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Onun gibisi gelmedi.. 16 Agustos 2009, Kral'in 32. olum yil donumu. Kendimce en iyi 9 sarkisini paylasacagim, bunlar ilk 3'u.
- Oguz Serdar
elvis ölmedi aslında yaşıyor. :P
- Serkan Canıberk
Serkan, bu sarkilarla, bu sesle mumkun mu olmesi? :)
- Oguz Serdar
Şimdi yaşasa ve bu dönemin starlarından olsa ne tür müzik yapardı acaba? Benim oyum Hip Hop ve R@B karışımına. EMINEM gibi birşey olurdu sanırım.
- Burçak Çubukçu
Eminem'in de guzel sarkilari vardir lakin Elvis bambaska. Icra ettigi muzik turunun degil, muzigin krali bence kendisi. Yasasaydi 74 yasinda olacakti, belki de hala muzik yapiyor olurdu. Erkin Koray da simdi baska bir muzik yapmiyor ki Elvis yapsin. :) Yine de muzik dusunurlerine sormak lazim.
- Oguz Serdar
Yok şimdi 25 yaşında olacaktı Elvis mesela. Hayal dünyası benimkisi :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
"i don't know anything about music. in my line you don't have to." demis bir de kendileri. bence Erkin baba gibi o da hala en iyi soyledigi turde soylerdi. rock 'n' roll!! :) dunya onu hala dinler miydi bilmiyorum ama sevenleri birakmazdi pesini eminim.
- Oguz Serdar
Frank Sinatra'nın söylediği "I did it my way"i çok güzel söylerdi Elvis. http://fizy.com/s/15q95q
- Burçak Çubukçu
Burcak, Elvis ne soylerse guzel soyler, Elvis'ce soyler. :)) Ama "you'll never walk alone", "I did it my way" gibi eserler sanki orijinal olarak daha guzel. Tutti Frutti gibiler de var, Elvis'den daha iyi kimselerin yorumlayamadigi. Yine de kisiden kisiye degisir bu. Covers vs Originals.
- Oguz Serdar
Bu şarkılar çok seviyorum, Oguz kardeşim! Teşekkür ederim! Burçak, Sinatra'nın "my way" => Claude François'nın "Comme d'habitude" :)
- directeur
5-6 sene önce birlikte çalıştığımız Hakan isimli bir arkadaşım vardı. Tam 2.10 boyunda. Ses olarak Elvis'e o kadar benzeyenini görmedim.
- Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu
2.10? :) Sarki soylerken videosu olsa super olurdu.
- Oguz Serdar
Ezgi, o bugunku postada: http://ff.im/6Ef9H Kaan, korkuyorum ondan abi. :))) Elvis: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Oguz Serdar
ona kim hayir der? :)) aslinda bendeki kayitla alakali. ayari mi bozuk nedir, diger tum MP3'lere gore start alirken irkiliyorum, cok kuvvetli cikiyor ses. :D Little Richard'a da Allah bir girtlak vermis tabi. Bir de orijinaller & Coverlar apayri bir tartisma konusu.
- Oguz Serdar
bir yılın ardından feed yukarı....
- Oguz Serdar
Elvis hortlağı :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
Love me tender 'ın hastasıyım. Bu şarkıyı daha yavaş okuyan bir başkası da yoktur, tane tane
- hgsahin
#hepdinle ✔
- f.ferdi durusulu☼
#listen
- Lillith
tum elvis'ci kardeslerimi selamliyorum. long live the king!
- Oguz Serdar
o kadar büyük hayranı değilim ama her zaman saygı duyduğum ve dinlemekten keyif aldığım sanatçı...ah o sert ani bakışlar :)
- canazak
woho
- Hasan Tayyar BEŞİK
dün 12 liraya 2 cdlik elvis best of'u aldım :) gerçekten şaşırtıcı
- Enver Gökmen
#index
- Ali Oz
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- koleksiyoner
FriendFeed User Locations - Google Shared Map - http://maps.google.com/maps...
urdumania1, Julian, DB - Just DB and 96 other people liked this
Roll call...this can be great if we all participate. Add yourself to this shared map. I created a placemark on the 2 major intersections near where I live.
- Mark Krynsky
or just list location...I'll start...Chatsworth, CA
- Mark Krynsky
I would but I won't
- Outsanity
near Chicago
- Tinfoil 2.0
How do I add myself?
