It reminded me of Star Trek communicator also. lol
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Any new phone rumors for Sprint?
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It reminded me of Star Trek communicator also. lol
Orion
Android Expert
Isn't that going to cut right into the Note series as far as sales go? This may mean that the rumors of the Note 3 being 6-6.3 in may come to fruition. I guess Samsung wants more choices. All in all I can't wait to see how this goes.
bearballz
Well-Known Member
Yeah I don't know about this S pen rumor for the S4. I think that's one of the selling points of the Note line, besides the larger size of course.
Personally I think the S4 will probably be just a jump up in specs (faster processer, better screen, more bells and whistles, more memory). Maybe a new design even?
But since nobody knows anything about the S4, the rumor mill will be working overtime the closer we get to the launch. Although it's fun to speculate on these things
Personally I think the S4 will probably be just a jump up in specs (faster processer, better screen, more bells and whistles, more memory). Maybe a new design even?
But since nobody knows anything about the S4, the rumor mill will be working overtime the closer we get to the launch. Although it's fun to speculate on these things
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
Yeah I don't know about this S pen rumor for the S4. I think that's one of the selling points of the Note line, besides the larger size of course.
Personally I think the S4 will probably be just a jump up in specs (faster processer, better screen, more bells and whistles, more memory). Maybe a new design even?
But since nobody knows anything about the S4, the rumor mill will be working overtime the closer we get to the launch. Although it's fun to speculate on these things
Methinks that the new S4 will have either the Exynos 5250 (dual-core) or their new Exynos QC chipset (based on A15 arch). Display will likely go up in size slightly and have that flexible display. As for the rest, I have no idea. I wouldn't be too happy if they did decide to include S Pen, since that means the price will likely drive up a bit.
bearballz
Well-Known Member
Samsung could incorporate the technology into the phone so it could be "S-Pen capable" which means Samsung could sell it as an accessory.
My Mom has the HTC Flyer tablet that came out a couple years back. HTC sold an optional stylus that enabled you to jot notes, highlight text, draw and some other things. But HTC priced the stylus at $75.00 which of course was a complete ripoff.
My Lenovo Thinkpad tablet came with a stylus that actually works very well, especially for jotting notes. Although I don't really use that often.
My Mom has the HTC Flyer tablet that came out a couple years back. HTC sold an optional stylus that enabled you to jot notes, highlight text, draw and some other things. But HTC priced the stylus at $75.00 which of course was a complete ripoff.
My Lenovo Thinkpad tablet came with a stylus that actually works very well, especially for jotting notes. Although I don't really use that often.
Tommydaniel
Android Expert
Rumors peg it with the 5450, which is the quad core A15. Rumors also suggest that Samsung will utilize a BIG.little architecture with their chips.
ironbrewer
Member
I like the idea of the S4 coming with the S pen. I think it would be great.
I agree, it will be S-pen capable but not be part of the package or insertable.
The Lenovo Thinkpad (Android version) was one tablet I liked, the keyboard accessory was awesome. But with their locked down policy and then turning their backs on upgrading that Thinkpad and instead making it a Windows tablet, totally pissed me off. If they make a universal Keyboard like the Thinkpad had, I would get that. I still think its a also accessory.
I also wish Samsung would have made a keyboard add on that makes the Note 10.1 into laptop like the transformer.
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drexappeal
Extreme Android User
Considering what they did with the Windows 8 Ativ series, I wouldn't be surprised if they do that with the Note 10.1 series this coming year.
bearballz
Well-Known Member
Yeah the Thinkpad is a nice device. It has boatload of features, but it's a bit on the chunky side and heavy, but it's built like a tank. Plus like you said Lenovo pretty much bailed on Android and decided to go with Windows 8 instead which means zero updates and support for the Android version. Hoping that Lenovo will eventually enable users unlock the bootloader so I can root the thing.
Funny thing is that my employer bought a bunch of them for the people in the field to use. They actually used mine as a guinae pig to see if it would work with certain programs.
I ended up giving it to the GF to use since I have a Nexus 7 and the Ipad 2.
Zero Hunter
Member
Yeah, hope the s pen does come out as an accessory. Would be pretty neat.
Orion
Android Expert
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KOLIO
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Perhaps we'll get a glimpse of the offerings from SPRINT in 2013 from here:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34436_1-57561842/7-reasons-to-get-excited-about-cnet-at-ces-2013/?tag=nl.e404&s_cid=e404
2013 CES Next Big Thing SuperSessionDo. Not. Miss. CNET's annual Next Big Thing SuperSession on Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT. Discussing the post-mobile future, Brian Cooley and Molly Wood will sit down for a chat with entrepreneur Mark Cuban,LG Electronics USA's Senior Vice President of Marketing James Fishler,Ford Motor Co.'s futurist Sheryl Connelly, and Sprint's Senior Vice President, Product Development and Operations, Fared Adib. It'll be the smartest, most forward-thinking supersession at CES and promises to pack the room (plus the overflow room) in CES' North Hall, so show up early or watch the live stream.
