Carrier IQ: poor little victim of carrier’s desires (NOT)
Sometimes when I read TechCrunch I’m not sure if they’re just trolling or accidentally “omit” certain aspects of story. You have probably seen enough Carrier IQ news everywhere — how it’s capable of recording everything on your Android phone but choses to only “help carriers to improve service”, how Apple turned out to also have…
Continue reading…A few thoughts about an ideal Android phone: Razr Glaxy Nexus anyone?
So, today is the day for Android announcements. Motorola has Razr completely and officially unveiled. Samsung and Google showed Galaxy Nexus and new Ice Cream Sandwich OS. And as I’ve already got accused of being a hater for my initial impressions of the presentation, I decided to think about the ideal combination. What would make…
Continue reading…Ice Cream Sandwich presentation: first impressions
Well, I’ve watched to Ice Cream Sandwich presentation from Hong Kong. It’s always nice to see new hardware and software, though here the actual presentation seemed to have ran into rough patches repeatedly. Aside from the fact that all presenters were speaking in front of a video screen (which created horrible dotted patterns, driving youtube…
Continue reading…Android Honeycomb – the non-response response
I am known for sometimes glancing over important details (or worse, misinterpreting certain things), and I’m afraid I am having such moment with Andy Rubin’s post in which he tries to dispel FUD about Android Honeycomb, transparency and Google’s policies. Because I can’t understand how is his response a response. Specifically, as I understand, people…
Continue reading…AT&T wants to auto-enroll you in tethering plan
Ah yes, the new bastion of fair usage and caps, AT&T, now decided to auto-switch users who tether their phones by using jailbreak to their special tethering plan, which costs more and gives a separate 2Gb bucket specifically for laptop/whatever data. You probably remember that they’ve done something similar before — Media Net packages with…
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