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Anyone following the Sony liveblog from Engadget? I really recommend you guys check it out, as there are some things being announced which are going to impact Android in amazing ways.
http://www.engadget.com/liveblog/live-from-sonys-tokyo-event/
Update: Basically, Sony just dropped a bombshell that brought an amazing amount of games to Android, obviously to compete against both Windows Phone 7 having Xbox integration and against Apple's formidable App Store. How, UNLIKE Sony to be thinking ahead.
Direct link to a still developing article on the Playstation Suite:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/sony-announces-playstation-suite/

I'm really diggin' the "PlayStation Certified" and "Hardware Neutral"

bighuta said:
I'm really diggin' the "PlayStation Certified" and "Hardware Neutral"
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Yea, me too.
Soooooooooo developers, I know its not even out yet, but PORT IT PORT IT PORT IT.

Looks pretty un-real to me... alot of options there. I wonder which carrier the PSPhone will come to first?
Future looks bright baby!

phdeez said:
Looks pretty un-real to me... alot of options there. I wonder which carrier the PSPhone will come to first?
Future looks bright baby!
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What I am really wondering is if any current generation devices are going to get this. On one hand they say its hardware nuetral, but they also said that they are going to:
perform content quality testing on devices to ensure the quality of playback.
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Idk. Hope we get more details soon.

What if this was the new Sprint device being announced on the 7th? I'm crossing my fingers!
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rygran87 said:
What if this was the new Sprint device being announced on the 7th? I'm crossing my fingers!
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U might be right!
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If I am right, I'm buying one the minute my local sprint store opens on launch day.
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QUAD CORE PSP2 FTW! holy crapola

muyoso said:
What I am really wondering is if any current generation devices are going to get this. On one hand they say its hardware nuetral, but they also said that they are going to:
Idk. Hope we get more details soon.
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Well, IIRC our phone is more powerful than the Xperia Play, so we should have nothing to fear, right?

gophergun said:
Well, IIRC our phone is more powerful than the Xperia Play, so we should have nothing to fear, right?
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We need GB! But other than that... I don't see why we wouldn't get it, pending an upgrade to 2.3.
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rygran87 said:
We need GB! But other than that... I don't see why we wouldn't get it, pending an upgrade to 2.3.
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I'm sure we will get it, 2 years from now when the 2.3 update comes out... :/

This has the potential to be enormous for Android, and for handheld gaming in general. The only concerns I have are:
1) The number of handsets that will have access, and if Cyanogenmod will count among them.
2) Piracy. As rampant as it was on the PSP and NDS (and yes, it was rampant), there is no doubt pressure within SCEA to take more advanced measures in combatting it. Android isn't the most securable platform at the moment (see: Netflix), and though I too am weak to 'unlimited' trial periods on games (hah), for this to really drive Android, it NEEDS to be profitable.
Hopefully the cost of games will be more in line with existing digital downloads than with past off-the-shelf prices.

I think it's great the Sony is supporting Android to such a degree. But, the PSX emulator is already out in the market. It's been out for quite some time now. Some of the roms don't work though. Hopefully, with official Sony support, all of the roms will work.

I would buy an official psx emu straigh from sony than anyone made by a third party (I don't mean offense, I have the emulator and enjoy), even though I paid for one already. I'd even buy the games straight from the sony store if they're priced good enough
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I think it's great the Sony is supporting Android to such a degree. But, the PSX emulator is already out in the market. It's been out for quite some time now. Some of the roms don't work though. Hopefully, with official Sony support, all of the roms will work.
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PSx emulator is not hardware accelerated. You can be sure than an official emulator will be.

Very cool. Hopefully sony also has a controller peripheral in the works as well. Maybe some PS3 integration as too.
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+1 to that ..... I'm sure there'll be an unofficial GB 2.3 soon, so we should be able to have if we really want it
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Pre 3 seems like a winner

WebOS simply bests android and ios in usability. Hopefully the crap that was wrong with the OS was hopefully solved. The way multitasking is handled is best among the mobile OS' that alone sets it above the others. Androids great and has a huge following. Same for IOS just too constricted. I dont need yall to agree either.
Anyway its my kind of OS.

