly for people using a smartphone for the first time. Here is an example of the interface.

 

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Complaints rolling in about Google Nexus One

NEWS Complaints rolling in about Google Nexus One

By Priya Ganapati

January 14, 2010 12:04 p.m. EST

(Wired) — Google’s Nexus One phone may have been one of the most anticipated devices of the last few weeks. But since the smartphone’s launch last Tuesday, it has left a string of unhappy customers in its wake.

Nexus One has been plagued by consumer complaints including spotty 3G connectivity, a high early termination fee, poor customer support from Google and problems with the touchscreen.

“There are some aspects of the experience that Google didn’t think through as carefully as they should have,” says Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. “This has implications for the store they have launched and their future ambitions for it. Google, clearly, has a lot of work ahead of it.”

Google introduced the Nexus One as the first device to be sold by the search company itself, rather than a manufacturing or carrier partner. The Nexus One, which runs Android 2.1, has been designed by HTC and works with T-Mobile’s network in the United States.

But contrary to initial speculation, the device isn’t free. It will retail for $180 with a 2-year contract with T-Mobile. An unlocked version is also available for $530 — a price similar to most other smartphones — and that version will work on other GSM phone networks worldwide as well as AT&T in the United States, although with some limitations.

The difference, though, is the Nexus One is available only through Google’s online store. Unlike with a Motorola Cliq or a HTC G1, users can’t walk into a T-Mobile store and buy the Nexus One.

They can’t even count on T-Mobile’s customer service representatives in store or the company’s phone support to solve their problems.

It’s a strategy that has backfired on Google. The company’s support forums are full of customer complaints around the Nexus and the company’s poor service.

“A lot of complaints and frustration that people are expressing would normally be handled by going back into the store or by calling the support help line,” says Golvin. “Having a physical location where you can take your phone back helps customers and Google seems to have underestimated that.”

“Solving customer support issues is extremely important to us, because we want people to have a positive Nexus One experience,” says a Google spokesperson. “We are trying to be as open and transparent as possible through our online customer help forums.”

Many of the customer complaints are centered about the device’s inability to connect to T-Mobile’s 3G network. The Nexus One does not pick up the 3G network or keeps switching to the slower EDGE network, say some users.

A Google spokesperson says the company is aware of the problem. “We are aware of the issues that have affected a small number of users and are working quickly to fix any problems,” the spokesperson told Wired.com in an email. “We hope to have more information soon. When we do, we will post it to the user forum.”

Add to all this Google’s decision to charge a separate early termination fee in addition to the one charged by T-Mobile. Nexus One customers who bought the subsidized, $180 version and then decide to cancel their contracts will have to pay $200 to T-Mobile.

But Google also charges users a $350 “equipment recovery fee” if you give up on the contract within 120 days.

Including all charges, Nexus One customers who want to bail early will end up paying $550. That’s significantly higher than the controversial $350 early termination fee imposed by Verizon last year.

“Google provides a subsidy for devices purchased with T-Mobile USA service. If a consumer cancels service after 14 days, Google recoups this subsidy in the form of an equipment recovery fee,” says the Google spokesperson.

“After 120 days, the equipment recovery fee will no longer apply. This is standard practice for third party resellers of T-Mobile and other operators, and you will find similar policies for other mobile service resellers. The T-Mobile early termination fee is separate and handled by T-Mobile.”

Despite the problems, Google can bounce back, says Golvin. Customer dissatisfaction is likely to be just a small speed bump in the road for Google’s mobile ambitions, he says.

“Google tends to have a bit of a Teflon coating,” says Golvin. “People tend to cut them a lot more slack — as they do with Apple — than they do with their mobile operator.”

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Copyright 2009 Wired.com. STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Google’s Nexus One online support frustrates users
• Google: “We are trying to be as open and transparent as possible” through forums
• Complaints about device’s inability to connect to T-Mobile’s 3G network

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Which phone...Motorola Droid vs. HTC Droid Eris?

Question:
I have the enV Touch and expierienced both the droid and droid eris. I liked both phones, but was wondering which is the better value/ I'm looking for decent battery, very smooth touch screen, easy to text, and i want a phone thats sleek. Any opinions?
Answer:
moto double the battery life bigger screen and very detailed and fine touch screen, also has a slide out keyboard that is easy to text on. 16gb of memory
htc half the battery life, more compact, virtual keyboard, 8gb of memory.

I honestly would get a feel for both phones by playing with them in store. 35.00 for a restocking fee is a tough one to swallow if you change your after you get one and regret getting it and wanting the other device.

iPhone vs Nexus One and the Next Big Thing.

