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AndroidGuys : Did Google Shoot itself in the Foot with Nexus One?

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:56:19 +0000

While I personally don't think that Google has shot itself in the foot, it might be at least stepping on some toes. But with both handset makers being able to 'toy' with the Android OS their way, and Google still having to submit to the Carriers having a 'calling plan' for the N1, I really don't see them over stepping their bounds. What would be bad is if Google only updates 'their personal' phones. Which may not really peeve the carriers, but more so the customers and loyals' of Android OS. Unless Google plans on becoming its own carrier, I don't feel anyone has much to worry about. But then again, if they do, I think they will lose out on any other carrier carrying an Android device. They really have the ball in their court, Android is ever growing popular, and every carrier is joining the droid army.... they are out to make a buck, and that is far more important to rake in millions and side with Google then to choose any other path at this current time.

AndroidGuys : Flash Player on the Nexus One

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:49:41 +0000

At first I was dieing for Flash, mainly to watch stuff on Hulu, play online games, watch nfl games, and other little interactive things..... but now, I am not so excited because there are better and better games coming out for the android, the nfl has made better the watching of (simulated) games, and with tv.com app on the phone, I can watch tv shows I like without flash.... so Adobe, I am sure in the future with even better phones will do us all good, but for now.....

AndroidGuys : The Possibility of the Google Phone

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 02:43:15 +0000

Personally, I cant wait. I just hope Google doesn't stick it to the others carrying Android by only keeping "their phone" with the top OS versions.... you can have you cake and eat it too.... but sometimes you end up losing those who got you there in the first place because they feel jipped by your 'look at me, I am a star' ego. My real question here is (ok its a two parter). #1 Will all the other carriers band together and try to fight this mega move sighting unfair (pricing / tactics/ what ever else they can come up with) ? (This will no doubt pull the rug out from under their {the competitions} feet. #2, Can or will other carriers either try to join in this frenzy? Leading us to a much better cell phone industry...

AndroidGuys : Android 1.6 Gets Google Maps Navigation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:28 +0000

I have played with this on my G1 and all I have to say is AWESOME. I am a devoted Android phone user and Google keeps giving me more reasons to follow their mesmerizing path of greatness. Now if they could just either push it to 1.5 for my wifes Cliq or better yet... Moto / t-mobile / google - give it at least a donut update!!! Thank you for listening....

AndroidGuys : Gameloft Slowly Un-Embracing Android

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:33:50 +0000

Well see yeah..... If they haven't noticed, the economy is down, people want more bang for their buck, and the old days of, "wow i can get a game on my phone and you can't" days are over. There are tons of apps, and plenty for free that have done a good job to entertain us. If they had games for say $1, you would sell a lot more then trying to rape a few for $7.99. I don't care how good a game is, price will always deter the consumer. Gameloft, like many others fail to realize that reputation alone only will get you so far.

AndroidGuys : The Google Phone Rumor Returns... AGAIN

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:43:14 +0000

I was just wondering.... I saw this on CNN the other day about Google making a move in purchasing Gizmo5 and possibly becoming a phone carrier company ---- could this all be linked together??? Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/13/google.phone.s...

AndroidGuys : Four Reasons Why the CLIQ Just Clicks

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:23:55 +0000

My wife has had this phone for over 2 weeks now and happens to love it. Yes there are some minor issues as stated above (which to her are non relevant as this is her 1st smartphone), and some other areas that took time in setting up and managing (like "linking" same said persons into one account). If you are on Facebook, google, and Myspace - it first places your contact in three separate accounts that you have to 'link' together so they are all in one grouping. Battery time is ok with standard use. The updating of photo's from any account is kind of nice too. It truly is a social butterfly device. My only real beef is why is it running on version 1.5 and not ship with 1.6 or the newest 2.0, giving its timing of coming out? I am hoping they are jumping 1.6 and going to 2.0, but when I talked to a customer rep. He said as far as he know's they had some issues with the update working on Motorola's blur interface. Hopefully if true, it gets resolved. It would be disappointing if they didnt keep things up to date in this area.

AndroidGuys : MOTOROLA CLIQ Ad From T-Mobile

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:01:06 +0000

I got my wife the Motorola Cliq Titanium and I think they did an awesome job on both the phone (with its camera / video and extras functions that are a part of it), the lighted keys (and alt keys) to name a few, to motoblur and all its social gathering. Motorola just may make a come back. So far, they have my kudos.

AndroidGuys : A Familiar Situation

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:01:51 +0000

Oh how we love to irritate those who 'think' they are better then us! I happen to be a iPhone hater, simply put as they own exclusive rights and no other variance can be made with that platform. So that makes them better? Having 85,000 apps is a bragging right? Let face it, will you ever use that many.... and Apple how long did it take you to get to that point??? Android is here, and more and more of my friends and family are switching over... (save my daughter and son-n-law). Why, because there are more and more phones coming out and better yet, more and more carriers buying into it...... As for the age thing...... I am sure you even can drag in early video games.... Atari vs. Colleco Vision.... if you remember that, then I truly know your age.....

