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Google I/O 2010 Thread of Moving to the Clouds and eating Froyo
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Rookje
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Not impressed with Google TV at all. Sigh.
Still need a cable box? Fail.
Need new hardware? Fail.
Its basically Boxee or Vudu. What we NEED is a total complete replacement for the cable companies, but we're just never going to get that because the industry has a death grip on that pricing model.
Who even cares about googling on their TV? Like, anyone?
I'll stick with my PS3 + PS3 Media server + Torrents + Netflix. Cumbersome, but way more efficient and rewarding than any of the pay models out now, including Google TV.
Still need a cable box? Fail.
Need new hardware? Fail.
Its basically Boxee or Vudu. What we NEED is a total complete replacement for the cable companies, but we're just never going to get that because the industry has a death grip on that pricing model.
Who even cares about googling on their TV? Like, anyone?
I'll stick with my PS3 + PS3 Media server + Torrents + Netflix. Cumbersome, but way more efficient and rewarding than any of the pay models out now, including Google TV.
tfur
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Ask me about the GAF Notebook
tfur said:
w00t thanks! I'll be watching now!
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Deleted member 22576
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Whoa, really excited about the simplified media sharing thing.
Used to have that app on my iphone.
Also, I'm really thinking that IS the new Android media player. It's exactly like the news app.
I read here previously that someone said it wasn't. Looks great though.
Used to have that app on my iphone.
Also, I'm really thinking that IS the new Android media player. It's exactly like the news app.
I read here previously that someone said it wasn't. Looks great though.
jonnybryce
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Rookje said:
Setting up a PS3 and media server is a bit too complicated for the mainstream, and also requires a PS3. Even then, the browser on PS3 sucks. I feel like the GoogleTV has a shot for mainstream people, a no frills way of getting your tv connected - for whatever reason a person may see that as beneficial.
And I don't see any way this would be possible without new hardware - tv, or companion box.
Macho Madness
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Yeah, I think we knew it was going to be the new app, but the Cloud Music streaming was the part we're not sure is coming with Froyo. Either way, new app looks hot.Zozz said:
Zombie James
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Zombie James said:
Anyone?
Macho Madness
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Yes. Only this or an iPhone.Zombie James said:
ThatObviousUser
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tfur said:
Sweet, thanks.
ThatObviousUser
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Anyone have any screenshots of the Market website or the new music player?
Andrex said:
you mean screencaps from the keynote? or official screenshots? (i have neither right now, but I can grab some of the former if you want)
has there been any word on when the market website would be going up? would it be earlier than froyo's release? (i know it is useless without froyo, but lot's of people won't have froyo when it does release, so I doubt that would be much of a concern to them)
jonnybryce
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I actually like the current music player better. It's nice that they have the zoomed in, blurry effect from the gallery in the music app now for wallpaper, but those music control buttons are so random and don't fit the OS at all. Where'd that design language come from, wtf. It's not a huge deal but one website today said that Google still doesn't have a vision for what Android should look like, and it's true. The browser is white and soft with square buttons, the Gallery is clear, 3d and futuristic with round buttons, the music app has new blue circle buttons, most other areas of the OS are gray with square buttons, except when they're not, and are black lists...or white lists...
Gingerbread needs to address this. Froyo seems to make it worse.
It'll be the quickest in theory. Both the Droid and N1 are set to get Froyo in the "coming weeks." It's up to Motorola to see if they want to provide a snappy update schedule from here on out or lag behind like they did with 2.1. We'll see if they've got their act together.
Gingerbread needs to address this. Froyo seems to make it worse.
Zombie James said:
It'll be the quickest in theory. Both the Droid and N1 are set to get Froyo in the "coming weeks." It's up to Motorola to see if they want to provide a snappy update schedule from here on out or lag behind like they did with 2.1. We'll see if they've got their act together.
:lol Ok, granted those examples are pretty pedestrian. I would expect that the OTA app installs are another implementation of the Push Intents, though they didn't explicitly say so.RJT said:
I guess I'm more excited about it having spent a little time starting to work on building an Android app and knowing a bit about how the apps can be designed. What makes this exciting to me is that Android apps are subdivided into activities. Android apps are more properly labelled as a collection of activities rather than as monolithic executables. And Intents can target individual Activities, so you can potentially do some pretty creative things beyond the examples above.
