Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

[HanSolo]

If anyone has any hopes of getting the Nexus 5 on Verizon, I suggest you consider buying the G2. It's on its way to turning into, for all intents and purposes, what the N5 will be, Verizon style.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45715073#post45715073

 

[halon]

So Cyanogen went incorporated.


And the Developer Edition Moto X is available for purchase now.

 

[Rxpert83]

So Cyanogen went incorporated.

Really not sure how I feel about that.

On one hand, it legitimizes the custom ROM community, and will hopefully lead to further AOSP options from manufacturers.

On the other hand, it'll be interesting to see how they navigate the legal waters with relicensing all of the code they've gotten from the community & whether or not they'll be able to incorporate gapps.

Not really a fan of them making money off of contributions from the community.

 

[halon]

I've never used their ROM but apparently it is really good. I say more power to them IF they can do better like they say.

Nice to see the Verizon violating FCC story making it outside of tech sites. But just like senators and congressmen nothing will happen to them.

 

[wyndslash]

Anyone else backed Pressy?

Pressy - the Almighty Android Button! by Nimrod Back — Kickstarter

that's very interesting. can you use it as a dedicated camera button? how would that work, exactly?

 

[The_Chief]

Apparently Pressy sends signals into the phone that are interpreted by the Pressy app and cause a pre-programmed (by you) event to occur. I see no reason why opening the camera app or snapping a pic wouldn't be such an event...

 

[wyndslash]

but if your phone is locked, do you have to unlock it first then before it would work? :/

 

[The_Chief]

That would be a question for the Pressy folks, but I do not believe so...

 

[MSUgEEk]

I've never used their ROM but apparently it is really good. I say more power to them IF they can do better like they say.

The good thing about Cyanogen is they provide their ROM for a broad variety of devices. Very comprehensive, whereas others are pretty device specific. Other than that, I've really never been THAT impressed with them.

 

[halon]

Republic Wireless will have the Moto X for $299...off contract.


http://www.droid-life.com/2013/09/19/capitol-one-pulls-out-of-isis-mobile-wallet-not-much-left-for-this-delayed-payment-system/

You know, there is a mobile payment system that works and it is called Google Wallet. How many years have people in Japan been using mobile payment now?

Ridiculous.

 

[The_Chief]

DOH!

Verizon, Caught Red-Handed | Jeff Jarvis

I hope the FCC gets heavily involved in THIS one...

 

[Stigy]

DOH!

Verizon, Caught Red-Handed | Jeff Jarvis

I hope the FCC gets heavily involved in THIS one...

But if you bring a SIM from a tablet or phone and pop it in an N7 it works perfectly.

 

[The_Chief]

Imagine that!

 

[jhawkkw]

Yeah, the whole Verizon/Nexus 7 fiasco is such a mess. :banghead:

 

[halon]

Yeah, the whole Verizon/Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus fiasco is such a mess. :banghead:

Fixed that.

 

[halon]

Gizmodo REALLY doesn't like the G2..

LG G2 Review: A Braindead Hercules

 

[Rxpert83]

Honestly haven't read the link..


...but from the title lulwut :rofl:

 

[breadnatty08]

The Verge was the same with their review.
Kellen from DL loves it though (along with Tim).

 

[The_Chief]

Gizmodo REALLY doesn't like the G2..

LG G2 Review: A Braindead Hercules

YEOWWWWW! What a spanking!

That ringtone... no, I would not want to wake up with the Vienna Boys Choir either. Talented little kids, contracted to make talent-less little ringtones.

A great example of what I would NOT want ringing in public:

While I'm waiting on NJ02vette and HanSolo to counterpoint this article with their real life experiences with their G2s, I watched the reveal and decided in my gut that this phone - as sold - could not possibly be for me.

19 days to go (or less) until my Note 3 arrives!

 

[breadnatty08]

Local news just reported the Bethesda, MD Apple store just lost power right before it was supposed to open.
:rofl:

 

[The_Chief]

LOL

Hopefully the fanbois in line, desperate for those hot new ringtones, will behave until a generator can be trucked in

 

[halon]

Want your Android to look like iOS 7? There's an app for that - Pocket-lint

 

[The_Chief]

Want your Android to look like iOS 7? There's an app for that - Pocket-lint

:rofl:

Yeah, who needs those pesky widgets anyway?

 

[EarlyMon]

Want your Android to look like iOS 7? There's an app for that - Pocket-lint

After you hate it along with some of the other new iOS 7 users, you can turn around and downgrade it.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...our-android-phone-look-like-an-iphone-1034709

Seriously - who does that?

 

[halon]

I would do it just to mess with people.