QwertyJuan
[H]F Junkie
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don't you mean Andy Rubin?
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don't you mean Andy Rubin?
I have to say, in the early days, the sheeples are the most annoying people around. I had a Palm Centro and then an HTC Hero. The sheeples keep on telling to get a better phone or switch carriers and stop being cheap. I can't exactly blame them now, I have to admit, because I was definitely fooling around too much with the phones, especially with the HTC Hero. Android early days did suck, and I'll admit to being an idiot phandroid... Now days, it's the Samsung drones going around all the time about their huge screens and the option to replace batteries. And then they gasp in awe when I can take pictures at dark places... Nowadays I look for a phone that I can actually use. Usability is #1, and I don't want to have to fiddle around with the phone to make it useful; phone must be good out of the box. The new LastPass app filler update will probably get me to stick with Android for a while.
well, I doubt there's anything to do with that. The current outdated credit card POS systems would be hurt. But they can't stop a company such as Target to buy POS systems from others that takes NFC payments. NFC just pops back credit card numbers (securely). And app payment such as square and PayPal would be much more dangerous to current models, but POS providers still cannot stop any store from implementing it.Not all credit card companies are on board with NFC and that's part of the problem. Big players don't want google taking over their place and their transaction fees. Of course apple just couldn't stand to have a google technology win either. There is a very serious low key format war going on in this space now.
Anything is better than whatever Apple will propose. Every Apple tech is proprietary, locked, and designed to increase prices. They've destroyed the AV market with stupid AirPlay, car market with proprietary protocols etc.
Tech proposed by Google/MS is open standards and designed to be used by anyone and any device.
Apple is poison. Their only impact is because of market penetration which is due to marketing hype.
It is a little bit of a rant, but its based in reality. I know that existing protocols like DLNA didn't work that well, mostly because they were not supported well. Apple comes in and announces a proprietary tech, sure it works better, but its then adopted my oem's (in things like TVs, AV receivers, speakers) which locks out any other device/technology.
This is not how other companies operate. They introduce a consumer tech and make it open so other companies can also use and enhance it. Do you not think Sync is a better tech than the new Apple car protocol? The only reason it tanked is because Ford didn't sell enough and they didn't want to keep paying MS for exclusive use. Because no one has heard of it.
Yet pretty much every car comes with an iPhone adapter, which of course adds extra cost and royalty to Apple, instead of the standard usb connection which would work with all phones/devices. Because 'iPhone support' sells a lot better.
It is a little bit of a rant, but its based in reality. I know that existing protocols like DLNA didn't work that well, mostly because they were not supported well. Apple comes in and announces a proprietary tech, sure it works better, but its then adopted my oem's (in things like TVs, AV receivers, speakers) which locks out any other device/technology.
This is not how other companies operate. They introduce a consumer tech and make it open so other companies can also use and enhance it. Do you not think Sync is a better tech than the new Apple car protocol? The only reason it tanked is because Ford didn't sell enough and they didn't want to keep paying MS for exclusive use. Because no one has heard of it.
Yet pretty much every car comes with an iPhone adapter, which of course adds extra cost and royalty to Apple, instead of the standard usb connection which would work with all phones/devices. Because 'iPhone support' sells a lot better.
Let's talk about car infotainment systems in general... they ALL, and yes, ALL OF THEM, SUCK right now.
Ford Sync and Toyota Intune (both skins of Microsoft's system) are clearly the best of all of them, and yet, they still SUCK big time! Big cause of traffic accidents too!
Believe me. I just bought a brand new car (Chevy Volt). Oh, how I just want Chevy to allow me to reskin that shit and tell me to add some more touch intuitive gestures. They are all awful as hell. Wish I could miracast or DLNA my phone to that screen. Hell, the Android Wear interface which is basically Google Now would be better...
How are HTML Canvas, Clang and HLS "proprietary, locked, and designed to increase prices"?Every Apple tech is proprietary, locked, and designed to increase prices.
Technologies like DirectX, WMA, PlayReady and the Windows kernel?Tech proposed by Google/MS is open standards and designed to be used by anyone and any device.
Also where most phones are being assembled... like the iPhone.China, land of the phone knock-offs. I wouldn't believe it for a second
It looks like a longer iPhone 5. Screen is still tiny compared to other phones.
It's still too early to take these rumors too seriously IMO but that's still as tall as G2...
If it really is using a curved display, I wonder why?
I'm not expecting it to, but I would guess comfort. One of the nicest things of some Lumias (like the 1020) is that "roll-off" where the glass gradually slopes into the phone body.
so they can say they did it more likely. lol if apple cared about comfort then why squared off edges on the phones for so many generations now?
I hope someone patented the rounded edges so they can out troll Apple if they try to use it.