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Android now #1 in USA!!

Might be posting in wrong forum, but I knew you guys would love this!
Android sales up over 800%!
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226500093&subSection=Operating+Systems

wase4711 said:
Might be posting in wrong forum, but I knew you guys would love this!
Android sales up over 800%!
http://www.informationweek.com/news...icleID=226500093&subSection=Operating+Systems
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So is my stock!!! Thanks everyone.
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I wonder why that happened.
Maybe it's because people have been getting steadily more and more tech savvy over the last couple of years, since the introduction of mainstream smartphones with all carriers.
And, of course, more tech savvy people know that iphone is just a toy.

Clarification: It was #1 in sales for the quarter. Not sure what it's market share is overall, but it's moving fast.

Apple's brainwashing is wearing off and people are realizing the iPhone isn't the best thing since condoms.
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dglowe343 said:
Apple's brainwashing is wearing off and people are realizing the iPhone isn't the best thing since condoms.
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Wait, but condoms aren't gre.... errr I see what you did there.

As a self proclaimed techno-geek I can tell you that what grabbed my attention was the "what droid gets" commercials. Those started me on a search for a droid device and I grabbed the EVO on launch day. My contract with Verizon had just expired and even though it was their commercial, I went with Sprint.
Got the wife a Samsung Moment and she is on that thing more than I'm on my EVO

how many android devices can you name that were out this time last year though, these numbers don't mean anything. the hero, moment, droid, eris, incredible, evo, even the backflip are counted as opposed to counting JUST the magic and G1.. really meaningless. if it happens again Q4 this year or later then it will mean everything though.

google ftw

dglowe343 said:
Apple's brainwashing is wearing off and people are realizing the iPhone isn't the best thing since condoms.
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Oh lord that was classic...
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wase4711 said:
Might be posting in wrong forum, but I knew you guys would love this!
Android sales up over 800%!
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226500093&subSection=Operating+Systems
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Does that make you feel good about yourself??? This kind of post is what reminds me of idiots who are apple fans!

more people more developers thats a great thing
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bigupurself7 said:
Does that make you feel good about yourself??? This kind of post is what reminds me of idiots who are apple fans!
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wow, what's wrong with you?

Since apple lil screw up. And people coming to reality Its newsletters everyday stating how Android is moving up, stating that its more then 200,000 android phones gettting activated a day.
But i think its just people are finally moving up to the tech ages and not basic feature phones.

Most exciting phone at ces

I didn't follow CES as much as I wanted to so I'm wondering in your opinions what is the most exciting phone coming in 2011? I just saw specs for the atrix and I'm impressed. I hate at&t but when it cones out on March I might have to go with it. I didn't see where sprint was getting anything. Anybody jumping on the attic in March? Thanks for the responses.
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sprint didnt really announce anything but there is a conference from Sprint at the begining of next month with another "industry first". so well see

Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.

Who cares about phones?
Sprint is getting David Blaine at this Febuary event... David Blaine !!! Lol
Maybe they got him cause only magic will get froyo on our phones.

iSaint said:
Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.
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5G, I'll expect a $50/mo data surcharge with a network that isn't available in my area.

Maybe sprint is gonna announce a fully functional froyo for the epic, a first for the galaxy s
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And yeah the atrix is pretty much what I expected the Nexus S to be. Gingerbread had no business being released on a rehashed galaxy s. They shoulda just pushed gingerbread to all n1 owners (which was the point of getting that phone in the first place.) And then got 2.4 out on the NS or whatever nexus it would've been if they would've waited. Perhaps a "Nexus Duo" or something since they didn't want a nexus 2
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Yea its a 1.2GHz triple core HTC Device running 2.4 and 2 1080 cameras that also works on sprints "industry first" 5 G network ......and YES u can F*ck iT.
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Lol
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And yeah the atrix is pretty much what I expected the Nexus S to be. Gingerbread had no business being released on a rehashed galaxy s. They shoulda just pushed gingerbread to all n1 owners (which was the point of getting that phone in the first place.) And then got 2.4 out on the NS or whatever nexus it would've been if they would've waited. Perhaps a "Nexus Duo" or something since they didn't want a nexus 2
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Yeah, the Nexus S is gonna be a complete and udderly waste of google's time with the outs of the dual core phones with HDMI and an actual SD card slot. Not sure what google was thinking with the Nexus S, but I'm thinking they didn't want developers ****ing with their hardware with those kind of restrictions.

Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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I would never go to that crappy network, no matter how good the phone is. I think you'll regret it the first time you try to do a google search on it. Froyo or no froyo, ill take my way cheaper and more reliable network on sprint
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musclehead84 said:
Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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Most likely a lot lol. I dont think its worth a switch on march first though..i think you should hold off for a month or so while all the kinks get worked out, like a horribly locked bootloader.
Also, we be mad that the epic hasn't gotten official froyo yet....but according to a recent study, ATT has never updated ANY of its android phones...EVER lol
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heathmcabee said:
Yeah, the Nexus S is gonna be a complete and udderly waste of google's time with the outs of the dual core phones with HDMI and an actual SD card slot. Not sure what google was thinking with the Nexus S, but I'm thinking they didn't want developers ****ing with their hardware with those kind of restrictions.
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Nah I think they just wanted to hop on the galaxy s train and sammy just felt like releasing the same thing with a few tradeoffs (no sd slot...but you get 2.3 lol)
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A_Flying_Fox said:
ATT has never updated ANY of its android phones...EVER lol
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ATT hasn't updated a single Android phone? At all?

running_the_dream said:
ATT hasn't updated a single Android phone? At all?
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Nope.
Sprint was next with 28% updated (which isn't really a lot considering we only have like 4 androidphones lol) and then verizon with like 31% and then tmo with something higher% lol
The article was on engadget
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musclehead84 said:
Just read more.info on the atrix and I just told my wife we are going to at&t. I hate at&t.but damn I want that phone on March 1. Atone know what the price is for the.phone yet?
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Do you really want that 2GB data cap? I guess it's okay if you don't use much data, but if you ever do use more than 2GB, be prepared to pay for it.

Yeah I know at&t sucks bad and I will prolly hate it. I just couldn't believe the specs when I saw them. I do use alot of data. Way more than the.limit on at&t and I forgot about that so thanks for pointing that out. Wow I never knew they never updated an android phone. Well you guys ruined my dreams. Lol
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musclehead84 said:
Yeah I know at&t sucks bad and I will prolly hate it. I just couldn't believe the specs when I saw them. I do use alot of data. Way more than the.limit on at&t and I forgot about that so thanks for pointing that out. Wow I never knew they never updated an android phone. Well you guys ruined my dreams. Lol
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Don't feel bad. AT&T has ruined a lot of dreams.
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Nope.
Sprint was next with 28% updated (which isn't really a lot considering we only have like 4 androidphones lol) and then verizon with like 31% and then tmo with something higher% lol
The article was on engadget
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I wasn't aware that the numbers were this low. I would think that this would be something that Google would be concerned with because eventually this could hurt the growth of Android. Marketing is a powerful thing and if Apple and Microsoft are in some way able to get into the heads of the masses. You know how powerful marketing can be even when it's just trying to spread FUD. The company that I work for has BB as the "corporate standard" but because we purchased several other companies in the past year that standard has been loosened a bit because of the high number of iPhone users at the other company. There are only two of us in the IT Department that have Android and with what I see going on I still don't feel comfortable pushing Android. The first time there was an issue I know that my CIO would use it as the reason why we shouldn't use Android and that would be the end of that.
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squshy 7 said:
Don't feel bad. AT&T has ruined a lot of dreams.
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Haha, so true. I remember when I was showing my friend my wireless tether feature. He was so impressed he did a jailbreak of his iphone4 to get it. Then he got a nice little bill the next month when he went over 2gb. Needless to say, his iphone is no longer jailbroken.

New possible sprint device

Just saw this on androidcentral:
androidcentral: Leak about Sprint's upcoming event- dual-screened device - Android Forums http://t.co/aigZ1h9
Thoughts?
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I like the sound of the potential for a secondary screen customizable by the programmer. I like tactile keyboards... which is a big reason I picked the Epic.
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I wonder if they'll charge $10 extra a month for the second screen.....

Capostrophy said:
I wonder if they'll charge $10 extra a month for the second screen.....
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Lol that'd stink.
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if it has a cellular radio, we already would have heard of it. it would have to have gone through the fcc at this point of have an announcement or launch in february.

austin420 said:
if it has a cellular radio, we already would have heard of it. it would have to have gone through the fcc at this point of have an announcement or launch in february.
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Ya but there is nothing wrong with hoping. I mean as Samsung owners we've been doing it for months. Lol
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Actually it does not have to pass through FCC look at Apple. Does the iPhone ever show up on the FCC site before the announcement? No it hits the same day so it is plausible they have something like apple going on.

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Only 5
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dragonisinogard said:
Actually it does not have to pass through FCC look at Apple. Does the iPhone ever show up on the FCC site before the announcement? No it hits the same day so it is plausible they have something like apple going on.
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Apple does have to pass the FCC. I'm not sure how they're getting around it being published ... Maybe no one's looking for Apple or they do something crazy like file under a different name, but it has to pass the FCC to be able to sold to the consumer. For testing, they can get an exception, but not if it's going to be sold.

