...because you can still buy an Android phone today running shit old software?
That doesn't change the fact that newer Android phones are more powerful from a HARDWARE perspective, which, unless you are referring to the new API's in the brand-spanking new version 2.3, is all that matters.
You do realize that up-to-date firmware has NOTHING to do with hardware specs...right? You also realize the difference in hardware between a 2nd gen iPhone and a 4th gen iPhone is huge, right?
I don't understand why Slashdot has such a hard time with this.
And I don't understand why people have such a hard time understanding that hardware requirements are hardware requirements. Whether you give specifics or wrap them up in labels like "2nd gen" or "4th gen", it doesn't change the underlying meaning.
So now you expect them to look up an app and check its CPU/RAM requirements, as well as screen size and other features, against their phone (or *potential* phone if they're shopping for one)?
From what I've seen as far as game limitations are concerned, so long as you buy a "major" Android phone like a Galaxy S or a Droid, and it's one of the latest models, you have nothing to worry about.
Why people buy no-name Android phones when the major (read: supported) ones are widely available is beyond me.::shrug:: That's just what happens, I guess.
Luckily, where I live, Verizon is the carrier to have. The only place in my day-to-day I have any reception issues is when I'm in the elevators at work. Otherwise, whether I'm in my office or apartment, I have 3-4 bars at all times.
Sprint apparently works pretty well around here as well. AT&T is a bit spotty. We have two close friends that live in an apartment two floors under us. One has a 3GS, the other a 4th gen iPhone. The 4th gen works ok (2-3 bars), but there are certain dead zones in the apartment where his reception will drop to nothing. Dude with the 3GS will drop to a single bar, but will lose 3G connectivity in the same spots.::shrug::
Unless you're talking about something like the new API's in Android 2.3, most Android games run fine regardless of the firmware. It's how powerful the HARDWARE is that matters, just like with an iPhone/iPod Touch.
Just because Apple wraps up the requirements into a label like 2nd gen or 4th gen doesn't change the underlying reason: hardware requirements. As I said in another post, the 4th gen iPhone is roughly twice as powerful as a 1st or second gen iPhone. How is this any different than a newer Android phone having better hardware than an older one?
She is on 4.2. The problem isn't firmware, it's hardware. There are a lot of games out there that require a 3GS/4G iPhone (i.e. 3rd or 4th gen iPod Touch.) The hardware specs in a 4th gen iPod Touch are almost double that of a 2nd gen, in terms of clock speed and ram. Her 2nd gen iPod Touch has a 620 MHz ARM11 core, whereas a 3rd gen has an 833 MHz Cortex-A8 (and the 4th gen has a 1GHz Cortex-A8 Apple A4 core). Likewise, her 2nd gen has 128 MB of ram, while the 3rd and 4th gens have 256 MBs of ram. Hell, even the graphics chip is different...in the 2nd gen, it's a PowerVR MBX, whereas the 3rd and 4th gen have an SGX.
Infinity Blade is a great example: it won't run at all on her 2nd gen. Something like Plants vs Zombies will run, but it's extremely choppy (compared to running smooth until the screen is full on a 3rd gen, and smooth regardless of what's happening on screen with a 4th gen) Also, any game that requires the gyroscope built into the 4th gen won't work on her 2nd gen because it doesn't actually have one. It has an accelerometer, but not a gyroscope.
Like I said, it's no different than with an Android phone; certain games do have minimum specs. Just because it's wrapped up in a simplistic label like "3rd gen" or "4th gen" doesn't change the reason.
I'm referring to phones that, for example, have an 800+ MHz processor, or more than a certain amount of ram.
Like I said, it's the same thing as an iPhone...some games just plain don't work on a first or second gen iPhone. If you're confused by something as simple as clock speed, then stick with an iPhone.
The same could be said of the iPhone/iPod Touch experience...let's take games as an example. My wife has a second-gen iPod Touch, but is missing out on a ton of newer games because they require a 3rd or 4th gen iPhone/iPod Touch.
How is that any different than needing a newer Android phone to run more recent, more intense games?
If you're rooting your phone, why do you care whether the manufacturer releases updated ROMs?
