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 Are you excited about any new Android gadget?, Seems like we have nothing new...?!?

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post Jun 21 2013, 09:03 AM

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It will become like the pc market. And battery technology needs to improve or give me.another 2mm with a larger battery.

I mean look at windows xp to vista to 7 to 8 now. 8 was.change coz someone said let's change and make everyone pay for retraining.

This post has been edited by joytest: Jun 21 2013, 09:06 AM
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post Jun 21 2013, 09:31 AM

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I believe the same goes for iphone. The improvement u mention is an accessory and not the phone. It's just going to be bigger screen (maybe?) faster cpu more RAM and more copying of android features.
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post Jun 21 2013, 09:53 AM

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QUOTE(geforce88 @ Jun 21 2013, 09:46 AM)
i imagining we go to phone shop, self-select parts like processor, ram, memory, screen etc etc, pay and bring back home to assemble, just like custom desktop PC  drool.gif
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Oh well I fantasise for that day too but it will never come. I suppose it will bemore ccorrectly stated as the notebook market where u get prepackaged incremental change. So that's what the smartphone will become. I mean you have to look at it as a computer with phone and camera functions.
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post Jun 21 2013, 06:49 PM

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QUOTE(mtxx @ Jun 21 2013, 06:46 PM)
Android OS as a whole is still lacking a lot of simple fundamental things.
And I'm waiting for them to fix some flaws.

Firstly the browser. Previous aosp browser is so much faster. Why take a step back and use chrome as default? It's so laggy.

The camera, 4.2 camera is buggy. When viewing pictures, when u swipe to last recent picture and swipe again, it auto launch the camera. How stupid is that. The biggest flaw in the camera is the cropped view finder and the stupid auto rotate when changing orientation.

Change delay for screenshot. In iOS screenshot is instant when u press the button combo, why android delay 2 seconds, hard to get accurate screenshot for moving things!

Some simple but great to have features available in aokp and cyanogen mod. After so many android iteration, why don't google put them in stock android? Such as vibrate when call connected/ended, volume rocker music control, kill all button in recent apps, nfc polling mode, nav bar and nav ring customization, led color control, and for god sake change android beam to use wifi direct like Samsung s beam, wifi speed powns Bluetooth speed. Customizable quick toggles. iOS7 control center is so much more functional than stock android useless default quick toggles.
All the above are so important. But from 4.1-4.2,
Google added completely useless feature like daydream and Mira cast. They really could do better by adding some of the above mention feature but they didn't.

Nothing to expect from android anymore? Not true.
I'm expecting lots of fixes in coming version.
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I would like to say that Miracast will actually be a useful feature to turn your Android into a full blown media center. I got the Samsung AllShare and it has DRM that locks you down to stock kernel and stock ROM so it's a bummer for flashoholics. Hopefully Miracast will not have this level of lockdown.
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post Jun 21 2013, 07:45 PM

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QUOTE(mtxx @ Jun 21 2013, 06:58 PM)
Mhl cable is a lot cheaper than Mira cast adapter, or a new tv with Mira cast.
Really no point.

Wonder why google never make something like Apple TV that can easily share to tv.
The nexus q suppose to do that maybe but it was cancelled. Such a shame.

Anyhow, Mira cast is practically useless. I doubt any one in malaysia is using it.
Heck I think not many people even know about it
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Miracast is a collaborative standard with Intel and it allows ANY manufacturer to make a Miracast adapter to turn your device into something LIKE Apple TV. There are several adapters by 2 or 3 Taiwanese companies right now.

I welcome this since you don't need a cable to plug into your phone which gets in the way when you want to wiggle your phone around playing games.
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post Jun 21 2013, 08:33 PM

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QUOTE(mtxx @ Jun 21 2013, 08:30 PM)
Have you actually used it before?

I'm running s3 aokp 4.2.2
I cannot find Mira cast option. Is it only for nexus device?
Back when I was using nexus 7, I think I saw in under settings, more.
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I used allshare on stock rom and its pretty cool. Go Wikipedia and check themiracast entry tthere's a link to certified devices but s3 only the Z model is supported.
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post Jun 22 2013, 12:20 AM

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QUOTE(mtxx @ Jun 22 2013, 12:18 AM)
Did some digging on miracast.

It's more useless than I thought.
Even if you have a miracast enabled TV or adapter,
Only nexus 4 have this feature enabled
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/16/so...it-work-anyway/

Miracast is picking up even slower than nfc.
Right now google don't even have the hardware and software to make things work.
Nexus Q cancelled, google tv not on sale worldwide, and miracast don't work on all android. doh.gif
So far there isn't real simple and cheap solution for wireless display in android.
Samsung allshare works great but need compatible tv and touch wiz rom.

Sometimes I feel Samsung innovate even better than google.
Best practical example is s beam and allshare
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Allshare just needs a dongle if you don't have a Samsung SmartTV, plus a Samsung phone with Allshare Cast software.

I did read some sporadic reports of people getting miracast working with various smartphones, but yes i agree there has not been any focus to promote it to date.
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post Jun 22 2013, 11:18 AM

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QUOTE(tjayy09 @ Jun 22 2013, 11:17 AM)
google X!
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Any specific reason(s) ?
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post Jun 26 2013, 08:43 PM

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QUOTE(sordanny @ Jun 26 2013, 08:13 PM)
yup bored. Have a nexus and used to flash different roms, launchers and try out different things
but now it gets kinda boring..
most manufacturer is kinda profiting off the same old wine in a different bottle..... It seems the days of revolutionary exciting things in product launch is dead

look at iphone 4 to 4s to 5 -> same old lame design, even call new connector a "feature"????  doh.gif
galaxy nexus to nexus 4 -> almost identical from the front
samsung galaxy s3 to s4 -> slightly upgraded software + loads of marketing money to "differentiate" (personally i think sammy could had hold up the new product and give s3 the current s4 software.. poor s3 users)

the only exception i can think of currently is htc with the new blinkfeed, sony with the new water/dust proof Z series and bb coming up with entirely new os

i genuinely hope all platform can come up with something revolutionary and radically different
i don't mind the "bloat" from manufacturers as long the phone runs smooth
i don't mind the screen technology is LED or LCD as long as it's a big screen with no pixelation
i don't mind it's 2/4/8 cores as long as the phone doesn't lag in day to day use
i want the camera on the phone to take good low light photos
and i want the battery to be 4,000 mah or bigger which can last me for 2 days
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Personally, it's a glass slab with a bezel. I prefer slim bezels, and some heft to the device without anorexia so it can get a hefty battery.

You want change like XP to Vista, or Win 7 to Win 8, or Office 2003 to Office 2007? Change for the sake of change is ridiculous. Blinkfeed etc are simply apps baked in by the manufacturer. You can likely get any app to replace its functionality or even have greater functionality than the stock app.

People have to start thinking of the device as a computer first which is CUSTOMISABLE instead of a locked down manufacturer-knows-best-choose-my-apps-or-leave-it phone.

Smartphones deserve users that should be smart enough to take advantage of all the platform has to offer, and accept the fact that it is all evolution from here on until 3D projection and Google Glass-like stuff take off.
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post Aug 22 2014, 03:04 PM

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No real innovation in most gadgets anymore. No must haves. On a slightly unrelated note but in the same vein, even solar has failed to take off despite 3 decades or more. We're all still stuck with non renewable fossil fuels.

 

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