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Samsung speaks out

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XtaC318 said:
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They can "speak out" all they want, but until they deliver, I'm not buying anything they say. As someone in the comments wrote, "talk is cheap". I honestly don't think ANY carrier / manufacturer is this bad with an update.

nimaim said:
They can "speak out" all they want, but until they deliver, I'm not buying anything they say. As someone in the comments wrote, "talk is cheap". I honestly don't think ANY carrier / manufacturer is this bad with an update.
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This article is why I love Engadget and all of the posts. It can become quite entertaining at times and that thread is very heated. People are beyond pissed off and all Samsung can still say is "soon"? WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT SAMSUNG! They should change the phone name to "The Daikatana 4G."
Let's see if anyone is old enough to get that reference.

flash_c4 said:
They should change the phone name to "The Daikatana 4G."
Let's see if anyone is old enough to get that reference.
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Samsung's about to make you it's b!tch!

Daikatana was actually released, you should use DNF as a reference instead.
EDIT how I wish Google did all the software work, the manufacturer just did hardware (and sometimes drivers), and the carrier just provided the service. It'd be like a real computer, and it would work.

Yeah, until we see an official ROM release from Samsung, their statement is nothing more than damage control for bad publicity. Their Twitter "support" was being bombarded with messages last night; it drew much attention from other tech sites. Samsung's next step is to come up with with an official (vague) excuse for the delay and then hope it tides the community over...

It's been half a year, promises are pretty shallow at this point.
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So Samsung says "The Reports aren't true." Way to go with some serious insight. I bet their next response will be when someone calls them frauds they'll say "I know you are but what am I?"

"You're a phoney! Hey,this guys a great big phoney!" -HC
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My response to Samsung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOVXh4xM-Ww#t=2m (Substitute Samsung when he says the Fed)

murso74 said:
"You're a phoney! Hey,this guys a great big phoney!" -HC
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Folks keep in mind this was pretty much a direct response to the accusations that they're charging for upgrades. I'm not saying I believe the response or that they haven't been awful at providing an update or adequate communication.
What I'm saying is you clearly have to make accusations to get a response (true or not).

AndrewZorn said:
Daikatana was actually released, you should use DNF as a reference instead.
EDIT how I wish Google did all the software work, the manufacturer just did hardware (and sometimes drivers), and the carrier just provided the service. It'd be like a real computer, and it would work.
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I'd like source code with my driver modules please

AndrewZorn said:
Daikatana was actually released, you should use DNF as a reference instead.
EDIT how I wish Google did all the software work, the manufacturer just did hardware (and sometimes drivers), and the carrier just provided the service. It'd be like a real computer, and it would work.
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then windows might try and take over our phones!! noooooo

Screw samsung. As much as I love my Epic 4G's hardware, all their support and the community is much smaller. I probably will never buy Samsung again. I might even sell it and eat the ETF once the new androids/windows come out with dual cores.

lol they said soon......samsung should just stop selling phones.

http://twitter.com/#!/sprint/status/28185122356338688
http://twitter.com/#!/sprint/status/28185273577775104

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The problem is when Samsung and Sprint say ASAP it really just means "Another Sorry A$$ Promise."
I'm sorry everyone. I am the reason why we don't have Froyo yet. Let me explain. Every other smart phone I have ever had in the past 5 years on Sprint was an HTC phone. I went through 3 or 4 Moguls, 2 Touch Pros, and 3 Touch Pro 2s. I thought that since I had so any issues with HTC hardware I would try a different manufacturer so I got the Epic. Well.... It looks like the black cloud has followed me! Anyone want to pony up and buy me an iPhone? LOL I'd love to take this black cloud over there!

Well it is nice to hear Samsung open up and say something, but I sure am getting tired of getting the "details will come soon" BS from both Samsung and Sprint. We've been hearing "details will come soon" for more than 4 months. Perhaps we have different definitions of the word "soon."