I don't think I can agree with that. The new webos may be able to compete when its launched.. truthfully I've got my hopes a little raised but meh.
Let's just hope its not another disaster.
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I don't know how we can continue our lives without you here Churro7...

Bye bye
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I love webos over android but If they don't have atleast a 4 inch screen and on screen keyboard I can't go back. I had a pre before my epic but the screen on the epic is a beast. Give me atleast a 4 inch screen and ill be there in heart beat.
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jarnail24 said:
I love webos over android but If they don't have atleast a 4 inch screen and on screen keyboard I can't go back. I had a pre before my epic but the screen on the epic is a beast. Give me atleast a 4 inch screen and ill be there in heart beat.
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They do have a virtual keyboard implemented in the old webos it just wasn't active. I had a pre with a virtual keyboard 'patch'
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jarnail24 said:
I love webos over android but If they don't have atleast a 4 inch screen and on screen keyboard I can't go back. I had a pre before my epic but the screen on the epic is a beast. Give me atleast a 4 inch screen and ill be there in heart beat.
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Youre speaking for alot of people.I dont see what is keeping Hp from making something like Vibrant with WebOS on it.
I will keep my beloved Epic until Galaxy 2 comes out for my Amoled fix,but will by HP's WebOS tablet so I will have best of both until HP fires everybody and start giving people full touchscreen phones that they want.

Good for you. It looks like a pos. Why bother posting this sh..t here this an epic 4g forum for people that will keep their phones not people getting a different phone. A waste of a thread for useless crap and non informational to anyone that owns an epic.
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Why do we care?????? Have fun. Sounds lime he's making a good bye thread.
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Unfortunately?
Why are there so many damn "announcements" for people coming and leaving on these forums? You aren't noobnl, no one cares. I hope stupid crap like this could be grounds for warning across XDA... something that would follow you over to the new forums. Maybe change the user title to "Drama Queen".

musclehead84 said:
Why do we care?????? Have fun. Sounds lime he's making a good bye thread.
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and considering the release is supposed to be sometime in the summer it might be a reeeeeeeaaaaaaallllllly long goodbye

Complaints should be sent here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2433609

Nana-na-na hey-hey-hey GOODBYE
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lol not the intention of my post but ok
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XtaC318 said:
They do have a virtual keyboard implemented in the old webos it just wasn't active. I had a pre with a virtual keyboard 'patch'
I had that patch but it was buggy and the double click on the gesture area to bring it up was slow and didn't work at all sometimes.
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135,000 apps vs. 5,000 enough said.
Yeah... no thanks..

While I am not particularly interested in WebOs at this point I will say this...tablet is ok..Pre3 is nothing impressive..
I mean they are going with the same cpu as the mytouch 4g over-clocked to 1.4ghz and wait till summer to release it? thats not really going to stand out much against all the dual core phones...
If they released it now it would have been pretty good..by summer its a yawn...

Jimmyjoe said:
135,000 apps vs. 5,000 enough said.
Yeah... no thanks..
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how many of those 135000 apps are actually good?

churro7 said:
how many of those 135000 apps are actually good?
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lol.. well.. only more than 3% of the android apps have to be "good" in order to beat palms 100% of 5,000+.
but thats not the point. no one cares about # of apps (except poor W7 Phones).
seriously, no body switched phones for # of "apps". cough apple, cough, if 3% of Apple's App Store (+400,000) was useful, there would be over 12,000 useful iphone apps, and no one wants 12,000 apps on their phones.
but, i actually think the Pre will do good because Android is a POS getting their act together (we have to wait until 2.3 or 3.0+ for native Android video chat? are you sh*ting me?, wake up Mountain View, CA, you might be late, but you still missed the boat.). We have 4G (WiMax/LTE/etc), we want video chat on our phones, full web browsing, corporate email/calendars, and other standard features, and we want it to work, period.
The HP Pre 3 will hit a sweet spot of phone features vs. carrier support vs. developers. It probably will not be popular (overall), but, if you needed it, I'm sure it will work.
after that, its anyones game... blackberry, android, webos, ios, w7.. (+/- 3 years from now.)

