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As a follow-Up with respect to THIS[^] earlier thread, I bought the Sharp Aquos[^] based on price, looks, a few specs, and the two big ones: it's an Android and it's on Sprint.
Now for the consumer alert.
I put an SD card into this phone.
In order to view the files on that card, I must first get google's permission
^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
I mean, I have to download an app from google that will allow me to access those files.
Somebody please tell me that I'm wrong, and that they guy at the store who told me that was misguided.
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According to this[^] there is no preinstalled file manager. You can download one from an App Store.
What the guy likely meant that you need to get one from Google Play (or another app store, like Amazons'), not that is has to be from Google.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Thank you.
A lot
Now I see that I have voice mail telling me that I am automatically enrolled in a "free" 30 day "trial" of a product and service that I don't want.
I have some questions for Sprint tech support tomorrow morning.
I hope I haven't made a mistake.
Bright point: The audio quality of this thing is very good.
So, they annoy the customer (to an extreme) with a "free trial offer", while the audio quality is very good.
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Oh gorgeous, you can't change the battery.
It's permanently embedded.
The other smart phones on their webpage warned you about this in advance.
Please tell me I'm wrong here also.
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When did you last change the battery instead of the whole phone? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: When did you last change the battery instead of the whole phone?
About six weeks ago.
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Do I absolutely HAVE TO use Google Chrome as the browser to get apps for this thing ?
There's this thing called Opera[^] (The browser, not the talk-show billionaire) which I personally adore.
Me, and I believe about 3.2% of the rest of the internet, if my statistic is correct.
If not, it doesn't matter, since more than 70% of all internet statistics are made up as the guy is typing.
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Erm...no?
Google Play: "Opera browser"[^] or, just follow your link, and click "Mobile"
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Did that.
Followed the links
Still trying to figure out how to get a piece of software loaded onto my Sharp Aquos from Sprint.
Looks like my paradigm of software and cellphones is no longer valued by those who want my money.
i.e., it is neither free, nor for sale. The cost is actually acquiescence to several hours a day of unrequested, unwanted, intrusive interruptions from endlessly streaming future sources of distractions; most typically, advertising.
More to the point, you can't download and install like you can on a PC.
You must provide your personal phone ID to the (generally, hostile) software vendor so that he can sell your personal information to advertisers who will then reduce your effectiveness to your boss and your company's customers by continually distracting you throughout your day.
This will, in turn, add needless anxiety and tension to your day which will result in a plethora of related health problems, the number one item being poor sleep (from which, in the opinion of a thousand doctors, most medical problems are rooted).
Or, more to the point, in the past 15 or 20 years, the entire mindset of the entire software industry has changed from competing to provide a good product, to one of hostility toward the paying customer.
I just have to wonder if this Sharp Aquos from Sprint is the only example of this. I seriously doubt it.
So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
There is no more software delivered without your phone number.
Am I understanding Sprint and Google properly ?
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Food at the Orange County Fair[^]. A few choice selections: Chocolate Covered Pork Rinds, Totally Fried Peanut Butter Pickle, and Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich (oh, I hope that's cranberry and not jam). As well as deep fried everything (including cereal and Kool-aid) and whatever-onna-stick (Dibbler would be pleased). 
TTFN - Kent
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I thought the Scots were keep on deep-frying things. How the hell do you deep fry coffee? Or Kool-Aid? 
And what genius came up with "Deep-Fried Slim Fast Bar"?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Judging from the Google results, deep fried Kool Aid is a donut hole whose batter had Kool Aid mixed into it. I'm guessing you could do the same with coffee.
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+1 for "deep fried everything".
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it!
Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
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 A lot of those things look disgusting.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Good Ghu you people eat some utter crap, mind you the wasabi bacon bombs do sound tasty!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If you're eating healthy food at the county fair, you're doing it wrong.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Some of it looks really yummy - other stuff just weird. What is the idea of deep frying precisely EVERYTHING in the States? I don't see the appeal...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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You mean there are places where they don't deep fry everything? How do people survive?
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Don't suppose there's any chance of the Fair doing a world tour, (or just a one-off in Devon UK would be fine!) is there?
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Hardcover from $360!
And I thought computer manuals were expensive!
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Still cheap if you consider the cost of the related hardware...
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I want the plane
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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You can't afford the running costs! 1 ton of fuel every minute...and a full tank is 80,000 gallons, most of which is loaded in mid air after takeoff. 
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