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The BB Playbook will run android apps.... I'm so getting one that thing is sexy
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...k-to-run-Android-apps/articleshow/7473802.cms
RIM plans to integrate the technology with the PlayBook operating system, giving customers access to Android's more than 130,000 apps, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort isn't public. RIM, after looking outside the company, is developing the software internally and may have it ready in the second half, two people said.
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old, and retarded.
Why waste thousands of dollars on trying to figure out how to run apk files, when you can simply install AOSP honeycomb, and have it look 1000x better.
1 day old news is old a retarded? lol. Let me not feed
I think this is great. I'm curious to see if it actually follows through and how they will put the Android market on it... that's my biggest question. Seems unlikely to have a device with two market places.
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davenukem said:
I think this is great. I'm curious to see if it actually follows through and how they will put the Android market on it... that's my biggest question. Seems unlikely to have a device with two market places.
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If they follow through I'd buy one, always wanted a tablet that wasn't a Tab or an iPad. Having two markets isn't that ridiculous. Isn't there a way for people with rooted phones/jailbroken iPhones that can install the other's market on them?
It'll still rely on RIMs horrible OS. No thanks. Now if only WebOs could run our apks...
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It'll still rely on RIMs horrible OS. No thanks. Now if only WebOs could run our apks...
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What makes you say RIMs OS is horrible? The new QNX based OS looks great. It's funny that you are a WebOS fan, and wouldn't be interested in the PlayBook. They are extremely similar in terms of UI.
I've only read great things about their new OS. If you have some articles saying otherwise, I'd be very interested to see it.
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1 day old news is old a retarded? lol. Let me not feed
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i didnt say you were retarded. I said the idea was.
and no its not 1 days old. already has been mentioned in a few threads before.
wow, just went to that site and got a pop up for about 30 cookies
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i didnt say you were retarded. I said the idea was.
and no its not 1 days old. already has been mentioned in a few threads before.
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Hmm didnt see those, care to point in their direction?
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old, and retarded.
Why waste thousands of dollars on trying to figure out how to run apk files, when you can simply install AOSP honeycomb, and have it look 1000x better.
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i thought you got an iphone
awesome! ha @ blackberry
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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david279 said:
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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This is a Sprint device. First 4G tablet
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david279 said:
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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You still browse the evo forums? Lol that's funny
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I still have the evo. Just no service. I like popping my head in here to see what's going on. The vision forum is so civilized its boring.
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wow, just went to that site and got a pop up for about 30 cookies
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Thin mints or walkabouts?
Sprint didn't do this, RIM did.
If/When the BB playbook goes to Verizon, should we thank them as well for a software feature which they had no involvement in?
I thought I heard that this device was going to be on verizon first. Guess I was right.
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Its going to Sprint haven't heard anything about it going to Verizon but rumors.
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So you bought a different phone because of some rumors one guy was spreading on the internet? Um, cool. Have fun with your Widgets, oh yeah you don't have any..
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So you bought a different phone because of some rumors one guy was spreading on the internet? Um, cool. Have fun with your Widgets, oh yeah you don't have any..
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Lol
+1
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Why do you feel the need to post this here? Don't mean to come off as an a-hole, but no one cares if you've changed to the iphone, so you gave up a locked down phone for an even more locked down phone that isn't nearly as customizable or fun to use, over some rumors. Im kinda glad you've changed phones now that I think of it.
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Why do you feel the need to post this here? Don't mean to come off as an a-hole, but no one cares if you've changed to the iphone, so you gave up a locked down phone for an even more locked down phone that isn't nearly as customizable or fun to use, over some rumors. Im kinda glad you've changed phones now that I think of it.
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+1. And you're such an a-hole!
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So I assume this has something to do with P3Droids comments on Verizon "tracking" rooted phones right? (dude deleted the original post)
If your going to read into things like these, you have to keep up with them. If this guy would have, he would have known that Verizon currently can't actually see that your phone is rooted.
They HAVE implemented a way to see if your tethering in the new GB release. I think this is 100% acceptable for them to do. Period.
As for getting an iPhone. I'm not going to sit here and bash the phone. I may not like it as much as I do an Android phone, but everyone must admit the iPhone has some pros, like battery life. Everyone I know who has one has amazing battery life. This goes for Apple computers as well. Apple has it right with batteries.
Anywho, just thought I'd put my two cents in.
I guess the OP wants a phone that can't multitask and doesn't even have wallpaper. Good for him.
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I guess the OP wants a phone that can't multitask and doesn't even have wallpaper. Good for him.
