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For all those of you waiting for the official Facebook app and who haven't yet taken the leap and purchased the Bloo - Native Facebook App, heads up!
Starting tomorrow, Monday August 10th, through Tuesday August 11th, you can download Bloo for...absolutely nothing.
That's right, for...free!
According to its author, Bloo has gained over 6000 users since its first release, and because of that, he's promoting the application and giving it away free for 48 hours!
Now, if you're like me and you paid for it already, please don't complain. If you really don't have $1.49 to spare after paying your phone bill, then send a message to Dimitris. Otherwise, be happy that Bloo is gaining so much momentum, and that this promotion should draw in even more users.
As of today, Bloo 1.3.2's future feature list includes the following features:
Stream Facebook Filtering: You have been waiting for this. The ability to filter your posts based on your Facebook filters.
Expanded Stream: Show all posts even from other applications (such as the mighty Quiz app everyone wants!). Of course, for those who love (including me) the simpler stream there will be an option.
Notification links: Ability to click on a notification to take you where it is supposed to take you.
Gallery sharing: Instantly upload a photo from your Gallery.
So grab it tomorrow or Tuesday for free, and get in on the most beautiful native Facebook app for Android!
Check out more info on Bloo's website at http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/.
i am for sure getting this
jordanjay29 said:
For all those of you waiting for the official Facebook app and who haven't yet taken the leap and purchased the Bloo - Native Facebook App, heads up!
Starting tomorrow, Monday August 10th, through Tuesday August 11th, you can download Bloo for...absolutely nothing.
That's right, for...free!
According to its author, Bloo has gained over 6000 users since its first release, and because of that, he's promoting the application and giving it away free for 48 hours!
Now, if you're like me and you paid for it already, please don't complain. If you really don't have $1.49 to spare after paying your phone bill, then send a message to Dimitris. Otherwise, be happy that Bloo is gaining so much momentum, and that this promotion should draw in even more users.
As of today, Bloo 1.3.2's future feature list includes the following features:
Stream Facebook Filtering: You have been waiting for this. The ability to filter your posts based on your Facebook filters.
Expanded Stream: Show all posts even from other applications (such as the mighty Quiz app everyone wants!). Of course, for those who love (including me) the simpler stream there will be an option.
Notification links: Ability to click on a notification to take you where it is supposed to take you.
Gallery sharing: Instantly upload a photo from your Gallery.
So grab it tomorrow or Tuesday for free, and get in on the most beautiful native Facebook app for Android!
Check out more info on Bloo's website at http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/.
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I'm only seeing 1.3.1 in the Market.
Edit: Nevermind. I see on his blog it isn't out yet.
uberingram said:
I'm only seeing 1.3.1 in the Market.
Edit: Nevermind. I see on his blog it isn't out yet.
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Yeah, it's the future feature list. Full streaming is what I've been waiting for, and I'm so excited it's actually coming!
I use Bloo every day, its pretty good. its abit annoying that he is releasing it for free.
I am looking forward to the update.
How is this better than Babbler?
AndyCr15 said:
How is this better than Babbler?
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wait a few hours, download it and see for yourself... cant hurt to try... especially when it is free... BTW, Babbler Full is also on sale for a buck for a limited time.
still shows as a paid app oO
still shows paid for me too.
Fingerlickin said:
still shows paid for me too.
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Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
nEx.Software said:
Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
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Maybe he's in a different timezone lol, It is 3am in Honolulu....
He's in Greece, I believe. So ahead of the US. Maybe Google's just taking its own sweet time in updating their servers.
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Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
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Yeah, Monday... when it's supposed to be free isn't it? Monday to Tuesday?
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He's in Greece, I believe. So ahead of the US. Maybe Google's just taking its own sweet time in updating their servers.
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Or maybe it's called having a life?
damn its nice to see someone making money in the market. if its true that he sold 6000+ copies in one month then he made $9000 (minus any fees). Thats pretty cool.
It's still $1.49. I would pay and just to download I now, but I chose to be patient and get it for free lol. Are you sure the dev is going to make it free? If not, I'm just going to buy it.
