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Gyroscope?

Do you think we can get Gyroscope on software firmware or its hardware limitations again?
Its cool and helpful

no way... it's hardware matter

The most amusing bit really is that accelerometers do the same thing as a gyroscope. Unless you happen to be in space or pull heavy G's as part of your daily life. For the purposes of figuring out a device's orientation accelerometers do the job just fine.
Apple have a nasty habit of adding old features and hailing them as revolution just because they make them sexy. "Look here, you can do videochat...it's a revolution!" Problem is that it's not over the phone like people have been doing for years but only over Wifi, and you can forget chatting to people with devices other than the iPhone. So they've taken a feature people have been using for years, cripple it and then sell it as the second coming. Brilliant marketing.

Or I'm wrong? I saw something on a phone can't remember. that the phone can see Shops/Restaurant using its camera somewhat like a scanner or and the display shown looks like Matrix something really cool and help.

gr3yh0und said:
Or I'm wrong? I saw something on a phone can't remember. that the phone can see Shops/Restaurant using its camera somewhat like a scanner or and the display shown looks like Matrix something really cool and help.
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Perhaps you're thinking of Layar? Does what you ask for, doesn't need a gyroscope and works surprisingly well.

Can we get that?

gr3yh0und said:
Can we get that?
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Sure, it's been in the Android market for a long time. Just do a search.

The OP simply asked a question, which I believe the posts that I left standing pretty much answer it. There was no need for flaming.
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may be we could use g sensor with the compass to make thing like gyroscope

I think there are aspects of the Apple Gyroscope that will be revolutionary. For starters it will now be used to assist in pin pointing your current location with much greater accuracy. In addition, because it is Apple there will be some functionalities of new games that will only be possible using pitch and yawl. I am not saying that it wasn't possible before, but because it is Apple and their market machine has plastered this feature all over everything, I believe there will now be games and apps created by third parties to take advantage of it. Where as before it was too low key for anyone to take seriously. In the end it is the consumer who will still benefit.
As for facetime. I live in France and first used video chat about two years ago. It's a great feature, but cost way too much to use day to day.
The Iphone 4G might actually be on to something. Take the telephone company out of the equation. Ok, I understand this limitation was created more out of necessity than anything else. But there are several great products that came about out of some limitation or another. And, wouldn't it be great to move towards eliminating phone companies once and for all? This might prove to be a reason service providers switch to a flat fee for world wide service. Who knows what benefits could come out of this beyond the free video chat.
There are boat loads of people that will benefit from the fact that this is free to use. Ok, you won't use it in it's current state for every phone call. But if you are a family that is separated by circumstances you will certainly find time to use it when ever possible; maybe even every day. And, with the number of hot spots exploding, it will be easier than the detractors would have us believe. Oh, and did I mention it will be free to use! In addition, there will be plenty of third party apps created to offer services for this feature that we haven't even considered yet.
And, let's not ignore the absolute fact that once this product is out, it will be the best built device in the market.
Plus, the image is suppose to be mind blowing. And, the pictures and HD video at 5.0 are suppose to be much superior to the 8 mega we currently have in our X10's. Hey that sounds good to me.
I will surely be following the device. I will give it a month or two just to see what the feedback is. And, if it is half as good as it looks right now I will buy one for me and my lady.
Don't get my feedback wrong. I am no fanboy. In fact I have never owned an apple anything! But, it sure does look like I will be buying this device,,, times 2!

Nexus, W7 Phones, and Irony

Does anyone find it ironic that nearly all HTC phones that are launching as part of the W7 campaign are essentially N1's loaded with w7.
All first gen snapdragons, they all share the N1 styling/materials.
Hopefully we can dual boot w7 due to the similarities. =D

I don't think they are but, I need to see a side by side. I thought most of the new w7 phones had better specs then the n1. But, of we have the best community of any phone out. That is why Google needs to make another dev phone it don't need to be called nexus two......

Check out engadget's front page, mozart,shobert,surround, trophy

Not terribly impressed with the W7 OS. From a UI standpoint, I could see the home screen getting very cluttered and I'm not sure if they have any sort of folder management system either to alleviate that. The multitouch zoom and kinetic scrolling in IE looked fluid but not having text reflow hurts. The Bing app was nice, as was the XBOX Live integration which is cool if you're into that but everything else was very meh. Didn't look awful like previous versions of WinMo but nothing that blew me away either. Still well behind Android and iOS even.

