No Flash 10 on Hero? - Hero CDMA General

Just came across this,saying that the Hero wont support Flash 10.What do you think about that?

WHAT?
Well, that sucks ass >.> What are we suppose to do? Maybe one of our awesome devs can work on it when the issue comes up. *waits for toast to read this* LOL

no biggie, by the time it comes out, I will be able to upgrade and hopefully will get the rumored supersonic!!

Just because they say the hero won't be supported doesn't mean we won't have it.. lol

Oh I know we'll have it.
Just curious on peoples thoughts as to whether it'll be able to run.Guess we'll just have to wait and see till one of these brainiacs get ahold of it and see what they can do.

casperlt1 said:
Oh I know we'll have it.
Just curious on peoples thoughts as to whether it'll be able to run.Guess we'll just have to wait and see till one of these brainiacs get ahold of it and see what they can do.
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i like that adobe already knows its going to cause battery issues lol

I thought the battery drain was negligible. I read an article yesterday on engadget saying that they streamed about 3 hours of video on a nexus one. The article made it sound like it wasn't a battery hog.

yeah your right, that guy above you didn't read the article right haha

ko0pa11 said:
yeah your right, that guy above you didn't read the article right haha
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yea but adobe knows we'll have it Wonder if they're just trying to deter us...lol

I can honestly say that I couldnt care less. I dont play flash games. Youtube has its own app (though it currently doesnt work in the 1.5 OS), and HULU blocks mobile connections. So....what is left to use flash for....the thousands upon thousands of ads dancing across nearly every web page and bragging rights against Apples Iphone. No thanks Adobe, I can live without your crap software.

troyboytn said:
I can honestly say that I couldnt care less. I dont play flash games. Youtube has its own app (though it currently doesnt work in the 1.5 OS), and HULU blocks mobile connections. So....what is left to use flash for....the thousands upon thousands of ads dancing across nearly every web page and bragging rights against Apples Iphone. No thanks Adobe, I can live without your crap software.
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Point well made..

I don't think the battery will be an issue. I think the CPU is just too slow.

jonnythan said:
I don't think the battery will be an issue. I think the CPU is just too slow.
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Agreed,but man,wheres the love for us who purchased the Hero not too long ago...

casperlt1 said:
Agreed,but man,wheres the love for us who purchased the Hero not too long ago...
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Just read Palm is updating the Pre WebOS today via OTA. Among the changes is support for Flash 10. Doesn't say it'll work on the Pre, just supported.

roundaway said:
Just read Palm is updating the Pre WebOS today via OTA. Among the changes is support for Flash 10. Doesn't say it'll work on the Pre, just supported.
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It says Flash 10 will be available in the app store soon.
The Pre has much more robust hardware than the Hero.

Flash 10 would be rather useful in some cases, i know personally i would like to listen HoNcast videos while im at work without loading down my network at work. Boss doesn't like that...by the time we get flash 10...flash 11 or 12 might be out and id still be boned...but i can always hope for the best ha ha

we should
port android to the damn pre so we could have basically a droid... except my hero gets a much better signal compared to the damn pre....

I think it sucks. A lot of false promises with this phone. I feel like a beta tester
If anything my thought is that Sprint should allow another upgrade for Hero users. This phone has never worked at 100% since I got it. It's issue after issue.

I have to agree that, while I love this phone, it was definetely produced in a very incomplete state. It's really BS that HTC made the Nexus One not three months later and it has twice the hardware, plus a flash for the camera. WTF?

The hero has to have flash, it was the first phone with flash lite! Also, I'm sure that a developer will get it *looks at toast* if it 'isn't supported' and show them .

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Great news about Flash Mobile from Adobe!!!