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It's still $1.49. I would pay and just to download I now, but I chose to be patient and get it for free lol. Are you sure the dev is going to make it free? If not, I'm just going to buy it.
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http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/ it says so on his site but he could be messing with us.
Paging Dr B said:
http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/ it says so on his site but he could be messing with us.
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I just bought it. $1.49 is nothing, I'll skip out on my cup of coffee today
It's worth it. It's a great app and glad I ran across it.
it's available in the market now!!!
One of our own made it into Round 2 of the Google IO challenge! Developer teleknEsis had this to say about it...
The first round was just 6 obscure Android questions that we had to answer in 30 minutes. Top 200 people went on to round 2.
Round 2 was to create an Android version of the HTML5 countdown clock on the homepage of the google io site. They changed up the site today for St Pattie's day and changed the bouncing colored balls to floating 4-leaf clovers, but it's still the same concept more or less. We had about 20 hours to do it (although less for me b/c I had to wait to get off work)
So I created an app for Android that has little bouncy Androids instead of colored balls.
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And a little about himself..
Finally made the transition to full-time Android developer about a month ago. Spent the previous couple years playing around with Android and last 6 months staying up all night coding pet projects. It's good to feel as though I have 'arrived'.
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HERE'S a little more about the contest itself. I'm sure everyone will join me in congratulating teleknEsis and wishing him luck in the future. Hopefully he'll be able to update us with his progress here.
Thanks.
Thanks for letting us know and good luck to our XDA Dev!!
Good Luck! I hope He wins.
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Thanks!!
Thanks guys, I definitely appreciate the support! I don't think I'm going to find out if I won until April 4th but until then I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
If anyone would like to test the app I submitted send me a PM and I'll send you a link to download, and in the mean time I will let you guys know if I hear anything!
Please keep us updated!
And if you want to make your app free public in XDA I can write an article about it.
Let me know via PM
Good luck!
Congratulations for getti this far dude! Hope you win!
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A not so happy ending...
Well, I'm sad to announce I was not one of the top 10 Android winners
It seems they gave a lot of credit to final app size (even tho mine was still 20 kb) and a few of the people used some tools to shrink the final apk. Once I found out about this I did it to my apk as well and was on par with their size (11 kb).
It's disappointing, but at the same time, I'm still incredibly happy how things turned out. I was w/in the top 38 people who competed and that in and of itself is something to be proud of.
I also learned a TON from this challenge because prior to it I had never done custom animations or even worked with the Canvas class - both of which I can say I'm very comfortable with now. So in only 9 hours I learned how to do custom animations and created an awesome app - AMAZING!
So, long story short, while I may not have won, I'm still holding my head up high and there's always next time.
I did, however, turn my submission into a live wallpaper and made it the system clock rather than a countdown clock. I stuck it on the market for $0.99 so who knows, if it sells like hot cakes then maybe I will have enough $$ to buy an I/O ticket on eBay.
So.... what are you waiting for?! Go buy my app and check it out!!!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kmiller.livewallpaper.bouncingclock&feature=search_result
Hopefully the postman won't take too long
Technologic87 said:
Hopefully the postman won't take too long
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well... that was quick as heck for the UK..
WTF is wrong with XDA? I can't see most attached pictures
Congrats though!
By the way for anyone who has their TNT tracking information, you need to track the reference number as a "Customer Reference" not as a "Consignment Number" (which is the default). Also the website would only work properly for me in IE.
Wow that's unbelievably quick, I hope they ship out that quickly here in the US. Would be great to have it before the weekend. Congrats.
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Nice! What was your order time? Mine looks like it was 13 November 2012 08:37:05 UTC
Between this and my iPad mini 4G, preordering has been a nightmare recently!
InvalidUsername said:
WTF is wrong with XDA? I can't see most attached pictures
Congrats though!
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Do you use AdBlock?
THFourteen said:
Nice! What was your order time? Mine looks like it was 13 November 2012 08:37:05 UTC
Between this and my iPad mini 4G, preordering has been a nightmare recently!
