Because OEMs don't want to become just chip packagers, and suffer the margin crush PC OEMs suffered in the 90s. That's why they differentate through skins and hi-end SoCs not officially supported by vanilla Android. If they all offered the same UI and SoC as the Nexuses, margin crush!

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The flaw in that logic is that you think people care about whether a software environment is open or closed. Fact is, the PS3 and iOS are some of the most loved environments out there, and they are both closed and require developers to pass "certifications" to get their apps and/or games on the platform. As long as an…

Well, it was pretty much inevtable. When I saw Samsung converting Android's home button into a big button at the center, and mangling Android to make it look more like iOS, my reaction was "meh". Hey Sammy, we want Android to look like Android, not like some Apple knockoff. Just my opinion, but LG, Motorola and HTC…

"Shedding a tear over the destruction of a consumer product, now THAT'S enraging. "Oh my god, that mass produced phone is being destroyed!" "

The really stunning thing is that Apple, the company that is supposed to be revolutionizing computers and such, couldn't build an inventory system that doesn't allow employees to walk away with free stuff with a sticker price of half a thousand dollars, till the late 2000s. And the people who smashed iPhones for fun…

LG Optimus 2X. Everything looked amazing on paper, but when I took it off the box, I found out the screen washes out blacks badly. I am talking about grey-looking blacks here. In normal room lighting, it can really start to hurt your eyes. I can reduce the effect somewhat by enabling auto-brightness, but then the…

You must already own a real Aston to be able to order the Cygnet.

Well, it tries to solve the comment overload problem without hiding comments from new users, like the old one did. But that doesn't make it an improvement, got to agree. It's worse.

I never understood surge protection for RJ11 and RJ45. RJ45 is used in LANs, and RJ11 cables are underground, so they can't be hit by lightning. Most RJ11 and RJ45 equipment can't even produce higher than normal voltages in that port, the device must be hit with a thermonuclear attack or something to send a high…

"Thankfully, if you are downloading more than one file, you can simply cycle to different sites. "

Just wait till they reach a perentage of 70%, and nobody will wear condoms anymore, thinking the drug is good enough.

The PCs at the library of the university I am in, run IE6. And to make things worse, they have some Norton GoBack-like mechanism, so you can't do windows update. And you are not allowed to run exe's either, so forget about portable apps.

Well...

I guess the goddess in the canon logo has so many hands in order to more efficiently rip off customers when it comes to buying new ink. Fortunately I don't have a Canon printer.

I think the worst drawback is washed out blacks. It is the one drawback that can *actually* hurt your eyes, even indoors. My Optimus 2X has really washed out blacks (both in factory brightness setting and auto brightness, although it's a bit better in auto brightness), to the point they look grey. Other 2X owners say…

On a side note, reducing population by limiting births is the only way to save this planet (and probably have cheaper energy).

Good news. Now Apple will have to butt heads with Google directly, instead of hitting OEMs like HTC, Samsung etc. This will be a lot harder for Apple, and they will probable lose. Which means the silly patent trolling of Android will eventually stop.

Good news. Now Apple will have to butt heads with Google directly, instead of hitting OEMs like HTC, Samsung etc. This will be a lot harder for Apple, and they will probable lose. Which means the silly patent trolling of Android will eventually stop.