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Err...You can change the wallpaper on an iPhone. Especially with iOs 4.0, which is what any iPhone out there is probably on nowadays.
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Err...You can change the wallpaper on an iPhone. Especially with iOs 4.0, which is what any iPhone out there is probably on nowadays.
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IOS4 can multitask as well. WWeird how people might think this forum is hostile.
Wow...im happy with my android. I have no desire to switch to an iphone or bb.
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So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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it's just more proof that the apple fan boys are wrong when they think the sun shines out of steve jobs ass
Steal something? What they have done is a stroke of engineering genius that's accessible to the common user. Android's version is much more geeky and could never get mainstream usage.
/sarcasm
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So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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Swings and round abouts, it was actually the jailbreak community they stole everything from. Lots of pee'd of dev's now with redundant apps.
Hell they even employed a dev after already sticking his notification app into iOS 5 - way to avoid any legal issues.
on another note it actually looks more advanced that the android notification system.
without Apple and ios most phones would still be stuck on symbian with Nokia sitting in its hands milking the same crappy and outdated OS for years to come.
Let Apple copy and play catch-up , not a big deal imo.
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Steal something? What they have done is a stroke of engineering genius that's accessible to the common user. Android's version is much more geeky and could never get mainstream usage.
/sarcasm
Don't understand this post tbh...?
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it was a sarcastic pop at what apple would say about it, as they claim everything they do is mechanical genius and android is full of geeks in labcoats
Well they are sore losers 1st they sue htc then sammy and now they coppy them and Google I mean they are so FAKE they dont have there own ideas so they copy others ideas? :S ios 5 is a complete android ripoff anyway who cares we still top the charts in sales dev community apps better hardware etc the sgs 2 beat the iphone 4 sales by 10 million even though its not released everywhere
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I don't see the point of this thread. Oir the point of XDA keeping a separate domain for iPhone developers. Don't we all have smartphones in the end? Wouldn't it be better if we all had a common hub for developers to influence each other? I'd love a Blackberry section as well...
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I have the xperia play, ipod touch, iphone 3GS and Ipad 2. I am enjoying both OS's and am glad that the best features are making it to both.
Think of it this way android is linux open source. Almost all innovation from linux is stolen without credit where it due.
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All in all, I'm glad iOS is getting new features. It actually benefits us when manufacturers add these things because it brings competition. I just don't like how Jobs and all of the tech magazines/websites will tout this and other features as groundbreaking additions pioneered by Apple.
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like the iCloud which I had on the PS3 for months.
i love being an Anti APPLE
Yeah I suppose you guys are right. I just cant stand the people that will look at ios and say down when android has had these features for years.
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I agree, I think iPhones (and Blackberrys to some extent) are waaaaaaay over rated, they just have alot of hype.
Take BBM for example, it is almost exactly the same as WhatsApp, yet everyone is going nuts about it. The only feature it has over WhatsApp, is that is has a notification system where it tells you when the recipient has read the message. On the other hand, WhatsApp imo, is alot better because it supports Android, Nokia handsets, IPhone and I think, although not sure, BlackBerry too.
Besides, whats so much better about the iPhone/iPads? Except the fact that everyone glorifies them for no justified reason
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whatsapp has nearly the same. 1 green mark next to a message says it's safely off your phone on the interwebs
2 green marks next to each other say it has landed on the device of the receiver.
just thinking open source projects always get s**t on. KHTML by Apple, KDE candy by Windows, LibreOffice by OpenOffice and mySQL in general.
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whatsapp has nearly the same. 1 green mark next to a message says it's safely off your phone on the interwebs
2 green marks next to each other say it has landed on the device of the receiver.
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+1 exactly my point
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I'd just like to point something out:
When referring to my or any other Android-powered smartphone, do not call it "an Android". That is incorrect; Android is the operating system, not the entire device. I don't run around calling your iPhone an iOS. Go with "Android phone" or "Android device" or something similar.
Secondly, despite Samsung's commercials, calling a device by it's manufacturing name is wrong too. You can argue that all you want: but referring to your Blackberry as a RIM, your iPhone as an Apple, or your Pre Plus as an HP sounds absurd. Android and WP7 devices are created by different manufacturers. So it's even more wrong to do so. It sounds wrong, and it is wrong.
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The evo 4g lte is not a samsung...
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Old people and hipsters: I blame you for this.
You need to get a bicycle.
I climbed the 90!!
LMFAO where did you get that you sneaky little
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I use the term "Android device"
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I bought it. I'll call it whatever the hell I want to.
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I read iOS and almost barfed.
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Its a kernel. I tell you.
