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magdelaine said:
FWIW CK, although I'm leaning Gnex I think I won't know which phone will really be mine until I see them side by side. The RAZR is just sweet lookin', tough hardware.
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I am kind of glad the razr is coming out a couple weeks before the nexus(supposedly) it will give time for reviews and any bugs that are present to be pointed out and then decide what phone I want.
 
Provided ICS does indeed support USB host mode, this is about as portable an external solution I could come up with:

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(That is actually a female regular USB connector on the right side.)

Amazon.com: USB 2.0 A to Micro B Female / Male Adaptor: Electronics

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Amazon.com: USB MicroSD Flash Card Reader Writer - Blue: Electronics

I put this at ~2.5 inches long.
 
cereal killer said:
Yeah ive flashed literally hundreds of ROMS, kernals and BA's. Im looking for a great otb experience so the locked BL while a drag isnt a deal breaker anymore. Back in the old days of single cores, low RAM and 2.0 - Froyo there was a NEED to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the hardware and software. With 4.0 and Dual Cores finally on the scene the need is not there anymore. Its more of a luxury. I'll leave that to the new guys to enjoy. Been there done that. Flash, set up phone for hours, rinse and repeat. Adb pushed pulled pressed and thrown.

Im looking for a great OTB experience nowadays.

Waterproof was in quotes for a reason :)
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From what I see, I don't think it's "waterproof", maybe water resistant, but waterproof is a bit of a stretch. Let us know how that shower and a movie goes though. lol :D

The New DROID RAZR - Android Smartphone - Ultra-Thin - KEVLAR Strong - Overview - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA
 
xtop said:
are you sure about that? i remember when they were announcing google wallet that they would be selling nfc stickers for phones without the capabilities
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You need a data connection to get your credentials into the NFC chip, and get data from the chip.

If there are no pins allocated for data, then it can't work. I'm not discounting that some mfrs have the forsight to include "reserved for future use" contacts that they could define for it. Or that some phone batteries may even have the signal paths required. Apparently, some older blackberries had extra connections and were able to be retrofitted because of this (through data port, not battery).

That's if NFC is even in the battery, which I'm not convinced it is. While the battery may be marked with it, it could just be the only location for marking. Not uncommon in tight spaces to mark where ever you can. The Nexus S has it's NFC chip in the rear door (so I read).

Now, there are some SD cards that are supposed to be marketed soon that will have NFC.

However, I thought you might get a laugh at how the iPhone guys do it.
Add NFC payment capability to your iPhone 4 | TiPb
 
redraider1 said:
Also with the supposed barometer in the galaxy nexus that is supposed to help with gps also.
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Better handheld GPS units have had an onboard barometric altimiter for years now. It isn't new tech, just new phone tech.

My 5 year old Garmin 60csx has one.
 
nj02vette said:
You need a data connection to get your credentials into the NFC chip, and get data from the chip.

If there are no pins allocated for data, then it can't work. I'm not discounting that some mfrs have the forsight to include "reserved for future use" contacts that they could define for it. Or that some phone batteries may even have the signal paths required. Apparently, some older blackberries had extra connections and were able to be retrofitted because of this (through data port, not battery).

That's if NFC is even in the battery, which I'm not convinced it is. While the battery may be marked with it, it could just be the only location for marking. Not uncommon in tight spaces to mark where ever you can. The Nexus S has it's NFC chip in the rear door (so I read).

Now, there are some SD cards that are supposed to be marketed soon that will have NFC.

However, I thought you might get a laugh at how the iPhone guys do it.
Add NFC payment capability to your iPhone 4 | TiPb
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nj02vette said:
You need a data connection to get your credentials into the NFC chip, and get data from the chip.

If there are no pins allocated for data, then it can't work. I'm not discounting that some mfrs have the forsight to include "reserved for future use" contacts that they could define for it. Or that some phone batteries may even have the signal paths required. Apparently, some older blackberries had extra connections and were able to be retrofitted because of this (through data port, not battery).

That's if NFC is even in the battery, which I'm not convinced it is. While the battery may be marked with it, it could just be the only location for marking. Not uncommon in tight spaces to mark where ever you can. The Nexus S has it's NFC chip in the rear door (so I read).

Now, there are some SD cards that are supposed to be marketed soon that will have NFC.

However, I thought you might get a laugh at how the iPhone guys do it.
Add NFC payment capability to your iPhone 4 | TiPb
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Special Stickers Will Bring Google Wallet To Android Phones That Lack NFC | TechCrunch

Of course, the vast majority of phones out there do not support NFC (the Nexus S is currently the only Android phone on the market that has the technology). Google and its partners reiterated that NFC will be surging in popularity over the next couple of years, and for the time being this is really a first step. But Google also has a plan to enable older devices to use a more limited version of the app: stickers that you can put on the back of your phone.

