olabukola:

Ibo Made, they should check the engine it might be vespa engine.

Na wao 9ja, una no go kill person!
Vespa engine ke

Ennuf said!

You guys really need to give google credit for coming from nobody in the smartphone's space and confronting head on the behemoth of apple and almost getting ready, i ready to overtake.
I just read today that over 300,000 android phones are getting activated daily!

texazzpete:

All of you spout the whole 'Android is open' crap without even knowing what that means. So Google allows some app categories in their store that would never be allowed on Apple's appstore. Big deal. You want those apps on iPhone, grab them on Cydia.

OMG

Sorry to say, but dude,do u really understand what opensource is?
Opensource does NOT mean that anyone can get an app approved to be in the android market or ur cydia. It means the code is available for anyone to look at, alter, compile and reuse. Again, sorry to say, but, u shouldn't talk about what u don't know!

“open-source.” This means instead of just 1 company working on the code, an unlimited number of people are able to do so. This has many advantages. First of all, open sourced software tends to be more secure than proprietary software because thousands of eyeballs are pouring over the code every day. Holes in the software are quickly found and patched. Second, since it is open source, there is no Big Brother lurking around and seeing if the developers are being more creative than Big Brother himself. Creativity is encouraged not squashed. Right now, i have another android phone apart from my HTC desire, its running the bleeding edge version of Android on my mytouch 3g. It is version 2.1. The official t-mobile version is 1.6. But because I have rooted my phone and the OS is open-sourced, I can stay as up to date as I want. In fact, I load a new ROM on my phone at least once a week. You could say I’m addicted to the bleeding edge.
The fact that the Android platform _is_ open source is the reason why there's a zillion no-name phones and tablets coming out of China with Android pre-loaded, and - count 'em! - none with Windows Mobile or iPhone OS; because the manufacturers can't adapt those OSes to the hardware they're shipping, but they can with Android.

@ileke idi
U're welcome!
And welcome back!

@tezzazpete
Let me lecture u a bit!
What is rooting?
What is jailbreaking?
Rooting = Gain root access (root user, user 0)
Jailbreaking = same as rooting except in android you are never bound by a proprietary bootloader/software so its not jailbreaking per say, same concept though!
So may I ask u, where are ur iPhone custom Roms?
Just because ure using some bootlegged apps on ur iPhone does that qualify as open in ur mind, I'm honestly refraining myself from passing insults on u!

See what i'm talkin about above!
Wanted to add "" to NOTICE above, but can't, u sometimes type rubbish when using a mobile to access the site, who is the smart moderator, that decided to lock every post from modification?

[size=15pt]I NOTICE U CANT EDIT YOUR POST HERE, WHY NOW?[/size]

moonraker:

bro, i get it, but if fragmentation is the issue here then maybe you should

look at winmos stats and compared it to the andriod platform, the G1 was never

offficially upgrade to donut 1.6. the winmo devices on the other hand has had better

support, my now sold winmo device (Touch pro) was supported 6.1 to 6-5. i knew a friends

device that was supoort 6.0 from 5.0. in a nut shell, how do u convince clients that the andriod

platform is cost efficient, stable etc, how do you convince a lame man who wants more but doesnt

want to break the bank

I dont really think android is for the lame man, or the simple sms and calls phone users, i believe its for the geeks,
Those who loves tinkering and just love being an iphone rebel
And its all DIY
One of the beauties of the os, is actually the problem we've been discussing about, i mean the openess and the hackability, also the underground community surrounding the phone, lets face it, how many ordinary Joes will dare to fumble with their blackberries and symbians
Here is a quote that really sum up what i'm saying "Android has come to represent a kind of hacker counterculture, whose members dismiss the iPhone as closed, proprietary, and designed "for dummies" and sheep. I thought Pogue's review was well done, but I'll admit it. When I go to a tech conference I expect to see most people carrying an iPhone. But when I spot an Android handset (which I do more and more)? A small part of my brain assumes that person is someone with superior technical skill, someone who values openness, and someone who is ahead of the curve"

U're all talking about physical infrastructure!
How about those pot bellied and hungry looking immigration officers
demanding bribe at every opportunity?
They are more of an eyesore than all the rundown infrastructures combined!

