Yeah, mobileme.

wrong thread

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM. Reason : .]

4/21/2010 11:08:18 AM

ok, I found wavesecure and mobile defense.

4/21/2010 11:43:57 AM

ha epic verizon fail.

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"Droid Incredible arrives early for a few lucky, smug pre-orderers By Paul Miller posted Apr 21st 2010 10:17AM While the new Verizon Droid Incredible isn't supposed to arrive until April 29th, a few blessed pre-orderers are getting their units early. From the sound of it, there was a glitch in Verizon's system that was allowing some phone orders to be shipped right away -- sadly, that apparently has since been plugged. Interestingly, the boxes these are being shipped in so far just say "HTC Incredible," not that it's any surprise that the Droid Incredible moniker was a late-in-game addition. Of course, cries of "fake!" rang out in the forums, so one of the recipients (appropriately self-dubbed "SoSmarmy") posted a video of the phone booting up for all to see. Check it out after the break. Not seething with envy yet? Perhaps you should re-read our review of the new flagship Android handset."

4/21/2010 11:46:00 AM

^Definitely wish I had preordered now

4/21/2010 12:38:04 PM

^^ epic fail?

hardly.

4/21/2010 12:45:41 PM

^^ ha, I considered it since we have 3 lines eligible to upgrade but just couldn't pull the trigger.

^ what part of Verizon shipping a device over a week early due to a software glitch isn't fail?

4/21/2010 1:24:46 PM

fail, sure. epic, nope. iphone 4g left in a bar = epic fail. nothing really at stake for verizon to have a phone in the wild a week early, except a few people complaining.

4/21/2010 1:36:47 PM

^ agreed.

all the info is already publicly available + The phone has been reviewed over and over + They lose absolutely nothing by this phone getting accidentally shipped early = no epic fail.

people throw the word "epic" around way too much these days.

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM. Reason : ]

4/21/2010 1:51:00 PM

Leave it to google fanboys to argue over semantics of 'epic fail'

4/21/2010 1:54:06 PM

I saw that iPhone shit on the news the other night. I immediately thought either FAKE or viral marketing, neither of which are really 'epic fail'.

4/21/2010 1:54:53 PM

^^lol im no fanboy for anyone

I don't even own an Android phone. I plan to when this contract is up, but I'm certainly no fanboy.

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 1:56 PM. Reason : ]

4/21/2010 1:55:44 PM

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"Leave it to google fanboys to argue over semantics of 'epic fail'"

Leave it to apple fanboys to argue over semantics of 'cum-guzzling queen'

4/21/2010 1:56:39 PM

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"^^lol im no fanboy for anyone I don't even own an Android phone. I plan to when this contract is up, but I'm certainly no fanboy."

I wasn't being serious. I just see 'fanboy' thrown about on this site like people know what it means especially when it comes to Apple products....if you can't beat them join them

^my case in point.

4/21/2010 2:00:51 PM

withdrawn

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4/21/2010 2:09:00 PM

still looking how to make my pictures bigger when i post.

4/21/2010 4:36:04 PM

Very true, and a good read:

Flash 10.1 for Android at Google I/O?

http://androidandme.com/2010/04/news/5-reasons-flash-10-1-will-debut-at-google-io/

4/21/2010 5:16:10 PM

^^on here? either buy premie and use HTML or capitalize the .JPG (or any part of it)

4/21/2010 6:18:11 PM

I'm preordering the HTC Incredible at 1:00 tomorrow, right after my local Verizon store gets the Fed-ex shipment in... first of ten.

4/21/2010 7:48:09 PM

what advantage, if any, does pre-ordering the phone have? are they really going to run out of stock on the 29th?

4/21/2010 8:00:57 PM

Yeah, unless verizon turns up the advertising, I doubt there will be much demand outside of the tech community. I have 3 upgrades I could use but I think I'm sticking with the droid. Battery life seems to be mediocre from reports and the spec sheet compared to the droid, signal issues and no need to wait for root. Not to mention the Desire SenseUI port for the droid could be out as early as 11pm tonight.