DiGi760 said:
Well it is nice to hear Samsung open up and say something, but I sure am getting tired of getting the "details will come soon" BS from both Samsung and Sprint. We've been hearing "details will come soon" for more than 4 months. Perhaps we have different definitions of the word "soon."
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I think with another other carrier releasing the 2.2 update for a SGS phone, it will put pressure on other carriers to follow. No longer can they say it's someone else's fault.
But honestly, I bet we'll see noobnl release an operational version of Gingerbread before we see Sprint push 2.2 out.

Samsung/XDA part2

I haven't forgot about you guys. Today we had a meeting with XDA owners via telephone. Were just getting everything ready before we make a huge announcement. I told you guys I'm NOT going to let you guys down. Just be a little patient.
Thanks
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any good news

if you are truely part of samsung id have to say samsung dropped the ball on the vibrant 4g not having internal sd or the nexus s not having ext sd its like yall got confused there the biggest sale points for me was internal storage and nice screen but now i have switched over to htc i own a mytouch 4g and am very happy with it probably wont come back to samsung after having only samsung phones for along time

lordmalice said:
if you are truely part of samsung id have to say samsung dropped the ball on the vibrant 4g not having internal sd or the nexus s not having ext sd its like yall got confused there the biggest sale points for me was internal storage and nice screen but now i have switched over to htc i own a mytouch 4g and am very happy with it probably wont come back to samsung after having only samsung phones for along time
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ehat do u mean no internal on vibrant 4g...it has 16gb just like vibrant 3g... mytouch have have like 2-3gb internal after all the stuffs they havd on my touch 4g
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I agree with Lordmalice....
So John, what's this big news about??
And what XDA users had meetings with you? I know supercurio was contacting Samsung Korea (via Twit), and who else?
Also, why is it that your other thread you've started was closed down? Were you banned? Are you fake?

ndwgs said:
I agree with Lordmalice....
So John, what's this big news about??
And what XDA users had meetings with you? I know supercurio was contacting Samsung Korea (via Twit), and who else?
Also, why is it that your other thread you've started was closed down? Were you banned? Are you fake?
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well if you continued to read the other thread Krylon confirmed he was real in addition the other thread was getting out of hand and away from his point. Im fairly certain he started this thread to make sure his reply didnt get completely buried.
@ SamsungJohn im interested to see what samsung is going to do to keep my loyalty.

ndwgs said:
I agree with Lordmalice....
So John, what's this big news about??
And what XDA users had meetings with you? I know supercurio was contacting Samsung Korea (via Twit), and who else?
Also, why is it that your other thread you've started was closed down? Were you banned? Are you fake?
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Tweet samsung korea? Were they twitting in korean? I can translate it if they were twitting in korean lol..
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SamsungJohn said:
I haven't forgot about you guys. Today we had a meeting with XDA owners via telephone. Were just getting everything ready before we make a huge announcement. I told you guys I'm NOT going to let you guys down. Just be a little patient.
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We appreciate efforts to answer our complaints with Samsung, but adding teasers about a "Huge Announcement " after 6 months of corporate neglect....... does not instill a "Warm and Fuzzy"..........I am pretty sure you understand our unhappiness with the Treatment we have Received from Samsung... et al......
It's like a Joke...... even Boost mobile and Metro pay as you go phones get 2.2 updates long before we do...........
But we are open to the MAGNANIMOUS OFFERING that is about to be bestowed on us and wait patiently for its arrival

eunkipark92 said:
Tweet samsung korea? Were they twitting in korean? I can translate it if they were twitting in korean lol..
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Lololol, no I read supercurio's twit that he was in touch with the developers in korea...
All XDA Users Rock!!

shreddintyres said:
well if you continued to read the other thread Krylon confirmed he was real in addition the other thread was getting out of hand and away from his point. Im fairly certain he started this thread to make sure his reply didnt get completely buried.
@ SamsungJohn im interested to see what samsung is going to do to keep my loyalty.
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True, Krylon did say he is legit, but still I have my doubts. I'm all for good news, not broken promises, or neglect.
All XDA Users Rock!!

If Kry says he's legit, he's legit. I wanna throw my guess to the big announcement-I think that they will not only release source but will have Vanilla android builds for those not wanting to wait for Touchwiz customizations (w/bloat obviously).

