Nexus One Shown In Disney Channel Commercial!?!?! - Nexus One General

So... My daughter was just watching Disney channel and all of the sudden it goes on commercial. Then, they are advertising some sort of membership and say to text yada yada to yada yada in order to sign up and the phone they showed was clearly a NEXUS ONE! It had the trackball shining. Just sort of surprised me that they would show that over an iPhone or something that kids might recognize more lol.

I would love to see photos of this. hahaha

On Fox35 News here in Orlando, FL they were showing an Android app a local guy developed that enables you to pay participating stores via text and they were showing him showing how the app worked and he was using an N1.
I also so that commercial your talking about, while my little sister was watching Disney Channel

Cool! More great N1 exposure!

galaxys said:
Cool! More great N1 exposure!
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...for a phone that isn't even sold in the US (officially) anymore! lol I feel so cool.
I love my N1 because I KNOW that none of my friends or family will ever have one. Actually the only other person I "know" that has an N1 is the T-Mobile rep that convinced me to get one lol.

wdfowty said:
...I love my N1 because I KNOW that none of my friends or family will ever have one. Actually the only other person I "know" that has an N1 is the T-Mobile rep that convinced me to get one lol.
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Hold on to it securely...will be a rare collector's item someday.

galaxys said:
Hold on to it securely...will be a rare collector's item someday.
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Yeah right...Maybe a reminder of Google before Sun sues them into the ground...

I love going up to the little T-Mobile stands in malls and stuff and just for fun asking them if they have a charger for my phone and then watch all of them surround and start marveling and drooling at my phone. haha!
Kind of sad I get joy out of that lol.

Hahahaha I've done something like that in the Apple store. Walked up, started comparing phones with the iP4 and iPad and got shoo'd out by the "Geniuses" lol.
Also tried jailbreaking all devices in the store, but I think Apple blocked the site (on wifi and "3G").

wdfowty said:
Hahahaha I've done something like that in the Apple store. Walked up, started comparing phones with the iP4 and iPad and got shoo'd out by the "Geniuses" lol.
Also tried jailbreaking all devices in the store, but I think Apple blocked the site (on wifi and "3G").
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Thats why you create mifi and then jailbreak them... Ninja style
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Ari Gold Uses the Nexus One!?

Did anyone watch Entourage last night? Well if you did, you might have noticed that Ari Gold is now using our Nexus One has his primary phone in the show!
It's about time the Nexus got some airtime!
parm104 said:
Did anyone watch Entourage last night? Well if you did, you might have noticed that Ari Gold is now using our Nexus One has his primary phone in the show!
It's about time the Nexus got some airtime!
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ya i saw that but later in the episode he was holding a blackberry, i tried to get a look at the other phone but couldn't get a clean look at it
...People actually watch that show? Huh.
the show is good for 2 things - chicks and more chicks.
It's annoying how apple is able to get their devices and logo plastered all through tv and movies. I'd love to see Google fight back and get some android action in place.
clickwir said:
It's annoying how apple is able to get their devices and logo plastered all through tv and movies. I'd love to see Google fight back and get some android action in place.
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i know how cool would it be seeing tom cruise playing a tic tac toe game on it, that would pull the punters in big time.
Just watched the episode, and... yep he is certainty using a Nexus one.
I love it
I haven't seen iron man but doesn't he use an LG ally? There's an ally commercial with iron man is the only reason I ask...also I see the g1 randomly on commercials and TV shows, not exactly the best android to promote but I suppose its better than nothing...
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I haven't seen iron man but doesn't he use an LG ally? There's an ally commercial with iron man is the only reason I ask...also I see the g1 randomly on commercials and TV shows, not exactly the best android to promote but I suppose its better than nothing...
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Actually, I am pretty positive he is using an Incredible. The back is too dark to be an N1.
Watching the show right now.
They all are switching through phones, but I noticed Drama, Ari, and even a few other people using the Nexus One.
Then later on Ari uses a blackberry.
If anybody watched 24 almost everybody used HTC's..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689709
Ari has at least two phones on him all the time. The first thing I did when I saw the phone is flip mine over and look at the camera lol.
IDK if that was a nexus, it kinda looks like it, but so do some of the other phones and they aren't a nexus.
scottyonlive said:
IDK if that was a nexus, it kinda looks like it, but so do some of the other phones and they aren't a nexus.
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http://androinica-serve.s3.amazonaw...0/06/ari-gold-nexus-one-entourage-220x235.jpg
i dunno, it really looks like a nexus to me
is this the htc hero?
Clearly a nexus one.
I went back and looked on my tivo and it definitely is. You can even see the Google logo on the back of it. I think I got mixed up with the other two phones Ari has. lol
On weeds, most everyone uses an iphone, but I have seen Andy (Mary Louis Parker's brother-in-law on the TV show) use a G1 a couple times.

