Just started writing a book and I'm currently using Google drive but need something better like word with spell check ect and needs to be able to save to my tab rather than online. Any ideas?
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Just started writing a book and I'm currently using Google drive but need something better like word with spell check ect and needs to be able to save to my tab rather than online. Any ideas?
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Several manufacturers produce computers with physical keys for typing. A simple google search revealed a plethora of products that seem designed for word. And added benefit you can send files to google drive if your into that sort of thing.
Hope that helps!
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Several manufacturers produce computers with physical keys for typing. A simple google search revealed a plethora of products that seem designed for word. And added benefit you can send files to google drive if your into that sort of thing.
Hope that helps!
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First post..did you sign up just to be a ****?
I'd say Evernote, it may surprise you but it's really good, you can use it wherever you are, it's safe, easy to use, it can work offline
Check it out, it might work for you
Documents to go or officepro suite would be my recommendations.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of book is it?
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Yeah officepro is a good one, you have to pay for it though and I don't think you can sync your stuff with the computer if you want to work on it as well, at least not as well as Evernote, but it's a good option too
Good luck with your book
I got office pro suite for free as an Amazon FAOTD. It saves as a word document, so i usually email or usb transfer the files.
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I like Polaris office
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I like Polaris office
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I got office pro suite for free as an Amazon FAOTD. It saves as a word document, so i usually email or usb transfer the files.
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Yeah officepro is a good one, you have to pay for it though and I don't think you can sync your stuff with the computer if you want to work on it as well, at least not as well as Evernote, but it's a good option too
Good luck with your book
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Documents to go or officepro suite would be my recommendations.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of book is it?
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I'd say Evernote, it may surprise you but it's really good, you can use it wherever you are, it's safe, easy to use, it can work offline
Check it out, it might work for you
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Cheers guys will give them all a try. Sure one will work for me.
Here's the prologue if you like it let me know.
A darkened room four floors up overlooking an abandoned street in Croydon. Rain crashed against the windows, like waves smashing against a ship in a deadly storm. Would this be where the inevitable demise of a turmoiled Sam met his end. God knows, after all he had been through over the last twenty four hours, he didn't have the fight left in him to make it out alive.
A bolt of lighting struck the building, knocking out the power and plummeting Sam into darkness, which he had been longing for for some time now. A earth trembling rumble of thunder shook the building to the core for what seemed like a life time. Then nothing.....silence. From out of the silence, foot steps could be heard in the distance ever getting louder and closer. Sam wasn't concerned by whoever was coming for him. After all this was his hunting ground and he had seen so many come before and all of them had fell at his hands.
The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the building and quickly filled the hallway outside. Every thing fell eerily silent once again. Sam was cornered with no way out, but his facial expression had not once changed over the last eight years. He was a calm and collected killer, with no regard for the smucks sent to kill him. He knew what he needed to do, and was yet to fail. He was the perfect killing machine, But maybe this time he had underestimated his enemies....
"Too late now" Sam muttered to himself as torch lights eclipsed the door frame. The door burst open and bright lights engulfed the room.....
FLASHBACK TO 48 HOURS EARLIER...
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Cheers guys will give them all a try. Sure one will work for me.
Here's the prologue if you like it let me know.
A darkened room four floors up overlooking an abandoned street in Croydon. Rain crashed against the windows, like waves smashing against a ship in a deadly storm. Would this be where the inevitable demise of a turmoiled Sam met his end. God knows, after all he had been through over the last twenty four hours, he didn't have the fight left in him to make it out alive.
A bolt of lighting struck the building, knocking out the power and plummeting Sam into darkness, which he had been longing for for some time now. A earth trembling rumble of thunder shook the building to the core for what seemed like a life time. Then nothing.....silence. From out of the silence, foot steps could be heard in the distance ever getting louder and closer. Sam wasn't concerned by whoever was coming for him. After all this was his hunting ground and he had seen so many come before and all of them had fell at his hands.
The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the building and quickly filled the hallway outside. Every thing fell eerily silent once again. Sam was cornered with no way out, but his facial expression had not once changed over the last eight years. He was a calm and collected killer, with no regard for the smucks sent to kill him. He knew what he needed to do, and was yet to fail. He was the perfect killing machine, But maybe this time he had underestimated his enemies....
"Too late now" Sam muttered to himself as torch lights eclipsed the door frame. The door burst open and bright lights engulfed the room.....
FLASHBACK TO 48 HOURS EARLIER...
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Would this be where the inevitable demise of a turmoiled Sam met his end.