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I got in pretty early.
November 13, 2012 8:16:21 AM UTC
freesoul27 said:
Do you use AdBlock?
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ohhhh why yes, I do Thanks!
freesoul27 said:
Do you use AdBlock?
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i have ad block installed on my chrome and i still see the pictures
Edit: ohhhh talking about being on the phone . LOL okay. i should remove adblock too.
Ah when is my nexus 10 gonna ship,!!!
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I ordered at 8:12:31 AM and no shipping here. Google are taking the piss. Its not first come first serve at all.
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InvalidUsername said:
WTF is wrong with XDA? I can't see most attached pictures
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Do you have Adblock? That was the problem for me, now disabled it.
Wow, very efficient in the UK!
barondebxl said:
Wow, very efficient in the UK!
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Not really, 24 hours onwards and mines still pending..
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Inconsistent in the UK morelike
Orders were only really live for an hour yesterday so if one order ships then so should have all of them?
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Technologic87 said:
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Ah you lucky bugger!
My order was Nov 13, 2012 8:15:11 AM GMT too lol. I'm jealous and I bet everyone else here is as well!
Take the day off work to play with it
i got a weird email today from google
seems they realise that some orders may be incorrect insofar as errant items in basket etc.
rang just to make sure they knew that i was indeed after an n4 so hopefully it'll ship today fingers and toes crossed
Thank you for your recent order placed on Google Play. Our records indicate that you have several open orders in our system. You can view them in your Google Wallet account at: https://wallet.google.com/manage/#transactions.
We would like to confirm that you intended to place all of these orders before processing occurs. If it was not your intention and this is an error, we have three easy ways for you to cancel any unwanted orders. Note that all orders not canceled within the next 24 hours will be processed and shipped.
Online: Orders can be canceled using our online tool. Please follow the instructions found here:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423477
Email: We can help cancel any unwanted orders via email. Simply reply to this email with the specific order number(s) you’d like us to cancel. You can find order numbers in your Google Wallet account:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2506346
Phone: You can call us at 0800 328 6081 to chat with a support agent who will help you cancel your order.
Thanks,
The Google Play Team
© 2012 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
well mines still pending, ordered at 8:12 and they have took money from credit card i think...
may have to call them
ajpettit said:
i got a weird email today from google
seems they realise that some orders may be incorrect insofar as errant items in basket etc.
rang just to make sure they knew that i was indeed after an n4 so hopefully it'll ship today fingers and toes crossed
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I got that as well, I'm really hoping they don't leave shipping until tomorrow because I won't be around on Friday
It's official. Wait times for the next batch is 3 weeks.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/15/nexus-4-backordered/
Thank you for your recent purchase on Google Play. Due to overwhelming demand, your Nexus 4 is on backorder and is expected to ship within three weeks. We'll send you a notification when your order has shipped and will credit the shipping charges.
To check the status of your order at any time, visit the link below: https://wallet.google.com/manage/#transactions
If you would prefer to cancel your order, please reply to this email and our team will assist you. Or you can cancel your order using our online tool. Please follow the instructions found here:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423477
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you again for your order.
Thanks,
The Google Play Team
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So pretty much anyone who hasn't been able to put in a order (like myself) are not going to be able to order the device for a long time.
Thanks for nothing LG.
I guess I'm stuck phoneless for 3 weeks, or whenever the next batch will be availabe...
But I am also sort of glad that I wasn't able to get my order in so we could see if Google will add the Nexus 4 to AOSP as well as fix up some of the thermal issues.
Question for you... do you even read forums before making a new thread? The email you just quoted has been posted numerous times...
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c_86 said:
Question for you... do you even read forums before making a new thread? The email you just quoted has been posted numerous times...
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It deserves it's own thread.
wilsonlam97 said:
It deserves it's own thread.
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It really doesn't. Also the E-mail doesn't say what you seem to think it does. Within 3 weeks means any time from today up untill 3 weeks. I'm not overly optomistic about the time frame myself but the thread title is still misleading at best.
your thread created privileges should be taken away...
