IPhone to Droid X: Impressions of a Data Pig

Post by confuzatron » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 3:30 PM UTC

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> "niggle" is troubling and slightly outdated, especially if you look up it's etymology. Could you expand on this? I can't find anything other than it dating to the 1500/1600s, probably from Norwegian "Nigla" (to be penurious) or cognate with "Niggardly". As with "niggardly" I don't think there's any racial connotation to the term other than its sound?

The word "niggardly" and it's cognates are not preferred language not just due to their phonetic similarity to a word which unfortunately has awful connotation, but also because sophomoric racists have unfortunately appropriated these terms to have this sort of racial meaning. I should have said "recent etymology" above. For this reason, magazines and newspapers avoid the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controvers…

Post by akmiller » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 3:57 PM UTC

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Is that the full standalone Safari or an embedded Safari within the twitter client? It looks like an embedded browser within the twitter client. On my iPod touch, if I left my twitter client to go to Safari, I could not come back to exactly where I was in tweetdeck. But I have not tried 4.0 in this regard.

It's a fully functional browser that loads from the app, yes. All developers have this at their disposal. This isn't a problem precisely because apps rarely need to "leave" to display a browser. One just comes in modally, displays the content of a page, and that's that. If you were using a Twitter client that yanked you out of Twitter to show a site, you were using a bad client.

Post by dminor » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 4:25 PM UTC

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Terretta wrote: post #8

Despite all the furor about iOS needing multitasking, this detail is glossed over: on Verizon you can't look up something requiring data while you're on a call. This isn't an Android vs iPhone issue: on AT&T my HTC Aria can handle a call while checking for directions on Google Maps just fine. It's interesting how total failure to support the most common smartphone multitasking scenario is glossed over as a "niggle".…

Is this a GSM vs CDMA issue? I'm pretty sure I can due this on TMobile.

Post by felideon » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 4:29 PM UTC

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You _can_ remove the AT&T apps if you root the phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712546 http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/3319-stock-apps-that-can-... http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1950-galaxy-s-has-been-ro... I'm very close to switching from an iPhone 3G to the Galaxy S (captivate), so I'm glad to see someone confirming what I thought would be my impression: not so smooth but more functio…

Rooting your phone just to remove ads is like removing an engine from your car just to get rid of hubcaps -- they should just snap right off. But seriously, a new iPhone costs $199 with 2 year contract. My Galaxy S (Captivate) cost $229 with 2 year contract. You would think that for a higher price than the iPhone -- which is heralded as the end-all-be-all of smartphones, and which doesn't have ANY bloatware whatsoeve…

Post by siglesias » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 6:05 PM UTC

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It's a fully functional browser that loads from the app, yes. All developers have this at their disposal. This isn't a problem precisely because apps rarely need to "leave" to display a browser. One just comes in modally, displays the content of a page, and that's that. If you were using a Twitter client that yanked you out of Twitter to show a site, you were using a bad client.

Then I want to email the link to that page, so I have to open the full Safari, then do the email link which opens my mail client, then close the mail client which goes to my home screen, go find my twitter app and open back up to pick up where I left off! I like my iPhone but it has it's flaws just like any other device.