Adobe is rolling out Flash 10 for Windows Mobile Devices soon!!!
So they say...
http://msn-cnet.com.com/8301-1001_3-10098883-92.html?tag=rtcol;txt
Sigh...
By the end of 2009!??? On2 is already working on On2VP8 and VP7 is already out, by the time Flash 10 is released for our devices it's probably gonna be as useless as FlashLite 3.1 is now, at least for watching online video and such.
It can't be that bad. Think about it... they will have to beta test, and something will probably leak out and will eventually fall into our hands, we will play with it, make it better, people will get flamed/banned for asking the same question 35000 times... Long story short, we will have Flash Player 10 before the people at Adobe can say "Happy 2009!"
Yay, I can get black screens and disappearing videos mobile too!
khaytsus said:
Yay, I can get black screens and disappearing videos mobile too!
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But as egzthunder1 said, XDA will make it work BETTER..
I'm not exactly overjoyed by this! Adobe is one of my least favorite companies and the way they've mangled flash since buying Macromedia is shocking!
Many sysadmins will echo my sentiments when I say STOP! No more Flash updates! There was a time when it felt like each was simply a bugfix, and the updates were coming out almost weekly!
So when Adobe announces this great thing, I think I'll sit back and wait, because actually I can live without Flash on my device and I GUARANTEE that Adobe will botch it 1st time round.
They always do!
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It can't be that bad. Think about it... they will have to beta test, and something will probably leak out and will eventually fall into our hands, we will play with it, make it better, people will get flamed/banned for asking the same question 35000 times... Long story short, we will have Flash Player 10 before the people at Adobe can say "Happy 2009!"
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lol i couldn't agree more.
Well flash is OK we have no descent borwser that can work with it well, PIE6 is piece of crap at this time, but opera 9 does not work well with flash either... we will see what will happen in near future. The end of 2009 is so far many things can change in a year.
true indeed
xplode said:
Well flash is OK we have no descent borwser that can work with it well, PIE6 is piece of crap at this time, but opera 9 does not work well with flash either... we will see what will happen in near future. The end of 2009 is so far many things can change in a year.
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this is true indeed, skyfire is the only thing that comes close to using flash without too many hiccups. but yeah end of '09 is still pretty far away we'll see.
NanoRuler said:
I'm not exactly overjoyed by this! Adobe is one of my least favorite companies and the way they've mangled flash since buying Macromedia is shocking!
Many sysadmins will echo my sentiments when I say STOP! No more Flash updates! There was a time when it felt like each was simply a bugfix, and the updates were coming out almost weekly!
So when Adobe announces this great thing, I think I'll sit back and wait, because actually I can live without Flash on my device and I GUARANTEE that Adobe will botch it 1st time round.
They always do!
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BUT, the fact still remains that Flash Sites are EVERYWHERE... So the need for a good Flash renderer is Very Important.
Besides, I think you forget the point of XDA. These guys hack this stuff mostly just to see if they can! Then if it works well, that's a Huge Bonus. Without their trial and error, we would be left without some GREAT Programs.
ie: TomTom, M2D, WM6, WM6.1, and soon WM7, etc, etc...
I understand your frustration with Adobe and Flash. I too think it's strange that they produce a product that can be inserted into millions of web pages, but cannot create browser plug-ins that actually show their product back reliably!

