Android OS !

Everlong said:

electrotune1200 said:

Alrighty, I thought you'd like this info Dinesh. A 2.3.2 Gingerbread ROM has just been leaked for the Samsung Galaxy S a few hours ago.

This is just a beta build, and I'm not really going to mess around with this one just yet. There's a list of things not really working.

Hopefully the Devs get this one ready for prime time soon. The advancements of CM7 should really take off now.


[ROM] XWJV1 - official 2.3.2 Gingerbread! Confirmed! - xda-developers

There's an official version of Gingerbread primed for the I9000 Galaxy S's, isn't there? Give it time for them to work their magic on XDA and it'll be put together for every version of it really.

DeanP said:

I'm hoping to get an Android Device - not an iOS device. But there aren't so much Android "stuff" in New Zealand.

I've read that the Nexus S is being released in Australia soon. If you are able to get that, then I'd go for it. It's a very nice phone.

Will try Everlong. Cheers for the suggest. I live in NZ - not AUS.

The Nexus S is a nice phone (Pretty much v1.1 of the Galaxy S)

No secondary SD card slot though. WTH were they thinking?

Well, iPad 2 is released tomorrow? At the San Francisco Event...
It is expected to be the best tablet in the market? Hope so...

Can't wait for it. :P

DeanP said:

Well, iPad 2 is released tomorrow? At the San Francisco Event...
It is expected to be the best tablet in the market?

I doubt it as I cant see them switching the OS to Android

z3r010 said:

DeanP said:

Well, iPad 2 is released tomorrow? At the San Francisco Event...
It is expected to be the best tablet in the market?

I doubt it as I cant see them switching the OS to Android

While I love Android, there are somethings that Google needs to have a tougher stance on.

The fragmentation issue needs resolved soon. Google needs to step up and say, if you want to use our OS, you use it the way it is.

Too many phone manufacturers are trying to put their own twist on it. Do we really need all these custom UI's? Why not run vanilla Android the way it's supposed to be. The update process is really being slowed to a crawl because of this.

I know this goes against the "open source" spirit of things, but when you have phones just getting the Froyo update, how long will it take to get Gingerbread through considering the code was finished before Christmas?

i'm looking to get an orange san francisco phone soon, as they are very cheap (under £100), hackable and get good reviews. anyone had any experience with this phone - also known as zte blade outside the uk?

i've got a question about the android media player - can you fast-forward and rewind within an mp3, by grabbing the thingy on the seek-bar with your finger? or even better, does it have a button to go back an arbitrary length of time?

the reason i ask is because i listen to a lot of audio-books whilst doing long boring jobs such as painting, gardening etc where i don't have to think too much about the job in hand, and so can engage my brain by listening to a lecture or novel. these audio files can sometimes be an hour long.

sometimes you lose concentration on the story, and may need to rewind a little. all the phone media-players i've used in the past won't let you rewind a minute or so within the file, but force you to start right at the beginning again, which can be annoying.

if the default player can't do this, can anyone recommend alternative software, preferably free? :)

Confirmed specs for iPad 2 (just released not long ago) if anyone is interested...

- 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 Processor Chip
- 512MB of memory?
- 16, 32 or 64GB
- Black or White
- Verizon/AT&T Ready (CDMA & GSM)
- 9.7inch IPS LED Display.
- 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi) (no Retina Display Support)
- MP for Camera has not yet been reported.