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Quote: Originally Posted by Negafox Google is moving towards ART like you mentioned which compiles downloaded apps to native code rather than interpreted via Dalvik. Plus, it yields far better performance. That make me laugh, ART is still a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by d4NjvRzf My original post was in regards to your quote "Running the VM on a 64bit processor is one thing, the virtualized environment where apps are running is still a 32 bit one." Maybe I didn't read this correctly,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by d4NjvRzf Is there anything preventing 32bit apps in the VM from nonetheless benefiting from the improvements in AArch64? If I understand correctly, It's important for programs running directly on the CPU to be recompi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maestro64 I never realize that Android was an interrupter and the apps were not actually compiles. This allows for bad programming habits and explain why Android apps just do not work as well as they iOS equivalent.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion No, Android runs natively on 64 bit processor, last one, Intel x64 Atom True, Android operating system could run natively on a 64bit hardware. But porting Dalvik on another architecture It doesn't change…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion Ein? Dalvik can, and in fact run, on 64 bit processors already Running the VM on a 64bit processor is one thing, the virtualized environment where apps are running is still a 32 bit one.
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I think there is another reason not addressed in the article for Google to move away from Dalvik VM. By using a register based Java virtual machine, Androids runtimes are forever stuck in a 32 bit environment and unable to directly use new hardware…
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Quote: Originally Posted by carmelapple I learned a lesson about cheap knock-off chargers/cables...nothing terrible happened to me, but my friend bought a 10' charging cable for his iPad for mere cents off eBay from China. A month after getting…
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Quote: Originally Posted by techno What really bothers me about news items like this is the misleading headline. It attempts to grab the reader's attention with shock, at the expense of the truth. This man did not die because he was charging an …
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Quote: Originally Posted by philgar I've had an ipad for almost two years now, and I can't really say I've seen many good games come out for it, they're all freemium crap. If you are into games, here a list of original games created because…
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Quote: Originally Posted by philgar Lets be honest here... Most of the money isn't made selling apps, nor is it made selling ads. The money today is in selling in app purchases, and suckering people to pay money to avoid doing stupid repetitiv…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark But but but Androiders love ads! Adsnoids you mean?
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Quote: Originally Posted by jkichline Excel: The New Adobe Flash Correction, Microsoft Office: apologizing bad programming since 1984.
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Apple is a hardware company first and software company second. I think SJ would disagree with you, he recognize very early the indissociable nature of the hardware and the software to make great things…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetCanadaV2 Queue all the "Apple maps made me get lost" idiots This make me remember an old news many years ago, someone sued its RV mfg because he had an accident when he wrongly taught he could leave the wheel …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frood You can't be serious. How can Ashton Kutcher be a mistake? He played Steve Jobs in a movie!!! That said, Lenovo makes seriously good commodity laptops. Its the business they know and I'm sure their phones…
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Quote: Originally Posted by d4NjvRzf What are consumers buying besides hardware that is responsible for most of Apple's profits? Most people don't buy more than a handful of inexpensive apps from the app store. Apple is making more profits f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dstarsboy I think the Lenovo CEO is very smart and doing the right thing. After seeing 30% revenue jump and only selling phones in a fraction of the markets that Samsung sells in, they're obviously on the right trac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Lenovo's smartphone strategy is so heavily influenced by the iPhone that the company plans to continue targeting markets where Apple's smartphone is viewed by consumers as too expensive, its CEO revealed.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan What does 64 bit have to do with Apple having a better Google Now or Google Maps? Or something we're not even thinking about? To me 64 bit is just more evidence that Apple excels at hardware more than softw…