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  1. Re:Aka: by ThermalRunaway · · Score: 1 · on Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users

    Not true. See here: http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/19/verizons-htc-thunderbolt-will-support-simultaneous-voice-and-data-over-lte/

    The first iteration of LTE will support this. The current issue with LTE is there is no standard for voice calls over it yet. So its data only and you make your call using the other side of the network. Just like how on VZ now the "3G" portion (EVDO) is data only and you still make a voice call over the 1X side.

  2. Re:Fragmentation by DragonWriter · · Score: 2 · on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones

    So on a platform that (supposedly) is already rife with fragmentation they are going to have completely different versions just for tablets?

    One: Note the word "supposedly".
    Two: Nope, they won't. While Honeycomb is for tablets, Ice Cream will be for phones (or phone/tablet convergence) has been previously reported, followed by the statement leading to the misinterpretation in TFA, Google has clarified, stating “The version of Honeycomb we’ve shown is optimized for tablet form factors. All of the UI changes are the future of Android. Yesterday’s event focused on tablet form factors, which is where you’ll first see Honeycomb.” (emphasis added)

  3. Already Corrected by mmurphy000 · · Score: 5, Informative · on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones
    If you actually get to the Boy Genius Report post, you will see that this statement has already been corrected, at least somewhat:

    The version of Honeycomb we’ve shown is optimized for tablet form factors. All of the UI changes are the future of Android. Yesterday’s event focused on tablet form factors, which is where you’ll first see Honeycomb.

  4. Re:Android 3.1 WILL be available on phones GTFO id by Albatrosses · · Score: 1 · on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones

    Dude, chill.

    Also http://www.bgr.com/2011/02/03/google-will-not-bring-honeycomb-to-smartphones/

  5. Re:Apple can do it... by blackest_k · · Score: 4, Informative · on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones

    no the article is wrong
    i think the original article was written for pc magazine and has been rewritten on other sites.

    http://www.bgr.com/2011/02/03/google-will-not-bring-honeycomb-to-smartphones/

    UPDATE: It turns out there may have been a bit of confusion surrounding Kovacsâ(TM) comments at the Google event. Google reached out to clarify, supplying BGR with the following statement: âoeThe version of Honeycomb weâ(TM)ve shown is optimized for tablet form factors. All of the UI changes are the future of Android. Yesterdayâ(TM)s event focused on tablet form factors, which is where youâ(TM)ll first see Honeycomb.â

  6. Just kidding by oldmankdude · · Score: 5, Informative · on Google Says Honeycomb Will Not Come To Smartphones

    Looks like Google clarified what they said a bit (original source): http://www.bgr.com/2011/02/03/google-will-not-bring-honeycomb-to-smartphones/

  7. Re:I'm sure it will be as successful as the W7 Pho by Enigma23 · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft's Approach To Battling the iPad In the Workplace

    Windows Phone 7 (not "the Windows 7 Phone") is doing just fine. It hasn't been a runaway success, but its done reasonably well on all carriers its been released on and is coming to both Verizon and Sprint soon.

    I wouldn't call an OS doing "just fine" when it has been reported as having excessive data usage of "between 30 and 50MB of data" per day and 500MB being used up overnight in some cases. BGR Reports that MS has identified "a third-party solution commonly accessed from Windows Phones is configured in a manner that potentially cause larger than expected data downloads." The third party has not been identified and a timeline for a fix has not yet been given...

    Caveat emptor!