Jimmyjoe said:
135,000 apps vs. 5,000 enough said.
Yeah... no thanks..
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McDonalds sells billions of burgers every year worldwide. Does that make them the best hamburgers in the world? Hardly.
Not to mention, how many of those apps are not actually apps? For example search for adw launcher, you get 100 themes or more... they're not functional apps.
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Netflix ripped but...

Doesn't stream on the Xoom...yet.
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The app is out there now its only a matter of time....
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Doesn't stream on the Xoom...yet.
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can't wait

There is a way to watch NetFlix on your androids. I'm using PlayOn and watching all my media sources on my Galaxy Tab. I did upgrade to Flash 10.2, don't know if it works on 10.1 Here's a link to the Flash update
PlayOn is available in the market for free 2 week trial, then 5 bucks a month. I'm watching my NetFlix on Evo4G as well.
Pro's: It works
Con's:
1. Buffers occasionally, but I have a slow connection. I would expect it to run without buffering timeouts on cable. Will test at a friends house this week and report back.
2. Have to download the server to a PC and thus the PC has to be running for it to work. Not convenient right now as I downloaded it to my laptop, but I plan to serve it from my home entertainment PC which can remain on round the clock.
3. Costs $5......I like free, LOL

It doesn't work on any phone yet, and there's a good chance it never will. It likely needs a hardware DRM verification before it will stream. Unless someone can hack that restriction out of it, which I assume would be quite difficult, then it will never work until they release an official version.

F play on. **** is annoying. id rather wait for the organic version. awww yayuhh

Just buy an ipad its cheaper and doesn't need to be ripped, torn, or anything else to play netflix.

It also has poor cameras, less RAM, less customization, will never allow Flash, and so on. Hardly a good trade off when a Netflix app will be out soon.
Dave
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sgtcasey said:
It also has poor cameras, less RAM, less customization, will never allow Flash, and so on. Hardly a good trade off when a Netflix app will be out soon.
Dave
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Its not a camera, has faster processor, flash sucks on phones and tablets, better gpu, netflix, hulu, movie rentals, real quality apps, best battery life, better form factor, and its complete. No need to mail in or update for sd card support.

falconeight said:
Its not a camera, has faster processor, flash sucks on phones and tablets, better gpu, netflix, hulu, movie rentals, real quality apps, best battery life, better form factor, and its complete. No need to mail in or update for sd card support.
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Yeah, I agree that there is no need to mail or update since it can't use LTE nor an SD card. Faster processor is just down right not true since they come stock at roughly the same speed and performance benchmarks, but the xoom can be overclocked to be 50% faster. Flash rocks on my phone and tablet so I don't know what your experience was. Android apps are cheaper and can do more. As for gpu, it will likely change with a software update but if not I prefer consoles or a PC for true 3D games.
Why is a crapple fanboy hanging around the xda xoom forums threadcrapping anyhow?
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Wow the majority of your posts here are all super-pro ipad with nothing good to say about the xoom. You had a xoom and you returned it. If you don't like it that's fine, but why stick around here? Trying to convince yourself you made a good decision? Give it a rest...
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Yep. Apple is not as good as they think they are.
Dave
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all I can say, is that apple did its great innovation, that was the original iphone.
whats new now, Faster does not mean inovation, a huge iphone is NOT inovation. and lets face it. the the 1g iphone and the 4g iphone is pretty much the same. yes, faster, a few new features, but not really anything new.

I watched netflix on my ipad 2 last night
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What are you doing in the android section any way.... I had all iPhones and I pad........... tired of their BS... android is so much more fun
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alex2792 said:
I watched netflix on my ipad 2 last night
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and I watched it on my evo

dadoc04 said:
and I watched it on my evo
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And i watched it on my 67 inch tv

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And i watched it on my 67 inch tv
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HAAHHAHAH!!! #winning
although you couldnt walk around or leave the house with it like I did...

