Google Glass... in class ;) - Glass General

Wrote up a little blog post about Google Glass in my college classes. It's pretty dang useful, actually.
I've heard plenty of complaints about the camera on the device, but it seems to be able to get the projector screen just fine:
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Useful for when I need to get something copied verbatim
More pics and my write up: http://okaysass.com/posts/14-03-13-google-glass-in-the-classroom
Anyone else using Glass in class?

Yeah, I use them in class all the time for the exact same purpose. It's awesome I can focus on listening and understanding, not copying content.
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ok this is a pretty good idea. still not sure if they're still worth the purchase overall. any other tips or tricks you suggest for these glasses?

pixel7474 said:
ok this is a pretty good idea. still not sure if they're still worth the purchase overall. any other tips or tricks you suggest for these glasses?
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Working on a post for that! Currently, I would say no though. Especially since we're getting closer to launch every day

classroom, batterylife
Jaxbot said:
Anyone else using Glass in class?
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Yupp! (or about to be in 5-7 business days)
KillerBeaver said:
Yeah, I use them in class all the time for the exact same purpose. It's awesome I can focus on listening and understanding, not copying content.
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I have 2 questions.
1.How good is the battery life in terms of recording? (and in general)
2.How did your school (teachers students and especially administration) react to glass?
My school is really tech friendly and open minded so I'm not to worried, however that is in high contrast to my previous school who would have most likely banned the use of glass (they wouldn't care what it actually did, and they wouldn't listen to logic). I am finishing up my last year of high school so I know colleges are more open but it would still be nice to know your feedback.
pixel7474 said:
ok this is a pretty good idea. still not sure if they're still worth the purchase overall. any other tips or tricks you suggest for these glasses?
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Glass is most definitely not worth $1500 for the practical application (unless you are just rich), I bought it to be part of the explorer team and be on the "inside group" of tech, while I can't say how much it benefits my life yet, I really doubt it benefits me 5 times as much as my nexus 5 (which is $300). I think it will need a good range of applications and a cheaper price before I would buy it as a consumer, however I'm optimistic that that will happen.

tech.central said:
Yupp! (or about to be in 5-7 business days)
I have 2 questions.
1.How good is the battery life in terms of recording? (and in general)
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Recording you can get ~45 minutes, but it'll get really hot. It's specifically designed to make recording long videos difficult, for privacy reasons. (Well, so they say )
2.How did your school (teachers students and especially administration) react to glass?
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It's the University of Central Florida, so I don't have my old highschool admins breathing down my neck They would've nailed me in a hardbeat, no doubt, but they also banned the possession of electronic devices, and would commonly announce that "ipads, iphones, phones, and xboxes need to be turned off and stowed away". Ah, MHS.
Glass is most definitely not worth $1500 for the practical application (unless you are just rich), I bought it to be part of the explorer team and be on the "inside group" of tech, while I can't say how much it benefits my life yet, I really doubt it benefits me 5 times as much as my nexus 5 (which is $300). I think it will need a good range of applications and a cheaper price before I would buy it as a consumer, however I'm optimistic that that will happen.
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Correct. It's not worth its current price. But I tend not to think about it that way. If you have money to blow that you wouldn't spend elsewhere, then it's worth it. You really shouldn't try to apply logic to an impulse buy, it'll just make you feel bad about it

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It's the University of Central Florida
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Woah! Another UCF Knight. Would love to meet up and talk Glass. I'm more an iOS developer, but got Glass because it looks like something that'd be fun to hack around with.

frostincredible said:
Woah! Another UCF Knight. Would love to meet up and talk Glass. I'm more an iOS developer, but got Glass because it looks like something that'd be fun to hack around with.
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Small world! Sup. What classes are you in? I'm in CS1 and OOP, being the first year I am, but I'm pretty easy to find. Would love to chat!

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Small world! Sup. What classes are you in? I'm in CS1 and OOP, being the first year I am, but I'm pretty easy to find. Would love to chat!
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Even smaller world, I clicked your Twitter link only to find out that you commented on the post I put on UCF's CS Facebook page. I am the one that posted the "Glass is available for a day" post! I'm also first year, but haven't taken CS1 yet. I'm currently in OOP though, which class are you in? I'm 2:30 M/W/F with Whiting.

