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Every other news source in the universe from Forbes to Phandroid is reporting that Fitbit is buying Pebble for $40 million for its technology and will be ending the Pebble brand and products. Has AC not reported anything about this because, perhaps, it has different information? Please let us...

Let's not start name-calling. The difference you mention is completely subjective and your sarcasm again ignores the point that the applications that Google has loaded (which I listed) are in no way fundamental to the basic operation of the phone, yet were non-uninstallable by the user. If the...

You can root any phone and uninstall apps or install another ROM. That's how you get rid of bloatware. The fact that it is uninstallable without rooting your phone is what makes it bloatware.

I have to disagree. What makes it bloatware is that it is a user app (not a feature of the operating system or an indispensable OS app) that is pre-loaded on the phone or loaded without the user having requested it that cannot be uninstalled by the user. That is bloatware. And this is why...

If you mean by "bloatware", apps pre-installed by the manufacturer or carrier that the user does not want or use, but that cannot be uninstalled, then the Nexus 6P already has lots of bloatware - Google bloatware! I have numerous Google apps on my phone that I did not ask for and do not use, but...

I no longer have a Samsung phone, but I had a hard time adjusting to life without the Samsung keyboard. The only flaw I remember about it was that if you accepted the predicted word, it would place two spaces after it in the text, instead of one, so I would always need to backspace after...

AC's Web App's Reply function is seriously screwed up. Is there any interest in fixing this, AC?

The comments on Android Central articles are slightly different from forums. At the bottom of each comment there is an option to Reply on the left and Report, Vote Up or Vote Down (indicated by arrows) on the right. I have a question about the arrows (this pertains to the browser web-app): If...

I've tried this several times since I wrote my original comment. I unlock the phone, hold it against the NFC scanner, and it inevitably asks me for my password (or pattern or PIN, whatever I have the Screen Lock set to). After I enter the password (or pattern or PIN), then I have to scan the NFC...

This happened to me recently as well. It is great to have a back up to pay with when you are without your wallet. What I think would be even better is if Android Pay could use NFC on my watch (MST on the watch would be even better still) so I wouldn't even need to remove the phone from my...

I tried it just the other day at the supermarket. I put my finger on the fingerprint scanner and tapped the supermarket NFC scanner with my phone. It emitted a nasty buzz and my N6P displayed a screen requesting my password. Not wishing to have to enter my password while in the supermarket...

I tried Power Alarm Clock - Free, but unless it is some kind of hidden feature, there is no way to repeat for every other week that I could see. All of the alarm apps allow you to repeat the alarm, but repeating every other week, or every 3rd week, or whatever, is missing from all of them as far...

Setting an alarm to go off every other week, or every N <time units>, ought to be a standard feature on any alarm clock app, but it is completely absent on all Android Alarm Clock apps and the ones that once had it (like Smart Alarm Clock) have ripped it out. I ought to be able to set an alarm...

Hate: 1. Gigantic bezels on the top and bottom add more than 1.25" to the height of the phone. 2. No OIS (optical image stabilization) 3. Volume and power buttons too close - maybe put volume buttons on the left side of the phone? Would have been nice: 1. a larger battery or better yet a...

I would like to see the App Locking apps support Nexus imprint... or better yet, I would like to see Android support App Locking.