Who will want to steal all these chinese craps

moonraker:


Bro, with all due respect with you, i am not getting you!!!! what do u mean by overlay?? the HTC magic doesnt come with the sense ui by default

so what are u saying.
and my point has just been proven, something like this would never happen with Winmo, BBs, the nokia etc, The google dev team and the oems are crazy bunch!!!

let me repeat what i said b4, the problem u're talking about is android fragmentation!
The problem, most of us think about when we talk about fragmentation is the multiple different versions of Android currently being shipped. Device makers and carriers are remarkably incapable, and this total lack of competence is only highlighted by Android. Every Android device - including the G1 - can run Froyo, Android 2.2, the latest version(gingerbread).
Sadly, device makers and carriers block the upgrade process with their immense incompetence. I can't highlight enough just how incompetent many device makers and carriers are, leading to devices shipped today that still run Android 1.5 or 1.6, and the old ones not getting updated. How difficult is it to do the update? if the dev community can port it within weeks, its just sheer laziness on their part!
But what i think is that Google really need to wield the big stick and if it does there may be accusations again of it trying to be an Overlord.
Just my two cents anyway

Finally! Good riddance to bad rubbish

It was just discovered that a long time use of Aspirin i.e. alabukun, cut the risk of cancer by 60%, it was in the lancet, link here:
http://gizmodo.com/5708495/study-aspirin-can-reduce-your-chances-of-dying-from-cancer-up-to-60

My condolence to Gov. Oshiomhole and may her gentle soul rest in peace!

9ja na wa o

saharareporters: http://www.saharareporters.com/news-page/governor-oshiomholes-wife-dead

Whats all these cancer naa?
After labouring for years, na another woman now go come dey enjoy, chai, life!

Clara Oshiomhole wife of governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has died. Mrs, Oshiomhole, who had not been seen at a public function for the past several months died of cancer, a source told Saharareporters.

A rumour had been going round that 1ghz processor phones are the only device that will get gingerbread, and it was touted by an Lg guy:



So here's the story: dude asks LG's US mobile team on Facebook when the Optimus One -- the basis for the various Optimus devices that have launched recently on American carriers -- will be getting Android 2.3. LG responds saying that "the minimum requirements for Gingerbread require 1 GHz processor," hence, no update's in the cards. Well, Android engineer Romain Guy took to Twitter to drop some knowledge, saying "there's no hard minimum processor requirement for Gingerbread, trust me, if there were I'd know." In other words, whoever's manning the ship on LG's Facebook account is either sorely underinformed or showed some awful judgment in choosing a lie to justify keeping the Optimus off the upgrade path. Sure, we can understand why LG wouldn't want to temper excitement for a still-new smartphone line by telling buyers their phones won't be receiving the next version of the platform, but the least they could've done is formulated a reasonable excuse, no?

thiscounts:

This why I divorced my wife.U go blame me?I had to because she wasnt like that when she said I do!

I can imagine, after serious beating, she stand towering over you shouting "WHO'S DA MAN NOW?"
LOL

moonraker:

@ na2day

Please come down to planet earth and lets rub Tech minds!!!

The andriod community has lost their way!!! Both the software dev and the OEMs.

Look, isnt it a big big shame that the T mobile G1 doesnt even support the Eclair rom officially??

ok, so if you think the G1 is obsolute, what about the G3 (HTC Magic) that was released back then

to compete with the iphone, same thing!!! no official update, we all have to go to xda sites to try out roms

that has one coma or the other,

Lets not all deceive ourself, andriod isnt and can never be the future, Google is just experimenting bullshit,

Today, you buy an andriod phone, 2moro , when a new update comes out, you discover that you can get the update

officially, this is just bull,

You guys want open!
Thats the result: android fragmentation!
Dont blame google, blame the hardware makers that decide to put their own overlay on it, so that the phones will be different.
Nexus one is still getting straight updates till now!

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others

I saw some of these on facebook:

Check out smiley button in Gingerbread's SMS app. I think I will have nightmares now. What the hell, Google?

TIDBITS

The Nexus S [/b]wasn't called the [b]Nexus 2 because Samsung "didn't want be number two". Get it? "Number 2"? Like poop.

"Now there are 172 different phone models using Android after launching two years ago with one, the T-Mobile G1" - Andy Rubin

Android 2.3 coming to the Nexus One [/b]in the next few weeks

A system-wide native equalizer, bass boost, and reverb in [b]Gingerbread (Android 2.3) - raise your hand if you're excited about this! /raises hand

The turn offs

1. No microSD Card Slot: Google and Samsung really just needed a way to treat the 16GB of storage inside the Nexus S as an external microSD card because the phone sadly doesn’t support a REAL external microSD card slot. 16GB – while plentiful for some – just won’t cut it for others.

The beauty of having phones with expandable storage was the prospect of having as much as 32-48GB of storage for all of your pictures, music, videos, and whatever else you can think to cram into it. Sadly, this will not be the case if you opt for the Nexus S. That’s a big factor to consider when you’re at the point of sale December 16th.

2.Nexus S Also Missing: LED Notifications Of Any Kind: To add insult to injury, in addition to the news of the upcoming Google Nexus S missing any kind of external memory slots (microSD, etc), we’ve just found out that this supposed Nexus One successor is missing LED notifications as well. What other essential system function is it going to lose next – a phone speaker?

I am excited about Gingerbread, especially everything it is bringing under-the-hood, but the whole Nexus S situation is turning out to be kind of a disaster. Even Reto Meier, the Android engineer who confirmed the absence of any LED notification is saddened by it: