Hey puck_it do you use Google Voice? If so, how does it work with the Moto X?

11/27/2013 8:10:52 PM

I've not had an Android phone that didn't fully support Google Voice.

11/27/2013 8:11:32 PM

http://www.motorola.com/us/motorola-shop-all/motorola-shop-all-sale.html?utm_source=gplus&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=cmmotox

Goddammit I wish that would have did this a few months ago!

11/27/2013 10:19:52 PM

Wait, I thought it started at midnight Sunday...if it starts at 9, I'm not going to be able to get one because of work

11/28/2013 12:28:57 AM

I want a Nexus on the CDMA network with Straight Talk, so will anyone with a Nexus go here and put in the info and tell me if they can register their phone here?

http://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/h/byop/registration

11/30/2013 9:59:04 AM

Galaxy Nexus?

11/30/2013 10:10:02 AM

Google Nexus 5

11/30/2013 10:14:25 AM

I can remove the sim card from Sprint Galaxy Note 3, could I trick my phone to work with a sim card from straight talk?

11/30/2013 10:36:40 AM

Sorry for the late reply... Yes I use Google.voice. no problems.

11/30/2013 10:51:06 AM

Google voice for what? I have a Google voice number.

11/30/2013 10:56:26 AM

Was re: laxman, first post of this page. I wasn't very clear, MY BAD.

11/30/2013 10:31:54 PM

With regards to removing the sim and tricking it. I just went to (and still am in Ireland) and we rooted my wife's Galaxy S3, dropped a new SIM in and it worked pretty well. Follow one of the many videos on youtube or what not about doing it. Took me maybe 30 minutes in total.

12/1/2013 12:18:18 PM

This is not an Android phone, but it not bad especially for the price if you are strapped for cash and is in need of a phone to activate with Straight Talk.

http://holiday.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/html/pbPage.PDP/Nokia-Lumia-520-No-Contract-for-ATampT/productID.283842800

[Edited on December 3, 2013 at 12:07 PM. Reason : /]

12/3/2013 12:07:32 PM

Anyone else have the stupid/annoying auto-play for user-upload videos while viewing facebook on their phones?

Apparently it wasn't rolled out to everyone. It auto-plays when a video scrolls on to my screen. Extremely annoying to me, even if it doesn't have sound.

12/6/2013 9:05:51 PM

Do any semi-new droids have physical keyboards or is the DROID 4 the most recent?

12/11/2013 6:46:39 PM

My N5 is ready to install the 4.4.2 update...doesn't look like any new features though

http://www.zdnet.com/android-kitkat-4-4-2-arrives-for-nexus-family-of-devices-7000024170/

12/11/2013 7:27:33 PM

Loving my themer homescreen on 4.4.2
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer

12/11/2013 7:49:27 PM

running slimkat on my N4...love the tweaks between JB and KK, and slimkat is smooth and quick

12/17/2013 10:40:44 AM

Another good buy for Straight Talkers, and it has KitKat.

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Moto-Global-GSM-Unlocked/dp/B00GWR36F6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1387590390&sr=8-2&keywords=MOTO+G

[Edited on December 20, 2013 at 8:47 PM. Reason : /]

12/20/2013 8:47:35 PM

I would caution anyone updating to 4.3 on any Galaxy devices who have a root. It appears to break wifi. Here's how to fix it:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464

I'm probably going to try the latest Cyrogenmod but if you want to keep stock that's how to fix your wifi.

12/26/2013 11:41:02 AM

Quote :

"Do any semi-new droids have physical keyboards or is the DROID 4 the most recent?"

Still hoping for concrete news about Droid 5. I won't buy a phone without a tactile keyboard.

12/27/2013 11:57:50 PM

^ I'm thinking you'll have to give that up at some point in the not too distant future.

12/28/2013 1:37:52 AM

check the new blackberry. you can use android apps, great hardware, physical keyboard, much better communication UI

12/28/2013 10:12:17 AM

how can you run android apps on the new blackberry?

1/3/2014 11:21:30 AM

keep getting the new popup that prompts you to the app store. Cleaned cache, still popping up?

1/8/2014 10:56:06 AM

So I've been using the Hangouts app on my N5 and it works ok for me.

