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Big sale on android market right now.

10 apps/10 cents/10 days

Seal Force is a new game that came out today...it's free today only...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=RWjaDnSBHD0

No idea what type of game it is...just saw it on Joystiq and dug the music video.

https://market.android.com/details?i...tile.sealteam1

RIP Motorola DROID 2009-2011

Phone died on me today while at Best Buy, so I went and bought an Ice Cream Sandwich

Originally Posted by Sinistar RIP Motorola DROID 2009-2011 Phone died on me today while at Best Buy, so I went and bought an Ice Cream Sandwich

Seems like a lot of peoples phones are magically non-usable now that the nexus is out. Weird! /sarcasm

Originally Posted by blitz6speed Seems like a lot of peoples phones are magically non-usable now that the nexus is out. Weird! /sarcasm

lol no it really did die. CM7 wouldn't boot up anymore after the phone froze so I didnt mess with it anymore until this morning.. Finally got it working after booting into recovery mode a few times.

I'm surprised there isn't more chatter here about the Galaxy Nexus, unless I missed something. Been away from the forums for a while.

I hope to get the phone soon myself. I have an OG Droid and it's awful. So it's either the GN or the iPhone 4S.

I have an S2 so I don't really need to upgrade.. if you want to call S2 -> Nexus an upgrade.

Originally Posted by GrilledWitOnions I'm surprised there isn't more chatter here about the Galaxy Nexus, unless I missed something. Been away from the forums for a while. I hope to get the phone soon myself. I have an OG Droid and it's awful. So it's either the GN or the iPhone 4S.

a lot of people i know personally got burned out on the nexus due to the insane amount of delays. Most lost interest and are now willing to wait for the next big phone. I dont blame them, verizon did everything possible to screw up the nexus launch, they're real good at it now.

Originally Posted by blitz6speed a lot of people i know personally got burned out on the nexus due to the insane amount of delays. Most lost interest and are now willing to wait for the next big phone. I dont blame them, verizon did everything possible to screw up the nexus launch, they're real good at it now.

Yah I hear that. This launch has been abysmal. However I don't think I'd be disappointed in the Nexus, enough to wait for the next big thing. It'll be outdone soon but it doesn't make it a bad device, and I decided that if I am sticking with Android, I'm only getting Nexus devices. I don't want skins, I don't want to have to root, and I do want updates. I am excited for the phone. I think the only thing a newer phone might do better is the camera, but I think that's been blown out of proportion. I've heard the camera on the GN is about iPhone 4 quality, which if I'm not mistaken is still damn good.

Well I would be talking more about the nexus if I were eligible for an upgrade. I guess waiting until February might have a decent sale on it by then.

Originally Posted by GrilledWitOnions Yah I hear that. This launch has been abysmal. However I don't think I'd be disappointed in the Nexus, enough to wait for the next big thing. It'll be outdone soon but it doesn't make it a bad device, and I decided that if I am sticking with Android, I'm only getting Nexus devices. I don't want skins, I don't want to have to root, and I do want updates. I am excited for the phone. I think the only thing a newer phone might do better is the camera, but I think that's been blown out of proportion. I've heard the camera on the GN is about iPhone 4 quality, which if I'm not mistaken is still damn good.

The camera and lack of microsd are the major weak points. Otherwise its got really everything else.

ing hell, the 2.3.5 Gingerbread update for my Motorola Droid X2 messed everything up. Visually, I like it, but it really messed with my contacts. A lot of names disappeared, but it kept all the numbers. I can no longer add numbers to Facebook/Twitter contacts and joining contacts works 50/50. I'm getting invalid server certificate notifications for my email left and right, when it worked flawlessly before.

This is annoying the hell out of me.

Originally Posted by blitz6speed The camera and lack of microsd are the major weak points. Otherwise its got really everything else.

I personally don't see the need for an SD card. My OG Droid has a 16gb one, and I've never swapped it out. My 32gb transformer has a slot for one, but I've never needed it. It would be a nice addition but I don't see it as a missing feature.

However there is also the battery on the LTE VZW model. I don't have LTE in my town AFAIK, but it's still disappointing for whenever I do get to use it.

O.o I ing beg to differ on the micro SD card... I use up all of my 32 gb space all the time. Also, it's not like the Nexus will be the only phone to have ICS. I feel as sorry for Nexus suckers as much as CrApple suckers but I'll still laugh.

I use my phones camera a lot. And if something were to happen to the phone, i can at least get my pics off of the microsd and not lose anything. Internal storage would mean i'd likely be ass'd out.

