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in google i/o. they demonstrated that can be installed on pc through a webpage. i just got my nexus one upgraded to 2.2, and wondering if the website is somewhere out there? If it exist, can someone give me a link?
thanks
what was demonstrated was not from FroYo, but from Gingerbread which will be out on Q4 2010.
Not sure it was demonstrated on either really, given the cloud to device messaging capabilities of Froyo, I can see it working.
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what was demonstrated was not from FroYo, but from Gingerbread which will be out on Q4 2010.
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Might be wrong, but I think they never say that in the keynote. They show it right after bug reporting, which supposedly is already a feature of Froyo. Maybe they just need to update the webpage?
He was correct. It's a feature for Gingerbread (2.3) update which will have to wait for. Same for the new music player that was shown as well, seems like he was running a 2.3 build but just showing the 2.2 features.
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It works fine.
Use:
Code:
http://chrometophone.appspot.com/send?title=Installing&url=http://url-to-some.apk
for example
Code:
http://chrometophone.appspot.com/send?title=Installing&url=http://android-sms.googlecode.com/files/SmsBackup-1.1.1.apk
As long as you have
a) 'Unknown sources' enabled in your settings
b) logged into gmail first in your browser
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It works fine.
Use:
http://chrometophone.appspot.com/send?title=Installing&url=http://url-to-some.apk
for example
http://chrometophone.appspot.com/send?title=Installing&url=http://android-sms.googlecode.com/files/SmsBackup-1.1.1.apk
As long as you have
a) 'Unknown sources' enabled in your settings
b) logged into gmail first in your browser
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That's not the official way nor the way he mentioned though. There isn't an online market to browse.
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froyo is not even officially released.
so i guess you have to wait for it. i believe it is for froyo not gingerbread.
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He was correct. It's a feature for Gingerbread (2.3) update which will have to wait for. Same for the new music player that was shown as well, seems like he was running a 2.3 build but just showing the 2.2 features.
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Its not a feature for Gingerbread, no further changes would be needed to implement it now. In the keynote it was "beyond Froyo", they might well wait until Gingerbread to release the website, but there is not requirement to
This is a function of the marketplace application. It'll go through the cloud server that will be in place in 2.2.
It's not a gingerbread feature.
He says beyond froyo, it sounds to me like he is saying " lets see what else we have got for you"
NEVER ONCE does he mention gingerbread, and thats the kinda stuff that starts rumors
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He was correct. It's a feature for Gingerbread (2.3) update which will have to wait for. Same for the new music player that was shown as well, seems like he was running a 2.3 build but just showing the 2.2 features.
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its definitely not a feature of gingerbread but i didn't see the new music player, did it look alot better then the one we have now?
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its definitely not a feature of gingerbread but i didn't see the new music player, did it look alot better then the one we have now?
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Let's cross our fingers so that the new music player comes with the final Froyo build.
The player from the IO keynote part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8unC9bA4O8&feature=related#t=4m18s
1) OTA push intents are part of Froyo so all the features demoed are already possible [thanks for the links ScaredyCat]
2) The new Market website was presented as "beyond Froyo" [but not explicitly Gingerbread]
3) Simplify Media, the company that Google bought to make the music streaming software said in their blog on March 12 that they would support existing customers for 3 months. I'm guessing they are going to cut off support at the same time that they launch the new software which puts us right between Froyo and Gingerbread. I'm guessing that they will launch the new Market at the same time as streaming so if I had to bet, I would put my money on late June. That leaves plenty of development time and it leaves Google an extra punch to counter the inevitable iPhone 4 storm.
The market website and market application are pretty independent of the OS, so all those updates dont' have to rely on OS updates.
The simplify media dates would put us at...two weeks from now, around the same time froyo two is "officially" out.
http://www.amobil.no/artikler/android_2_2_til_galaxy_s_rett_rundt_hjornet/78810
This was an artical on a norwegian mobile site
This summer, it was said that Android 2.2 version of the Galaxy S probably would get an official version in September. September is known as the passed, but the update is now just around the corner.
