Memory available for apps

[Jerry-O]

Can the 8 GB on board memory be used for apps as well or are apps limited to 512MB?

 

[nyc_rock]

Can the 8 GB on board memory be used for apps as well or are apps limited to 512MB?

No to your first question but rumor has it Google is working on a fix. The specs list the memory at 528 but the phone reads 748 mb available.

 

[Matt_AC]

I'm confused. There's storage and then there's memory. Which are you two referring to?

 

[LiQuidZero]

I'm confused. There's storage and then there's memory. Which are you two referring to?

Think of memory (RAM) as a table and storage as a filing cabinet. Now you can store documents and music in this virtual filing cabinet, up to 8GB in this case. The table is where you put the files to use, RAM. You can't read a file that is sitting in a filing cabinet. You got to pull it out and put it on the table. The table, in this case, can only hold 512MB. Here is where it can get tricky, why don't you just save apps in the filing cabinet. Right now, you can't and it has more to do with the OS and Google. I'm sure a real techy guy can give better detail than what I am doing. I just wanted to give you a high level explanation between memory and storage.

Rumor is that Google is working on the ability to save apps in storage rather than memory, like a traditional PC would. Has to do with encryption and other things. As of now, apps are saved in memory. Again this is high level.. hope it helps.

Just to be clear: memory is 512MB and storage is 8GB.. give or take.

 

[Matt_AC]

Think of memory (RAM) as a table and storage as a filing cabinet.

While I appreciate the nice analogy (I mean that!), I wasn't asking what the difference is between storage and RAM. I know the difference. I've been in the IT field for 21 years. I was asking which one (RAM or storage) the original two posters were referring to, as I couldn't tell.