An average one-way commute time for people in the US is 26 minutes (over an average distance of 16 miles). That is about 37 miles an hour. If we could get everyone to drive an average of 60 miles an hour the average commute would drop by 10 minutes. That is not very much and I am skeptical that much of an increase in average speed is even doable.
They play hi definition movies, take high def movies, stream live tv, give you real time driving directions beamed with coordinates down from outer fucking space, allow you to talk to people from across the world or in outer space, receive messages in text from anywhere (even outer space) when you are almost anywhere (even space), transcribe the voice messages people leave you into text you can sort of read if they speak clearly, translate spoken words and phrases into and from languages you don't speak, store 32 GB of data on a swappable chip the size of your pinky nail, identify any constellation in the heavens just by pointing the fricking thing at the star up in the sky, identify any song you are currently hearing just by letting your phone listen too... or in other words, nothing.
FFS, you read like a Neo Luddite and you need to stop.
To those people experiencing those issues, Android could be garbage. My previous T-Mobile MyTouch, my wife's G2 and my current Nexus One are certainly not garbage
to me.
Is it at a six sigma level for issues? No. But to me there is no comparison between the old WinMo and today's Android devices.
Because I had to reboot my WinMo phones at least once a day. Every one of them. I started many years ago with the original XDA and quit WinMo after my Tytn II. Over the years I had 5 different WinMo phones and each one was a slow buggy piece of junk.
Today I go weeks without ever shutting my Android phone off. That is why WinMo was garbage.
There will never be a crime ring to break into houses on information gathered through hacked meter data. They could much more easily drive around neighborhoods in the early evening looking for houses with lights off and no car in the driveway. Or even easier you could just break into a house around 10:30 AM when the occupants are at work.
I have the most secure passwords ever, but if a person hits me in a different spot with a hammer after each time I refuse to hand over the password, I'm going to quickly hand it over. They may not even get the first hit in before I blurt it out. Same thing would apply to a person's safe combination I'd imagine.
While this release is named Gingerbread, this is actually Android 2.3. The Android 3.0 release will be called Honeycomb and is where you should expect the bigger improvements.
This reminds me of the great piece called Money by Beau Sia.
"...When I get the money, I'm gonna have iced monkey brain in Madagascar with Uma Thurman and Spock, and me and Tarantino are gonna buy the bones of Bruce Lee and put them in a movie called THE BONES OF BRUCE LEE ARE ALIVE... and I'm gonna be the Asian male hustler on the Real World on Mars, and I'm gonna do sold-out haiku poetry jams in Vegas!... when I get the money, I'm gonna own MTV, and sure, money can't buy you love, but love can't buy you shit!"
On the internet run Tor with on a browser with ad block and no-script and turn off cookies. Don't use free products like Gmail. Modify this configuration for how much of a crippled internet you can stand.
Don't use a credit card. Credit card companies maintain profiles on your purchases.
Only user a prepaid phone that you paid for in cash. Phone companies know every person you've called and who's called you.
Stop using ATM's. They have cameras and your banking activity is logged.
Those Loyalty cards supermarkets and chain stored give you has the potential for abuse. Pay more for your food.
Local and Federal government agencies share personal information about you for administrative purposes. Perhaps you should consider which non compulsory entities (other than the IRS, etc) you interact with.
On my Android 2.2 (Froyo) Nexus One I watch all sorts of flash videos from all sorts of sites. Testing out the videos in the article, I don't see the problem. Oh, and guess what? I have the highest tier of Verizon FIOS. Same exact specs as the article.
My major gripe with Flash on Android is the difficulty in scrolling ahead. As many others have said, the controls don't work well. I can pause and play, but trying to get back to where I previously left off is a pain.
All in all, as a Nexus One user I'm satisfied with Flash. I just hope the interface gets better.
Burglar alarm sign => "They have expensive stuff, but we'll have to be quick!"
NRA Stickers => "They have guns, lets steal them guns!"
Once a thief sees you leave and knows your house is empty, they will break in if they want to. I suggest making it look like you don't have anything worth stealing.
These wallpaper apps cannot access your contact's phone numbers, SMS messages or personal information.
Check out the manifest permissions on the apps in question. It is the last item that is the problem.
!Storage
modify Delete
!Your location
coarse (network-based) location
!Network communication
full Internet access
!Phone calls
read phone state and identity
The permission only allow the app to read the IMEI number of your phone (your hardware's unique identifying number), your phone number, and your currently programmed voice-mail number. If you hard coded your voice-mail password as part of your voice-mail number, then they have that too.
They shouldn't be stealing this info, and Google should separate "read phone state" from "read identity", but the stories on this app stating that your SMS's, contacts and grandmother's girdle being stolen and sent to China just plain wrong.