Good thing I didnt sell my GNex yet.
Why are ppl in the states so crazy to get it even at the price of over $600 at ebay nearly double...can't they wait for the next wave just few weeks ahead..most other country don't even have play store to purchase that may sound reasonable
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I am totally at a loss with Google on this? Total and epic failure from a company that prides itself on it's meticulous attention to detail and Engineers every little thing. How the hell am I supposed t believe that the company that can crunch massive data sets, route the quickest path to ones home, serve massive amounts of AD's and multimedia can blow it in running a simple Cart driven eCommerce business and fail to anticipate all these fairly obvious headaches coming to light. It really boggles the mind?
I got the Backorder letter too, but even that was very vague and provides no level of detail that can be useful. Already there is conflicting stories of folks getting the bo letter and a shipment letter, some who made two separate orders are left wondering which order is bo'd?
If I had to think out loud, I would surmise that in the effort of cutting costs down for this product they used there F-Team of managers for this product launch ... seriously!
*A notification system that failed to notify!
*No coherent product launch time (Midnight? 9EST? 9PST?) even when we fished around for details and the rumour mill had it at 9PST the damn store opened 30minutes earlier.
*No clear communication on stock levels
*No pre-order ... my god how stupid are the folks who ran this botched job!
*Not enough inventory on hand
*No cart limits like 1 per person or 2 per person ... I could add 100 to my cart and the thing would go through
*No cart queuing/ reserving/ holding mechanism ... ticketmaster holds a ticket for 5-10 minutes the instant it lands on your cart
*Cart/ Site kept crashing
*They didn't update the site to sold-out until late at night leading to the F5 phenomena, with people wasting time without knowing whether they can make an order or not ... fully knowing anyone after the initial 10 minutes after opening the Play store would be on backorder ... might as well keep selling now it makes no more difference at this point at least alleviate those who can't purchase now to join a queue and keep selling. What will happen now is they will launch in spurts resulting in the same level of chaos ... let people join the queue now if they will be backordered in anycase.
*For those of us who got the chance to order the assumption was that they would be able to make a shipment ... no reason why the system would fluctuate from in stock to of stock during the nightmare purchase with all the obstacles it had ... WHY THE HELL DID WE GET BO'd! If there system wasn't as one to one as it seemed with all it's rigidity in how much you can add to cart and it failing during purchase because it became out of stock ... then how the hell did you guys oversell?
No sincere apology, no corrective actions are being laid out ... and that token free shipping in no way salvages this horribly broken Play Store. Heads have to roll ... seriously! I've read stories of better managers/ CEO's, project leads being fired for so little ... the folks who have done an outstanding job of tarnishing the Google brand and have been doing so seeing that this type of nonsense is not new with those familiar with the Play Store ... I am totally new to the Android verse coming from WP7.5, BB7, and Maemo ... this first impression of how Google runs this store is not what I always imagined of Google which I love and use from Email to Google+ ... I even enjoyed GWave, I put up with the Buzz mess up ... but Play is such a horrible brand tarnishing experience and Google needs to improve there retail program or get out of it and let the pro's at Amazon handle it.
This is a joke, I can't believe it Google has been running a psy-ops campaign over at the Play Store to ruin there hard fought branding of Engineered Excellence. I hate the Apple verse and the perception that they created whatever is the next best thing when rather they made a incremental improvement on the natural progression of a product life cycle ... but give credit where it is due they are a behemoth when it comes to the retail experience and the level of customer service ... night and day difference in these experiences Google, please rectify it. It makes it silly to have a building full of the brightest people who can't attempt to sell something online when you dominate on the Internet... it is a running joke this Play Store. Heads must roll!
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Agreed with the others - this letter has been discussed ad nauseam in at least 2 other very large threads, so much so that one person that started another thread has already (as of earlier this afternoon) started a Google Docs spreadsheet where they are analyzing data entered by volunteers from this forum so that graphs and statistical analyses can be made correlating purchase time to shipping confirmation as well as how this data pertains to the email notification you wrote about.