- We have estimated the deployment in mid-October, and hopefully the update will reach users during the next week, "said Stig Ove Langø, major account manager in Samsung Norway.
Your phone is much faster
Android OS 2.2, also called Froyo, is a major update. Some of the highlights:
The browser has been quicker to load sites with Javascrip
Applications will load two to five times faster that everything does not have to be before you start, but it all happen on the way
Processor performance of the phone in general should be better
Memory handling must be very much faster.
Exchange support is greatly improved
The phone can function as Wi-Fi router
In addition, there are a lot of other things that have changed when it comes to user interface. The full list can look at the Android development page.
Great
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Ah, that's good news. amobil.no are usually more dependable than any operator. So this might just be the right deal...
it depends where the corner is...
i think is near too.
Samsung just tweeted this:
samsungukmobile Samsung UK Mobile
We’re very sorry about the delay with the release of Froyo. We're working on it round the clock & will post an update as soon as we have one
They like to tweet something like that every other week to make us think it's nearby. All we can do is wait.
hey tweeted that on the 8th i believe, and probably re-tweeted it again
i hope to god its just round the corner, im not moaning believe me, i moaned a hell of alot more with my hero and the delays for 2.1
GPS best be fixed, as no matter what rom i have flashed, it takes an age to lock on, and when it does at best im about 100 metres away from where i actually am
The filesystem is shocking also
all in all though, i love the music player, samsung always get that bit right
that gps problems is a hardware problem some guy who sended his phone back got a new antenna(different material) in it and then it worked fine! its with the first batch of phones. i got a phone that came with jm2 instead of fp3 from when i got it right out of the box and my phone is good and acurate on gps quick fix and very accurate 5-10 meters
Its a software problem with the GPS. i get 5-10 meters accuracy too. But when i slow down everything went jumping around... locking is not a problem for me. Its only that it cant rly lock me to one place. So i guess its a software problem
yea its jumping a little i just noticed in a gps monitoring program but it keeps locked on (rarely they go all gray for a sec but then its back again)(gives no problems in actual navigation) here and while driving and navigating in car with sygic mobile maps it never looses track
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FroYo better be good or I'm selling and getting WP7. Although I was against it from the start its shaping up to better than Android.
I love Android but its not polished as an OS yet. It really isn't. Samsung's AWFUL software department doesn't help either.
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Samsung just tweeted this:
samsungukmobile Samsung UK Mobile
We’re very sorry about the delay with the release of Froyo. We're working on it round the clock & will post an update as soon as we have one
They like to tweet something like that every other week to make us think it's nearby. All we can do is wait.
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Good to know that they are working their ass off, because the beta Froyo's i've seen are not worth waiting for
Hope they take their time to make the update really worthwhile. No problem waiting for it.
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FroYo better be good or I'm selling and getting WP7. Although I was against it from the start its shaping up to better than Android.
I love Android but its not polished as an OS yet. It really isn't. Samsung's AWFUL software department doesn't help either.
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So because Android still has a few quirks to sort out and needs some polish here and there, you're considering jumping to a spanking new, "fully rewritten" platform?
Among the features that are not yet present are cut, copy, and paste, full multitasking
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Support for removable SD cards and tethering have also been left out of the OS. Microsoft claims this to be in the interest of data security for enterprise users. Windows Phone 7 will also not support Silverlight in the web browser or IPsec virtual private network (VPN) security, videocalling, a system-wide file manager, Bluetooth file transfers, and music player equalizers.
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7
Windows Phone 7 might become the next-best thing since sliced bread, but they've still got a long way to go
Then you can blame is all on M$ again like people are used too hehe
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So because Android still has a few quirks to sort out and needs some polish here and there, you're considering jumping to a spanking new, "fully rewritten" platform?
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Mainly because I miss my QWERTY keyboard! I was hoping the Epic would become global, but for some reason companies intend on keeping QWERTY for CDMA only .
proof GPS works fine on 2.1 stock phone with xwjm2 firmware
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjtLMOMemRQ&fmt=22 <-- Direct hd link
Hi everyone, yes it's me again
With the HTC Aria being my first smartphone (my previous cellphone is a Sony Ericcson W890), I'm curious about several things. I gotta tell you first that I'm absolutely unfamiliar with programming language.