Idea to honour the N1, the King of phones.

I was just thinking, in two or three years when we've all moved on from our N1s, we could band together and stick them together into a giant android sculpture, or a transformer
#random
Crazy idea buddy but good idea to honor the n1, the best bravest and most innovative phone ever but the worst treated by the media, utterly assassinated.
Maybe a site which each person with an n1 IMEI rate their n1 online on a 1 to 5 scale - and get a virtual n1 to build a sculpture with, and a place to write comments on their virtual n1.
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Or maybe make a chat app like chatroulette that uses the device numbers as registration so its n1 users only then create a meetup.
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OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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omgz that was me
AbsoluteDesignz said:
OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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Shoulda recorded him in 720p to post here lol
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AbsoluteDesignz said:
OT: I met someone with a Nexus One the other day....he was just sitting there WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME LIVE STREAMING WITH FLASH (unrooted btw) and I said...nice phone...pulled mine out my pocket, and we shared a nod of recognition about how Awesome we are....
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I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.
Nastrodamous said:
I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.
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I have. I went into the tmobile store to browse around (I like using the mytouch to remind me how fast my nexus is) and a black guy (no offense to black people) that worked there was like (literally) "Oh shiz you gotz a nexus two? Beast phone evar." And he whipped his out. So I showed him mine.
Long story short, he payed me 50 bucks to make his as awesome as mine.
Too bad I forgot to mention I voided his warranty xD
hollywooder said:
I have. I went into the tmobile store to browse around (I like using the mytouch to remind me how fast my nexus is) and a black guy (no offense to black people) that worked there was like (literally) "Oh shiz you gotz a nexus two? Beast phone evar." And he whipped his out. So I showed him mine.
Long story short, he payed me 50 bucks to make his as awesome as mine.
Too bad I forgot to mention I voided his warranty xD
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Haha. What'd u throw on his phone?
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S_Dot said:
omgz that was me
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lol, unless you happen to be from small town #34, NJ I doubt it.
I wonder how long it will be until Google has a manufacturer produce another developer phone?
The Nexus one is the most perfect phone for me and I cant see anything but another developer phone replacing it. It's beautiful, cutting edge, gets updates quicker, is with T-mobile, and is not under carrier control.
What more could you want?
I only know two other people who have nexii one. And they both bought one because they saw how awesome mine was.
Im sure we could get google to organise something like this, an N1 graveyard of kings.
I wonder how well it would've sold if it had been available in stores.
Now that Google have announced they have the final batch of N1s from HTC, I went and ordered another one! I'm going to leave it in mint condition.
I have had range of different cell phones since 1993 and none come close to the N1.
I know that the future will bring much better phones, however, I do recognise what Google was trying to achieve with the N1.
Nastrodamous said:
I have never seen anybody in real life with a nexus one.
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Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.
Chopes said:
Haha. What'd u throw on his phone?
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I unlocked it, rooted it, upgraded his radio and kernel (OC, UV - and he was still running 2.1 update 1. Working for Tmo you'd think he'd get the upgrades first xD) And after that, I gave him CM6, cause that was pretty much the easiest way to get all of the GOOD mods in one. I gave him ADW using the paperless theme, and he thought that was way cool, along with the black desire notification bar. It probably took me, including download times, about 25 minutes using his laptop. So, if I could do this for a living, I could charge $120 an hour =D
uansari1 said:
Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.
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Good idea for an APP. Kind of like Google Latitude, but open, and it only shows other people with the same phone. =D
ap3604 said:
I wonder how long it will be until Google has a manufacturer produce another developer phone?
The Nexus one is the most perfect phone for me and I cant see anything but another developer phone replacing it. It's beautiful, cutting edge, gets updates quicker, is with T-mobile, and is not under carrier control.
What more could you want?
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Not a lot, but what if they come out with a phone that has 1gb of RAM and a dual core 2ghz proc.
I'm pretty sure that if there was a developer phone with something like that, I *might* drop my Nexus, and run drooling to the online store =D
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Neither have I... I'm sure there are more people with the N1 in Toledo, but I haven't run across any yet.
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i live in atlanta, never seen anybody its quite depressing.
Nastrodamous said:
i live in atlanta, never seen anybody its quite depressing.
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I live in NYC and havent seen anyone with one...except the person I bought it from. lol
i was
i was actully in the bank here in miami and a person asked to see my phone and went omg this is a nexus one he said he has never seen one before lol made me feel good about the 400 bucks i paid froma guy on craigslist lol.. even at the tmobile store where i bought my case all the employes liked flocked over to check it out.. we do have a great phone feels good to have something very few around me have... kinda like day one when i got my g1