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I wonder if they'll charge $10 extra a month for the second screen.....
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Lol I wouldn't put it past Sprint
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g

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Apple does have to pass the FCC. I'm not sure how they're getting around it being published ... Maybe no one's looking for Apple or they do something crazy like file under a different name, but it has to pass the FCC to be able to sold to the consumer. For testing, they can get an exception, but not if it's going to be sold.
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True but if you look right after there press conferences the FCC passes them.

a second screen?!
does this give us the possibility of a nintendo ds emulator?

Hmmm, maybe an eReader that folds up and turns into a phone.
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wj0t said:
does this give us the possibility of a nintendo ds emulator?
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Doubt it has the raw processing power for that

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Doubt it has the raw processing power for that
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IDK imagine if it's a dual core processor... That's the direction that a lot of the newer superphones are heading. One thing thing my boss and I were rolling around was the possibility of a 3D phone. It'd make sense with the announcement using David Blaine. He is an illusionist anyway. But in doing some surfing we found this vid.... It's on a N1 but if they could make the whole phone like this, it'd be pretty damn sick... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp2wyY2caI4

only thing i could think of is this:
http://www.dvhardware.net/article.php?thold=4&mode=nocomments&order=0&sid=43613

That e-reader idea sounds like it could be a good one or it could be like the epic or other slider phones but instead of the keyboard it could have a slide out touch screen instead allowing you to have a virtual keyboard, game pad controls, or whatever else you want to use it for. That would be sweet if it was like that little dual screen laptop that came out not too long ago. Bad ass!!! I bet it would suck the battery juice faster than you can say...
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Did you guys see that 3 sided concept phone? How sweet would it be if that was it. Awesome!
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I would cry because i have this thing for a while...
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Yeah that phone was sick!! And it looked so real in the video... I would be amazed if they released that and kinda sad cuz i still have like a year and a half left with this phone and can buy that strait up without contract probly.
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haven't seen much talk on samsung galaxy s II

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/28/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
looks like quite a phone! i've had it out against samsung since i first bought the samsung moment for my wife and i (and had both of them swapped 3 times because of random data disconnections and no gps locks), but perhaps they've changed. what are your thoughts?

Because we talk about the EVO here.

do we know for sure this is coming to sprint? if so id say a fall launch date. ill pick one up if it does in fact come.

Haven't heard anything about this coming to Sprint.
And it does look like a beast of a phone.
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conqu1stador said:
Haven't heard anything about this coming to Sprint.
And it does look like a beast of a phone.
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Looks like a wanna be iPhone to me
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conqu1stador said:
Haven't heard anything about this coming to Sprint.
And it does look like a beast of a phone.
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i heard a rumor that it may on android central.

swaze said:
Looks like a wanna be iPhone to me
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hence why apple is currently suing samsung over it.

swaze said:
Looks like a wanna be iPhone to me
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I don't like the 'home' button. And wasn't this the one to kick off the lawsuit? I see it ... the similarities, if you will, but I meant more as a whole. This phone is supposed to pack a punch.
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If this phone, the 3D and the nexus S dropped on the same day id hands down get the GS2. Ive been following it for a minute but its looking like AT&T at this point so thats not even an option for me. IF it comes to Sprint or VZW im getting it

rushco said:
Because we talk about the EVO here.
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and the nexus s 4g

rushco said:
Because we talk about the EVO here.
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this is the general section. and the nexus & evo3d or any future phone that will dethrone the evo is worthy to talk about here. it's upgrade time for most of us and probably most of the devs including toast. nothing wrong with having a discussion.

Knowing Sprint, we will probably get a keyboard variation of that phone. Epic 2 or Epic __, maybe a new name entirely. EPIC 3D would be funny lol (1st Qwerty 3D phone )
It does seem impressive, Samsung seems to be cleaing up thier updating track record too. The only excuse I have of not buying it is the weaker XDA backing. Not to say there will be none but I prefer HTC + XDA.

http://db.tt/u7ryyLG
One of the galaxy s ll live wp...pretty cool it supports real time weather and time change(day to night)!

http://db.tt/mlLcTrm
The second galaxy s ll live wp...this one seems to only support time change tho!

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hence why apple is currently suing samsung over it.
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This is what crApple is suing Samsung over:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samm...n-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-units-this-year_id18520
The interesting part is the rumor that Eldar Murtazin spread this week in regards to the Apple-Samsung lawsuit, about a Samsung Galaxy S3 upgrade that is coming late fall, with 4.5" edge-to-edge Super AMOLED Plus display of high resolution, and no hardware keys. These same features Apple is said planning to introduce in the iPhone 6, which will appear many months after the SGS 3, which must have annoyed Cupertino to no end.
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Essentially, Samsung developed features for the Galaxy S3 that Stevie boy wanted to release in the iPhone 6, so Apple is trying to slow/stop Samsung in court, so Apple can be the first one to release those features.