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Even smaller world, I clicked your Twitter link only to find out that you commented on the post I put on UCF's CS Facebook page. I am the one that posted the "Glass is available for a day" post! I'm also first year, but haven't taken CS1 yet. I'm currently in OOP though, which class are you in? I'm 2:30 M/W/F with Whiting.
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Ha, so you're right! Small world indeed. And yeah, I'm in Whiting's class. But I stopped going last week; my grade is too high in that class to justify listening to her go on and on about IDEs and ActionListeners.

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Ha, so you're right! Small world indeed. And yeah, I'm in Whiting's class. But I stopped going last week; my grade is too high in that class to justify listening to her go on and on about IDEs and ActionListeners.
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Lol, true. I pretty much stopped going after she said the last test had some of the worst grades and I sat there like "But I got a 100..." so I deemed it worthless to go anymore.

Related

Would all the Naysayers and miserably gits please leave the room.

I have been following the HD2 for some months now and to be honest I want to have its babies.
In all that time there always seems to be a small but very vocal minority who seem to be on a “This Phone is crap, its 3 million % slower than Phone X, O MY GOD what has HTC done”
To be honest I am starting to wonder if there is some kind of anti HTC HD2 movement going on, so please guys if you don’t like the HD2 fine just please GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
And no I am not a fan boy living in pink fluffy world; in fact I have just had the pleasure of an hour of one on one time with the Retail unit and its sooooooo good. There is no lag, the screen is great and it is clearly, in my mind, the best phone this year and possibly next year as well.
Now I know that not all of you will agree with me, that’s fine but please give the HD2 bashing a rest or at least wait until you have personal tested one and have something constructive to say.
+1 Fed up of seeing people who havent got the phone speculating on poor performance etc.
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and another +1
It is and will be a great phone. Nothing is perfect thou.
If you want the perfect phone then I am sure someone is releasing a phone in a months time that will be guaranteed a market leader for 10 years and deliver 34 days talk time and 8" screen in a 2" body.
From my point of view I had no problems putting my $$ on the table. I also owned the Touch HD and found it was also a great phone. One of the reasons I upgraded is that fact that the prev phone met my expectations and more than happy to repeat the cycle.
If you have a problem then please feel free to buy an alternative solution and contribute to another forum.
Thanks
+1 from an owner ANd ive even owned an Iphone before lol. Great for me
I've had my HD2 for two days. A few niggles, but so far it's the best fcukin phone I've ever used...
Sadly there are a lot of self centred whiners and crybabies ouut there who believe that they deserve to have HTC design a phone exclusively for them, and see anything else as a personal attack and attempt at rape on them from HTC. The logic of "if you don't like it, STFU and GTFO" is sadly missed by these dregs of humanity.
I just wish that they'd get lost and take their "omg someone told me it doesn't realy have a capacitive screen and it plays videos at 4% full speed and omg does it have a battery and will it work in america" asking the same question over-and-over-and-over-and-over idiot friends with them.
Would all the Naysayers and miserably gits please leave the room.
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Would all the crazed, rabid fan-boys please leave the room.
By far the most brilliant device ever produced. The eyes of the naysayers will open soon...
Very good thread mec1234!
Serriously Shasarak if you dont like the phone why are you even bothering to post in this section constantly
To all whiners, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
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Serriously Shasarak if you dont like the phone why are you even bothering to post in this section constantly
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Because, MOST of the people who bash HD2 have opened their NEW accounts only for this purpose. Check the joining date of most of these guys. and their posts in XDA
Well, I think that all the people bashing HTC HD2 are just jealous that they cannot afford it...
I've got mine on order (should be coming today or tomorrow) and after reading this thread I just cannot wait for it to arrive. As always with a new device you get fanboys of other devices that can't wait to bash it but you can usually tell these from people who actually own the phone or have had time with it.
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Serriously Shasarak if you dont like the phone why are you even bothering to post in this section constantly
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Well, that was kind of my point: I do like the phone. I may well buy one. You only think I hate it because you are a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy and you mentally classify everyone who is anything less than a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy, including balanced moderates, as being at the extreme negative end of the love/hate spectrum. You remind me of George W Bush ("you are either with us or against us"); in reality there are quite a wide range of possibilities in between, and most sensible people are placed somewhere along that continuum, between the two extremes. As Obi-Wan Kenobi observed, "only a sith deals in absolutes".
Shasarak said:
Well, that was kind of my point: I do like the phone. I may well buy one. You only think I hate it because you are a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy
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Bit extreme dont you think? I challege you to find a post that makes me out to be a "crazed rabid HTC fan-boy"
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...You only think I hate it because you are a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy and you mentally classify everyone who is anything less than a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy, including balanced moderates, as being at the extreme negative end of the love/hate spectrum. You remind me of George W Bush ("you are either with us or against us")...
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Do you want to talk about your problem(s)?
Seriously I think the main cause of the negativeness are the new techniques of the device. For example you just have to get used to the capacitive screen, only responding to your finger. Furthermore it's the first version of the new WM6.5, it still isn't perfect (but hopefully will be soon!).
But after three days I'm loving it more by the minute!
Mr Shasarak I have been expecting you, welcome.
Fanboy, me?
Well I am a fan of this phone and yes I am male so I guess I am a fanboy. Self deluded HTC lover nope sorry.
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Because, MOST of the people who bash HD2 have opened their NEW accounts only for this purpose. Check the joining date of most of these guys. and their posts in XDA
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Now you are getting me paranoid, do you think the Samsung Omnia 2 PR team is working over time?
Shasarak said:
Well, that was kind of my point: I do like the phone. I may well buy one. You only think I hate it because you are a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy and you mentally classify everyone who is anything less than a crazed, rabid HTC fan-boy, including balanced moderates, as being at the extreme negative end of the love/hate spectrum. You remind me of George W Bush ("you are either with us or against us"); in reality there are quite a wide range of possibilities in between, and most sensible people are placed somewhere along that continuum, between the two extremes. As Obi-Wan Kenobi observed, "only a sith deals in absolutes".
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Man, to think that so many people pay good money for various "herbs" that detatch them from reality that much and you get it for free each and every day. Lucky sod.
Oooh excellent - ***** fight!