I know the Feb 7th announcement

The announcement will be that the Steelers won the Superbowl
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Sure...
I spoke to sprint advanced tech support and he hinted that it would be a Sprint iPhone, though he admitted he would not put money down on that.
It will NOT be a Sprint iPhone. if it is I will cancel my service with them immediately for two reasons.
1. An IPhone for Sprint = not an industry first (people aren't seeming to grasp this one, though its not necessarily your prediction just what a rep said)
2. The iPhone 4 is already a device that is on the brink of obsolete. In a world where dual cores and 4g are becoming standard, the people buying iPhone for Verizon are asking to get left behind. If Sprint, who has been doing a great job of staying ahead of the game, decides that taking two steps back and calling it an "industry first" is a wise new game plan, I may as well throw in the towel.
Remember, a vast majority of sales reps, really don't know what they are even talking about.
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It will NOT be a Sprint iPhone. if it is I will cancel my service with them immediately for two reasons.
1. An IPhone for Sprint = not an industry first (people aren't seeming to grasp this one, though its not necessarily your prediction just what a rep said)
2. The iPhone 4 is already a device that is on the brink of obsolete. In a world where dual cores and 4g are becoming standard, the people buying iPhone for Verizon are asking to get left behind. If Sprint, who has been doing a great job of staying ahead of the game, decides that taking two steps back and calling it an "industry first" is a wise new game plan, I may as well throw in the towel.
Remember, a vast majority of sales reps, really don't know what they are even talking about.
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Sounds like great reasons to cancel your service.
doesn't Google have an announcement just days prior to the Sprint announcement??
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/google-announces-android-event-for-february-2nd/
Well I guess nobody here watches football
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doh_tee said:
It will NOT be a Sprint iPhone. if it is I will cancel my service with them immediately for two reasons.
1. An IPhone for Sprint = not an industry first (people aren't seeming to grasp this one, though its not necessarily your prediction just what a rep said)
2. The iPhone 4 is already a device that is on the brink of obsolete. In a world where dual cores and 4g are becoming standard, the people buying iPhone for Verizon are asking to get left behind. If Sprint, who has been doing a great job of staying ahead of the game, decides that taking two steps back and calling it an "industry first" is a wise new game plan, I may as well throw in the towel.
Remember, a vast majority of sales reps, really don't know what they are even talking about.
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Wouldn't it make more sense to just not buy the iphone if it was on Sprint than to cancel your service?
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Sounds like great reasons to cancel your service.
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May have been slight exaggeration... but, innovation and making that tiny effort to stay ahead is the main reason I go with sprint. The fact being that the company has been doing a great job leading the game without being the biggest in sales or subscribers would make all this fuss over an obsolete phone, instead of putting that money to better uses, would definitely make me question if I should go to Verizon or ATT for their soon to be superior phones (atrix, bionic, thunderbolt) if that makes sense.
It would be a huge letdown to me if all this hubbub was over a phone two other carriers have.
I really don't think the announcement is going to be the Iphone. I doubt Sprint will even get Iphone on there service until the Iphone 5 is out with 4G and a dual core. Anyway this thread was meant to be a joke. See, the OP said that Sprint's big announcement will be that the Steelers won the Super Bowl, which would not be making the impossible, possible. I hope the Packers win just because they beat my Eagles and the Eagles actually should have won since they lost by 5 and the Pro Bowl field goal kicker missed 2 FG which would have been 6 points and the win. I guess I could take a little more pride in losing by so little to the eventual SB champs.
I highly doubt Sprint is going to spend the money to get the Iphone on their service. Just Google how much Verizon will spend on Iphone. If Sprint does just expect some serious rate hikes on your next plan.
