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[Nexus One General] treyatl2006:
The biggest problem with Google talk is its currently not widely available on every android phone.
[Nexus One General] Erigion:
Google doesn't need to revamp gtalk. It just needs to make Disco the default messaging program like Apple has done with iMessage. It would need to add MMS and remove the requirement for creating groups before sending messages but I can't imaging either would be too difficult to do before ICS is released.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/23/google-disco-2/
[Nexus One General] moelester518:
Been wishing this was in gtalk since 1.6. I dont think they need to combine it with the SMS app if they keep the green circle next the contacts name when they are signed on in Gtalk.

If they updated the BB and IOS apps to work with the new Gtalk apps it could dominate. But like google maps with navigation, they reserve group chats and video chatting to the web client and android users.
[Nexus One General] lazytt:
http://www.cultofmac.com/androids-going-to-help-apples-imessage-kill-off-sms/99831
[Nexus One General] VicToR_AC:
+1, I totally agree with you.

It really has to be promoted. I have a lot of friends with Android devices whom doesn't even know that Gtalk exists, it's a real pain. It needs the option to login with a kind of a "PIN" maybe just like RIM has.
[Nexus One General] FaithCry:
why use a pin though? that just creates more hassle for everyone. why not just tell them to add your gaccount which has everything integrated... your number/whatever you want to share. :P
[Nexus One General] VicToR_AC:
Because as I can see, some of my friends with an Android device don't even use Gmail accounts, and there's when the problem using Gtalk begin!
[Nexus One General] FaithCry:
Fair enough...but then are you telling me they aren't downloading any apps from the market then? And thus not optimizing the android system already? Because if they can access the market they should be able to use g chat ...
[Nexus One General] bozzykid:
For it to work, any message system has to integrate with the default messaging app. Otherwise, it will be a failure. Apple did get iMessage right by integrating it with the sms app and make using it automatic (without any user input to setup).
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
^wait, so how does the phone know if the receiver is an iOS user and that the receiver has an internet connection? For iPads, there are no phone numbers associated with the devices. So how does iMessage integrate with the SMS app?
[Nexus One General] moelester518:
Currently you can see if the person is on gtalk in the SMS app by a green dot next to their name. That seems perfectly fine by me.
[Nexus One General] bozzykid:
Actually, even iPad 3G users have a phone number (it just isn't visible to the user). My guess is it will do contact matching (which will check the contact's email against itunes accounts and the phone number). The phone number will probably be automatically registered to your account when you login to your phone with your itunes account. So it isn't hard to do that simple matching.
[Nexus One General] J.L.C.:
Which sms app? I don't see any green dots (or spaces for them) in the default app, or handcent.

I'm on CM7. Is this a feature in stock roms?
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
But what if I switch between iphones and other phones all the time? :P

You can see who's online on Gtalk on the stock contact list.
[Nexus One General] J.L.C.:
Yep, you can. But the contact list isn't an sms app ;)
[Nexus One General] pfmiller:
He should have said the stock Messaging app, since the GTalk status does show up there as well.
[Nexus One General] Erigion:
Having your contacts' gtalk status show up in the stock messaging app is completely worthless when it comes to the average consumer.

There was a post at Apple Insider that said 50% of iPhone users have never synced their phones and I'm guessing that that percentage is about the same when it comes to Android users without gmail accounts. Power users, like the ones who frequent forums like this, know all about SMS replacement apps. Normal users have no idea about them and just use the stock SMS application.

Some things need to be forced upon users and the transition away from SMS is one of them. The best thing Apple does on the iPhone is make plenty of things so easy that the user has no idea they're happening. iMessages doesn't force you to switch apps to get away from SMS. Apple wants SMS to become the 2G of connections. You only use it when you can't get wifi or 4G or 3G. It's the system of last resort. At least among iOS users.

Granted, Apple could care less about the SMS business. They just want everyone inside their walled garden and SMS is a major communication standard that resides outside of their walls and will never be inside. This move brings everyone on iOS 5 into that garden when they communicate with other iOS users.

Sadly, there's no way Google doesn't respond; either by dumping a lot of resources into Disco's or gtalk and making that the stock messaging app in ICS . I think it'll be Disco or whatever Google renames it because it's so much closer to what iMessages is. I'm betting Google would prefer an open standard for this new communication network, but there's no way Apple would do that. This means we'll have two walled communication gardens who can only communication with each other through SMS.

