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cycomiko wrote: » Its extremely unlikely that apple would ever allow users to change the default browser on mobile. That's one of the reasons I jumped ship from iOS a while ago. I got tired of a manufacturer thinking they have the right to tell…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Yes you have - just just keep ignoring it. There have been surveys and most people buy far more apps for a new device than for a device that they've owned for years. I think there's so…
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jragosta wrote: » You don't think that someone with a newer device is going to buy more apps than someone with an older phone? And you don't think that some of the apps in the Android Market will work only on newer phones? None of that has any…
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Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna A number of streets in my area have gone one way since Google mapped the area but trying to get them to update their directions is crazy. If we users could sign up to be mappers for the system we co…
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jragosta wrote: » Because some very old, slow Android devices are useless on Google Play I don't think this is the case. Play is the old Android Market which is usable on all Google Android devices. If a user checks for app updates, they use Pl…
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jragosta wrote: » Note, however, that Google's figures are not accurate, either. They can not determine the number of phones using each OS. Instead, the link you cited is the percentage of people accessing Google Play from each OS version. Since p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Even if you accept those numbers (which I am very skeptical of), that's well under 1% of iPhones - hardly a very impressive number. Considering that the jailbreak has only been available for …
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quadra 610 wrote: » For Joe Average, "customization", "boot loaders", ROMS, and all that other nonsense is completely trumped by ease of use, and breadth and depth of the Apple ecosystem. Given *choice*, *ability* (to pay) and *availability*, cons…
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Actually, wouldn't it depend on the algorithm in question? Not all tasks can be parallelized. Amdahl's law bites.
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A very interesting rumor. I can see why Google (and several of their users) would love to see Chrome on iOS. But given Apple's limitations for third-party apps, I wonder how crippled it would be. A few questions: * Could Chrome for iOS u…
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There's a little more information on their new Atom SoCs here: http://semiaccurate.com/2012/05/11/intel-outs-merrifield-and-6331/
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Intel has teased some specs for the next Atom SoC, the Z2580. It's supposed to be dual-core at 1.3 GHz (bursting to 1.8 GHz), with an SGX 544MP2 GPU at 533 MHz. It'll still be on the 32nm process, though. Anandtech did a writeup a few months ago: ht…
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Quote: I've yet to find a website for Android (or ANY of the individual companies that make Android devices) that carries the same tone as AppleInsider, et. al. Yes, and that's a good thing. Too often, the tone on here is shrill, c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 So if you have a Galaxy whatever or other Android device and want to use Amazon's repository you have no choice BUT to allow other sources, conversely if you have an Amazon Fire and you want to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacBook Pro Google locks Android users into their proprietary digital multimedia content service, Google Play. While content may be available from alternative sources this is ill-advised as alternative…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta they can install a different, unsupported, malware infested UI if they wish. Do you have any evidence that third-party launchers in the Play Store are malware? Or is this the usual baseless s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 So for example the top selling Android tablet, the Amazon Fire would fall into this category, would it not? Along with anyone else who didn't want to toe Google's line. N…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Great advise. Treat your phone like you would a PC, always having to babysit it. You do a disservice to those that don't want to deal with the headaches of permissions, security, etc... they …
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Before AppleInsider runs another of these breathless Google-bashing "articles" from DED you might want to remove the Google Analytics cookies from your website. Just sayin'.
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AppleInsider has been promoting the intern's story at the top of their homepage for most of the week. They have yet to run a new story about Hackborn's response, or update this story. Munn has since editing his post with this proviso: "A LOT OF MY A…