lmao at winmo fanboys

just had a guy at ppcgeeks tell me Android is to the mobile market what Linux is to the desktop market. talk about having your heads in the clouds. im soo glad i ditched winmo and moved to the hero. after seeing the disaster of wm7 today i made the right move.
Wow haha... that man has been misinformed obviously. MyTouch 3G? Droid? Nexus One? The only Android phone I could really say that would fit his description would be the Samsung moment (haven't heard of many people with one).
Sound like the grown adult man working as a parking lot attendant living on the days of his tenure as a high school football player who scored the winning touchdown.they will catch up soon or later
Cant and wont agree with the comment from the guy at PPG, however the 7 phone is far from a disaster and I fully believe that it will bring WinMo back from the dead...even more so than WebOS did for Palm. Its look features, and functionality beats the **** out of everything on the market except Android. Anyway, I'm with Android to stay (though maybe not Sence next time around).
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Cant and wont agree with the comment from the guy at PPG, however the 7 phone is far from a disaster and I fully believe that it will bring WinMo back from the dead...even more so than WebOS did for Palm. Its look features, and functionality beats the **** out of everything on the market except Android. Anyway, I'm with Android to stay (though maybe not Sence next time around).
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id take winmo 6.1 or 6.5 over that any day. the phone is basically crippled.
Stupid PPCGeeks. I wish i could take down all my themes and shlt from there!
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...I fully believe that it will bring WinMo back from the dead...even more so than WebOS did for Palm.
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We'll see...
Meanwhile, you can expect a bit of cockiness from the WM guys. I know, I used to be one!
I think the Winmo 7 phone will be decent. Yes it's a totally new UI for it and the apps aren't backwards-compatible, but hacks will eventually come out for it.
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Stupid PPCGeeks. I wish i could take down all my themes and shlt from there!
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well i am glorifying android in the wm7 thread too, so i expected a reply like that.
but some of those guys are off their rocker if they think android will be a fail.
athlet1c said:
Sound like the grown adult man working as a parking lot attendant living on the days of his tenure as a high school football player who scored the winning touchdown.they will catch up soon or later
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LMAO
funny
mrinehart93 said:
I think the Winmo 7 phone will be decent. Yes it's a totally new UI for it and the apps aren't backwards-compatible, but hacks will eventually come out for it.
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it won't be soo easy for them man,. no multitaking, no flash, no copy/paste. yeah microsoft just threw everything out the window and took a HUGE step backwards. i love my hero and android, so easy to theme and a decent amount of custom roms and a great marketplace. what else can you ask for?
fixxxer2008 said:
...so easy to theme and a decent amount of custom roms and a great marketplace. what else can you ask for?
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Agreed.
Negrito said:
Agreed.
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i could ask for a free nexus one!
fixxxer2008 said:
i could ask for a free nexus one!
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I prefer the SuperSonic. WiMax is already live here in Vegas. I cant wait until Sprint releases a handset with it. I already have mobile broadband through Clearwire and get pretty good speed.
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I prefer the SuperSonic. WiMax is already live here in Vegas. I cant wait until Sprint releases a handset with it. I already have mobile broadband through Clearwire and get pretty good speed.
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yeah i remember you from ppc, you used to own a vogue to right?
fixxxer2008 said:
yeah i remember you from ppc, you used to own a vogue to right?
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Yep Yep. I got banned by that karate broad...
And now here i am.
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Yep Yep. I got banned by that karate broad...
And now here i am.
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banned? lol...figures, can't expect much more from ppcgeeks.
horton hears a who
Recovering the costs of new development, and gathering anticipated profits to MS (or any other large company) will have to be realized before any new stuff is released. So they will slow the industry momentum down in order to maximize the money that can make. Money is fine. Slowing everything down sucks.
Now they can slow things down by screwing up others, ie.. specifications for open systems designs and so forth.
Only when they see their customer base being reduced (-14% winmo) will they react.
Google on the other hand supplies a "cloud base" and should be impervious to change costs on platforms. That could mean the introduction of new platforms and system upgrades. Certainly a more open environment.
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it won't be soo easy for them man,. no multitaking, no flash, no copy/paste. yeah microsoft just threw everything out the window and took a HUGE step backwards. i love my hero and android, so easy to theme and a decent amount of custom roms and a great marketplace. what else can you ask for?
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They named the OS wrong...should have been named Windows ME Mobile.
don't hate I love my andriod more than my old winmo phone, but when html5 getting running everywhere. Now I say this with a tear in my eye(of happyness) there won't be a need for a closed app stores and alot more web based apps

If you were thinking anout getting N1.. DO IT!