As a fellow writer I hope you change this sentence. Very awkward. I like it though
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Would this be where the inevitable demise of a turmoiled Sam met his end.
As a fellow writer I hope you change this sentence. Very awkward. I like it though
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Sorry my first try at writing a book. Thought how hard can it be lol only ever read half a James Patterson book and got bored. other than books years ago in English at school. What would you suggest, would meet his end be better?
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Would this be were the distraught Sam (last name) would meet hours inevitable demise?
That's one way to word it. It was the order more than anything. Always reread it out loud.
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Somewhat on topic ~ I wish there were Tinderbox, Scrivener equivalents for Android, I would most certainly pay Top dollar for this. Any devs. working on something that offers these features but takes advantage of sPen inputs?
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His demise is his end, so "Would this be where the inevitable demise of a turmoiled Sam met his end" doesn't actually make sense.
"Would this be where Sam met his demise?" or "would this be where Sam met his end?" would make sense. To write noirish stuff well put down the Patterson and pick up some Chandler.
Anyway.
On the same note, and sadly accepting that I'll probably be writing much less interesting things than a novel for the foreseeable... is it possible to work using dropbox as if it were a local folder? That is can I open a doc in my dropbox folder on my Note 10.1, work on it, save it, and then pick it up on another device via dropbox as well? So far I've not worked this out but it would be the most seamless way for me to work the way I'd like to.
Use drop box Sync You can set it to automatically back up a local folder to dropbox SO One reflect the changes in the other
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oh and his * in my last post not hours. I hate swype sometimes
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Use drop box Sync You can set it to automatically back up a local folder to dropbox SO One reflect the changes in the other
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oh and his * in my last post not hours. I hate swype sometimes
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Thanks. That gives me something to experiment with.
Quick office by google is good and free...
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I would imagine every new Note owner goes through a period where people comment on the size of the note. My daughter posted on Facebook, that "I'm out of control." My wife calls it a Pop Tart. I'd like to think they're all just a bit jealous that I can read ebooks and watch TV or movies without squinting.
Anyway, a few rookie questions if you wouldn't mind:
I'm running Only One on my ATT I717 and love it, but trying to learn about modems. Is there a tutorial?
Also, is there a good GPS progam? I had TomTom on my 3GS but doesn't look like it's offered for Android.
Thanks
I prefer Navigon for gps. Most feautures and best forming. 2 others to look at are Ndrive and Sygic. What do you need to know about modems? Not much to tell unless you are running the phone on T-mobile. Looks like you might be since you mentioned 3gs. If you do then this thread might get you started. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573568
Thanks. I had an IPhone 3GS with TomTom.
Is 4G the same as LTE on ATT.
There's a thread about boosting data speed and they refer to UCLE2, 5, etc. Does this apply to ATT, or only T-Mobile?
I've heard a bit about Navigon and it seems solid but the reviews it gets don't seem all that reassuring for me to spend that kind of money. Google's navigation app has worked great for me and does more than enough. I've also used Waze. It's got a clean interface and nice traffic info plus it's free!
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Thanks. I had an IPhone 3GS with TomTom.
Is 4G the same as LTE on ATT.
There's a thread about boosting data speed and they refer to UCLE2, 5, etc. Does this apply to ATT, or only T-Mobile?
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4G and LTE are totally different. 4G is an improved version of 3G. LTE is another technology. Not all areas have LTE.
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I've heard a bit about Navigon and it seems solid but the reviews it gets don't seem all that reassuring for me to spend that kind of money. Google's navigation app has worked great for me and does more than enough. I've also used Waze. It's got a clean interface and nice traffic info plus it's free!
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If you have a data connection the Google is great. Waze looks ok but it needs data also and has all that social integration. Guessing this app is hard on the Note's battery. How does it run for you? If you want an offline gps app then you need to fork out the dough. No app is perfect for everyone and reviews are tough on paid gps apps. Navigon gets it done especially when you are in an area with no data.
I use Map Quest for gps works great and it's free.
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4G and LTE are totally different. 4G is an improved version of 3G. LTE is another technology. Not all areas have LTE.
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If you have a data connection the Google is great. Waze looks ok but it needs data also and has all that social integration. Guessing this app is hard on the Note's battery. How does it run for you? If you want an offline gps app then you need to fork out the dough. No app is perfect for everyone and reviews are tough on paid gps apps. Navigon gets it done especially when you are in an area with no data.