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Well I guess nobody here watches football
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Lol. Hate the Steelers, but don't really care about the Packers either. Should be good though.
The thread was a joke... and I got myself a chuckle from it haha. Mostly because steelers=black and yellow, sprint = black and yellow, and.my music player = wiz khalifa "black and yellow" all in one glorious moment of things adding up just right haha.
My posts are simply at my infernal irritation at people desperately clinging to hope that its an iPhone (which I admit to being a very biased, avid iPhone hater), and the relentless "My sales rep said...." comments. Odds are, if anyone in the public REALLY knew? EVERYONE in the public would know. It's called a leak champ. haha.
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The thread was a joke... and I got myself a chuckle from it haha. Mostly because steelers=black and yellow, sprint = black and yellow, and.my music player = wiz khalifa "black and yellow" all in one glorious moment of things adding up just right haha.
My posts are simply at my infernal irritation at people desperately clinging to hope that its an iPhone (which I admit to being a very biased, avid iPhone hater), and the relentless "My sales rep said...." comments. Odds are, if anyone in the public REALLY knew? EVERYONE in the public would know. It's called a leak champ. haha.
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I have no idea why that song is constantly stuck in my head along with Roscoe Dash No Hands
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Hahaha I JUST heard that song too... dang.
I dunno man. Its catchy. Ten bucks says we hear it on the superbowl cast. It's too easy to sell haha.
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Hahaha I JUST heard that song too... dang.
I dunno man. Its catchy. Ten bucks says we hear it on the superbowl cast. It's too easy to sell haha.
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Im not betting, that's a for sure loss
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Oh I dont think thats true...I heard the news is Green Bay is going to win.
housry23 said:
I really don't think the announcement is going to be the Iphone. I doubt Sprint will even get Iphone on there service until the Iphone 5 is out with 4G and a dual core. Anyway this thread was meant to be a joke. See, the OP said that Sprint's big announcement will be that the Steelers won the Super Bowl, which would not be making the impossible, possible. I hope the Packers win just because they beat my Eagles and the Eagles actually should have won since they lost by 5 and the Pro Bowl field goal kicker missed 2 FG which would have been 6 points and the win. I guess I could take a little more pride in losing by so little to the eventual SB champs.
I highly doubt Sprint is going to spend the money to get the Iphone on their service. Just Google how much Verizon will spend on Iphone. If Sprint does just expect some serious rate hikes on your next plan.
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Akers hah. My Bucs almost made it but since they were knocked off I wanted Vick to take it. I would have loved it. An unpaid undrafted QB wins the Superbowl. Next year is Bucs year baby!
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Well I guess nobody here watches football
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Lol this kind of turned into a speculation thread lol
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You got it wrong, Packers are going to win. Gotta love my home team!
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amw1972 said:
doesn't Google have an announcement just days prior to the Sprint announcement??
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/google-announces-android-event-for-february-2nd/
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First cdma google phone? That google event just happens to be at the same time apple is having a press conference lol
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Well I guess nobody here watches football
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I'll be watching the Steelers win
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Akers hah. My Bucs almost made it but since they were knocked off I wanted Vick to take it. I would have loved it. An unpaid undrafted QB wins the Superbowl. Next year is Bucs year baby!
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hell yeah brotha, nice that tampa has a real quaterback to grow around
reminds of big ben actually

