Thread: All Things Android

The Bad: GPS signal reception is poor enough to make the feature useless;

Archos 5 Internet tablet with Android (500GB) Review - of

I've found this with my Samsung Galaxy Spica as well. The only way for the device to really work out where you are is to read the WiFi signals that are around you.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

The Galaxy is completely overpriced, more expensive than the iPad

I don't think so, considering it is a telephone as well. I use mine in the car or on my desk, with a handset for when I'm walking around. GPS and media player as well.

It's not meant to compete with the iPrat. That's why Apple will be bringing out a 7" iPhonePad.

it's smaller than the iPad, I thought the Galaxy was also a tablet, not a phone ? they seem to be using the same name for their smartphone and computers

The Galaxy Tab is a 7" Tablet with phone capability (except, for some weird reason, in the US).

I have duplicate SIM cards and calls go to which ever one is registered on the network (first, if they both are).

I use a bluetooth headset for the car, speaker in the office. It works fine.

And as an Android tablet it's great. Runs 2.2, but is expected to support 3.0 when it comes out, although knowing Samsung that has to be seen to be believed.

You can see how big it is by comparing it to this bird's tits.



Oh, and it has front and rear-facing cameras as well.

In fact, here's a quick comparison.



Runs Wikileaks: Yes No
Lots of Porn: Yes No
Gay: No Yes
Retarded: No Yes

Originally Posted by baldrick

is that HSUPA ?

and I am not sure I trust samsung to upgrade the device when honeycomb is released - though I imagine xda-developers will have a rom - though what happens when samsung pushes its version of i-fuse?

I will check out panthip next month and see what capacitive tablets they have

To be honest I'm not entirely sure. I mean I have a Wifi dongle here and the software tells me it's connected via HSPA, WCDMA, HSDPA, BBC, ITV, DSO and Bar.


Haven't got a clue what it is, but as long as it isn't Edge it's fast enough.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Haven't got a clue what it is

do a speedtest.net via your sim card connetion

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Haven't got a clue what it is

do a speedtest.net via your sim card connetion

Quote: "...tthe Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab offers HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps 3G".

Not much point doing Speedtest here in the sandpit, mobile data is generally shit.

full HSUPA is usually 14.4/5.6Meg theoretical

HSDPA is 384kbits up theoretical - so not so good for video conferencing except in qvga and h264

Originally Posted by baldrick

full HSUPA is usually 14.4/5.6Meg theoretical

HSDPA is 384kbits up theoretical - so not so good for video conferencing except in qvga and h264

Well it seems to support both, so surely this is a carrier, not a device issue.

Android preferred to iPhone by IT Professionals....

Today we have some very good news for Android's enterprise ambitions. SkillSoft, who makes training software for enterprise and government clients, recently did a survey on their users in Information Technology. They found that IT professionals now search for Android more than iPhone when looking for "information and support".

So what does this little germ of fact mean for the future of the Android / iOS conflict? IT is the walled and locked gate that guards the rich money deposits of the Enterprise market. Executive A may love iPhones and Executive B may think the Nexus S is the sexiest thing in the world, but if the guy in charge of network security says "No", that is pretty much it.

For years, RIM has had a lock on enterprise due to the extreme level of control (and thus security) they allowed IT folks to have over sensitive information. With the iPhone's immediate popularity and continued dominance, enterprise adoption has increased at a steady pace.

But Android, being open source and less controlled, seemed a bit too dirty to draw interest from the folks responsible for keeping a business network clean. And yet, Android seems to be taking off with IT professionals.

That, or the platform's popularity is forcing them to "make it work". Whatever the reason, Android's advance into the business world seems to have a great deal more steam behind it than most of us expected.

I find this claim on battery life astonishing, so I think I'll hang fire and see what user reviews say.

The tablet landscape is about to be shaken up by the new Motorola Xoom, the first in the world to feature Google's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system.

Many devices on the market are powered by Android, but the Motorola Xoom will grab headlines for being the first to run Honeycomb, which has been tailor-made for tablets.