My Droid Eris is currently running NonSensikal Froyo 2.2 (which runs far better than the stock 2.1 Eris ROM.) Once 2.3 is made stable, I'll be running that on here.
Based on my experience with both Android phones and iPhones, here's how I see it:
Do you want something that "just works" out of the box, but with somewhat limited customization options? Do you want something that's dead simple and requires little to no learning to use? Get an iPhone.
Do you like to be able to modify every little facet of your phone, right down to the hardware it runs on? Do you not mind a small learning curve if it means more flexible overall operation? Get an Android phone.
They both have their place...it all comes down to your preferences and needs.
All of your questions can be answered at XDA-Developers. That's the go-to place for stuff like this. Check on the forums, I can 100% guarantee you the answers you need are there.
Isn't there an option in AdWords to use a preselected set of advertising if no "automatically generated" advertising is found based on the web page? As in, couldn't they just leave the adwords box blank for certain pages? It wouldn't be that hard to automate, if what I'm thinking is accurate...
A rom is, in the simplest terms, the underlying operating software on your phone. Or, if it helps, just think of it as an operating system version. That's not exactly right, but it will keep things simple.
Example: I'm running NonSensikal on my Droid Eris...NonSensikal is a Froyo 2.2 based rom that runs FAR better than the stock 2.1 Sense rom that the phone comes with. This is where Android phones show their true flexibility: you can change anything and everything, right down to the very operating system the phone uses.
Considering your only experience with Android comes from a Sony phone (whose Android phones are notoriously lacking), I suggest you try checking out a different one. Either a Droid X or a Droid Incredible on Verizon, or an Epic 4G on Sprint.
...I'd be fine with advertising on Wikipedia, so long as it's the silent, non-flyover non-flash on-topic kind. Actually, Google Adwords would go perfectly on there...it would remain unobtrusive, stay topical, and provide some income.
This is pretty much the only reason I still stick with AMD. My upgrade cycles are every 2-4 years, so you'd think it would make more sense for me to go Intel since their stuff is "better". Nope! I've kept the same motherboard for the past two cycles, and even though I'm getting a better CPU (going from Ahtlon II x4 to Phenom II x6) and better video card (going from ATI 4850 to nVidia 570), I'm STILL going to keep the same motherboard and RAM. The Phenom II will be the third CPU I've dropped into this motherboard (Athlon X2 -> Athlon II X4 -> Phenom II X6).
How do you do that? Because frequently, when I set the alarm, it doesn't go off. Also, there is no correlation to significant dates, so I never know when to prepare for an absent alarm. (I have an android phone, and I bitterly regret buying it.)
I've got a Droid Eris that I plan on getting rid of when the Tegra-based models hit Verizon. I've used numerous custom roms on it (as well as the stock rom for a few months) and I've never had an alarm fail. I've heard this criticism a lot, but I've personally never experienced it. Have you tried a different rom/alarm app other than the stock one?
I currently have NonSensikal (which is a Froyo 2.2-based rom) running on my Droid Eris. My favorite feature of the alarm built into it (not sure if it's stock, but whatever): Even if you have headphones plugged into the phone, the alarm still comes through the speakerphone.
Quite useful if I'm streaming Last.fm for sleep-time music.
Really? I had thought their stuff was pretty generic and written for the "mass market". Granted, I last cracked open a Wired magazine many years ago...which means it has not only been a while, but I was quite a bit younger then too.
Hmm...maybe I'll give them a second chance...still won't be a substitute for Byte, though. Greatest magazine in the history of life.
People are misled on all sides by anything that's been given a political bent. Net Neutrality has been especially susceptible to this; when non-geeks can barely understand what it's about, you can't expect highly-partisan tools to understand it, either.
lol, my wife still uses her high school password for a couple of sensitive things (which is a jumble of random different case letters and numbers), even though she graduated back in 2003.
Use made-up words that come from your own brain. Let's see a brute-force script figure out a combination of seven to twelve letters and numbers that, other than as my passwords, don't exist anywhere besides in my head.
Of course, that's irrelevant in something like the Gawker breach, but still...
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...because you can still buy an Android phone today running shit old software?
That doesn't change the fact that newer Android phones are more powerful from a HARDWARE perspective, which, unless you are referring to the new API's in the brand-spanking new version 2.3, is all that matters.
