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Captain Angry
09/10/09

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Why can't someone just make this functionality as a desktop widget. The facebook app already has a widget and there are widgets out there to show your SMS messages on your desktop as well.
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
09/10/09

@Captain Angry: agreed. It's not making sense to me considering between widgets and apps, you can already customize your android phone to such a high degree. Better Cut alone allows so much flexibility...you can make almost ANY desktop short cut you damn well please.

Don't get me wrong, I'm digging the Motorola android entry, it's a good looking piece of hardware but some of the bells and whistles that are being talked about can be accomplished on current phones.
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OCEntertainment
09/10/09

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Interesting insights. Most notably, though, it's actually a pretty sober-minded analysis. As much as I liked Android when it first came out, we all knew it didn't really become a decent contender until Cupcake. And even now, it's still got some issues.

For high-up like him to admit that the original launch was less than perfectly ready is respectable.

I'm curious, though, to see how this trend toward integrating Facebook and Twitter and such goes in the next few years. I mean, what ever happened to MySpace, huh? How long will Facebook stay relevant then? And what happens to code in the Android core OS when folks shift away to Zobadoo or Bleeklow or whatever the heck crazy service they come out with next?
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Linval Bailey Jr.
09/10/09

@OCEntertainment: Intergation of Social ntwrks seems like a great idea if it's say twitter. But why bother with facebook when facebook as of late has openly said they want to be the (don't quote me) anti-google.
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OCEntertainment
09/10/09

@Linval Bailey Jr.: Errr, well, I won't quote you. But I'm very interested in whatever it is you're referencing. I haven't heard much about that.

I do know that a while back, Facebook avowed that Android was irrelevant and they'd never make an official Android app. You see how well that went.

Facebook never really knows what they want. See also: three site overhauls in the last 2 years.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
09/10/09

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So, basically Motorola is saying "We're not dead yet!" like that guy, in the village, in that Monty Python movie about a grail and some silly kinigits?

Joking aside, it's good to see them produce something that looks relevant, useful, and comes with a nice camera to boot.
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