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VV(^^)VV_____OFFICIAL ANDROID OS/DEVICE THREAD_____VV(^^)VV
- Thread in 'General' Thread starter Started by pacmagic2002,
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I needs that transparent power widget
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I needs that transparent power widget
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To the dude who asked about the power widget, its called SwitchPro widget....my current set up, running Serendipity 4.0.1
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To the dude who asked about the power widget, its called SwitchPro widget....my current set up, running Serendipity 4.0.1
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[h4]Oops: Android contains directly copied Java code, strengthening Oracle's case [/h4]
By Nilay Patelposted Jan 21st 2011 at 11:03AM
Florian Mueller has been killing it these past few months with his analysis of various tech patent suits on his FOSSpatents blog, and today he's unearthed a pretty major bombshell: at least 43 Android source files that appear to have been directly copied from Java. That's a big deal, seeing as Oracle is currently suing Google for patent and copyright infringement in Android -- which isn't a hard case to prove when you've got 37 Android source files marked "PROPRIETARY / CONFIDENTIAL" and "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE" by Oracle / Sun and at least six more files in Froyo and Gingerbread that appear to have been decompiled from Java 2 Standard Edition and redistributed under the Apache open source license without permission. In simple terms? Google copied Oracle's Java code, pasted in a new license, and shipped it.
Now, we've long thought Google's odd response to Oracle's lawsuit seemingly acknowledged some infringement, so we doubt this is a surprise in Mountain View, but we're guessing handset vendors aren't going to be so thrilled -- especially since using Android has already caused companies like HTC and Motorola to be hit with major patent lawsuits of their own. We'll see what happens, but in the meantime you should definitely hit up Florian's site for the full dirt -- it's some 47 pages worth of material, and it's dense, but if you're into this sort of thing it's incredibly interesting.
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[h4]Oops: Android contains directly copied Java code, strengthening Oracle's case [/h4]
By Nilay Patel
Florian Mueller has been killing it these past few months with his analysis of various tech patent suits on his FOSSpatents blog, and today he's unearthed a pretty major bombshell: at least 43 Android source files that appear to have been directly copied from Java. That's a big deal, seeing as Oracle is currently suing Google for patent and copyright infringement in Android -- which isn't a hard case to prove when you've got 37 Android source files marked "PROPRIETARY / CONFIDENTIAL" and "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE" by Oracle / Sun and at least six more files in Froyo and Gingerbread that appear to have been decompiled from Java 2 Standard Edition and redistributed under the Apache open source license without permission. In simple terms? Google copied Oracle's Java code, pasted in a new license, and shipped it.
Now, we've long thought Google's odd response to Oracle's lawsuit seemingly acknowledged some infringement, so we doubt this is a surprise in Mountain View, but we're guessing handset vendors aren't going to be so thrilled -- especially since using Android has already caused companies like HTC and Motorola to be hit with major patent lawsuits of their own. We'll see what happens, but in the meantime you should definitely hit up Florian's site for the full dirt -- it's some 47 pages worth of material, and it's dense, but if you're into this sort of thing it's incredibly interesting.
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Anyone got more info on the Samsung Vibrant 4g?
All i know is that they are saying Feb. 23 is the release date
All i know is that they are saying Feb. 23 is the release date
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Anyone got more info on the Samsung Vibrant 4g?
All i know is that they are saying Feb. 23 is the release date
All i know is that they are saying Feb. 23 is the release date
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Naw, its called extended controls widget
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Naw, its called extended controls widget
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If your looking for more icons or have request, check out my thread on XDA
http://forum.xda-develope.../showthread.php?t=898774
Requested icons start on page 10.
http://forum.xda-develope.../showthread.php?t=898774
Requested icons start on page 10.
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If your looking for more icons or have request, check out my thread on XDA
http://forum.xda-develope.../showthread.php?t=898774
Requested icons start on page 10.
http://forum.xda-develope.../showthread.php?t=898774
Requested icons start on page 10.
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What page do you have the upcoming phones?
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What page do you have the upcoming phones?
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how n the hell you get your icons to reflect off your dock?
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how n the hell you get your icons to reflect off your dock?
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word? looks exactly like mine, all good tho.
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word? looks exactly like mine, all good tho.
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hellz yeah, jump on that deal! my phone has a gig snapdragon processor so its as fast as a evo....once gingerbread drops its gonna be even faster.Originally Posted by ii FLaSh ii
Originally Posted by ninjahood
nexus one is still da only android phone with 100% unmolested google experience, plus its da first in line for gingerbread.....Originally Posted by ii FLaSh ii
Yea, just my buttons would light up... I wonder whats the reasoningOriginally Posted by JordanFean23
smh... nothing happens to mines only the keyboard lights up...guess imma have to make that switch to the evo, I was really feeling the epic too..=/Originally Posted by dont be a menace
same thing happened to my g1.
only way i can turn it on is to slide it open and unlock it.
Is the original Nexus still worth it to get it? Friend just got a refurb cause his old one went bad... But now he has the g2
Worth it for $150? Cause I need to get rid of the original mytouch... How is the speed?
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hellz yeah, jump on that deal! my phone has a gig snapdragon processor so its as fast as a evo....once gingerbread drops its gonna be even faster.Originally Posted by ii FLaSh ii
Originally Posted by ninjahood
nexus one is still da only android phone with 100% unmolested google experience, plus its da first in line for gingerbread.....Originally Posted by ii FLaSh ii
Yea, just my buttons would light up... I wonder whats the reasoningOriginally Posted by JordanFean23
smh... nothing happens to mines only the keyboard lights up...guess imma have to make that switch to the evo, I was really feeling the epic too..=/Originally Posted by dont be a menace
same thing happened to my g1.
only way i can turn it on is to slide it open and unlock it.
Is the original Nexus still worth it to get it? Friend just got a refurb cause his old one went bad... But now he has the g2
Worth it for $150? Cause I need to get rid of the original mytouch... How is the speed?
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app planet marketplace.
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app planet marketplace.
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that %$@$ hasnt been working for a while the servers are down or something
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that %$@$ hasnt been working for a while the servers are down or something
