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  1. Steve Mehs

    HP kills WebOS, exits PC business?

    Funny how “He also made it clear that any possible spin-off of the PC business won't happen soon, and said that the company will take 12 to 18 months to consider its options, further adding that he is "taking ownership" of all of these decisions.” Translates into HP is toast. Go spread your...
  2. Steve Mehs

    HP kills WebOS, exits PC business?

    I really hope HP doesn’t spin off their PC operations. I’ve been loyal to Compaq and now HP since 1996. They put together some nice machines and make some truly awesome displays. Can’t say I’ve ever had any big time issue with any of the HP products I’ve purchased over the years, a Compaq...
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    Android app usage

    If you go to market.android.com you can view the top free and top paid apps. The top 10 free apps as of the moment are, in order... YouTube Google Maps Kindle Facebook Pandora Angry Birds Dragon Fly Words With Friends Free Music Download Advanced Task Killer Both YouTube and Google Maps had...
  4. Steve Mehs

    2011 laptop: the features to look for

    With the extended battery, on my laptop I get about 3 1/2 hours using the Intel graphics, about 2 hr 45 min using the ATI graphics.
  5. Steve Mehs

    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    Which specific Android apps are less refined then the iOS versions?
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    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    That really has nothing to do with iOS, but rather app developers. Once more apps are written for Android tablets, they will be just like the iPad. And I have to seriously disagree about iPhone apps being better than their Android counterparts. I went from the iPhone one day to Android then...
  7. Steve Mehs

    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    What exactly are the 'virtues' of an iOS tablet?
  8. Steve Mehs

    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    But the iPad still runs iOS, which I'm sorry, is just one sh!tty mobile operating system for anything and everything. It lacks features, lacks customizability and end user control. iPhone, iPad, Pod Touch, they’re all basically the same thing to me. Walled garden devices that are designed to...
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    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    Totally 100% agree. After suffering through the iPhone and iOS for nearly a year and a half I can’t believe how great Android is and how appreciative I am that it exists. You really don’t know how crappy something is until you move along to something better. Once everything is in perspective...
  10. Steve Mehs

    Web Site Design Software

    Dreamweaver. I used Dreamweaver pretty extensively back in the Macromedia days. It was so much easier and had much more functionality then the other big ones at the time, MS Front Page and Adobe GoLive. I lost interest in web design and haven’t really used Dreamweaver since Macromedia Studio...
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    What if there really is not a tablet market? Only an iPad market?

    Android accounts for 1/3 of all Q1 tablet sales. STATS: Android accounted for 34% of global tablet sales in Q1 » Eurodroid
  12. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    The Evo View came today, been playing with it and configuring it. Not the ideal tablet, but it will do until there is a better one that meets my standards. I do have to say I like the black look of the Evo View better than the silver of the Flyer. It will be nice actually having a tablet with...
  13. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Hey it would have been fine if people here didn't get their jollies on trying to belittle and harass me, but oh well. Their problem. Anyhow, just got off the phone with Sprint. I ordered the HTC Evo View tablet for $400 with the free Scribe. Got the 3GB/month Tablet Plan which is $45/month...
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    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Cherry picking where and who they deploy their services to, offloading customers that they don't want, buying out other operations that do them more benefit then keeping existing customer. What good is LTE when you can blow through your cap in no time. At least Sprint has no limits on their...
  15. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Just look at them, that's all you have to do. Both AT&T (SBC) and Verizon are continuing their monopolistic abusive ways that they did when they used to be AT&T. I’m not saying they’re monopolies, because they’re not, but they sure as hell act like it. They are destroying the communications...
  16. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Thanks for the reply. None of that applies to me though. I don’t do meetings (thank god) and I have no desire to read books, digital or otherwise. Reading is boring, I don’t have the attention span for it and can’t make it past the first page of any book, so while in some way may be able to...
  17. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    You don't have to live under a rock to see how crappy AT&T and Verizon are. And again what does customer service have to do with anything? Who ever brought that up? Verizon is an awful company, as is AT&T. I was using the wifi tether app in the market called simply Wireless Tether. And...
  18. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    What exactly is so intrusive about it? Total BS. I’ve been at both the Verizon and AT&T stores with Samsung, Motorola and HTC Android phones infront of me with the Signal Meter widget installed and displayed. There was never more the +/- 3 dB between the manufactures with all the phones in...
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    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    I thought I made it quite clear I bought it so I could see if I could deal with the small 7" screen before I committed to a 2 year contract with Sprint. And I see you ignored my question, so I'll ask again, in what ways does Gingerbread on a 7” tablet shine? Please give me some examples so...
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    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    In other words Samsung can’t develop anything that provides the same slickness as Sense. TouchWiz is pretty boring and lame, only thing worse could be Vanilla Android. At least it’s not like Motoblur which is just down right awful. Let’s see problems I’ve had with custom ROMs on my Evo, GPS...
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    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    From the way I’ve seen NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon operate over the years in the landline business, my money obviously isn’t good enough for them. I’ve seen them treat their customers pretty horribly, their services are often lackluster and they are just an arrogant rotten company. I don’t...
  22. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Didn’t the 7” Galaxy Tab come with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI? I believe it does as I’ve played with all five versions of it. That is far from Vanilla Android. Spare Parts may have an issue with Gingerbread though. Who knows how long I’ll be waiting. I waited over 10 years for the perfect...
  23. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    I would agree, if there was something out there better then Sense, and while I have not tried every single custom launcher, widget and overlay out there, I hit most of the major ones, and can honestly say none of them are on the same planet as what HTC has come up with. As far as performance...
  24. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Vanilla Android is lame and boring. I played a lot with custom ROMs and different launchers and such, and they all looked half assed and completely blow compared to Sense. The folks at HTC who design Sense are much more talented and have a better eye then I ever will I could ever have and...
  25. Steve Mehs

    Android Honeycomb Tablets

    I downloaded Spare Parts (the free version) and went through all the settings, but didn’t see anything about scaling to size. Even if apps filled the screen, that wouldn’t solve my problem with 7” being too small for serious web browsing and streaming video. I tried Launcher Pro a while back...