- Mo Kargas
Grayson, GA
- Rah-PM 2012
Puyallup, WA
- Bren
Mo, I'm a newb to the shared maps stuff, but I turned on collaboration and allowed anyone to edit the map. There should be an edit button and then you can add a placemark.
- Mark Krynsky
erm...Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Mo Kargas
Sydney, Australia.
- Andrew Trinh
Yeah, I don't see how to add anything to the map
- Rah-PM 2012
But you already have Rahsheen.
- Andrew Trinh
Well it's working because I see others are adding themselves...Make sure you are logged into your Google account.
- Mark Krynsky
After most have put their placemarks on, don't let anyone edit it because there's always someone out there waiting to fuck shit up.
- Andrew Trinh
This guide may help http://local.google.com/support...
- Mark Krynsky
@Andrew...good point. I just changed it from public to unlisted which only makes the map available to those with the URL.
- Mark Krynsky
Even so, last time we had the Confessions account details on FF it was tinkered with.
- Andrew Trinh
I added mine, but in the process of learning I think I nudged the Sydney, Australia points off a little. Sorry.
- Rob H.
Ok, think I did it!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Robert bought me a new house in the northern suburbs.
- Andrew Trinh
@Bec...nice. You are the first brave female on here.
- Mark Krynsky
Cool idea, Mark! I was thinking something like this would be fun the other day. Duly added myself - or at least the nearest big intersection. ;)
- Jandy
Mousing over the usernames shows your Google profile info...cool.
- Mark Krynsky
I marked a bus stop near my house. But not TOO near. :)
- Nine
If you haven't yet...go add FriendFeed to your Google Profile...it will then auto-discover and allow you to add a ton of other profiles you have.
- Mark Krynsky
Thanks for the profile tip - I hadn't updated it since I moved here!
- Jandy
Added myself. Verona, Italy
- Stefano
Added. Sydney, Australia
- Jay
Added. Doha, Qatar.
- Mohamed J
Thanks guys. This is coming along nicely. It's great to have as a resource to see where everyone is from. Hopefully this can become a standard feature on FF one day.
- Mark Krynsky
Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria added
- Duncan Riley
Athens, Greece added, too :)
- George Tziralis
Added.
- Atul Arora
Ace idea, I've added mine in Kent, England.
- Kol Tregaskes
There's no spot for "Hell, Eternity" ... *sigh* I'll have to give in to my worldly location...
- Kyle Brady
Asia's letting the side down
- Toby Graham
added, North London, UK
- Rory
Current count: 13 US, 11 Europe, 3 Australia, 1 Middle East. Happy to see many others add themselves overnight. Hoping more will continue this.
- Mark Krynsky
Done ! Waterloo Belgium
- Jacopo Gio
@Jill, make sure you are logged into your Google account and then click on the edit button above the list of names already on the map. You will then see the pushpin in the upper left hand side of the map.
- Mark Krynsky
Great idea!
- Alan Le
Added. Seems like there are a lot of us in the Bay Area...we must do a get together at some point.
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
@Neal yea, we really need a FriendFeed meetup. I might be up there for Web 2.0 in March...or we can have one at SXSW if a large number of us are going. Let's plan and get the Upcoming page going.
- Mark Krynsky
Am I the only FriendFeeder in VA?
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
@Mark Not gonna make SXSW, but am definitely down for working on an FF get together. March is long enough away to make sure plenty of people have time to plan ahead. I added you on Upcoming so we can start coordinating it. Anyone else interested/want to help set this up?
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Maybe we can talk Paul & Bret into letting us invade the FF offices for a meetup in conjunction with Web 2.0? That would be sooooo cool!
- Mark Krynsky
Oooh, now that's a really great idea.
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
I'm there :)
- Alejandro
Yay Alejandro...first South American..and my old stomping grounds in Argentina no less :)
- Mark Krynsky
Added!
- Shey
Neat. Added.
- Rodfather
Added.
- michael sean wright
Alright Shey! We finally have a Canadian...let's see if your fellow compatriot Mark Wilson joins the fray.
- Mark Krynsky
@NiceFishFilms, your pushpin seems a bit off up there in Russia. Dana Point is thousands of miles from there :)
- Mark Krynsky
Oh, I see now...you added 2. You're a pushpin litterbug :)
- Mark Krynsky
Another snowflake pushpin *waves to Shey*
- Micah
whoo hoo! Canadian snowflakes FTW!