Gingerbread?
Now THAT would be an announcement.
One can dream.

Cant wait for the announcement, dont wanna get my hopes up but I hope it has to do with our favorite 's' word.
Again its funny and embarassing to see xda members direct thier complaints at you like you're some magic man that will end the nights they cry themselves to sleep over Samsung's mobile strategy. We appologize for them.
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I am a bit skeptical about this announcement since user complaints seem to have fallen on deaf ears for a number of months. However, I hope this will really be something substantial that will sway myself and many other users towards purchasing samsung phones again instead of holding up #neveragain signs. If samsung would be willing to fix my GPS on my vibrant that would be amazing.

richiehd said:
If Kry says he's legit, he's legit. I wanna throw my guess to the big announcement-I think that they will not only release source but will have Vanilla android builds for those not wanting to wait for Touchwiz customizations (w/bloat obviously).
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The vanilla builds would be awesome. Here's to hoping.
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An announcement as to if and when T-Mobile gets a galaxy 2 is what I would like to know. The vibrant 4g is the phone the vibrant should have been out of the gate 6 months ago but I think that was probably tmobiles decision. We probably could have had the international version if tmobile had asked for it. My concern is that if they are getting the 4g version vibrant at the end of this month then its going to be a fairly long time if ever that we get the full featured galaxy 2.
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Thanks John for coming by here and trying to help.us out. Can't wait for the big announcement!!
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Watching and waiting for this "Announcement"...

I don't think we will get any hints on what it's about. Could we have a time frame on soon? a week? a month? etc

nomadrider123 said:
I don't think we will get any hints on what it's about. Could we have a time frame on soon? a week? a month? etc
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It's "coming... soon".

May 5th AT&T/Samsung Announcement

http://www.androidguys.com/2011/05/02/att-samsung-announcing-nexus-5th/
a couple of android sites are reporting that they've been invited a press event where they'll have a "special announcement" i'm hoping it's about the SGS2 but more likely it'll be either the Infuse or the AT&T Nexus S. but you know... hope springs eternal.

The best buy ad here has the infuse coming May 2011 but nothing about Galaxy S 2
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Oh god I hope this is it. Please be it. We already know about the Infuse...it wouldn't be a "special announcement". It has to be the SGS2!

apwhitelaw said:
We don't care about the Infuse...
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Fixed that for you

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Oh god I hope this is it. Please be it. We already know about the Infuse...it wouldn't be a "special announcement". It has to be the SGS2!
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that's what i'm hoping. press events are usually reserved for hotly anticipated flagship devices.
not counting the kyocera echo of course

OP, the majority of people in that old thread "In USA: Where to Pre-Order" think this is the Samsung Infuse and not the Samsung Attain yet, in my opinion the AT&T's version of SGS2, because of the first 3 letters. There is no way VZW, Sprint or TMOB are taking that name. Well TMOB could.
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Fixed that for you
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Thanks, appreciate it. (It's just so true)
boondoc said:
that's what i'm hoping. press events are usually reserved for hotly anticipated flagship devices.
not counting the kyocera echo of course
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This made me lol
kreoXDA said:
OP, the majority of people in that old thread "In USA: Where to Pre-Order" think this is the Samsung Infuse and not the Samsung Attain yet, in my opinion the AT&T's version of SGS2, because of the first 3 letters. There is no way VZW, Sprint or TMOB are taking that name. Well TMOB could.
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So is that it? They're gonna call it the Attain here in the US? And those other names that popped up with it, you think those will be for the other carriers? Do you think they will be any different from one another? But yea I see what you mean, how the first three letters of Attain are ATT.
Lol, anyways, people were also saying it's probably Nexus S for AT&T, but no, who gives a **** about that, we don't care about that one either. Get out, this is SGS2 and we are finally going to get it!

aaaagh that's the one thread i didn't check to see if it had already been posted.
how about this... http://www.adobe.com/special/futureofdigital/?sdid=IJQLW (scroll)
nowhere near proof but hey...