Overclock

What is overclock?
Wikipedia said:
Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer, usually practiced by enthusiasts seeking an increase in the performance of their computers. Some purchase low-end computer components which they then overclock to higher clock rates, or overclock high-end components to attain levels of performance beyond the specified values. Others overclock outdated components to keep pace with new system requirements, rather than purchasing new hardware.[1]
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=overclocking
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What is overclock?
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It's when you make your phones clock run faster effectively turning your phone into a time machine, but it's a big responsibility with some serious risks.
Beware the butterfly effect.
I would have added an actual explanation but danknee covered that.
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Hahahahahaha
And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.
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And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.
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hahahahahahaha
(it wasnt that funny, just you know...10cars)
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And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.
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I'm lost on that one...
Is there a post I should have seen somewhere? damn it, it's been a long day. My humor gland is dry. I can see a few jokes.....
awwwwwwwww screw it.
Kcarpenter said:
I'm lost on that one...
Is there a post I should have seen somewhere? damn it, it's been a long day. My humor gland is dry. I can see a few jokes.....
awwwwwwwww screw it.
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No no....there was no inside joke. It just seemed like the kinda of thing that a geeky stoner with a hero would do, if he has the opportunity to travel back to last week.
And it seemed funny to me to warn folks away from doing this. There. Are you happy? You forced me to explain the humor, and now it will never grow up to be a real joke.
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No no....there was no inside joke. It just seemed like the kinda of thing that a geeky stoner with a hero would do, if he has the opportunity to travel back to last week.
And it seemed funny to me to warn folks away from doing this. There. Are you happy? You forced me to explain the humor, and now it will never grow up to be a real joke.
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1. I know its 4-20, but I am still at work, wait till about 7 tonight before posting any more of this "humor" you speak of.
2. Did a Mod make you get rid of your Rick-roll in your sig?
Kcarpenter said:
1. I know its 4-20, but I am still at work, wait till about 7 tonight before posting any more of this "humor" you speak of.
2. Did a Mod make you get rid of your Rick-roll in your sig?
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Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.
kbizzle said:
Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.
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Hell, I still gotta find some my self.
There are 4 days a year tops I will participate in festivities. This happens to be the only required one.
Kcarpenter said:
Hell, I still gotta find some my self.
There are 4 days a year tops I will participate in festivities. This happens to be the only required one.
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4 days a year!!
I try to restrict it to weekends and weekdays only
Too bad y'all aren't in Austin. I'd show you some real Tejas hospitality. We're all getting together about five. I'm gonna throw some buffalo on the grill and an eggplant casserole in the oven. And after we're all greasy and well fed, it's in to the music room for some kickass tunes on Daddy's Bigass Stereo (official title), enhanced liberally by Daddy's finest 'dro. Good times!
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Too bad y'all aren't in Austin. I'd show you some real Tejas hospitality. We're all getting together about five. I'm gonna throw some buffalo on the grill and an eggplant casserole in the oven. And after we're all greasy and well fed, it's in to the music room for some kickass tunes on Daddy's Bigass Stereo (official title), enhanced liberally by Daddy's finest 'dro. Good times!
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Houston here buddy, catchin' ya loud an' clear... Nothin like some Brisket, potato salad and Corona to top off the week!
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Houston here buddy, catchin' ya loud an' clear... Nothin like some Brisket, potato salad and Corona to top off the week!
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w00t, it's still here!
kbizzle said:
Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.
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absolutely BRUTAL...drop a nickel in it and shake the xmas tree for all shes worth...
Frankly, Sir, your penguin terrifies me.
And the perspective makes my head heart.
I actually knew a girl once, who SWORE she never dreamed of anything but penguins. She was actually hauled away by men in white coats, one day. Not for telling us about the penguins, though, for other things entirely.
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What is overclock?
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what is google?
tejasrichard said:
Frankly, Sir, your penguin terrifies me.
And the perspective makes my head heart.
I actually knew a girl once, who SWORE she never dreamed of anything but penguins. She was actually hauled away by men in white coats, one day. Not for telling us about the penguins, though, for other things entirely.
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well getting dragged away by men in white coats mean one thing...and one thing only...she zigged when she should have zagged and also added too much detergent when trying to inflate the bike tire with christmas tree gas lol

