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Nice article: Bionic vs thunderbolt vs iphone 4

This is a good article... looks to me like its the bionic ftw...
http://www.gizmocrunch.com/mobile/5476-verizon-iphone-motorola-bionic-htc-thunderbolt

The Bionic would be nice, except for the locked bootloader. I will not be buying a single Motorola product in the forseen future. And I know 100+ devs that are doing the same.

the htc thunderbolt is looking pretty sick, especially since it can be customized so much. the iphone 4 is the clear loser.

If I had 750 I'd drop it on the thunderbolt
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owenbeals said:
If I had 750 I'd drop it on the thunderbolt
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Save your money, these phones will be a thing of the past when Tegra 3 Kal-El comes out, Qaud Core is where it's going to be at by the end of the year (so they say). Not to mention that it will give software time to catch up with multi thread cores so apps and such can start to take advantage of it.

Really Cool Tech News!!

Not really related to the Samsung Epic, but some really awesome news I couldn't pass by.
http://androidandme.com/2011/02/new...-quad-core-cpus-in-android-devices-by-summer/
Expect some pretty sick tablets this summer =D (just telling those who were considering one)
Also, expect this for phones too by Christmas!
Looks like Q4 of 2011 will be something really spectacular.

Battery life of 10 minutes?
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babystewie said:
Battery life of 10 minutes?
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Lol who knows? I'm sure it'll be decent enough if you wanted a wifi tablet.

Holy crap that thing is fast
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My PC just shat itself... yes, my PC.

Darkshneider said:
My PC just shat itself... yes, my PC.
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xD I bet. Even my macbook pro '09 seems to be crying a little.

That's pretty cool.
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That is awesome! This makes me want to hold out on that upgrade after all.
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Maybe time to get rid of my liquid cooled behemoth (size of a large suitcase).
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Another video to show performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRctKtt4RW8
Also, this is expected to run videos at 1440p!

What the hell is this? It's making my i7 cry....

quadcore?!?!?! thats better then my computer....
dumb dual-cored piece of ****.

I wonder if this processor will be able to play high profile h.264 finally. That was a RIDICULOUS flaw in the Tegra 2. Couldn't even play 720p high profile h.264.

muyoso said:
I wonder if this processor will be able to play high profile h.264 finally. That was a RIDICULOUS flaw in the Tegra 2. Couldn't even play 720p high profile h.264.
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I'm sure it could
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Lol they never talk about battery technology do they heh. My extended on my epic doesn't evem go 24 hours
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Wow and i was about to but the galaxy tab 10.1 as soon as it came out
Now i know to wait
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The problem with the SOC market is their business model of planned obsolescence which we (tech nerds) allow to continually give us the reach around.

its an old article..seen it before....but I also cant wait..
to note though dont let the benchmarks fool you too much..if you visit coremarks website:
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 1600 - SCORE: 9049.77
Intel Core i3 CPU M 380 2530 - SCORE: 19543.40
And remember the AMD E-350 is very low power and is almost as powerful as a core i3...

I was soo against tablets, especially since they they had the same specs as my samsung epic. But this could be good news for me playing TF2 on a tablet. I may have to get one.
I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"

gtuansdiamm said:
Wow and i was about to but the galaxy tab 10.1 as soon as it came out
Now i know to wait
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By the time a quad-core comes out, the six-core will be out. They kinda rushed quad core though, dual core didn't even last 6 months. LOL

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Well chaps, I know I didn't post that often, but I did frequent these boards regularly, and I've finally sent my Hero off to the great bootloader in the sky (or envirofone for a £30 cheque).
So just saying bye and I may see some of you on the SGS2 boards. I did intend getting a Galaxy Nexus, but the best contract with a free handset I could find was £42.50 a month for 24 months, and I sure as hell ain't paying £1020 for what is essentially an SGS2 with ICS on it.
It served me well, did my little Hero, but 528mhz compared to 1200mhz, and 288mb of RAM compared to 1gb simply doesn't cut the mustard these days.
So yeah................bye!

A galaxy s2 eh? H'm, I think it's about time I upgraded too.. goodbye sir!
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Haha nice... enjoy the better specs. I'm holding out until the custom rom release/update rate on xda is less than 1 every couple of weeks..than ill hold a one minute of silence vigil...and float my phone out to sea on a burning raft...
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blakemil said:
Haha nice... enjoy the better specs. I'm holding out until the custom rom release/update rate on xda is less than 1 every couple of weeks..than ill hold a one minute of silence vigil...and float my phone out to sea on a burning raft...
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Bah if that's d case ill keep u waitin untill the world decides that a basic phone should be Quad cores or 8core processors
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I was thinking about holding on a few months for a quad core phone, but I ran a logcat on this phone, and its used both cores about 3 times in the month or so I've had it. Android very rarely uses even dual core. But as each core essentially runs at 1.2ghz, I'm a happy chappy.
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Samsung Galaxy III "Leaks"(Might be the real thing)

For those of you interested in the Galaxy III, here's a leaked video which shows it. I didn't see a thread about it in this section, unless I'm blind(Or if it was deleted).
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...alaxy-s-iii-leaks-looks-to-be-the-real-thing/

No it's not It's either the Galaxy M / Galaxsy s2 plus Samsung has bashed it already

the specs are what i expected... the only question is ... pentile or no pentile? keyboard or no keyboard (on Sprint)?

