The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[honda hoe]

prime gonna be my next unit

x2

time for we to upgrade we nexus 1 patchie

[BAZZINGA]

What mobile antivirus ya'll does use?

lookout is a good one. It scans apps plus it has backup for contacts. it can also email you the location of the phone. it dont use anitviruses on the phone anymore tho. always runnin in the background slowin down my phone

Thanks man! I'll take that into consideration...

[Swisha]

some ICS screenshots...

[jhonnieblue]

besssss

[achillies]

There is a rumors that Samsung already has a device running ICS and Touchwiz, and the latest 2.3.5 firmwares do share some small similarities.

Hopefully this means the Sgs2 transition to ICS should be "short"

[S_2NR]

ice cream sandwich looks really slick.
i find they should include theme chooser from cm7 with stock OS so people can customise more without having to root and install a custom rom.
not loving the font on ICS so much tho.

[Swisha]

Start the conversation with Google Translate for Android

Mobile technology and the web have made it easier for people around the world to access information and communicate with each other. But there’s still a daunting obstacle: the language barrier. We’re trying to knock down that barrier so everyone can communicate and connect more easily.

Earlier this year, we launched an update to Google Translate for Android with an experimental feature called Conversation Mode, which enables you to you translate speech back and forth between languages. We began with just English and Spanish, but today we’re expanding to 14 languages, adding Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish.



To use Conversation Mode, speak into your phone’s microphone, and the Translate app will translate what you’ve said and read the translation out loud. The person you’re speaking with can then reply in their language, and Conversation Mode will translate what they said and read it back to you.

This technology is still in alpha, so factors like background noise and regional accents may affect accuracy. But since it depends on examples to learn, the quality will improve as people use it more. We wanted to get this early version out to help start the conversation no matter where you are in the world.

We’ve also added some other features to make it easier to speak and read as you translate. For example, if you wanted to say “Where is the train?” but Google Translate recognizes your speech as “Where is the rain?”, you can now correct the text before you translate it. You can also add unrecognized words to your personal dictionary.

When viewing written translation results, you can tap the magnifying glass icon to view the translated text in full screen mode so you can easily show it to someone nearby, or just pinch to zoom in for a close-up view.



Finally, we’ve also optimized the app for larger screens like your Android tablet.

While we work to expand full Conversation Mode to even more languages, Google Translate for Android still supports text translation among 63 languages, voice input in 17 of those languages, and text-to-speech in 24 of them.

Download the Google Translate app in Android Market—it’s available for tablets and mobile phones running Android 2.2 and up.

The Official Google Blog

[Swisha]

Google announces Q3 earnings: $9.72 billion in revenue, $2.73 billion net income, 40 million Google+ users



Google's just announced its third quarter earnings and, as expected, the company's numbers are continuing on the upswing (even beating expectations). That includes $9.72 billion in revenue, which represents a 33 percent jump compared to the third quarter of 2010, along with $2.73 billion in net income, which is up from $2.17 billion a year ago. Somewhat notably, Google also choose to lead off its press release announcing the financial results (included after the break) with the news that Google+ has just passed the 40 million user mark -- the company further notes that "people are flocking into Google+ at an incredible rate." There's not a ton of surprises to be found in the results otherwise, although Larry Page and co. sure seem to be busy hiring new folks -- they've brought on 10 percent more employees in the span of three months (for a total of 31,353 full-time employees as of September 30th).

Update: During the company's earnings call, CEO Larry Page confirmed that there's now 190 million Android phones activated around the world, and 200 million users of the Chrome web browser (although it's not clear how many of those are active users). Page also took a moment to post his remarks to Google+ during the call.

Engadget

[Swisha]

Samsung confirms Ice Cream Sandwich event on October 19



Just like we'd heard, we'll be getting our first taste of Ice Cream Sandwich next week, on October 19th to be precise. Of course we've already had a whiff of what it looks like in a video, and sampling the new Music and Google+ apps gave us another good look. But now we're set to see it for real, and if all goes well we might just get some new hardware out of the deal, too. Will this be the day the Nexus Prime makes us think that flat smartphones are... well... square? We'll be there live to let you know as it happens.

The event takes place 10:00am HKT, which is conveniently 10:00pm EST on October 18th. A primetime liveblog and gadget unveiling? Can't wait.

Engadget

[Swisha]

[Greypatch]

any rumor on the price of the prime ?

[Swisha]

havent seen anything on price yet

[achillies]

Some type of theme chooser would be nice, it shouldn't be hard as it's an open source project from T-Mobile, but don't know how it would play since ICS would bring new APIs and i did notice a site having the prime up for pre order for $750US iirc. I'll see if I can find it again.

EDIT: Found it, HERE

[achillies]

Chat On Now Available

Last August, Samsung announced one of the most promising Chat apps that we’ve seen. It did not arrive in September, as we expected, but Samsung’s new chat application has finally been released. This application is called ChatOn and could be one of the best chatting applications, if it gains enough momentum.

