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switchblade saints
12/12/09

In reply to The 30 Essential Android Apps
Twidroid? Matt remember when you said seesmic was your new must use twitter app?

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matt buchanan
12/16/09

@switchblade saints: have you used twidroid since the update?
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switchblade saints
12/16/09

@matt buchanan: I have not, I deleted and use seesmic after your review haha, I'll have to check it out.
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Carrick1973
12/11/09

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I just wish the price would come down on the Hero, even for the friends and family or SERO plan, it's still 280 bucks, and then you have to wait a couple of months to get the $100 rebate back. With the Droid, you can get it for 100 bucks and don't have to wait for the rebate if you get it at Best Buy. I suppose that Sprint doesn't recoup as much money from higher monthly costs, so they need to charge more in the upfront costs, but it's hard to justify throwing down almost 300 bucks on a phone when my Touch still does just fine.
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UnderLoK
12/14/09

@Carrick1973: You just reminded me that I never mailed in my rebate... I should more than likely take care of that.
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ForestFire0
12/11/09

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So I was considering upgrading my Sprint phone to something running Android this Christmas, but I wanted to wait for 2.0. Now that I see I have to wait this long, it barely even makes sense for me to stay with Sprint. Is upgrading to the current version really this hard?
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Killjoy
12/11/09

@ForestFire0: If you're willing to get your toes wet (and if you post here you just might be) then custom brews of 1.6 have significant features of 2.0 squeezed in and you can have instant gratification. Consider too that you can still use out-of-box 1.6 as a type of GPS navigation (responsibly, natch), just not with fancy flythrough graphics and vocal turn-by-turn.

On the other hand, over the next six months there will be new Android phones on various carriers - some of them with better hardware, some of them running the latest official release. Decisions, decisions...
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ForestFire0
12/13/09

@Killjoy: Well, with all the talk of Google phones from Google made by HTC, I have a good idea what I'll be choosing for my next phone. But all this talk of instant gratification and doing-it-myself is pretty enticing.

@jon.athan: Well, my contract with Sprint is up pretty soon and the only reason I choose it in the first place was because it was the only carrier with service at my home, where I no longer live. And if Sprint doesn't have the phone I want, why can't I look around?
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fallenturtle
12/11/09

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That's a more exact date then us T-Mobile Behold II users have. :/
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@fallenturtle: That's more than the G1/MT3G owners have gotten. And we run stock Android. Granted, the G1 had that memory issue, but the MT3G? Seriously?

I get closer and closer to rooting this thing everyday.
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Calijoefornia
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: This might sound stupid, but I don't know a whole lot about T Mo stuff, are they still selling the G1 or has it been phased out since MT3G came out?
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@Calijoefornia: I believe they still sell the G1 alongside the MT3G (they keep both as one has a keyboard and the other doesn't). Though I think they're pushing the CLIQ a bit harder than either of them just because it's the newest and they need to get it out the door.
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eeJonathan
12/12/09

@OCEntertainment: Yeah. The MT3G still gets the main display at my local T-Mobile store (last I checked anyway), but I hear/see more CLIQs every day.

Why would it take so long to update the phones?
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OCEntertainment
12/12/09

@eeJonathan: Well it seems Google's been more than a little stingy with the 2.0 update. The source code didn't even drop until either pretty close to or after the day the Droid was released.

I don't think any exclusive deal was made public, but it seems that at least for a while the Droid is the only device running 2.0. In fact, perhaps this deal is the reason the Hero has to wait so long. Unfortunately, it's all speculation from here.
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Killjoy
12/11/09

In reply to The 30 Essential Android Apps
And how could I possibly have forgotten? The essential Android game for 2009 is Zombie, Run!
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@Killjoy: Oh, yes, Zombie, Run! After a conversation about this game with a youth leader at our local church, she had me adapt the game to be a live-action scavenger hunt wherein some some of the 20-somethings in our group volunteered to dress up as Zombies and attempt to attack or capture the kids.

That's right. Because of this game, I got to be a zombie. And attack children. At a church.

(The actual app was fun, too.)
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Killjoy
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: When Android was first announced, I liked the news that programmers would have open(ish) access to the hardware and software. The more tinkerers you accommodate, the more Zombie, Run!s you'll wind up with.

And thanks for the mental image: I can't think of many community-organized activity programs better than church zombies preying on kids.
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Bueller
12/11/09

In reply to The 30 Essential Android Apps
Thanks, Matt for a great article. I've been looking for a listing like this to help me decide if I really want this phone.

Also, can this phone handle more than one gmail account at the same time?
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DustyButt™
12/11/09

@Bueller: Yes, I have three gmail accounts. I think that you can also use exchange to push mail from 10 accounts total. I'll research that just to be sure.
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DustyButt™
12/11/09

@Bueller: This is from the Verizon site...

How many email accounts do DROID devices support?
Unlimited accounts are supported with the understanding that the more accounts checked on the device means the device memory and battery are filled faster.

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Bueller
12/11/09

@DustyButt™: Thanks! Sounds great.
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cc82
12/11/09

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I'd disagree that a task manager is mandatory for keeping an Android phone speedy. I used to run TasKiller on my Hero, but uninstalled it after doing some research, and haven't seen any performance drop. Something about the way Linux allocates memory and handles background processes...

More on the subject:
[androidforums.com]
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DustyButt™
12/11/09

@cc82: The general consensus is that killing tasks makes no difference in speed, and some who run task killer programs end up with glitches. There were those who were running a task killer app and because they kept killing their background email programs they ended up screwing up their email accounts.

I ran a task killer for a few days and I got rid of it after udating to 2.0.1... I don't even notice it's gone. The phone is fast, period. No need for a task killer in my opinion.
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nachobel
12/11/09

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Ok this image is creepy as shit. It's like It meets Droid. :/
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cpt.snerd
12/11/09

@nachobel: I agree that image is creeepy! But did anyone else think that the mouth was just like the squiggle from under the Amazon logo?
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cpt.snerd
12/11/09

@cpt.snerd: Bleh, dunno how to use the image linking correctly - someone help me out!? :(
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@cpt.snerd: There ya' go.

And now that I associate that mark with a smile and not an arrow, it looks like the Amazon logo is smirking at me. Or possibly trying to hit on me. Thanks.
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Yinzers Are People Too
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: Strange...I had always thought the amazon logo was smiling at me, which I found weird. Now I realize it is an arrow pointing from A to Z...I wonder how many other idiots are out there like me thinking amazon was smiling at them.
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12/11/09

@Yinzers Are People Too: A good graphic artist will be able to do that. Hide multiple interpretations in the same logo.

The FedEx logo is the classic example. A simple, easy to identify five-letter, two-color word that you always recognize. Then you see the arrow. And your life is never the same again.
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davidm
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: The Toblerone logo does the same thing.
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@davidm: Holy crap a bear!!!

*is now afraid of Tobelerone*
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nachobel
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: How do you use the img linking? I've tried with img html tags, didn't work :(
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@nachobel: Right below the text box, there's an image icon. Click it. You can either upload an image or link to one you found in a Google image search.

I've had trouble with uploading in the past, though if that happens, just use imageshack and then link to it.
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nachobel
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: Oh, hah! you know, I've never noticed that box...

thanks.
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Killjoy
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: I'm sorry... am I reading you wrong, or is there an arrow in the FedEx logo that my branding allergy is preventing me from seeing?
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OCEntertainment
12/11/09

@Killjoy: It's the empty space between the E and the X.

It uses the negative space to create a shape. Some people see it, others don't. Fortunately, the logo works either way. However, because it's so cleverly sort-of hidden, you end up talking about it. Which is a nice bonus for the marketing team.
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Killjoy
12/11/09

@OCEntertainment: Well I'll make like a sock and be darned, there it is.
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TheSonOfKrypton
12/11/09

In reply to The 30 Essential Android Apps
DDDDRRRRROOOOIIIIDDDDD!
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InsanePenguin
12/11/09

@TheSonOfKrypton: Damn. Just like when people say "Good news!" and I think of Futurama, now when I see "Droid" I think of that damned sound.
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Curves
12/07/09

In reply to Yahoo Will Divulge Pretty Much Anything for $60
I guess I have to download and archive all my juicy e mails from Yahell to protect them. $60 would be a very low price for all the dirt thats in there.
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Hello Mister Walrus
12/07/09

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The only thing I really use Yahoo for is the email address that I get all my spam sent to. I guess they can have that if they want. Sometimes there is pron. Maybe they will like that as well.
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Crimson33
12/07/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: The problem is that not only Yahoo can do this, eventually, other companies can "share" the info as well...
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Hello Mister Walrus
12/07/09

@Crimson33: The article twists the meaning somewhat. Yahoo isn't really "selling" information. When law enforcement agencies subpoena a company (Yahoo, Google, MS, whoever) for information, there is nothing much that they can really do about it. The numbers above just say how much Yahoo is reimbursed for using its resources to provide this information.

Meaning - Yahoo is probably not the only company with a chart of prices like this. It just so happens that Yahoo's chart got published here. I was sort of joking in my first comment.
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elementary
12/07/09

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Oh. My. God.If the authorities ever get ahold of the seedy goings-on of my fantasy football league, they could put me away for a long, long time.

I'm the commissioner in name only!
TwoHandTouch(myself)Football is runnin' the thing!
I swear!
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Jake712
12/07/09

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Hmm, what if I offered them $61 to not give the info out?
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Hearthatvoiceagain
12/07/09

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Wonder what Google charges?
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BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
12/07/09

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30$ for a half & half (half of the account username and half of the password), 60$ for the full shebang. Yahoo's such a dirty (easy) skank
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Edited by BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 at 12/07/09 10:28 AM

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