Hello apple users, I have been an android person since I first got a major OS based phone, but the news of Steve Jobs' death hits me as if i was a part of apple. Jobs paved the way for computers, portable media, and the world of super powered touch screens to hit the market. He was an innovator, and a genius. (Personal note, I feel that they spat on the legacy of Steve Jobs by hiring boring Tim Cook to take over the company, I saw the iPhone 4S unveiling, worst unveiling ever, and I watch them everytime they had one. This one had NO WOW FACTOR, I was not impressed, but moving along...) Steve Jobs was the father of apple, and today, a child has been left on this Earth without his father. Android and Apple have had their back and forths, from which phone is faster all the way down to "Dude, you stole my UI! (SGS with the almost identical UI of an iPhone)" but any android user who says that Apple wasnt a pivotal point in the media/communications milestone is ignorant to say the least. I once again send my condolences out to Steve Jobs' family, the Apple corporation, and the legion of Apple/iPhone/iPod/MacBook users who are mourning his death. No one will do it like he did, and the love, compassion, and enthusiasm he had for the Apple Corporation!
May he Rest in Peace,
Ognimnella
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Article link : http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Uplinq/news.asp?c=30357
Kicking off day two of Uplinq, Qualcomm's developer conference, the keynote from HTC's CEO Peter Chou focused on the company's design philosophy.
"We focus on a holistic user experience, in terms of how people work and live and stay connected," Chou said.
"Which is why we put so much effort into HTC Sense - to make technology work for you."
Pointing to the importance of games, Chou introduced Steve Perlman, CEO of game streaming service Onlive, which has a strategic agreement with HTC.
Saying that he couldn't do a live demo of its streaming gameplay service, because of the amount of internet traffic at the conference, Perlman showed a video of the service running on the HTC Flyer tablet and the wireless Onlive controller to play Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
That vision thing
Agreeing with Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacob's opening keynote, Chou got a little visionary.
"The mobile revolution is putting a computer in every pocket," he said.
"Smartphones are bringing a new era, a new civilisation on a global scale, and it's happening very fast."
Big bang
Of course, as the CEO of public company, Chou had to mention some numbers. HTC sold 25 million smartphones in 2010; it's the fifth largest global phone brand.
In Q1 2011, it's already so 9.7 million smartphones, up almost three-fold.
Yet, even as an phone manufacturer, Chou was keen to point out that it was content developers who really push the market.
"We're entering a golden age of mobile development." he said.
"I like to see how people like you use these technologies to realise what is next. We want to drive what is next and that's mobile."
A helping hand
Building on this, Chou announced HTC Dev, a developers program that includes a web portal, SDK, documentation and source code, including 3D tech - something Gameloft has already used in its Spider-Man game.
HTC Dev will also include HTC OpenSense, so developers can integrate HTC's Sense UI within their applications.
The website (ww.htcdev.com) will go live in future weeks.
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Very good idea of the company HTC!
I thank Xda Devs having me on the Forum.
Cheers HTC ...
Edit: I just saw that link also mentioned: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103049
Thank you.
Game developer Camoflaj, led by Metal Gear Solid 4 producer and Halo 4 creative director Ryan Payton, are making an awesome new game for mobile, and they are using Kickstarter to fund it. Take a look (check out the video!):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/486250632/republique-by-camouflaj-logan
It looks to be the first truly promising "real game" for mobile.
Sadly, the game is currently announced for iOS only, but I backed it anyway. I noticed many backers in the comments asking for an Android version, so I emailed Ryan asking about it. Here's what he had to say:
"Thanks for the AWESOME email. I totally hear you regarding Android.
We definitely want the game on Android, it's just a matter of funding and resources for us. If funding goes well, it'll be a natural step for us to do an Android version. I sincerely want you to be able to play this game.
Thanks for writing in, my friend.
-rp"
So, if Android fans back this game and indicate that they want an Android version on day 1 in the project's comment section on Kickstarter, we will guarantee that this extremely promising game comes to Android.
This will also send a strong message that Android users are serious about games and are willing to pay good money for great games.
NSider said:
Sadly, the game is currently announced for iOS only, but I backed it anyway. I noticed many backers in the comments asking for an Android version, so I emailed Ryan asking about it. Here's what he had to say:
"Thanks for the AWESOME email. I totally hear you regarding Android.