Take text, picture and video messaging, along with multi-platform support (not to mention it’s free) and you’ve got yourself something going on. As we reported a few months ago, this could be a great option for everybody, as long as most people adopt it. There are multiple chatting apps, but most are not as full-featured as ChatOn, and many are not supported on multiple platforms.

As of now, ChatOn is only available for Android, Bada and Samsung feature phones. But Samsung mentions that iOS and Blackberry support is coming soon. All these platforms will be able to share text, pictures, video and more amongst each other, so let’s hope everyone picks it up soon.

If you want to start using this app, head to the Android Market and download it. We’ve placed a link and QR code for you below. Let your friends know, too! The app is new, so most people won’t have it. Check out the video to see what ChatOn is all about, and let us know what you think. Will you be using ChatOn? Do you think there’s a better option?

[pete]

Thinking about getting a galaxy wifi 4.0 instead of an ipod touch 4g. Anyone has any thoughts/suggestions with moving from iOS to an Android OS?

[S_2NR]

Thinking about getting a galaxy wifi 4.0 instead of an ipod touch 4g. Anyone has any thoughts/suggestions with moving from iOS to an Android OS?

whats ur main use for the device?
i love android but prefer the ipod touch for my music and videos.

[IslandShack]

Hey all, not spamming or anything, but I noticed there was a Trinidad Apple Community Group on facebook, but none for Android, so I created one feel free to join if you want, its open to all.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/14588857 ... p_activity

[Swisha]

^nice, request sent

[Swisha]

Motorola teaser counts down to ICS event date, ends a few hours early (video)



Motorola just unleashed a countdown clock for its Daft Punk-esque tease: Faster. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger. We already knew the Spyder was on its way, but we noticed that the clock stops dangerously close to the Google / Samsung Ice Cream Sandwich event set for this Tuesday, missing the mark by only seven hours. We can't say for sure that Motorola is trying get in on the Google magic, but if it wants to push its news during the same business day, it makes sense for them to reveal their goods ahead of the event's 10pm showtime. The teaser's epileptic flash of buzzword images doesn't tell us much, but it ends with a speedy bullet smartly slicing through the event date. Hit the break to see for yourself, we'll let you make your own connections between that date-slice happy bullet and the Droid HD's alternate names.



Engadget

[IslandShack]

Thanks for joining mitch, even though the group is open I have no idea why facebook makes people request to join.

[Swisha]

this is cool. all G+ users fall een!

http://gplusglobe.com/

[pete]

Thinking about getting a galaxy wifi 4.0 instead of an ipod touch 4g. Anyone has any thoughts/suggestions with moving from iOS to an Android OS?

whats ur main use for the device?
i love android but prefer the ipod touch for my music and videos.

Samsung is supposed to be launching the two players tomorrow, a 4" and 5". The screen is lower resolution than the retina display in the ipod touch 4g but it has a 1ghz processor, 3.2megapixel camera and GPS. The ipod has its processor clocked at 800mhz, a <1megapixel camera and no GPS. The Samsung can also play almost any video format whereas to get video to work on the ipod it has to be convertd to mp4.

I have a 2nd gen itouch and want to upgrade but trying to decide between the two.

[M_2NR]

^if its mainly video playback there are apps like GoodPlayer that support all sorts of formats dont let hardware specs fool you. If you are deeply integrated into iOS, as in you have made a bit of appstore purchases, etc. why jump across?

if however the price is better and you /need/ the GPS, "better" camera and may be larger (but not clearer) screen, then why not...

[pete]

I haven't purchased any apps for the ipod. Only have free ones and I hardly use it. It's a 2nd gen itouch so the resolution is 320x480 so going to the samsung which has a 480x800 screen will actually be an improvement. I'm also trying to get a 3GS off one of my friends who wants to upgrade to a 4s. Only "advantage" the apple has for me right now would be the ability to use imessage but there's always GTalk and MSN so I dunno.

[achillies]

Was anyone able to get Ch@tON activated yet?

[r3iXmann]

just sold the captivate..nexus s ordered

will wait for the nexus prime before i make my next purchase > prime or galaxy s2

[S_2NR]

u ordered a nexus s and prime comin out in a few weeks..
yu cudda wait

[r3iXmann]

u ordered a nexus s and prime comin out in a few weeks..
yu cudda wait

1. i cah do without a smartphone for so long
2. i dont ever buy technology on launch..only noobs and fanboys do that


if the prime is righteous,i'll buy it

if not,then the price of the s2 WILL drop and i'll buy that instead

either way,i win

[S_2NR]

yea but when/if u resell the nexus s.
you would make a loss as compared to waiting for the nexus prime.

i personally prefer the form factor of the nexus s over the prime.
i wont be upgrading handset.
ill just upgrade to ICS

[r3iXmann]

yea but when/if u resell the nexus s.
you would make a loss as compared to waiting for the nexus prime.

not really

i buy my phones in 'like new' condition on ebay/amazon and i pay next to nothing to have them shipped

so i could sell for the same price i paid for it (as was the case with the last two phones) and i'll still be cheaper than people who sell phones locally

saw a man sell a USED nexus one for like $3000 in the classifieds the other day..was like..wtmc