I just switched from touch pro 2 and let me tell you... There is no comparison. I had TP2 for a year and almost everytime I had to do something fast, look something up or do somehing more complicated than calling - it would fail me. It led to a constant feeling of doubt and being unsure if it will just freeze when I need it the most.
N1 is freaking fast. Everything on it JUST WORKS. There is no guessing, like on TP2 - "omg I hope this launches.. I hope I don't have to soft reset.." - everything is integrated, every transition happens in a snap, every task you throw at it is handled immediatly and with style. It's a reliable life partner.
If you are undecided like I was a week ago about switching to N1, do it - you'll wish u've done it sooner.
Android FTW.
DarkDvr said:
It's a reliable life partner.
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Wow...
Didn't know the N1 could fulfill so many of your "needs"
ap3604 said:
Wow...
Didn't know the N1 could fulfill so many of your "needs"
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Hahaha! Lol..
ap3604 said:
Wow...
Didn't know the N1 could fulfill so many of your "needs"
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What? Sleep beside you?? Are they supposed to do more than that? I'm sure you can download some argumentative audio to play from time to time.
JJackson9995 said:
What? Sleep beside you?? Are they supposed to do more than that? I'm sure you can download some argumentative audio to play from time to time.
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It looks almost black & blue already.
Its far better than the TP2 but it reboots by itself alot. I don't know why. I do understand you, coming form that phone also. But its not perfect yet.
lorin.bute said:
Its far better than the TP2 but it reboots by itself alot. I don't know why. I do understand you, coming form that phone also. But its not perfect yet.
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My n1 never random reboots.....Ever since JIT got throw out the window, no reboots....I had almost 12 days uptime once....
What is JIT?
Scratch that. I found what it means. How do you get rid of it? I've read its built in.
lorin.bute said:
What is JIT?
Scratch that. I found what it means. How do you get rid of it? I've read its built in.
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Just get (and donate to) cyanogenmod and never worry again
I have to say...
THANK YOU, OP!
Yes, I was pretty undecided up until now. I have a SE X1 and really, I know what you're talking about when you mention "doubt". I just hate the thing and WM makes it a nightmare. When I got my X1 I was thinking of keeping the phone for a long time, I wasn't expecting a $900 phone to turn out to be complete crap both hardware wise (flimsy, crappy keyboard, crappy paint, etc.) and software wise (WM!!!). Hopefully, I can use the N1 for a longer time with the updates and all...
I guess I'll be getting it now for sure, the only thing left to decide is whether or not it's worth it to wait the extra time to have it engraved...ha!
andreitu said:
I have to say...
THANK YOU, OP!
Yes, I was pretty undecided up until now. I have a SE X1 and really, I know what you're talking about when you mention "doubt". I just hate the thing and WM makes it a nightmare. When I got my X1 I was thinking of keeping the phone for a long time, I wasn't expecting a $900 phone to turn out to be complete crap both hardware wise (flimsy, crappy keyboard, crappy paint, etc.) and software wise (WM!!!). Hopefully, I can use the N1 for a longer time with the updates and all...
I guess I'll be getting it now for sure, the only thing left to decide is whether or not it's worth it to wait the extra time to have it engraved...ha!
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Actually I ordered mine engraved and it shipped the same day. Suppose to be delivered today .
You may also want to check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654493
I also came from a TP2 and I don't miss it or windows mobile at all. The laggy feel to if it was on for a day with no soft reset. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who made the switch.
And to fill that final need.......
go and download dildroid just google it. Now your phone can handle anything, no really, I mean anything!
ap3604 said:
Wow...
Didn't know the N1 could fulfill so many of your "needs"
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Lol, I shoulda said "business partner" =))
lorin.bute said:
Its far better than the TP2 but it reboots by itself alot. I don't know why. I do understand you, coming form that phone also. But its not perfect yet.
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Huh? Mine doesn't even think about rebooting itself.
andreitu said:
I have to say...
THANK YOU, OP!
Yes, I was pretty undecided up until now. I have a SE X1 and really, I know what you're talking about when you mention "doubt". I just hate the thing and WM makes it a nightmare. When I got my X1 I was thinking of keeping the phone for a long time, I wasn't expecting a $900 phone to turn out to be complete crap both hardware wise (flimsy, crappy keyboard, crappy paint, etc.) and software wise (WM!!!). Hopefully, I can use the N1 for a longer time with the updates and all...
I guess I'll be getting it now for sure, the only thing left to decide is whether or not it's worth it to wait the extra time to have it engraved...ha!
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Glad it helped =)
Dude, be VERY careful about the engraving.
Read the warranty policy - if you engrave it, it becomes a non-refundable phone that can only be sent in for repairs, if needed. Also, think if you'll want to sell it in a year or two.. nobody wants your "My name is John and I have a 12" tool" engraving.
Not that it's a bad service, just make sure you consider that.
Gr8gorilla said:
go and download dildroid just google it. Now your phone can handle anything, no really, I mean anything!
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I have my wife for those "special moments"
But yeah, people, get your mind out of the gutter!
nobody wants your "My name is John and I have a 12" tool" engraving.
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Lauged so hard I cried hahaha awesome!
Nah I was thinking something like:
Andrei + Kat
2009.07.15
Or something that would make the "wife" happy. I have to be careful what I engrave otherwise I'll get the cold treatment XD.
Oh well
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Lauged so hard I cried hahaha awesome!
Nah I was thinking something like:
Andrei + Kat
2009.07.15
Or something that would make the "wife" happy. I have to be careful what I engrave otherwise I'll get the cold treatment XD.
Oh well
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Hehe. My name is Andrei as well actually =)
I'm thinking that if I do want some "engraving" on it, I could get away with a transparent acid-sticker of a sort.. at least that I can remove and sell/return if need arises.
Although only death can separate me form my N1 at this point.
If Adobe would hurry and release the fully gpu accelerated flash player for this phone, I'd give it a 10 out of 10.
Seriously! The ipad / iphone guys are crying so hard about wanting html 5 everywhere because they're not allowed to have flash.. I worry that Adobe's missed the boat on this one.
Not a single developer leaking the gpu flash 10 player for android either..