WP7 seems very solid in terms of how it is being handled. I love this quote:
http://twitter.com/edbott/statuses/27039322558
All Windows 7 phones will get updates at same time. Carriers don't get to block. (IOW, this ain't Android)
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I wish Google had the balls to do that.

Paul22000 said:
I wish Google had the balls to do that.
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Kind of reminds me of my favorite writer online: MG Seigler of TechCrunch
He really is the voice of the people and calls out Google for folding to the carrier demands like a guy with no confidence that gets walked all over by the hot girl (the carriers) that dont care about anyone else but herself
Here is a great article by MG Seigler on Andy Rubin making excuses for Google folding to whatever the carriers demand so that they can stay in bed with the enemy carriers: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/08/android-carriers/
Google really needs to grow a pair and take control of Android. A carrier holding out an OS update just so they can force up to purchase a new phone might be the norm but that doesn't mean its right or should be tolerated by Google

Google, by definition, can't control android, do you poeple not understand that?

JCopernicus said:
Google, by definition, can't control android, do you poeple not understand that?
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Damn straight.

JCopernicus said:
Google, by definition, can't control android, do you poeple not understand that?
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That's weird I wonder why I even got heated in my post above
I mean hell... thats the whole reason why I got the Nexus One! to not have to deal with carrier games anymore

You meant to say that they cant control android but wield a mighty big stick with gapps didnt you? I tried cm without gapps, pretty much cuts the nuts right off the little android leaving it ineffectual.
in-ef-fec-tu-al adjective 1 Weak. 2 Without satisfactory or decisive effect. 3 Powerless, impotent. 4 Insufficent to produce the desired result.

MS does something right for once in the smartphone arena. Can't we just give credit when it's due?
Text reflow? As far as I know even in CM I have to double tap the browser page to get it to reflow.
The UI looks sweet as hell and not having to worry about carrier tied updates?
Priceless.

I really didn't like the W7 UI, no place for wallpapers and that it's a very negative thing for me

It had a very nice style IMO. I doubt I'll move from my N1, but it's definitely gonna be an interesting game here on out.

ap3604 said:
Kind of reminds me of my favorite writer online: MG Seigler of TechCrunch
He really is the voice of the people and calls out Google for folding to the carrier demands like a guy with no confidence that gets walked all over by the hot girl (the carriers) that dont care about anyone else but herself
Here is a great article by MG Seigler on Andy Rubin making excuses for Google folding to whatever the carriers demand so that they can stay in bed with the enemy carriers: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/08/android-carriers/
Google really needs to grow a pair and take control of Android. A carrier holding out an OS update just so they can force up to purchase a new phone might be the norm but that doesn't mean its right or should be tolerated by Google
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So do you think you can just build AOSP and dump the result on any phone? No, it has to be tailored per-phone.. What changes there are between phones I wouldn't know, not a rom cook, but I suspect the complexity/time needed ranges from trivial to impossible (HW limitations).
So therefore, Google is not going to build, test, and deploy a build for every Android phone ever made. The carriers have NO INCENTIVE to support older phones.. They have gotten better about this, but they still have no reason to do it honestly, it's not like other industries where hardware sales lose money (printers, game systems, many others) and therefore they need to stretch the users experience with the hardware to the max. Phone sales net the carriers extended contracts and money.

JCopernicus said:
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Actually they can, very easily:
Carrier/Manufacturer: Hey Google, we're going to release a phone with Android 1.5, replace your search with Bing, add some crap-ware, and remove a bunch of useful Android features!
Google: Oh really? Too bad your Android phone won't have Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Syncing, OR the Android Market!
Carrier/Manufacturer: Hmm...​

Paul22000 said:
Actually they can, very easily:
Carrier/Manufacturer: Hey Google, we're going to release a phone with Android 1.5, replace your search with Bing, add some crap-ware, and remove a bunch of useful Android features!
Google: Oh really? Too bad your Android phone won't have Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Syncing, OR the Android Market!
Carrier/Manufacturer: Hmm...​
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Verizon doesn't seem to care. This does work though it's how android took off. However, not having gapps is more detremental to Google than carriers. At this point in the game android can survive without native Google applications.

