@kayakj: I actually just wrote a long comment to another user about why I find Android supperior, aside from overall "polished look" or music player, to iPhone OS. webOS kills both of them, just doesn't have hardware I want.
It's not worth rehashing, but if you care to see why people like myself can honestly say we left iPhone, never looked back, and find Android to be the better OS, you can scan a bit of what I wrote.
[gizmodo.com]
@GrandPoobah: I'm pretty sure they did that for aesthetics, look at a Droid and now look at the Incredible, the Incredible's "buttons" are symmetrical and, I guess, nicer to the eye. I don't really care though.
@eas1969: But their service is worth it. I haven't had T-Mobile within the last 5 years, but I have bounced around from Sprint and AT&T, and Verizon wins, hands down.
@Xeraphim: Or, the non-sensationalist reason, HTC listened to the consumers who said "Why are you doing this, we don't like that."
@D.LYTE: Do it. Android is cool and you will most likely enjoy it.
@CaffineFreakUs: The screen is smaller, it can't do the whole 4G deal, and it's missing the front facing camera, I believe.
But overall, yeah, HTC's phones are becoming very similar, they're pretty much just a bunch of HD2 variants running around. Which is fine, it's exactly what the Android community screamed at them to do for months, but it's getting boring. Give us a hard keyboard again, and not just for T-Mobile.
@mattycakes: Oh, that's awesome. Congrats, I'm a little jealous that you're able to find it so interesting, I have a bit of trouble applying myself to Economics (also, Accounting) and making the information mine. I'm majoring in Marketing, which requires these business courses :(
For the record, I definitely don't just spend my new money. I get that I should be smart, save, manage whatever debt I have, and spend wisely. But I don't actually think in terms of substitution and income graphs. I'm actually laughing a little at the thought of creating a graph with X1, X2 and X^ for an item when it goes on sale to visually represent how much more I should buy. I just buy a bit more, that's all.
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@robotrousers: He works for Apple, remember.
@mattycakes: lmao. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
It feels horrible.
I will think in terms of economic principles rather than basic human behavior!
Can't we just call a truce, that some of my behavior can be explained via economics, even if I'm not always deliberately thinking in that manner? Then everyone wins!
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@ithrewitontheground: That's fine.
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@demonic_pascal: This.
When iPad was revealed and they showed Facebook running in Pixel Double form and that games can be redone for HD, I was confused and disappointed.
Now that there are apps rewritten for iPad that take advantage of the screen size and power, such as AIM showing the whole system instead of just a buddy list like it does on iPhone, it makes more sense. It's more like a desktop experience in that sense.
It doesn't make complete sense yet...but it's making more sense.
Droid Incredible...the Droid naming scheme that skipped the Devour is confusingly back.
Also, April 29th.
[stage.phones.verizonwireless.com]
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@mattycakes: I'm more of an uber micro guy, so micro, in fact, that it's just me and my "If I had extra money I spend it, if I don't, I won't. That's all."
But Business Degrees and their class requirements have other plans.
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@friedpeeps: haha, it's so true.
New is always better!
I think.
@Hintzyboy: I feel like it was more of a style choice, to be unique, than anything else. They probably could have fit four smaller directional keys. but it's kinda cool. Nowhere near as functional, but not too bad for the users it's targeting and pretty easy to get used to. I put my finger on the key like any other key, and lean my finger the way I want it to go, like a rocker, and less of a gaming dpad. Works pretty well, actually.
@Bant: The Pizza Mage: Just my way of fusing procrastination and studying.
;_;
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Did Gizmodo ever cover Appbrain on Android?
It's kinda silly that the iPad can get coverage for little joke apps or lcd brightness, but really cool things on Android, like the ability to browse the market online and create a queue of apps that can be beamed to your Android phone over the air, is ignored.
A little disappointing, but whatever. At least I'm not the only one who sees it.
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@kimchibrown: Well Apple is the only company that warrants posts for things like LCD brightness or accordion apps, or to be given headline mention as a winner in a phone review for a product that doesn't exist (Did you hear? The HD2 Mini is not as good as the iPhone Nano!)
It's only fair. And normal. Or so I've been told.
@FooFighting: They're being borned.
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Coming soon to a campus near you...
"Our income just rose 10%!!"
"Does this mean I buy more or less steak? I don't know what to do, WHAT THE HELL DO I DO!?"
"Steaks are a normal good!!"
"That's right, if I have more money, I'd want more steak and other luxurious or high quality things! I'll give little Timmy the money to pick up more steaks!"
But what happens when little Timmy doesn't have the knowledge of Price Theory Economics?
"HE DIDNT BUY STEAK AT ALL. HE BOUGHT RAMEN FUCKING NOODLES!"
"NOOOOOOO. Ramen Noodles are an inferior good! When income rises, demand for ramen noodles and other budget items fall! GET OUT OF HERE TIMMY YOURE NOW MY ENEMY."
Friends will become enemies
"I'm sorry Regina. We're going to have to let you go. Due to Diminishing Marginal Activity, every input we add actually causes LESS output. You're not contributing jack squat. YOURE OUTA HERE!"
And enemies will become friends...
"I don't care about our love affair, Robot Worker 612. I can't trust that you won't become a rebellious human killing machine, like all the others. I'm going to have to give you up to keep the same output and get one more worker. I'm Marginal Rate of Technological Substitution-ilizing your ass...FOR TIMMY."
And things aren't always what they seem.
"THATS AN ISOQUANT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FUCKING INDIFFERENCE CURVE. WHAT THE FUCK IS AN ISOQUANT DOING NEXT TO A BUDGET LINE?"
"Sir, that's no budget line...it's an isocost, the production version of a budget line that shows all combinations of inputs that cost the same."
"NOooOOoooo!"
Test #2.
Coming to a Economics: Price Theory class near you.
4/14/2010
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