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I found this article on Steve Wozniak VERY interesting. If you don't know who he is, he is the Co-Founder of Apple. When you think Apple, you first think Steve Jobs, but Wozniak was right there all along. Anyway, when he says he likes his Andriod better then his iPhone, thats one mighty kick into Apples balls!!
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/17/10175148-wozniak-likes-his-android-phone-a-lot
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Good read, the author was good in refrencing to Woz's honest opion's of the two devices.
It's good to see an unbiased article like that one. Everywhere you see now there is always a bias towards the iPhone. The iPhone is not a bad device, but it is too locked down for my tastes...
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I found this article on Steve Wozniak VERY interesting. If you don't know who he is, he is the Co-Founder of Apple. When you think Apple, you first think Steve Jobs, but Wozniak was right there all along. Anyway, when he says he likes his Andriod better then his iPhone, thats one mighty kick into Apples balls!!
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/17/10175148-wozniak-likes-his-android-phone-a-lot
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Read it yesterday.
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Moe2005 said:
It's good to see an unbiased article like that one. Everywhere you see now there is always a bias towards the iPhone. The iPhone is not a bad device, but it is too locked down for my tastes...
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EXACTLY! people that usually write this stuff make iPhone seem like God, and everything else is crap!
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The iPhone is an excellent device no doubt about that but it just needs a bigger screen. Once apple upgrades to at least a 4" or 5" screen instead of a 3.5" it will be unstoppable. I love android more of course but I think both os's have their pros and cons. I'd honestly say at this current state they're pretty equally matched even with ice cream sandwich rolling out. iPhone's just work out the box and the battery is amazing it's crazy, android has the killer customization that iPhone doesn't have and I like that too!
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That has to be one of the best apple v android articles I have ever read.
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read that yesterday
I really appreciate him admiring the iPhone's attraction to a more casual crowd.
Yeah they are great phones for the people that need stuff to be simple and straight forward. That's by no means a bad thing. But I like to have the option of complexity if I desire it. The iPhone can only get so complex whereas Android devices can be endlessly complex if modded the right way.
That's just my 2cents.
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read that yesterday
I really appreciate him admiring the iPhone's attraction to a more casual crowd.
Yeah they are great phones for the people that need stuff to be simple and straight forward. That's by no means a bad thing. But I like to have the option of complexity if I desire it. The iPhone can only get so complex whereas Android devices can be endlessly complex if modded the right way.
That's just my 2cents.
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Completely agree.
Okay... soo uhh I feel really uncomfortable even though I really love my phone... I might be heading back to my blackberry after this...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/318518
Gross... Smh. I hate the internet sometimes. Ridiculous. Yahoo... Here I come.... I guess
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rbaruch said:
Okay... soo uhh I feel really uncomfortable even though I really love my phone... I might be heading back to my blackberry after this...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/318518
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Hope you don't use Facebook. You'll REALLY freak out.
Wtf google. Dangerous move.
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marleyfan61 said:
Hope you don't use Facebook. You'll REALLY freak out.
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+1. Especially if you load all of "your" pics to their site.
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Get off the internet entirely then. This is inevitable and bound to eventually happen. You can avoid android, google, gmail, but there will always be another site you use that do the exact same thing your trying to avoid. (Facebook? bing? Yahoo? etc... )
Your fighting an already lost war.
apple has been caught doing worse to their consumers, WP7 has complete "crap" you are agreeing to when you first start your phone up, but obviously nobody reads all of it. now google yaaaaay. looks like blackberry will be the only protected OS, along with whatever Nokia is working on. cant wait for BB10
Maybe I am missing something here but I fail to see why this is a bad thing. Sure they collect and store your information but its to better serve you as the user across all of their services.
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apple has been caught doing worse to their consumers, WP7 has complete "crap" you are agreeing to when you first start your phone up, but obviously nobody reads all of it. now google yaaaaay. looks like blackberry will be the only protected OS, along with whatever Nokia is working on. cant wait for BB10
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Honestly considering moving back to blackberry...
BB10 looks to be huge, not to mention I'm reaally missing RIMs policies + security features..
Sorry bud, but Google's taking over the world.
Might as well be on their side when it happens
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Honestly considering moving back to blackberry...
BB10 looks to be huge, not to mention I'm reaally missing RIMs policies + security features..
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Blackberry will be glad to hear this. They're struggling right now.
The unified policy doesn't bother me. Facebook is really worrying though.