Sirchuk said:
Yeah, I agree that there is no need to mail or update since it can't use LTE nor an SD card. Faster processor is just down right not true since they come stock at roughly the same speed and performance benchmarks, but the xoom can be overclocked to be 50% faster. Flash rocks on my phone and tablet so I don't know what your experience was. Android apps are cheaper and can do more. As for gpu, it will likely change with a software update but if not I prefer consoles or a PC for true 3D games.
Why is a crapple fanboy hanging around the xda xoom forums threadcrapping anyhow?
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Wow the majority of your posts here are all super-pro ipad with nothing good to say about the xoom. You had a xoom and you returned it. If you don't like it that's fine, but why stick around here? Trying to convince yourself you made a good decision? Give it a rest...
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LoL Don't worry about me worry about the product we are talking about. And not what is coming in the future lets talk about the product as is now.

falconeight said:
LoL Don't worry about me worry about the product we are talking about. And not what is coming in the future lets talk about the product as is now.
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ok.. Now its just a BIG iPhone.

falconeight said:
LoL Don't worry about me worry about the product we are talking about. And not what is coming in the future lets talk about the product as is now.
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a giant app drawer? we have that too, its revealed by a tiny button. The entire IOS "experience" is in a tiny button in the corner of our tablet... but no magnets!! Oh noes!

Netflix

Wondering if anyone has gotten the leaked Netflix app to connect to the servers to stream yet?
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Search works wonders!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994863

whewstoosae said:
Search works wonders!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994863
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Yea unless u don't read the op and notice that he wants a working version which u supplied the version that he is probably talking about that doesnt work.
No version works yet btw
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superchilpil said:
Yea unless u don't read the op and notice that he wants a working version which u supplied the version that he is probably talking about that doesnt work.
No version works yet btw
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Tell me how this thread is necessary when you can post in the thread I referenced? Better to have info in one thread then start another, good try though.
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jprakes said:
Wondering if anyone has gotten the leaked Netflix app to connect to the servers to stream yet?
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The Netflix service itself has not yet been activated for mobile devices due to a DRM issue and that is why the leaked apk can only assess the system. I know that the link as already been provided to my previous thread, but feel free to post any questions there and I'll try to update everyone.
Hope that helps.

redsunrising said:
The Netflix service itself has not yet been activated for mobile devices due to a DRM issue and that is why the leaked apk can only assess the system. I know that the link as already been provided to my previous thread, but feel free to post any questions there and I'll try to update everyone.
Hope that helps.
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Heh, so basically Apple has Netflix by the nuts on this as it works on their devices which happen to be mobile devices.

badogg said:
Heh, so basically Apple has Netflix by the nuts on this as it works on their devices which happen to be mobile devices.
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that's my thought too, I think they have VZW by them now too since they're releasing the thunderbolt at $250....just gotta price it a little higher than the iphone hmmmmmmmmm. yeah this netflix drm thing sounds like a bunch of smoke.

gruss01 said:
that's my thought too, I think they have VZW by them now too since they're releasing the thunderbolt at $250....just gotta price it a little higher than the iphone hmmmmmmmmm. yeah this netflix drm thing sounds like a bunch of smoke.
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This kind of stuff pisses me off. It is one of the main reasons that I will not get an iPhone. I have a 2nd gen ipod touch, but my wife got that as a gift and I haven't picked it up since I got my Dinc. Especially now that I'm running Protekk's CM7 Rom
I just hate when big companies corner consumers to force people to buy their products and not someone else's. Too much of that going on these days, especially in the mobile and PC markets.

badogg said:
This kind of stuff pisses me off. It is one of the main reasons that I will not get an iPhone. I have a 2nd gen ipod touch, but my wife got that as a gift and I haven't picked it up since I got my Dinc. Especially now that I'm running Protekk's CM7 Rom
I just hate when big companies corner consumers to force people to buy their products and not someone else's. Too much of that going on these days, especially in the mobile and PC markets.
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I totally agree with this!

gruss01 said:
that's my thought too, I think they have VZW by them now too since they're releasing the thunderbolt at $250....just gotta price it a little higher than the iphone hmmmmmmmmm. yeah this netflix drm thing sounds like a bunch of smoke.
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Actually the issue at hand has more to do with the production companies who would love any reason to back out of their contracts with Netflix and sue them. Essentially they won't let Netflix release anything if it even has a chance of being pirated and given Android's open source nature they need hardware DRM since they can't bake in the software DRM as in iOS and WP7.
Hope that provided some clarity.

i would think there would be someway hide the fact that you are accessing it with an android phone, make it think you are on a laptop or something using silverlight. i really have no idea how this works, or what it is that tells them you are on a android device, but with all the different types of emulators seems like someone could emulate that.