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Heh... most people I know dont even go for the full Android, and just call it a Droid phone.
I'm fine with that, unless I need to know the exact type, which is rare, Droid works for me, as I am smart enough to understand that when I hear Droid, it just means a person has a phone that runs the Android OS.
No need to get panties all in a bunch over it, that's more of an iPhone owner behavior
No... I am on my EPIC 4G! I hate how people specify iPhone and don't just say "my phone" and instead say "oh, let me check my iPhone".
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DCRocks said:
Heh... most people I know dont even go for the full Android, and just call it a Droid phone.
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Pretty much this. Who cares what the proper nomenclature is. Calling an Android device an "Android" or a "Droid" isn't any different than calling any brand of facial tissue "Kleenex" or (for you old timers out there like me) any portable cassette player a "Walkman".
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CapsLockKey said:
Pretty much this. Who cares what the proper nomenclature is. Calling an Android device an "Android" or a "Droid" isn't any different than calling any brand of facial tissue "Kleenex" or (for you old timers out there like me) any portable cassette player a "Walkman".
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Yah, Verizon did an incredible job with their Droid Ad campaign, so much so, that "Droid" seems to be the most commonly used name for any phone running the android OS.
Someone at the Verizon Ad department deserves a major bonus for their work on that Ad run
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Dam! I missed it... again!! grrr....
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(for you old timers out there like me) any portable cassette player a "Walkman".
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Argh! Didn't need to see this now my back hurts and I feel OLD lol. I just go with Droid.
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I'd just like to point something out:
When referring to my or any other Android-powered smartphone, do not call it "an Android". That is incorrect; Android is the operating system, not the entire device. I don't run around calling your iPhone an iOS. Go with "Android phone" or "Android device" or something similar.
Secondly, despite Samsung's commercials, calling a device by it's manufacturing name is wrong too. You can argue that all you want: but referring to your Blackberry as a RIM, your iPhone as an Apple, or your Pre Plus as an HP sounds absurd. Android and WP7 devices are created by different manufacturers. So it's even more wrong to do so. It sounds wrong, and it is wrong.
Old people and hipsters: I blame you for this.
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Android to me is a family. Not just the operating system. Too many people start flame wars over manufacturing. So to me I love my Droid... Not to mention there are too many Android phones out there, and only a few iPhones. Crazy that you care so much lol. please I am only kidding. Anyway hope this helps .
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CapsLockKey said:
Pretty much this. Who cares what the proper nomenclature is. Calling an Android device an "Android" or a "Droid" isn't any different than calling any brand of facial tissue "Kleenex" or (for you old timers out there like me) any portable cassette player a "Walkman".
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I believe the common term for this literary phenomena is "proprietary eponym". 'Kleenex' for facial tissue; 'Xerox machine' for a photocopier, etc etc. Our mod and I live in Central Florida where people drink "Cokes" when they are holding a can of 7-Up...
"Droid" has come on board as any mobile smartphone device NOT manufactured by Apple or RIM.
Darkie is justified for pointing this out, just as the devs were for illustrating the difference between "kernels" and "kernals"
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I believe the common term for this literary phenomena is "proprietary eponym". 'Kleenex' for facial tissue; 'Xerox machine' for a photocopier, etc etc. Our mod and I live in Central Florida where people drink "Cokes" when they are holding a can of 7-Up...
"Droid" has come on board as any mobile smartphone device NOT manufactured by Apple or RIM.
Darkie is justified for pointing this out, just as the devs were for illustrating the difference between "kernels" and "kernals"
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We call it pop in MI
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I call it Kernal Droid Applebottom. Am I doing it right?
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I call it Kernal Droid Applebottom. Am I doing it right?
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Jeans, boots with the furrrrrr!
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Jeans, boots with the furrrrrr!
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To this day I'm still a sucker for the jean skirt and uggs. I have no idea why.
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We call it pop in MI
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Yes, I'm familiar with that term. I didn't know you were a Michigander, Marcus. You, Shane, s0ckm0nk3y... jeez, the Wolverines are taking over the world...
Remember QBKing's "parody" video, about "things noobs say"? One of the 'bits' he does in that vid is when he walks into the room and says "hey guys! Check out my new 'Droid'!" I always thought that line referred to this very topic...
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I went from the OG Evo to the 4S and it was the biggest mistake I ever made. I just had to have an Iphone. I only had it for 4 months and I saw the press release for the Galaxy S3 and here I am.
For anybody looking at this board trying to make a decision between the Iphone and the S3, please make the smart decision.
Android is 100000000000000x better than Apple.
