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I love Android. I started with my G1, have a had a hero, incredible and am on an EVO.
I'm cutting down on having a smartphone since I can't use it at work, so I'm considering purchasing a nook to fill that Android need in my life.
I can easily find a local nook color for around $200, but will I be happy? I flash roms all the time, and would love to have something I can read in bed our play some games with my 3 year old daughter. I figure if I break something or my kiddo gets a little too aggressive, I won't be too upset.
She loves her grandparents ipad (her granddad is a hardcore mac guy) I just want something fun for us.
Do you all think the nook will fit my needs? Do any of you have children that are in that 3-4 year range? If so, how do they take to the device? I'm thinking books and coloring games could be very fun even though there will be write a bit less than she pass used to from her grandparents ipad.
Thanks xda, I've grown to respect you over the years.
Cheers!
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TooSlo said:
I love Android. I started with my G1, have a had a hero, incredible and am on an EVO.
I'm cutting down on having a smartphone since I can't use it at work, so I'm considering purchasing a nook to fill that Android need in my life.
I can easily find a local nook color for around $200, but will I be happy? I flash roms all the time, and would love to have something I can read in bed our play some games with my 3 year old daughter. I figure if I break something or my kiddo gets a little too aggressive, I won't be too upset.
She loves her grandparents ipad (her granddad is a hardcore mac guy) I just want something fun for us.
Do you all think the nook will fit my needs? Do any of you have children that are in that 3-4 year range? If so, how do they take to the device? I'm thinking books and coloring games could be very fun even though there will be write a bit less than she pass used to from her grandparents ipad.
Thanks xda, I've grown to respect you over the years.
Cheers!
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I got mine for the same price, and I'm very happy with it thus far, considering that the device is that price range, you get a whole lot. Just like you, I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Below I'll itemize some features that I use for myself and for my son.
***Me:
- task and organize manager
- read eBooks (ezPDF reader)
- watch youtube in HQ, and you can watch HULU if you're using CM7 build (link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040971)
- catch up on videos (MoboPlayer)
- browse on internet (Dolphin HD is awesome, and SkyFire is fairly snappy as well)
- I'll occasionally play some some games (i.e Nesoid, etc.)
***Kiddies:
- read to him (i.e. OceanMedia and StoryChimes is really good, highly recommend)
- educational and developmental games (i.e. IntelliJoy Games, also highly recommend)
- movies for him on long trips, this is also a big help
I mean these are just a couple of things, I'm certain their is more... also, you mentioned you have an android device, so you can wifi/tether and connect the NookColor on to your android device (that's what I do) and the NC will have constant internet access and the screen on the NookColor is very crisp IMHO, very good buy for what the device does.
I hope this short summary points you to the direction you're looking for! Good luck!
I can't vouch for the part about how kids will take to it, but I imagine they would really enjoy it. But if you're like me and are really into Android and the customization and ROM flashing that it allows then the NC is perfect. I first looked for the generic Android tablets on ebay.
I ended up with the Zenethink ZT-180; no offense to anyone on here who finds that device to be great, but I sure didn't. I had it less than a week. Bottom line it didn't do anything right, it FC'ed all the time with a lot of apps and a lot more apps weren't even comaptible at all. Plus, I paid more for it than I did my NC, and I bought it NEW from B&N!!! That alone sold me on the NC. Affordable, yet a quality product that can do anything I want it to on Andoid and has a great potential for future development. I have had my NC for several months and I have loved it, actually, it is running these ROMS and tweaks far better than I ever imagined it could.
My opinion is to go for it, save the cash for something else, and enjoy this surprise hit that is one heck of an Android tablet.
unbrickable
The Nook is great for installing mods, it's hard-set to boot off the SD card first, so it's practically unbrickable. Keep checking XDA regularly for new developments, it just keeps getting better and better
I bought NC with my 5year and 3year olds in mind. have it 1 month now.
NC is cheap and handing it over to kids gives me less of a headache than giving a xoom would.
it's light, 5year can hold it, 3year puts it besides him.
I boot it from sd and leave emmc stock. kids love coloring, puzzles, easy learning like memory or math. angry birds too but not for more than half an hour, which is just fine by me.
i have a 3 year old and she calls it my big phone... we read (using the native b&n book app) the elephant story and the i love you book (both free). they have an option to have a narrator read to you, and she loves to do this every night.
she also likes playing the bubble app with her cousin and shooting angry birds the wrong way. hehe... she also likes fruit ninja quite a bit. it's a nice size for her.