Am i the only one..

Who actually thinks the new phone is cool, and wants it?
/hides behind stone wall.
Probably
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Who actually thinks the new phone is cool, and wants it?
/hides behind stone wall.
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well I don't blame. I'm assuming you live in the stone ages since your hiding behind a stone wall and think this phone is cool...
haha.
probably... i mean to make such a big hype for a phone that's a brick? no 4g...? no front facing camera? this literally looks like a Nintendo DS as a phone. It doesn't really appeal to me and probably a lot of other people.
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Probably not. It is an industry first, but it's also pretty much just a gimmick, like 3D. I would have been much more interested in a dual core phone, or even an Evo with an updated processor.
I can see how it would be good for mulittasking...if it had the power of a dual core processor...but the specs are very underwhelming, and the battery life is going to be horrible.
Its not that bad a phone but sprint did themselves a great disservice by hyping it up so much. People where expecting something huge and instead got a phone.
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it's sort of like taking a ds. And then taking out the gaming capabilities of it, and then.... selling it.
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/hides behind stone wall.
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Yes. Yes you are.
The issue is that it "may" be a good phone once some people get their hands on it and play with it.
But you cannot deny the overwhelming negative response (see their facebook page) as a pretty big sign that it may not be a good phone.
If you look at it from a sales/marketing POV they would much rather have a phone that everyone thinks looks really cool at a press release, but then falls a little short of expectation in the real world. At least they sell some phones, and the high initial praise helps sustain the life of the phone.
Now look at this situation, especially in this economy, 99% of the initial response is bordering "verbal lynch mob", even if it a good phone, how many people will actually give it a chance?
First impressions can kill...........
It's an interesting concept, I'll give them that, but it's made by Kyocera, looks like a brick and not a lot of developers will go out of their way to make use of both screens.
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Its not that bad a phone but sprint did themselves a great disservice by hyping it up so much. People where expecting something huge and instead got a phone.
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I've seen almost nothing on the phone, but I agree. The hype was the worst of it.
I recall saying something similar would be great. I dropped the thought when tablets came.
EDIT-saw the video. WTF? Now I know why people said brick. I no longer have any interest even in passing.
The biggest issue is that from what i understand, its a basic Android. Phone with a 2nd gen snap dragon running 2 screens. Won't that hurt performance?
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Say "neat-o" and move on down the line.
You have been EVOfied.
4G - I don't have it...and i don't need it.
Front facing camera - Mine sucks..i hardly use it.
Maybe it's just the cool factor of it, but I think it looks more professional than the Evo.
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but I think it looks more professional than the Evo.
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And a frumpy ***** in a business suit (echo) looks more professional than a supermodel (evo). Guess which one I want in my pants?
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And a frumpy ***** in a business suit looks more professional than a supermodel. Guess which one I want in my pants?
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lol. processor isn't to bad tho... same as as shift (which beats the evo) but clocked even higher.
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lol. processor isn't to bad tho... same as as shift (which beats the evo) but clocked even higher.
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Nope. It's loaded with a first gen snapdragon... I repeat. Epic fail.
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Maybe it's just the cool factor of it, but I think it looks more professional than the Evo.
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now thats just silly!
But, remember,
you will never get an update past the OS that they ship it with
you get like a whole 5 apps that can utilize both screens, and no developer is going to waste time expanding their code base to accommodate this
and now i have lost interest! lol
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Nope. It's loaded with a first gen snapdragon... I repeat. Epic fail.
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Actually its the second gen check out engadget fire more proof...i don't feel like providing it.
. Under the hood there's a 1GHz second-gen Snapdragon running Android 2.2 -- we'll forgive the older software because Kyocera had to do extensive customization to add dual-screen support to seven core apps like the browser, email, and messaging.
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1st commercial by Samsung for the S2

"Samsung Mobile" (from Facebook) just posted the 1st add for the Galaxy s2 on YouTube:
It can't be too much longer folks!
If only the phne truly was waterproof like the advertisment.
Samsung logo, here it is
Yep, that was posted a few days back in another thread. Looks nice and sexy.
It was leaked a few days ago but now we've got it from Samsung Mobile directly, so that's a good sign indeed!
Whatever you do,whenever you purchase SGS 2
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if the little girl wasn't blonde she wouldn't put the phone in the water.
HaHaHa... Here We Go With The Blonde Jokes...
Epic.....
As much as I love the phone.. This ad is the worse iv ever seen.
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As much as I love the phone.. This ad is the worse iv ever seen.
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May I ask why?
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May I ask why?
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Do you know those Red Bull commercials that "supposed give you wings"?
What if one of those commercials had a young kid jump off a building thinking he could fly?
Ok, maybe bad analogy but this commercial will have naive people thinking this phone is water-proof.
There are other ways to show the the brilliant display without confusing people and thinking what may or may not damage the phone
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Do you know those Red Bull commercials that "supposed give you wings"?
What if one of those commercials had a young kid jump off a building thinking he could fly?
Ok, maybe bad analogy but this commercial will have naive people thinking this phone is water-proof.
There are other ways to show the the brilliant display without confusing people and thinking what may or may not damage the phone
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I see your point. I hope most people see the text during the commercial that it is not waterproof xD
My first thought about the commercial was that it was original and funny.
XDA mark said:
I see your point. I hope most people see the text during the commercial that it is not waterproof xD
My first thought about the commercial was that it was original and funny.
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I thought so too. Very original and humble, in my opinion.
Don't laugh but my first thought right when she dumped it in the fishbowl was.."so this isn't like the water marks of the iPhone? It doesn't void warranty? It can actually survive minor water accidents?"
Again, don't laugh.
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Whatever you do,whenever you purchase SGS 2
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LMAO!! definitely....
and please keep it away from childrens
Nice commercial; they're realizing that the average consumer doesn't need to be blown away by specs and CG graphics to buy the product. I hope they make more that showcase the qualities of the phone but they are heading in the right direction.
I fail to see how Moto continuously makes the spec oriented adds for the Xoom when Apple is winning the hearts of many with it's emotionally attached and "awe inspiring" commercials of the iPad 2.
FLAC Vest said:
Nice commercial; they're realizing that the average consumer doesn't need to be blown away by specs and CG graphics to buy the product. I hope they make more that showcase the qualities of the phone but they are heading in the right direction.
I fail to see how Moto continuously makes the spec oriented adds for the Xoom when Apple is winning the hearts of many with it's emotionally attached and "awe inspiring" commercials of the iPad 2.
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well that's kinda simple...
the Tech oriented commercials are trying to attract the geeky / nerdy cloud of consumers (Us here people on forums)
the Awe, Cute, Funny, Nice, etc type commercials are aimed to the regular home user that knows nothing about the phone, they just want something that looks great, and works, and fully packed with features they don't even use.
and Samsung is doing well in the 2nd type of commercials
This is .. The worst ad ever !! The worst ad ever !!
AllGamer said:
well that's kinda simple...
the Tech oriented commercials are trying to attract the geeky / nerdy cloud of consumers (Us here people on forums)
the Awe, Cute, Funny, Nice, etc type commercials are aimed to the regular home user that knows nothing about the phone, they just want something that looks great, and works, and fully packed with features they don't even use.
and Samsung is doing well in the 2nd type of commercials
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I know this, but as you can see with the sales numbers, the Xoom isn't selling THAT well. People are quick to forget that "we" make up a small percentage of the market and that isn't where companies need to advertise.
Think about it, how many people who actually know what those specs mean wouldn't already know about the Xoom? The point of a commercial isn't to advertise to your target audience (of course it is, in a way) because we are already "sold".
With new products like these, they should be going for the average Co sumer, one who doesn't know about the tablet and is wondering why they should get that over the iPaD.
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FLAC Vest said:
With Jew products like these
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I really hope that was a typo...
k1000716 said:
I really hope that was a typo...
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I think/hope he ment new...
Edited ; meant new, sorry about that; I don't type as much on my phone anymore, nor do I proof read my posts.
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Battery saving tips for parents