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34436_1-57561842/7-reasons-to-get-excited-about-cnet-at-ces-2013/?tag=nl.e404&s_cid=e404
2013 CES Next Big Thing SuperSessionDo. Not. Miss. CNET's annual Next Big Thing SuperSession on Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT. Discussing the post-mobile future, Brian Cooley and Molly Wood will sit down for a chat with entrepreneur Mark Cuban,LG Electronics USA's Senior Vice President of Marketing James Fishler,Ford Motor Co.'s futurist Sheryl Connelly, and Sprint's Senior Vice President, Product Development and Operations, Fared Adib. It'll be the smartest, most forward-thinking supersession at CES and promises to pack the room (plus the overflow room) in CES' North Hall, so show up early or watch the live stream.
Orion
Android Expert
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Bnice
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Here is some more rumor, I just hope a version come to Sprint.
HTC M7 specifications leak with hint of new Sense - SlashGear
HTC M7 specifications leak with hint of new Sense - SlashGear
Tommydaniel
Android Expert
I think you mean truckload of salt. How or why sites published this is beyond me. Why not send the actual photo instead taking the photo of a computer screen? Most likely because the Photoshop was poorly executed and they wanted to hide their mistakes.
This reminds me of the story that every blog picked about the Jelly Bean features from their "reliable sources" that ended up being a hoax.
Orion
Android Expert
Hahaha exactly. Most of these "leaks" are fake, photoshopped, or just prototypes. These sites should learn their lesson from last year. We are not going to know until closer to the unveiling.
PyroSporker
Android Expert
I know just rumors still but
Strange, I wonder what this simple and clean version of Sense is...?
Isn't Sense already pretty simple, or am I just too accustomed to it?
Sense is great in my opinion, why does it need to be dumbed down?
Why do we need this new volume slider that will probably "feature" some notification that will annoyingly be permanently placed in the notification bar/drop down shade (like power saver, keyboard input selector, background data, etc.).
If they want to be simple, why don't they just give us straight Vanilla Android? Alot of people would actually prefer that.
Though I wish they would do the opposite and take a page out of the root world and custom ROM land by making Sense more feature rich and option filled - and if the issue is appealing to new/basic users, then they should make an expanded optional development mode/advanced user mode.
The only thing I can think they could reasonably simplify or clean up is that they could make Sense less resource intensive.
I'm glad the HTC rumors so far are more than just fake rendered blurry cam photos. I'd much rather have a thoughtful conversation about stuff like this ^ rather than the veracity of a screen capture.
Orion
Android Expert
I think Sprint will definitely get this phone. The question is, will it be an EVO variant or will HTC have the same phone for all carriers?
Tommydaniel
Android Expert
EVO variant. HTC doesn't have half the pull Samsung does.
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Bnice
Guest
Samsung has been doing this a lot longer and have the ba@#$ to call out apple. HTC needs to establish that one phone for all carriers that everyone can know,they release the same phone on carriers with different design so imo they lose that identity factor. Everyone or most know of the S3,Note and iphone. No other OEM has that. To me HTC need to establish that one bad a$$ phone yearly like Samsung, Apple and Google.
They tried that with the One X. Fortunately we got the LTEvo.
And no matter how great their next phone is, the press will whine about Sense again.
What's new this year is the same thing from last year, "Sense is lighter now."
Hard to play against a stacked deck.
And no matter how great their next phone is, the press will whine about Sense again.
What's new this year is the same thing from last year, "Sense is lighter now."
Hard to play against a stacked deck.
ScandaLeX
Wasn't Me
If more sites let go of the "me first" mentality we'd have less fake leaks. They're in such a hurry to post "exclusives" yet don't take the time to fact check.
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
They don't, but they should. I think that would be a brilliant idea, actually. However, the issue lies in their poor marketing.
htc and everyone.. knew that sense was very heavy and used a lot of memory.
they should have had 2gb of RAM before Sammy. the evo og was one of the first to have 1gb of RAM.
Stylus... htc tried it with the flyer to bring it back. it was a step in the right direction. to bad htc could not think farther outside the box, and change the stylus more. Sammy again saw the potential first.
they should have had 2gb of RAM before Sammy. the evo og was one of the first to have 1gb of RAM.
Stylus... htc tried it with the flyer to bring it back. it was a step in the right direction. to bad htc could not think farther outside the box, and change the stylus more. Sammy again saw the potential first.