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If you have the MK808 make sure you go to settings, system, internet and limit your speed to 512kb. It makes streaming much faster for some reason. Currently downloading all the episodes of the big bang theory

I'm not regretting getting this stuff at all

ON THE MK808
runs on jellybean with expandable memory of upto 32gb. good wifi coverage and a micro USB port for the adapter that comes with it. can connect an external hdd to it. also comes with a USB port where i connected the wireless receiver of the k400i keypad that i bought. runs fast and smooth. works with a PS3 and XBOX 360 gamepad. he you also have an android phone you can install DROIDMOTE and use the phone as a remote control or a pad for your games. you can also install allshare or wifi file explorer or vlc steam and stream your videos from the phone or laptop . install a beautiful 3d live wallpaper like koi or dualboot and your tv turns into a wonderful animated screen. install super video and you have PIP function. the graphics is also wonderful

@ 4llerbuntu, just installed navi-x. OH MY GOD, OH MY FREAKING GOD. I'm having explosive diarrhea from excitement. See movies, see series, see programs, see shows. KIA I have been a Jew man. And I can download every single thing. Its so many I'm confused, which do I start. Oh boy my mk808 is officially my new Dstv, not renewing my subscription. Choi, I need another harddrive

i have an idea for an app that will make money for anyone with an android phone. I'm ready to invest in it but have zero app making skills. can someone please direct me to where i can learn how to create it. would be highly appreciated

thanks for the info

4llerbuntu: iv been unfortunate to get dragged into unnecessary discussions with some at times. other times i simply just play the troll and jerk people's chains for what its worth. i usually do that to tex and that other Windows Phone chap.

he is my good friend here, and i usually know his views before-hand. so for instance i'v known his anti samsung beef for a while so its fun to pull his chain and watch him go into his superb tech "argumentalism". nothing personal.

so you have been yanking the guy's chain. have mercy on the guy; he will burst a vein if he's not already on anti hypertensives. the guy can rant.

haven't answered my question. I installed xbmc on my MK808 and turned it into a home theater. saw so many movies and series on it but want to download them not stream them. any ideas?

@ 4llerbuntu and texazzpete,this is for you. quit it

BlackBerry just shipped a new
phone that almost nobody has
tried . But lots of people
already have an opinion about
it! Some people think it is
great! Others are already
making fun of it! That’s pretty
typical behavior. People love
to fight and fight about phone
platforms; to toss around the
term fanboi and other insults
and invective. People love to
lob polemic after polemic in
the most boring argument
since Mac vs. Windows ever.
Do you like Android? You
should, it’s amazing. iOS?
Wow, what a great platform,
no wonder it started a
revolution. Windows Phone?
Seriously, it’s got a remarkable
and beautiful interface.
BlackBerry? There are plenty
of great reasons people love
it. And no matter which
platform you adore, it’s
shockingly possible to both
have a preference and respect
that other people may prefer
an entirely different device. I
know. Totally weird. But true.
Or, you can just call anyone
who expresses a contrary
opinion a jerk, or a fanboi, or
butthurt, some other un-
clever and deeply unoriginal
pejorative that ends with the
suffix “tard” and ultimately
makes you look dumber than
the person you’re trying,
vainly, to insult.
The phone wars, the platform
wars, should be left to people
who work for Apple and
Samsung and Google and
Microsoft and Nokia and
BlackBerry. Do you work for
Apple? Do you work for
Samsung? No? Then shut up.
Nobody cares what kind of
smartphone you believe in.
It’s not a religion. It’s not your
local sports team even. Stop
being a soldier. You are not a
soldier. You are just wrong.
Shut up. You there, with the
blog, in the comments, in the
pages of the newspaper or the
magazine or on Twitter or
Facebook. Whatever your
opinion is, as soon as you
employ it in partisan fashion,
it’s deeply and profoundly
wrong. Just by sharing it, you
are wrong. And nobody cares.
Except for the people who do.
And they are wrong too.
Myself included.
“But, but, but,” I hear you
stammering like some sort of
horrible person who has
mistaken a code base for a
system of moral beliefs, “the
screen is too big and not big
enough.” No. You’re wrong.
It’s just right. It’s just right for
whoever is holding it, unless
it’s not, in which case they’ll
decide that it is wrong on
their own and get a different
one. And then they’ll be right,
while you’ll still be wrong.
Here’s the thing: Every phone
can be right, for the right
reasons. Every platform can
be wonderful. (Do you know
how easy it would be to make
a BlackBerry joke right here?
Do you? I’ve got the joke right
here in my pocket. You sense
it even. You’re dying to make
it yourself. Go ahead. This one
time. Just do it. Whisper it.
I’m listening.) Here’s the
thing. That Blackberry Z10?
It’s right for someone,
somewhere. It really is.
There’s someone out there
who will take that phone
home and love it. Just
completely love it. Not in a
romantic, or sexual way. (I
hope.) But nonetheless, love.
And he (and it will almost
certainly be a he) will be right
to love that hunk of metal and
glass. Completely and totally
right. All the way up until he
goes online to fight over
phones, at which point he
becomes completely wrong.
Because, again, nobody cares
what kind of smartphone you
believe in. You are wrong. So
go ahead. Take to the
comments and call me a jerk
and a fool and a butthurt
fanboi. But it’s okay. I know
I’m right about this.