4/21/2010 8:56:15 PM

the biggest things that are steering me to drop the droid and wait for the incredible are the significantly faster processor and lack of a shitty physical keyboard

4/21/2010 8:59:34 PM

^ then dont use the keyboard. pretty easy

4/21/2010 11:45:50 PM

^^ I completely agree... I thought the keyboard for the droid was sticky (slides with a lot of resistance)

^Why put up with the bulk of the Droid and its physical keyboard when you don't use the keyboard? It really isn't necessary to have said feature if you don't use it......

4/21/2010 11:53:34 PM

i dont really know any droid owners who think the physical keyboard is all that shitty, just takes some time to get used to. when it comes to ssh'ing into routers from my droid, i cant imagine having to use the on-screen keyboard with a fraction of the screen real estate

but i do like the physical form of the nexus or eris, feels like a smooth pebble in your hand

4/22/2010 12:30:02 AM

sexy

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/04/dell-thunder.html

4/22/2010 12:33:20 AM

i like how "sticky" the slide out on the droid is. my old htc 6800 was way too easy and was always sliding open in my pocket.

4/22/2010 8:31:54 AM

That Dell android phone looks hot. So glad they decided to skip the physical keyboard.

4/22/2010 8:41:13 AM

^there is a physical keyboard on this.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-lightning-the-ultimate-windows-phone-7-device-leaks-out/

4/22/2010 11:12:47 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/22/google-no-longer-investigating-fix-for-nexus-one-3g-issues-ad/

4/22/2010 11:43:28 AM

^^^yea, the thunder and lightning are two different phones
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-thunder-explodes-android-with-4-1-inch-oled-screen-promise/

there's also smoke & flash.

not sure how these are "leaks" so much as press releases.

[Edited on April 22, 2010 at 11:49 AM. Reason : .]

4/22/2010 11:47:09 AM

Alpha release of the Desire port on the Droid. Still has issues with calls while connected to 3G but that should be fixed this weekend.

4/22/2010 2:46:36 PM

fuckin dork

4/22/2010 8:17:27 PM

don't hate. You just jealous.

4/22/2010 8:30:34 PM

i'm not hatin- what's the benefit of that? the screenshots are pretty and all, but how's the performance?

4/23/2010 8:32:09 AM

I run a tight ship on my droid.

No live wallpaper. No widgets. Just one screen with icons. And I have task killer do a clean sweep on every sleep. I end up getting about two and a half days of battery life.

[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 8:44 AM. Reason : ]

4/23/2010 8:43:48 AM

^

LW's take so very little of the battery. I would not disable them so much to save battery as I would preferring a pic set as the background. By comparison, my wife can get close to two days on her Nexus (running cyanogen) and she does not alter her phone to try and gain battery life.

My G1 on the other hand can barely go 4 hours under heavy use. Good Lord is my battery terrible.

4/23/2010 8:57:17 AM

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"i'm not hatin- what's the benefit of that? the screenshots are pretty and all, but how's the performance?"

It's fast. It's built so that the longer you use it, the faster it gets. Battery life is on par or better than CM and I have no problems getting a day out of it with heavy usage. It's funny that I actually seem to get better battery life since I've been running wifi all the time and leaving 3G data off.

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"No live wallpaper. No widgets. Just one screen with icons. And I have task killer do a clean sweep on every sleep. I end up getting about two and a half days of battery life."

What's the point in having a phone if you're going to intentionally cripple it?

[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 9:13 AM. Reason : ]

4/23/2010 9:12:26 AM

It runs slow with LW and widgets.

I mean, I've had it running SenseUI and Last.fm widgets and rain drop wallpaper or whatever, and it just seemed to run sloooooooooow.