Oh and BBM is crying between them.
[Nexus One General] browngeek:
If Google doesn't deal with iMessage, then a third party app really needs to step up and integrate the likes of Whatsapp into the replacement messaging app.

I know that Chomp has TextFreek built in, but it doesn't seem to be as popular as Whatsapp.

Whatsapp does need to up their game on Android and Blackberry quick smart to compete with iMessage, as I suspect most Apple users will ditch the likes of Whatsapp when iOS5 rolls out.
[Nexus One General] moelester518:
Thats what I meant. The list of contacts who you have a conversation with. My bad for being vague. Dont you have to sign in your gmail account to download stuff from the market?
[Nexus One General] katiepea:
Bbm is coming to all platforms and sites have reported that Google is making a service like iMessage, time will tell

If either is true I say iMessage will die quickly, not that it'll really matter since its seamlessly integrated but I don't think it'll hurt any service
[Nexus One General] bozzykid:
BBM, iMessage, etc will never completely replace SMS. However, they do offer features regular SMS doesn't provide. Because of this, they become great marketing features. So if it is seamlessly integrated like iMessage, Google can create something similar that gives Android users big benefits as well. No matter what happens, the user benefits and in the end all 3 platforms are going to end up with their own messaging system.
[Nexus One General] Erigion:
You're kidding right? iOS owns a quarter of the smartphone market share and its share grows even more once you tack on the iPad and iPod. iMessage isn't dying if/when BBM or the Android equivalent is ported to multiple platforms.

There's no way we won't end up with 3 closed communication systems for Android, iOS, and RIM. Well, 4 once Microsoft makes one too. But they don't count for anything yet.
[Nexus One General] FaithCry:
+1 on this, this is exactly why texting won't die... it'll have to be one of the systems that dies and imo its gonna blackberry first.
[Nexus One General] katiepea:
For now Apple has that marketshare, if Google releases an equivalent or RIM releases Bbm neither will be proprietary and have the opportunity to dwarf iMessage users, which would just leave iPhone users still installing something else and iMessage being irrelevant. We'll see
[Nexus One General] bozzykid:
It can't really become irrelevant because it will just work with iOS users without any action on the users part. I really don't think there is a big market for applications that have to be manually installed that only work with part of the market. So all 3 message systems (BBM, iMessage and Google's) will co-exist without anyone killing another one. Can BBM or Google gain a large market share by releasing an open system that works on more than one platform? Sure. But at the end of the day, 99% of users will end up using the native messaging app that is on their phone and whatever it supports.
[Nexus One General] moelester518:
I can see BBM dying. Gtalk should be able to be used on android phones and at least modern browsers. Apple has too strong of a marketshare for it to die off.

I think they somehow need to combine google talk and google voice.
[Nexus One General] crachel:
Agree.. no data connection needed will be what sustains SMS for the foreseeable future
[Nexus One General] Erigion:
I know I'm reviving an oldish thread but we learned what Google is doing in this field today. As with everyone and their mom are doing, they're officially thrown their hat into the group messaging ring with Google Huddle as part of Google+ and its mobile app.

Appears to have the same seamless messaging that iMessage uses but without replacing the default texting application on your phone. I can't tell if you're restricted to only messaging people within circles or if you're able to message individual people as well. The short YouTube video also doesn't show whether MMS or image/video insertion is possible, but I can't imagine that won't be included.

So yea, who's got an invite?
[Thunderbolt General] SuperFly03:
Soooo my Thunderbolt was murdered today in a stupendous and awesome fashion.

I went to pick up my GF from her job to take her to dinner. We've been doing well lately. We were texting prior to me picking her up and she was so turned on I was going to get some head before dinner but in typical fasion I said something stupid when I picked her up and ruined it. So I wrote off the physical part of the evening, **** happens. So I decided to take her to Carraba's for dinner. It's a nice but not overly nice Italian place in Houston. We ate, we drank... me more than her of course. We were texting my friend tave about her... situation. That's a whole different discussion.