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/nobody-cares-what-you-think-about-their-phone

does anyone know how I can download films from xbmc? an add-on or script or something?

In regards to I.Q, you are so daft you are owing

walescon: Help a brother.....which app works like action menu on android

if you have this problem or your physical buttons are not working try button saviour. must be rooted but its a great replacement for home buttons

readwrite.com/2013/03/12/why-apple-ios-7-needs-to-kill-it

readwrite.com/2013/03/12/why-apple-ios-7-needs-to-kill-it

Why Apple Really Needs To Kill It With iOS 7

Six years in, the polish is starting to rub off. After a historic launch and years of grand slam updates to its hardware and software, the iPhone now appears more vulnerable than ever. To retains its luster, Apple needs to make iOS 7 its boldest update yet.  It pains me to admit, but Android is evolving faster than iOS these days. For years, that seemed impossible. Early Android phonesfelt like rusty copycats  of Apple's impeccably slick mobile platform, with far fewer apps available to their users.  With each upgrade to Android, iPhone owners laughed as the platform seemingly struggled to keep up with Apple's bulletproof user experience. And for a while, it did struggle. But slowly, that changed. Next thing we knew, Android commanded 75% of the smartphone market . Today, instead of mocking Android, manyprominent iPhone lovers are switching to Google .

 Android Phones Keep Getting Better

In his (admittedly late) review of the Nexus 4 , the notoriously pro-Apple MG Siegler cites the "methodical way" Google is improving Android, a detail that reminds him of Apple. "In a world without iPhone, I could definitely see myself using the Nexus 4 as my smartphone," Siegler writes. "It is a really good device — one that Google should be proud of." Those are strong words from a stalwart defender of Cupertino. Siegler's decision to stick with the iPhone is roughly representative of millions of consumers who have already established a loyalty to Apple's mobile empire. But as Android improves, a growing number will think twice unless Apple pushes things forward more aggressively. Apple still has what many influencers consider to be the best smartphone on the market. But Google's getting there. It's not the mobile underdog anymore. Siegler may not be going anywhere. But Kawasaki , Scoble and Ihnakto  have already jumped ship. Who's next? 

The iPhone Needs Another iOS 5-Caliber Update

As iOS version updates go, the last one was fairly minor. The Facebook integration was nice, Siri took important steps forward and Passbook has serious potential. iOS 6 had dozens of other minor improvements, but no blockbusters. Its most anticipated feature, Maps, flopped so badly itled to a shake-up of Apple's executive team . Remember when iOS 5 launched ? That felt like an almost revolutionary upgrade. Notification Center, iMessage, iCloud and Twitter integration were all huge. It also introduced over-the-air updates and iTunes-free device activation. Even something as imperfect as Newsstand at least represented a new play for Apple and a promising opportunity for publishers. Then, of course, the iPhone 4S introduced us to Siri. By comparison, iOS 6 was a more subtle, iterative update. And that's fine. But the next one needs be more like the jump to iOS 5: It's going to need at least one experience-changing, killer feature. I never upgraded my phone to iOS 6. I wanted to, but the desire to hang onto my jailbreak prevented me from tapping the button. Then the Maps thing happened, reinforcing my decision. By the time both of those issues were resolved, I had been using iOS 6 on my iPad for a few months and had played with a friend's iPhone 5. Aside from maybe the ability to more competently write about Passbook, I didn't feel any burning desire to update my phone. In fact, the first hint of regret I felt was last week when I tried to download Google's new Field Trip app for iOS and was informed that it required iOS 6. I realize this is purely subjective, but I couldn't help but notice that the things luring me toward iOS 6 were Google-built apps, not Apple's own efforts.  When you look at a device like the Nexus 4 , it's easy to why some are defecting. The hardware is nice and the operating system itself has come a long way. Even Apple diehards are able to admit that Google Now makes Siri look like a joke. Across the board, Google's mobile design has improved dramatically, something we iOS users have been getting a taste of for the last six months. The Nexus 4 even has a cool wireless charging orb! I want one.