google buys motorola!

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/br...h+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
its on baby
Well that lets us know who will make the next Nexus phone after the Prime.
prime could be a motorola phone... wonder how long this has been in the works
Wow im blown away.... they've kept this under wraps very well.... so I guess if we see froyo on any new big "M" devices we'll know who to blame lol
really makes me wonder if google will buy sprint
I'm surprised they were able to keep it a secret til it was announced by them.
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really makes me wonder if google will buy sprint
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Would be cool.... but id be afraid that they would mess up our unlimited, no speed capped, cheap plans.....
Just saw this on the news.12.4 billion or something? Its out doing apple now, crazy ****.
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Would be cool.... but id be afraid that they would mess up our unlimited, no speed capped, cheap plans.....
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i really don't see it... if anything they will try to drive down everyoen elses prices. maybe even go full VOIP
I can only pray that Google buys Sprint. They need to put a stake through the heart of the old telco empires.
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i really don't see it... if anything they will try to drive down everyoen elses prices. maybe even go full VOIP
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They already took Sprint to VoIP with the Sprint integration feature in Gvoice lol
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They already took Sprint to VoIP with the Sprint integration feature in Gvoice lol
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not voip.. can't call from it. or recieve for that matter. still uses cell service on the user end
http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/15/googl...-behind-motorola-acquisition-spoiler-patents/
now google needs to appease samsung by inking a long term deal with them for SAMOLED plus screens.... and HTC for ... something
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Would be cool.... but id be afraid that they would mess up our unlimited, no speed capped, cheap plans.....
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If anything I would say google would do everything they could to stay unlimited. Have you seen their strategy for their own fiber opic network or their stance on net neutrality?
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could you imagine sprints gets the iphone 5..... and then google buys them? i'd laugh my ass off
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could you imagine sprints gets the iphone 5..... and then google buys them? i'd laugh my ass off
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ROFL this is definitely some mind blowing news. Wow I just woke up am I dreaming this. I'm suprised motorola is that cheap 12 billion makes me wonder why tmobile was more expensive 39 billion motorola has been around a lot longer and I thought there sales in multiple markets were pretty good
Anyone else think Google is going to buy the rest of the android team. ( Samsung, HTC)
It could be good, our future phones software will come directly from google & not be chopped and screwed like they are now.
I doubt apple would try to sue google if that happens.
This is crazy, I can only imagine how big Google will be 10 years from now, now they have some serious patents and will always have ad money, and that will only grow in the long run.
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Anyone else think Google is going to buy the rest of the android team. ( Samsung, HTC)
It could be good, our future phones software will come directly from google & not be chopped and screwed like they are now.
I doubt apple would try to sue google if that happens.
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that will never happen... those companies are very happy right now however. the patents from motorola secure androids future against attacks from microsoft and apple, which is great for companies like samsung and HTC who are heavily invested in android

Well my mom has some great taste...

