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Published: July 14, 2013 - 08:30 PM | Updated: July 15, 2013 - 08:54 AM
Two new Android phones will look and sound familiar to those who have been paying attention to phones. That's because these two devices are replicas of Samsung's Galaxy S4 and HTC's One, except they lack most of the bells and whistles added to the original models.
And that's a good thing.
The modifications Samsung and HTC apply to Google's Android software are meant to be improvements. But I've complained before about how the changes actually make phones more complex to use. The S4 even has an easy mode for first-time smartphone users, an admission that the normal mode is too confounding.
Google worked with both Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. to come out with "Google Play" editions of the hit phones. Instead of customized software from Samsung and HTC, the Google phones run a pure version of Android, just as it was developed by Google.
Google lets any phone maker use its Android operating system for free. To set themselves apart from competitors, phone makers often add their own touches to devices. They rearrange the menu or load additional apps. Wireless carriers also like to add their own apps. Before you know it, phones are bloated with features and apps you don't want and can't get rid of.
With Google's version of the S4, I get a no-frills camera that is easy to figure out. It lacks gimmicks such as dual shots and the ability to combine several images of motion into a single shot. It offers about a half-dozen shooting modes, such as night, action and panorama, rather than the dozen or so on the original S4. But a half-dozen is about a half-dozen more than I need and use.
Google's S4 also lacks the original model's ability to pause video automatically when you look away from the screen or to scroll down an article when you tilt your head. Those features may sound cool, but they often don't work properly.
As for Google's version of the HTC One, you don't get a busy home screen filled with news articles and Facebook status updates your phone thinks you want to read. Instead, you get a clean page with few apps. It's up to you to add the ones you want to see and use.
Both Google phones feel spare and minimal, which is great because it makes me feel in control. If I want to constantly know the weather, it's easy to add a weather widget to the home screen of either phone. But it's not forced.
The same goes for apps. I get basic functions such as text messaging and the clock and a range of Google services such as Gmail and YouTube. If I want other apps, I can easily tap the Google Play icon to get them. With the original S4, Samsung tries to steer you into its own app store, as well as its own music and video players. You end up with too many ways to do the same things.
Now for the bad news: The Google edition of the S4 sells for $649, while Google's HTC One goes for $599. You can typically get the original models for $100 to $200 through your wireless carrier with a two-year agreement. And unless you're on T-Mobile, your monthly bill won't go down just because you pay full price for the phone elsewhere.
In addition, both Google phones are compatible only with T-Mobile, AT&T and other carriers that use GSM cellular technology, not the CDMA networks used by Sprint and Verizon Wireless. The Google edition would have been great for Verizon customers who still have unlimited data plans. Verizon no longer lets you stay on that plan if you buy a subsidized phone, so you'd have to pay the full price anyway.
The Google phones are also ideal for people who want the latest Android system that Google has to offer.


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Skip to comments.Police: Man Unleashes Pit Bull Mix On Bride At Reception
Posted on 08/17/2012 9:38:54 AM PDT by george76
Denver police are searching for a man accused of unleashing a pit bull mix on a bride at her wedding reception and then beating her with brass knuckles.
"The whole time he just stood there and laughed," the 22-year-old bride, Brittany Cortez, said of her alleged attacker, Joel Nevarez, a troubled childhood friend who has been in and out of mental hospitals.
"He let that dog drag me around the street like a rag doll," the bride said. "He punched me in the face and the back of the head with brass knuckles."
Nevarez may have fled to Mexico, where his mother lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...
"Oh no, that poor man! What will happen to his children, if he has any, and the dog if he's not allowed back????" (liberal thinking).
At least he wasn't the groom.
Just unleashing the pit bulls and brass knuckles that Americans won't unleash.
Maybe he went on tour, took his act on the road. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/17/13333450-no-papers-no-fear-illegal-immigrants-declare-themselves-on-bus-tour?lite
Reason #1 to CCW/CHL, and shoot to kill.
Did they bother to profile at the border for this wanted suspect?
I swear, my first thought is that the perp commandeered the DJ into playing Pitbull's hideous rap music.
—At least he wasnt the groom.—
HAHAHA! That is what I was thinking.
A good husband always waits until AFTER the honeymoon before he pulls this sh**.
Where was the groom?
How is the dog being a "mix" at all relevant, besides just demonstrating poor journalism skills?
This is completely nontraditional. The traditional "Fistfight at the Mexican Wedding Reception" is supposed to be between a member of the bride's family and a member of the groom's family, with one or more mother's-in-law pulling the strings behind the scene, and it should never involve animals.
Quite the faux pas, I'd say.
There should have been one (up to a) .45 calibre PDX or Critical Defense round, at point blank range to the dog's rib cage . . .