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craigtut said:
Maybe I am missing something here but I fail to see why this is a bad thing. Sure they collect and store your information but its to better serve you as the user across all of their services.
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So Big Brother watching over is ok with some I guess. It's not "bad," it's invasive. Who's to say Google won't start selling my search profile to marketing teams to start spamming? If it's to help serve us, why isn't it optional? Who really thinks Google isn't good enough as it is? There is no reason for this. Facebook tried something similar yrs ago when I was on that site, but everyone revolted so they changed their mind.
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Blackberry will be glad to hear this. They're struggling right now.
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That's because they haven't made a great device since the Curve 8900. Lol. They do have the best security though
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Well mind you, people can't see your information since all of them are tied together using a program that will pick your likes and output it to you. Unless they made an internal program within google company to sift through all those data just to grab some dirt on a politician or something...... Are you a politician? IF not, then you got nothing to worry about....
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Well mind you, people can't see your information since all of them are tied together using a program that will pick your likes and output it to you. Unless they made an internal program within google company to sift through all those data just to grab some dirt on a politician or something...... Are you a politician? IF not, then you got nothing to worry about....
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I suppose. I wish I were a great legal mind so I could see it for what it really is. I hate being tricked and have become used to being tricked... #paranoid
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Facebook tried something similar yrs ago when I was on that site, but everyone revolted so they changed their mind.
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Tried? They do that now! Have been.
I am not a lawyer but I'm still not seeing how merging privacy policies gives Google more data. I would think they had the data before, it's one company.
Personally I was a freaked out more by the Google DART cookie setup a few years back. When Google basically said we are going to have this cookie on your computer tracking what you do. Since so many sites use Google Analytics, Google AdSense, etc. that means they know a lot about what you do even outside of Google sites. Since you can't really "log-out" of Google services on your Android phone I've always wondered how much they track.
Google ad opt out add on, moved email to hushmail and deleted contacts. I win.. unless they truly don't delete stuff. If not that should be illegal.
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Tried? They do that now! Have been.
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Smh I hate Facebook lol
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While we're waiting for our phones, I thought I would start a thread where we could just talk without worrying about going off-topic. If you want to talk about how other phones compare to the Evo, rant about rotten fruit and the vegetables that use them, etc, than this is the place.
Just please remember that all of the forum rules still apply here though.
New EVO LTE feature just announced!
I just received my EVO LTE today, It seems that it was shipped with the new stealth invisibility feature enabled by default...Nice feature, huh?
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Considering Google just got the go ahead to buy Motorola (and it's patents)...this could get interesting.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...rola-deal-expected-to-be-finalized-next-week/
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Now that is going to be awesome!!
Is there any writer, reporter here in XDA to start a petition or something so we can ALL sign. Don't you guys think it would be a great IDEA to voice it out our opinions? I am just thinking how big XDA network is, Dev's who started from here still on Android now have there own site can always get the word to them as well..
Can someone call this Guys already
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I just received my EVO LTE today, It seems that it was shipped with the new stealth invisibility feature enabled by default...Nice feature, huh?
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Hey off topic but what kind of case is that?? I've been searching for a clear one to no avail!
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Clear case
fhnguyen said:
Hey off topic but what kind of case is that?? I've been searching for a clear one to no avail!
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/23079101275...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1745wt_1163
$4.99
Should look something like this but even better if it ever arrives.
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Yup more than Exxon, google has about half the spending cash as apple
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You're crazy.
Exxxon, Shell are the biggest companies in the world by revenue.
I saw this posted on AC. Thought it might lighten the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhq-CurxORE&feature=youtu.be
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I saw this posted on AC. Thought it might lighten the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhq-CurxORE&feature=youtu.be
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Lol nice video..
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You're crazy.
Exxxon, Shell are the biggest companies in the world by revenue.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottde... apple is near half trillion total market cap
A little factoid.
Smartphone adoption fastest in the US than any other device in history
http://www.mobilebloom.com/smartpho...-us-than-any-other-device-in-history/2213748/
Disregard - wrong package
Just wanted to say a quick hey to my fellow EVO enthusiasts! This is my first of hopefully many posts in the LTE forum. Coming from the OG EVO. I've rooted, unrooted, rooted again, flashed crashed and bashed. Really looking forward to this new phone! Here's hoping good news on Monday! See ya soon!
Started this thread "2nd January 2012, 02:14 AM"......The Force is with you xHausx!
Did anybody see last nights NASCAR race with the fourteen million signs saying EVO 4G LTE....pissed me off lol
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Did anybody see last nights NASCAR race with the fourteen million signs saying EVO 4G LTE....pissed me off lol
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saw it. watch them all here every week. What I thought was funnier was the phone they were using in the Speed social media center(social garage) was the Samsung Epic 4G Touch...least thats what it looked like when R. Wood was showing off the Nascar app....Found it real interesting they didn't give him an EVOLTE to use....esp if they had a ton of signage for it...
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Did anybody see last nights NASCAR race with the fourteen million signs saying EVO 4G LTE....pissed me off lol
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Yes I did and yes it was everywhere. Last year they were showing off the EVO 3d to all the drivers and even the announcers had them. its also in the best buy ad this morning. I bet a lot of people go there and are pissed when its not
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Just wanted to say a quick hey to my fellow EVO enthusiasts! This is my first of hopefully many posts in the LTE forum. Coming from the OG EVO. I've rooted, unrooted, rooted again, flashed crashed and bashed. Really looking forward to this new phone! Here's hoping good news on Monday! See ya soon!
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Started this thread "2nd January 2012, 02:14 AM"......The Force is with you xHausx!
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lol, I've been preparing for this moment for a long time
My ex old lady used to always say she thought I was psychic afterall, or was it psycho.. don't remember
I've been having problems with my OG Evo for like a month now. I didn't know about the charge dock problems even though I'm always here flashing new roms. I was anxiously waiting for the new one and then all of this happened. For a while, I was seriously considering cancelling my order but then I realized that that would be a win for Apple and I could not contribute to their gain. I decided to wait patiently for my phone.
In terms of the patent I think its BS, and this is coming from a software engineer. I don't want to go deep into that discussion but working with code is a whole different ballgame.
In terms of the whole GS3 vs. EvoLTE vs. iPhone5 thing, I think both the GS3 and the EvoLTE are good phones. I don't know much about the iphone5 specs yet. What I can say is that apple products are not that unarguably better overall for them to have so much money and crazy fanboys right now.
The best apple product was the iPod by far. It revolutionized the industry. Everything else from there has come off branding. You can argue about the OG iPhone and iPad being nice too but that feels like a century ago. Like I said, everything else is marketing. Its funny people buying expensive macs just to log in to facebook and serious customers run parallel half of the time to use windows programs.
Right now, we have competition and we have android developers working their a** off to get a small share of the pie and that's why I can't cancel my order. After I read this, I was shocked by how this blind fanaticism is hurting the industry around the world. I don't wanna be a part of that. Like I said, some Apple products are great, but they are not unarguably so ahead of the curve for them to be squashing everyone that easy. My two cents...
see this...
http://taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/05/21/2003533313
now go back off topic....
david279 said:
see this...
http://taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/05/21/2003533313
now go back off topic....
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Awesome I guess, but who cares thats not off topic man!
Lets continue the talk about Nascar ... Yes I saw all the branding and yes it ticked me off..
Now watching the New cars at Indy, wow they are funny looking. I can't get used to them. They do go fast though, unless of course your car has a Lotus motor in it... those suck. Chevy is dominating! YES!
Please write Reviews to increase sales and hence possibility of better "Support"
There's no doubt that this is an excellent Android Superphone and we all love it. I thought it will really help if we write reviews of this phone on few of the website so that people considering this phone will be comfortable in buying it.
I started with the following websites and will do more as I find them:
> AT&T (http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/lg/optimus-g-black.html#fbid=WWdQboRk1cO)
> Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/LG-Optimus-4G...8&qid=1353904051&sr=8-4&keywords=lg+optimus+g)
> Best Buy Mobile (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+Op...322506&skuId=6929501&cp=1&lp=2&contract_desc=)
I will encourage you folks, whoever can spare few minutes to write reviews on the given websites and others. This will increase sales of this phone and will encourage LG to provide better support.
Have fun with LGOG
No offense but LG or AT&T are not going to provide support... They never have since they all suck big time.
Only support will be from the awesome xda developers
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I definitely agree with your point. But, having proper support from LG would not hurt. Lets hope that they will eventually provide drivers and may be unlock the bootloader officially like Motorola is doing. I know, I must be dreaming.
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moon_walker333 said:
Lets hope that they will eventually provide drivers and may be unlock the bootloader officially like Motorola is doing. I know, I must be dreaming.
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I am hoping too...I am assuming that Google will assist in this area (drivers and base) for the Nexus 4 that we can port over?
Eh, I posted a positive review on AT&T's website just to do it. I want to try and share the love! :good:
I will post some reviews tomorrow. I really love the speed of this phone and LG's UI is pretty good to go as far as manufacturers UIs go.
Yeah guys Once I decide to buy one (this vs. Nexus 4 for me right now, all about whether development picks up for this quickly) I will go crazy with reviews as well. This phone is far underrated.
I posted my review on all three sites, smart thread. It may help bring the phone's name out in the open a little more. Most of my friends have no idea what this phone is thanks to the terrible lack of advertising from LG and At&t
This is a good idea, but I'm still worried. I have the Canadian variant, and I held out to get it until I was sure it could be unlocked. But despite it being unlocked really quickly, and the beastly specs of the phone I'm surprised that there is still no further development. I'm remaining positive for the time being, and I'm keeping a close eye on all three LGOG forums. Doesn't help that there is already talk of the LGOG2 for the spring.
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Great. Keep the reviews flowing and spread the word guys. This phone is underrated and by doing this we are helping ourselves.
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No offense but LG or AT&T are not going to provide support... They never have since they all suck big time.
Only support will be from the awesome xda developers
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Normally i would agree but right now LG is in a position to reinvent their smartphone reputation. And them going with google(n4) and this ridiculously overpowered phone they could make it happen. But the word would need to be spread by people that they arent selling a **** product anymore. Since their rep is so bad a couple mainstream ****ty reviews could tank any chance they have. If they want to keep a steady increase of good reviews they will need to keep the devices well supported.
Just my 2c.
Anyone know where this info might be available? Getting kind of worried that slow sales will eventually lead to no updates...
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fmllc said:
Anyone know where this info might be available? Getting kind of worried that slow sales will eventually lead to no updates...
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i am starting to get a bit worried myself to be honest. between the lack of advertisement (you barely hear about this phone) and the lack of accessories, i am really hoping that this doesn't end up being a flop.
I've heard the advertisement concern a few times, but I'm not sure why. I've seen a bunch of TV commercials here in Atlanta for it. And that's even with DVR'ing almost all of our shows.
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Alpione said:
I've heard the advertisement concern a few times, but I'm not sure why. I've seen a bunch of TV commercials here in Atlanta for it. And that's even with DVR'ing almost all of our shows.
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I see them all the time here in Alabama as well.
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See them all the time in Washington state.. maybe you need to upgrade your antenna to cable
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In RI, most AT&T stores don't even carry them. A lot don't even have the phone on display! I had to make a special trip to a town out of my way to pick this phone up, and they even said they only get about 2 at a time
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See them all the time in Washington state.. maybe you need to upgrade your antenna to cable
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LMFAO! We're getting plenty here in MN too. Even see AT&T advertising it along with LG.
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Advertising is one thing...I'm talking actual sales numbers....development and testing of new firmware cost LG big bucks and they aren't gonna do it for a" small" crowd. They are busy right now planning the release of the successor to.this phone to compete with Sammy I'm sure and to iron out the wrinkles in this their first high-end smartphone designed to compete with the big wigs...just saying
Just look at these forums...ghost towns....I have a nexus 4 and an s3 and there is no comparison when it comes to traffic!
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I would say at max in the U. S. 50-70k units have moved... honestly im guessing more in the realm 18,366 units as of last tuesday... but thats only wild speculation.
got LGOG?
If they want to be taken seriously they will have to do something. If not, they might as well stop trying to sell mobile phones in the USA.
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Hard to really say. I don't know of any official numbers but, I think I was the first person to get mine at the local best buy and that was a month after it launched.
Since then my brother and girlfriend have both gotten one.
I'm still a bit nervous about a lack of developers.
plenty of ads and phones in Evansville IN.
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plenty of ads and phones in Evansville IN.
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i see ads on tv all the time here in south florida and there arent many on our craiglist but its loaded with sgs3 and note 2 haha i think most folks dont really know about it i didint know untill i actually went to buy the note to and saw it on display and after playing with both devices i chose the optimus g and would do it again if given the choice i think lg got a bad name in the begining but the og is one heck of a device
My att store had taken the display off the shelf. Not really sure why. The sales person also didn't realize the HTC 1X+ was in the store and on display.
I am still looking for a case.
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