So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
cool story bro
Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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fireburn said:
Nice .. you should have had more taste also .. an iphone .. heheh.... joking
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lol you are right I severely underestimated her lol
Haha... I'd called that paradigm shift
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Now thats my kind of girl wow
pics?
The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it
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pics?
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Of his mom?
blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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Your mom isn't that tech savvy, the previous night just before she woke you up I was telling her all about the sgs3 I had in pre-order!
P.S. I AM YOUR FATHER......
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Of his mom?
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lol!
isn't anyone gonna start a "yo momma joke"?
nice, your mum has got good taste
Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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moshe22 said:
Lol, hahaha I had a good laugh with this thread.
I admit that I also underestimate the non techy sometimes
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Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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My mom got the S1 shortly after release as a birthday present.
She kept complaining about not being able to to stuff or certain things taking too many clicks, so I installed Darkyrom first and CM9 later, customized the phone with some apps (most of the 'Go Dev' apps) and she's completely happy now.
With an iPhone such features would've been nearly impossible to get.
Note that she's technically illiterate (well she thinks otherwise but meh...) and uses the smartphone-capabilities only at home to check Amazon orders, get a weather forecast and listen to foreign radio stations through TuneIn.
I've configured MyBackup for daily backups to be kept for a whole week so even if she mistakely deletes or misconfigures something it's like 2 clicks to restore it.
Set me up with your mum :silly:
cmd512 said:
Nah, it's more "I don't want to be tech support for X years." Let's face it, Android gives you a while lot more control, and with control come more options, and with more options, mass questioning/general hysteria is soon to follow.
I would still recommend the iPhone for the non-tech.
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Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)
ph00ny said:
Well yes and no.
Generally parents aren't really that tech savvy and they use these smartphones in limited range of functions. Take my parents for an example. I got my mother an iphone which she transitioned from a blackberry. I got my father an Evo which he transitioned from a blackberry. Initial reasoning behind the purchase was same as what you're saying above but it's actually not quite true. Both of them use it for calls, email, text message, im, and internet and both have had no issues doing just that. In fact my mother seems to envy my note purely based on size.
Now i did pre-order the S3 for sprint for father's day based on his feedback. Despite the fact that he has an ipad, my father wanted the S3 over iphone4s and evo lte based on the interest in AMOLED screens (he asked me on more than few occasion what kind of screen tech is used in my phone)
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You've completely missed the point bud. I'd get any of my non-tech relatives an iPhone over an Android anyday of the month. This is because I've been been the "guy to call whenever **** blows up."
Now, no where in my rant did I say they didn't envy my SGS3 for one reason or another. Hell, my mom even said over the weekend that "wow, I can read the text so clearly because that screen is so much bigger on your phone...!" And, just about every iPhone user quivers when I'm sitting there Swyping like a boss. But, does that mean I'd get them an Android over another phone? No, hell no, and twice again on Sunday... no. The fact of the matter is, any carrier sold phone in the States here that ISN'T an Apple product is riddled with bloatware. Add on top of the fact that Android simply isn't as polished an experience out of the box, I wouldn't bother.
Now for myself, I wouldn't touch an iPhone. I need my phone for work. I need it to do the things I need it to do when I need them. And, the only way to get that is to setup and customize my phone the way I like it. I'd be nowhere near as productive on an iPhone, and that would only end up pissing me off, resulting with the iPhone 6 feet under in the pool, hah.
But again, to each their own. For me, I've been the family tech support dude... really, been there done that. Got way too many other things on my plate now than to keep carrying that torch if you know what I mean.
blackguy101 said:
So for my moms birthday I got her an iphone 4s just because I thought it would be easy for her to use seeing how she isnt much of a techy. Early this morning (about 5 minutes ago in fact) she woke me up saying how she saw the gs3 on the news and about how amazing it is and she demanded that i sold the iphone on craigslist and pre order this phone for her. I have to say my mom surly did surprise me today and i am so proud :')
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I'm having a bit of parent envy here. My dad, after watching me using my Touchpad running CM9, asked me "is it as good as the real thing?" (read: iPad). I was so ashamed for him. :crying:
arnik1928 said:
The next thing you mom is going to ask is to flash custom rom on it
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I'd like her to flash something for me too.

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