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+ - The Fine Art of Corporate Fibbing->

Submitted by DougDot
DougDot writes "Word has it that the good folks at Google's Device Support hotline (1-855-836-3987) are still telling people who call in to complain about the wifi and bluetooth issues with their Nexus 4 phones one of two little white whoppers: [...]"
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+ - What is Evil?->

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DougDot
DougDot writes "Which sort of brings up the question: is it evil of Google to sell product which they know is defective, and to do so for months without telling us? And then to sort of, unannounced-like slip out a software release that silently fixes things?"
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+ - Persistant wifi and bluetooth bugs in Android 4.2->

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DougDot
DougDot writes "Lately, it seems all the news sources have been soft-balling Google regarding the Nexus 4, the Nexus7, and the 10. And especially with regard to wifi and bluetooth bugs that crept into the Adnroid distribution with version 4.2.

Well, as it turns out, the masses are not happy. Not happy at all. Read on to find out why."
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Comment: Re:Price (Score 1) 267

by DougDot (#42741727) Attached to: RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope
Wifi and bluetooth has been broken on the Nexus 4 ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November.

See http://things-linux.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com] for all the gory details.

Actually sorta thinking about maybe possibly becoming open to the potential concept of perhaps thinking about considering a Blackberry.

Comment: The Nexus 4 has been broken since November (Score 1) 267

by DougDot (#42741489) Attached to: RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope
Wifi and bluetooth, anyhow. Ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November.

See http://things-linux.blogspot.com/ for all the gory details.

Actually sorta thinking about maybe possibly becoming open to the potential concept of perhaps thinking about considering a Blackberry.

Comment: Not bad timing (Score 1) 267

by DougDot (#42741411) Attached to: RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope
The Google Nexus 4 phone has had broken wifi and bluetooth since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out mid-November last year.

See this Google code forum bug report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40065

and these blog posts http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/has-google-become-institution-bound.html and this

http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/time-frame-of-nexus-4-wifi-bug-issues.html

for more info. It's enough to me make me reconsider a BlackBerry.

Comment: Actually Not Bad Timing (Score 0) 267

by DougDot (#42740129) Attached to: RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope
The Google Nexus 4 wifi and bluetooth has been broken ever since Android 4.2.1 was pushed out back in mid November last year, with no indication that Google feels any sense of urgency to fix it. I never would have thought that I'd be considering a Blackberry of any kind, but, the Nexus 4 has changed my way of thinking.

Check out http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/has-google-become-institution-bound.html for the skinny on the N4.

+ - Cover up?->

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DougDot
DougDot writes "Some of the more experienced software folks are beginning to openly question if Google is attempting to cover up a production problem with the new Nexus 4 phone."
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+ - This Is Not A Story About The Google Nexus 4 Phone->

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DougDot writes "This isn't a story about the Google Nexus 4 phone, nor is it about the fact that there have been problems with its wifi and bluetooth operation that have persisted since the initial sales of the phone last November.

It is a story about Google's astonishing apparent indifference to the failings of the phone, and to its estimated customer base of ~400,000 users."
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+ - article critical of Microsoft pulled from forbes.com->

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darkeye writes "An article titled 'Sell Microsoft NOW! Game Over — Ballmer Loses' (http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2013/01/20/sell-microsoft-now-game-over-ballmer-loses/) by Adam Hartung has been pulled from forbes.com. The article is still available via the Google WebCache here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z07qoZSJTV8J:www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2013/01/20/sell-microsoft-now-game-over-ballmer-loses/
  . While Microsoft is clearly on the decline, it seems it still has for enough reaching hands to sensor content on a major publication like Forbes."
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