^^ Do you not have an Amazon.com account? If you enter your account information you don't have to input credit card information since it would already be on file.

3/22/2011 9:37:37 AM

I didn't have 1-click set up and it requires you to do that.

And damn these verizon twitter people being a bunch of cock teases about LTE. Needs to hurry up and get to Raleigh.

updated 2011 list for areas getting LTE. looks like Asheville/Henderson will be getting the LTE love along with Wilmington, Raleigh/Durham, Fayetteville/Lumberton and Greensboro/Winston Salem/High Point
http://news.vzw.com/news/2011/03/pr2011-03-21a.html

3/22/2011 9:41:59 AM

LTE is great and all, but I haven't seen any information indicating a handset comparable to what's coming to Sprint. Thoughts?

I'm gonna have to get momma dukes to port her number to my account so I can use the rebates for evo 3d.

[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM. Reason : ]

3/22/2011 11:14:44 AM

n/m 3D not 4G


[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 11:35 AM. Reason : .]

3/22/2011 11:30:35 AM

The Bionic will be dual core granted it's motorola but I'm sure tegra 2 > dual core snapdragon if it's anything like its predecessors. 3D is meh.

Samsung's new Galaxy Tabs. Thinner than the iPad 2 but has Touchwiz skinned over honeycomb. boooo
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/samsung-galaxy-tab-8-9-and-new-galaxy-tab-10-1-thinner-than-the/

3/22/2011 11:41:09 AM

Angry Birds free on amazon app store

3/22/2011 3:59:09 PM

Way to be late Tarun. Rio is free today but goes to .99 tomorrow.

[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 4:10 PM. Reason : ]

3/22/2011 4:10:06 PM

sue me

3/22/2011 4:28:23 PM

he already sued you on page 111, way to be late again

3/22/2011 4:36:31 PM

I'm totally buying an Evo 3d day one.

Not because I want the 3D, but the phone looks nice, hardware is a huge upgrade from my tp2.

3/22/2011 9:01:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JSuD45mRl_o

Evo 3D ad. I won't be buying for the 3D gimmick either. I just want the specs.

3/23/2011 7:56:11 AM

Don't get me wrong I'll play with the 3D, but its not what I want the phone for.

My sister said "Why is there a cassette player on the back?"....

Hoping its 200$ or 250$ with a 50$ MIR.

Cmon Sprint, look at the other companies cheap phones and give us something cheap!

3/23/2011 9:51:32 AM

Quote :

"My sister said "Why is there a cassette player on the back?""

hahahaha. That's like the 4th time I've heard that.

3/23/2011 9:55:57 AM

what's more powerful? the tegra 2 (dual core) 1GHz in the atrix and similar phones vs. snapdragon dual core 1.2ghz in the evo 3d ?

hmm, found a partial answer but no links to back it up///

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12281688#post12281688

the pyramid is a dual core snapdragon 1.2GHz just like the evo3d. so a tegra 2 1ghz > evo 3d's snapdragon dual core 1.2GHz.

i will be waiting for a tegra 2 device from LG. Sprint doesn't have any love for any other phone manufacturers that use tegra 2 right now. HTC loves qualcomm, samsung does their own thing, and moto's devices don't usually make it over to the sprint side...

[Edited on March 23, 2011 at 10:21 AM. Reason : .]

3/23/2011 10:13:05 AM

snapdragons have always been meh when it comes to it's competition. They're no slouch but the 1GHz Hummingbird and PowerVR GPU on my Fascinate easily outdoes the 1GHz snapdragon in the Thunderbolt. In general daily use, I really don't notice a difference as SenseUI is super smooth but I can definitely tell when I open angry birds.

And there's been rumors of Sprint getting the Atrix and Xoom but we'll have to wait and see.

3/23/2011 10:23:02 AM

i'd definitely get the atrix if it came to sprint...

i played with a friend's atrix the other day and fell in love. the fingerprint scanner is just way too cool - your phone has to have a few "show-off features" imo

and then everything i started was so snappy and quick to respond, i loved it.

3/23/2011 10:30:57 AM

my favorite showoff feature is a kickstand. obviously.

3/23/2011 10:41:05 AM

The Evo 3D doesn't have that. But yeah, I've used the hell out of the kickstand in the ~5 days I've had the Thunderbolt. Still annoys the hell out of me that I can't have it in landscape and charge at the same time unless I have it on the edge of the table.