- Shey
Added.Hi from Russia.:)
- Igor Poltavskiy
How do I add myself again? How do I add my ff to my gmail account?
- Amani
Cairo, Egypt
- Hayk
reykjavik, iceland
- siggimus
Cologne, Germany
- Holger Eilhard
Carcavelos, Portugal
- Ricardo Vidal
Added New Jersey but boy, it took a while to get the Pin logo on the screen, not so obvious
- Sally Church
London EC1 UK
- Joe Dawson
Added
- Michelle M
Added
- Bwana ☠
Pinned! sheesh this just cost me 1/2 hour of time as I scrolled thru all the folks :)
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Except for Bret, there are no FriendFeeders on the penninsula between San Jose and San Francisco. So much for Silicon Valley early adopters.
- Ryan Kuder
Added! I'm the first in The Netherlands :-)
- TobiasVerhoog.com
Added. First in Japan!
- rawwell
I think I added me. HOpe it worked
- Amani
added!
- matthew john ernisse
This is truly awesome!
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
Cluelessness alert! I'm not seeing how to add my pushpin!
- Hutch Carpenter
For some reason whenever i use google maps in creation-mode, it defaults to some other maps I've used, not the one I'm trying to access - ah, figured it out. Had to de-activate some other collaborative maps
- anna sauce
Added. What a great way to see who's on FF in Austin, TX!
- Carter ♥ HTML5
Added myself in Shenzhen,China.
- Steve Chou
courtenay, canada - http://friendfeed.com/ernieya...
- ernie yacub
added me. Coimbatore, South India
- vijay
Added Bangalore, India.
- Mahesh CR
Added
- Glenn Slaven
Added
- Youngmin Kim
I'm added now, too.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Nice! I'm the only active FriendFeeder in Montreal: Quebec represents FF! I could be a French Canadian FF ambassador or something. =)
- Zu from AOD
Added
- ThenWang
Added
- James Myatt
Added. I am now an icon :^)
- Nick B.
Added =)
- ChaCha Fance
Added.
- Bonnie Foster
Added
- Michael Fidler
Added. Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Finally me too :) Greetings from Ankara Turkey :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
Bump for the good times.
- Mark Krynsky
Bringing it in to 2010!
- caj needs a haircut
Beaverton, OR
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Waves to Alex...
- Mark Krynsky
Added - Doral, FL.
- caj needs a haircut
Hi Mark!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Added!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Added :)
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
Added EastSide of St Paul (use the edit button)
- WarLord
Egads. I had not updated my location since my days in East Oakland... Yipes!
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
Huh...had to readd. Oh, well. :)
- caj needs a haircut
Yeah, there's a few people who've moved since they added themselves here! I haven't. Same old, same old.
- Jandy
Wow you guys revived this old school post...heh.
- Mark Krynsky
Added.
- rochelle rochelle
added (i cant get my fish and fish hook to stay pinned, :( ) Va Beach, Va
- chaz2b
It is sad that we have to sue companies to get them to tell the truth in their marketing materials and advertising.
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You always see the terms inept and disgruntled, but we rarely use ept and gruntled. Perhaps I should make a tshirt that says "Ept and Gruntled". What kind of graphic would be appropriate for that? I'm thinking an alpaca.
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"Unbeknownst to them, but beknownst to us..." -Spaceballs
- Tinfoil 2.0
I am sure I will be Grundled with anything you come up with, you are very ept at this kind of thing.
- John D Reasor
I just used ept in Tad's thread. Is it even a word?
- Vicarbott
"Now behave!" "I am being have!" - me
- caj needs a haircut
I am usually sheveled, but my house is rarely sheveled. It usually only happens when I perse my clutter into a pile.
- FFing Enigma
Man... I'm slow today. It took WAAAAYY to long to pickup on ---sheveled. LOL! Glen and Tina, y'all rock!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
from email
A shirt with "Ept and Gruntled" and an alpaca on it would be awesome. Sign me up for five.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Wouldn't it just? Because alpacas always look like they're smiling and perhaps plotting some mischief, and if that's not the definition of "ept and gruntled" I don't know what is!
- FFing Enigma
Well, we are cool like that Chris. And in other news: I think I found just the alpaca for this shirt.
- FFing Enigma
isn't the opposite term to inept "adept"? so, inept is useless, adept is good at it.. would ept be "average at it"?