I would love to blame Apple as it is so much fun, but unfortunately this is a DRM (digital rights management) issue. There is a feeling that Android devices are too open source. (laughable since the pc is the #1 route for violating that with access to torrents and p2p). The windows based phones also have netflix. Netflix itself would love to get their app on Android phones as it can only increase business, but they must get past the issue of DRM. I'm waiting patiently as well.

How ironic is it that there was an ad for Netflix in my view of this thread
Anyways, we will get Netflix. I think the demand is too high for them to ignore.

[INFO] Google creates similar app like Siri but much clearer

Apple's Siri voice control system is as a 'digital personal assistant' designed to allow you to talk to your phone like you talk to other people.
Many Google Android functions already have similar apps built in - although not quite to the specifications of Apple's much-hyped control systems.
Now it seems Google may be about to unveil an official Android rival to Siri - called Majel after Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the actor who played the voice of the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek.
The name was reported by sources speaking to the Android and Me blog this week.
The name tallies with earlier comments from Google staffers about a 'Star Trek'-like approach.
Google is definitely working on such a system - and this week announced that it had acquired the company Clever Sense, which offers a voice control app.
'I say this year because I’ve heard that engineers at Google X are working around the clock on finishing the first release and the NYTimes previously reported that one product would be released by Google X this year,' wrote Android and Me.
Google X is the search giant's 'blue sky ideas' division - a secretive lab where engineers are free to go wild with ideas such as talking fridges and lifts that take you to space.
'A January or February release might be more realistic,' said Android and Me. 'Other more advanced features like controlling phone actions and applications with natural language commands are expected to come later.'
In earlier interviews, Google acknowledged that it was indeed working on such as product - and that it would be rather like the voice of the Starship Enterprise.
'Our approach is more like Star Trek, the Starship Enterprise - everything is voice-aware,' said Google's Matias Duarte.
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Looks like a good idea, and I can't wait to reboot my phone and hear, Last time on your nexus S!

Hope there will be a French support version ...

OMG! my dream has come true

Im glad they are doing away with the quirks and making it more serious, I don't really like the idea of my phone making jokes when I ask it to do something for me

This doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. I have never found a use, really, for Voice Recognition on my phone.

PromaneX said:
Im glad they are doing away with the quirks and making it more serious, I don't really like the idea of my phone making jokes when I ask it to do something for me
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Lol
tapa tapa tapa

Watch, Apple will try and sue. lol

Skv012a said:
Watch, Apple will try and sue. lol
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Why wouldn't they?! They invented the telephone, all software, and talking, so it's a clear violation...

Skv012a said:
Watch, Apple will try and sue. lol
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Apple will do it 100%.. they cant keep up with us
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Not really a fan of voice command.. dun think it will be that useful as well
might just be me

pwsfinest said:
Why wouldn't they?! They invented the telephone, all software, and talking, so it's a clear violation...
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Haha this was to funny
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pwsfinest said:
They invented the telephone, all software, and talking, so it's a clear violation...
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The talking part made me spit my drink out of my mouth from laughing... so thanks for that.
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Siri-like function is really not useful in non-English-speaking countries. So I don't expect it at all.

pwsfinest said:
Why wouldn't they?! They invented the telephone, all software, and talking, so it's a clear violation...
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Apple invented ALL THAT?! youmust be f*cking kidding me
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why apple is always the first one ?
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pwsfinest said:
Why wouldn't they?! They invented the telephone, all software, and talking, so it's a clear violation...
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Lol, can't tell if serious or just really dumb.
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Well, apple just applied for a patent on, well basically multitasking. Something their phone doesn't even really do.
I wonder how long it will take for them to blow all their cash suing other companies.
The sooner the better IMO.
I hope Google gets majel to do the voice for this app. Then fire a couple quantum photon torpedoes at Apple and make them have no patents and have to pay licenses to every single tech company in the world.
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bmt25 said:
Apple invented ALL THAT?! youmust be f*cking kidding me
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Sarcasm bro ...
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dope
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