Anyways, 2 hours later I paid the bill and we walked out. As we were walking to the car in the parking lot I threw her up against the side of the Shelby and placed my TBolt on top of the car because it was in my hand. I'm kissing on her, feeling her up, getting her going.

I open the passenger side door and she gets in first and I get in on top of her. We continue as one might suspect and then decide it would be better if I were on bottom. She could then crouch in front of the dash for some head. So we both get out and get back in properly. We continue makin out and getting going. She looks at me and says there isn't enough room here. So I told her what about the back seat. She said no, there isn't enough room. I told her bullsh*t. Watch. Kicked her out and we got in the back seat. Sure enough there was PLENTY of room.

So we're going at it and she goes down on me. Let me tell you, it's some grade A sh*t. Top notch.

I finish... and we look at the clock and she needs to get home. So we get out of the back and into the front and reset the seats and I noticed I didn't have my phone in my pocket. So I look around and can't find it. In the mean time I started the car and noticed that it connected to Ford Sync. I decided that since it connected and BT is very short range that it had to be in the car and I'd find it later tonight. So I pulled out of the parking lot.

Few blocks later I get stuck at a red light. It turns green and we pull away, no problem. I'm getting into third gear and we hear this kind of crash, boom, bang. Not too loud but definitely audible and defnitely can't place it. Christy starts looking at my navigation system and notices the screen says "Phone disconnected".

Oh ****.

I flip a biatch and make another pass, nothing. Rinse, repeat, 4 times. Finally found it. I put my flashers on and get out of the car and pick up my phone. Screen is absolutely shattered. I pick it all up and get back in the car and immediately start laughing. The phone is totally FUBAR'd. No question.

On our way to Christy's house I start laughing again and tell her to put it back together and see if it works. Sure enough it did. Screen doesn't display shat but it connects to Ford Sync no problem.

So, the cost of the evening was dinner and a TBolt... the VERY LARGE upside was some head worth remembering for all time.

See below for photos.
[Thunderbolt General] Samsuck:
Damn son, you should've gotten straight to the point lol
[Thunderbolt General] shabam_shaba:
Tl;dr
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
All I read was "Bull**** bull**** I own a *****in Shelby Mustang bull**** bull**** bull**** I wasted a bolt because I forgot it on top of my *****in Shelby Mustang"
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
also tl;dr

and going by the topic title...are you somehow shocked it cant survive 40mph? lol

if you want a phone that takes abuse, get that one casio makes for verizon that's rated for the military.

Otherwise, quit whining when it can't take something it was never intended for.

I dont even think you could "resurrect" the jesus phone at the force of a 40mph impact
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
When midnight hits, you get my first thanks of the day. LOL
[Thunderbolt General] qman66:
i dont know how u found it funny ur screen was broken. i would have been flipping out. forget the head that would have ruined my night.
[Thunderbolt General] inzandity:
+1
[Thunderbolt General] spinkick:
Hahahaha

>>-Sent via Thunderbolt->
[Thunderbolt General] animez:
Wow, about 90% of that post was totally useless. The OP left his phone on top of his car because he was thinking with his little head instead of his other one (I won't say big one because I'm quite sure neither is big).

Maybe he just got mixed up and posted a rather boring thread at Penthouse Forums. I'm sure he did make a point to mention his *****in' car in that post too though. Pump that fist brah!

And did we really need 10 pictures of pretty much the same thing?

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt General] USSENTERNCC1701E:
...seriously, after all that you only post pictures of the phone :rolleyes:
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang02:
Mommy and daddys money.
[Thunderbolt General] C Dirty:
I quoted the important parts.
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
worthless thread is worthless...

"Hey look at my in dash screen, let me tell you about the car i drive and the life i don't have. I could have taken the pics of the broken phone elsewhere, but I wanted to let you know what my parents money has bought me."
[Thunderbolt General] Eurasianman:
Pretty much what I said about this thread on another forum :p

To some of you guys, take a chill pill. And fyi, I know this guy and I assure you his mommy and daddy didn't pay for any of his crap. It's called working your butt off. You guys should try it some time. But I do agree, there might have been a little TMI :p