I chose the HTC Aria because it's an Android (even though I have absolutely no idea what Android is fully capable of!), and a pretty looking phone it is!
Secondly, I'm tired of the peer pressure from all my Blackberry friends, especially because they are always in their own little world all the time even when we meet!
Anyways, I managed to get my hands on a rooted Aria last week and loving it. My only understanding of a rooted phone is so that I can have all the features open, that otherwise would be disabled by AT&T and/or HTC. Sounds great to me because I've been eyeing the Aria for some time — and it's not even launched yet here in Jakarta. What else can I do right?
I'm not a developer or programmer, and I probably don't need to do fancy stuffs with my Aria besides:
1. Making & receiving calls
2. Sending & receiving SMS
3. Being in touch with friends via Fring (any suggestions on better IM services?)
4. Being able access my Gmail and other email account anytime I need
5. Play games once in a while (waiting at the dentist or what-not)
6. Access to Maps and GPS cos I tend to travel now and then
7. Having a reminder in my pocket all the time (using the default Calendar)
8. Take notes occasionally (with Textedit)
9. Access to useful widgets/programmes that I may not even know yet at this time (ie. live traffic, stocks, etc).
Simply, I just wanted a phone that:
• Gives me access to the internet at all times
• lets me be in touch with overseas contacts via instant messaging
• has GPS & Maps capabilities
• looks great!
Call it a waste but perhaps someone can point me in the direction of taking full advantage of the available features/capabilities? Should I even bother to upgrade to Froyo if my use is pretty basic? Why do YOU choose an Android?
I guess I'm trying to justify the real reason I got this phone LOL
Thanks!
Being a former Windows Mobile user, I made my choice to go with Android last spring after Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7. For me I didn't see the benefit of moving to a new 'verison 1.0' even though Microsoft was behind it and I sure didn't want to wait until November to even get a chance to see one.
With Android, you can see the progress that has been made in 2 years to make a stable and mature product and it remains open for customization unlike the move Microsoft made with Window Phone 7.
Personally I love the Aria form factor and now Froyo 2.2 thanks to the group who brought us CM 6. The phone features just flat work and the apps that are available just add to the usefulness.
Regards,
Tom
I didn't want an iPhone... so the Aria won me over.
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I didn't want an iPhone... so the Aria won me over.
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ditto. I much preferred the chic form factor and working GPS vs the captivate. It just feels good.
I like android OS. I call ATT and ask about upgrading and they try to push the iPhone on me I told them I wanted an android phone. Then they tried to push a Windows phone so I told them i wanted a android phone. So I order the aria from amazon.
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Cause Android is probably the best Mobile OS I have ever used. My best friend had the G1, and I loved it. Then after all of the other carriers jumped on board, more of my other friends were getting an Android OS phone. I got the Aria, cause it is an HTC phone, and every friend of mine that has Android, has an HTC, and they have never had any problems.
I am also a graphics designer at heart, so the availability of being able to customize the phone is an added plus.
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I've been following Android development since there was the news about Google purchasing a small company making a new OS for phones and it being named Android. Regrettably, I didnt had the money to buy one. And then the iPhone came out, with it's blazing fast OS that no Android could compare (heck, even today some top android phones are a bit laggy, I know why, but still).
So I wanted the Android experience of a truly customizable OS (coming from a S60 Nokia), the beauty of Sense (I fell in love when I saw it the first time in WM) that joined to the reliable hardware of HTC, a snappy phone (I hate lags), a small phone (idk why everybody goes for the 3,7+ inch screens) and then, the Aria came out, with its screws in the back, rubberized, sober, yet like a powertool in the inside.
What, can I say, InstaFav :]
Now I just need to get used to a battery-hungry phone...
Thanks for participating in this thread.
