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Buzz!

So what do you guys think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-kcVDNi6eg&feature=player_embedded
I tried it, its a bit temperamental here in the uk.
Google have basically reinvented twitter, but in this case it is potentially useful!
I dont have the layer for maps, of the icon on the browser - maybe cuz im uk??

Pretty cool to see whats happening "nearby".
They say
We're still rolling out Buzz to everyone, so if you don't see it in your Gmail account yet, check back soon.
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I'm also still waiting for it to show up on my google sites.

Update your Google Maps to 4.0.0 and you'll have Buzz!
I tried it and it's really cool, I think I'm only using it with latitude tho.. prefer twitter.
The mobile page is still a bit slow but looks good.
Didn't try the "nearby" yet, is it available in Maps too? can't find it right now

I went to my Gmail page on my laptop, and didn't have a Buzz label. I haven't tried updating Maps on my phone yet, but I will now and play with it...

xPatriicK said:
Update your Google Maps to 4.0.0 and you'll have Buzz!
I tried it and it's really cool, I think I'm only using it with latitude tho.. prefer twitter.
The mobile page is still a bit slow but looks good.
Didn't try the "nearby" yet, is it available in Maps too? can't find it right now
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My mobile page is quite speedy - when it works! got the updated maps - it fits in nicely u know. but its weird knowing some guy on the next street is buzzing!! lol

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Twitter is DEAD
Pretty cool
(Note the above person is not me.)

Made some posts, neat I guess. Don't really see the point unless you're always in Gmail or Maps.

First Post!
Woo Hoo! First one to Buzz within about 100 mile radius! (yes I live in the sticks) Almost like a first post on slashdot or something...

I'll check the nearby stuff tomorrow xD I don't think I have many people around who using buzz

Paul22000 said:
Twitter is DEAD
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I don't think so. Google seem to have underestimated, once more, the amount of traffic that's generated. Buzz seems to be broken in the UK atm.
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ScaredyCat said:
I don't think so. Google seem to have underestimated, once more, the amount of traffic that's generated. Buzz seems to be broken in the UK atm.
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Working for me I'm only having problems with loading maps for some reason... LOL I get the buzz but can't see the map

ScaredyCat said:
I don't think so. Google seem to have underestimated, once more, the amount of traffic that's generated. Buzz seems to be broken in the UK atm.
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Not only that, but Buzz doesn't really fill the same niche that Twitter does. Twitter has Geolocation, but doesn't really focus on it. Twitter is more about mini-conversations, and sharing byte-sized information.
This is kind of like Britekite or something.

stewart1988 said:
Working for me I'm only having problems with loading maps for some reason... LOL I get the buzz but can't see the map
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I try to post a buzz and just get the swirly with a grey 'posting' but it's been doing that for 20 minutes...
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EDIT: and now it's working!

Was amazing to know that the guy next door was buzzing as well.

So what happens in a week or two when the whole map is "buzzed" ?

kolyan said:
So what happens in a week or two when the whole map is "buzzed" ?
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Exactly what I want to know. Do they expire after 24hrs? Can filter beyond private and public?

altarity said:
Exactly what I want to know. Do they expire after 24hrs? Can filter beyond private and public?
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They must expire (i suppose), otherwise "Buzz" will be useless pretty soon.
maybe 24 hours is too soon though.....

kolyan said:
They must expire (i suppose), otherwise "Buzz" will be useless pretty soon.
maybe 24 hours is too soon though.....
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yes, the Nearby list is sorted via proximity, and on the map, they expire after 24hrs.
anyone having the issue with "posting" the first time you try to post via the mobile site - you may need to turn ON your pop-up windows. There is a pop-up that asks for permission to show your location.
I ended up downloading Dolphin, and it worked there (after the pop-up)... after that the stock Android browser worked correctly.

Official: Just got my Samsung Galaxy S Thread

This thread is basically for those who got their Galaxy S to show off their photos and whatnots they have with it.
My own is in the mail at the moment, will add photos and such when i get it.

Bring it on, Guys. Let the party srart.

My Home Screen
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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Use the front-facing camera much?
So I'm in the USA, and I see a Galaxy S-like device called the captivate coming to AT&T...
I see the AT&T version has no flash and no front-facing camera. Does anyone use the front-facing camera much? If so, what for? Self pics/mirror or actual video conversations?
Any other differences between the Galaxy S (as on Samsung's web-site) and the Captivate?
Thanks,
Manos

Depends on your situation whether you'll be using the front-facing camera for video chats or whatnot. I personally wouldn't use the front camera for much since not many people I know have front facing cameras, too and I don't really care for it.
The only difference we can see so far is a different phone design, missing front camera, and apparently the AT&T version gets a gyroscope/six-axis motion sensor aimed at gaming. The AT&T version is also a 16gb base handset but you can add a microSD card for a maximum of 32gb.
Overall, I'm looking forward to the AT&T version although I'm bummed they scrapped the front-facing camera because of principle (Competition is too close for iPhone).

What power widget is that in the center?

ooh..no led notifications??
i was expecting the little strip above the word samsung to have leds??

Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
Now seriously: Since AMOLEDs only consume energy when used, it would be great if the screen (in standby) could show some small visual notification. Are you listening Samsung?
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thanks i wish just one of those LEDs would tell me if i had an email or missed call

VJKotts said:
What power widget is that in the center?
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battery life , in the market for free

g00ndu said:
This is my humble home screen for my galaxy S.
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whats the power control widget - toggle between settings?

How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!

Nice to finally see some real screenshots from end users! Keep em coming!

Adriaaaaan said:
How do you take screenshots again?
p.s. phone kicks ass, so easy to swype and it also seems to come with asphalt 5 for free!
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It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)

nCoder said:
Actually the phone has 384000 tiny LEDs. Do you want more?
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Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.

PlanetJumble said:
Actually, yes I do and yes it has! 768000 subpixels.
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I want 1152000 subpixels

SGSI said:
It's in the user guide. See the thread: h++p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702656&page=2 (Post#12)
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Have you tried it? It doesn't work.
Only works on the Samsung Wave afaik.

Got mine this morning ...

How did you take that screen shot?
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A question, does, your galaxys light up the buttons when pressed ? I Saw a video where lights up but mine (got it 20 days ago) never do that. Tried every settings but a no go every time...
Thanks in advance.

Just one more reason to love it ;]

You know how sometimes when ur bored u simply open a browser and start searching for more reasons to fall in love with ur new gadget?
Let's see if that helps
-> http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s624273
No idea why this wasn't. . well more advertised but indeed I get the fastest (and most stable) GPS fixes i ever had.
Just sharing the joy. .

bahkata said:
You know how sometimes when ur bored u simply open a browser and start searching for more reasons to fall in love with ur new gadget?
Let's see if that helps
-> http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s624273
No idea why this wasn't. . well more advertised but indeed I get the fastest (and most stable) GPS fixes i ever had.
Just sharing the joy. .
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GLONASS support and fast GPS fix is well know...
Since it works so well, no one cares to complain ( like in SGS ) and less know.
You r right. GPS fix is fastest that i have ever seen. Way better than my garmin devices. Even on a cloudy day

GPS lock is insanely fast on this device. Samsung did a great job on this Peabody.

Barometer.

barometer can only make a difference in the altitude readings ( how high you are ) Broadcom states that the Note can use data from twice as many satellites than, let's say, GS2. And as winnie the pooh said: The more - the mucher

I can't wait to finally have good GPS again. My Captivate actually isn't too bad - for a Captivate. Having come from a Garmin iQue 3600, however, I have been very frustrated with it.
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GPS lock is insanely fast on this device. Samsung did a great job on this Peabody.
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Peabody - I can't believe you said that. I wonder how many will get the reference?
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bahkata said:
barometer can only make a difference in the altitude readings ( how high you are ) Broadcom states that the Note can use data from twice as many satellites than, let's say, GS2. And as winnie the pooh said: The more - the mucher
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Altitude has always been an issue with GPS. Garmin came out with an aviation 3600 that sold well, but the standard GPS measuring tools are better on the horizontal plane, rather than the vertical, it will be interesting to see how this has advanced.