It could be useful for podcast subscriptions, for example. Subscribe to a podcast and say you want new episodes sent to your phone when they're ready, a push intent could trigger whatever App you use on Android to download podcasts and trigger an activity to perform that action.
jonnybryce
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darkwing said:
Vomit. It has super amoled, but other than that the Evo trumps it. Especially when you take into consideration the disgusting things Samsung does to Android, and its faster-than-snapdragon hummingbird processor has been nixed for snapdragon, so, no, not the best.
jonnybryce
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Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact that its the bestdarkwing said:
Zombie James said:
Well looking at the trailers on YouTube in WebM running on the WebM enabled Firefox, I was pretty happy with the quality. Well aside from the whole controls issue that I have with the whole HTML5 trial on youtube. It's not terribly CPU friendly though. Though understandable given the state of this dev edition of a browser.
Google TV is a curious thing. I hope it doesn't kill Boxee. Also...Sony really needs to enable the PS3 as a GoogleTV box.
ThatObviousUser
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:lol From Google.com/tv/developer:
:lol It's a shame Intel wasn't on that WebM supporters list yesterday.
Either would be great, thanks. As many as possible.
:lol It's a shame Intel wasn't on that WebM supporters list yesterday.
tabsina said:
Either would be great, thanks. As many as possible.
The Friendly Monster
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Yes, exactly. Very disappointing from a UI standpoint.jonnybryce said:
It isn't as though Google don't have expertise at this, chrome browser is surely the leader at UI design and gmail was light years ahead of the game for a very long time.
Andrex said:Either would be great, thanks. As many as possible.
Screen caps from the 720p feed on youtube
Includes: Browser Market (and syncing apps), Browser Music Market (and syncing music), Music Player (and streaming)
Album:
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/tabsina/FroYoMarketAndMusic?feat=directlink
CrayzeeCarl
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Yes...yes, it is.gofreak said:
Jamesfrom818
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gofreak said:
Looks like I have something to kill time at work.
CrayzeeCarl
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Oh crap! I didn't realize it was a game! I thought it was just a .gif. :lolJamesfrom818 said:
ThatObviousUser
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tabsina said:
WOW, thank you. I think Android is pretty much perfect now, aside from some UI consistency issues as noted.
We need more Canadian android phones =/ I almost cracked and grabbed a milestone (droid) even though what I was really wanting was a HTC Legend/Desire/Droid Incredible - now rumour has it the Legend will be making it to the great white north, and I am sitting on my hands waiting for this shit =/.
jonnybryce
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Kinitari said:
Droid/Milestone ftw.
Awesome gallery comparing Eclair Vs Froyo:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/android-2-1-eclair-vs-2-2-froyo-food-fight/#2998599
New Youtube Widget:
Edit:
Someone asked about the hardware key search...I think this is it:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/android-2-1-eclair-vs-2-2-froyo-food-fight/#2998599
New Youtube Widget:
Edit:
Someone asked about the hardware key search...I think this is it:
jonnybryce
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Perfect.
Both of them.
So amped.
Both of them.
So amped.
Terrible widget, it shipped on my Milestone 2.1 update. That thing eats battery for breakfast, lunch and dinner!SimleuqiR said:Awesome gallery comparing Eclair Vs Froyo:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/android-2-1-eclair-vs-2-2-froyo-food-fight/#2998599
New Youtube Widget:
edit: and it comes with the HQ button plus the always HQ even on 3g option.
Funny how the N1 camera is completely different from the camera on my milestone with 2.1, which is also completely different from the camera on 2.2 wtf
jonnybryce
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subrock said:
I would pick the N1 over everything, and if it was on Verizon I might have gone that route, despite preferring the physical keyboard. The trackball pisses a lot of people off (scared to put in pocket, gets dirty, faulty input with age or possibly breaks altogether) in the dawn of optical pads, but whatever, N1 is hot.
The Droid is awesome though, and I wouldn't regret choosing it over a Legend, which isn't even snapdragon or as big of a screen as the Droid anyway.
Macho Madness
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If the N1 was on Verizon with a subsidized price, I would get it in a heartbeat.
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