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HanSolo said:
Don’t all batteries already have data connectors? How else would the phone be able to display how much battery power is remaining? I believe the data connection is already there.
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H.Lo:

Battery voltage drops as the cell is discharging. The meter on your phone uses this in its calculation.
 
xtop said:
Special Stickers Will Bring Google Wallet To Android Phones That Lack NFC | TechCrunch



less than ideal sure, but not impossible
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What they are doing is printing a NFC chip and sticking it to your phone. But you can't input your credentials into the chip, or change that information like you can with the built in NFC. You'd have to order it special and couldn't change anything.

It's about as sophisticated as taping your NFC bank card to the back of your phone, like the iPhone4 example I linked to earlier.
 
nj02vette said:
What they are doing is printing a NFC chip and sticking it to your phone. But you can't input your credentials into the chip, or change that information like you can with the built in NFC. You'd have to order it special and couldn't change anything.

It's about as sophisticated as taping your NFC bank card to the back of your phone, like the iPhone4 example I linked to earlier.
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oh i wasn't trying to discredit you or anything, just putting it out there :)

and from what i can find searching the net, everyone seems pretty confused about whether or not nfc is actually in the battery. i see mentions of the nfc antenna being in the battery, and the nfc chip in the phone. makes more sense i suppose
 
HanSolo said:
Guys I tried searching for this in other threads, etc., but haven't found an answer.

With this storage issue, a lot of people are talking about syncing stuff "from the cloud". I was wondering, can you really store movies, apps, documents, ebooks, etc. "in the cloud"? And if so, can someone give me a link where I can sign up (I know it's not free). I was just wondering how comprehensive it is.

I just got a Google Music account started and am uploading about 1,200 songs and seminar segments that I need for work. (It's uploaded 5 files so far. . it's going to take a long while.)
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On the Google Music subject, I was mucking around when I first got my beta invite, and used SQLite to open the serverdatabase.db file (C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Google\MusicManager). I thought it was verrrrrrry interesting that there were db columns for VIDEO file info alongside all the music file info columns.

It may have just been left in by accident, but I took it to mean that GMusic is just the tip of the iceberg...er, cloud...for Google's services.
 
Honestly, the Razr looks sweet to me and the hardware is wonderful, but I've had an encrypted bootloader on my DX since July 15th a year ago. It wasn't an issue then, but then I learned now to root, rom and mod in a big way. I felt too limited.

Yes, it's a beautiful phone, it would warrant my serious consideration, but I can't see how any serious modder could stand for the encryption. This is just my perspective.
 
Steven58 said:
Honestly, the Razr looks sweet to me and the hardware is wonderful, but I've had an encrypted bootloader on my DX since July 15th a year ago. It wasn't an issue then, but then I learned now to root, rom and mod in a big way. I felt too limited.

Yes, it's a beautiful phone, it would warrant my serious consideration, but I can't see how any serious modder could stand for the encryption. This is just my perspective.
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I agree, although I think I'll be sticking with stock ICS for a long while. I'm kind of sick of modding right now. But I know once I get the bug again, CM9 will be out, as well as many, many others.

This will be a dev's wonderland device! :D
 
clb2196 said:
Ok, just want to clarify here. there are basically 2 ways to use Pogoplug

1) Software only. This is free. Leave your PC on, and you can copy folders from your PC to phone and vice versa. Pay a small fee and you can also stream directly from your PC.

2)Buy a Pogoplug device. I have one, it connects via Ethernet to my router. I have a 1 TB hard drive attached. I can access that drive from my phone to download or upload, and stream music and video. I also set up "Active Copy" on my PC to automatically backup my PC to the 1 TB drive. Very handy.

In any case, I highly recommend. I use it for my phone and my Tab and it's way cheaper than buying cloud storage, and remove the issue of who is storing your info. The only downside is if you're traveling and have a poser outage or something at home, you're screwed, so I keep my music on Amazon as well, so I always have access- but that's free (I only use 20 GB), so I'm not paying for it.


Oh- and since the USB hosting works in Honeycomb, I know some people with Xooms who have mnicroUSB to USB adapters that were able to attach thumb drives or (powered) hard drives, so you might wanna check over there.
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I looked into the pogoplug idea and in fact they just released a new pogoplug mobile device this week. It allows you to connect a SD card or HD via USB to your router so the main computer does not have to be turned on. Price of the device is $79 and is available now. It also allows an automatic behind the scene backup of your files on the android device back to the storage device.

I've done some review searches tonight and I'm impressed so far, I may pull the trigger on this one for a full service private home based cloud option. :cool:
 
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