Honeycomb allows users to customise their Motorola Xoom's home screen on its 10.1" HD widescreen display and offers a sleek interface, with neater notifications and clever widgets.

Motorola Xoom will be among the most powerful tablets available, packing a dual core processor, with each core running at 1Ghz, to produce sharp images at incredible speed.

Graphics, videos and other rich content on the web are central to the joy tablets bring to their owners. Motorola Xoom users will be able to enjoy the best of the web using Adobe Flash Player, whereas Apple's iPad appears unlikely to include the program any time soon.

With a battery life supporting up to 10 hours of video playback, the Motorola Xoom is ideal for watching HD movies on a long journey. It charges in half the time of comparable tablets on the market, so could appeal to people who use their tablet on the go.

Its 3D Graphics Engine delivers films the way the director intended, while the Xoom's built-in stereo speakers complete an immersive viewing experience.

Once you've exhausted your movie library, you can shoot your own films using the Motorola Xoom's HD camcorder. The built-in 5MP camera eliminates the need for connector kits which other tablets require.

The Motorola Xoom was named Best in Show at this year's CES and with such an impressive range of features, it is likely to be one of 2011's biggest gadgets.

Android Flash Player 10.2 released. (Downloaded the update today).

Adobe Flash 10.2 coming to Android Market today
Adobe is expected to launch the latest version of Flash Player for compatible devices on the Google Android Market.
Adobe Flash 10.2 would be available to devices running Android 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 editions.
This new version is optimized for dual core devices. Android now powers both dual core smartphones and Tablet PCs.
The company also promises improved performance and battery life in addition to improved support for Flash apps available on the web.

Amazon App Store opens March 22nd - and Steve Jobs doesn't like it (surprise surprise!).

Amazon's Android App Store: Steve Jobs Just Doesn't Get It

By JR Raphael, PCWorld Mar 17, 2011 3:18 PM

Roll out the welcome wagon, Android fans: It looks like you'll soon have a new place to shop.

Amazon may be days away from launching its Android app store, if recent signs are any indication. The company briefly had its storefront online this week, as discovered by German website AndroidNews.de. The blog had the bright idea to pull up amazon.com/apps; there, it found a page entitled "Appstore for Android" with a list of 48 "top-selling" applications.

The page has since been taken down, but from its brief stay, we learned that Amazon's Android app store will have apps that aren't available in the main Android Market (beyond just the Angry Birds Rio exclusive Amazon had previously announced). It looks like the store will also offer cheaper prices on some common applications; several programs were marked down by as much as a couple dollars below their Android Market rates.
Amazon's Android App Store: Differing Viewpoints

In the grand scheme of things, the launch of Amazon's new app store signifies an exciting step forward for the world of Android. Think about it: This kind of high-profile competition will bring richer and more diverse options for us, the customers. And, as competition tends to do, it'll encourage competitive pricing. Remember, too, that Amazon is offering its own incentives to developers, which'll help attract new talent and drive innovation on Android even further. And the best part: If you don't like the way Amazon approaches app sales, you don't have to use its store. It's just another choice -- the first of many on the way.

What's fascinating to me is that some people, such as the CEO behind a certain competing smartphone platform, like to characterize multiple app stores on Android as a bad thing. Remember Steve Jobs' anti-Android rant from his company's earnings call last fall?

"In addition to Google's own app marketplace, Amazon, Verizon, and Vodafone have all announced that they are creating their own app stores for Android -- so there will be at least four app stores on Android, which customers must search among to find the app they want," Jobs said.

"This is gonna be a mess for both users and developers," he went on to proclaim.

Here's the problem: Jobs, as usual, is looking at this through his Apple-tinted glasses. As I wrote in a friendly letter to the turtlenecked one last year, most markets -- virtual or otherwise -- do allow people to buy products from multiple providers. Choice doesn't lead to chaos (nor does it lead to unstoppable scary-virus-monster attacks, by the way -- but that's another story).

Let's translate this into a more traditional retail scenario for some perspective. Say there's a giant shoe store with thousands of shoes on its shelves. It has something for everyone; its selection is unmatched.