- alphaxion
Good point. Then again, I do find myself to be rather average in most things so I think the shirt would still work. Actually, the meaning 'average and happy' is perhaps appropriate.
- FFing Enigma
I'm down with "average and happy." Where do I place my order?
- Anthony K. Valley ©
from email
Genius! Count me in!
- Kevin J Hatton
I think this should be a shirt w00t. :)
- Hookuh Tinypants
Yes, need shirt.
- Chris Charabaruk
I know someone that can make those t-shirts happen. Oh and I like to tell people they have no couth (as opposed to being uncouth).
- Josh Haley
I'm quite combobulated this morning.
- Kevin Fox
Yeah, I'm working on a shirt cause now I really want one. Hence my post about vectorizing an alpaca!
- FFing Enigma
Yes my friends there you have it, the terms ept, shelved, gruntled and vectorizing alpaca in one post. One for the FF Hall of Fame.
- SteVe C
Steve, I am positively whelmed.
- Ladyepiphanybug
Face it, The English Language is just bizzare
- Brent - Yes I am
I love the Online Etymology Dictionary. Oddly enough, 'dis-' in 'disgruntled' isn't the usual negation, but provides emphasis. http://www.etymonline.com/index... So 'disgruntled' is even more gruntled than 'gruntled'. 'Inept' is derived from Latin 'ineptus' which can be parsed as 'in-' + 'aptus', so the opposite of 'inept' would be 'apt'. http://www.etymonline.com/index...
- Victor Ganata
isn't EPT early pregnancy test?
- Mike Nencetti
But Victor, that takes all the fun out of it, not to mention making my alpaca useless.
- FFing Enigma
Shame on you Tina, there is no such thing as a useless vectorized alpaca
- SteVe C
Tina, you always make me laugh! :D
- Anne Bouey
A Very Descript Man (attributed to a J. H. Parker) I am such a dolent man, I eptly work each day; My acts are all becilic, I've just ane things to say. My nerves are strung, my hair is kempt, I'm gusting and I'm span: I look with dain on everyone And am a pudent man. I travel cognito and make A delible impression: I overcome a slight chalance, With gruntled self-possesion. My, dignation...
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- Micah
I surrender! Micah wins!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
from email
Tina, yeah, you should probably ignore me. :) I like the alpaca idea.
- Victor Ganata
I'm plussed and I will be terred!
- Rick Cogley
Can't help thinking about this exchange on The Office when I see "gruntled":Michael: No need for consternation. Everything is under control. Jan: Michael, last Friday one of your employees attacked another employee in your office! Michael: It was a crime of passion, Jan. Not a disgruntled employee. Everyone here is extremely gruntled.
- Cheryl Jones
Sometimes when I have too much to eat, I gruntle a little.
- Rick Cogley
This thread is making me want to gurgitate.
- Reed Porter
Really? I find it makes me rather combulated.
- FFing Enigma
BUMP!
- FFing Enigma
Whoa, a lot more good ones in here! Added the ones we didn't have yet into my thread (including your original "ept") - http://friendfeed.com/faithx5...
- Jandy
=)
- Micah
I think the words "ept" and "gruntled" would be well-represented by the image of a goat. A goat is ept, rarely putting a foot wrong on the sheerest of rock faces, and seems particularly gruntled while its life lacks surprises and predatory threats.
- Slippy
MapBox on the ipad is featured by @siliconflorist! http://is.gd/g2063 Great recap of @incanus77's work on this. - http://twitter.com/MapBox...
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YouTube - Black Sheep-The Choice Is Yours - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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This or that
- Eric
I just registered another domain. It's an illness, I tell ya.
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Illness .com or net? :)
- Brady
Portland inside: MapBox iPad mapping app has Portland mobile geogeeking under the hood - http://siliconflorist.com/2010...
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Giftango lands $5 million in second funding round | OregonLive.com - http://blog.oregonlive.com/silicon...
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Giftango, a Portland software company that puts gift cards online, says this morning that it has landed $5 million in new investment. Taylor Corp. led this Series B round.
Always nice to see funding flowing in Portland
- Rick Turoczy
I almost talked to Arrington once and other more valuable tales from the TechCrunch trenches - http://siliconflorist.com/2010...
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هايكوي ژاپني : خوشا وقتي .... در كلبه ام بر حصير مي افتم ..... تنهاي تنها
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akhei man ashegh hayko hastam!ye mosabeghe rah bendazim!?