boondoc said:
aaaagh that's the one thread i didn't check to see if it had already been posted.
how about this... http://www.adobe.com/special/futureofdigital/?sdid=IJQLW (scroll)
nowhere near proof but hey...
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I guess you're pointing out the fact that the laptop has a picture of the T-Mobile website with the SGS2 on it?

yep. i know it's a mock up... but what would be the point of teasing it like that. maybe it's like a little easter egg. adobe is good for sprinkling them in their products.

boondoc said:
yep. i know it's a mock up... but what would be the point of teasing it like that. maybe it's like a little easter egg. adobe is good for sprinkling them in their products.
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I just hope that doesn't mean T-Mobile is gonna get it before us AT&T users. Although, I don't care as much if it means were getting closer to getting it.
But no, they won't get it first, because they're announcing it for us on May 5th!

THATS THE SPIRIT!!!
but honestly, i've been off contract for so long i'm willing to go to whoever gets it first

boondoc said:
aaaagh that's the one thread i didn't check to see if it had already been posted.
how about this... http://www.adobe.com/special/futureofdigital/?sdid=IJQLW (scroll)
nowhere near proof but hey...
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It's been mentioned in another thread that ad is for T-Mobile UK.
I want the S2 as much as anyone else, but this may not be the clue you want.

samnada said:
It's been mentioned in another thread that ad is for T-Mobile UK.
I want the S2 as much as anyone else, but this may not be the clue you want.
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Would make sense....T-Mobile's page never looked like that

That other thread also pointed out that next to it is a MT4G, which someone claimed TMO UK doesn't have.
My wife will kill me when TMOUS gets the sgs2, because I cannot avoid getting it. It's a compulsion.

I say...
they announce the Infuse release date and throw up some other flagship in there as well.

I hope it's the Samsung Infuse with Dual Core.
But seriously, it's probably just the Infuse we saw back in CES that they're going to announce.

we3monks said:
they announce the Infuse release date and throw up some other flagship in there as well.
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could be the new galaxy tabs also

Amazon review says US unlocked phones won't be getting ICS.

I have no idea about the validity of this. I ordered the very phone that this review is for. Any thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2TREU...eless&cdThread=Tx1ZKNEJXC5OB01#wasThisHelpful

As long as it is indeed a n7000 u can get the official rom updates here and the awsome roms from the devs. I am using a german note with hk rom and getting hk rom updates via kies . No problem at all.
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That review is not correct.
I just received that exact phone last week, from Amazon. Each Galaxy Note has a region code to indicate where it came from (Mine was from the UAE). This code can be changed to any region you want. This will allow for a stock upgrade to ICS, when it comes out.
Also, just like the previous poster said, you can root and put any rom you want on your Note.
I am running the stock ICS beta, from January. For me, it is awesome. I am running at 213 DPI which gives me the tablet mode look.

tanman21 said:
I am running the stock ICS beta, from January. For me, it is awesome. I am running at 213 DPI which gives me the tablet mode look.
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I'm sorry, did you say a stock ICS beta from January? For Note? From Samsung? Or did you mean the trial build of CM9?

Sorry, I meant the cm9 beta.

"Amazon review says" I wouldve stop taking it serious there. Dont believe everything you read on the internet.

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Dont believe everything you read on the internet.
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I live by that advice, which is why I take what you say with a grain of salt as well.

jklitten said:
I live by that advice, which is why I take what you say with a grain of salt as well.
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Rofl
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I live by that advice, which is why I take what you say with a grain of salt as well.
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So you believe misinformation from an Amazon review, but don't believe the people in the forum where you posted asking if it were true? Makes sense.

