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Apple is bring legal action against HTC to prevent importing of further Nexus Ones to the US. While Nexus One is the “Google Phone”, it is manufactured by HTC which is very well known for having the largest selection of Android devices. Such would include T-Mobile’s G1, and MyTouch as well as a few others.
So what is all of the hype about? Apple claims that 20 patent ideas were stolen from Apple in the development of the G1. Ironically, multi-touch does not seem to be one of these ideas. However, one that was mentioned was Swipe to Unlock feature. So, what does this mean to everyone, and why is all of this going on? Well, I don’t have any inside knowledge, but let’s look at some common sense ideas, shall we?
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My Thoughts, Rants
Apple, HTC, iPhone, law suit, Nexus One, patent infringment, superior product
Original Article ( http://b.fsp.im/1181a )
It would seem that according to Android Guys, there would be flash for Android coming in mid year, however many devices such as my phone won’t support the requirements. In a matter of fact, many of the phones older than 6 months that were popular will not have this capability. Such phones as the T-Mobile My Touch (aka: Magic), Behold 2, and Cliq would not get the ability. And this isn’t targeting T-Mobile phones, but Sprint’s Hero, and Moment as well as the Verizon Eris, and Devour (one of the newest Verizon phones) won’t be able to work with Flash.
So, what does this mean for Flash? Well if Adobe can’t put some form of Flash on most smart phones, what’s the point in developing? This would set Android back in a way that would hurt because the reason of people wanting Android is for web sites, and applications. Flash Video like Hulu would have been good too.
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Rants
android, flash, HTML 5, no support
In a recent app purge, Apple has removed around 5,000 apps from their app store that is intended for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and upcoming iPad. The reason why is that these apps were possibly pornographic, and maybe offensive to some. However, here is a thought to consider. There are violent games in the app store. You could play a first person shooter game which obviously involves shooting, and killing people. Games like Grand Theft Auto are available on the iPhone, and being controversial for prostitution, drug use, cop killing, and even rape – it makes you wonder what Apple is thinking.
However, apps that maybe slightly suggestive, but not pornographic has been removed. One example I seen while watching an In the Loop episode on Hulu where an app that shows a group of women one by one in clothing and then a two piece bikini. And yes, the bikini are covering the parts that would be explicit.
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Rants
App store, Apple, hypocricy, iPad, iPhone, iPod, removal of apps
Original Article ( http://b.fsp.im/1144a )
Back in November ‘09, I purchased a nice fancy HTC My Touch (aka Magic). It had 3G, and GPS. It also had a nice touch screen, and came in my favorite color – Black. It however had a couple of things I was disappointed with. No Call Manager, and no 3.5mm headphone jack. Also, the music player wasn’t the best, but usually functional. However, in the end – I was satisfied. I can recall a month where I consumed 500MB of data, where I would never expect that from my old 8320.
So, what’s the big deal? Well, earlier today – Android Guys (a blog site about the Android OS) has released information that HTC finally caved in, and revamped the My Touch. It now has a 3.5mm head phone jack as opposed to using the miniUSB adapter. It has an updated music player which hopefully fixed the flaw I noticed where the music just stops.
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Rants
headphone jack, My Touch, updates, versions
One unique feature was noticed on the Google’s Nexus One when using speech to text (speaking and the words appear on screen). When you say a word that the phone hears as a “bad” word, it would convert the respective letters into # signs. It does not matter the wording, or its use, but if you speak it, it blocks it.
Google’s reasoning for this is so you don’t accidently say something that the phone mis-translated, and send that off. So, if someone says the word bass, and the phone hears ass, it might just throw in ### instead of a fish.
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Rants
Censorship, Google, Nexus One