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An average one-way commute time for people in the US is 26 minutes (over an average distance of 16 miles). That is about 37 miles an hour. If we could get everyone to drive an average of 60 miles an hour the average commute would drop by 10 minutes. That is not very much and I am skeptical that much of an increase in average speed is even doable.
The album is private and the option was Opt-IN for me.
Have you considered that the inductive coil won't be the only charging option? I guarantee USB charging will still work just fine.
The Nook E-Ink reader is really good as well and it allows library downloads too.
Clearly, this calls for an access database. Back it up to Excel.
This is all in the same store.
They play hi definition movies, take high def movies, stream live tv, give you real time driving directions beamed with coordinates down from outer fucking space, allow you to talk to people from across the world or in outer space, receive messages in text from anywhere (even outer space) when you are almost anywhere (even space), transcribe the voice messages people leave you into text you can sort of read if they speak clearly, translate spoken words and phrases into and from languages you don't speak, store 32 GB of data on a swappable chip the size of your pinky nail, identify any constellation in the heavens just by pointing the fricking thing at the star up in the sky, identify any song you are currently hearing just by letting your phone listen too... or in other words, nothing.
FFS, you read like a Neo Luddite and you need to stop.
Just. Stop.
I missed that TFA was from Fox News. Now I feel dirty having giving the corporate media some ad displays.
...or you could just tell the future driver-less cab where you want to go. Sort of how today you can tell a cab with a driver where you want to go.
He must want to access the internet away from home.
I've yet to read a comment proclaiming smart phones are a waste of money and I just want something that acts well as a telephone.
I thought I was reading Slashdot, but I guess I am on some other website.
Is it at a six sigma level for issues? No. But to me there is no comparison between the old WinMo and today's Android devices.
Because I had to reboot my WinMo phones at least once a day. Every one of them. I started many years ago with the original XDA and quit WinMo after my Tytn II. Over the years I had 5 different WinMo phones and each one was a slow buggy piece of junk.
Today I go weeks without ever shutting my Android phone off. That is why WinMo was garbage.
There will never be a crime ring to break into houses on information gathered through hacked meter data. They could much more easily drive around neighborhoods in the early evening looking for houses with lights off and no car in the driveway. Or even easier you could just break into a house around 10:30 AM when the occupants are at work.
They text the questions to someone else while taking the test. That person who will take the test later then knows what the questions are.
I have the most secure passwords ever, but if a person hits me in a different spot with a hammer after each time I refuse to hand over the password, I'm going to quickly hand it over. They may not even get the first hit in before I blurt it out. Same thing would apply to a person's safe combination I'd imagine.
combination codes are the weakest link in bank vaults.
While this release is named Gingerbread, this is actually Android 2.3. The Android 3.0 release will be called Honeycomb and is where you should expect the bigger improvements.
People who are mean to cats should be very afraid.
On the internet run Tor with on a browser with ad block and no-script and turn off cookies. Don't use free products like Gmail. Modify this configuration for how much of a crippled internet you can stand.
Don't use a credit card. Credit card companies maintain profiles on your purchases.
Only user a prepaid phone that you paid for in cash. Phone companies know every person you've called and who's called you.
Stop using ATM's. They have cameras and your banking activity is logged.
Those Loyalty cards supermarkets and chain stored give you has the potential for abuse. Pay more for your food.
Local and Federal government agencies share personal information about you for administrative purposes. Perhaps you should consider which non compulsory entities (other than the IRS, etc) you interact with.
On my Android 2.2 (Froyo) Nexus One I watch all sorts of flash videos from all sorts of sites. Testing out the videos in the article, I don't see the problem. Oh, and guess what? I have the highest tier of Verizon FIOS. Same exact specs as the article.
My major gripe with Flash on Android is the difficulty in scrolling ahead. As many others have said, the controls don't work well. I can pause and play, but trying to get back to where I previously left off is a pain.
All in all, as a Nexus One user I'm satisfied with Flash. I just hope the interface gets better.
Burglar alarm sign => "They have expensive stuff, but we'll have to be quick!"
NRA Stickers => "They have guns, lets steal them guns!"
Once a thief sees you leave and knows your house is empty, they will break in if they want to. I suggest making it look like you don't have anything worth stealing.
These wallpaper apps cannot access your contact's phone numbers, SMS messages or personal information.
Check out the manifest permissions on the apps in question. It is the last item that is the problem.
!Storage
modify Delete
!Your location
coarse (network-based) location
!Network communication
full Internet access
!Phone calls
read phone state and identity
The permission only allow the app to read the IMEI number of your phone (your hardware's unique identifying number), your phone number, and your currently programmed voice-mail number. If you hard coded your voice-mail password as part of your voice-mail number, then they have that too.
They shouldn't be stealing this info, and Google should separate "read phone state" from "read identity", but the stories on this app stating that your SMS's, contacts and grandmother's girdle being stolen and sent to China just plain wrong.
We already have these in production. They're called taxi cabs.