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Galaxy S3 Watering Hole
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breadnatty08
pain rustique
Still trying to find a reason to upgrade from my S3. It does everything I need it to, and does it well. Would love another Nexus, but why pull out the wallet for it?
Gmash
Extreme Android User
Doesn't look as bad as it sounds, but I don't see it being a huge sales incentive.
Is This the Gold iPhone 5S?
Is This the Gold iPhone 5S?
And it's raining like crazy right now. Going to be a fun night. Trucks will get stuck, hopefully lightning doesn't hit a well, but Luke Kuechly killed it against the Ravens!
Also my neighbor stopped changing with her curtains open. Today is kind of a wash.
ajdroidx
Android Expert
Well, launch day at AT&T:
White LG optimus G pro (kind of interesting, I guess)
Moto X
HTC one Mini
Samsung galaxy mega 6.3
Kind of meh...
Sadly, I think we have reached an over saturation of phones in the market. Nothing really new or innovative. I guess the next step is for each manufacturer to attempt to create their own ecosystem.
White LG optimus G pro (kind of interesting, I guess)
Moto X
HTC one Mini
Samsung galaxy mega 6.3
Kind of meh...
Sadly, I think we have reached an over saturation of phones in the market. Nothing really new or innovative. I guess the next step is for each manufacturer to attempt to create their own ecosystem.
breadnatty08
pain rustique
TBH, what has MS done since Gates retired?
breadnatty08
pain rustique
More importantly, how much has Gates achieved SINCE leaving Microsoft. 
I haven't used it but I would have to agree. I was thinking in terms of os and productivity suites. They have been failing and flailing in those areas. They are having a real tough time transitioning to a cloud based market IMO.
ajdroidx
Android Expert
breadnatty08
pain rustique
Yeah saw a sign for preording the Moto X at Best Buy but no display model.
K
Kaat72
Guest
*dancing in circles, jumping, singing
I convinced hubby to plug in the Atari 2600 for tonight
You have a tv old enough to be able to hook it up?
K
Kaat72
Guest
Plain coax into the Sony Bravia
http://static.photobucket.com/playe...town - summer/20130824_201515_zpsf1643c68.mp4
Revenant Ghost
Android Expert
That was the first game system my dad got me. I actually wanted a NES at the time though. :/
ajdroidx
Android Expert
Morningafternoonevening all
Managed to get a sunday off work, so I am sitting here, drinking coffee and thinking about what I usually think about in the mornings. Cell phones
It seems to me that cell phone tech has reached a Plateau. It has matured, the market saturated and at one point I was actually doing my research on devices before buying them... this research was to see how hacker friendly they where. Was the bootloader unlockable, could I flash a custom rom, was root available etc. At a result, I never really used my devices. They where toys. Adult legos taken to the extreme, I guess. A way to stick it to the man by saying, I can modify my device because I bought it.
At first, this was fun, because even though I had say a Galaxy S3, and everyone else had one too, I could proudly say mine was different. "Custom software" I would often say, with a sly grin on my face. Most people could not give a rip less. But still, I had my phone running software only available through some dev that no one heard of.
And for what? Just to say I could do this!?
What started off as fun turned into a headache. Often, installing custom software caused issues. Random freezes, phone acting screwy, signal just stopped requiring a reboot or airplane mode toggle. After a bit, I finally opted to purchase mobile odin pro (great program by the way) and reflash the original factory image (since I lost the nandroid right off the bat when I first started to tinker with the note 2). At this point, I was done with custom roms on this device. I figured I would loose root, but I bought supersu to allow it to try to maintain root after update. I was surprised to see it actually worked on my note 2.
But anyway, the point is, I grew tired of babysitting my rooted device. Tired of tinkering with it, tired of it messing up when I needed it most. I decided to actually just.... use the device.
To think about things, I realize I was just buying devices to just tinker with them. I picked up the note 2 because I though I could run twitter and radarscope at the same time out of the box. I could not. I should have stopped and taken the device back right there, but I figured the devs would find a work around. And they did. With some software that acted wonky for me. And the aspect ratios of some programs made using multiwindow useless anyway.
So, what does this mean? I am sitting here with a note 2 right now, basically at stock, with just root (though I expect an eventually an update will break this, unless Chainfire updates the SuperSU app to work with 4.3, I heard it did not yet because of the way 4.3 is laid out.) At this point. I Suppose its all good.
I guess what I am trying to say (very longwindedly I may add), I have, rooted, used custom roms and came back to stock because I got tired of messing with things. I guess I have had my fun playing with the back end of things. Time to actually use the device.
Now that I have pulled back from the hacking, I have looked at a couple devices I am using and have started to think about things a bit more. From a usability stand point...
Managed to get a sunday off work, so I am sitting here, drinking coffee and thinking about what I usually think about in the mornings. Cell phones
It seems to me that cell phone tech has reached a Plateau. It has matured, the market saturated and at one point I was actually doing my research on devices before buying them... this research was to see how hacker friendly they where. Was the bootloader unlockable, could I flash a custom rom, was root available etc. At a result, I never really used my devices. They where toys. Adult legos taken to the extreme, I guess. A way to stick it to the man by saying, I can modify my device because I bought it.
At first, this was fun, because even though I had say a Galaxy S3, and everyone else had one too, I could proudly say mine was different. "Custom software" I would often say, with a sly grin on my face. Most people could not give a rip less. But still, I had my phone running software only available through some dev that no one heard of.
And for what? Just to say I could do this!?
What started off as fun turned into a headache. Often, installing custom software caused issues. Random freezes, phone acting screwy, signal just stopped requiring a reboot or airplane mode toggle. After a bit, I finally opted to purchase mobile odin pro (great program by the way) and reflash the original factory image (since I lost the nandroid right off the bat when I first started to tinker with the note 2). At this point, I was done with custom roms on this device. I figured I would loose root, but I bought supersu to allow it to try to maintain root after update. I was surprised to see it actually worked on my note 2.
But anyway, the point is, I grew tired of babysitting my rooted device. Tired of tinkering with it, tired of it messing up when I needed it most. I decided to actually just.... use the device.
To think about things, I realize I was just buying devices to just tinker with them. I picked up the note 2 because I though I could run twitter and radarscope at the same time out of the box. I could not. I should have stopped and taken the device back right there, but I figured the devs would find a work around. And they did. With some software that acted wonky for me. And the aspect ratios of some programs made using multiwindow useless anyway.
So, what does this mean? I am sitting here with a note 2 right now, basically at stock, with just root (though I expect an eventually an update will break this, unless Chainfire updates the SuperSU app to work with 4.3, I heard it did not yet because of the way 4.3 is laid out.) At this point. I Suppose its all good.
I guess what I am trying to say (very longwindedly I may add), I have, rooted, used custom roms and came back to stock because I got tired of messing with things. I guess I have had my fun playing with the back end of things. Time to actually use the device.
Now that I have pulled back from the hacking, I have looked at a couple devices I am using and have started to think about things a bit more. From a usability stand point...
K
Kaat72
Guest
Morningafternoonevening all
I guess what I am trying to say (very longwindedly I may add), I have, rooted, used custom roms and came back to stock because I got tired of messing with things. I guess I have had my fun playing with the back end of things. Time to actually use the device.
Amen!
:thumbup:
K
Kaat72
Guest
Mornen All
Howdy San Diego :ciao: