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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #765 on: December 17, 2009, 10:03:19 PM »
Android >>> iphone

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How am I trolling ?  Android is the future.

Pro and cons on Android VS os X (iPhone) ?
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #766 on: December 17, 2009, 10:25:26 PM »
Android >>> iphone

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How am I trolling ?  Android is the future.

I don't like the current phones that use Android. Android looks cartoonish and hasn't had the time to have as many apps as the iphone. I like the potential Android has but in it's current state I simply don't want it.
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #767 on: December 18, 2009, 01:00:16 AM »
I don't like the current phones that use Android.

Have you seen
Sony Ericsson "The Xperia X10" ?
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specs include:
Size - 119 x 63 x 13 mm.
Weight - 135 grams.
Memory - 8GB microSD memory card.
Operating system - Google Android Donut, version 1.6.
Processor - 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250. Display - 262,144 colour TFT touchscreen, 4.0 inches, 480 x 854 pixels (WVGA), scratch-resistant.
8.1 megapixel camera - Up to 16x digital zoom, auto focus, geo tagging, image/video stabilizer, smile detection, touch focus and video recording.
Messaging - E-mail, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, picture messaging (MMS), predictive text input, SMS.
Entertainment - 3D games, media browser, video streaming and YouTube.
GPS - A-GPS, Google Maps, Wisepilot (trial version).
Connectivity - 3.5 mm audio jack, Bluetooth, Micro USB connector, synchronisation and Wi-Fi.

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #768 on: December 18, 2009, 10:03:44 AM »
Android >>> iphone

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How am I trolling ?  Android is the future.

Pro and cons on Android VS os X (iPhone) ?


1: BrowsingLet me first say I do like the Safari browser on the iPhone. It’s fast, it’s reliable, it’s stable. But flexible? Flash? Monopolistic? Yes Safari is the only browser for the iPhone, and that browser still does not do Flash. However, the Android browser is one of the best browsers on the mobile market. On my HTC Hero, I have Opera Mini, Dolphin, and the default Browser. I haven’t used Opera Mini since I used it a couple of times upon installation. Dolphin is outstanding, with its use of Tabs and Gestures. But the default Android browser just can’t be beat. It usually loads pages faster than Safari, has Flash support, and simply does everything a browser should do.

2: DesktopInstead of just having icons littering your phone’s desktop (like the iPhone), the Android phone adds widgets to the desktop. These widgets tend to have an actual purpose. For example:

The Twitter Widget allows you to update your Twitter status from your mobile desktop.
The People Widget allows you to enable different actions for different contacts right from your desktop (say you want to call your wife with a single click and text your child from a single click).
The Messages Widget allows you to instantly see your email from the desktop.
The Android desktop is on a completely different level from the iPhone desktop. To compare them is actually unfair. Apples to Éclairs as it were.

3: ConnectivityOn one of the “pages” of my Hero desktop, I have four buttons:

Turn on/off bluetooth
Turn on/off Wifi
Turn on/off Mobile Network
Turn on/off GPS
These buttons let you instantly switch on or off the various connectivity options, which will go a long way toward conserving battery life. There is also an app in the Market called Y5, which will turn off Wi-Fi automatically when no known wireless network is available. To do any of this on the iPhone, you have to go into the Settings screen and navigate your way around the various options.

4: PC connectionUnlike the iPhone, you don’t need to have iTunes to manage your phone. Now, I say this with a bit of a chewed-up tongue because Android can’t sync with the Linux desktop yet. That’s okay for now. But Android can mount the SD card so that it is usable (via drag and drop) by any operating system. On this you can add music and files, which will then be usable on the phone. Simple.

5: Multi-notificationOne of the issues I’ve always had with the iPhone is its notification system. Basically, it depends upon a single system that not all applications have access too. For instance, if you are a Twitterer, you can find out if you have updates only by opening the Twitter app on the iPhone. With Android, the apps have access to the notification system and can all report. The notification bar on the Android phone can alert you to new voice messages, email messages, Facebook notifications, new Gmail, new text messages, and much more. If an app has a notification, it can let you know quickly, and in the background.

6: Endless personalizationI hesitate to place this on the list because so many readers seem to think user-configuration is worthless. It’s not. The Android phone allows users to configure their mobile to look and behave exactly how they want it. If you’re a social network power user, you can have a screen for Facebook, one for Twitter, one for texting, and one for Flickr. Or if you are a business user, you can have a screen for contacts, for your calendar, for gmail, for email, for RSS, and more. Not only can you configure the desktop the way you want, you can configure the behavior of your phone. Set up default actions for different contacts — even add an entirely different desktop, should you want. The possibilities are endless with the Android phone. With the iPhone, you’re pretty much limited to what Apple says.

7: MarketYes, Apple has an app for that. But so does Android. And chances are, the Android app is free and works as well (or better) than the iPhone app. And, believe it or not, there are thousands of apps in the Android Market. Apple does not (at least yet) have a patent on an application for just about everything. Give it time though. And installing applications on your Android phone is actually easier than it is on the iPhone. For free applications, you don’t have to worry about entering a password every time you try to install anything. And you do not have to link to Apple’s iTunes store to purchase applications from the Android Market. For those apps that have a price, you enter your information on the Google Market one time and you’re done.

8: Google integrationThis one is almost not fair, since Android was built with the intention of integrating with Google. But wow does it integrate well. Want to search Google? Simply click the search button, enter your search string, and you’re off and running. Did I mention Google Voice? Yes, the Android has an app for that.

9: Open SourceWhy does being open make Android better than iPhone? For the same reason that being open helps Linux: a planet full of developers with the ability to aid Android’s developers. Anyone can get access to the source of Android to better the system. This is also a double-edged sword, in that it allows those will less-than-ideal intentions to discover any weakness of the phone. But that can be seen as an indirect plus because when weaknesses are found in the open source community, they are quickly fixed. I assume that this tradition will extend to the Android phone. iPhone open? You’re kidding right?

10: Open to carriersThis is yet another reason why Android is superior. If you want an iPhone (at least for the time being), you better be open to AT&T. If you don’t like AT&T and you still want an iPhone, you better be open to doing a little jail breaking or move to another country. If you want an Android phone, you can join any number of carriers and have your choice of any number of outstanding phones using Android. No lock down.

Your takeWhat do you think: Are these reasons enough to get you to move from your iPhone to an Android phone? If not, tell us why you prefer the iPhone. And if you aren’t sure, just grab an Android phone and play around with it. You might quickly change your mind
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #769 on: December 18, 2009, 10:06:04 AM »
And free google maps navigation on the 2.0 has TomTom and garmin shaking in their boots.
 

Al Bundy

Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #770 on: December 18, 2009, 11:49:28 AM »
i've watched youtube videos where they put up a droid vs a 3gs and used their web browsers against each other (both were on 3G) and the iphone loaded pages quicker. yes android has flash which apple is retarded for not having. i could see it coming out sometime now since they have a nice competition brewing up with android and apple being pretty lax on their app store approvals lately.

iphone doesn't have widgets out of the box but if you really want them, there's a jailbreak app for that

the whole connectivity thing you brought up is a nonexistant issue for me because i use sbsettings to quickly toggle airplane mode, bluetooth, wifi, 3g, etc

you also don't have to use itunes to sync the iphone

i have my gripes about the push notification system on the iphone but you can have twitter notifications.. i get them all the time. plus if you want to get like a missed phone call or text notification in the background, there's a jailbreak app for that 8)

yeah android out of the box allows for a lot of customization but i can customize my iphone to my liking also after jailbreaking

because android is open source it makes it better than iphone? i like how it is open but it doesn't make it better solely from that. linux is open source and i still wouldnt use it over windows

and i read that google navigation is coming to the iphone soon so android won't have the leg up for much longer if it's true
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #771 on: December 18, 2009, 11:59:47 AM »
Ya may be getting google navigatin but not the same google navigation the android 2.0 has or so I heard.

Eh who cares its a fucking phone.  As long as I can go to brazzersmobile I'm good.
 

Al Bundy

Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #772 on: December 18, 2009, 12:57:30 PM »
Ya may be getting google navigatin but not the same google navigation the android 2.0 has or so I heard.

Eh who cares its a fucking phone.  As long as I can go to brazzersmobile I'm good.

if all you needed was porn, you could of paid nothing for an old blackjack 2.

you know you use your phone for more than just porn
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #773 on: December 18, 2009, 01:03:39 PM »
anyways... where are all of my NOVA heads up in here?

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the game is out in the app store and i've played story mode for a couple of mins. anyone on here been on the multiplayer yet?
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #774 on: December 18, 2009, 03:11:29 PM »
quick question... what happens to your apps and stuff if you switch phones with ANDROID?

i know with the iPhone you can continue to transfer the apps over to as many devices you wish.... (as long as they are authorized)... can that be done with Android?

For example me and my Girlfriend share all our apps that we purchase by authorizing our accounts and also all the apps i had for my original iPhone go on my 3g and so forth... if i purchased an iPod touch they would work there as well....

anyone know how that works?

everyone seems to say that iTunes is what is bad for the iPhone... but i am the opposite i love the integration between them and being able to authorize accounts and being able to transfer not just your apps but music and movies from device to device.
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #775 on: December 29, 2009, 08:47:13 AM »
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Secret mobile phone codes cracked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429233.stm

A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users.

Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has spent the past five months cracking the algorithm used to encrypt calls using GSM technology.

GSM is the most popular standard for mobile networks around the world.

The work could allow anyone - including criminals - to eavesdrop on private phone conversations.

Mr Nohl told the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin that the work showed that GSM security was "inadequate".

"We are trying to inform people about this widespread vulnerability," he told BBC News.

"We hope to create some additional pressure and demand from customers for better encryption."

The GSM Association (GSMA), which devised the algorithm and oversees development of the standard, said Mr Nohl's work would be "highly illegal" in the UK and many other countries.

"This isn't something that we take lightly at all," a spokeswoman said.

Mr Nohl told the BBC that he had consulted with lawyers before publication and believed the work was "legal".

'Secret key'
 
GSM encryption was first introduced in 1987


Mr Nohl, working with a "few dozen" other people, claims to have published material that would crack the A5/1 algorithm, a 22-year-old code used by many carriers.

The code is designed to prevent phone calls from being intercepted by forcing mobile phones and base stations to rapidly change radio frequencies over a spectrum of 80 channels.

It is known to have a series of weaknesses with the first serious flaw exposed in 1994.

Mr Nohl, who describes himself as an "offensive security researcher", announced his intention to crack the code at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference in The Netherlands in August this year.

"Any cryptographic function is a one way street," he told BBC News. "You should not be able to decrypt without the secret key".

To get around this problem, Mr Nohl, working with other members of the encryption community, used networks of computers to crunch through "every possible combination" of inputs and outputs for the encryption code. Mr Nohl said there were "trillions" of possibilities.
    It lowers the bar for people and organisations to crack GSM calls
Ian Meakin
Cellcrypt


All of the outputs are now detailed in a vast table, which can be used to determine the encryption key used to secure the conversation or text message.

"It's like a telephone book - if someone tells you a name you can look up their number," he said.

Using the codebook, a "beefy gaming computer and $3,000 worth of radio equipment" would allow anyone to decrypt signals from the billions of GSM users around the world, he said.

Signals could be decrypted in "real time" with $30,000 worth of equipment, Mr Nohl added.

'Not practical'

It has previously been possible to decrypt GSM signals to listen in on conversations, but the equipment cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars," experts said.

According to Ian Meakin, of mobile encryption firm Cellcrypt, only government agencies and "well funded" criminals had access to the necessary technology.

He described Mr Nohl's work as a "massive worry".

"It lowers the bar for people and organisations to crack GSM calls," he told BBC News.

"It inadvertently puts these tools and techniques in the hands of criminals."

However, the GSMA dismissed the worries, saying that "reports of an imminent GSM eavesdropping capability" were "common".

It said that there had been "a number" of academic papers outlining how A5/1 could be compromised but "none to date have led to a practical attack".

The association said that it had already outlined a proposal to upgrade A5/1 to a new standard known as A5/3 which was currently being "phased in".

"All in all, we consider this research, which appears to be motivated in part by commercial considerations, to be a long way from being a practical attack on GSM," the spokeswoman said.
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #776 on: December 30, 2009, 10:00:27 AM »
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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #777 on: December 31, 2009, 12:04:33 PM »
i just got an iphone, where do i get the hacks n stuff? and like themed skins like lakers or nuggets?



n which games r worth getting?
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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #778 on: December 31, 2009, 03:31:12 PM »
i just got an iphone, where do i get the hacks n stuff? and like themed skins like lakers or nuggets?



n which games r worth getting?

http://bit.ly/6yDSPp
 

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Re: My phone > iPhone (Now: My phone = iPhone)
« Reply #779 on: January 01, 2010, 12:20:47 PM »
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iPhone / iPod Touch Bed Set makes you comfy the entire night
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The iPhone / iPod Touch bed set is a must for all the lonely iPhone and iPod Touch owners, i guarantee you that this bed set will hold you warm at night  .