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Post by Mathazar on May 22, 2010 0:17:10 GMT -7
2.2 is reported to run 5 times faster than 2.1, and 2.1 is fast. 2.2 is also getting flash 10.1 (designed for mobile devices). Honestly I don't know what I would use flash for on my phone except hulu. I don't do alot of mobile browsing. But based on what I'm reading about the new update that might change for me. Highlights: Native support for mobile hotspot and USB tethering. OTA syncing. Choose your new apps in your browser and they automagicly install on the phone. No syncing required. Also OTA media syncing from your home pc. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37261396/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Buying Marji the incredible this weekend.
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Post by pandasar on May 24, 2010 10:32:26 GMT -7
Of course a new version comes out. My phone, just last week, got the 2.1 update.
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Post by p00p on Jun 1, 2010 15:02:26 GMT -7
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Post by Jackdruid on Jun 2, 2010 7:28:30 GMT -7
That line, I think, is mostly a semantics argument on his part. From reading the quote in the context you provided, I thought he meant "fragmentation is everything in the mobile world." From the previous paragraph, though, he was complaining of multiple definitions of the word 'fragmentation.' He was saying the word lacked any real specific meaning. He then goes on to describe how Google has decided tackle the issue of compatibility, which to me is 9/10 of the concern over 'fragmentation'. Here's the pie chart of Android OS versions from a month ago: Here's the latest breakdown: Maybe I'm naive, but that doesn't look like serious fragmentation to me.
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Post by Remy on Jun 2, 2010 7:41:09 GMT -7
I agree with Jake that Android does not have serious fragmentation but the amount they do have and the youth of the OS does cause me to worry. Even before the big 2.2 release party they announced a 3.0 release in Q4. What I think would be smart is for someone to fork Android and maintain it the same way Apple did with BSD Linux.
Which brings up another point. Companies will begin forking Android shortly if they haven't already. I'm surprised Verizon hasn't and that will cause the fragmentation to sky rocket.
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Post by p00p on Jun 3, 2010 9:28:48 GMT -7
I don't know if android will self implode or explode into something awesome. I just find it interesting to look how it's evolving right now. I have vested interest in it's success but worry that it is going to snuff itself out. Early adopters are stuck with what they have (more or less) and unless you break your contract or pay for a phone out of contract, you're still hosed as far as the more functional OS versions.
Those charts are pretty interesting. I would be a little frustrated on both the consumer and developer ends of Android considering the vast gap between those using the older versions vs 2.1 and now soon to be 2.2. But at least it's separating itself out into two camps, 2.1 and 1.5/1.6. That should make it at least a little easier as far as maintaining apps for the two versions 'n shiz.
I don't think Android's honeymoon is over yet, but it's obvious that it's gaining momentum against the fruity giant, I just hope it can keep going at the pace it presumes.
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Post by p00p on Jun 5, 2010 7:44:18 GMT -7
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Post by bl00k on Jun 8, 2010 15:26:04 GMT -7
But you don't play WoW anymore.
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Post by Mathazar on Jun 22, 2010 15:03:13 GMT -7
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Post by bl00k on Jun 22, 2010 15:23:51 GMT -7
Link?
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Post by Jackdruid on Jul 8, 2010 6:19:56 GMT -7
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Post by Jackdruid on Jul 8, 2010 6:25:01 GMT -7
Also, just saw this on Giz. Terrible video, but a demonstration of a cool function in Froyo: one-click "send-to-phone". Not a text or email containing the info you want to reference, it just brings up the site, the map, or the text on your phone as if you were originally viewing it there.
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Post by Remy on Jul 8, 2010 10:25:12 GMT -7
I used my brother's Droid for awhile and can say navigation is not near enough to make me leave my battery life, single button and walled garden.
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Post by Jackdruid on Jul 8, 2010 11:01:10 GMT -7
I used my brother's Droid for awhile and can say navigation is not near enough to make me leave my battery life, single button and walled garden. Navigation of what? Elaborate. Battery life and single buttons don't matter to me so much - as long as I can make it through the day on a charge and get back home to plug it in at night - but the walled garden? Makes my skin crawl.
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Post by Remy on Jul 8, 2010 12:08:11 GMT -7
Navigation was the number 1 pro of Android on that link you posted.
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