Now, would any of us look at that store and say it should be the only shoe store anyone's ever allowed to visit? Of course not. It may be large, convenient, and the de facto option for many families. But competing shoe stores will add diversity into the mix, offering different items and maybe better prices. They'll take advantage of their own strengths to create new kinds of value for shoppers -- better customer service, for example, or easier ways to check out. Why wouldn't we want that choice?

Competition may not be good for the retailer -- particularly when the retailer is a giant tech company that makes loads of money by owning the only store its customers can utilize -- but competition is almost always good for the consumer. For users, choice doesn't equal chaos. Choice equals power.

Android's app selection is already growing at an alarming rate -- more than three times the rate of Apple's, according to a recent analysis. The introduction of high-profile supplementary app stores like Amazon's is only going to speed up that growth, while simultaneously expanding the marketplace in new and interesting ways.

Apple can slant things however it wishes, but mark my words: This is the beginning of something big.

RIM today revealed expanded application support for its upcoming Blackberry Playbook tablet. With two "app players" available from the online App World, the tablet will be capable of running Blackberry Java and Android 2.3 apps, as well as native C/C++ apps written for the new Blackberry Tablet OS. The company has also managed to secure deals with Ideaworks Labs and Unity Technologies to bring their cross-platform gaming engines to the Playbook.
While expanded app support is great news, some may argue that the future is all about web applications, and RIM has already got that covered too. The Playbook will have HTML5 and Flash support built into its WebKit-based browser, allowing web developers to bring their projects to as many platforms as possible with little effort. RIM is fully behind Adobe's offerings, also bringing support for Adobe AIR through a special SDK.
No mention has been made of Honeycomb (or Android 3.0) app support, but it's still early days for the Blackberry Tablet OS. Honeycomb is a tablet-oriented release and is expected to bring a range of apps optimised for larger screens, a particularly beneficial bonus for the Playbook. A key advantage to distributing app players via the online store is upgrades such as Honeycomb support can be made without pushing an entire OS update, so Playbook owners are unlikely to be left behind for too long.
The Blackberry Playbook will be released April 19th, and a beta release of its SDK is expected for this summer. The full press release can be viewed here.

The 40 best Android Apps for Business Users.

The 40 best Android apps for business users News - PC Advisor

This might come in handy at the moment. A Disaster Alert app!

http://gizmodo.com/#!5785992/disaster-alert-for-android-gives-you-real+time-updates-on-the-worlds-active-hazards

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

RIM today revealed expanded application support for its upcoming Blackberry Playbook tablet.

The only problem with these bastards, is that they make you go through their server..cnuts!

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

RIM today revealed expanded application support for its upcoming Blackberry Playbook tablet.

The only problem with these bastards, is that they make you go through their server..cnuts!

I must admit I wouldn't buy a Blackberry, but there are plenty out there who might like this idea. Smart move on RIM's part if you ask me.

I've just noticed Little Bernie has released an Android version of the Formula 1 app, which might interest some people with the season about to start.

Most reviewers complained bitterly about it fucking up big time during qualifying, I can only guess that with 200+ comments already that the number of downloads by Android users has probably swamped their servers.

But I'm sure they'll get it right for the next race, if not tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

RIM today revealed expanded application support for its upcoming Blackberry Playbook tablet.

The only problem with these bastards, is that they make you go through their server..cnuts!

I must admit I wouldn't buy a Blackberry, but there are plenty out there who might like this idea. Smart move on RIM's part if you ask me.

Yeah, they are as smart as steve jobs....

Why, is he putting Android apps on his overpriced tat?

Originally Posted by mc2

^
From that site,
These are the supported netbooks:
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Tested platforms

The tests are done by the project members and others from android-porting group.

Most Eee PC Models, including
701
701SD
900
900A
901
904HD
1000
1000HE
1000HD
1005HAG
S101
T91 (VESA mode), touchscreen works.
Eee Top 1602C (VESA mode), touchscreen works.
Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet
Except T91 and Eee Top, all can run the native resolutions (800x480 or 1024x600) via i915 driver. Thanks to the kernel mode setting (kms) feature introduced in kernel 2.6.29.

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