Being that iPhones can send SMS messages from their computer, is there any talk of Android users being able to do the same? Currently on a computer I can only send messages to gmail associated hangouts, not SMS hangouts.

1/8/2014 3:27:21 PM

once they integrate google voice you can. not with your cell number though

1/8/2014 9:17:35 PM

Quote :

"is there any talk of Android users being able to do the same?"

I use this daily. Awesome app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texty.sms

1/9/2014 5:11:26 PM

^ Looks cool...Would I have to use that app as my phone's primary messaging app, or just have it installed on the phone?

1/9/2014 6:15:24 PM

google voice, bruh

1/9/2014 8:53:45 PM

Sure, but does the SMS look like it's coming from my current/main number, or does the SMS come from my Google Voice number?

1/9/2014 9:59:04 PM

You install the Mighty text app on your phone, then install the add-in to Chrome on your computer. You can switch from texting on your phone to your pc seamlessly. You still use your stock messaging app-Mighty text runs in the background.

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 12:02 PM. Reason : .]

1/10/2014 12:02:01 PM

Is there a reason Google makes you use such a roundabout way of sending SMS from a desktop or use a separate app? even other crappy/free things like yahoo messenger let you sync a phone number to an account and send SMS from a computer. Mighty is a cool app, I just always wondered why Google doesn't make it easier straight from gmail/old gchat

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 12:29 PM. Reason : ]

1/10/2014 12:28:42 PM

broke my nexus 5...shattered like a mofo

bought a 2-year squaretrade plan for the second before it even came out of the box!

1/10/2014 1:58:12 PM

ouch

[Edited on January 10, 2014 at 3:33 PM. Reason : there's also http://www.airdroid.com/]

1/10/2014 3:31:24 PM

for some reason Splashtop is $4.99 in the play store, Splashtop HD is $9.99...but Splashtop 2 is free?

1/17/2014 3:00:12 PM

Splashtop 2 is only free for access to computers on your local network. Anything outside, requires a monthly/yearly subscription.

1/17/2014 3:06:51 PM

Ah, I see

Need to find Splashtop then, I think I got it at some point when it was the app of the day in Amazon

1/17/2014 3:21:43 PM

Has anyone had issues plugging their Android phones into a windows computer?

I usually have no issue, but on one W7 laptop I get "Device Driver Software Was Not Correctly Installed" when I plug my N5 into it...I've downloaded Android's USB drivers but when I try to install it I get "Windows could not find driver software for your device" when I point the GUI thing right at the downloaded folder (or any subfolder under it).

Any ideas?

1/21/2014 8:25:18 PM

do you have USB Debugging enabled?

1/22/2014 12:01:50 AM

about the gv chat up there ^^^^

I wish the GV/hangouts integration would come fast. The current app is terrible and I can't make calls via Internet. If that came out, I would barely need any minutes in my cell plan.

1/28/2014 8:50:31 PM

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/01/29/official-motorola-is-joining-lenovo-to-create-a-truly-global-smartphone-company/

1/29/2014 6:54:15 PM

i am kinda worried about the future of android now that motorola has been sold and with the rumors that the nexus line will be killed off.

all of this comes right after the cross patent licensing deal with samsung. i hope samsung didnt get the much better end of that deal and become even more powerful within the world of android.

1/29/2014 7:06:19 PM

so they are trying to set up Lenovo as the anti-apple?

1/29/2014 9:14:39 PM

Motorola was doing so damn well. I hope lenovo fosters what moto was starting to do.

1/29/2014 9:15:28 PM

basically this is what happened in that google/samsung deal:

google agreed to get out of the hardware business - sell motorola and kill off the nexus program

samsung agreed to get out of the software business - stop development of tizen, stop competing directly with core google apps, and abandon their own app store in favor of google play.

1/29/2014 9:35:34 PM

does it mean the death of touch wiz? because that'd be amazing

1/29/2014 9:48:49 PM

Not necessarily... Possibly just death of competing apps, like Samsung's calendar, mail, etc.

I'm not sure the nexus line will be killed off

1/29/2014 9:54:15 PM

I actually like some of samsungs versions

1/29/2014 10:15:56 PM

But its divergent of google's ecosystem. The store and the apps have to go... At least them being preloaded. That's not to say Samsung can't offer the application in the play store.

1/29/2014 11:09:38 PM