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The Nook is great for installing mods, it's hard-set to boot off the SD card first, so it's practically unbrickable. Keep checking XDA regularly for new developments, it just keeps getting better and better
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+1. It's a fantastic device and is a total bargain. If you are an Android pro, you have the option to skip B&N altogether and go straight for a custom ROM or you can boot a custom ROM for yourself from the SD and let the nooblings in your family use the stock/rooted setup from eMMC.
Well, I made the jump and picked up a 1 month old NC from Craigslist. I'm now going through the process of reading up on what I need to do to root it and throw a custom ROM on there.
I'm far from an Android noob, so this sounds like it should be fairly painless compared to old school rooting of devices.
Can't wait to get it up and running!
EDIT: Looks good so far. Did a backup of the stock image and managed to forget to re-copy it to my desktop. D'oh! Will report back after I get some more done to it, but I'm excited so far!
EDIT2: How do you manage to get this to toggle USB storage so I can move .apk files to the SD card? This seems quite confusing compared to Myn's Warm Z for my EVO. Usually when I plug in USB I get a toggle to turn on USB storage. Am I missing something?
to connect NC to a computer as a USB storage, use samuelhalff's provided utility called nookcolorUMS. Search for it in development forum. Works perfect for me.
shamo75 said:
to connect NC to a computer as a USB storage, use samuelhalff's provided utility called nookcolorUMS. Search for it in development forum. Works perfect for me.
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It looks like something completely fried my 8gb microsd card. I scoured around and found the stock 8gb card I had from my EVO when I bought it so I threw that in there and I'm getting the proper prompt to mount to USB.
Now I'm just getting things sorted out. Some people may be offended that I use the term toy with this device, but I'm really excited to have it. My daughter is going to LOVE being able to play Angry Birds at home now instead of it being a "grandpa's house" treat.
I'm also looking forward to some of the kids books as well, though I may end up running the standard NC firmware from the internal memory, then run CM7 from my class 6 card. I think that's a project for the weekend though, and a nandroid backup will DEFINITELY be done beforehand.
Thanks so much for the help guys, I greatly appreciate it, as well as the many who have kids who encouraged me to make the jump into the NC family!
My girls like playing puzzle game and such on it...and Angry Birds before it got too hard for them (they're 3 & 5).
I just flashed CM7.0.2 on it...My youngest will miss the talking books which she really liked...hopefully B&N gets them in the Nook app eventually...
greenmky said:
My girls like playing puzzle game and such on it...and Angry Birds before it got too hard for them (they're 3 & 5).
I just flashed CM7.0.2 on it...My youngest will miss the talking books which she really liked...hopefully B&N gets them in the Nook app eventually...
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Do you have any suggestions for kids games? The ones I found were coloring ones, which my kiddo loves, I just know she's great at things like puzzles, and has some iOS versions that she loves at her grandpa's place.
She's incredibly bright (all parents say that I think) but I'm always surprised how quickly she has picked up things like the iPad and the old iPod touch that we used to let her play with.
I'm also having a ton of fun
TooSlo said:
Do you have any suggestions for kids games? The ones I found were coloring ones, which my kiddo loves, I just know she's great at things like puzzles, and has some iOS versions that she loves at her grandpa's place.
She's incredibly bright (all parents say that I think) but I'm always surprised how quickly she has picked up things like the iPad and the old iPod touch that we used to let her play with.
I'm also having a ton of fun
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My youngest loves puzzles, so she likes stuff like the Hello Kitty Puzzles. There's a pretty good handful of puzzle apps. I'm too cheap to BUY games on it (I almost never buy apps).
TooSlo said:
It looks like something completely fried my 8gb microsd card. I scoured around and found the stock 8gb card I had from my EVO when I bought it so I threw that in there and I'm getting the proper prompt to mount to USB.
Now I'm just getting things sorted out. Some people may be offended that I use the term toy with this device, but I'm really excited to have it. My daughter is going to LOVE being able to play Angry Birds at home now instead of it being a "grandpa's house" treat.
I'm also looking forward to some of the kids books as well, though I may end up running the standard NC firmware from the internal memory, then run CM7 from my class 6 card. I think that's a project for the weekend though, and a nandroid backup will DEFINITELY be done beforehand.
Thanks so much for the help guys, I greatly appreciate it, as well as the many who have kids who encouraged me to make the jump into the NC family!