 What Should iOS 7 Look Like?

  So what can Apple to do make sure its next big launch creates that gotta-have-it foam at the mouths of consumers? The next hardware upgrade (this summer's rumored iPhone 5S ) will likely be pretty minor: slightly better cameras, a faster processor and so forth. Hopefully the model after that leaves room for substantial improvements, but in the meantime Apple has to flex its product development muscle with software.  Perfect timing. With iOS chief Scott Forstall out and superstar industrial designer Jony Ive given more authority over the visual design of Apple's products, iOS may now be poised to take some seriously bold steps forward. To the excitement of many, Ive's oversight is likely to mean less skeuomorphic design , but those changes probably won't be made overnight. Let's hope it also means a deeper retooling of the broader user experience.  Things like wireless charging, NFC and changes to the form factor may have to wait, but there are plenty of software-based enhancements that Apple users are clamoring for. Multi-user sign-in, AirDrop file-sharing, dynamic app icons that display live data, a radical expansion of Siri (by opening up an API to third parties), better app management and, of course, improvements to Apple's Maps app are all common requests .  The ability to set one's default Web browser, maps app and email client (at the very least) would go a long way toward making iOS more user-friendly in the way that Android users already enjoy.  To get an idea of iOS's true potential, we can just do what Apple does: Look at the jailbreak community. Many of the platform'smost celebrated features were borrowed from developers  who built new concepts without Apple's initial approval. Multitasking, copy and paste, Notification Center and data tethering are just a few examples.  Even though Apple has adopted popular jailbreak features, there remain plenty of compelling reasons to circumvent Apple's controls . Many of them, as commenters are quick to point out, are things that Android does out of the box. They're right. If it wants to keep Google at bay, Apple might consider letting users customize iOS more.
 Wearable Computing: Apple's Next Hardware Play?

Of course, a significant hardware update isn't entirely out of the question. If the rumors are true, we may be getting an iOS-powered smart watch alongside the next iPhone. If executed as well as Apple is known to do things, the so-called iWatch  could make up for an otherwise lackluster refresh on the iPhone 5S. A successful foray into wearable computing by this fall could give Apple a leg up over Google, whose ambitious Glass device doesn't launch until the end of the year and is already marked by legitimate privacy concerns andpotential social stigma . An iWatch could succeed in snapping consumer excitement about Apple firmly back into place and keep the masses happy until the iPhone can get a proper hardware refresh. But even with a sleek, wearable gadget, Apple needs to push its software forward. iOS 7 needs to be indispensable.

Why Apple Really Needs To Kill It With iOS 7

Six years in, the polish is starting to rub off. After a historic launch and years of grand slam updates to its hardware and software, the iPhone now appears more vulnerable than ever. To retains its luster, Apple needs to make iOS 7 its boldest update yet.  It pains me to admit, but Android is evolving faster than iOS these days. For years, that seemed impossible. Early Android phonesfelt like rusty copycats  of Apple's impeccably slick mobile platform, with far fewer apps available to their users.  With each upgrade to Android, iPhone owners laughed as the platform seemingly struggled to keep up with Apple's bulletproof user experience. And for a while, it did struggle. But slowly, that changed. Next thing we knew, Android commanded 75% of the smartphone market . Today, instead of mocking Android, manyprominent iPhone lovers are switching to Google .

 Android Phones Keep Getting Better

In his (admittedly late) review of the Nexus 4 , the notoriously pro-Apple MG Siegler cites the "methodical way" Google is improving Android, a detail that reminds him of Apple. "In a world without iPhone, I could definitely see myself using the Nexus 4 as my smartphone," Siegler writes. "It is a really good device — one that Google should be proud of." Those are strong words from a stalwart defender of Cupertino. Siegler's decision to stick with the iPhone is roughly representative of millions of consumers who have already established a loyalty to Apple's mobile empire. But as Android improves, a growing number will think twice unless Apple pushes things forward more aggressively. Apple still has what many influencers consider to be the best smartphone on the market. But Google's getting there. It's not the mobile underdog anymore. Siegler may not be going anywhere. But Kawasaki , Scoble and Ihnakto  have already jumped ship. Who's next? 