bahkata said:
You know how sometimes when ur bored u simply open a browser and start searching for more reasons to fall in love with ur new gadget?
Let's see if that helps
-> http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s624273
No idea why this wasn't. . well more advertised but indeed I get the fastest (and most stable) GPS fixes i ever had.
Just sharing the joy. .
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BCM47511 chipset? I was hoping the Note would have the SirfstarIV chipset...
But seems to be everybody is happy with the Note's Gps performance anyway so....it's all good..
Gonna get my Note in January....it's about time to make new gps videos...
The ones on my sign is from my sgs's eclair times

I can confirm the incredible quick fix of the Note'GPS: the best one I ever had .
Even the sensitivity is great. I just tried now to fix with the phone inside the apartment. It took 8 seconds for a cold fix while other phones or gps system were not even able to get a fix (including my previous GS II) .
In the car it takes +/- 5 seconds for a cold fix. In the past I could start driving for sometime while waiting for the gps fix in other phones or GPS system.
I'm fully satisfied with the note gps.

Mind blowing GPS lock speed

As the title says, Note has mind blowing GPS lock speed. I came from host of devices from Nokia, Acer, HTC and one dedicated GPS and Note beats them all. 2 seconds outside, 7 seconds inside the room (with windows).
Sent from GNote.

willstay said:
As the title says, Note has mind blowing GPS lock speed. I came from host of devices from Nokia, Acer, HTC and one dedicated GPS and Note beats them all. 2 seconds outside, 7 seconds inside the room (with windows).
Sent from GNote.
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i guess the whole barometer + GLONASS really works

I totally agree best gps I've ever had. Haven't tracked a long trip yet but I'm keen to try it it over the Christmas break!
Finally a capable phone GPS!! Yeeeeah!
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Goonish said:
I totally agree best gps I've ever had. Haven't tracked a long trip yet but I'm keen to try it it over the Christmas break!
Finally a capable phone GPS!! Yeeeeah!
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Same here. All of my HTC phones had excellent GPS while my Samsung Galaxy S2 - Epic Touch was so bad that it was unusable. The Note however is on a different level. Super fast locking and dead on accurate. Used Google navigation today to find a church. Was pretty impressive.

yes, same here: the note has a comparably superb GPS capability
linzgeneral said:
Used Google navigation today to find a church.
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i hope not for prayers though...

Gloruss
GLONASS it's a pro GPS chipset...
just EXAMPLE:
If regular phone (with out Glonass) finds 8-9 satellites, of them are working only 3-4.
The phone with GLONASS finds 19 satellites and 17-18 working from them.
any questions people?

Yes, Broadcom+GLONASS is the business:
Broadcom Powers Global Positioning in New Samsung GALAXY Note

avetny said:
GLONASS it's a pro GPS chipset...
just EXAMPLE:
If regular phone (with out Glonass) finds 8-9 satellites, of them are working only 3-4.
The phone with GLONASS finds 19 satellites and 17-18 working from them.
any questions people?
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I did a test with a colleague. We put my Note and his non-GLONASS phone side by side and used "GPS Status". His phone got a fix faster than my Note and both phones saw the same amount of satellites. I wanted to check if my Note finds Glonass but I can't really tell. His phone was T-mobile MyTouch. I was disappointed

tarsierspectra said:
I did a test with a colleague. We put my Note and his non-GLONASS phone side by side and used "GPS Status". His phone got a fix faster than my Note and both phones saw the same amount of satellites. I wanted to check if my Note finds Glonass but I can't really tell. His phone was T-mobile MyTouch. I was disappointed
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I think that Note will use GLONASS only if GPS will not available.
Just like QUALCOMM chipsets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9pXInwh3k

Karlson2k said:
I think that Note will use GLONASS only if GPS will not available.
Just like QUALCOMM chipsets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9pXInwh3k
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Where can I test that out? Where is GPS not available?

tarsierspectra said:
Where can I test that out? Where is GPS not available?
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I would really like to know the answer to this question too. Since GPS is global, I really need to educate myself about GLONASS before I test this stuff out.
However, as long as the GPS is working better then on the S II I'm happy.

