Comments on: Google fails to address app storage issue with Droid and Android 2.0 http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/ Meet Your New Android Friend. Your Community For All Things Google Android. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:07:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ XT review – Android and Me http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-23687 T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ XT review – Android and Me Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:18:29 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-23687 [...] phones are notorious for their limited internal storage space for apps, so it is disappointing to have someone else dictate how that gets [...] [...] phones are notorious for their limited internal storage space for apps, so it is disappointing to have someone else dictate how that gets [...]

]]> By: AT&T: The most crippled Android experience – Android and Me http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-22770 AT&T: The most crippled Android experience – Android and Me Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:14:36 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-22770 [...] dozen or so AT&T apps that come preloaded with the device (bloatware). Android phones already struggle with limited storage space and having the carrier dictate which ones are installed on a user’s phone is a [...] [...] dozen or so AT&T apps that come preloaded with the device (bloatware). Android phones already struggle with limited storage space and having the carrier dictate which ones are installed on a user’s phone is a [...]

]]> By: Thomas http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-21190 Thomas Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:35:49 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-21190 I love you iPhone fanboys that arent bothering to heed the actual droid users comments regarding the fact they have no trouble carrying 100 plus apps with the majority of memory going to the SD card... Seriously...its not a physical problem, nor for the average joe. He doesnt care or know a thing. It is an image problem though because saying 32 gigs sounds awhole lot better than 256 onboard... What happens to your iPhone when yo urun out of storage space with 20 movies and 1000 songs? Opps..no more space for apps anymore either... It's nothing more than an image problem, so I dont see it as a design oversight, its an image decision on the part of Google/Android/Manufacturer whomever you wish to blame. I love you iPhone fanboys that arent bothering to heed the actual droid users comments regarding the fact they have no trouble carrying 100 plus apps with the majority of memory going to the SD card…

Seriously…its not a physical problem, nor for the average joe. He doesnt care or know a thing. It is an image problem though because saying 32 gigs sounds awhole lot better than 256 onboard…

What happens to your iPhone when yo urun out of storage space with 20 movies and 1000 songs? Opps..no more space for apps anymore either…

It’s nothing more than an image problem, so I dont see it as a design oversight, its an image decision on the part of Google/Android/Manufacturer whomever you wish to blame.

]]> By: LOL http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-17263 LOL Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:15:16 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-17263 There are ALWAYS ways to reverse-engineer definite parts of the universe. Android apps fall into this domain. A software lock on apps being thrown onto SD cards to prevent piracy is absurd. If Google does not allow apps to be downloaded to tertiary memory for this reason (which I doubt) well... that is ... absurd.. There are ALWAYS ways to reverse-engineer definite parts of the universe. Android apps fall into this domain. A software lock on apps being thrown onto SD cards to prevent piracy is absurd.

If Google does not allow apps to be downloaded to tertiary memory for this reason (which I doubt) well… that is … absurd..

]]> By: Matt shaw http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-16155 Matt shaw Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:16:04 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-16155 Are any of you intelligent people? Any? Any of you? ::shutters:: Not getting into my real point, but another question to ask yourself. When your Hard drive runs out of space, what do you do? Get a new, bigger hard drive, or delete old, useless stuff. Are any of you intelligent people? Any? Any of you?

::shutters::

Not getting into my real point, but another question to ask yourself.

When your Hard drive runs out of space, what do you do?
Get a new, bigger hard drive, or delete old, useless stuff.

]]> By: nick http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-16153 nick Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:09:24 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-16153 i currently have 113 apps downloaded to my droid totaling 2.85 gb...being said....mose is stored on sd card....withe .exe stored in phone...never had any problem operating a game or any other app for that matter. and second....if anyone wants games that are 1g or higher....or anygame thats gonna be played for hours at a time you should be looking elsewhere...yes a phone is capable of it...but why? i currently have 113 apps downloaded to my droid totaling 2.85 gb…being said….mose is stored on sd card….withe .exe stored in phone…never had any problem operating a game or any other app for that matter. and second….if anyone wants games that are 1g or higher….or anygame thats gonna be played for hours at a time you should be looking elsewhere…yes a phone is capable of it…but why?

]]> By: Andrew Mayo http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-14165 Andrew Mayo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:04:42 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-14165 In fairness, it is correct that the iPhone does share this limitation. The OS partition is much smaller than the total available flash and applications have to fit into this space (about 500M total, I believe). You can jailbreak the phone and symlink to get round this - but then that's true for Android as well. HOWEVER this doesn't mean google can ignore the issue. Lower end Android phones such as the T-Mobile pulse (Huawei 8220) which are new on the market have very limited application space available - on my phone currently about 60M is free after installing just a few apps. So this is definitely a potential issue that requires a resolution. In fairness, it is correct that the iPhone does share this limitation. The OS partition is much smaller than the total available flash and applications have to fit into this space (about 500M total, I believe).

You can jailbreak the phone and symlink to get round this – but then that’s true for Android as well. HOWEVER this doesn’t mean google can ignore the issue. Lower end Android phones such as the T-Mobile pulse (Huawei 8220) which are new on the market have very limited application space available – on my phone currently about 60M is free after installing just a few apps. So this is definitely a potential issue that requires a resolution.

]]> By: yungdinero http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-13938 yungdinero Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:06:18 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-13938 Just to put this out there: IMO...If you want to play games on your phone and your aren't smart enough to follow simple online directions to root your phone, and store game apps on your SD card, then you don't need to be playing games. Instead, you need to invest your time in learning how to use a computer or learning to follow written/video instructions. Its just a matter of time before more ROMs come out for Android 2.0, Or you can get an iPhone, but then that basically functions as an iPod Touch because of AT&T's service... but I digress. Just to put this out there:
IMO…If you want to play games on your phone and your aren’t smart enough to follow simple online directions to root your phone, and store game apps on your SD card, then you don’t need to be playing games. Instead, you need to invest your time in learning how to use a computer or learning to follow written/video instructions. Its just a matter of time before more ROMs come out for Android 2.0,

Or you can get an iPhone, but then that basically functions as an iPod Touch because of AT&T’s service… but I digress.

]]> By: chaostheory6682 http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-13660 chaostheory6682 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:34:09 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-13660 I recently purchased the droid but after finding out about the major limitations of the phone I believe I will be returning it. I guess if you want iphone quality games you have to get an iphone. To bad I enjoyed being a verizon customer. I recently purchased the droid but after finding out about the major limitations of the phone I believe I will be returning it. I guess if you want iphone quality games you have to get an iphone. To bad I enjoyed being a verizon customer.

]]> By: Name (required)Matt http://androidandme.com/2009/10/news/google-fails-to-address-app-storage-issue-with-droid-and-android-2-0/#comment-12404 Name (required)Matt Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:44:21 +0000 http://androidandme.com/?p=6706#comment-12404 NOOOOOOO!!! This kills it for me. I have to take my phone back now. There has to be some way around this. NOOOOOOO!!!

This kills it for me. I have to take my phone back now. There has to be some way around this.

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