Suspicious-Teach8788
Lifer
- Feb 19, 2001
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Blah Blah Blah...are you done?
Thanks for the rant...
Who's anxiously waiting for flipboard. It actually works just fine on Android tablets. In fact I have it loaded on my TF700 but don't touch it. You'd have to sideload it or install from the amazon app store, but it works. The interface isn't that great because it's not made for landscape view.
I'm done anyway. You use what you want ok and complain when something doesn't work when it's fine. Ever think maybe it's the various carriers that add their own junk to the devices that causes certain problems? I'd bet that's the first problem. Google has very little real control over what comes loaded on a device that's sold through AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or whatever else.
Once again, have you used Flipboard on the iPad? IT looks like this:
This is what Flipboard looks like on the iPhone and Android phones
Night and day difference. The above picture is also what you see on an Android tablet. Useful right? Blown up. I've used it on my HP TouchPad. You think I don't know? If you've used Flipboard on the iPad it's NO CONTEST. The interface isn't great as you said because there is no tablet specific one on Android.
I'm not complaining about anything about the carriers with these devices. I use non branded devices and I root them ASAP to get rid of bloatware. I do hate the carriers, yes, but the reason my devices don't run as well as I'd like them to isn't because of the carriers.
Maybe it's the demographics I deal with? I think Asians tend to be on Facebook more. Social networking is huge in Asia. Maybe it's that my college was 50% Asian. After going out with friends and meeting new friends, you can guarantee you get a Facebook invite afterwards. After going out and taking pics, you can guarantee those pics are making it on Facebook.You sound like a hypocrite to me.
Also, I would not want to live with someone who judged me just because I have a near-empty FB profile because I value my privacy and don't trust Zuckerberg and his lock-in shenanigans, past FB security breaches, and past genius moves like FB Beacon.
Google+? Maybe.. jury is out.
Facebook? F*** Facebook. Zuckerberg himself thinks you're a dumb f***. "They 'trust me.' Dumb f***s." Literal quote by the CEO of FB. http://www.businessinsider.com/well...s-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5
Look, I know not everyone comes from the same time period, but that's how things were done when I was in college. But yes, I notice Asians in general tend to be on Facebook far more than caucasians or any other ethnic group. But given the environment I was in, yeah, it's an anomaly if you didn't have a Facebook account. I'm not saying it's a guaranteed sign of weirdness, but it does raise some flags. It's like if Engadget was in the market for hiring a writer, and an applicant says "Sorry I don't have a cell phone # to give you," it certainly raises flags. The stereotypical Engadget writer must have like 5 phones and 3 laptops probably...
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