AndroidGuys : Motorola's Banking on Android, 8 OPhones Due in 2010

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:06:48 +0000

While this is all good news (mainly for Android), I think most will wait and see how their phones compare in both function and price.... I hated the whole Razor line, and to many friends of mine that got it, ended up hating it too. I hope they put tons of thought into the phones instead of pushing out the same phone, different look (as they ended up doing to the Razor line..). The Cliq looks nice, and I am thinking about getting it for my wife. They do have some tough competitors to go up against.

AndroidGuys : The Great Equalizer

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:59:27 +0000

All to funny. The only thing that you didn't mention is that we probably cherish our phones even more then they do! While they are 'equalized' in using the same phone as us, I am sure Shaq dropping his phone at 7'1" is so much harder on the phone then me dropping it a 5'6". What does Shaq do? Just go get another phone! Me, I treat my phone like IT IS WORTH Shaq's jet! So, in appreciation of the phone. WE WIN!

AndroidGuys : Gaming the "New" Android Market

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:48:16 +0000

I know there cant be a 'real fix' here, but as someone suggested, maybe filters could be used to sort the market. Have the ability to have each category turned on or off via system settings. Personally, I love to see all that is out there and look at least 2 times a day. But, the annoyance of some features I know I will never use like Entertainment or Finance, it would be nice to simply click them off so I do not have to see these. The solution could be that simple.

AndroidGuys : Android Market Monkey Business?

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:37:54 +0000

I tend to value all comments here so far, you all give great points. I am not a developer and seeing what issues they have makes me more aware of what I don't see "behind" the scenes. As a consumer though, I really hate seeing one developer spam the market with 'cheesy' apps that just change the cover (stupid sexy women {just one per app}, phone ring clips, theme add ons, or 50 different calculator apps depending on your profession ....). To me, technically, they aren't "NEW" apps. Just the same crap being thrown at us from a different dog.... If it is an add on or the developer has the same app - different disguise, it should be dumped into the category without all the "wow" factor.... To be honest though, the Google search is really sad, as others have said, it brings up far more then what you are really looking for. I am not looking for Microsofts' "Bing" here, when we say Tweet apps, we mean apps that are used for Tweeting.... enough said

AndroidGuys : Are We on Eve of Donut Rollout?

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 22:26:14 +0000

I got the update.... the only problem I had (which was really bad) was ahome was continually force closing. I tried everything to get to another screen..... finally I opened the keyboard and hit the search button and typed in settings (it let me do that without a force close), then I went to applications and deleted ahome. Kinda sucked, but sometimes when in a trap, you have to cut off the foot to save the body..... Everything else seems ok so far......

AndroidGuys : Hey G1ers...Don't Wait - Grab Donut For Yourself!

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 22:15:02 +0000

well I was thinking about doing this but this morning I got the update via t-mobile.... good luck to those who try.....

AndroidGuys : A Day in the "Android" Life

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:00:34 +0000

I enjoyed this article as I too have wondered how often I used my G1. I have found, as you did, I use it from the morning alarm till bedtime. I am sure like me, there are days you 'touch it more' than others. Someday's its games that I push for, others music, and always news and RSS feeds.... my wife thinks I am turning into an Android as much as it has become a part of me, or should I say me of it...

AndroidGuys : Android 1.6 Donut OTA Release Confirmed

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:29:29 +0000

Personally, I was one of those getting tired of waiting for cupcake... but really that was all that was out there to wait on. Now, Donut has kind of hit me by surprise, since so many new phones coming out or rumored... I have been to busy trying to keep up with all the info. Checking out all the new apps. (which are rolling out daily). Android isn't all about just the G1 anymore!!! I am sure those making apps have been busy too, and I only hope that to those apps that have bugs, the end users understand and give patience to letting the creators work them out.

AndroidGuys : Android, Not Ready for Prime Time. Or Is It?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:54:21 +0000

To me, I am anti - Apple. (iphone, ipod, i dont care...) Yes Android is lacking in areas, yet it also has so much more to be slated on the table, but one thing many over look is Apple was making computers for years before the iphone, Microsoft even more before it opened up to the phone market. So expecting Google to come out of the box ahead of them was only wishful thinking. Given time, and the giant behind it, Android will find itself I am sure. To me, I love everything Google, thats how I stay connected, so it works. There are plenty of smart developers working on things to come with this OS, but with all things, it will take time. To me, if you are looking at your phone and comparing it to the iphone, then you got the phone for the wrong reason. If you got the phone for what it does differently, then you understand that EVERY phone being like the other would be totally a bore. I laugh at the iphone commercials saying yes, my phone can to that (or something like it) but can they do this.... My wife has changed my name to Thomas Android from Thomas Andrew..... why, because I believe in this device.... of course now she wants an Android phone too...

AndroidGuys : Quick Look: Totemo

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:09:27 +0000

I tried out the lite version and will say that Hexage has produced another nice game. I didn't find it as fun as Puka, though I wonder if the 'jibberish' talking that the characters do, plans on being one of their main stays??? The challenge wasn't all that great and the game itself seems to be a clone of many others in this type of game category. I can't say that it would be worth buying at this time, but the graphics and sound give good reason to show others the Android capabilities that can be produced in any given game.

AndroidGuys : Preview of Android Market Changes for 1.6 [VIDEO]

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 21:05:16 +0000

It's about time! One thing I hated was checking out an app and not being able to see what it really is without downloading it.