We definitely want the game on Android, it's just a matter of funding and resources for us. If funding goes well, it'll be a natural step for us to do an Android version. I sincerely want you to be able to play this game.
Thanks for writing in, my friend.
-rp"
So, if Android fans back this game and indicate that they want an Android version on day 1 in the project's comment section on Kickstarter, we will guarantee that this extremely promising game comes to Android.
This will also send a strong message that Android users are serious about games and are willing to pay good money for great games.
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No offence m8 ...... i can tell that your all puppy pissing it's self excited about this revolutionary game.
But your talking garbage when you claim
"we will guarantee that this extremely promising game comes to Android."
The quote you posted from the developers DOES NOT say anything of the sort, all it makes is an extremely vague 'Aspiration' to bring the game to Android ........ to anyone with any real experience of corporate doublespeak all it actually says is 'if, maybe, could, we would like to'. Their concept blurb says NOTHING about Android at all
Also your title is completely misleading ....... the entire concept needs funding (which it won't get) just to bootstrap the iOS version, never mind Android. Pledging money at this stage gives not even the vaguest suggestion of supporting development of an Android version
I'd also like to point out that devs with a track record like these guys have really shouldn't need to use distributed participatory funding sources as they should be able to go direct to big games publishers and get all the funding they needed ....... if the idea is any good. Only reason i can logically put forth for using this type of fan based funding is to avoid being under the thumb of a publisher .. but these guys have enough industry weight to negotiate a hands off development funding deal anyway ...........
Further i can understand gamers getting all 'am involved in the dev industry' excited about this type of proposal, kids get excited about all kinds of crap. But the minimum bonus pledge is about twice the cost of a top price Mobile game, am not even going to comment on how much it costs to get awarded a hoody or a signed piece of junk from the devs.
What i would like to know (but really can't be arsed to research, as i really don't care enough) is what happens to the pledges when this proposal fails to achieve its minimum funding requirement .........
I'll state right here right now no way will they make $500,000 ...... if they do i will add a banner to my sig that says something like "République developers kicked my ass please support this project it is of galactic significance" for 6 months or something.
Being positive it does sound like an interesting game concept, somewhat like a hifi next gen version of the old early 3D Amiga game interphase, and i definitely like the "non-sexualized female lead" concept, can't help the sneaking suspicion that "non-sexualized female lead" is pretty naive though game kiddies love tits and ass ... fact.
If you want to support developers then choose to support genuine up and coming indies who genuinely need the support as they do not have a track record that can delivery serious industry funding.
http://anewdomain.net/2012/04/26/ap...-wozniak-why-i-love-my-windows-phone-7-5-fan/
He loves everything. Even getting in line to buy a iphone.
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Obviously, he is the 1%
He still uses a iPhone. It's his choice, he lives a free and easy life now.
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That is a completely false statement. The thing that Woz loves more is barbecue restaurants. If you follow him, almost 100% of his foursquare checks come from these places.
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Woz is a great man. He truly was the genius behind Apple. I can't stand Jobs but I totally admire Woz.
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Woz is a great man. He truly was the genius behind Apple. I can't stand Jobs but I totally admire Woz.
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Without Woz (and after him, PARC, Jonathan Ive, Scott Forstall, etc), there would be no Apple, true. Without Jobs, Apple wouldn't be Apple, though. We saw how the company foundered, marginalized and distracted, when not under his leadership. (Fifteen hundred different models of indistinguishable Performa/LC/PowerMac models; overpriced underperforming Newtons; rebadged Canon printers; OpenDoc; Taligent/Pink/Copland ...)
I know Woz (not well, but I have met him in person (through John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper, back when The Cap'n was flinging 3.5" disks of PGP around raves). I love Woz. I was an Apple IIe/IIgs user back in the day. But Woz' contributions were of a day. All too quickly, the bare-metal hacks of elegance Woz excelled at -- nybble disk reading routines with 1:1 interleave; tricky hi-res NTSC video output -- they just weren't necessary anymore.
I think it's telling that Jobs went on to usher into the world standard-setting new gadgets until his dying days, whereas Woz tried to launch a universal remote control, put together some jam sessions, and then basically retired to teach middle school kids and play around on his Segway and other new gadgets -- all of them engineered by other people.
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I think it's telling that Jobs went on to usher into the world standard-setting new gadgets until his dying days, whereas Woz tried to launch a universal remote control, put together some jam sessions, and then basically retired to teach middle school kids and play around on his Segway and other new gadgets -- all of them engineered by other people.
