Recent content by sergey.povzner

It is a problem for many users who chose not to buy iPhone because of the closed app store. The problem may be more philosophical (I pay $$$ and somebody else decides what I can install???) than practical, but it is a problem nevertheless. Requiring jail breaking to side load apps is ridiculous...

The problem with Apple's approach is that the wall around their appstore is mandatory with no ability to opt out and install apps from non-Apple sources. The fact that it isn't optional and Apple's stance on Flash and infamous section 3.1.1 in their TOS tells you all need to know about Apple's...

As serious as an average post on this board.

25% difference in video playback is not a big difference imho, because it means that significantly larger 4" Amoled screen of NS is only 25% more power hungry than iPhone (assuming that video decoding drains battery approximately the same which probably is not the case). I'll concede this one...

If those cnet tests are accurate, from practical standpoint the difference between the two is insignificant. I picked just two models from their list: Apple iPhone 4 iOS 4.2.1 (Verizon) vs Samsung Nexus S: Video battery life (hr): 10.3 vs 8.1 Audio battery life (hr): 67 vs 15 Boot time (sec)...

For those wondering about cnet's video test and 8 hours of video playback read the description: their video tests are done in airplane mode.

Any idea on why Videos app is not part of this update?

For rooted users, titanium is a good solution. But it sucks that for the non-rooted ones, the feature that is part of the OS behaves so unpredictably.

Yeah, there should be google backup/restore native app that gives more control to the user on what and when to backup/restore. Even better, the web market account should allow to select multiple apps and then send them to the device. Right now this is possible only for one app at a time.

It can be turned on/off in the Settings > Privacy -> Back up my data. Also, when first time booting after wipe, the setup wizard shows dialog where this backup/restore can be disabled (it's enabled by default).

Almost all of the 100+ apps were installed on the old phone via official android market. They all are listed under my market account. But only small subset of them gets automatically reinstalled on a new phone. The key difference here is that I want them restored on a new phone. When...

So after upgrading from Nexus One to Nexus S, I expected all of my Nexus One apps to be automatically restored from google account on Nexus S. But it's not happening. Only 25 out of 100+ apps get restored. On Nexus One I did wipes multiple times and all apps would restore automatically. Why is...

Bump. Any more recommendations for the bluetooth car stereo?

Ok, looks like I found a recent answer to my own question: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12911976&postcount=2

Bump. Can anyone recommend a wired adapter where play/pause ffw/rw buttons work with N1? Don't care too much about the volume, as I plan to use it in the car.