And as brass nuckles are a deadly weapon (the perp is wanted for assault with a deadly weapon), especially on the hands of a crazy man, one of the same rounds to the bridge of the perp's nose would have been appropriate.
I'm not sure why they assumed he went back to Mexico.
Did they look in line where the locals are signing up for the new 'legal' status?
This is just the guy they are trying to make legal.
Lets hear it for this wonderful idea.
[strike the apostrophe]
Note to self: proofread.
Where was her husband and the rest of the men?
"Where was her husband and the rest of the men?"
Betting on the outcome?
Consider me unsurprised...
I remember at my wedding, my bride was adamant about me not carrying a gun in the church (odd since she was very pro-gun normally and a very good shot). I acceded to the request. Of course my Best Man and Groomsman were both packing.
Good back-up strategery, drb!
Where was the groom?
I have a shelter dog I adopted. Various people have tried to tell me that she's a pit bull mix. I honestly have no idea, but she is the gentlest, sweetest dog you'd ever want to meet.
I don't know where the were, but today, they should be tracking down the dog man.
Which to me beg the question. Where WAS the groom?
I dont know where they were, but today, they should be tracking down the dog man.
Lesbien wedding? No groom.
Sorry, Barry: that's one less vote for you in November.
Colorado...Overrun with illegals...
Denver...Democrat controlled since...Forever...
Sanctuary City...Shhh!
Dealt with 'em daily before I recently and thankfully retired...Somebody else's problem now...
A$%holes like specimen in story are everywhere...
Concealed Carry at all times is strongly recommended...
Ignore this threat at your peril...
So is our Jackie. The shelter thought she's pit/Dalmatian or pit/Greyhound. She's a big baby. :-)
Just another frustrated "Dreamer." Ain't diversity wonderful?
Where was the rest of the wedding party that allowed this to happen?
It helps to read more than the first two lines of the article.
Just another poor person from Mexico who crossed the border for a better life. Isn't that what we're told? Nothing to see here......move along.
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Tropical Storm Danny is expected to make its way past New Jersey this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Of the four named storms that have formed in the Atlantic ocean this summer, so far just the gents have come a-calling in the Garden State.
Ana lost steam over the Dominican Republic. Claudette petered out over the Florida panhandle. Only Hurricane Bill, which roared up the eastern seaboard last weekend, came within spitting distance of the Jersey coastline, causing some rain and towering waves as he sped toward Maine.
This weekend, Danny is expected to deliver more wet weather to Jersey Shore towns.
"It's probably looking like we're going to see some strong winds and torrential rain," said Greg Heavener, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Mount Holly office.
And with high temperatures expected in the upper 70s, and lows in the mid-60s, summer will end much as it began: cool and wet.
"We set some records back in June for the north North Jersey area," Heavener said, explaining that month saw 21 days with more than 100th of an inch of rainfall. "That's pretty significant."
Already parts of New Jersey have received between 30 and 35 inches of rain, Heavener said, noting 28 inches is about average for this time of year.
Today, the National Weather Service reported Danny was centered 550 miles south east of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, moving north with sustained winds peaking near 60 mph.
Last week, Bill's winds climbed as high as 130 mph but dropped to 80 mph Sunday as it passed New Jersey about 400 miles offshore, according to the National Weather Service.
"There was some minor flooding in some areas, but New Jersey didn't get hit hard," said Nick Morici, spokesman for the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management. "It's always good when you come out of a storm in hurricane season and not see any serious damage."
Heavener predicted Danny would stay between 150 and 200 miles off the New Jersey coast, possibly making landfall around Cape Cod and Nova Scotia before veering northeast.
"It's starting closer to shore than Bill did, and remains closer to the shore than Bill did, but we're not expecting it to be worse," he said. "It will be a lot more rainy at the shore. The waves will be the same, or possibly even less."
Morici said his office is expecting heavy rain Saturday, with the possibility of minor coastal flooding and some flash floods in low-lying areas. Still, he said, his office and county partners are monitoring the storm closely in case it "turns on a dime and gets stronger."
With just four named storms, plus a tropical depression in late June, Heavener said this has been a relatively slow summer for major storms in New Jersey. Still, there could still be trouble ahead.
"August and September are our busiest months in the Atlantic Hurricane season," Heavener warned. "We'll see the tropics start to really fire up again."
|No surfing allowed at Sandy Hook because of threat of rip currents
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• Tropical Storm Danny gathers strength as it moves toward N.J.
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With the start of the regular season less than two weeks away, it is time to look at each Pittsburgh Steelers starter and set a bar for them.
For now, we will operate under the assumption that the starters currently listed on the Steelers' official website will be the same guys starting during Week 1. Considering there are still a few unresolved position battles being waged, do not be surprised if that is not the case.
As always, take these expectations with a grain of salt. A lot can change in a short period of time due to injuries, guys stepping up or factors that no one can see coming.
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