Mods, please close this thread.
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It really doesn't. Also the E-mail doesn't say what you seem to think it does. Within 3 weeks means any time from today up untill 3 weeks. I'm not overly optomistic about the time frame myself but the thread title is still misleading at best.
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Yes I had been reading about people's experiences with this backorder email for several hours already, since it was distributed around 3:00-4:00pm EST this afternoon, and then I see this thread title, and obviously I had to assume that someone had some NEW information, linking to a story at Engadget where perhaps they had confirmed that no additional units would be shipped for at least 3 weeks. But then I find, it was just a useless rehash of news and information the rest of us have been looking at and discussing for nearly 7 hours in other threads.
WTF.
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Agreed with the others - this letter has been discussed ad nauseam in at least 2 other very large threads, so much so that one person that started another thread has already (as of earlier this afternoon) started a Google Docs spreadsheet where they are analyzing data entered by volunteers from this forum so that graphs and statistical analyses can be made correlating purchase time to shipping confirmation as well as how this data pertains to the email notification you wrote about.
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Yes I had been reading about people's experiences with this backorder email for several hours already, since it was distributed around 3:00-4:00pm EST this afternoon, and then I see this thread title, and obviously I had to assume that someone had some NEW information, linking to a story at Engadget where perhaps they had confirmed that no additional units would be shipped for at least 3 weeks. But then I find, it was just a useless rehash of news and information the rest of us have been looking at and discussing for nearly 7 hours in other threads.
WTF.
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Yes but even backorders take "up to 3 weeks" (don't be optimistic). So people who haven't been able to order will obviously have to wait longer than that.
#firstworldproblems
x1000.
Get over it
I posted this on G+ and thought I'd share it here.
So, there's an onslaught of people with all manner of "When will 4.4 or Nexus 5 be released?"
Let me help you out by teaching you a bit about Google Alerts.
Google Alerts is a sadly underused service. You can go to http://www.google.com/alerts first and type in Nexus 5 confirmed in the search box.
If you use RSS readers like feedly, you can change delivery to feed. To import it into feedly, after you finish creating the alert, right click the RSS icon next to the alert and copy link address. You then go into feedly and click on Add New Content and just paste the address into the box.
If you don't use RSS, leave it set to your email address.
Make sure that as-it-happens is selected.
Click on Create Alert.
Now, anytime Google gets a new search result that matches your search term, you'll either get an email or a new result in your RSS feeds. This will save you from hours upon hours of scouring the web for results on when it will be released. Feel free to make the search term whatever you like but I'm fairly confident once we have the exact release date, there'll be plenty of Nexus 5 confirmed results but you can also create multiple alerts for multiple search strings to cover your bases, just don't get mad at me if you get inundated with email.
I've used Google Alerts before and it's a fantastic service. Thanks for reminding me to use it here. I didn't put two and two together but great idea.
Finally a thread of use in the nexus 5 forums!
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Nice idea. Personally, I use G+ quite a bit so I'll know that it was released when it explodes with nerd joy followed quickly by nerd rage after Google Play screws something up. :silly:
I'll say this for them, though: I keep coming back for more because every order/pre-order is an adventure.
The problem is that by the time you get an alert, all the stock has been sold out.
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The problem is that by the time you get an alert, all the stock has been sold out.
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The Nexus 4 was released in the store something like thirty minutes to an hour before the official announced time; I remember that my obsessive checking got me in before the rush (and then of course my order fell into limbo and I got my phone in the second wave of deliveries).
I say if you care enough to want to get it now, keep checking the obvious places when you get a chance.
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The problem is that by the time you get an alert, all the stock has been sold out.
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The as-it-happens alerts I have set reach me no later than a couple of minutes.
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The as-it-happens alerts I have set reach me no later than a couple of minutes.
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It alerts you when there is news coverage, not when the phone is available for purchase. All the fanatics will be F5'ing it up and there's a high chance that by the time a news site picks up on it, all the stock will be dried up.