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Any specific areas where android is better? Im not saying you are wrong, just curious as to why you think
Its a billion times better.
Please elaborate....
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I like Google so much more than iOS
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Any specific areas where android is better? Im not saying you are wrong, just curious as to why you think
Its a billion times better.
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That is a tough question as there are so many aspects I am not sure where to start.
1. Customization - The IOS UI is a grid of apps, Android can be what you want it to be. Widgets, toggles, clocks, the choices are endless. Also, keyboard choices, not really open on Apple, just modifications of the ios keyboard. I personally really enjoy quickly browsing my news, calendar and weather widgets, without opening an app. Not the case on IOS.
2. Freedom - IOS: Walled into itunes with drm locked media. Android: Play what you want, when you want, on whatever player you want. Choose what media player suits you on your pc, not stuck on that piece of crap bulky itunes program.
3. Useability: IOS forces you to go back to a general options icon to change settings for a large number of apps. Android has app settings integrated into the apps themselves.
4. App returns: Apple are complete pricks when it comes to trying to get a refund for an app. Google Play: For 15 minutes there is a refund button you can click for an instant refund. I personally experienced this on my wife's ipad when purchasing an app that didn't do what it claimed. Had to go onto the desktop itunes program, find some obscure feedback button, only to get a response that I had to take it up with the app developer. When I did, the app developer said they are unable to do refunds through the Apple App store.
I could keep going, but in the end, if people would get over the Apple marketing machine/branding, and try Android, they would quickly realize how much better it is. No scientific analysis here, but everyone I know who has made the switch from Apple to Android has never gone back.
Just want to add, apple saved the music industry with itunes and the music in itunes is not drm locked, you can use it on any player that support aac file format.
And btw I am enjoying the android experience better compared to ios. But in the end both android and ios has their ups and downs and I enjoy both operating systems
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Just want to add, apple saved the music industry with itunes and the music in itunes is not drm locked, you can use it on any player that support aac file format.
And btw I am enjoying the android experience better compared to ios. But in the end both android and ios has their ups and downs and I enjoy both operating systems
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saved the music industry ? rofl, good one
Lies. iOS kills Android
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iTunes killed the album
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Do some research before you rebuttal me. They did with there pricing scheme it saved it
Here's an article from the wall street journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576629463753783594.html
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Watch these videos to see why Android is better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716362
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Do some research before you rebuttal me. They did with there pricing scheme it saved it
Here's an article from the wall street journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576629463753783594.html
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Your point is supported, although I disagree with the premise of that article. My opinion is itunes did not in fact save the music industry, but hurt them through prolonging their need to adapt. My premise is based on 2 facts: 1. All industries must change with the times; 2. All market leaders eventually lose market share to innovative competition.
No one will succeed in stopping the inevitability that the internet has changed, and will continue to change, how we purchase and consume media. Free is the way things are going and therefore creative methods must be determined in the music industry to procure other methods of generating revenue. So, if itunes saved the industry by extending the almost extinct practice of purchasing music, what happens when competitors, with no such sale model arise? There is no stopping history based on one company, even the almighty Apple. Instead of finding alternative promotional, ad based, or other methods, the industry has just fed on itunes. Apple's dominance will not last forever, and the industry must adapt to that. Apple's pretty little walled garden will not support them forever.
To the guy that said I was rebutting him
Not really trying to rebuttal, you. I've been peeking at xda while I work today. And this is no place to talk about Apple stuff. However, it's true more bands are trying to make hit singles than cohesive albums cause of iTunes.
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To the guy that said I was rebutting him
Not really trying to rebuttal, you. I've been peeking at xda while I work today. And this is no place to talk about Apple stuff. However, it's true more bands are trying to make hit singles than cohesive albums cause of iTunes.
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Hey Bro, I remember you! Nice to finally see another ex-Vision owner in this madhouse of a forum .
eao1991 said:
Lies. iOS kills Android
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LULZ
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Special_opps said:
LULZ
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Android is difficult to use and iOS is much better. Trust me, I own an iPhone
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Android is difficult to use and iOS is much better. Trust me, I own an iPhone
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Yea I understand. Smart people use androids!
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Yea I understand. Smart people use androids!
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No bro. Smart people and hipsters use iPhone. Leave the pack and join us iSheep on greener pastures
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Android is difficult to use and iOS is much better. Trust me, I own an iPhone
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Android is a bit more complex to use. iOS is for people who aren't really that tech savvy. It's simpler. But Android is simply better for me.
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Android is difficult to use and iOS is much better. Trust me, I own an iPhone
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Double lulz.