Adobe Fails Once Again

http://phandroid.com/2010/04/15/android-to-see-flash-10-1-in-second-half-of-2010/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/adobe-brings-air-to-android-promises-flash-10-1-in-the-first-ha/
Idiots.
I almost hope HTML5 takes off due to how they keep stringing people along. First it was end of 2009, then Q1 2010, then Q2 2010, now second half. FFS come on.
Yeah I also can't forgive Adobe how it bought Macromedia. Such a bright collection of developers that was.
Now, this clumsy giant Adobe is controlling Flash, Dreamweaver.. and everything's going down the drain.
html5.0 is already working... some guys tested it.. i saw it in this forum... search to find more....
Try this on the web browser http://mugtug.com/sketchpad/
http://www.projekktor.com/
Count me in as someone that is starting to hate Adobe.
They have been straight up lying.
I'm also beginning to think the only platform they care about is the iPhone and that they are using us as a proxy in their battle with Apple.
I mean, does anyone believe they are going to get Flash working on Blackberry?
They are just full of lies, imo.
I don't even know if those demos we've seen on the Nexus are even real now.
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html5.0 is already working... some guys tested it.. i saw it in this forum... search to find more....
Try this on the web browser http://mugtug.com/sketchpad/
http://www.projekktor.com/
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I just tried it on Cyanogen 5.0.5.3 and sketchpad loaded, but wouldn't let me do anything and Projekktor told me that the video type wasn't supported by this device.
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html5.0 is already working... some guys tested it.. i saw it in this forum... search to find more....
Try this on the web browser http://mugtug.com/sketchpad/
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I don't mean HTML5 working on Android. I mean the internet en masse switching over / adopting HTML5 over Flash. Right now HTML5 is powering 2% of the internet's websites.
Pathetic...along with it goes any chance Android has of stealing iPhone thunder mid year.
I gave them the benefit of the doubt ,count me in as a hater.
Much as I realize Flash aint going anywhere soon I hate Adobe.
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I don't mean HTML5 working on Android. I mean the internet en masse switching over / adopting HTML5 over Flash. Right now HTML5 is powering 2% of the internet's websites.
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Worked on Dolphin. although i wasn't able to draw (I guess a cursor is needed, it just kept moving the screen), I saw the whole layout and was able to select the different tools/colors.
Seriously? I bet Google is fuming mad right now! Adobe talked them into holding the joint press confrence at MWC, and now Google looks like a bunch of shmucks along with them! That was my one reason for believing it would actually come on time, since they were able to get Google to do the joint press confrence with them and what not.
Adobe is officially on my list.
Fcku Abode!!!!!
To use the cliche: "epic fail."
Not too surprised seeing how the RC was just released for the desktop version, and as such I wouldn't expect the mobile version to come until after the desktop version hits the market.
Stupid move by Adobe UNLESS they are using the time to actually streamline the platform. It's possible that they're doing that, and hopefully they are.
I don't think XHTML/HTML 5 will be the way of the future in regards to all web content just yet. Perhaps for video, but there is plenty of content out there that is Flash-based that isn't video.
Count me in. They said in 2009 that its gonna be out in early 2010. Yeah right...
I gave up on the idea of having flash player on my nexus.
FU Adobe!
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Count me in. They said in 2009 that its gonna be out in early 2010. Yeah right...
I gave up on the idea of having flash player on my nexus.
FU Adobe!
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Im good with the crippled Flash 10.1 (do the Lite versions even get official names?) Lite on my Desire ROM, its good enough for now. I have a laptop anyways, and I don't exactly plan on viewing much flash content regardless. If anything it would only be when I'm bored..
Even if you don't need it, its still nice to have it. There are sites like engadget, for example, that post videos on vimeo. You cant see those on the nexus. And that one thing annoys me. I want flash player just for that.