khaytsus said:
So do you think you can just build AOSP and dump the result on any phone? No, it has to be tailored per-phone.. What changes there are between phones I wouldn't know, not a rom cook, but I suspect the complexity/time needed ranges from trivial to impossible (HW limitations).
So therefore, Google is not going to build, test, and deploy a build for every Android phone ever made. The carriers have NO INCENTIVE to support older phones.. They have gotten better about this, but they still have no reason to do it honestly, it's not like other industries where hardware sales lose money (printers, game systems, many others) and therefore they need to stretch the users experience with the hardware to the max. Phone sales net the carriers extended contracts and money.
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So basically you're justifying carriers holding off hardware updates so that people can dump their 6 month old phone for a new one just to get from 2.1 to 2.2?
That's BS and you know it.
Android gets a new version every other month, and if they do this and leave older users in the dark with carriers blocking updates, Android is NEVER going to be real competition to iOS.
Hardware is just another BS excuse. 2.2 runs fine on even the HTC Dream.

mynameisjon said:
Android gets a new version every other month, and if they do this and leave older users in the dark with carriers blocking updates, Android is NEVER going to be real competition to iOS.
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Android sold more units in Q2 2010 than iOS, so surely its already real competition?

Is just me or is one of the biggest faults with android the various phone form factors that make it impossible to standardize any accessories? Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to be locked into a single phone running android but it seems the phone manufacturers could maybe design their phones so they have common ports for accessories. I guess we are lucky we at least got a desktop and car dock. Even cars are coming with iphone, ipad docks, you'll never see an android dock.

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Google, from a business perspective, doesn't need to control android.
its not its number one priority. yes it could try to twist the carrier's arms, and yes most would fold, but even if only 1 of the big 4 refuses to fold and stops carrying android devices google losses.
google doesnt make money off of android. it makes money off of ads. it just wants you to watch the ads through its portals. you might say they lose that when carriers choose bing over google, but really most of the ads (in apps, around the web) are controlled by google because google owns the online ad market. in fact, they will make money off of the spread of windows 7 phones as well. they entered the mobile business just to make sure neither apple nor microsoft could cut them out of the mobile internet user base and therefore limit the number of users viewing their ads.
btw we are in the nexus one section of xda, which by definition means you cant complain about waiting for updates and carrier and manufacturer crippling. (ha! see what i did there?)

Worst review ever...

Anyone see the hilarious "review" of the S2 on the unashamedly biOSed Guardian in the UK? Am new so can't link to it yet but it is the lead article on technology...
3 stars!?!
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All his criticisms can be easily alleviated with downloading apps from the Market, but for average Joe who just wants to use the phone as he bought it, he is right I'm afraid.
Out-of-box experience for Samsung phones is still nowhere near HTC, let alone iPhone. A great majority of phone users aren't elite linux hackers. They just want to buy a damn phone and use the damn phone. Samsung has a lot of ways to go in this regard.

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Anyone see the hilarious "review" of the S2 on the unashamedly biOSed Guardian in the UK? Am new so can't link to it yet but it is the lead article on technology...
3 stars!?!
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He must have been reviewing a different phone if he says it had great battery life!
Also all the things he slated about gingerbread that apparently sense can do can be fixed with apps if they're that important to him.

In all honesty do we really care about what the guardian or other mainstream media says? Anyone who does their own research will quickly work out how good this phone is..
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Where is this review, what to search on google would be useful.
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yea i saw that review on my twitter feed this morn. He says its a dual core tegra @ 1.2 i mean do you research. i think the majority of things he says dont hold up cant see the problem with not having wifi etc on the drop down as opposed to a widget but hey ho. score seems low compared to other reviews done by ppl who know what they are talking about!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/29/samsung-galaxy-s-review

Bad reviews might potentially keep away some of the idiots that insist on filling this forum with crap so its a good thing.
Also, since when were we under the impression that journalists had the slightest idea about the subjects they cover??....
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Out-of-box experience for Samsung phones is still nowhere near HTC,
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Out of the box, the SGS2 is more functional than the sensation. 8hrs of battery life is pathetic in idle. LOL!

