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Re: Moto X review

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

bobbles wrote: post #49
hadem wrote: post #14

I find it odd that they are pushing the, assembled with you, aspect but only one US carrier actually supports this feature (at this time). Maybe I'm confused, but isn't this just a stylized cover plate? Similar to what is on offer at all the kiosks at various malls?

The cover is not replaceable, so once youve made the design, thats it. (you could still get a case that covers the back i spose)

They seem to be suggesting that you've got two weeks to change your mind and return it for a different style, though I don't know how many times you can do that.

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Post by gbog »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #57
gbog wrote: post #56

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Why do you say that? Being able to change the batteries is extremely useful for many people in countries were you check it out before buying a new phone. Having security issues is very important for all the business market, and because of them the device might not be allowed in the business phones fleet.

I live in one of those countries...the battery is not the problem, otherwise they wouldn't sell so many iPhones here. Putting a custom Linux kernel on your phone probably won't convince your IT manager one way or the other to let your phone on the network.

If I were in charge of security in a company handling sensitive data I would consider enforcing that all connected devices run a stable and open source os with root access and would add a special app checking for odds and phoning home regularly.

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Post by smackfu »

mikeash wrote: post #59
smackfu wrote: post #42

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Barometers are also very useful for fitness training, to record hills for biking and running. The vertical accuracy of GPS is not great, and people often get better results by looking up altitudes on a map using the lat/long. The high-end GPS sports watches generally include a barometer to get more accurate altitude data.

How do you calibrate the sports watches? Or do they only care about deltas and thus don't need calibration?

You can usually override the current reading with a known good value to calibrate. But yes, most people care mainly about relative values, and that the hill they climbed was 1000'.

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

gbog wrote: post #62
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in one of those countries...the battery is not the problem, otherwise they wouldn't sell so many iPhones here. Putting a custom Linux kernel on your phone probably won't convince your IT manager one way or the other to let your phone on the network.

If I were in charge of security in a company handling sensitive data I would consider enforcing that all connected devices run a stable and open source os with root access and would add a special app checking for odds and phoning home regularly.

That would be a nice ideal, but that hardly represents the real world.

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Post by Zigurd »

pearjuice wrote: post #54
Zigurd wrote: post #51

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Google is trying to spread the unmodified Android UX through at least three tiers of branding: Nexus, Google Play Edition, and normal Google-logo branding, but with a greater emphasis on a standard UX. I think they could have done better. While the UX issue is annoying, the killer issue for enterprise deployments is timeliness of security updates. They could have had a pledge with incentives that would result in upda…

Every manufacturer slips when they release new top segment hardware. The real problem is Android being too free in terms of support. Google should have set requirements for distributors regarding updates. But then again Android wouldn't have grown this fast this big if they did. Now they try to fix the segmentation with mentioned line ups and work arounds (Google Play Services or something, releasing new core feature…

> Google should have set requirements for distributors regarding updates.

Google could have done that as a condition of getting the proprietary apps and Google logo while maintaining unconditional openness in AOSP. And while you are right that they might not have had that leverage in the first year of Android as a commercial product, they could surely have started before now.

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