The iPhone Needs Another iOS 5-Caliber Update

As iOS version updates go, the last one was fairly minor. The Facebook integration was nice, Siri took important steps forward and Passbook has serious potential. iOS 6 had dozens of other minor improvements, but no blockbusters. Its most anticipated feature, Maps, flopped so badly itled to a shake-up of Apple's executive team . Remember when iOS 5 launched ? That felt like an almost revolutionary upgrade. Notification Center, iMessage, iCloud and Twitter integration were all huge. It also introduced over-the-air updates and iTunes-free device activation. Even something as imperfect as Newsstand at least represented a new play for Apple and a promising opportunity for publishers. Then, of course, the iPhone 4S introduced us to Siri. By comparison, iOS 6 was a more subtle, iterative update. And that's fine. But the next one needs be more like the jump to iOS 5: It's going to need at least one experience-changing, killer feature. I never upgraded my phone to iOS 6. I wanted to, but the desire to hang onto my jailbreak prevented me from tapping the button. Then the Maps thing happened, reinforcing my decision. By the time both of those issues were resolved, I had been using iOS 6 on my iPad for a few months and had played with a friend's iPhone 5. Aside from maybe the ability to more competently write about Passbook, I didn't feel any burning desire to update my phone. In fact, the first hint of regret I felt was last week when I tried to download Google's new Field Trip app for iOS and was informed that it required iOS 6. I realize this is purely subjective, but I couldn't help but notice that the things luring me toward iOS 6 were Google-built apps, not Apple's own efforts.  When you look at a device like the Nexus 4 , it's easy to why some are defecting. The hardware is nice and the operating system itself has come a long way. Even Apple diehards are able to admit that Google Now makes Siri look like a joke. Across the board, Google's mobile design has improved dramatically, something we iOS users have been getting a taste of for the last six months. The Nexus 4 even has a cool wireless charging orb! I want one.

 What Should iOS 7 Look Like?

  So what can Apple to do make sure its next big launch creates that gotta-have-it foam at the mouths of consumers? The next hardware upgrade (this summer's rumored iPhone 5S ) will likely be pretty minor: slightly better cameras, a faster processor and so forth. Hopefully the model after that leaves room for substantial improvements, but in the meantime Apple has to flex its product development muscle with software.  Perfect timing. With iOS chief Scott Forstall out and superstar industrial designer Jony Ive given more authority over the visual design of Apple's products, iOS may now be poised to take some seriously bold steps forward. To the excitement of many, Ive's oversight is likely to mean less skeuomorphic design , but those changes probably won't be made overnight. Let's hope it also means a deeper retooling of the broader user experience.  Things like wireless charging, NFC and changes to the form factor may have to wait, but there are plenty of software-based enhancements that Apple users are clamoring for. Multi-user sign-in, AirDrop file-sharing, dynamic app icons that display live data, a radical expansion of Siri (by opening up an API to third parties), better app management and, of course, improvements to Apple's Maps app are all common requests .  The ability to set one's default Web browser, maps app and email client (at the very least) would go a long way toward making iOS more user-friendly in the way that Android users already enjoy.  To get an idea of iOS's true potential, we can just do what Apple does: Look at the jailbreak community. Many of the platform'smost celebrated features were borrowed from developers  who built new concepts without Apple's initial approval. Multitasking, copy and paste, Notification Center and data tethering are just a few examples.  Even though Apple has adopted popular jailbreak features, there remain plenty of compelling reasons to circumvent Apple's controls . Many of them, as commenters are quick to point out, are things that Android does out of the box. They're right. If it wants to keep Google at bay, Apple might consider letting users customize iOS more.
 Wearable Computing: Apple's Next Hardware Play?

Of course, a significant hardware update isn't entirely out of the question. If the rumors are true, we may be getting an iOS-powered smart watch alongside the next iPhone. If executed as well as Apple is known to do things, the so-called iWatch  could make up for an otherwise lackluster refresh on the iPhone 5S. A successful foray into wearable computing by this fall could give Apple a leg up over Google, whose ambitious Glass device doesn't launch until the end of the year and is already marked by legitimate privacy concerns andpotential social stigma . An iWatch could succeed in snapping consumer excitement about Apple firmly back into place and keep the masses happy until the iPhone can get a proper hardware refresh. But even with a sleek, wearable gadget, Apple needs to push its software forward. iOS 7 needs to be indispensable.