Meanwhile, I'm still browsing the forum and tinkering with exploring the phones' settings and pretending to be busy at the office
Android is just too awesome
One word...Tasker.
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I got an android because I didn't want to have to carry a desktop pc or laptop around with me everywhere like you would with an iphone (everything has to be done through itunes etc..)
Android 5.0 release date
Google has announced that its next developer conference - Google IO - will take place from May 15 to May 17 2013, a month earlier than 2012's June dates. Given that Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at 2012's IO conference, it's not unreasonable to expect to see Android 5.0 at this year's event On 31 January, a Google IO showing of Android 5.0 looked more likely when screengrabs of a Qualcomm roadmap were leaked, showing Android 5.0 as breaking cover between April and June 2013.
Android 5.0 phones
Rumours of a new Nexus handset started trickling in during the third quarter of 2012, as we reported on 1 October 2012. There was speculation that this phone would be sporting Key Lime Pie, but sources who spoke to AndroidAndMe correctly claimed that the handset, which turned out to be the Google Nexus 4 would be running Android Jelly Bean.
While the Nexus 4 didn't appear with a helping of Key Lime Pie, speculation that we reported on 21 January 2013 suggests that the Motorola X Phone is the Android 5.0-toting handset that will be revealed at Google IO. According to a post on the DroidForums website, the phone will also feature a virtually bezel-free, edge-to-edge, 5-inch display.
The same leaked Qualcomm documents cited above also made mention of a two new Snapdragon devices, one of which will be, unsurprisingly, a new Nexus phone.
Android 5.0 features
For 24 hours, it seemed as though the first kinda, sorta confirmed feature for Android 5.0 was a Google Now widget, which briefly appeared in a screenshot on the company's support forum before being taken down. As it was so hurriedly pulled, many people assumed it was slated for the big five-o and accidentally revealed early.
As it happened, the following day, on 13 February 2013, the Google Now widget rolled out to Jelly Bean.
So while we wait on Key Lime Pie features to be revealed and scour the web for more Android 5.0 news, TechRadar writer Gary Cutlack has been thinking about what we want to see in Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Hopefully the new mobile OS will feature some of these things...
Performance Profiles
It's bit of a fuss managing your mobile before bed time. Switching off the sound, turning off data, activating airplane mode and so on, so what Android 5.0 really needs is a simple way of managing performance, and therefore power use, automatically.
We've been given a taste of this with Blocking Mode in Samsung's Jelly Bean update on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 but we'd like to see the functionality expanded.
Something like a Gaming mode for max power delivery, an Overnight low-power state for slumbering on minimal power and maybe a Reading mode for no bothersome data connections and a super-low backlight.
Some hardware makers put their own little automated tools in, such as the excellent Smart Actions found within Motorola's RAZR interface, but it'd be great to see Google give us a simple way to manage states.
Another little power strip style widget for phone performance profiles would be an easy way to do it.
Better multiple device support
Google already does quite a good job of supporting serious Android nerds who own several phones and tablets, but there are some holes in its coverage that are rather frustrating.
Take the Videos app which manages your film downloads through the Play Store. Start watching a film on one Android device and you're limited to resuming your film session on that same unit, making it impossible to switch from phone to tablet mid-film.
You can switch between phone and web site players to resume watching, but surely Google ought to understand its fans often have a couple of phones and tabs on the go and fix this for Android Key Lime Pie?
Enhanced social network support
Android doesn't really do much for social network users out of the box, with most of the fancy social widgets and features coming from the hardware makers through their own custom skins.
Sony integrates Facebook brilliantly in its phones, and even LG makes a great social network aggregator widget that incorporates Facebook and Twitter - so why are there no cool aggregator apps as part of the standard Android setup?
Yes, Google does a great job of pushing Google+, but, no offence, there are many other more widely used networks that ought to be a little better "baked in" to Android.
Line-drawing keyboard options
Another area where the manufacturers have taken a big leap ahead of Google is in integrating clever alternate text entry options in their keyboards. HTC and Sony both offer their own takes on the Swype style of line-drawing text input, which is a nice option to have for getting your words onto a telephone. Get it into Android 5.0 and give us the choice.