- فوژان
اينا رو خودم نگفتهم ... ترجمهاند ... خودم استعداد شعر و شاعري ندارم متاسفانه اما شاعرا رو دوس ميدارم :D
- سمانه از جنس آسمون پاك
ولی ظاهرا استعداد رهبریت بالاست ها!
- فوژان
رهبري ؟ از چه لحاظ !؟
- سمانه از جنس آسمون پاك
akhe mese emam ke migoft man varzeshkar nistam vali varzeshkar ha ro doost daram,,,
- فوژان
خب بنده الگوم معمار كبير انقلاب ميباشند =)))))))
- سمانه از جنس آسمون پاك
setta to iimasu
- keiko-san
ستا تو ایماسو
- سعید ©
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- حُسین آفلاینـ
Braden finally gets held by his mom and dad! #scrummy
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Kristine comes home tonight. Braden should join us in a few days.
- Louis Gray
from email
<3 These pictures are making me smile so much :)
- aden {Chickadee}
I'm all salty inside. He's so beautiful...
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Allah analı babalı büyütsün inşallah :)
- İbrahim Mumcu
he said, allah let him rise himself with his parents. lol.
- Nucro
He's so precious! Congrats again, Gray Family!
- Trish Haley
It always a joy to see mother and child! Congratulations!
- RAPatton
Wonderful news!
- Anne Bouey
Congrats!
- Ruchira S. Datta
I can only imagine how holding your baby for the first time must be the most amazing feeling in the world.
- vicster
aynı babası. askerde topçu olcak bu. maşallah maşallah. püh püh püh. kırkı çıktı mı?
- ben beğenmedim
Congrats! :)
- batuhan icoz
Ne tatlı birşey bu yahu :) Allah uzun ömürler versin inşallah. :)
- Burak
I love the photo of Kristine kissing Braden - how tiny he looks and comforted in her arms. Okay, I am cheesy, but it's beautiful.
- Liza + = ?
YES!
- Eric
Congratulations, Louis Gray, Braden, Mommy and Twins ~ yay!
- hollyrae
Right where he belongs. :)
- Josh Haley
congrats! another cute addition to the family! P.S. I like the duck on your shoulder =]
- Marissa
hey Kristine rock and roll Brr ...
- Thomas Power
Hey, I know those people!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Awwww.... BABBY!
- DGentry
Congrats!
- Vlad Hrouda
Oh, he's beautiful! (and I don't usually think that about newborns)
- April
nice pics...Congrats!
- غلام یحیی
Welcome on our wonderful earth :-)
- Solveigh Calderin
Congratulation,Isn't that wonderful!
- Mary
Aw, congrats again! <3
- Carmen wBabby
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It was about a certain pitchman for Subway and his purported untimely demise. It could have been swept under the rug if Kevin Rose hadn't fallen for it too. Oopie.
- Rick Turoczy
Oooooh. Whoops. That's pretty classic.
- CoRri
hello i wanna chat with you and i wanna now more about you. thanks
- gafatsi kobby joshua
Portland Panel Picker: Vote for these SXSW Interactive panel proposals from Portland - http://siliconflorist.com/2010...
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"If the elite have TED, the geeks have Gnomedex." - @briansolis at #gnomedex
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Aww, it's true. This is the last Gnomedex. I chatted with Chris a little last night. It's going out on top. We'll make it live on in us.
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#Gnomedex: There can be only one. Well, ten. Enjoyed my five - thanks Chris.
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RT @turoczy: Congrats again to @adamd on the release of @MapScripting 101. Give him a pat on the back in person http://siliconflorist.com/2010...
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Startups Or Behemoths: Which Are We Going To Bet On? - http://techcrunch.com/2010...
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Simply put, if we are serious about lifting the economy out of its rut, we need to focus all of our energy on helping entrepreneurs. Provide them with the incentives (tax breaks and seed financing); education; and infrastructure. And gear public policy—like patent-protection laws—toward the startups. Let’s not bet on the companies that are too big to fail or too clumsy to innovate.
Venture capitalists expect more deals, hiring in region | The Columbian - http://www.columbian.com/news...
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Portland-Vancouver area venture capital investors are optimistic that the coming months will bring more deals and more hiring for startups in the region.