WHAT? NO NO NO

we all know about holding the home button to multitask but what if you could make it faster? try swipepad free on the app store. with a simple swipe you can multitask your apps while still within an app. and it's fast too

if you are unfortunate to call customer care and you need to press your keypad to go to submenus according to the teleprompt, why don't. you make it faster. for example, if you want to load credit only mtn, dial 180, press the menu button and click on add 2 sec pause,press 2,add another 2 sec pause,press 2 and another 2sec pause then dial. another way to make you stop using your smart phone the dumb way

I don't see any problem in regards to the age. I'm exactly 10 years older than the girl I'm about to marry.it's between both of you and no one else.you should be worried about other things or reservation the parents might have

Yet again, about 20 people
have been confirmed dead in
an overnight attack on Attakar
village of Ganawuri District of
Riyom Local Government
Council of Plateau State.
The latest mayhem is coming
barely two days after 35
persons were similarly killed in
Wase Local Government
Council area of the state
following a clash between the
native Taroh and Fulani
herdsmen.
Like in Wase, the clash in
Ganawuri was between the
natives and Fulani herdsmen.
Plateau State House of
Assembly Majority Leader,
Daniel Dem, representing
Riyom State Constituency, told
newsmen on phone from the
war-torn community that the
village was overrun in the
midnight by people suspected
to be Fulani militia from
outside the state.
He believes the Fulani militia
took advantage of the absence
of security men to attack and
burn houses in the village.
He commended the Divisional
Police Officer (DPO) of the
area for his spirited effort to
save some lives.
Meanwhile, Management
Committee Chairman of the
Riyom Local Government
Council, Sam Gyang Audu,
disclosed to newsmen in Jos
on Thursday that over 100 of
his Berom kinsmen have been
killed by suspected Fulani
herdsmen in the last one year
with properties worth millions
of naira destroyed.
Audu, who spoke at a press
conference said so far his
council had spent over N5
million to treat those injured
in attacks.
The council boss in company
of stakeholders from his area
said in view of alleged
complicity of soldiers of the
special military taskforce, the
Federal Government should
set a stage for gradual
withdrawal of the men from
the council area.
He said in place of the
soldiers, well-trained armed
policemen and anti- terrorist
squads should be deployed to
Riyom to provide security for
the people.
Audu also accused men of the
STF of inflicting injuries on
several women in his local
government council during an
unannounced search exercise
for arms in Rim village.
In a related development,
security measures have been
reinforced in the Bauchi
metropolis in the aftermath of
the bombing of a Lagos-bound
59-seater passenger bus in the
Kano Central Park on Monday
by suspected terrorists.
Investigations revealed that
security checks have
intensified at government
offices, commercial banks,
tertiary institutions and private
companies.
Also, security has been beefed
up at majority of the motor
parks in the state.
A visit to Yankari Motor Park
in the Bauchi metropolis
showed that passengers were
being scrutinised from the
gate of the park as all private
vehicles were refused entry.
Also, police checkpoints have
been mounted at strategic
locations in the metropolis,
especially entrance points into
the state from Jos, Kano,
Gombe and Maiduguri, as
motorists were subjected to
intensive checks.
When contacted, state Police
Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Hassan Mohammed
Auyo, said the police and
other security agencies in the
state did not want to take any
chance, most especially with
what happened in Kano
recently.

dailyindependentnig.com/2013/03/20-people-killed-in-fresh-jos-crisis/

I have a concept for an app for android. it will have the capability of making money for anyone that uses it and it utilizes a basic property of all android phones.I have zero knowledge in programming or app creation.the app will also require a data base administrator and a website. I'm ready to sponsor the project but I need programmers and a possible visibilty study. can anyone help me out with a link or contact? thanks

what if you have gonorrhoea or a urinary tract infection and you decide to drink it? there are some conditions where you urinate pus or you have diabetes? will you then drink drink as your new "mineral"?

ebdib: No code for this o
Customer care is ur best friend for now

don't bother, they will tell you to wait until it finishes

what do you expect from a state where a former governor wore a very beautiful women attire to run away. too much fish oil?

seriously, i'm surprised that they are disappointed. what did they expect?

noticed that two days ago. you will give yourself a headache trying to understand mtn at the moment

WTF WTF

do I eyes deceive me? can you believe it? not only is texazzpete comparing different Android phones, he even said he prefers S4. the same texazzpete that frown on Android looooooog time ago when people were comparing Android to iphone. even infoseye.
change and progress is good

it's not the article I was looking for but.......

