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Steve Mayfield wrote: Galaxy S3
I like most the specs on that phone. But the thing is huge. Probably be closer to the truth to just call it a small tablet.
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Yes  the Galaxy S2 is just about at the limit, size-wise, for a device that you can put in your pocket(the S3 is larger than the S2).
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― Christopher Hitchens
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When I first got my HTC Inspire, it was (one of) the largest available at the time. The S3 is 11% taller and 3% wider, yet 28% thinner. Depending on a person's head and hand size, they may look a bit odd talking on it.
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I am so glad I got a Galaxy S2 - I would not want to help these iLawyers...
What's up with Apple - if the Galaxy S3 is better than the iPhone just make the next iPhone better than the Galaxy S3 
I almost feel despair at times when technology and scientific advancement is more about lawsuits than advances in knowledge and manufacturing 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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This isn't really anything new, Apple is suing anybody that has a phone that resembles the PADD's from Star Trek: The Next Generation. What's scary is that these lawsuits have actually gained traction in a couple of countries, though I doubt it will end up sticking.
I had hoped Tim Cook would put an end to the personal vendetta Jobs had against All Things Android, and there were some rumors he would, but alas, they're continuing to escalate patent lawsuits to new levels if idiocy. Which is funny, because one of the first things Jobs did when he got back to Apple was put an end to the lawsuits they were involved in, culminating in the ironic imagery of "big brother" Bill Gates towering over Jobs on a giant screen, mirroring their famous 1984 commercial. (Accidentally.)
Oh well. But I also don't understand your reference to the delayed iPhone 5; how can something that was never announced be delayed? If they had called the 4S the iPhone 5, and changed nothing but how much the corners were rounded, people would have declared it a huge upgrade over the 4. (Dual core vs. single core!) I don't understand the tech media.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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There were rumors that the iPhone 5 would be released with iOS 5 last year and then the 4S showed up instead. Latest rumors are the 5 will be introduced next week at the WDCC [^] with availability in September(?) and specs on even par with the Galaxy S3 - which, if true, makes sense why Apple would want the S3 to be delayed.  Apple has been losing market share with all of the other smart phone makers as the article points out.
Steve
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...iPhone 5, and changed nothing but how much the corners were rounded, people would have declared it a huge upgrade over the 4. (Dual core vs. single core!)...
I presume you meant dual corner vs quad corner?
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"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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The article on CNET talks about Apple asking for some HTC phones to be banned as well. At Hello Android [^], they list out all of the HTC phones Apple is trying to ban from the U.S.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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The more I read about it the more I'm likely to look at the Samsung Galaxy S3. Thanks for the heads-up, Apple.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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I've noticed that for some reason, my phone (Droid Razr) skips Google searches in its browser history. So if I search for something, go to a result, and try to go back it always takes me to the page before the search (which as you might guess is rather irksome). At first I thought it was just the default browser, but I downloaded another browser and it does it too.
Is this a "feature" of Android (2.3, because Motorola is ridiculously slow getting out ICS) that anyone else has noticed, or is my phone just suffering from selective amnesia?
[Edit: fixed the spelling in the title. Shh...]
modified 8-Jun-12 15:43pm.
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This happens on desktop browsers too - but it is a function of the web pages itself - or more to the point ad servers for the webpage - they do some kind of page refresh so the ad is inserted into the browser history. In a few cases, I've seen as many as three intermediate links between the search page and the final webpage
Steve
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This is a bit the opposite though, I go to page A, then do a search and get search results B, click link to page C, hit back, and end up on A, instead of B where I should be. And it only happens with searches (haven't tried other searches like Bing because...well they're terrible), and no dependence on the page before the search.
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I see that on my phone too (Galaxy S2) - I assumed it was because the search is done as a separate thread and not included as part of the browser web pages 
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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That would be really weird for searches done inside the browser though. But I wonder if it is tapping into some internal stuff for the searches and not using an actual web page...
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I'm guessing that the page itself is using AJAX for searches, so there is not page to go back to when you do multiple searches. The page URL may have never changed (aside from perhaps a hash tag).
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That still wouldn't explain it, because I'll start at an entirely different site (e.g. CP), type a search into the browser's bar, which then takes me to a Google page with the results, pick a result, and then back would take me to the site before Google. It's like Google is banned from my history. (And then of course if I wanted a different result I have to type in the search again, and hope that the results are on the second link I click because otherwise I get to look forward to typing it in a third time...)
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I do not see this behavior on my G-2 Android phone on 2.3.4. Using the default browser, I enter a google search for "rhodonite". Then I go to the first result (Wikipedia page for rhodonite). When I go back, I end up back on my google search results page for rhodonite.
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I've seen similar behavior on my iPhone, though it's intermittent. I think it has to do with their mobile implementation in general.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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I wish it was intermittent on my phone, but it's consistent and specific enough that I feel like it was done intentionally, though I can't figure out any reason someone would want their phone to do that 
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wizardzz wrote: I want rocket mail!
RocketMail[^] and Rocket Mail[^]
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I hope you are prepared for heat seeking spam.
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I should have realized that COBOL was a language written to MIL specs. It all makes sense now...
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