Don't let Restaurant Story anywhere near the SGS2.
When the kids have gone to bed, you'll feel an irresistible urge to continue. And continue. And continue...
Yours sincerely,
Worried, Oslo.
..what?
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Have you had a doctor test your clinical mentality?
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got your point, but the thread is still pointless.
edit: omg.. got the point and still pointless?! I seriously should grab some sleep
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yetep said:
Have you had a doctor test your clinical mentality?
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I am a doctor. And I say I'm sane.
Now if you'll just excuse me, I must talk to Napoleon. He communicates via a secret chip the Martians implanted in my bottom when I visited them in a previous life in 1801.
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I thought there was supervisors to close these kind of posts.
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I thought there was supervisors to close these kind of posts.
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Says Senor 11-post.. trust me, you'll find much worse that's not moderated, assuming you find a ladder to get down from your high horse.
I believe you youngsters call it epic-fail-lolz or some such.
No matter. Bet not one of you posters is a parent, and Restaurant Story does indeed suck one's battery life, and hard.
Probably a spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to bring some levity to the proceedings and if I failed:
1 - I don't care.
2 - You're all a bunch of po-faced sourpusses. Yah boo sux to ya.
468 views and not one rating? C'mon boys - show your displeasure! Maintain the rage! I'll give it 1* to start you off.
Padded walls for the retard please.
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Do you really have kids?
Starting to understand. I have a couple of those who finish your battery coming in a few days mate.
In some years when i need to entertaint them i will remember what i must not install from market.
I hit my head falling from my high horse, but do not judge people by the number of post. You may get wrong conclusions.
Be happy.
Enviado y punto.
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Starting to understand. I have a couple of those who finish your battery coming in a few days mate.
In some years when i need to entertaint them i will remember what i must not install from market.
I hit my head falling from my high horse, but do not judge people by the number of post. You may get wrong conclusions.
Be happy.
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Sure there's plenty more games that do the same. I'm not a gamer myself, and my oldest has my old SGS for her games, but the kiddy-game market is growing. Apologies for my 11-post jibe, it was unnecessary.
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Do you really have kids?
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Well, let's see... on three occasions that I fornicated with my wife, three offspring came out nine months later. I was there during all three of said occasions, and delivered the middle offspring (the gamer) myself.
So pretty sure, yes.
Bumping my own thread, I'm a bad man.
Your replies were very witty, and I laughed incessantly.
However, I'm right and you're all wrong. All these lavasoft games - Restaurant/Farm/Zoo Story really do drain battery quickly. A combo of wifi, bright colours and eager progeny is hardly conducive to prolonged battery life. They certainly drain it quicker than my boy's other games (e.g., Cut The Rope, Angry Birds).
And as a riposte to the slackjawed troglodyte quoted below:
yetep said:
Padded walls for the retard please.
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- take a look in the mirror.
If I would have kids, I wouldn't want them to surf the Internet alone. There's too much stuff out there inappropriate for children.
My kids would get an old phone, which you can only use for talking and sending text messages and for gaming a Nintendo DS.
Think about this instead of battery live! The cheapest solution isn't always the best
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If I would have kids, I wouldn't want them to surf the Internet alone. There's too much stuff out there inappropriate for children.
My kids would get an old phone, which you can only use for talking and sending text messages and for gaming a Nintendo DS.
Think about this instead of battery live! The cheapest solution isn't always the best
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I don't let them surf the net alone, under any circumstances. My middle kid is 7, and he's not getting a mobile before he's 10 (there's 6 year olds where I live tooled up with mobiles, which is ridiculous).
Any online games he plays are on my phone, always with me present, and no invites/social interaction without me vetting first. He has a DS and a Wii, and I don't allow online play with them.
Sad but true - as a parent you can't be too careful.
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Sad but true - as a parent you can't be too careful.
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Yes, especially regarding internet. Too bad there's zero parential control in Android. I remember a father reporting, that his kid used in-game market to waiste 99$
A few weeks ago I saw a less than 10 year old girl in a bus with a Galaxy ... some parents don't seem to know, what they are doing.

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