Hoping this sentiment holds true
- Rick Turoczy
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Great company doing awesome work
- Rick Turoczy
My Droid experience thread
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Physical Keyboard: I don't know what reviewers were complaining about, this is actually pretty damn good. The only part that's not so great is the optional protective hard shell makes the top row of keys a bit hard to press because it consumes the "overflow" space that your fingers would normally have
- LANjackal
from IM
The only major niggle I have with the Droid is that so far I can't figure out how to make it vibrate to notify me of incoming SMS when the handset is locked and the ring volume is silenced. If I don't figure that out I'm gonna miss a LOT of text messages at work, which is not good :/
- LANjackal
from IM
All charged up! Despair's (my Droid's Bluetooth name) first night on the town. He's already texted one girl and called another from his Contacts, which is fully integrated with my Facebook account (profile, pics, email addresses, phone numbers). This last part is absolutely amazing. Wish us well, I'll tell you more tomorrow when we embark on a 16h bar crawl (no joke)
- LANjackal
WOW. I have never set a custom ringtone this easily in my life. 1)Drag and drop song into phone from Windows Explorer (where it shows up as removable disk). 2)Go to Music App, which automagically finds ALL songs on the phone, regardless of location 3)Select track 4)Select "Set as ringtone". DONE. A-mazing, especially for a Verizon device (walled garden anyone?)
- LANjackal
*WANT*!
- travispuk
... or we'll just get a new one? Handsets are salable dude.
- LANjackal
Speed: (because Chris Carr brought it up). The Droid is plenty fast. Speed is not an issue.
- LANjackal
Battery Life: Very good, but I'd bring my charger if I were going out of town for a weekend (I always do that anyway, so I don't consider than an issue)
- LANjackal
Browser: Faaaast. I don't miss the pinch multitouch capability reviewers have been bemoaning the lack of, since the high resolution means that 95% of pages are readable as is in the first place, and there's a handy zoom-in/zoom-out icon that pops up at the lower right of the screen
- LANjackal
UNPLEASANT SURPRISE: That charging cable that you think is a mini-USB cable? It's NOT. I don't WTF the port on the side of the Droid is, but it won't accept any other cable than the one that shipped with the device. Disappointing, but not a dealbreaker IMO
- LANjackal
Fancier ROM idea: If you wanna go for it, sure. However, my phone is one of those device (like my car) that I expect to just WORK, 100% of the time. Don't wanna risk bricking it, but if you wanna do that go right ahead.
- LANjackal
Contact management: This is simply the best implementation thereof you will ever come across, not only on phones but on ANY device. Full syncing of Google Contacts and your Facebook friends (all relevant fields, even job titles and pics from Facebook profiles), automatic duplicate entry handling, with search, email ... you name it. This is one thing the Droid beats everything else at. No competition.
- LANjackal
Camera: It's not the best, but it'll do. Besides, cameras like those are merciful to those who aren't naturally photogenic like me.
- LANjackal
Audio quality: Angelic. I know this sounds like an overstatement, but wait till you hear it. The audio on this device is just stunning. Everything else you've ever heard will sound like static afterwards in comparison
- LANjackal
Visual Voicemail is great, but if you have an active Wi-Fi connection it won't be able to sync. Which it tells you nicely. Perhaps Google Voice fixes that problem. Beginning to wish I had a GV account now. Oh well. Invite, anyone?
- LANjackal
VZW has the weird setup where feature prices vary BOTH by plan AND phone. For example, VZ Navigator is free on some phones but paid on others. I *think* Visual Voicemail's included with the data plan when you get a Droid
- LANjackal
More on battery life: Charging takes a while (1.5h from 50% to full). Definitely enough for overnight, but people who rely on fast charge times will be in for a surprise. I'm really anal about charging, so I don't find this an issue. Less "responsible" users (read: college girls) whose phones are permanently "about to die" will run into trouble :P
- LANjackal
Hmmm, not true mini-USB, slight disappointment. How loud are the ringtones and the call itself? Do you think the phone will feel weird with an extended battery? Do you experience any lag that has been reported in apps? Can't wait to have in hand next week!
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Lag: bear in mind that you're dealing with a mini-computer that happens to be able to make calls, not a phone in the traditional sense. As with a PC, the more apps you run, the more lag you may notice (1 -2s sometimes, "missed" touches). In normal operation with mission critical apps though, there is no lag. I'd STRONGLY suggest Taskiller though, as the OS never seems to really kill...
