Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-25 Thread Grant Holland
Owen, Here's my $2 worth on this subject... Technologists have known how to solve and re-solve the fragmentation problem for users for centuries. Essentially, the same solution has been reinvented under different monikers and different vocabularies since, at least in the western world, the

[FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Owen Densmore
My current ancient ios iphone 4s is finally on its last legs. So I'm looking to decide between the new iPhone 6 reportedly available next month the various android devices. My ecology is basically google, so android would be preferred from that standpoint. So, this popped up in a newsletter: ​

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Steve Smith
Owen sed: My current ancient ios iphone 4s is finally on its last legs. And here I feel like my iPhone 4 is downright brandy new! I've only immersed it and tore it down twice so far... It's got at least one more good dunking in it! And despite my most fierce attempts, the gorilla glass *is*

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Owen Densmore
Good observations. I'm also interested in the phablets so am hoping the (presumed) larger iPhone6 at 5.5 inches might be interesting. Had a long chat at Friam with a Note 3 in hand, and it sure is a different experience than the large phones. Let us know what you find out. -- Owen On Sun,

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Owen Densmore
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Robert Holmes rob...@robertholmes.org wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote: My current ancient ios iphone 4s is finally on its last legs. That's the iphone 4s that came out in Octiober 2011? i.e. less than 3

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Robert Holmes
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Tom Johnson t...@jtjohnson.com wrote: Given your Italian travel, be sure to check out the deals at T-mobile. I can talk to that. I got a Note 3 on T-mobile precisely because of the international data for when I travel to the UK. I learned the hard way that you

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Tom Johnson
I am able to scale up my international data service to something like 25g p/month for US$10. Or at least I was last January/February. -tj Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c)

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:43:31AM -0600, Owen Densmore wrote: I did ask an android friend at Friam how he deletes apps on his phone. He couldn't delete the ones we tried, basically samsung built-in annoyances. Anyone know how? -- Owen I recently went through this exercise. Those

Re: [FRIAM] Android Fragmentation Report August 2014 - OpenSignal

2014-08-24 Thread James Steiner
re deleting apps. apps you install and some pre installed apps uninstall easily, using the app manager or google play. some bundled apps are cooked into the OS when it is compiled. so to the OS they look like system apps, which can not be removed by your user-level access. to remove these one