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Waze hasn't taxed my battery too bad but I can see how it would become a bit of a hog. True, I could do without the social integration as well but it isn't too bad. I've since resorted soley on the Google navigation app. I hear you about the offline capabilities, Navigon would be nice to have when data isn't available. I rarely don't have access to data so that hasn't posed much of a problem for me with gps. You're right, the choice definitely depends on the person.
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Your wife and daughter are trolling you
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Sarius24 said:
Your wife and daughter are trolling you
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Or in other words...iPhone users
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
-iOS = inspiring Outdated Software
Tomtoms coming to android next month and try MapQuest works great.
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Pop tart..... I never heard that.... I like that..... I usually ask them do there little phone comes with a free trip to the eye doctor.... cause there gonna go blind... lol... the iPhone users dont bother me... its the evo users or the Droid users or the galaxy s2 users.... there for some reason there phones are pretty big too but the look at mines and think I'm crazy..... I'm only telling them that in a year they are gonna have the same size phone... I'm ahead of time.... and look what's around the corner and gonna sell like no tomorrow.... the galaxy s3.... that phone is damn near the same size.... a tad smaller. Bet the go after that.... look its all good to have the second biggest phone.... nobody wants the biggest.... that are nuts. Like bet the get this size phone as soon as a bigger one comes out ... so this becomes the second..... hate those kinda losers that don't think out side the box. . I always went for the number one spot .. never the second.... or s2...lol
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How to watch tv? ????
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I use time Warner's live TV app. Works great
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I use time Warner's live TV app. Works great
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I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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Try this
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=root+keeper
Oh yeah look in the apps and theme section here on xda note section there's a modified versions
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I'm rooted. So the dumb app doesn't support it. Any way around it?
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Try here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605247
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Where ever I am around ppl I don't know or friends that havent seen my phone yet whenever I get it out the immediately ask if its a tablet or a phone...I'm kinda starting to get annoyed lol.
I was using Google maps walking navigation today...first time on this phone...on Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. I know the accurancy is great (for whatever reason ICS is taking longer to get a lock), but I was stunned that the arrow was precisely where I was walking but the compass is crazy sensitive, looked like I was walking sideways at times.
So yea that's my little non helpful blurb on the subject...I should probably go to sleep since its 3am and I'm ranting...
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My wife calls it my Kindle.
Google maps is getting offline capabilities soon. At that point there won't be any need for another app.
Like the title suggest, post your ideas and uses for the SPen, TouchWiz and non-TouchWiz alike. I've watched all the tutorials but I sense that this community has come up with other stuff... I'll start it off...
I took a screen out of Google maps and circled a specific point with a sign stating to meet me there.
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I know this is not so much the actual pens use, but makes it more fun and personal. Check it out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1945569
P.s. I use it sometimes to scratch inside my ears, if that counts.
BLACKSTAR XI -SGH-I717 xda-developers app SAMSUNG done right
Haha I never thought of that, that is hilarious.
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Its great for those hard to reach buggers, when a finger just won't do the trick.
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I use mine to pull out of its cubby to show people where it stores...
They seems to go "wow" and stuff like that,
thats pretty much all I use it for.
One thing I have noticed is that my phone seems to be spying on my activities.
My phone knows where I work and when I work and get off. It tells me my commute time and etc. One time it told me when/where my girlfriend works when I was taking her on the regular. I checked National games for the sake of metro and its the phone has started to give me MLB game times and scores. I had a time when my phone gave me an alert to attend a cookout from my car insurance company. It had emailed me this weeks in advanced. I also get advertisements for games I have looked at that pop up.
Is the Android/Google taking it too far by monitoring your activities?
It's called Google Now. Good news? It's working as it's supposed to. Disable it if you're paranoid.
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I hope this was meant as a joke... If not. Sad sad sad.
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I don't really get what the problem is. It isn't like it's harming you, if anything, it is making your life easier.
Google goes through tons of security and they've even said that the only thing that sees the information is their algorithms. I mean, when's the last time you've heard about Google being hacked?
But like WolfePack said, you can always disable it.
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aside from google now if you're getting pop up advertisements for games, or notifications that advertise things, it's because you have a ****ty adware app that you need to block or uninstall.
Google now is awesome
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One thing I have noticed is that my phone seems to be spying on my activities.
My phone knows where I work and when I work and get off. It tells me my commute time and etc. One time it told me when/where my girlfriend works when I was taking her on the regular. I checked National games for the sake of metro and its the phone has started to give me MLB game times and scores. I had a time when my phone gave me an alert to attend a cookout from my car insurance company. It had emailed me this weeks in advanced. I also get advertisements for games I have looked at that pop up.