Yeah i say it's the sg2+
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Android Police are saying S3 also
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...-1-4ghz-quad-core-processor-and-720p-display/

Its the s3... I doubt they make a sgs2+ that's stupid. This isn't bad spec wise anyways... this sounds more realistic. 2.0ghz quadcore exynos and 2gb of ram is a little to much hype. 1.4ghz quadcore and 1gb ram sounds just about right.
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ÜBER™ said:
Its the s3... I doubt they make a sgs2+ that's stupid. This isn't bad spec wise anyways... this sounds more realistic. 2.0ghz quadcore exynos and 2gb of ram is a little to much hype. 1.4ghz quadcore and 1gb ram sounds just about right.
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I do not need more ram than my laptop nor a better processor than 75% of PCs...
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marcusant said:
I do not need more ram than my laptop nor a better processor than 75% of PCs...
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No doubt. =] thanks.
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Am i the only one who thought "Meh" during entire video ?

iSaint said:
Am i the only one who thought "Meh" during entire video ?
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Haven't watched it yet. But it is pretty nice =]. but not waiting 6 months for it gnex.
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ÜBER™ said:
Haven't watched it yet. But it is pretty nice =]. but not waiting 6 months for it gnex.
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The gnex looks nicer
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I think 2GB RAM would be pushing it, but I do seriously hope this comes with the 5250 dual A15 processor. That's a significant upgrade IMO.
EDIT: I guess it's not really an opinion as much as it's a fact...

marcusant said:
the gnex looks nicer
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iSaint said:
Am i the only one who thought "Meh" during entire video ?
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No, you weren't. We'll see what's Sprint version is going to be. I'm wondering if that quad-core supports LTE. I'm leaning towards the Nexus right now.

SpicyBurrito said:
No, you weren't. We'll see what's Sprint version is going to be. I'm wondering if that quad-core supports LTE. I'm leaning towards the Nexus right now.
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Same, I just wish Sammy would blow us away with an awesome physical phone
tired of their crappy cheap feeling phones.
The other day i picked up my Hero and realised how better built it actually is compared to the epic touch and my og epic ...

iSaint said:
Same, I just wish Sammy would blow us away with an awesome physical phone
tired of their crappy cheap feeling phones.
The other day i picked up my Hero and realised how better built it actually is compared to the epic touch and my og epic ...
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From my experience, Samsungs may "feel" cheap, but they are more rugged than any HTC friends and family have had. Sure those thin metal accents look and feel nice in your hand, but I know too many people with their HTC's having chunks of their phones missing, scratches, and dings. I've dropped my phone a few times and it still looks like new with no sort of extra protection.

As I tweeted about this last night, whoever at Samsung designed the Touchwiz UI for ICS needs to be shot. Then fired. In that order. That is the WORST looking UI on an ICS device :\
~ E.R.A.

ÜBER™ said:
Its the s3... I doubt they make a sgs2+ that's stupid. This isn't bad spec wise anyways... this sounds more realistic. 2.0ghz quadcore exynos and 2gb of ram is a little to much hype. 1.4ghz quadcore and 1gb ram sounds just about right.
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I think Samsung already confirmed the sg2+
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marcusant said:
The gnex looks nicer
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You don't know what the S3 looks like yet though?...
Its in a dummy shell that's not the real physical phone only the internals.
I'm looking forward to this.
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Total ram of 681mb. I agree 2gbs of ram is overkill but at least give us 1gb of USABLE space C'mon sammy!
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(Not an Epic topic, but I need Epic users help!)

So I hope this is allowed since your the most people I trust lol. I searched but couldn't find a smilar thread to post in on the epic forums.
So I wanna buy a laptop. I want to get the best I can have that will do good with android work and cost up to about $300. I don't really wanna spend more for a laptop. And I don't wanna have to order it online unless that's the only way to actually get it. So if its in a well known store that would be bettter.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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I know you said you didn't want to buy online, but the lenovo outlet has had some pretty good deals lately.
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Dunno if you can even get a new laptop for that much. Spent 650$ for mine its a pretty decent laptop. What kind of android work do you mean? Rom compiling? Kernel compiling? I would say new egg.com is pretty good with used laptops that are decent if you want a good laptop you'll need to spend more than 300$
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Lol well I guess ill have to just search and see what I find. And I wanted to do mods and roms so I would need ubunto so something that would work good with that.
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lilajrestnom said:
Lol well I guess ill have to just search and see what I find. And I wanted to do mods and roms so I would need ubunto so something that would work good with that.
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You'll need something pretty beefy otherwise you'll spend all day compiling one rom. Recommend amount of just ram is 16gb for compiling ics. Just look around the interwebs. I'm sure you could find something decent.
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ÜBER™ said:
You'll need something pretty beefy otherwise you'll spend all day compiling one rom. Recommend amount of just ram is 16gb for compiling ics. Just look around the interwebs. I'm sure you could find something decent.
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I have 4gb ram and can compile just fine
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
I have 4gb ram and can compile just fine
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You also have a relatively fast processor as well. I'm not saying its all ram... but with more takes less time.
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Okay, so what do you guys think about this?
http://deals.bestbuy.com//a+graduat...+laptop++4gb+memory++500gb+hard+drive++pewter

