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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by zdw on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @10:39AM (#2991636)
How many non-geek people sideload? On how many phones is it impossible to do so because of a locked bootloader or other technological impediment?

I do agree that it's a manufacturer issue - specifically with a revenue model that give no reward for staying up to date (which is also horrible for device security...).

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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by windsurfer on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @10:46AM (#2991659)
So what if non-geeks can't upgrade? It doesn't matter how skilled or un-skilled you are. You can take the G1 to a shop and get them to upgrade it for you. You can't take an iPhone and do the same thing.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by technoslut on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @10:59AM (#2991727)
Does it really matter? The upgrade would be pointless. Any first generation iPhone or Android device couldn't run the newest version of the OS well.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by windsurfer on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @11:17AM (#2991810)
I'm using a G1 and the latest Android, and it has fine performance... It supports the latest apps and still does everything it did on release day.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by technoslut on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @11:46AM (#2991961)
When I see videos like these with a lot of lag I don't consider it to be running the OS well. It's bearable at best, which is always a matter of opinion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0abA1fksE www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovUMS3f-QLw

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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by Luyt on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @05:43PM (#2993671)
Clickable links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0abA1fksE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovUMS3f-QLw

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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by windsurfer on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @01:52PM (#2992538)
I have the same phone and I do not experience anywhere close to that amount of lag.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by linderspace on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @02:24PM (#2992719)
Same here and the phone runs great.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by gcb on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @03:11PM (#2992997)
even if it has lag. you have the option.

do you rather wait 2seg for an feature to finish executing or not have the feature at all? (as it would be if you had bought an iphone 3G instead of the G1 at the time)

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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by jarek on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @05:00PM (#2993513)
He'd rather not have it, see copy/paste before iOS 3.
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by pyre on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @11:13AM (#2991798)
Says you. I've heard that some people with G1's have gotten some great performance with Cyanogenmod...
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Re:Anti-iPhone iPhone game makes it past Apple's review process by linderspace on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @02:24PM (#2992712)
I also have a G1 running 2.3.4 and it works great. Using it for dev as well.
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