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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

Is there much development for it yet? I'm still waiting for my Pebble which could be several months.

There are about 60 apps for it, mainly its kind of like a portable widget. I can read text Facebook twitter weather reminders and such. I can see some potential in this thing. Sending a text message from it can be done albeit canned replies.
 
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Thanks Jmar, but when I open Wallet in Manage Apps I don't see an option to update.

I meant in Google Play. Open it up and go to My Apps. Then swipe over to all apps. You WILL find Google Wallet there. Promise. Just tried it, though I am not updating personally. I don't want to give Wallet, or have it ask for, root permissions.

jmar
 
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I meant in Google Play. Open it up and go to My Apps. Then swipe over to all apps. You WILL find Google Wallet there. Promise. Just tried it, though I am not updating personally. I don't want to give Wallet, or have it ask for, root permissions.

jmar

It doesn't show up on mine. Not sure why?
 
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SO what happens if you deny it root access? Does it blow up and go on strike or something?

My Wallet is up to date: and while it does say "unsupported device", it works... and it has never asked me for root access.

Reports are that the update was asking VZW users for root access and that it was causing problems. Glad to hear nothing is blowing up on your end.

It doesn't show up on mine. Not sure why?

Weird. It has always shown up in All Apps for me, never in My Apps...did you sideload or Market Trick?

jmar
 
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Grr. My wife just called, cash, checks, drivers license, and debit card stolen out of her car. SIGH. I guess we should be thankful, they didn't take the DSLR, dvd player, or anything else, and we caught it before they had a chance to use any of it, so only out the cash ($150) . I wish she would lock her car... She never does, and we had this happen two years ago, and less than two weeks later I was having to go behind her and lock the car at night.

Sorry to hear :(
 
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I meant in Google Play. Open it up and go to My Apps. Then swipe over to all apps. You WILL find Google Wallet there. Promise. Just tried it, though I am not updating personally. I don't want to give Wallet, or have it ask for, root permissions.

jmar

Thanks jmar. I'm at 35,000 feet right now, but wil try it when I get back on solid earth..
 
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Reports are that the update was asking VZW users for root access and that it was causing problems. Glad to hear nothing is blowing up on your end.



Weird. It has always shown up in All Apps for me, never in My Apps...did you sideload or Market Trick?

jmar

I really don't remember. But I think I side loaded it. So that is probably the problem.
 
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It was a nice enough show, for someone who's been doing it for over 50 years...

Appearance by Lionel Ritchie was a nice surprise, as was our "illustrious" mayor awarding Kenny the Key to the City :)

Awe Chief, yo know that scene in Top Gun about the mom always playing the album. That was Kenny Rogers for me. Hot damn did you bring back memories. Thanks. Right now I'm thinking about "One Stormy Night."
 
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LOL you would think that the SGS3 would be getting more love and attention in the Verizon pre-release thread than it is... for such an "epic" phone.

It's been live for 3-1/2 months now and is currently on Page 11 with 538 posts. And it's on pre-order.

By contrast, when the Nexus pre-release thread was 3-1/2 months old, our page numbers were in the 1400's and over 70,000 posts - and we still had no idea when it would be released!

So if customer excitement is an indicator of future sales, the SGS3 stands to be a big YAWN on Verizon.

EDIT: Then again, Han isn't in there... I guess that counted for about half our posts :rolleyes:
 
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LOL you would think that the SGS3 would be getting more love and attention in the Verizon pre-release thread than it is... for such an "epic" phone.

It's been live for 3-1/2 months now and is currently on Page 11 with 538 posts. And it's on pre-order.

By contrast, when the Nexus pre-release thread was 3-1/2 months old, our page numbers were in the 1400's and over 70,000 posts - and we still had no idea when it would be released!

So if customer excitement is an indicator of future sales, the SGS3 stands to be a big YAWN on Verizon.

EDIT: Then again, Han isn't in there... I guess that counted for about half our posts :rolleyes:

That's cos the GS3 isn't epic. The only spec that REALLY trumps the Nexus is the 2gbs of RAM. And it is probably necessary consider the amount of "S" ware bloating up the system. I mean seriously, Samsung didn't even color the battery ICS blue! Sorry, but this is ICS with nonsense added and a clear lack of detail IMHO.

jmar

Edit: Maybe I came off harsh. I am sure folks will love their GS3's. It has great qualities. It just isn't for me. Had a Han moment :p
 
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How else could you install Wallet on a VZW phone without side loading? I did it that way and I don't see it listed under the brazillion of my apps in the Play Store.

I don't get it.

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Since I haven't update, I still get the option to do so.

jmar
 
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