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link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I used these instructions from this form to create a bootable CM7 platform from SD, was very helpful and straight forward. Congrats on the purchase, you won't regret it, it's one of the best things I've ever purchased for this price.
I appreciate the links and positive responses. Man, this is what makes me love XDA so much!
I have CM7 running pretty well so far, aside the fried sdcard. Really having fun with the little tablet. Seems great for web browsing, and I've used Calibre to convert some .pdf to more friendly epub files.
Overall my impression is positive. I like the look/feel of the NC, I'm having to remember that there is internal storage that can be used as well, I just need to figure out what has access to that storage.
@TooSlo, if you are using CM7, it comes with with a "File Manager" app or if you have a preferred file explorer, but if you go to this file path /emmc/.... anything within that directory you have access too. like for me, i leave my eBooks there, so it loads up a little quicker than when my app tries to access my external sd card. Just some friendly suggestions from my part. Good luck.
i am a noob to both flashing roms and android, and this is the best 250 bucks I've ever spent!!
I too was going to buy a cheap chinese tab, but am sooo glad I found out about the nook
My three year old daughter loves the Monkey Preschool Lunchbox game. The best thing about the nookcolor is a the dual boot option. It's nice to be able to have both the stock and a custom rom on the same device.
indagroove said:
My three year old daughter loves the Monkey Preschool Lunchbox game. The best thing about the nookcolor is a the dual boot option. It's nice to be able to have both the stock and a custom rom on the same device.
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Ahh, I didn't know they had monkey preschool lunchbox! My daughter loves that for iOS!
You sir, have made my day!
TooSlo said:
Ahh, I didn't know they had monkey preschool lunchbox! My daughter loves that for iOS!
You sir, have made my day!
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Glad to hear it.
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A must have APP in my opinion. Not related to the developer in anyway except for appreciation for his hard work.
TESTED: HTC Desire -> XOOM
Works!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940511
Cheers.
I look forward to trying this as soon as my piece of crap 5 month old PS3 gets back from Sony working properly!
i was planning on posting the same thread last night when the forum went down for maintenance. Works great.
I had to revert my host file to turn ads back on but a smallprice to pay for the gains.
Xoom 3.1 rooted 1.4.2 tiamat.
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I look forward to trying this as soon as my piece of crap 5 month old PS3 gets back from Sony working properly!
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you must of got a bad one
my fat has been running perfectly for the last two years.
Same here my fat 60gb ps3 has been running great since their very first release date
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The PS3 hardware is generally ok, it's the network that you need to worry about.
Yeah, I'm sure it's just a bad one, but the thing is, it worked fine until the day the PSN came back up. I had played GoW III the night before. PSN came back, I updated and changed my password, took GoW out, put in Black Ops, and it wouldn't read games or Blu-ray. It reads DVDs just fine.
Well, one minute apps were there, then the next minute I couldn't find them.
It looks like transferring apps from the system memory to the sdcard is the cause of this. I didn't have this problem when I had Tbolt. Can somebody duplicate this problem?
Also, I managed to crash the system while copying 300+ files from one folder in sdcard to another folder in internal memory . The screen went black and buttons weren't responding. I had pull the battery out to reboot.
Moto worked on this phone for additional 9 months and still has bugs like these? All these are not good at all.
I had similar problems. After installing apps from the market, I could use them, but after reboot some would be gone. One app that was giving me fits was the xda premium app. I think I reinstalled our about 5 times.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was playing the free version of Tetris that EA put on the Market, and I got a call while I was playing.
I picked up the call, finished it, and when I went back to the Home screen I held down the Home button to go to recently used apps and Tetris wasn't there. So I went into my App list and... Tetris wasn't there.
I went into the Market, and it said it was never installed.
Either I hallucinated the half hour before a phone call interrupted my psychotic perceptions of tetriminos, or the phone deleted the app all on its own.
Really strange.
I too had the same problem. Just download again and they stick.
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It just happened again. I was transferring some files to the internal memory to sdcard, and the screen didn't wake up. It seems the system is running behind the screen, but I can't see anything on the screen.
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I had similar problems. After installing apps from the market, I could use them, but after reboot some would be gone. One app that was giving me fits was the xda premium app. I think I reinstalled our about 5 times.
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I too have seen my XDA app disappear. Based on the layout of the stock launcher now I know other apps are missing, I just haven't figured out what...