If you don't want to use the feature then don't and stop *****ing about it!
*"One thing that Samsung has added is the ability to blacklist certain numbers, and to bounce numbers with text messages (eg "I am in class". Hope you're not on PAYG or getting many calls then.) "
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He is right about the keyboard and wrong about the battery, but only because he hasn't installed anything on it to customize the phone. The funny part was spending time complaining about how you have to pull down the notifications (he's bound to love that in ios5) to turn off wifi when to me this is an advantage - I can do it right now without leaving this text entry - how is that worse than having to go to a homescreen widget?
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it mostly got rave reviews everywhere, this one doesn't count lol

The only criticism I would make is that, as with the Google-driven Nexus S, the border around the edge where the screen fits in can rub your ear just that little bit annoyingly when you're making a phone call. The HTC Incredible S is better in that regard.
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Seriously dude? I cannot even see how this can happen. That's one of the most retarded comments ever.
Frustrating keyboard layout, annoying autocorrect, user interface flaws in apps, lack of unified mailbox, limited Bluetooth function.
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Does this retard even know how to use a phone? I have found none of these issues. It's people like this that iOS was built for, people too stupid to think about anything for themselves.

Meh. Can't please all the people all the time. In this case you nearly can though
He can think what he likes. I do.

Charles Arthur is a renowned Apple fanboi, I've hard many posts deleted from comment sections for no reason at all (well, some were valid...).
The Guardian as a whole is ludicrously biased towards all things Apple. Some of their guff is plain advertising.
Also pretty sure that a SGS in the photo, not the SGS2....

They've changed the pic to a I9100 now.

aydc said:
Out-of-box experience for Samsung phones is still nowhere near HTC, let alone iPhone. A great majority of phone users aren't elite linux hackers. They just want to buy a damn phone and use the damn phone. Samsung has a lot of ways to go in this regard.
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I think you made a typo, I think you meant to say this :
Out-of-box experience for Samsung phones is still nowhere near iPhone, let alone HTC. A great majority of phone users aren't elite linux hackers. They just want to buy a damn phone and use the damn phone. Samsung has a lot of ways to go in this regard.
And really it's true my GF loved my Desire, thinks it's much better than the iphone, but really can't figure out the SGS2 (she's an iphone user)

To be honest im not convinced the review is biased because he is generally comparing it to the Incredible S. It's just a bad review in my book. I can understand if he said great phone a few annoying niggles out of the box, and gave it 4 stars. But to not even mention that ALL the issues he reports can be fixed by apps is shocking.
If the S2 is a 3 star phone what would the likes of the ZTE blade or the Galaxy Apollo be. Phones that i know plenty are people really like but share the same issues with far inferior hardware? 1 star?

Actually, for the most part I do agree with the author (exception being the notification area for wifi on/off etc, which I think is great).
He's spot on with the keyboard, though. It's crap, Swype isn't much better, and you'll need to pay for anything. Currently using Swiftkey X, which is a good replacement, but doesn't work in the email app. WHY, SAMSUNG, WHY, WHEN IT WORKS IN EVERYTHING ELSE?

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Actually, for the most part I do agree with the author (exception being the notification area for wifi on/off etc, which I think is great).
He's spot on with the keyboard, though. It's crap, Swype isn't much better, and you'll need to pay for anything. Currently using Swiftkey X, which is a good replacement, but doesn't work in the email app. WHY, SAMSUNG, WHY, WHEN IT WORKS IN EVERYTHING ELSE?
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Swiftkey works just fine in the e-mail app, think they fixed it a couple of versions back.

i dont know if this has been posted but i like the new add ;)

What a brilliant ad from sammy
http://ausdroid.net/2012/09/16/samsung-ad-against-iphone-5/

please let that be a genuine advert

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please let that be a genuine advert
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i reckon haha good on sammy for sticking it to em

slaphead20 said:
please let that be a genuine advert
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Even if it wasn't I have seen enough references to it already!

why it shows 2GB RAM for SGSlll in ad?

SignalX said:
why it shows 2GB RAM for SGSlll in ad?
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because they are marketing the i9305

I believe it's an American ad. All the sgs3s here have 2gbs of ram.
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I believe it's an American ad. All the sgs3s here have 2gbs of ram.
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Looking at op name I'm guessing possibly Australian, they have the humor over there!