Does anyone else here feel... empty?

Most of our devs are gone. They've run off to the Evo portal and ebayed their Heroes. In turn, people bought their Heroes on Ebay and we will have a flood of noobs coming. We probably won't have a rom update from a major dev ever again, and... it makes me feel empty inside.
Darch is still here, Regaw is still here. Not sure who else is.
Toast and flipz have said hero dev will continue, just slow. I think jschi didn't jump ship either. And he is a genius
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and this surprises you? Heck, if I had the money, or control over my gf's accounts, I would have opened a new line and gotten the Evo right away as well
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and this surprises you? Heck, if I had the money, or control over my gf's accounts, I would have opened a new line and gotten the Evo right away as well
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It doesn't surprise me, it just... makes me sad.
When I saw Damage's new update, my heart skipped a beat..=(
But there is no hate at all towards those who went to the Evo.
I mean, they were doing it for free, so we can't really get mad lol.
But to answer, yes, I feel slightly empty.
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When I saw Damage's new update, my heart skipped a beat..=(
But there is no hate at all towards those who went to the Evo.
I mean, they were doing it for free, so we can't really get mad lol.
But to answer, yes, I feel slightly empty.
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No, I'm not mad at them either. It just makes me sad.
Heh. Look at the bright side: now other people can take over the reigns; and trust me, some people here are more than capable at doing so.
Don't feel empty, but I am a little upset with HTC. They've pretty much made us dependent on the developers here. I would be fine with stock roms, but it's pretty clear that HTC is pretty much done supporting the Hero. 2.1 is it and the update comes with its own issues that weren't in 1.5.
I got an Android phone with the assumption that it would be supported with the latest updates at a faster pace and for much longer than what I'm seeing by HTC. It makes it pointless to ever do another contract if I'm going to be stuck with a phone that won't get regular updates from the manufacturer. I'm not sure if I would get another HTC phone. I hope Sprint gets the Nexus One.
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Don't feel empty, but I am a little upset with HTC. They've pretty much made us dependent on the developers here. I would be fine with stock roms, but it's pretty clear that HTC is pretty much done supporting the Hero. 2.1 is it and the update comes with its own issues that weren't in 1.5.
I got an Android phone with the assumption that it would be supported with the latest updates at a faster pace and for much longer than what I'm seeing by HTC. It makes it pointless to ever do another contract if I'm going to be stuck with a phone that won't get regular updates from the manufacturer. I'm not sure if I would get another HTC phone. I hope Sprint gets the Nexus One.
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It won't. They pulled a Verizon and told us to buy the Evo. Plus, the Nexus is an HTC phone
cheer up
HeroMeng said:
It doesn't surprise me, it just... makes me sad.
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HeroMeng said:
No, I'm not mad at them either. It just makes me sad.
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there is nothing to cry about. the fact remains that the hero is a great platform for dev. myself and others are still quite happy with this phone and will stick with until our contracts are up.
Decad3nce said:
Heh. Look at the bright side: now other people can take over the reigns; and trust me, some people here are more than capable at doing so.
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^ this and i am thinking that devs from other areas will step into heros now that they can pick them up much cheaper than before the evo was released. look at some of the older phones, they are still going strong in the dev department.
i am not worried even if i end up with 'just' darchdriod as my daily rom for the rest of my contract (another 6 months or so).
cheers... or rather cheer up!
ryan
usq said:
there is nothing to cry about. the fact remains that the hero is a great platform for dev. myself and others are still quite happy with this phone and will stick with until our contracts are up.
