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I kind of want it, but it's only 3 games unless you pay above the average in which case you just get world of goo, which I already have. I also already have osmos from a previous bundle, but maybe the android version would be a bit more fun. Anomaly looks pretty interesting, and EDGE looks super fun.

Yeah I guess I'll just spend a dollar on it, I have money now and I don't really care about getting world of goo on my phone. thumbup;

Wish I could run games on my g1 lol

only game i don't have is edge

also, android phones are always shit with battery life and i don't want to make it even worse akudood;

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on January 31, 2012, 03:05:00 PM
only game i don't have is edge

also, android phones are always shit with battery life and i don't want to make it even worse akudood;

oh and it's actually 2 different editions of edge
but yeah my battery life is pretty decent now

my g1 has a kickass battery life (two full days if i have to) but that's because i dont have a data plan lol

Quote from: MF Doom on January 31, 2012, 05:55:47 PM
my g1 has a kickass battery life (two full days if i have to) but that's because i dont have a data plan lol

yeah mine's like that as well because i don't have a data plan but when I did it still lasted like 8 hours which is alright

Quote from: Hiroglyph on January 31, 2012, 06:06:01 PM
yeah mine's like that as well because i don't have a data plan but when I did it still lasted like 8 hours which is alright

dude i was skeptical getting an android without a data plan, but i really dig the mobile OS regardless. especially considering there is available wifi in the majority of the places i am lol

All of these games work and look great on my phone. This Humble Bundle is awesome.

Quote from: MF Doom on January 31, 2012, 05:55:47 PM
my g1 has a kickass battery life (two full days if i have to) but that's because i dont have a data plan lol

>two days
>good

I remember when 10 days of battery life was "bad." goonish

I hate having to charge my phone and I only get 4.5 days with 3G switched off, and about 3 with it on. Playing games brings it down to a day.

Quote from: MF Doom on January 31, 2012, 06:11:28 PMbut i really dig the mobile OS regardless.

how the hell can you seriously like android goonish

How can you hate it?

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 08:07:21 AM
>two days
>good

I remember when 10 days of battery life was "bad." goonish

I hate having to charge my phone and I only get 4.5 days with 3G switched off, and about 3 with it on. Playing games brings it down to a day.how the hell can you seriously like android goonish

Everything is relative, dawg. I think that a two-day battery life is more than satisfactory for a phone that runs a resource intensive OS (as opposed to something java based)

Android kicks ass. From somebody who has used shitty flip phones his whole life, it's incredible. If you dislike android you're nitpicking. It's like having a little computer in your pocket. How is that not awesome?

Quote from: MF Doom on February 01, 2012, 12:13:50 PM
Everything is relative, dawg. I think that a two-day battery life is more than satisfactory for a phone that runs a resource intensive OS (as opposed to something java based)

Android kicks ass. From somebody who has used shitty flip phones his whole life, it's incredible. If you dislike android you're nitpicking. It's like having a little computer in your pocket. How is that not awesome?

Android has native support for Java and most things on Android are written in Java. And since you obviously don't know what you're talking about, Java is one of the most resource-intensive piece-of-shit languages out there. Java runs in a VM, while most comparable languages (e.g. C++) are compiled directly to instructions the computer understands.

And as someone that owns an Android phone, it's awful. Updating your OS is essentially impossible with most phones running a version several years old with hardware that can't even support the most recent versions due to stupidity on both the hardware and Google engineers' sides. There are other things, like the complete hellhole that's the Android marketplace, the general instability of the operating system and software for it, and other things. It feels unfinished even compared to the first version of iOS. Hell, Android as a whole feels more restrictive than iOS. Sure, you can install LIVE, ANIMATED WALLPAPERS, but I'm not a black kid with pants around my knees and I don't want to worsen my (pitiful) battery life.