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because they are marketing the i9305
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oopS! didn't know that!! : )
will be great!!!
anyway, i like this ad :d

Yeah it's a good ad, but some of the things they've listed there make Samsung a laughing stock.
Shake to update
Tilt to zoom
Are these REALLY selling points for the device? I don't think so.
IPhone fans have already started making their own images with a list of iPhone pros and I have to say their lists are more compelling than simple gestures.
I'd rather Samsung list the actual things that make their phone the best in the world rather than gimmicky gestures.
Edit: I would really prefer it if they didn't compare S-Voice to Siri as well. S-Voice completely sucks.
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Yeah it's a good ad, but some of the things they've listed there make Samsung a laughing stock.
Shake to update
Tilt to zoom
Are these REALLY selling points for the device? I don't think so.
IPhone fans have already started making their own images with a list of iPhone pros and I have to say their lists are more compelling than simple gestures.
I'd rather Samsung list the actual things that make their phone the best in the world rather than gimmicky gestures.
Edit: I would really prefer it if they didn't compare S-Voice to Siri as well. S-Voice completely sucks.
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Your kidding right? Samsung probably shouldn't have used some of those but the isheep lists were a complete joke. Imessage? Puleeze. I turned that **** off first thing and downloaded whatsapp.
Also to answer your question in the thread that was closed. Refresh rates matter in every aspect and not just games and viewing so yes people should care.

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Looking at op name I'm guessing possibly Australian, they have the humor over there!
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Says Samsung Mobile USA at the bottom.

Meh. They don't need to market it. Apple is already marketing the S3. Now, thanks to the crap iPhone 5, we're still the king of Android!!!
Well, at least until the new Nexus comes out at the end of the year.

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Your kidding right? Samsung probably shouldn't have used some of those but the isheep lists were a complete joke. Imessage? Puleeze. I turned that **** off first thing and downloaded whatsapp.
Also to answer your question in the thread that was closed. Refresh rates matter in every aspect and not just games and viewing so yes people should care.
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I happen to find iMessage really useful. I use it to talk to my long distance fianceé a lot. I'd gladly use Whatsapp if you could use it on an iPad, but you can't.
Some other things I've seen listed that are useful; iCloud, Do Not Disturb ('Blocking Mode' in the SGS3 Jelly Bean update covers this), more available apps, shared photo stream (very useful), Airplay.
Whilst I think that MicroUSB is perfect and Apple are idiots for not using it, I don't think Samsung are in any position to criticise Apple for that:
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=357780&d=1347746614
I did laugh when people were trying to say that FaceTime and Panorama were selling points for the iPhone, when S3 has had both of these features since launch (FaceTime in the form of Google Talk).

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I happen to find iMessage really usetasked userejected o talk to my g distance fianceé a lot. I'd gladly use Whatsapp if you could use it on an iPad, but you can't.
Some other thingseveryone en listed that are useful; iCloud, Do Not Disturb ('Blocking Mode' in the SGS3 Jelly Bean update covers this), more available apps, shared photo stream (very useful), Airplay.
Whilst I think that MicroUSB is perfect and Apple are idiots for not using it, I don't think Samsung are in any position to criticise Apple for that:
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=357780&d=1347746614
I did laugh when people were trying to say that FaceTime and Panorama were selling points for the iPhone, when S3 has had both of these features since launch (FaceTime in the form of Google Talk).
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The S3 has much more DNLA options than the iPhone. Not sure of the all share cast dongle is as good as airplay but its the same technology plus the S3 has every direct WiFi connection under the sun with the buddy photo share and all share and kies air.
Icloud, well um no thanks. I had the 4s for 6 months and never used it. To be fair,I don't use drop box for my phone either. Although my Toshiba laptop uses drop box a lot.
Whatsapp is superior because not everyone has an iphone. Blackberry, windows, iphone, android compatible and you name it.
Do not disturb has been on Android phones for ages. Look up tasker and reject calls on your dialer.
Either way. Those lists that were made by isheep are more pathetic because they actually truly believe that they are good lists.lol
While the Samsung marketing guy is probably just some undergrad marketing major that knows nothing about phones and just made that list up from spec sheets on the internet.