The iPhone. The phone name that has set the standard of mobile phones, and has broken down barriers in the mobile industry.

To put it in an epical way.

The Nexus One. The phone that was racing all over the WWW, and is possibly the iPhone KILLER! To put again in a falsely epical way.

I’ll get to Nexus vs iPhone after a breakdown of phones in the last year.

Well so here’s the deal. The Blackberry Storm released last year [was it 08? unsure], poised as an iPhone Killer. It failed unanimously, reducing the Storm name to shreds. Mainly due to it’s clickscreen trying to falsely compete with the iPhone. By falsely competing, I mean didn’t even come close. The Storm received negative feedback and receival. I know two people with Storm’s and that’s about it. I’m not even gonna try to list the amount of people with an iPhone.

Then out came Palm with the Pre and Pixi. Now, these were labeled iPhone Killers but I think it didn’t get enough mindshare to really go that way. But though it didn’t really pose itself as a big competitor to iPhone, Palm brought out two great phones to be in the market, but it wasn’t really the iPhone killer.

Now I’m gonna rewind a bit. Back to when Google/HTC released the Google G1. [HTC G1? Whatever] The G1 was sort of a small opening to Android. But now, it’s coming out to be the next big thing.

But iPhone Killer? I’m not sure if that’d be considered an overstatement, or an understatement. With a likely huge set of HTC Phones that are likely to be unveiled later this year [sidenote: I fell in love with HTC Phones when I first saw the Eris. Design = Pure Win for HTC Phones] Android is taking over most of the HTC Lineup, leaving WinMo in a smaller share of the HTC Phone lineup, Android has surely gotten HTC’s eyes.

By the end of 2010, we should be able to tell where Android is going, and how much it could be considered against the iPhone. And with another iPhone likely being released soon, we’ll see soon enough.

But then, recently, Android decided to switch to the offense team, and with starting at the DROID and Droid Eris, they began rollout of a new series of phones [speaking of which, where are all the other DROID's got to?] the DROIDs. These were more than publicly put out as direct iPhone competetion, and did they underperform, perform, or overperform?

The DROID by Motorola had a TERRIBLE keyboard, being the chief losing point for Motorola here. The Eris also has HTC Sense, so in the private Droid arena, personally, the Eris is better.

The Droid’s both had 5 MP cameras, and uh, nice screens and Android. The ‘iDon’t’ ads list pretty much most of what the Droid Does that iPhone doesn’t, but googling ‘droid doesn’t will offer some other important factors to consider.

Then, Google outed the Nexus One a few days ago.

The Nexus One mainly has a Snapdragon 1Ghz processor, 5 MP Camera, AMOLED 3.7 in screen.

Note, even for 5 MP, the camera has been noted to be outdone by most other phones.

Personally, I don’t see much newer from the Droids. If I were to choose an Atedroid phone, my choices would range from the Droids to the Nexus. The only two factors I’d consider is comfortability in navigation, and proccesor. Eris and Nexus have comfort, Nexus wins in Processor.

So iPhone vs Nexus One is a hard question, usually already answered in most iPhone – Droid comparisons.

Even for its 5 MP camera, I’ve been told the iPhone’s camera is better. The iPhone’s screen is still better. But then in some arena’s the Nexus wins. What I want to see happen, is for a real game changing Android device to show up. Something better then what we have. Not like, better proc, better ram, better battery, better screen, better camera or anything.

Something different.

In the same way when in 2007, and the age of ugly phone OS’es, and ugly devices, the iPhone came out looking better then literally any phone, and then all the phone industry followed suit.

I want an Android device that that.

I want it to happen so that we’ll look back and say, “Remember in 2010, when all the phones were so ugly and crappy, and the [insert genius Android phone name here] came out and the rest of the phone industry followed suit”.

I’ll know how great a phone is when Apple is on all fours trying to catch up.

Now the second topic, the Next Big ‘Thing’.

For years, we’ve had the iPod. Literally the breath of life for Apple that really resurrected the company.

Google needs no resurrection, they just need more devices to finish taking over the world.

So we’ve seen Android phones, netbooks, and e-readers, expanding and expanding. This is not aimed at Google alone, it’s aimed at all of  the commercial industry.

We’d been listening to music for years and YEARS. Everybody says that in 2001 Apple completely changed how you listen to music. It did.

Video-Game Consoles changed how we play games.

VHS>DVD>Blu-Ray Changed how we watch movies.

Want to go even more back?

Board Games changed how we entertained ourself. Actually it didn’t change it. It was the basis for building everything off of.

Movie theaters changed what people did in their spare time, Movies.

The Internet changed how we communicate with everyone in the world and connected with the world.

But you know what?

There’s still more internets to be discovered.

And you could be the one.

C’mon Apple, C’mon Google, I want to see the next toaster.

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Which phone sshould i pick?

Question:
my birthday is coming up soon and i want a cell phone...my choices are the HTC hero...The samsung instinct HD ...or the samsung moment..
Answer:
Forget the Instinct.. go with Android. The Hero is a lot more creative and the Moment has the big keyboard and huge screen. Its a lot bulkier and the battery on those are not very good but the os is amazing and soon will be updated

Ta-dah!!! Google’s Nexus One Finally Landed! Translation?

Unlike other mobile handset vendors, Google offers many other goodies online – search, Google wave, Google Voice, email, and more. So, If their handset is as good as they claim it is, I believe they will significantly shake up the Smartphone business model.

Referring to my previous coverage of the Google’s Nexus One Smartphone, the phone is finally out with their own Android mobile operating system and ready for you to purchase on Google’s website. Ironically, the release is exactly on 25th year anniversary of my arrival to the great city of Washington, DC. Not sure it means anything though maybe they send me a free phone?

Price tag: $179 with a two-year T-Mobile contract, or on its own for $529 without signing on for a specific carrier service; the Nexus One will also be available from Verizon Wireless and Vodafone sometime in the spring. Any GSM network SIM card can be inserted into the device. Such flexibility may prove attractive to enterprises with widely dispersed or multinational workers.

The phone is designed in close partnership with manufacturer HTC. It features a 3.7-inch OLED display; a trackball with multi-colored LED that will be used for notifications; a 5-megapixel camera; stereo Bluetooth; and active noise cancellation. It will offer voice activation for all text fields on the phone, including for creating email and Twitter status updates.

Multiple home screens, a la the iPhone, will let users populate the device with icons for applications they download from the Android Market.

In the coming months, Google plans on partnering with additional operators, offering consumers access to a broad set of service plans. In the future the company expects to launch additional phones with Android handset partners and to expand the web store to additional countries.

Here is their Nexus One in more details

. 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, which makes the phone as powerful as your laptop computer.

. Runs on Android 2.1, a version of the platform’s Eclair software, which offers advanced applications and features including:

• Google Maps Navigation: offering turn-by-turn driving directions with voice output.

• Email: multiple Gmail accounts; universal inbox and Exchange support.

• Phone book: aggregate contacts from multiple sources, including Facebook.

• Quick Contacts: easily switch between communication and social applications.

• Android Market: access to more than18,000 applications.

Their hardware includes:

• Display: 3.7″ AMOLED 480×800 WVGA display

• Thinness: 11.5mm

• Weight: 130g

• Processor/Speed: Qualcomm Snapdragon 3G QSD8250 chipset, delivering speeds up to 1GHz

• Camera: 5 megapixel auto focus with flash and geo tagging

• Onboard memory: 512MB Flash, 512MB RAM

• Expandable memory: 4GB removable SD Card (expandable to 32GB)

• Noise Suppression: Dynamic noise suppression from Audience, Inc.

• Ports: 3.5mm stereo headphone jack with four contacts for inline voice and remote control

• Battery: Removable 1400 mAh

• Personalized laser engraving: Up to 50 characters on the back of the phone

• Trackball: Tri-color notification LED, alerts when new emails, chats, text messages arrive

New functionality and software enhancements:

• Enter text without typing: Use a voice-enabled keyboard for all text fields: speak a text message, instant message, tweet, Facebook update, or complete an email.

• Tell your phone what you want it to do: Search Google, call contacts, or get driving directions by just speaking into your phone.

• Take personalization to the next level: Dynamic, interactive, live wallpapers react to the touch of a finger, while widgets and five home screen panels allow for further device customization.

• Capture camera-quality pictures and video: 5 megapixel camera includes LED flash, auto focus, zoom, white balance and color effects; pictures and Picasa Web Albums can be viewed in the new 3D Gallery; Hi-Res MPEG4 video can be recorded and then uploaded to YouTube with one click.

• Read your voicemail messages: Get transcribed voicemail with Google Voice integration, without changing your number.

Here is Smartphone market share in 2009 according to ChangeWave Research:

(% Respondent)

Operating System September 2009 December 2009

iPhone OSX 32% 28%

Google Android 6% 21%

RIM BlackBerry 17% 18%

Microsoft Windows Mobile 9% 6%

Palm OS/Web OS 6% 3%

Here is a pretty nice coverage of the phone:

more about “Viddler.com – Google Nexus One UI wal…“, posted with vodpod

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