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Jobs was a charismatic mascot who used his companies perceived underdog status, marketing acumen and relationship with mass media providers to generate massive amounts of undeserved hype for his average at best products.
The biggest standards set by apple while Jobs was in charge was patent trolling and
frivolous lawsuits.
Good on Woz for not being a fanboi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw&feature=relmfu
I almost left Android behind this past week. After watching this video series, I know I made the right choice.
I didn't know that so many features that I consider basic in Android don't translate to iOS. Amazing depth to the series.
Made by one of our members.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557484
Android VS iOS The Truth about Apple and Google's OS **Complete Series**
Those are awesome!
85gallon said:
Made by one of our members.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557484
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Wow, had no idea he was from XDA (well I should have figured that...)
Thanks for this eye opener. I'll show this to my friends who is a die hard fans of iOS.
Android has covered 61% of smartphone market in US. So should be a breaking news for Apple lovers. And the video was awesome. Really it will give some knowledge to all iOS lovers.
android rocks
That guy is the best. !!!! Android rocks.
Haha thanks for this - I'll be adding it to my blog about how much the iPhone sucks. Haven't had any good material to work with in a while.
nice video... iOS is the best
Check out his channel on YouTube. There are a total of 5 or 6 videos in the series.
Apple Inc. IS destroying the economy
Purpose of Petition to stop Apple from stifling innovation
1. Apple is stifling innovation by not allowing competition in a extremely competitive market.
2. Not only is apple hurting manufacters and the economy it is hurting retailers. Best buy who is currently in danger of closing down eventually cannot afford for a best seller to leave its shelf without having consequences.
3. The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Are now banned in the US
4. We the consumers must fight back against the big bad apple.
5. Ways you can fight back A. Sign this Petiton B. Write apple directly. C. Do not give Apple any money don't go on Apples Website, Don't buy apps from the App store or music from Itunes find another way to get it . Don't Develop apps for IOS OR MAC D. Don't use Siri E. Dont BUY OR SELL IPHONES BURN THEM AND POST IT TO YOUTUBE OR SEND THE ASHES TO APPLE HEADQUARTERS
6. We the Consumer control Apple without us Apple would be nothing and lets show them whose boss
7. Did you notice Apple only sues its strongest competitors is Apple suing Microsoft,RIM, HUAWEI, AND ZTE
8. THIS IS ONLY BEGGINNING WHATS NEXT THE GALAXY S2, HTC ONE X, DROID RAZR MAXX, AND GALAXY S3
FOR ANDROIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PleaseS SIGN MY PETITION
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/take-down-apple
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Apple Inc. IS destroying the economy
Purpose of Petition to stop Apple from stifling innovation
1. Apple is stifling innovation by not allowing competition in a extremely competitive market.
2. Not only is apple hurting manufacters and the economy it is hurting retailers. Best buy who is currently in danger of closing down eventually cannot afford for a best seller to leave its shelf without having consequences.
3. The Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Are now banned in the US
4. We the consumers must fight back against the big bad apple.
5. Ways you can fight back A. Sign this Petiton B. Write apple directly. C. Do not give Apple any money don't go on Apples Website, Don't buy apps from the App store or music from Itunes find another way to get it . Don't Develop apps for IOS OR MAC D. Don't use Siri E. Dont BUY OR SELL IPHONES BURN THEM AND POST IT TO YOUTUBE OR SEND THE ASHES TO APPLE HEADQUARTERS
6. We the Consumer control Apple without us Apple would be nothing and lets show them whose boss
7. Did you notice Apple only sues its strongest competitors is Apple suing Microsoft,RIM, HUAWEI, AND ZTE
8. THIS IS ONLY BEGGINNING WHATS NEXT THE GALAXY S2, HTC ONE X, DROID RAZR MAXX, AND GALAXY S3
FOR ANDROIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PleaseS SIGN MY PETITION
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/take-down-apple
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I hate to have to say this but the majority of people who would actively object to apple are not going to be apple customers and so apple won't take any notice.
I disaprove of their tactics, suing rather than offering a licence, it is done simply to eliminate android as competition but it is also a very effective way to take out competition in general.
Nexus 7 will be an apple target, especially if an ipad mini is released, it is all about control. You are right but your basically calling any passionate android fans to action and they are the very people who apple will listen to the least
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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