Plus, I like using the news/weather one to look at my weather anyway. I don't need that animated sun, and I like the graphical weather forecast that the news/weather app does.

4/23/2010 9:59:47 AM

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"It's funny that I actually seem to get better battery life since I've been running wifi all the time and leaving 3G data off."

Why is this funny, it's more like common sense right?

4/23/2010 11:57:46 AM

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"What's the point in having a phone if you're going to intentionally cripple it?"

LOL? Nothing he does cripples his phone not to mention it can still perform its primary function....phone calls.

4/23/2010 12:05:14 PM

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"Why is this funny, it's more like common sense right?"

Every article you see about battery life always recommends turning off wifi, gps, etc, when in fact it should say "hey, turn off your verizon data access and use wifi if you have access". Even when they get rid of the 3G glitch, I don't think I'll be turning it on, unless I'm going somewhere.


And lol, leave it to the mePhone fanboy to argue over the semantics of crippling a device. Why pay the premium for a smartphone if you only care about the phone part? Also, you're effectively crippling it by using a task manager since it doesn't allow the OS to work as it should and the the benefits are usually negligible at best. Not really a fan of the live wallpaper gimmick but I'm definitely a widget whore and like have direct access to things. I give the phone hell so I have no issue putting it on the charger every night.

4/23/2010 1:52:47 PM

Why doesn't Android automatically disable 3G data when connected to Wi-Fi? That's something WebOS does for my Palm Pre, I fully appreciate it.


[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM. Reason : manual != automatic]

4/23/2010 2:00:30 PM

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"And lol, leave it to the mePhone fanboy to argue over the semantics of crippling a device. Why pay the premium for a smartphone if you only care about the phone part? Also, you're effectively crippling it by using a task manager since it doesn't allow the OS to work as it should and the the benefits are usually negligible at best. Not really a fan of the live wallpaper gimmick but I'm definitely a widget whore and like have direct access to things. I give the phone hell so I have no issue putting it on the charger every night."

What's a mephone fanboy? Is that like someone who likes his own phone?

Also while we are on the subject...do you know what a fanboy is because I don't think that you do.

Last...just because YOU like a cluttered screen with widgets whoredom doesn't mean not using them is crippling your phone. I use a solid background color as my wallpaper, does that mean I am crippling my phone because i am not using a custom photo?

Giant for you.

4/23/2010 2:03:12 PM

pttyndal -

I mainly use the following: News and Weather, Camera, Phone, Messager, Browswer, Last.fm, Streamfurious, Maps, Calendar, Astrid, and PicSay Pro.

For me, it's easier if they're all on the same screen. I also don't really have any widgets for those that are helpful. If you have any suggestions I'm up to it.

4/23/2010 2:08:07 PM

^^ ha, you're always trying to pick an e-fight. Are you trying to overcompensate for something? And the fanboy comment was in response to your comment earlier on the page. Quit getting your panties in a bunch.

4/23/2010 2:15:53 PM

^You said something stupid and got called out for it. /end

4/23/2010 2:27:51 PM

Easy, boys. They're just telephones.

4/23/2010 2:36:26 PM

I can't hear a thing
I have got no service in the club you say, say



[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2010 2:38:18 PM

Golovko fucks every thread he decides to join. Go back to the Apple one please.

I also am not a huge widget person (power control, buzz, weather and search is all that I use) and I am using a photo as a background (unless I flash a 2.1 rom on the G1 and want to test it).

Point I was making earlier, LWs do not kill battery like you think they would. VERY small % of battery usage.

WiFi disables 3G, once you disconnect, it turns back on.

4/23/2010 2:42:37 PM

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"Golovko fucks every thread he decides to join. Go back to the Apple one please. I also am not a huge widget person (power control, buzz, weather and search is all that I use) and I am using a photo as a background (unless I flash a 2.1 rom on the G1 and want to test it)."

you just fucked up this thread by saying you aren't a widget person!

4/23/2010 2:47:11 PM