Try GPS Test. Satellites with numbers over 60 = GLONASS.
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ITPiraten said:
I would really like to know the answer to this question too. Since GPS is global, I really need to educate myself about GLONASS before I test this stuff out.
However, as long as the GPS is working better then on the S II I'm happy.
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GLONASS is global too. At this moment 24 satellites working. Planned to make the active 30 satellites.

NV30 said:
Try GPS Test. Satellites with numbers over 60 = GLONASS.
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GLONASS is global too. At this moment 24 satellites working. Planned to make the active 30 satellites.
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I've "educated" myself about the GLONASS system now. While doing so I read about the Galileo system for EU. That seems to be something promising.
I think it's cool that Galileo provide both way communication with satellites. How cool apps could spawn from this... =)

ITPiraten said:
I've "educated" myself about the GLONASS system now. While doing so I read about the Galileo system for EU. That seems to be something promising.
I think it's cool that Galileo provide both way communication with satellites. How cool apps could spawn from this... =)
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Not soon, and the prospects are unclear. Not for Galaxy Note.

Yeah, I love the GPS on the Note, with mine old HTC Desire and I cant even get a lock at home. Over 1Hour waiting and not a freaking lock, even locked and then lose it all the time.
With the Note, get lock within 20 sec at home and I just luvvvvvvv it.

my note 16 sattelites indoor, cousing S2 4 indoor

I tested mid-air in flight and it had GPS
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fix there too

XXLPB General Help + First Impressons

BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP, PLEASE USE SEARCH
First see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1463665 (LP6 first impressions thanks to ithehappy)
And also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477672 (LPB first impressions thanks to ithehappy)
And also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420996 (General info thanks to Faryaab)
Just installed through Mobile Odin:
Good:
NO FCs YET!
Wifi data indicators back!
Network mode setting back!
3D effect in launcher!
FM Working again!
XILA2 overscroll glow, more subtle.
Deep sleep works. It always has! Stop asking!
GPS works in maps app and GPS test apps!
Extremely fast GPS lock, even indoors! Extremely unreal of Samsung devices
Quite stable.
Private browsing.
Market works perfectly.
Faceunlock works. *sigh*
USB mode works!
USB host working apparently!
Vibration works well.
Data stats shows individual apps!
Data indicator working!
Helvetica S replaced by Helvetica Neue (used on retina display iPhones).
Bad:
Google widgets still can't be resized.
You have to manually set APN sometimes.
Market FCs when you try to use voice search.
MHL not working.
Ugly:
New samsung animations, similar to GB.
Google Apps logos in notifications bar look distorted and ugly.
Task switching looks weird. See below in screenshots.
Mirrors for those asking:
http://samsung-updates.com/download/?id=270 ~thanks Grooby
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USB host working?

Nope, still have to use MTP

What do you mean by "New samsung animations, similar to GB."??

App opening animations. You know, like the ones ported from ICS to GB

In previous alpha builds the gallery would freeze up on me viewing pics and videos. Do you see any lagging or have any weird force closes yet?
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What's horizontal swiping like?
The LPB kernel on CM9 works great, with the exception of a much longer swipe being required to go from screen to screen.
Edit: should add the GPS module works as it should on LPB as well.

Thanks a lot for saving my work. Please update it with more points, it will help us all.

No, gallery very smooth. And I have lots of pics.

Does phone enter deep sleep?
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Lol, Ill keep it updated but ill have to sleep in few hours as Im in UK.

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Does phone enter deep sleep?
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Yes, it always has.

Deep sleep ok?
GPS working?

Is this better/more stable then CM9?

xethor said:
Lol, Ill keep it updated but ill have to sleep in few hours as Im in UK.
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Nice.
I might do it as well then.
It's 01:40 here however

Nah, i don't think you need to. I'll be up for a while.

samsung hitting back at the TW critics with the new transition effect, god it looks gorgeous! Not using treb launcher on this build

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samsung hitting back at the TW critics with the new transition effect, god it looks gorgeous! Not using treb launcher on this build
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I don't think I'm using trebuchet on this either

USB host ? Do you mean the connect the phone in USB mode ?
Works fine here.

xethor said:
I don't think I'm using touchwiz on this either
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Is it possible to set vibration & sound ?
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