And every single fucking person that gets an Android phone parades the "freedom" of Android, but they point and laugh at anybody with an unrooted phone. If you have to intentionally void your warranty and install a custom firmware just to install a simple software update or make your phone semi-usable, you're probably using the wrong OS. akudood;

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 03:56:28 PM
Android has native support for Java and most things on Android are written in Java. And since you obviously don't know what you're talking about, Java is one of the most resource-intensive piece-of-shit languages out there. Java runs in a VM, while most comparable languages (e.g. C++) are compiled directly to instructions the computer understands.

And as someone that owns an Android phone, it's awful. Updating your OS is essentially impossible with most phones running a version several years old with hardware that can't even support the most recent versions due to stupidity on both the hardware and Google engineers' sides. There are other things, like the complete hellhole that's the Android marketplace, the general instability of the operating system and software for it, and other things. It feels unfinished even compared to the first version of iOS. Hell, Android as a whole feels more restrictive than iOS. Sure, you can install LIVE, ANIMATED WALLPAPERS, but I'm not a black kid with pants around my knees and I don't want to worsen my (pitiful) battery life.

And every single fucking person that gets an Android phone parades the "freedom" of Android, but they point and laugh at anybody with an unrooted phone. If you have to intentionally void your warranty and install a custom firmware just to install a simple software update or make your phone semi-usable, you're probably using the wrong OS. akudood;

You just made everything sound more like hardware problems rather than OS problems. Or problems with the support for certain aspects of it.

Quote from: Dead End Moon on February 01, 2012, 04:50:41 PM
You just made everything sound more like hardware problems rather than OS problems. Or problems with the support for certain aspects of it.

poor quality software, google's not-giving-a-shit attitude towards hardware vendors, and no support for any sort of updates is more on the fault of the software side

the shitty marketplace is also a software issue

the fact it's doing nothing but trying to play catchup with iOS is a software issue

No hardware can save Android.

what phones ever had 10 days of battery life? goonish
but uh yeah basically i disagree with just about everything you said. what phone exactly do you have? my phone is unrooted and mine is pretty damn customized and whatnot.

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 05:05:16 PM
poor quality software, google's not-giving-a-shit attitude towards hardware vendors, and no support for any sort of updates is more on the fault of the software side

the shitty marketplace is also a software issue

the fact it's doing nothing but trying to play catchup with iOS is a software issue

No hardware can save Android.

The marketplace isn't the OS though. It's an added supplement, not a software issue. Plus your first sentence is also doesn't sound like an OS issue but a problem with the support that Google provides (or doesn't) for it. And "play catchup with iOS", isn't a software issue either that's a support issue. Or maybe a design direction issue too.

Quote from: Hiroglyph on February 01, 2012, 05:17:02 PM
what phones ever had 10 days of battery life? goonish
but uh yeah basically i disagree with just about everything you said. what phone exactly do you have? my phone is unrooted and mine is pretty damn customized and whatnot.

uh, before the advent of smartphones most phones had battery lives measured in weeks

my previous phone would last two weeks at a time akudood;

and i don't even know the exact kind. it's some lg phone

Quote from: Dead End Moon on February 01, 2012, 05:25:17 PM
The marketplace isn't the OS though. It's an added supplement, not a software issue. Plus your first sentence is also doesn't sound like an OS issue but a problem with the support that Google provides (or doesn't) for it. And "play catchup with iOS", isn't a software issue either that's a support issue. Or maybe a design direction issue too.

That literally leaves nothing to criticize. akudood;

All those things do nothing but piss me off but they're not problems on iOS.

also if the marketplace isn't software then what is it

because it isn't hardware akudood;

it's poorly organized and just a pain in the ass to deal with

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 05:29:20 PM
and i don't even know the exact kind. it's some lg phoneThat literally leaves nothing to criticize. akudood;

All those things do nothing but piss me off but they're not problems on iOS.

And that's fine. Those phones also have the same hardware and only one line of hardware to choose form and the OS is custom tailored only for that specific piece of hardware so it stands to reason that they may not have some of the problem that Android phones have. Especially some of the ones that you point out. But hey, you live and you learn. That's why it's a good idea to thoroughly research a product before you buy it so you don't end up with buyers remorse.