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Had same issue after reboot. Had to re-install apps. I've haven't tried to reboot again. I did download MyBackup so went ahead and backed up my apps and data. The weird thing is, when my apps disappeared and I had to re-install them, they didn't need my usernames or pws to be re-entered. So it seems the data was still there.
UPDATE: Rebooted and it happened again.
Same issue here, lost about 8 apps after reboot
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Happening to me as well, I just moved everything back from the card onto the phone
I was able to fix the apps disappearing by going into manage applications then the media area tab and making sure that no apps were checked. Any that were I moved back to the phone.
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I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but the Bionic, like the D3, is configured differently than other Android phones. The /sdcard partition is actually the internal storage... part of the 16GB the advertise as internal. The removable SDcard is /sdcard-ext. Not sure if that is a contributing factor. I've not seen that problem but I'll keep an eye out for it.
I'm coming from a og droid, so moving apps to the sd card is like second nature to me. I feel i just have to do it even though this phone has so much internal srorage in comparison. Is it possible that the problem is the sd card itself?
I didn't think about that, so when you move them is it going to the sd ext or the internal storage (sd). I did notice the sd and sd ext are different.
The same thing happens on reboot for me as well. I just go into titanium and restore each time which is a pain in the a$$.
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On the phone with motorola customer service now. Not getting warm fuzzy feeling. They suggest that i turn the phone off and remove the battery.... thanks (that's sarcasm in case you can't tell)
kento812 said:
On the phone with motorola customer service now. Not getting warm fuzzy feeling. They suggest that i turn the phone off and remove the battery.... thanks (that's sarcasm in case you can't tell)
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Ah, the most beloved suggestion among customer services....
so unlike other android phones currently in the market, MOTO made the real sdcard (sdcard-ex) almost obsolete. It's only dedicated for media storage and sharing.
mngdew said:
so unlike other android phones currently in the market, MOTO made the real sdcard (sdcard-ex) almost obsolete. It's only dedicated for media storage and sharing.
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This is so utterly ridiculous. I had to put all of my apps BACK onto my phone. Why even offer the extra storage if we can't use it to store what we'd like. I don't keep that much media on my phone.
Anyone tried another sd card? I'm thinking about wiping the one from my old phone and putting it in this bionic.
kento812 said:
Anyone tried another sd card? I'm thinking about wiping the one from my old phone and putting it in this bionic.
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I have a 32gb I pulled from Tbolt, and I formatted it. One thing odd though, Titanium only reports 29gb available instead of 31~32 after the format.
Hello, i just got my droid bionic and i am trying to move the app data from my droid first gen to my bionic.
i have rooted both phones, and i had a lot of games that i had on my 1g.
i already downloaded titanium backup for both phones. but when i put the sd card onto my bionic, nothing shows up. requesting pro assistant in this matter for i am probably doing something wrong.
nerdyplayer said:
Hello, i just got my droid bionic and i am trying to move the app data from my droid first gen to my bionic.
i have rooted both phones, and i had a lot of games that i had on my 1g.
i already downloaded titanium backup for both phones. but when i put the sd card onto my bionic, nothing shows up. requesting pro assistant in this matter for i am probably doing something wrong.
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I did exactly what you are attempting - Droid 1 sdcard to Droid Bionic. It worked perfectly. Maybe you should try a reboot with the card in the Bionic.
i would do only the apps not the data. you have to move the tibu folder to your internal storage for it to work right.
I already rebooted titanium doesnt see it. But its not internal yet. Ill try it later. I want the data because i dont want to hace to beat 50 levels angry birds again
Heres what u gotta do. After u make a backup of d1, insert SD card into bionic. Go to files, SD card and look for titanium backup. Copy that folder and paste it to internal memory, overwriting the other titanium fold that gets created when u download the app. Once u do that go back to titanium backup and refresh the apps and restart the app. Then you're all set
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ty justin for the help. it got all my angry bird stuff back.
but one other problem, i cannot back up my stuff with one of my games "restaurant story". when i try to back up it nothing comes back and i'm back to level 1. any help with this would be awesome.
and justin i owe you a coke.
nerdyplayer said:
ty justin for the help. it got all my angry bird stuff back.
but one other problem, i cannot back up my stuff with one of my games "restaurant story". when i try to back up it nothing comes back and i'm back to level 1. any help with this would be awesome.
and justin i owe you a coke.
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No problem. Took me a while to figure this out to, Verizon just sent me this phone to replace my charge.
As far as restaurant story goes.... I don't think u can with timed games like that. My tap fish always reset on me no matter what I did.