lilajrestnom said:
Okay, so what do you guys think about this?
http://deals.bestbuy.com//a+graduat...+laptop++4gb+memory++500gb+hard+drive++pewter
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That is really freaking good for the price. I'm sure it will run fine on LMDE (or Ubuntu if you want to be lame).
Edit: if possible, I would upgrade to 6 or 8 gb of ram, but 4 should be fine
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
That is really freaking good for the price. I'm sure it will run fine on LMDE (or Ubuntu if you want to be lame).
Edit: if possible, I would upgrade to 6 or 8 gb of ram, but 4 should be fine
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And what about this one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---15...ategoryId=pcmcat247400050000&id=1218608957417
Which is better?

The first one is better. Its actually almost similar to mine accept I have the DV6z quad core with an amd a8 although with that graphics card you will need to run lmde because Ubuntu does not like it. Its almost the same gpu as mine buy I paid more for mine and its at a higher clock speed and better model gpu. It should be sufficient.
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ÜBER™ said:
The first one is better. Its actually almost similar to mine accept I have the DV6z quad core with an amd a8 although with that graphics card you will need to run lmde because Ubuntu does not like it. Its almost the same gpu as mine buy I paid more for mine and its at a higher clock speed and better model gpu. It should be sufficient.
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Then I think i will be getting the first one.
Thanks you guys. I'll still look and let you know if i find anything else to compare lol.

You might want to check out pawn shops before you go online shopping, there's this laptop near where im at that is worth at least 500, and its just sitting at the store for 329.99 and someone could probably snag it for 300.
Comes with:
Intel Core i-5 2.20 GHZ
Windows 7 professional
4 gb ram
450 gb hdd
Dell, with a custom skull design on the front.
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Shinydude100 said:
Dell, with a custom skull design on the front.
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custom skull graphic adds 2 horse power.
wait, wrong forum, sorry.

if you want for a little more money
ASUS 15.6" $479.99
Specs: 2.5GHz i5 Bosst up to 3.1GHz, 4Gb DDR3, 500Gb, 3-Cell Lithium
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...Suit/5036973.p?id=1218608970710&skuId=5036973
ASUS 15.6" $499.99
Specs: 2.3GHz, 6-cell lithium, 8gb ddr3, 750Gb
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...Suit/5396361.p?id=1218642239510&skuId=5396361

http://m.tigerdirect.com/aHR0cDovL3...0YWlscy5hc3A/RWRwTm89MjAwODAyOSZDYXRJZD00OTM4
Is pretty sweet same prissesors as the ones op posted but has a better graphics card and is only 400
There were better deals during cyber Monday
Also I can attest to tiger direct being legit
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lilajrestnom said:
Okay, so what do you guys think about this?
http://deals.bestbuy.com//a+graduat...+laptop++4gb+memory++500gb+hard+drive++pewter
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lilajrestnom said:
And what about this one?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---15...ategoryId=pcmcat247400050000&id=1218608957417
Which is better?
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Both have AMD APU's.
I've been told (by a friend) the AMD APU's don't play that well with Ubuntu.
Could have been user error, but IIRC he said he found a good bit of people having trouble online..
Just givin a heads up, if others have reason to disagree or personal experience, go with their advice over mine...
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Both have AMD APU's.
I've been told (by a friend) the AMD APU's don't play that well with Ubuntu.
Could have been user error, but IIRC he said he found a good bit of people having trouble online..
Just givin a heads up, if others have reason to disagree or personal experience, go with their advice over mine...
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Well your not the only one who told me ubuntu wouldn't work on them very well lol.
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Just my .02, but I avoid AMD like it's the Bubonic plague...

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Both have AMD APU's.
I've been told (by a friend) the AMD APU's don't play that well with Ubuntu.
Could have been user error, but IIRC he said he found a good bit of people having trouble online..
Just givin a heads up, if others have reason to disagree or personal experience, go with their advice over mine...
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yeah the newer Ubuntu doesn't like it. I have the and a8 APU'S and it just gets the black screen of death.... the sad part is at the end of boot up the song plays.... anyways yeah I suggested using LMDE since everything works upon boot up. Which was surprising. Well actually except CPU scailing and governors. But lilaj when you do get it and decide to put Linux on it. I can help ya.
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