(And again, those things you've said are either hardware issues or support issues)

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 05:30:56 PM
also if the marketplace isn't software then what is it

because it isn't hardware akudood;

it's poorly organized and just a pain in the ass to deal with

It's not an OS issue for sure. Since the Marketplace is a different entity that supplements the OS and provides extra "features" to it. And poor organization is failure from Google to adequate support for the Marketplace. (Also, the Marketplace is a marketplace.)

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 05:29:20 PM
uh, before the advent of smartphones most phones had battery lives measured in weeks

my previous phone would last two weeks at a time akudood;

and i don't even know the exact kind. it's some lg phone

i don't know how true that is, maybe for a few phones but I actually have a normal phone right now and it lasts me about a week at most if i'm not using it all that much. it's certainly better, but it's not a handheld computer either (technically it is but you get the point) my mom's phone lasts her about a day, if that. this isn't just that phone either; the past 3 phones she's had have had awful battery life

also lg makes absolutely garbage android phones

Quote from: Hiroglyph on February 01, 2012, 05:57:09 PM
also lg makes absolutely garbage android phones

you apparently can't get a decent android phone unless you're willing to pay double the price of an iphone

at that point, just buy an iphone and get better software support akudood;

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 06:03:09 PM
you apparently can't get a decent android phone unless you're willing to pay double the price of an iphone

at that point, just buy an iphone and get better software support akudood;

well it depends on what iphone you're getting. 4s? you can get a better android phone for cheaper. The $100 iphone 4? yeah, that will be a better deal in most cases.
but seriously, lg smartphones are shit.

honestly, you just sound like an under-appreciative fuck

they're rad phones  bassir;

Quote from: MF Doom on February 01, 2012, 07:24:01 PM
honestly, you just sound like an under-appreciative fuck

stop with this fucking argument

why eat meat when you can just eat rice you unappreciative fuck

why get a job in a first world country when you could work in a sweatshop you unappreciative fuck

having been able to compare android with the alternatives, i'm pretty confident in my opinion that it's utter shit. i'm not unappreciative--i'm just criticizing it for being terribly designed akudood;

Quote from: _Pancake ^Persona on February 01, 2012, 09:26:29 PM
stop with this fucking argument

why eat meat when you can just eat rice you unappreciative fuck

why get a job in a first world country when you could work in a sweatshop you unappreciative fuck

having been able to compare android with the alternatives, i'm pretty confident in my opinion that it's utter shit. i'm not unappreciative--i'm just criticizing it for being terribly designed akudood;

utter shit =/= poor design

I'm not all that fond of Android either and agree with many of those complaints about it, but I still prefer it to the alternatives

Smartphone or not, I haven't seen any phone last more than a couple days on battery; my mom's previous simple phone lasted maybe 3 days between charges. For my phone, if I don't use it much, cell standby consumes a vast majority of the battery power. When I do use it, the vast majority of my battery power usage shifts to display even at lowest brightness setting. Only when I use things like GPS or tethering do apps or Android-related things even have an effect of at least 20% or so. Regardless, thanks to the display, a few hours is the best I can get of active use and I've run out on some days where I was particularly bored. Left idle, I think I've lasted 3 days between charges before on my Nexus S.

I don't pay all that much attention to my battery meter, so that all might not be completely accurate, but that's what I feel like I tend to see. I don't really run things like games or videos much and usually stick to browsing, ssh, email, and occasionally IRC.

Quote from: MF Doom on February 01, 2012, 09:28:33 PM
utter shit =/= poor design

So then it's designed to be shit. akudood;

I have an android phone, lasts a day and a half with 3G on 24/7 and moderate usage, and honestly that's all I need out of it. It works wonderful and I haven't had a single problem with it.

I have an iPod Touch and I don't like how I'm not able to customize it or anything to my liking. But this argument between mobile OS's is just inane in the first place, it's all down to user preference.