Consider the phablet. Back
in 2011, when Samsung
first unveiled the Galaxy
Note—a 5.3-inch
smartphone that was big
enough to be a minitablet,
hence the ugly
portmanteau—the world’s
tech pundits couldn’t stifle
their giggles. Was it a
phone? Was it a tablet?
Was it a joke? Smartphone
industry blog Boy Genius
Report called the Note “the
most useless phone I’ve
ever used,” adding: “You
will look stupid talking on
it, people will laugh at you,
and you’ll be unhappy if
you buy it.” Gizmodo
argued that the Note “isn't
just designed poorly—it's
hardly even designed for
humans.” I couldn’t resist
joining the chorus. With
the Note, I wrote ,
Samsung was hoping to
stoke a certain kind of envy
in young men all over the
world. The firm was
banking on the fact that
“when you whip a phone
as big as the Galaxy Note
out of your pants, some
dudes will think you’re a
god.”
But the joke’s on me and
my smart-ass tech journo
colleagues. Confounding
our predictions, Samsung
sold 10 million Notes in
2012, making it one of the
most successful
smartphone launches in
history. Then, in the fall,
Samsung launched the
Galaxy Note II, an
upgraded version with an
even larger screen—and it
promptly sold 5 million of
them, and is on track to
sell 20 million over the
course of the year . The
Note’s success has
spawned a spate of
copycats, with phablets
becoming the hottest new
smartphone category. Over
at Quartz, Christopher
Mims smartly argues that
as ridiculous as it looks,
the phablet is becoming
the computing device of
choice in the developing
world. “If your budget is
limited, why deal with two
different upgrade cycles
and two different devices,
when you can put all of
your money into a single
device?” he argues. Mims
believes that the Note’s
success may even force
Apple to build a rival
phablet.
I’m not so sure, but I
wouldn’t be shocked at
this point. Samsung is
having a moment, and
every one of its rivals
would be wise to visit its
enormous booth at CES
this week to keep an eye
on the Korean tech
juggernaut. Last week,
Techcrunch’s MG Siegler
crowned Samsung the
“ fifth horseman ”—the only
worthy rival to Apple,
Amazon, Facebook, and
Google, the foursome that
dominates the world’s tech
markets. Samsung earns
that spot in part because
of its fearsome stats: It is
the world’s largest tech
company by revenue, and
in 2012 it became the
world’s leading
smartphone maker.
According to the market
research firm Canalys,
Samsung’s smartphone
market share in the third
quarter last year beat that
of Apple, Sony, HTC, and
Research in Motion
combined. It still lags
behind Apple in profit—
Apple sells fewer iPhones
but earns more money
doing so—but Samsung’s
smartphone proceeds have
doubled in the past year ,
so it may well one day
catch its rival.
But there’s something else
besides sheer size that
makes Samsung so
successful, a brilliance
exemplified by the way the
company stumbled into
success with the Galaxy
Note: Samsung is willing to
try anything. Actually, it’s
willing to try everything. By
building dozens of models
across a range of product
categories—it makes
everything from phones to
tablets to refrigerators to
washing machines—
Samsung can offer a device
for every conceivable
market niche. As long as
its devices meet a
minimum level of quality—
and in general, its
products are very good—
and it manages to kill the
failures and push the
successes with great
marketing, Samsung is
sure to keep its place at
the top of a roiling tech
business.
This flood-the-market
strategy isn’t elegant. It
can be confusing for
customers, a pain for
Samsung’s carrier
partners, and very difficult
for the firm’s engineers
and designers to keep up
with. It also doesn’t have
history on its side. Other
firms that have tried the
build-everything approach
—see Apple in the early
1990s, or Hewlett-Packard
over the last decade—
eventually begin to lumber
under their own
complexity.
Yet Samsung’s strategy is
extremely well suited to
our current tech era. We
live in a time of profound
transition, when the future
of everything is up in the
air. The world’s tech-
addled masses are
switching from desktop
devices to mobile ones,
from bulky programs to
sleek apps, from limited
local storage to acres of
space in the clouds. When
everything is in flux,
predicting what will be hot
a year from now—“skating
to where the puck is going
to be,” to quote Steve Jobs
quoting Wayne Gretzky—
becomes all but
impossible. Samsung’s
strategy is to put a man at
every spot on the ice. Be in
enough places and you’re
bound to catch something
no one was predicting—
like, for instance, the
world’s bizarre love affair
with phablets.
Samsung’s current
dominance stems from its
wise response to the
iPhone. When Apple’s
smartphone began to
shoot up the sales charts in
2007, Nokia and RIM, then
the world’s biggest
smartphone companies,
more or less ignored it.
Samsung saw the iPhone
as an opportunity—it
showed what consumers
wanted, so why shouldn’t
Samsung give it to them,
too? Some of the firm’s
early touchscreen phones
were slavish copies of the
iPhone—see the 2010 era
Galaxy S—but Samsung’s
devices worked well, and
they were priced just right.
That was true, too, of the
tablets Samsung put out in
response to the iPad. At
one point during the
heated patent-infringement
trial Apple launched
against Samsung last year,
the judge held up
Samsung’s tablet alongside
Apple’s and asked, "Can
any of Samsung's lawyers
tell me which one is
Samsung and which one is
Apple?" One of the firm’s
lawyers replied, “Not at
this distance, your honor.”
Samsung lost a $1 billion
judgment in that case, but
that was a relative
pittance. By giving people
what they wanted—even if
it meant copying Apple—
Samsung had become a
global gadget powerhouse.
Since 2010, Samsung has
deepened its technical
prowess. Its design and
workmanship have
improved, and now its
devices work just as well as
Apple’s and no longer look
like clones of Cupertino’s
best stuff. Most
importantly, as Business
Insider has noted ,
Samsung has become a
master of marketing. Its
commercials portraying
Apple’s customers as
mindless sheep were
brazen—especially
considering Samsung’s
mimicry of Apple’s devices
—but they were ubiquitous
and beloved by Apple
haters . They announced
Samsung as a friendly,
reasonable alternative to a
cultish global brand.
And, indeed, there is
something charmingly
humble about Samsung’s
see-what-sticks strategy.
Other tech giants operate
according to lofty
philosophies. Apple prizes
aesthetics and usability,
Google cherishes the free
flow of information, and
Facebook wants to connect
us all to one another.
Samsung has no such
philosophy. All it wants to
do is make stuff that we’ll
buy. This strategy is an
admission that customers,
not companies, know best.
If pleasing customers
means making phones that
look exactly like your rivals’
devices, or making phones
that are foolishly large, or
making devices that run
every conceivable
operating system , or
creating a fridge with a
built-in baby monitor and
an Evernote app (unveiled
at CES this week)—well,
then that’s what Samsung
will do.
Sure, most of those devices
will fail. But failure is
cheap; when devices don’t
sell, Samsung knows how
to dump them quickly.
(Samsung bet big on 3-D
TVs, but it’s all but
forgotten about them
now.) But when one of its
bets hits, Samsung knows
how to push all of its
resources into making it
the next big thing. That’s
what it did with phablets,
and I suspect Samsung will
keep surprising us. The
future is unknowable, so
there’s no shame in
guessing.

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@ 4llerbuntu, my brother,God go bless you. I read those comments and wanted to paste them here. it boils down to what you want and what you will be happy with. granted the article made some points about the Samsung OS but when it comes to variability, it's the spice of life. Samsung had many variants of s2 and s3 but people still port and cook ROMS on them faster than other phones. will paste the contents of an article soon about Samsung and Google I came across

just read the review of the S4, I'm in love. good thing they made it stronger. hated the plastic cover of the S3. showed the review to a friend of mine and he has made up his mind to sell his S3. now, for objectivity i need someone to compare the S4, HTC & IPHONE. considering i didn't like Samsung phones in the past. but first , octa-core?

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that picture is old

you have a point about rooting HTC. I have a friend with HTC XLE,I think and I have been dodging the guy ever since he asked me to root it. the instructions on XDA forum is too long.

had to laugh about the WP guy remark. the two guys I know that bought the Nokia lumia phone disturbed me until I had to download the zune and show them how to use the software . they eventually sold it and bought, with for it, S3.

interesting point on the BBZ10. I know two guys and the girls who will pick up the phone next month.when I told them it could also run Android apps they were so happy.