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12-29-2011, 02:16 AM
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Anyone have any experience manually rooting tablets? Gingerbreak and Z4Root have been patched up, so I have to do this manually. I need some help understanding this programming language.

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My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is easily the best phone I have ever had (sans the low speaker volume).

I can highly recommend it to anyone...it is so fast and slick.

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My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is easily the best phone I have ever had (sans the low speaker volume).

I can highly recommend it to anyone...it is so fast and slick.
I will second this. Had it about a week now and wow is it sexy. Slick, fast, and ICS is such a nice upgrade. Now if only Verizon weren't having network issues with it...

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My Samsung Galaxy Nexus is easily the best phone I have ever had (sans the low speaker volume).

I can highly recommend it to anyone...it is so fast and slick.
It's definitely the best Android phone around, and either the first or second best phone period.

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WTF? This article was from Topolsky!? I must be hallucinating. Great read. Josh is really impressing me lately.

PS Remove the brackets from the URL.

Another great read about the "Elitism" in tech.
http://90wpm.com/post/14514775460/seeing-it


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WTF? This article was from Topolsky!? I must be hallucinating. Great read. Josh is really impressing me lately.

PS Remove the brackets from the URL.

Another great read about the "Elitism" in tech.
http://90wpm.com/post/14514775460/seeing-it
A bunch of text spilled over some ****ing phone OS'...it's the new MS vs Apple, Chevy vs Ford, etc.

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I'm of the mind that people who are most satisfied with their choice of platform are also the least likely to slam the other side.

It would be fun to do a Geek Emporium clean debate on the iPhone 4S vs. the Galaxy Nexus, though. Maybe do a thread on each category, come to a consensus, and move on to the next one, crowning the victor at the end. Show people that the two factions can be reasonable in their assessments.

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Finished doing a WP7 transformation on my Evo3D. Looks and feels great. I think I'm going to keep it for a while.

For the home screen, I used Launcher7 with the WP7 icon pack. (actual screenshots)


For the people app, I used WP7Contact Lite (actual screenshot)


The lock screen is MagicLocker w/ Typophone theme
For the notifications, I got WP7 Notification, which works flawlessly


Music Player: Zplayer (stock pic)


Messaging app: Metro Messaging Beta (stock pic)


Also installed WP7 Calculator, WP7Dialer and WP7Mail


That's why I love Android so much. Everything is so easily customizable!

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WP7 is definitely the prettiest of the OS's, if you ask me.

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Sheesh, why not get a WP7 device at that point?

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Sheesh, why not get a WP7 device at that point?
Better specs?

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Sheesh, why not get a WP7 device at that point?
because I like having the choice to easily change the look of the UI.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to get bored of the WP7 look in less than a month and go back to the HTC Sense or Ice Cream Sandwich look. That's the beauty of Android.





I also like having apps. /blatantattackatwindowsmarketplace

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Better specs?
I've got to admit that WP7 phones are smoother than most Android devices, even if the specs are not up to par.

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Finished doing a WP7 transformation on my Evo3D. Looks and feels great. I think I'm going to keep it for a while.
That looks sweet, I'm going to give that a try on my ****** Droid X

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Sheesh, why not get a WP7 device at that point?
As a Verizon customer who wants an WP7 phone with 4G, this is a nice temporary alternative.

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That looks sweet, I'm going to give that a try on my ****** Droid X
Good luck. There's a lot of tinkering necessary to make it look great. If you have any problems go read the wp7theme thread on XDA or pm me.

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Get Uber Music for your music player and apply a Windows Phone theme.

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Awesome customizations Sergei Goldenhands!

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This made me lol:
http://androidphonenamegenerator.com/

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I got LG Droid Incredible Prime G2 E.

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WTF? This article was from Topolsky!? I must be hallucinating. Great read. Josh is really impressing me lately.
Someone had to say it. What I find interesting is that they say that you have to use an iPhone to appreciate it, but, for a lot of people, using an iPhone might make them appreciate things that they had with their non-Apple products, like being able to swap out batteries and SD cards and put things on the device without having to use iTunes. It's easy to take those things for granted... until you don't have them. None of those things are important to guys like MG, but the myopia that Topolsky speaks of is that they think, because they're not important to them, that they're not important, period, for anyone. The Apple/Mercedes comparison isn't so accurate, IMO, because it's not just a matter of price (i.e. if price were no issue, everyone would want the more expensive car). There are a number of reasons other than price that many people prefer alternatives to Apple products, and failing to recognize that is a part of the problem with uber Apple enthusiasts like these in question.

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Topolsky used to be have an Apple-bias but recently, he seems to have a Nexus-bias.

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Those are some nice WP7 customizations. I'll second Captaine Gionta in giving Uber Music a try for a WP7 like music player. I used it during it's alpha/beta stages.

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UberMusic is a very good app. The WP7 skin, though, disappoints(because of the font and background). The Zune skin is much better.

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Launcher7 is a solid app but it doesn't really do WP7 justice.

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I got LG Droid Incredible Prime G2 E.
I got the LG Nexus Incredible

lol, and then the Samsung Desire Vibrant 4G+ G2 II

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ICS coming to the Transformer Prime Jan 12th

http://androidandme.com/2012/01/news...-in-the-works/

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