Most devs go to the Amazon review page so everyone knows the truth about phone updates
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jklitten said:
I have no idea about the validity of this. I ordered the very phone that this review is for. Any thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2TREU...eless&cdThread=Tx1ZKNEJXC5OB01#wasThisHelpful
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So you don't believe everything you read on the internet but you have a question about someone who "came to the conclusion " that Samsung won't update the Note? Are you serious?
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dwboston said:
So you believe misinformation from an Amazon review, but don't believe the people in the forum where you posted asking if it were true? Makes sense.
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So you don't believe everything you read on the internet but you have a question about someone who "came to the conclusion " that Samsung won't update the Note? Are you serious?
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I never believed the Amazon review, but I never discredited it either. I asked you smart people here at xda what you thought so I could make an educated decision of my own. I trust you guys more than an Amazon review, but trust my final conclusion more than either.

jklitten said:
I never believed the Amazon review, but I never discredited it either. I asked you smart people here at xda what you thought so I could make an educated decision of my own. I trust you guys more than an Amazon review, but trust my final conclusion more than either.
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So you neither discredit nor credit what is posted on xda and Amazon reviews nor do you place credibility on the opinions or facts of those places above what you personally believe which is based off the things you read which may or may not have any significant validity as to its claims, which is still eclipsed by the fact that you take everything with "a grain of salt" that is on the internet, which is the place you have come to with a question seeking an answer.
I think you should meet with an authority figure who you can't discredit, in person (to eliminate the internet factor), so you can get the facts.
I know the perfect person, he can be found in a mirror.
P.S. stay free

It'll get updated to ICS. Don't worry. But it will be layered with TouchWiz. In this year, Samsung will not be stupid enough to cut the cord on a 3 month old device. That would be pure suicide. The PR nightmare.

Basically true. My conclusions is derived from all the information I've gathered with consideration of credibility of the various sources.
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Reviews and hands on not out so far. Why?

Anyone here has any info on why there are not many reviews or hands on by any of the tech sites? We had more leaks and even reviews before the handset was released but even after 4 days of official announcement, there has not been much coverage about the device. Most of the tech sites only talk about the specs. That looks a little odd. Maybe there is some restriction on publishing reviews of the device till 13th?

Most likely the sites got their phones after the reveal on noonday, Androidcentral has got their unit and they were the ones who broke news about the GLONASS feature . Thus they need a couple of days to try it, probably under NDA until Google says so. They will probably time it with the delivery on the 13th or 17th or whenever it is supposed to launch they want to spread the hype over time to create mindshare and pick up some space in the news-cycle.

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Anyone here has any info on why there are not many reviews or hands on by any of the tech sites? We had more leaks and even reviews before the handset was released but even after 4 days of official announcement, there has not been much coverage about the device. Most of the tech sites only talk about the specs. That looks a little odd. Maybe there is some restriction on publishing reviews of the device till 13th?
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I read on a review site (forget where) that Google put a restriction that no official reviews can be published until this Friday... I think they want everyone to try the device for a longer period of time, which is better for us in the long run...
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Because you're impatient
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yeah , i also dont really understand that.
how come no one leaks some benchmarks for us to enjoy

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Because you're impatient
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And so ends the thread.

Little tease:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...e-bar-for-design-materials-and-build-quality/

Arg it looks so good. WANT.

BTslo said:
Little tease:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...e-bar-for-design-materials-and-build-quality/
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i can not wait for AP to review this. they have been doing such a stellar job lately.

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Because you're impatient
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For such a great product, things are very quiet. I just wanted to know if anyone knows any reason for it. I'm not complaining.

vpraveenis said:
For such a great product, things are very quiet. I just wanted to know if anyone knows any reason for it. I'm not complaining.
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The reason is there was a huge hurricane on the east coast that caused Google to cancelled the press event in New York.

vpraveenis said:
For such a great product, things are very quiet. I just wanted to know if anyone knows any reason for it. I'm not complaining.
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I think Google put an NDA on reviews till Friday, or at least one week, allow reviewers some quality time, get a good feel for the phone after a full week. Not just 24 hours.
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neotekz said:
The reason is there was a huge hurricane on the east coast that caused Google to cancelled the press event in New York.
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This is exactly why. If you read the Android Police teaser review, you'll notice he says he had to run somewhere in New York to pick up the review phone Google had. These are the phones they'd have handed out if the press event had happened as planned, but with Hurricane Sandy cancelling the event, things have been thrown a little off-track. I'm ok with that, too, because the reviewers will have more time with the phone and can give us a more in-depth review.
Patience...