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- LANjackal
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Battery Life Report: During a drinking marathon today filled with heavy use of web browsing, FB app friend adding, taking (and uploading) pics, texting, email checking, calling, hopping on and off free Wi-Fi, etc. the Droid lasted *drumroooooooollllll* 11 HOURS. Terrible for a phone, but pretty good for what's essentially a pocket computer. Word to the wise: the car charging kit? Get it. An extra USB cable for charging at work is a pretty good call too
- LANjackal
Correction about the USB connector. It's a micro-B one, NOT a min-B one, which is why the other cable I had wasn't working. So yes, it IS a standard USB cable. Sorry to have mislead anyone
- LANjackal
Nice feature: automagical backlighting that turns on and off in response to ambient light (even when going through shadows)
- LANjackal
Camera: I take back what I said about it earlier. This is pretty much the BEST party camera ever. Reviewers who complained about the pic quality were simply taking the wrong pics. No one uses smartphones to take pics of flowers idiots. They use 'em to take pics at parties. The important thing is how skin tone and color come out WITHOUT being too revealing (trust me, no one wants to see...
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- LANjackal
Battery life: so my buddy BR who got one is complaining about the battery life also. And his phone was almost always dead BEFORE the Droid, so I can only imagine what the situation is like now
- LANjackal
Another niggle: No character count for text message composition
- LANjackal
UPDATE: OTA update will fix the SMS character count problem (exactly how that passed internal testing, I don't know)
- LANjackal
UPDATE on Visual Voicemail: I checked with VZW today and it really does cost $2.99 extra per month. Thanks to Chris' Carr, though, I installed Google Voice, so I chucked VVM.
- LANjackal
Bug: Google Navigation may forget to use the speakerphone at times. I think this happens if you attempt to navigate while the phone is in portrait orientation
- LANjackal
On the no character count for test messages --- doesn't it show you how many characters you have left when you get close to the 160 allowed?
- Kevin Mohr
I read that it does, but so far I haven't sent anything that long so I haven't seen for myself
- LANjackal
Worried about the Droid's 11h battery life? 1) Get the car charger 2) Head over to Monoprice.com and get a micro-B USB 2.0 cable for your office for all of *gasp* <$3, shipping included. Then you'll be able to charge at home, in the car, and in the office.
- LANjackal
Wait, an extra fee for VVM? That's just as lame as the extra fee for VZW Navigator.
- Wirehead
Not if you were on a Premium plan like I was. VZ Navigator's free then. Unfortunately, Premium plans are unavailable for the Droid, so you have to drop down to a Nationwide Select plan and then tack on a data package. This keeps the service affordable, but it means that VVM's not included. Don't really get VZ's thinking behind this one, although they probably reason that anyone who's savvy enough can get Google Voice anyway while the "average" users will lose $36/year to VVM.
- LANjackal
Guess who got his Droid set up on the office Wi-Fi and VPN today? It took all of 3 minutes, no management approval and just a verbal request to the IT guy. Turns out he got a Droid himself, so he breezed through the setup and handed it back to me. So yeah, if you were worried about joining domain networks and whatnot, don't be - the Droid is ready for work
- LANjackal
OK so after a few weeks of use, several bugs have become apparent:
- LANjackal
1) This probably applies to all smartphones that can run multiple apps simultaneously, but active task management is a serious necessity if you're a power user. That means manually killing apps/processes that you aren't using to prevent your phone from becoming laggy. I recommend the Task Manager app
- LANjackal
2) Switching between Wi-Fi and 3G sometimes isn't seemless. The Droid will sometimes forget it's a 3G device when moving out of Wi-Fi coverage, and similarly not automatically connect to a familiar network when it's within range.
- LANjackal
3) The micro-B USB 2.0 port has become really loose over numerous plug-unplug cycles. It's now possible to plug the device in and have nothing happen because the connections aren't being made (This is solved by a little jiggling). To be fair, most USB ports weren't designed for this many plugging cycles, but for a device that needs as much charging as this you'd *hope* the port was a bit sturdier
- LANjackal
4) Phone ringtone volume sometimes goes out of whack. Solved by simply re-entering the relevant menu, which seems to "remind" the handset what level it should be at
- LANjackal
5) Plugging the phone into an HP docking station before booting the laptop will cause the laptop to fail to boot. I'm not sure whose fault this is.