You do realize that up-to-date firmware has NOTHING to do with hardware specs...right? You also realize the difference in hardware between a 2nd gen iPhone and a 4th gen iPhone is huge, right?
I don't understand why Slashdot has such a hard time with this.
And I don't understand why people have such a hard time understanding that hardware requirements are hardware requirements. Whether you give specifics or wrap them up in labels like "2nd gen" or "4th gen", it doesn't change the underlying meaning.
So now you expect them to look up an app and check its CPU/RAM requirements, as well as screen size and other features, against their phone (or *potential* phone if they're shopping for one)?
From what I've seen as far as game limitations are concerned, so long as you buy a "major" Android phone like a Galaxy S or a Droid, and it's one of the latest models, you have nothing to worry about.
Why people buy no-name Android phones when the major (read: supported) ones are widely available is beyond me. ::shrug:: That's just what happens, I guess.
Luckily, where I live, Verizon is the carrier to have. The only place in my day-to-day I have any reception issues is when I'm in the elevators at work. Otherwise, whether I'm in my office or apartment, I have 3-4 bars at all times.
Sprint apparently works pretty well around here as well. AT&T is a bit spotty. We have two close friends that live in an apartment two floors under us. One has a 3GS, the other a 4th gen iPhone. The 4th gen works ok (2-3 bars), but there are certain dead zones in the apartment where his reception will drop to nothing. Dude with the 3GS will drop to a single bar, but will lose 3G connectivity in the same spots. ::shrug::
Unless you're talking about something like the new API's in Android 2.3, most Android games run fine regardless of the firmware. It's how powerful the HARDWARE is that matters, just like with an iPhone/iPod Touch.
Just because Apple wraps up the requirements into a label like 2nd gen or 4th gen doesn't change the underlying reason: hardware requirements. As I said in another post, the 4th gen iPhone is roughly twice as powerful as a 1st or second gen iPhone. How is this any different than a newer Android phone having better hardware than an older one?
She is on 4.2. The problem isn't firmware, it's hardware. There are a lot of games out there that require a 3GS/4G iPhone (i.e. 3rd or 4th gen iPod Touch.) The hardware specs in a 4th gen iPod Touch are almost double that of a 2nd gen, in terms of clock speed and ram. Her 2nd gen iPod Touch has a 620 MHz ARM11 core, whereas a 3rd gen has an 833 MHz Cortex-A8 (and the 4th gen has a 1GHz Cortex-A8 Apple A4 core). Likewise, her 2nd gen has 128 MB of ram, while the 3rd and 4th gens have 256 MBs of ram. Hell, even the graphics chip is different...in the 2nd gen, it's a PowerVR MBX, whereas the 3rd and 4th gen have an SGX.
Infinity Blade is a great example: it won't run at all on her 2nd gen. Something like Plants vs Zombies will run, but it's extremely choppy (compared to running smooth until the screen is full on a 3rd gen, and smooth regardless of what's happening on screen with a 4th gen) Also, any game that requires the gyroscope built into the 4th gen won't work on her 2nd gen because it doesn't actually have one. It has an accelerometer, but not a gyroscope.
Like I said, it's no different than with an Android phone; certain games do have minimum specs. Just because it's wrapped up in a simplistic label like "3rd gen" or "4th gen" doesn't change the reason.
I'm referring to phones that, for example, have an 800+ MHz processor, or more than a certain amount of ram.
Like I said, it's the same thing as an iPhone...some games just plain don't work on a first or second gen iPhone. If you're confused by something as simple as clock speed, then stick with an iPhone.
The same could be said of the iPhone/iPod Touch experience...let's take games as an example. My wife has a second-gen iPod Touch, but is missing out on a ton of newer games because they require a 3rd or 4th gen iPhone/iPod Touch.
How is that any different than needing a newer Android phone to run more recent, more intense games?
If you're rooting your phone, why do you care whether the manufacturer releases updated ROMs?
My Droid Eris is currently running NonSensikal Froyo 2.2 (which runs far better than the stock 2.1 Eris ROM.) Once 2.3 is made stable, I'll be running that on here.