3/23/2011 10:44:06 AM

Oh I was being extremely sarcastic. While I don't ever watch videos outside of occasional youtube or vimeo, I've used my kickstand less than 5 times during ownership and at least 4 of those times were by request.

I read a random and non verified comment saying Evo3d had a case with a kickstand though.

3/23/2011 10:52:27 AM

i hope that fingerprint scanner thing becomes common

3/23/2011 11:03:20 AM

Quote :

"Herndon, Va. - Audi announced T-Mobile USA will serve as the U.S. wireless carrier for its Audi Connect systems in the company's newest Audi luxury vehicle lines, beginning with the 2012 Audi A7 in April. The Audi Connect services include voice-activated Google Earth, Google Local Search, and Sirius Traffic information combined with Google Earth imagery. Users can also obtain real-time news, weather and fuel prices from other providers, Audi said, as well as turn the vehicle into a secure mobile Wi-Fi hot spot. Audi Connect services are enabled with a T-Mobile SIM card inserted into the Audi MMI Navigation Plus system. The SIM cards will be included with the vehicle; users will need to sign up for a service plan. A six-month complimentary trial period is included. In addition to the 2012 Audi A7, Audi Connect will appear this summer in the 2012 Audi A8 line, the 2012 Audi A6 and the 2012 Audi Q7. Future Audi models, such as the Audi Q5 Hybrid, will also feature Audi Connect, the car manufacturer said. "

Why this took so long is beyond me...

3/23/2011 11:26:19 AM

someone decide for me if i want to flash: http://briefmobile.com/gingerblur-rom-for-atrix-4g

3/23/2011 1:46:57 PM

Quote :

"GingerBlur is a pseudo-ROM for the Motorola Atrix 4G that aims to replace Motorola’s Blur look and feel with the style of Android’s Gingerbread release."

3/23/2011 2:03:00 PM

yeah i know, just can't decide whether i actually wanna do it. I mean, if I fuck it up or don't like it, i have the stock sbf.

3/23/2011 2:13:36 PM

speaking of blur and motorola...
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/23/motorola-considering-its-own-smartphone-os-android-shooting-itself-in-the-foot/

Quote :

"This is one of those “You’ve got to be kidding me!” kinds of stories. Motorola, according to a couple of sources close to the matter, has been hiring mobile and web engineers from companies like Apple and Adobe like crazy because it has plans to create its own mobile operating system for smartphones. Uh oh. When asked to comment on these reports, a spokesperson had this to say: ”Motorola Mobility is committed to Android as an operating system.” Not exactly a denial, right? One of the sources close to the matter brought up Android as one of the reasons for Moto to consider its own mobile OS, stating that “Android is shooting itself in the foot.” How exactly are they doing that, you ask? According to this “source”, fragmentation, product differentiation, and issues related to Google’s support for its partners are the concern. Really? Let me just throw an idea out there if fragmentation and product differentiation are a concern: stop putting a garbage skin over top of a product that doesn’t need it. If you are having trouble updating fast enough, maybe it’s time to stop throwing in bloatware, skins, and worrying about locking down phones and instead offer up what Google is giving devices like the Nexus S; it sure seems to get updates on a regular basis. And how about showing some love to the mobile OS that brought you back from the dead? (/end rant.) I should also point out that this is just a rumor and should not be taken as fact. They could be considering an OS, but we should at least attempt to be a little fair until there is concrete evidence to support these semi-anonymous claims. So what do you guys think? Dumbest move in history? BlurOS is #winning?"

3/23/2011 2:18:37 PM

^droidlife should know that's super old news FWIW.

3/23/2011 2:48:13 PM

Quote :

"Just need to add the new battery to MB for CM7 nightly 30 and then it'll be released. Hopefully tonight."

3/23/2011 6:33:59 PM

yea!

3/23/2011 6:45:32 PM

i said fuck it and am downloading that psuedo-rom.

i'm also considering going all out and getting widgetlocker

3/23/2011 7:01:20 PM

http://pocketnow.com/android/netflix-streaming-now-working-on-android

I haven't had any luck yet myself. I never got an update and it still gives a stream error, but hopefully this means soon! It would be awesome for them to integrate some kind of remote feature as well. The interface is quite polished and I've been spoiled with XBMC Remote.

--

Read some comments and posts on the xda thread. Looks like they disabled it again.

