Android owners
- fallingwickets
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Android owners
don't get all riled up about iphone's siri......visit the market and take a peek at:
Speaktoit Assistant
and
Voice Actions
clive
Speaktoit Assistant
and
Voice Actions
clive
de gustibus non est disputandum
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I believe you can get your question answered at: www.androidforums.comitsmedave wrote:I know this question is probably best asked elsewhere, but what is the advantage to rooting or jail breaking your android device? I have an Acer Iconia 500 Tablet I got a great deal on at the shop I work for and was wondering what else I could do with it if I "rooted it".
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I have to confess my attitude to voice recognition stuff has been colored very negatively by the inability of any of it to recognize what on earth I'm saying with my incredibly exotic English accent. . .
Give us the luxuries, and we will forgo the necessities.
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
Give a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire, he'll be toasty for the rest of his life.
Dominic
A little off topic, but Cyanogenmod can also be rooted onto the Barnes & Noble Color Nook. If you purchase a refurbished one right from B&N, you have a full Android Tablet for about $179. The screen resolution is the same as an iPod, albeit in a 7.5” format (which as a consolation is more convenient to carry).
I’ve been running one for several months pretty much glitch free. I do feel a little guilty running Kindle on the Nook, though.
Next project is to purchase an iPhone and root it to a full Android (Apple makes beautiful devices, but their software’s a little too “enduserish” for my taste).
Steve
I’ve been running one for several months pretty much glitch free. I do feel a little guilty running Kindle on the Nook, though.
Next project is to purchase an iPhone and root it to a full Android (Apple makes beautiful devices, but their software’s a little too “enduserish” for my taste).
Steve
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$179 is still too much for an Android tablet. I don't envy things I have to break, mod and hack just to get it working. And if a 7.5" device is more convenient to carry than an iPod... then the larger something is, the easier it is to maneuver?SteveK wrote:A little off topic, but Cyanogenmod can also be rooted onto the Barnes & Noble Color Nook. If you purchase a refurbished one right from B&N, you have a full Android Tablet for about $179. The screen resolution is the same as an iPod, albeit in a 7.5” format (which as a consolation is more convenient to carry).
I’ve been running one for several months pretty much glitch free. I do feel a little guilty running Kindle on the Nook, though.
Next project is to purchase an iPhone and root it to a full Android (Apple makes beautiful devices, but their software’s a little too “enduserish” for my taste).
Steve
Why would you ever jailbreak an iPhone simply to put any build of Android on it (including ICS)? iOS is a bit too "enduserish" - read: too easy to use, too intuitive and a but too much "just works" for you. Am I reading that right?
I understand the willingness to tinker with things, but iPhones are so popular for one reason - they work, and work well. You'll find that once you get Android on the iPhone, it's still laggy, still buggy, and the UI is still crap... which eliminates hardware as the culprit in Android's failures.
Jason
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Well, there are those of us who really don’t care about “too easy to use” or “just works.” I understand the lure of the Apple universe, but some of us are condemned to tinker. Never met a device/machine that I could just leave alone. To each his own I suppose.
Considering a “modified” Nook can pretty much do anything a $500 Android tablet can – with superior screen resolution compared to many, then I don’t think $179 is too bad.
Regarding the iPhone UI, I just don’t care for it but I do understand its popularity. Then again, I've never liked the Mac UI either.
Can we now move on to a less inflammatory topic, like Sarah Palin or something?
Steve
Considering a “modified” Nook can pretty much do anything a $500 Android tablet can – with superior screen resolution compared to many, then I don’t think $179 is too bad.
Regarding the iPhone UI, I just don’t care for it but I do understand its popularity. Then again, I've never liked the Mac UI either.
Can we now move on to a less inflammatory topic, like Sarah Palin or something?
Steve
Me too. I have seen lots of folks switch from BB to Iphone or Android and after a short time they start moaning for their BBs.jww wrote:Even with the advances of smartphones, and even with the bad press RIM has been getting, I continue to stick with my BlackBerry -- frankly it simply works well, and keeps me totally connected with the office and home.
I am eligible for an upgrade but decided to keep my BB and wait. BB is coming out with a new system - QNX (?) - and I want to see what that brings before I change.
So for now I am sticking with my BB Bold.
-Neal (DE user since 1998)
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