I'm sure Sprint will get a variant of this, its the successor to the Epic 4G. I just hope that this time it doesn't have a hardware keyboard. I think this phone would be the best choice for the next Nexus phone.

What do think about this?

Google aquiring Motorola Mobility.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html?m=1
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Sounds like google is finally gonna get some type of protection from that cry baby *teve $obs, i mean he can only have some many lawsuites before people start getting tired of his failed attempts to keep iPhone on top
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I like the name Motoroogle (from an article i read on Extreme Tech) Has a nice ring too it. Lol

This is great! We now know who is bringing the next nexus phone! and they will probably be doing it for a long time. This was probably the best company to merge with

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This is great! We now know who is bringing the next nexus phone! and they will probably be doing it for a long time. This was probably the best company to merge with
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Yeah i agree,and if they stay sensitive to allowing us control of our phones then when Htc or other partners get outta line Motoroogle will tell'm shape up or no more for you.

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This is great! We now know who is bringing the next nexus phone! and they will probably be doing it for a long time. This was probably the best company to merge with
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Do we? Don't most of the rumors still strongly point to Samsung?
Personally I dig it only because I like Google and want to see them armed with an arsenal of patents so that Android won't be killed by patent trolls. Never had a Moto phone myself but I haven't heard great things. Aren't they known for having crappy, break apart build quality?
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Do we? Don't most of the rumors still strongly point to Samsung?
Personally I dig it only because I like Google and want to see them armed with an arsenal of patents so that Android won't be killed by patent trolls. Never had a Moto phone myself but I haven't heard great things. Aren't they known for having crappy, break apart build quality?
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yeah its still up in the air to who the next nexus phone is going too.

Well I will probably get flack for this, but here goes. Before you get all happy about this aquisition by Google. Remember who Motorola has been in bed with for the better part of their phone "Greatness" , Verizon . The original we're going to throttle your data, you better not be tethering (even though your paying for unlimited) , if we can't charge you for it you can't do it, we're going to control everything you do on your phone carrier. So even though it's Google new company, the employees are still the old regime. With the old habits, especially the Executives. I'll always remember a quote from one of Verizon's press releases stating " the Companies bottom line is always the most important aspect in considerations involving customers" . I understand this true for any company. But to say it in a press release like that says a lot about how they perceive their customer base. Yes, I understand this is only my opinon

No flack here,you make avalid point
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Google should have bought HTC.

VICODAN said:
Google should have bought HTC.
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Yeah but do they have the patent portfolio tomake themselves as attractive? Hardware would have been superior.
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VICODAN said:
Google should have bought HTC.
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Couldn't agree more. I was just thinking that when I read about it our newspaper this morning.
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Couldn't agree more. I was just thinking that when I read about it our newspaper this morning.
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Wouldn't make sense. HTC makes great phones but do not have the large patent portfolio that Moto has built up over many years in the mobile industry.
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i live in seattle and googles from redmond, theyve been on the news about this quite a bit and theyve even said themselves they just wanted the patent portfolio to help in defending android and the developers against apple, microsoft and the rest of the other bull**** patent trolls.

I see where this will certainly help Google, and Motorola, with regards to patent lawsuits. But how will this help Samsung, and HTC? Is Google going to step in, and say "Get out of here, patent troll....check this out....PWNT!!!"

tokuzumi said:
I see where this will certainly help Google, and Motorola, with regards to patent lawsuits. But how will this help Samsung, and HTC? Is Google going to step in, and say "Get out of here, patent troll....check this out....PWNT!!!"
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I'd imagine that since these patents are typically incredibly vague such as "scrolling menus" that if Apple sues HTC or Samsung over infringing on one of their vaguely worded patents then Google could jump in and brandish one of their equally vague patents and say that Google actually has the patent for it, not Apple.
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just so yall know i didnt see a splash screen for this new motoroogle or googlerola or whatever you want lol (it has only been a day) so i decided to make one. I posted it on im.nick.hellos new thread for splash screens along with some others i made.
I just have to wait for him to convert them into splash img format and a flashable.
SO GO CHECK IT OUT
BTW: I hope im not hijacking the thread. I dont think i am because it is technically about the thread in a way. but if i am please set me straight!
Edit: In regards to the post above there is no real reason to buy HTC
1)they are doing great on there own
2) HTC would not give up sense and google would not want sense
3) HTC would be like 3X the amount that Motorola was
4)Motorola already had made the commitment to android and that was its sole operating system unlike HTC where they make phones for WP7 and Android.
4) Motorolas patent portfolio is much bigger
5) Motorolas not getting sued lol
Just my 2 cents theres probably other reasons too

Google did it for the Patents

I heard its to help cover their a$$ with apple lawsuits
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You know it is,to go from having 317 patents to over 17,000 sure change the game. Literally from defense to offense,see if they give apple some of their own medicine .
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