--

Wow, do not read that xda thread. Some of those posts make DNL and B4C look like rocket surgeons. People actually whining and demanding netflix fix this because they're paying customers and how there's absolutely nothing wrong with downloading the app and they should "just let us have it".

[Edited on March 24, 2011 at 12:11 AM. Reason : ]

3/23/2011 11:54:43 PM

damn...

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/23/htc-locking-other-bootloaders-droid-incredible-2-could-be-next/

as long as it's relatively easy to crack like the thunderbolt, i don't mind...if they start encrypting like moto, we're fucked. i may have to get google's next phone because i'm not getting a nexus s when there's dual-cores galore out...

3/24/2011 4:51:51 AM

c'mon MB.30

3/24/2011 10:17:14 AM

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/24/in-app-billing-on-android-launching-next-week/

Quote :

"In-app billing will go live next week on Android and developers can start testing the service on their apps now. What is in-app billing? A new feature that developers can build into apps that will allow users to purchase things like virtual goods or even upgrade the app they are using from a lite to full version. The big thing here, is that developers will have additional income streams which hopefully means we’ll see better and better apps (or more apps for that matter). It also means that apps will have fun little add-ons for all of us to tinker with. Not exactly sure how payments will work, but the Android team did mention that this new process will use “familiar forms of payment” which we’re thinking probably means Google Checkout. Although, adding a credit card might also be an option, which is fine as long as an app is up to security standards."

And looks like RIM confirmed they'll be allowing android apps. Still not sure about the playbook as it is more of an extension for the blackberry than a stand-alone device.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/24/official-blackberry-playbook-will-run-android-apps/

Quote :

"RIM will launch two optional “app players” that provide an application run-time environment for BlackBerry Java® apps and Android v2.3 apps. These new app players will allow users to download BlackBerry Java apps and Android apps from BlackBerry App World and run them on their BlackBerry PlayBook"

3/25/2011 9:34:41 AM

MB out for CM7 nightly btw.

3/25/2011 8:47:36 PM

what's MB? i looked around couldnt figure it out

3/25/2011 9:18:07 PM

Matted Blues- a swank Evo/Nexus S theme.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848

3/25/2011 9:44:24 PM

I'm really tempted to get a Xoom this weekend when the wi-fi only comes out but I know I should wait for the newly revised galaxy tab in June

3/25/2011 10:14:32 PM

As a new Android phone owner, are there any must have apps/widgets I should get (other than angry birds )

3/25/2011 10:50:31 PM

Atrix's first update is in testing, lost my root putting it on

3/25/2011 11:38:08 PM

fucking motorola. they've found and fixed the exploit used to get root on the atrix so far...

they're fucking quick with this shit.

3/25/2011 11:45:37 PM

^x5 oh, that is a pretty nice theme. most themes are so fucking gaudy

^x4 I think im gonna do the same, get a xoom this coming week. not as impressed by the galaxy tabs. a bit lighter, but we dont know that the boot loader is unlocked (or unlockable), it has a skinned version of honeycomb... i just dont see any incentive to wait for the galaxy line.

3/26/2011 2:20:23 AM

still waiting for MB for CM7 sholes.... <sigh>

3/26/2011 2:53:07 AM

^Whatcha mean? beatblaster uploaded the new CM7 nightly 30 a couple hours ago.

3/26/2011 3:26:56 AM

yeah, i want to find and tear out RipTide's eyeballs when I see his themes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727117

but then i see mattedBlues and myn's ROMs and some of this guy's work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958779 and i calm down again

running MB on CM7n30

3/26/2011 10:27:30 AM

galaxy s II's gonna use an exynos proc: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/26/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gets-in-depth-preview-just-as-thin-and-powerful-as-we-hoped/

need some more vendors besides moto to pick up tegra 2s! damn it...

3/26/2011 10:25:12 PM

Aren't they planning to use both on the Galaxy SII due to supply issues?

3/26/2011 10:33:16 PM

in some countries. US is getting the samsung chip I believe

3/26/2011 11:28:05 PM

So, what's going to be the best Verizon phone available by the end of April? Two year upgrade is coming up...

3/27/2011 3:37:31 PM

just wait another month or two and get iPhone 5

3/27/2011 7:59:50 PM

droid bionic

unless you want to look like a douche with an iphone

3/27/2011 8:08:45 PM