A video chat app
How odd is it that Google's put a front-facing camera on the Nexus 7 and most hardware manufacturers do the same on their phones and tablets, yet most ship without any form of common video chat app?
You have to download Skype and hope it works, or find some other downloadable app solution. Why isn't there a Google Live See My Face Chat app of some sort as part of Android? Is it because we're too ugly? Is that what you're saying, Google?
Multi-select in the contacts
The Android contacts section is pretty useful, but it could be managed a little better. What if you have the idea of emailing or texting a handful of your friends? The way that's currently done is by emailing one, then adding the rest individually. Some sort of checkbox system that let users scroll through names and create a mailing list on the fly through the contacts listing in Android Key Lime Pie would make this much easier.
Cross-device SMS sync
If you're a constant SIM swapper with more than one phone on the go, chances are you've lost track of your text messages at some point. Google stores these on the phone rather than the SIM card, so it'd be nice if our texts could be either backed up to the SIM, the SD card, or beamed up to the magical invisible cloud of data, for easy and consistent access across multiple devices.
A "Never Update" option
This would annoy developers so is unlikely to happen, but it'd be nice if we could refuse app updates permanently in Android 5.0, just in case we'd rather stick with a current version of a tool than be forced to upgrade.
Sure, you can set apps to manual update and then just ignore the update prompt forever, but it'd be nice to know we can keep a favoured version of an app without accidentally updating it. Some of us are still using the beta Times app, for example, which has given free access for a year.
App preview/freebie codes
Something Apple's been doing for ages and ages is using a promo code system to distribute free or review versions of apps. It even makes doing little competitions to drum up publicity for apps much easier, so why's there no similar scheme for Android?
It might encourage developers to stop going down the ad-covered/freemium route if they could charge for an app but still give it away to friends and fans through a promo code system.
Final whinges and requests...
It's be nice to be able to sort the Settings screen by alphabetical order, too, or by most commonly used or personal preference, as Android's so packed with a huge list of options these days it's a big old list to scroll through and pick out what you need.
Plus could we have a percentage count for the battery in the Notifications bar for Android 5.0? Just so we know a bit more info than the vague emptying battery icon.
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Okay I wanted to drop this in about video chat. You say that Google doesn't have one right? Of I remember correctly Google talk has video.
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Okay I wanted to drop this in about video chat. You say that Google doesn't have one right? Of I remember correctly Google talk has video.
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This one is built in,you dont have to look for it and install it from 3rd party.
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This one is built in,you dont have to look for it and install it from 3rd party.
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Google talk has built in video chat, you don't have to install anything its preloaded on every android phone for as long as I can remember.
I like to break stuff!
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Google talk has built in video chat, you don't have to install anything its preloaded on every android phone for as long as I can remember.
I like to break stuff!
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Most of the gapps i ever installed didnt,but yes on a sense rom you can find it and maybe an official ICS or JB that is meant for a certain phone.So i should have reworded that.You are correct though.
“It gave it (Facebook) this soul… We don’t want to build a phone or operating system that some people will use,” he says. “Even if we did build a really good phone we’d only serve 1% of our community… We’re not building a phone. We’re not building an operating system.”
Android is very open, Zuck says, so you can make many changes to it. “You don’t need to fork Android to do this… Today we’re going to talk about the Home Screen of your phone.”
Source:Forbes
More info on what Zuck revealed on FB Blog about "Home"
Well , whenever this gets released we would like to see a port for nexus,wont we?
Its going to be like a launcher that you can download from Google Play Store on April 12 but the devices I seen so far that could download it are Galaxy S3 Note 2 HTC One X & a couple more I can't remember but yea wait until next week & see if you can download! I for 1 Hate Facebook I don't have the app installed on my phone if I do check to see what on FB its through the browser.
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Yeah.But lets see hows immersive is the experience? Waiting to see it on our nexuses.... (anyone listening?)
I don't understand what it is, what feature ?
I do check to see what on FB its through the browser.