- LANjackal
And now for the good news:
- LANjackal
1) Contrary to what the SF Gate guy said in that article I'm too lazy to link to, Google Navigate IS SAFE to use in the boonies. Verizon's 3G coverage is beyond amazing, I traveled through some of the most sparsely populated regions in the country today with no problems. The phone lost the GPS signal a few times (regained within seconds) but never lost 3G coverage
- LANjackal
Another tip: turning the screen brightness down to the lowest level improved battery life a LOT
- LANjackal
So @LANjackal, around Google Navigate, are you saying there's a map for that? :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Pretty much, yes :)
- LANjackal
I just set one up on Exchange. it's FAST. sadly no it was not my phone....I only had about 5 min to look at it.
- Mike Nencetti
So one of the funny things about the DROID's contact syncing with Facebook and Google is that you can't edit any contacts that exist in your Facebook friends list only. You have to add a new contact on the phone with the same name as the Facebook friend, after which the phone will automagically merge the two. I suspect the reason for this is that although the phone imports your Facebook friends into Google Contacts, it's only a 1-way street ...
- LANjackal
Therefore any changes made to a contact that exists only on FB would be reflected only on the phone and could be lost if something happened to the phone itself. The solution to this is obvious (import all FB friends into Google Contacts, treat them as immediately editable there), but for now that's how it is
- LANjackal
The FB/Google Contacts integration leads to some funny situations. Such as when people give you their number only to have you realize - right in front of them - that you already have it. Guys don't mind, girls may think it's a lil ... odd, to say the least. Another is people who didn't give you their number texting you like "hey this is <insert name>" when in reality their name and details already show up on your end because you're FB friends. Love it.
- LANjackal
Motorola were apparently really serious about night shot capability: the DROID does better in low light, long range pics (such as a high altitude landscape pic at night) than my Canon SD1100 IS, which is saying a lot
- LANjackal
Manually installed official 2.1 update today. Process went smoothly, only 1 hitch: Gallery shortcut on home screen was broken (presumably because it's been replaced by a brand new app). Dumped shortcut, dragged new one out of application tray. Fixed.
- LANjackal
Major Improvement: the new Gallery app now syncs with ALL your pics on ALL your Google accounts (Picasa, Blogger, etc.). I turned it off since I don't have anything on those accounts that I'd ever really need on the go. Also, the new UI is superb
- LANjackal
From a utilitarian perspective, the new Maps live wallpapers feature is sweet. No longer have to fire up the Maps app to view my surroundings: they're already on the wallpaper.
- LANjackal
GPS performance seems better
- LANjackal
Yep, loving 2.1
- Mo Kargas
So while GPS performance has improved, it's still not the best. The Maps live wallpaper often puts me in the middle of the nearby airport runway when I get home. I wish there was a built-in way to force the GPS to always be on, but I don't know of any
- LANjackal
Google Maps Navigation finally has a detour option, thank God
- LANjackal
The 2D performance slowdown you've heard about with 2.1 is real. Unfortunately honest news. But not enough to make the device unusable. Just annoying. Still, performance is better than 2.0.
- LANjackal
Installed the official 2.2 update earlier today. 2.2 is to the Droid what Windows 7 is to netbooks. It's fast and very responsive so far. The Droid finally gets 5 home screens, and contrary to what I've read, the browser launcher links to whatever browser you've set as default on your phone, not the stock browser.
- LANjackal
Hmm, I have 9 home screens on 2.1. Probably because mine is technically a Milestone
- Mo Kargas
#plan 30 hour day 2 (Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon) Jul 2-3, 2010 http://plancast.com/a...
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The Return of 30 Hour Day | PDX.FM - http://pdx.fm/30hd2/
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Where are you going to be on July 2 and 3 this year? How about joining the PDX.FM crew down at the Pioneer Courthouse Square for 30 Hour Day? That’s right, watch in awe as a few of your favorite (or not-so-favorite) PDX.FM personalities push the limits of endurance – and hopefully have some fun doing it – while helping make 30 Hour Day a reality this year.
Yah, and I got to see this for free, well ok price of admission - chris P on stage looking mighty uncomfortable #gnomedex
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The l0ckergn0me four stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Depression, Acceptance.
- Akiva
Akiva - Awesome +1 Bonus point.
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
LMAO
- SAM
Rofl.
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
Oh, sweet Jesus.
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- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
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- Sinan İŞLER
Heh heh! Nice.
- DaveDelaney.ME
Man that is out of the deeeeep archives - Vixy where did you find this? I thought FF rolled off after a few thousand entries.
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
Very cool Vixy - learned something new today - thanks!
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