Yep, you both make arguments as to why you need an SD card - I personally do not need it. I don't want to mess with it - I haven't ever had a real need for it and don't see a future where I will. All of my music is in the cloud and that is the only real reason I ever saw value in it.

If something happens to my phone, all of my pics will be pushed to G+ when they are taken, and I am not that concerend about this situation to make me hold off for a different phone. I think the GN looks like damn good phone (I played with it a bit in a VZW store today), and the SD card is not an issue for some people, myself included.

VipFREAK - I am glad you will find value in some future product that has an sdcard, unlike the abomination that is the GN. However I have used up about 7 GB of my Transformers space with apps, which I have around 250 installed right now. Maybe my usage will skyrocket with picture taking, but I am not that concerned. But congrats on not being a sucker, glad you will get a good laugh at my expense when I buy the phone that suits my needs and not yours.

So anyone else here get e GNex?

It is a huge improvement over my OG DROID, and the size takes a bit of getting used to, some people think it's too big lol http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397742,00.asp

Games that I've played so far run great (I'm addicted to Where's My Water) and in general the OS is great. And I dont have an issue right now with the no SD card. I hardly have anything installed on the phone. Most of my music and photos are on the cloud.

Couple of things I don't like and I can't figure out how to change.. not sure if its specific to the phone or ICS features.

1) A lot of the "confirm" dialog boxes that I've seen so far have OK or cancel as options normal. At least on the DROID it was OK on left and Cancel on the right. But now ill have Cancel on left, and OK on the right, kind of annoying

2) Settings > Display- I have auto rotate screen checked, but on the main desktop I can't view in landscape mode, but I know it works like in youtube watching videos you can turn the device landscape or portrait and it works appropriately.. I guess I can download ADW or GO Launcher and see if it's just the desktop that can't be viewed in Landscape mode.

3) When in my car using bluetooth mode and it's connected but not being used, then if I switch the car radio setting to bluetooth audio, the phone will automatically launch the audio player. How do you turn that crap off? I rarely listen to music on my phone via BT. So I have to turn it off because it interferes with the nav. If I do its with a headset at work. I mostly use the audio in my car for navigation via google or waze.

Originally Posted by Sinistar So anyone else here get e GNex? ... Couple of things I don't like and I can't figure out how to change.. not sure if its specific to the phone or ICS features.

I don't have GN yet (still with my OG Droid), but I think I can answer some of this anyway:

2) Settings > Display- I have auto rotate screen checked, but on the main desktop I can't view in landscape mode, but I know it works like in youtube watching videos you can turn the device landscape or portrait and it works appropriately.. I guess I can download ADW or GO Launcher and see if it's just the desktop that can't be viewed in Landscape mode.

I believe this is the normal way it works for every version of Android, launchers and stuff just make it work differently. Source here.

3) When in my car using bluetooth mode and it's connected but not being used, then if I switch the car radio setting to bluetooth audio, the phone will automatically launch the audio player. How do you turn that crap off? I rarely listen to music on my phone via BT. So I have to turn it off because it interferes with the nav. If I do its with a headset at work. I mostly use the audio in my car for navigation via google or waze.

This is a problem I have had in my car with my OG Droid sometimes, when I am connecting with an aux cable. There is actually no fix for this issue that I can find (it does have a bug report) and I am really disappointed. There are a few apps that disable this though - headset blocker seems to be very popular. A few other things you can try are to see if your car has a way to turn off autoplay in it's settings (some users with Ford Sync reported this to work), or block playing through BT entirely:

With Bluetooth Turned on 1. Press Menu 2. Press Settings 3. Press Wireless & Networks 4. Press Bluetooth Settings 5. Press/Hold your finger over the bluetooth device that's causing the issue for a couple of seconds - the car connection 6. Press Options in the pop-up menu 7. De-select the Media checkbox.

Here are the threads I skimmed for this info, but I don't believe anyone had a better answer than the app.

http://androidforums.com/sprint-hero...g-its-own.html

http://androidforums.com/droid-suppo...-its-self.html

http://androidforums.com/droid-suppo...oplay-car.html

HTH!

Originally Posted by Sinistar 1) A lot of the "confirm" dialog boxes that I've seen so far have OK or cancel as options normal. At least on the DROID it was OK on left and Cancel on the right. But now ill have Cancel on left, and OK on the right, kind of annoying

My guess is complete speculation but I believe OK is on the right due to the larger screen and greater number of people being right handed. Thus making OK easier accessible to the user. Could be complete crap but that's what makes the most sense to me.

just got my first android

havent used it exactly. its still in the box from cyber monday.