From what I've seen, it looks like most of the locked-down Android phones are on AT&T. Coincidence?
Based on my experience with both Android phones and iPhones, here's how I see it:
Do you want something that "just works" out of the box, but with somewhat limited customization options? Do you want something that's dead simple and requires little to no learning to use? Get an iPhone.
Do you like to be able to modify every little facet of your phone, right down to the hardware it runs on? Do you not mind a small learning curve if it means more flexible overall operation? Get an Android phone.
They both have their place...it all comes down to your preferences and needs.
All of your questions can be answered at XDA-Developers. That's the go-to place for stuff like this. Check on the forums, I can 100% guarantee you the answers you need are there.
See, everyone wins!
Isn't there an option in AdWords to use a preselected set of advertising if no "automatically generated" advertising is found based on the web page? As in, couldn't they just leave the adwords box blank for certain pages? It wouldn't be that hard to automate, if what I'm thinking is accurate...
A rom is, in the simplest terms, the underlying operating software on your phone. Or, if it helps, just think of it as an operating system version. That's not exactly right, but it will keep things simple.
Example: I'm running NonSensikal on my Droid Eris...NonSensikal is a Froyo 2.2 based rom that runs FAR better than the stock 2.1 Sense rom that the phone comes with. This is where Android phones show their true flexibility: you can change anything and everything, right down to the very operating system the phone uses.
Considering your only experience with Android comes from a Sony phone (whose Android phones are notoriously lacking), I suggest you try checking out a different one. Either a Droid X or a Droid Incredible on Verizon, or an Epic 4G on Sprint.
...I'd be fine with advertising on Wikipedia, so long as it's the silent, non-flyover non-flash on-topic kind. Actually, Google Adwords would go perfectly on there...it would remain unobtrusive, stay topical, and provide some income.
This is pretty much the only reason I still stick with AMD. My upgrade cycles are every 2-4 years, so you'd think it would make more sense for me to go Intel since their stuff is "better". Nope! I've kept the same motherboard for the past two cycles, and even though I'm getting a better CPU (going from Ahtlon II x4 to Phenom II x6) and better video card (going from ATI 4850 to nVidia 570), I'm STILL going to keep the same motherboard and RAM. The Phenom II will be the third CPU I've dropped into this motherboard (Athlon X2 -> Athlon II X4 -> Phenom II X6).
How do you do that? Because frequently, when I set the alarm, it doesn't go off. Also, there is no correlation to significant dates, so I never know when to prepare for an absent alarm. (I have an android phone, and I bitterly regret buying it.)
I've got a Droid Eris that I plan on getting rid of when the Tegra-based models hit Verizon. I've used numerous custom roms on it (as well as the stock rom for a few months) and I've never had an alarm fail. I've heard this criticism a lot, but I've personally never experienced it. Have you tried a different rom/alarm app other than the stock one?
Maybe it's only with certain phones...?
I currently have NonSensikal (which is a Froyo 2.2-based rom) running on my Droid Eris. My favorite feature of the alarm built into it (not sure if it's stock, but whatever): Even if you have headphones plugged into the phone, the alarm still comes through the speakerphone.
Quite useful if I'm streaming Last.fm for sleep-time music.
If you get a woman with the right 733ts, you won't care about what other women have :)
Really? I had thought their stuff was pretty generic and written for the "mass market". Granted, I last cracked open a Wired magazine many years ago...which means it has not only been a while, but I was quite a bit younger then too.
Hmm...maybe I'll give them a second chance...still won't be a substitute for Byte, though. Greatest magazine in the history of life.
People are misled on all sides by anything that's been given a political bent. Net Neutrality has been especially susceptible to this; when non-geeks can barely understand what it's about, you can't expect highly-partisan tools to understand it, either.
lol, my wife still uses her high school password for a couple of sensitive things (which is a jumble of random different case letters and numbers), even though she graduated back in 2003.
Use made-up words that come from your own brain. Let's see a brute-force script figure out a combination of seven to twelve letters and numbers that, other than as my passwords, don't exist anywhere besides in my head.
Of course, that's irrelevant in something like the Gawker breach, but still...
No, but they are stealing the VIN number off your car.
No, but you can change your name to WTF1138 :)