^ this and i am thinking that devs from other areas will step into heros now that they can pick them up much cheaper than before the evo was released. look at some of the older phones, they are still going strong in the dev department.
i am not worried even if i end up with 'just' darchdriod as my daily rom for the rest of my contract (another 6 months or so).
cheers... or rather cheer up!
ryan
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I'm not that sad... lol. I am, however, sweltering, tired, and need to turn my AC on. Darchdroid is the best OC rom out there, and RegawMOD is the best NON-OC rom out there, so I think we are pretty good in the dev side of things.
HeroMeng said:
It won't. They pulled a Verizon and told us to buy the Evo. Plus, the Nexus is an HTC phone
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That sucks. I forgot the Nexus was an HTC phone, but I was mostly referring to getting phones that don't have Sense. They usually are updated much faster.
I feel like an unwanted stepchild now.
notasimpleway said:
I feel like an unwanted stepchild now.
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The Hero is sort of the unwanted stepchild of XDA now. But, all the first-time Ebay adopters are coming to our "rescue".
I cant do what flipz, damage and darch do. Just naming top 3 roms.
But i can put things together and fix broken things. Ill be stuck with my hero for quite some time. So im always willing to collaborate with others to get something working.
Also im sure we could ask a few questions here and there to the main devs for advice and help. No matter what phone they currently use.
I think we have almost everything we can think of, OC, roms, JIT, themes etc.. I think that covers all the big breakthroughs for are hardware restricted phones. But we can always improve on them, many here are capable. So yeah it sucks these big names left but im honestly not worried about the future of the CDMA hero.
Save up and buy an evo.
This is just how the phone loop rolls, once theres something better , you don't go back.
I will be keeping my hero, but yeah look at it this way , XDA devs are not the only ones dumping the phone , so is sprint.
HeroMeng said:
Most of our devs are gone. They've run off to the Evo portal and ebayed their Heroes. In turn, people bought their Heroes on Ebay and we will have a flood of noobs coming. We probably won't have a rom update from a major dev ever again, and... it makes me feel empty inside.
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I don't know why the EVO still does not have full root that can support custom recovery without a computer and since it doesn't have full permissions you can't pull stock apk's and wifi tether does not work. So you can be happy that you have a fully customizable phone for now.
Most of our devs are gone. They've run off to the Evo portal and ebayed their Heroes. In turn, people bought their Heroes on Ebay and we will have a f
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I don't know why the EVO still does not have full root that can support custom recovery without a computer and since it doesn't have full permissions you can't pull stock apk's and wifi tether does not work. So you can be happy that you have a fully customizable phone for now.
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It does have "full root" but the storage has nand locked/protected. It's like that little switch on and SD card or floppy to protect it only its software not hardware theyll break it in a week or two. You can pull apks in recovery... and WiFi tether needs a netfilter kernel so give em a week and it will work.
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Jus10o said:
I cant do what flipz, damage and darch do. Just naming top 3 roms.
But i can put things together and fix broken things. Ill be stuck with my hero for quite some time. So im always willing to collaborate with others to get something working.
Also im sure we could ask a few questions here and there to the main devs for advice and help. No matter what phone they currently use.
I think we have almost everything we can think of, OC, roms, JIT, themes etc.. I think that covers all the big breakthroughs for are hardware restricted phones. But we can always improve on them, many here are capable. So yeah it sucks these big names left but im honestly not worried about the future of the CDMA hero.
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Well Regaw should be back at it soon and with you here it should all be ok anyways.

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