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Here you go everyone! Just copy/paste to /system/app then reboot. I was able to just install like a regular app but some people said they can't.
http://db.tt/nbLAxo33
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Had no idea what this was at first until I researched it and found out it was just the Market re-named.
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Had no idea what this was at first until I researched it and found out it was just the Market re-named.
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All of their stuff is renamed now. Google Music is Google Play Music. Then there's Google Play Videos and Google Play Books lol. Pretty stupid name IMHO, but whatever haha. A lot of peoples markets haven't updated so I posted it here.
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All of their stuff is renamed now. Google Music is Google Play Music. Then there's Google Play Videos and Google Play Books lol. Pretty stupid name IMHO, but whatever haha. A lot of peoples markets haven't updated so I posted it here.
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Will it update automatically? and Should of just left it as the old name.
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Will it update automatically? and Should of just left it as the old name.
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Eventually, just putting it out there for people who want it now instead of waiting.
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thanks for this. this fixed my FC issue.
spc_hicks09 said:
Here you go everyone! Just copy/paste to /system/app then reboot. I was able to just install like a regular app but some people said they can't.
http://db.tt/nbLAxo33
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My Revos auto updated yesterday, one completely stock and the other rooted w/ GV2.0. I'm not sure that i like play(everything) very much, I dont see any difference aside from the ugly icons and new layout in market. I also havent bothered to do any research on the subject so this is just a completely uninformed rant.
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My Revos auto updated yesterday, one completely stock and the other rooted w/ GV2.0. I'm not sure that i like play(everything) very much, I dont see any difference aside from the ugly icons and new layout in market. I also havent bothered to do any research on the subject so this is just a completely uninformed rant.
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That's all they did anyway. Just changed the name and the logo and put some stuff on sale lol.
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Whoot! I have read into this. Google Play is a vision by Google to streamline connectivity of devices. New phones that are coming out are going to very much designed like the iphone, internal memory, internal battery. This is because Google has a cloud service, and most devices will have 16-32 GB memory, and that is it. Sony has the new Ion coming out and has made arrangements with dropbox for 50GB of cloud storage. The cloud is in. On the phone side, manufacturers know we want the latest and greatest, which is why there is a 6-9 month shelf life on most devices, and we upgrade every 18-24 months anyway.
So Google wants you to know that anything you have on your phone, you can have on your tablet or PC, much like Apple. And in order to do that, they could no longer call it "Market" as the name indicates that you can only buy products. With Play, you can buy, but store in the cloud and play the items on your phone and PC. Which is popular because Windows also does it. And with the fear of Windows closing in on Android, you bet that Android/Google is going to anything to keep an edge.
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So Google wants you to know that anything you have on your phone, you can have on your tablet or PC, much like Apple.
And with the fear of Windows closing in on Android, you bet that Android/Google is going to anything to keep an edge.
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Lol 2 things you said that really cracked me up.
1. Google had cloud storage first so they're not doing anything "like apple"
2. Have you seen sales stats recently? Windows phones are nowhere near catching up to Android lol.
But yes I do agree that most smartphones nowadays are getting built like the iPhone which I completely hate. Why would you not want a removeable battery? Why would you not want external storage? Just makes no sense to me.
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Lol 2 things you said that really cracked me up.
1. Google had cloud storage first so they're not doing anything "like apple"
2. Have you seen sales stats recently? Windows phones are nowhere near catching up to Android lol.
But yes I do agree that most smartphones nowadays are getting built like the iPhone which I completely hate. Why would you not want a removeable battery? Why would you not want external storage? Just makes no sense to me.
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Correct they did cloud first. The article I read was saying they want consumers to have a better idea that your goodies are seamlessly assessable between your devices. I knew that, but I gather that not everyone knows that. And another article said that windows mobile will be a giant by the end of the year. I disagree there too, but you don't know what they got up their sleeve.
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I'm Lost
Could somebody help me remove my head from my fifth point of contact?
Where is the system folder located?
Thanks.
Hicks I posted this yesterday man...no love? lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535247
Just playin man
dbeauch said:
Hicks I posted this yesterday man...no love? lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535247
Just playin man
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Crap my bad man! Seriously I can take this down if you want. I just uploaded this one because it was the ota push I received instead of an ota pushed to a different device. I swear I didn't see your post, sorry!
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No no lol its cool man, I like how your post has a direct download link, def better that way and yes device specific is better.I'm just giving you a hard time.my feelings weren't hurt...much, lol
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