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The S3 has much more DNLA options than the iPhone. Not sure of the all share cast dongle is as good as airplay but its the same technology plus the S3 has every direct WiFi connection under the sun with the buddy photo share and all share and kies air.
ITunes, well um no thanks. I had the 4s for 6 months and never used it. To be fair,I don't use drop box for my phone either. Although my Toshiba laptop uses drop box a lot.
Whatsapp is superior because not everyone has an iphone. Blackberry, windows, iphone, android compatible and you name it.
Do not disturb has been on Android phones for ages. Look up tasker and reject calls on your dialer.
Either way. Those lists were made by isheep are more pathetic because they actually truly believe that they are good lists.lol
While the Samsung marketing guy is probably just some undergrad marketing major that knows nothing about phones and just made that list up from spec sheets on the internet.
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AirPlay can play to speakers in every room of your house at the same time. I don't think AllShare or any other Samsung solution (or DLNA) does that, but correct me if I'm wrong. The fact that AirPlay speakers are about five times the price of other comparable speakers is a bit of a joke though.
iTunes - didn't say anything about this. You mean iCloud?
Whatsapp is superior... for phones. I have an iPad and a phone. Whatsapp won't work on my iPad. Also, doesn't Whatsapp only support logging in on one device at a time? Skype is probably a better multi-platform example as you can login to it on multiple devices at the same time (including tablets and PCs)
Reject calls doesn't have as many features as Blocking Mode. Also, reject calls is blacklist based whereas Blocking Mode is whitelist based. I.e. with Blocking Mode you can set it to auto-reject calls from everyone but your nearest and dearest. I know about Tasker, but I'm pretty sure people are comparing features included by default. Samsung are, at least.

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AirPlay can play to speakers in every room of your house at the same time. I don't think AllShare or any other Samsung solution (or DLNA) does that, but correct me if I'm wrong. The fact that AirPlay speakers are about five times the price of other comparable speakers is a bit of a joke though.
iTunes - didn't say anything about this. You mean iCloud?
Whatsapp is superior... for phones. I have an iPad and a phone. Whatsapp won't work on my iPad. Also, doesn't Whatsapp only support logging in on one device at a time? Skype is probably a better multi-platform example as you can login to it on multiple devices at the same time (including tablets and PCs)
Reject calls doesn't have as many features as Blocking Mode. Also, reject calls is blacklist based whereas Blocking Mode is whitelist based. I.e. with Blocking Mode you can set it to auto-reject calls from everyone but your nearest and dearest. I know about Tasker, but I'm pretty sure people are comparing features included by default. Samsung are, at least.
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Yeah I meant Icloud. Anyways Samsung could have used wireless charging, better multitasking, better notifications bar etc. but there is really no point because people don't really care about that stuff.
People do care about useless gimmicky features though so Samsung's list if every bit as good as those crappy ifan lists from a marketing perspective.
And the apps still count even if they are not preinstalled. Apple fans champion their ecosystem all the time which includes the app store. IOS does have a much better selection of games though.

[Q] Nexus 4 NFC payments outside US

Hello,
I am wandering if it is there any way how to use NFC payments/contactless payments/paypass or anything like that with my Nexus 4 outside US.
Thanks
mascot

mascot4m said:
Hello,
I am wandering if it is there any way how to use NFC payments/contactless payments/paypass or anything like that with my Nexus 4 outside US.
Thanks
mascot
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Sadly, not. At least not yet. MasterCard/Visa recently made support for mobile card emulation, but it will probably take a lot of time before your bank will realize and make support for it as well, if ever. Especially for us from small countries like SK/CZ. I would also love to pay by phone, but seems like it's very far away feature.

Mich3lin said:
Sadly, not. At least not yet. MasterCard/Visa recently made support for mobile card emulation, but it will probably take a lot of time before your bank will realize and make support for it as well, if ever. Especially for us from small countries like SK/CZ. I would also love to pay by phone, but seems like it's very far away feature.
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It is awful, because you can pay by other NFC phones here... I don't understand why Google made such restrictions to Nexus...

mascot4m said:
It is awful, because you can pay by other NFC phones here... I don't understand why Google made such restrictions to Nexus...
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Well, that's not really googles fault, as it's more of the bank fault by not supporting your phone. As you said, some phones can pay by NFC, but at least in CZ, that's in combination of bank and mobile carrier (so you have to have the correct bank and operator) and then these two guys decide which phone is going to be supported and which won't.