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Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
11/23/09

In reply to Google Maps Navigation Hits the G1, MyTouch, All Other 1.6 Handsets
Buggery. I just went through the trouble of flashing it onto my phone last weekend.
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EBone
11/23/09

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Just a quick Android question - will older phones like the G1 and MyTouch ever get the 2.0 OS pushed to them, or are they stuck with 1.6?
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MarcusMaximus
11/23/09

@EBone: Nobody knows. Cyanogen is currently working on getting it to those with rooted phones but Qualcomm apparently hasn't released the drivers for it. But nobody knows if Google will do so officially.
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EBone
11/23/09

@MarcusMaximus: This is what worries me about Android. While many complain about the closed Apple system, since Apple controls the hardware and software, even the older handsets get the new OS (minus a few hardware dependent features like compass).

With so many different hardware-specific tweaked versions of Android, you have to rely on the manufacturer to re-tailor the latest OS to their hardware. What if they decide they just don't want to? For instance, the Motorola Cliq would require a pretty refined upgrade for their custom software overlay. And if the Cliq didn't meet Moto's sales goals, they probably won't bother.

I guess only a *true* Google-branded phone would get all the upgrades. But then again, wasn't the G1 a Google branded phone?
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OCEntertainment
11/23/09

@EBone: The G1 is a Google branded phone. There's also no word yet on just when or if it might get 2.0. I'm not exactly sure why, but for some reason the Droid get early dibs on Eclair. The source code didn't even drop until after the Droid was released.

Earlier this year, Google said there'd be at least 2 new updates this year. For what that's worth, and for whoever that's referring to, we may never know. T-Mobile/HTC haven't said anything for certain about the G1 not getting Eclair, so it may happen yet.

I will say this, though, as annoying as it is that each carrier has to modify it for their own handsets, they at least have the motivation of an lively group of early adopter nipping at their heels. ;-)

Hopefully each manufacturer will take the same approach HTC is and make a single UI for each of their phones, so they don't have to keep retweaking Android for each handset.
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Anonymoose
10/07/09

In reply to Something Not Quite Right About Limited Edition Fender MyTouch 3G
wait, is this a mexican strat or an american strat? i don't want to have to change out the pickups and have to tune it every one hour of playing.
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The Lab
10/07/09

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Memo written to product designers at large:

Wood is beautiful. Metal is beautiful. Plastic can be beautiful. Plastic painted to look like wood is tacky (see station wagons). Plastic painted to look like metal is also tacky but less obvious.

The original Zune was a good use of plastic, true to the material.

The MacBook pro is a good use of metal and glass.

Docomo's Touch Wood is a good use of wood.

When in doubt, just copy those above.
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RT100
10/07/09

@The Lab: metal painted to look like would was not mentioned. as evidenced from the pictures above, though, blech
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The Lab
10/07/09

@_rt¹⁰⁰: Indeed, I could have tightened that up by just saying that any material made to look like any other material is a sin against design.
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Anonymoose
10/07/09

@The Lab: hmm, i guess you're right

HEY YOU! THAT'S A SIN AGAINST DESIGN!

*finds woman with breast implants and slaps them - slaps them again just to teach them a lesson - grabs them and holds them still so i can give them a stern talking to - get's closer and closer to make sure they can hear me...*
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The Lab
10/07/09

@Anonymoose: the perkiest sin known to man.
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suland
10/07/09

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STRADIVARIUS
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32ndnote
10/07/09

@suland: ... made violins?

But I totally agree with the route you're going here. A phone would look really good with f holes.
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otko
10/07/09

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This is the phone that the 50 year old mid-life crisis guy will buy in hopes that hipsters at Starbucks will see it and think he's "cool".
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Andinator
10/07/09

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The best part would be at the end of the contract when I got to smash it Who style...

Or burn it Hendrix style.
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STFU_FPU!
10/07/09

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Not Accurate to a Fender at all colorwise. The back should match Fender colors not Les Paul colors

OH! And no strings or whammy bar!!
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RStock521
10/07/09

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Having a wood grain phone would be sweet as hell
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Sleaze
10/07/09

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Not to mention the back looks more like a flamed maple top on a Les Paul.
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secretmanofagent
10/07/09

@Sleaze: What do you mean? ;)
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valkilmerisawful
10/07/09

@Sleaze: I respectfully disagree with you It is clearly a PRS Singlecut SE - Tobacco Sunburst...
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secretmanofagent
10/07/09

@valkilmerisawful: I counter your PRS with another Les Paul (argh, stupid editting)!
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valkilmerisawful
10/07/09

@secretmanofagent: Touché salesman. That is a much better finish, and a much better match. I hope tmo hands out LP stickers to cover up the silly Fender logo (and a personal apology to my Fender and my PRS).
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Neight
10/02/09

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I've been rocking the HERO OS on my G1 for a week or so now and can honestly say I don't know why you would want to use anything else. I wish they would come out with a HERO phone with a qwerty is all I'm sayin..
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logruszed
10/01/09

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You know I've tripped a lot of circuits, oh lord I've maxed a lot of capacitors; but I never touched nothing that my logic board could kill.

you know I've seen a lot of machine intelligences ambulating around with BSODs in their eyes, but the pusherbot don't care if you simulate life or if your main-board fries.
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cudthecrud
10/01/09

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I've cyanogen'ed my phone already. Should I restore it to Tmo OS just to get their legit Donut or is it the exact same thing I've been running?
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
10/01/09

@cudthecrud: why would you do that when Cyanogen's ROM still gives you functions that the legit 1.6 update isn't going to give you? Apps2SD ALONE is reason enough for me not to give a rat's ass for the legit update.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
10/02/09

@cudthecrud: Just give it a few weeks and i'm sure there will be a cyanogen update with all those extras put in there (if they're any better than what it's already packaged in 4.0.4).
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Bloodbeard
10/01/09

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I've been running Donut features for a few weeks. Most of the changes are good, but I can't stand the new camera.
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
10/01/09

@Bloodbeard: same here. Been running Donut in one form or another for weeks thanks to Cyanogen. Overall it's good, new camera blows though. It runs faster when a lot of things aren't going on in the background. It's great when you're trying to do something, like, send a text message while on the phone through bluetooth but you have some other crap running in the background.

Ahhhh Android....so much potential, hamstrung by shit hardware....thanks HTC...really, I mean it thanks for the brillance that is the G1.
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FooSchnickens - BPH Free
10/02/09

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: I know right? HTC has had a long history with putting yesteryear's technology into new phones and trying to make it sound shiney. Can't polish shit.

And I swear the first person who cites the mythbusters episode is getting a trout to the face.
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globeadue
09/10/09

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I ordered mine tuesday - called just now to 1-877-453-1304 (tmo support) went through prompts - when asked what i wanted said "account specialist" few more prompts was with a account specialist.
I said I ordered my phone a couple days ago and saw Oprah was giving $100 off promo and wanted to know if I could be applied to my order. The lady worked her magic and viola - $100 code applied!! so might be worth a call if already ordered one!
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Ruthless, If you let me
09/10/09

@globeadue: Good to know. I picked one up for my wife yesterday.
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