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All trademarked words.

Can't say I'm too surprised. Many people don't realize DROID is Verizon's branded HTC devices,and not just a nickname for android
 
I love that you can do iPhone. If I were a rich man, I would buy Moto X's for my Apple Fanboy friends and have iPhone engraved on it.
 
funkylogik said:
Hope were allowed to add to this thread DB?
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Yeah, please do.

I started it to solve a problem. My problem is too many browser tabs open with stuff I find interesting but probably won't do anything with. It happens after I catch up on my RSS feeds. I figure if I think they're worth sharing there's no point letting them languish in a browser tab until I get pissed off and close them all, might as well dump appropriate ones here. They're here for whoever is interested in the same Android-related topics as I am, and they're here for me if I want to go back for another look.

So, feel free to dump yours here too.
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Edit: Also I don't want to litter the forum with thread after thread about minor links, so it makes sense to dump them all in one thread.
 
Its a great thread idea man. Every day i read something interesting about android but would never start a thread about it :beer:
Ive never used RSS but hasnt it died now? Or is that just on android?
 
funkylogik said:
Ive never used RSS but hasnt it died now? Or is that just on android?
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It's alive and well on all platforms. Sometimes it's Atom instead of RSS but same concept, same apps, just slightly different protocol. It delivers lots of stuff to me in a format that I can quickly and efficiently sift through.

For feeds with the kind of stuff I'm posting here I use TheOldReader.com in a web browser on PC, the new TheOldReader Android app, and Feeddler RSS Reader for iPad. Each interface has its strengths and weaknesses but mainly I use the largest screen/keyboard that is available, so PC if I'm at one, iPad if I have WiFi, and my tiny, tiny Venture when mobile (or when in bed, since I don't usually bring the iPad).

I also have some feeds that I receive in Mozilla Thunderbird on the PC. It's a different style of interface, letting me delete stuff, filter/sort it like email, and even automatically sends me a text if an important one comes in (just using a filter that forwards to SMS-email gateway).
 
funkylogik said:
Ah, it was Google Reader that died?
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Yup. That's why I switched to TheOldReader, which was already made in Google Reader's image...was easy to import my subscriptions and keep going as if nothing ever happened. I don't use or care about the integrated social stuff but that all works on TheOldReader too.
 
 
Magnifier would be great if i had optical zoom lol. Not so great on an s3 :D
The desktop thing. All my computing is done on android anyway but it has to be touch driven
 
funkylogik said:
The desktop thing. All my computing is done on android anyway but it has to be touch driven
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I'm not so sure it has to be touch driven. Android supports bluetooth mice on mobile devices; I learned about that a few weeks ago, I think here on AndroidForums.

Honestly even though that link that I posted implies that PC Android is a new thing, I remember burning an x86 Android livecd back when Android first came out. Not sure which one it was but I just googled up this one that dates back to 2009:
https://code.google.com/p/live-android/
 
Yeah mate i meant for me it would have to be touch driven. On the rare time i use a pc i find myself tryin to swipe the screen like an idiot lol :D
 
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