Is the Android/Google taking it too far by monitoring your activities?
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That's Google Now. You can disable it as had been said. Search your phone or the internet for more info.
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Google knows everything about you
It has nothing to do with Google, it's NSA got a hold of your phone.... lol
Tap'd via Note2...
Funny stuff. Reminds me of the time I bought frozen waffles.. had a craving... they had chocolate chips in em! I mean, like how the heck did they know I liked chocolate chips? Must be Obama flying drones over my house again. Crap... I can hear them in my phone.... sssshh...they are listening.
Lol
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Welcome to the age of data mining. You can turn off location services under settings. Also turn off report usage or anything worded like that in the apps you use.
Google to find out more about managing location services.
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I hope this was meant as a joke... If not. Sad sad sad.
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Kinda funny to see this thread especially now the Prism program has been leaked
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my gn2 is gone. some one took it.
its a whight one in a black leather case. it's on a t mobile unlimtied sim. it's running clearnron ace witth the redrum mod.
it hase a 65 gigabyte memory card.
it's missing from woodstock allabama.
$500 reward for the phone. even more if i find who has it. like what ever is in there pockets when i meet them.
i wish it had the vzw sim in it so i could find. t mobile refusses to tell me where it is, but wgere ever it is it found a charger.
Got it.. deleted all the posts on cl and back page. But I think I'll leave this one up.
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my gn2 is gone. some one took it.
its a whight one in a black leather case. it's on a t mobile unlimtied sim. it's running clearnron ace witth the redrum mod.
it hase a 65 gigabyte memory card.
it's missing from woodstock allabama. the number is 205 566 6960
$500 reward for the phone. even more if i find who has it. like what ever is in there pockets when i meet them.
i wish it had the vzw sim in it so i could find. t mobile refusses to tell me where it is, but wgere ever it is it found a charger.
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Yay national treasure hunt! I feel like Nicholas cage! Sorry man but you will have 0 luck here. Craigslist will be your best option. Good luck
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krazzykiller said:
my gn2 is gone. some one took it.
its a whight one in a black leather case. it's on a t mobile unlimtied sim. it's running clearnron ace witth the redrum mod.
it hase a 65 gigabyte memory card.
it's missing from woodstock allabama. the number is 205 566 6960
$500 reward for the phone. even more if i find who has it. like what ever is in there pockets when i meet them.
i wish it had the vzw sim in it so i could find. t mobile refusses to tell me where it is, but wgere ever it is it found a charger.
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Dann, that sucks!
But what does the whight one look like? :what:
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Why not go on a computer and log into Android device manager and see if it can find the location.
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If the phone is on...there are apps you can download from the web browser app store straight to the phone and find the location...
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If the phone is on...there are apps you can download from the web browser app store straight to the phone and find the location...
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Which is why I suggested using Android Device Manager. It should already be on the phone, it's part of Google Settings.
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Which is why I suggested using Android Device Manager. It should already be on the phone, it's part of Google Settings.
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I thought that was only on 4.3?
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On mine w/ beans 4.1.2
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I thought that was only on 4.3?
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No, it's on Android 2.2 and up.
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Why not go on a computer and log into Android device manager and see if it can find the location.
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Hopefully it was already set up and had the locations services checked. I just tried with my phone in hand and no go couldn't find or have ability to wipe. Im not saying it doesnt work just that hopefully all the correct things were set up.
Try the plan B app in the market
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OP I am sorry for your loss
As this has turned into a "what to do if your phone is lost" thread
I am moving it to Q&A and Help section
That reward money may be best turned towards buying a used or refurbed phone at this point.
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recovered!
turns out there realy isnt an app you can push onto the phone that will locate it. plan b doesn't work for note2.but finding the guy who was at your house. beating him with a small bat in the face until he reveals the buyer of the phones location then going there with your a .38 and knocking on the door does.
btw for anyone who has not done it yet. install some kind of tracking app right now. you dont want to know what its like to loss it.
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recovered!
turns out there realy isnt an app you can push onto the phone that will locate it. plan b doesn't work for note2.but finding the guy who was at your house. beating him with a small bat in the face until he reveals the buyer of the phones location then going there with your a .38 and knocking on the door does.
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AKA - your mom gave you your phone back
http://www.chatimity.com/u/krazzykiller
akellar said:
AKA - your mom gave you your phone back
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You better watch that mouth boy. I'd hate for you to find out just how easy it is to meet a real bad guy on the Internet.
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http://www.chatimity.com/u/krazzykiller
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Wow, just wow.
This guy makes me ashamed to live in Alabama. The post about him getting the phone back was comical but this is just sad....
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You better watch that mouth boy. I'd hate for you to find out just how easy it is to meet a real bad guy on the Internet.
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Oooh, little man makes threats.
Go somewhere else with that ****.
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Wow, just wow.
This guy makes me ashamed to live in Alabama. The post about him getting the phone back was comical but this is just sad....
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Oooh, little man makes threats.
Go somewhere else with that ****.
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I thought I knew him from this impreza sti forum I used to be on, so I searched his username on Google and that came up. I died laughing lol.
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You better watch that mouth boy. I'd hate for you to find out just how easy it is to meet a real bad guy on the Internet.
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Glad you got your phone back but take the hostility down a notch bro. Damn
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As many of you may already have heard, the new Google Maps update integrates the blue triangle navigation app into Google maps. These seems fine, until you realize whatever navigation they are using is not the same as before. It isn't birds eye view anymore. It's come crap apple like not turn by turn thing. No longer any options for avoiding highways and tollway, no more customization, and I can't find the so called multi route thing they supposedly added. Google navigation was practically flawless, why did they kill it off? Somebody please tell me
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I've been using Scout for months now. You can choose different routes and the map rotates when you make turns.
Ditto for me, Scout is pretty nice
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Thanks you for your suggestions, but it's irrelevant to my actual question. Just want more inside info on why Google destroyed the best app they have ever made
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Thanks you for your suggestions, but it's irrelevant to my actual question. Just want more inside info on why Google destroyed the best app they have ever made
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Yeah, but I don't think anyone actually knows why. To get people to use Scout? lol
It's freaking weird... All tech websites talk about is how wonderful the new updates are. What updates? The navigation app has DECREASED functionality, how come nobody is reporting on this?
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My guess is that they are preparing to release a paid navigation app that has all of the bells and whistles of the previous version. There is no other plausible reason for this.
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My guess is that they are preparing to release a paid navigation app that has all of the bells and whistles of the previous version. There is no other plausible reason for this.
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My mohter is technologically challenged and she is very upset about this. You know how long it took her to learn Google Nav? LONG! Both her and my stepdad where like "where is the blue triangle thingie" and I was like what do you mean, and oh surprise it was gone. They are the ones who brought to my attention as I have not been using GPS lately.
darkleafar said:
As many of you may already have heard, the new Google Maps update integrates the blue triangle navigation app into Google maps. These seems fine, until you realize whatever navigation they are using is not the same as before. It isn't birds eye view anymore. It's come crap apple like not turn by turn thing. No longer any options for avoiding highways and tollway, no more customization, and I can't find the so called multi route thing they supposedly added. Google navigation was practically flawless, why did they kill it off? Somebody please tell me
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Scout is a good one, I prefer Waze over Google nav anyways.. Waze is a social navigation which gives you updated information on traffic conditions by monitoring other users. And you get turn by turn, along with warnings about traffic hazards (including police and speed traps)
Is there for me. .. went into maps typed address clicked the car on next page triangle was there.
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darkleafar said:
My mohter is technologically challenged and she is very upset about this. You know how long it took her to learn Google Nav? LONG! Both her and my stepdad where like "where is the blue triangle thingie" and I was like what do you mean, and oh surprise it was gone. They are the ones who brought to my attention as I have not been using GPS lately.
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A lot of the functionality is still there, including the bird's eye view...it's just hidden 4 or 5 steps deep. The big problem is that it's not at all intuitive like the separate Navigation app was. So tech challenged folks can easily get sidetracked by something as simple as getting it to start navigating. It's kind of like when Microsoft decided to start updating MS Office. They tried so hard to make it more "MAC" like that none of the controls made any sense, not just in the naming of the tool or the icons, but also where they were located. Office 2003 to Office 2007 was just stupid. This is what Google did with their navigation app, trying to make it more iphone like.
So what's next? How about a separate paid app that makes navigation simple to use? That could be the direction that they are going. Either that, or they just hired the wrong designers.... probably ex Apple employees
darkleafar said:
It's freaking weird... All tech websites talk about is how wonderful the new updates are. What updates? The navigation app has DECREASED functionality, how come nobody is reporting on this?
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Sprint did it so they can charge new customers more data fees.
MikeyLee said:
Sprint did it so they can charge new customers more data fees.
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This navigation thing happened to all carriers. You really think Sprint really had any say in it? I enjoy vilifying Sprint as much as the next guy, but in this case I think it was all Google.