Review: HTC First and Facebook Home
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FoxoJun 1, 2013, 6:47 PM
over in the "HTC First" discussion:
Apple Airport Extreme compatibility
Cannot get my daughters HTC First to connect to my home wireless network. I'm using an Apple AirPort Extreme. I've tried restarting the AE. The phone will attempt to connect, but fails with "Authorization problem". Any ideas?
Hmm.
I wonder how this is actually going to work. I mean Facebook has not even developed a working app that doesnt force close, lag, and or "network disconnect" all the time.
I would like to see a functional app first 🙂.
Forevar beta. Expect a lot of crashes is my guess.
best part is a cheap nexus-like android
Turn facebook home off and it gets nexus-like android experience for cheap.
Yes, but one that is running an older version (4.1 vs. 4.2) and may or may not get updates as quickly or often as a true Nexus...
I can't wait
for all the calls to start coming in for data overage issues that this is going to cause when parents buy these for a kid and put them on a 300mb plan
over in the "HTC First" discussion:
Security
Sure, normally losing your smartphone is pretty bad, but losing a smartphone that you have Facebook Home enabled on? That would be just downright horrible. Think of all the ADDITIONAL accesses the person who has your device is able to see. Not only can they now see all your contacts, but they will know who your close personal friends are, have access to your facebook inbox and messages too.
No way.
I would NEVER put my life into a smartphone, why not just give out your credit card information to the public?
You can have it go to your lock screen before going to Facebook home.
How is it that different from having the Facebook app on your phone?
With most people no longer having unlimited data this phone is going to a major headache when it comes to peoples bills. We are having to constantly remind people to logout of facebook to avoid the chance of going over because of all the updates peopl...
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