@ the OP: Let me know what VZW says.
[Thunderbolt General] midnight assassin:
Pictures of the gf or it never happened. LOL.
[Thunderbolt General] cstrife999:
Yea sure thing... 99.9% of this thread is lies... The rest are stupidity... OMG MY PHONEZ DON'T SURVIVEZ 40MPH!!!!1111!!! BUT I DON'T CAREZ CAUZE MONEYZ ARE FREEZ TO MEZ!!!!111 HE HE HA HAZ!!!
[Thunderbolt General] Eurasianman:
Looks like someone lacks a sense of humor.
[Thunderbolt General] Cubs2008:
Peanut butter jelly time?
[Thunderbolt General] robotsforeveryone:
I'm sure if he's got the money for a *****in' Shelby Mustang he's not worried about paying a little out of pocket to get a replacement. I'd have found it funny too.
[Thunderbolt General] SuperFly03:
I tried... my GF wouldn't let me. :mad:

... all I said was I threw her up against the car. Chill out.

I'm not shocked, I'm not upset, I don't care. I simply thought it was a funny way to break my phone. Thought everyone might like to see the damage.

If only it were that simple LOL.
[Thunderbolt General] SuperFly03:
I'm 26... I pay for my own ****. I'm a CPA if you must know, so yes I can afford my own car. Get off your high horse and calm the hell down.

I was showing that the phone still worked despite being flug off the roof and being run over.
[Thunderbolt General] SuperFly03:
Thank you... that's all I was going for is humour. It was a funny sequence. I laughed the entire way home.

It's a phone. **** happens.
[Thunderbolt General] Waffles And Syrup:
I want a refund of the time I

wasted

reading this thread. Very misleading title.
[Thunderbolt General] darkrom:
You sound like such a loser tbh. "I got an ill car and *****es be giving me dome yo. For realz homie"

Tl;Dr some redneck gangsta wannabe left his phone on a car. Unsurprisingly slamming to the ground at 40 broke a phone.

Cool story bro.
[Thunderbolt General] Mr. Galaxy:
I smell alot of hate in this thread. Damn, what are you gunna do with that Thunderbolt, mah dude?
[Thunderbolt General] Nefariouss:
Found

On

Road

Dead

Perfect.
[Thunderbolt General] bilbobrian:
+1........
[Thunderbolt General] dadsterflip:
That's awesome. I think I saw you when I was doing my wife 2 parking space down. I didn't leave my phone on the roof doh.

sent from my........(rebooting)..... thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] :
This is what your post should've said.

"I accidently left my phone on top of my car while I was doing something, later my girlfriend made me realize I no longer had my phone, so i retrace my steps, go back to where I was , and it completely got destroyed, here are the pics....."

that's it.
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang02:
He's gotta brag though..about the knob ridin' he got from that dude at the truckstop.
[Thunderbolt General] thewebsiteisdown:
Nah it should have been like this.

My wife was doing this, followed by a pic of her bottom pointing up towards the air and here is what happened to my phone followed by another picture of his wifes bottom LOL.

I would have been perfectly happy with this post TBH. :D
[Thunderbolt General] dadsterflip:
Guy one. when in Verizon store then he realized everything was pink. He saw a pink table. Pink floor. Pink door. Rep comes up to him wearing a pink shirt and ask how can I help you? Guy one said. This store has alot of pink in it but I'm needing a phone. Pink rep say we only have two phone in stock. Droid charge and a thunderbolt. So guy one said ill take a thunderbolt.

Weeks after.

Guy two. Goes in the Verizon store and says. Damn this place is too pink. Pink roof. Pink computers. Pink ties. Rep approaches him and ask how can I help you. Guy two says awesome pink eye glasses. Pink tie and pink shirt. Guy two said I need a phone. Rep says we only have two phones in stock. A Droid charge and a thunderbolt. Guy two says ill take the thunderbolt and left. Weeks later.

Guy three goes in a weird pink Verizon store. He walks in and says damn this place is pink for my taste. Pink tablets. Pink employees. Pink light. Rep approaches him and ask how can I help you? Guy three says nice pink hat bro. Pink shoes and pink pants. Guy three says I need a phone. Rep says we only have two phones a Droid charge ans a thunderbolt. Guy three picks a Droid charge and left a pink store..

OK what was the moral of the story here guys? ,................

2 out of 3 guys prefer a thunderbolt over a Droid charge.

Hopefully this isn't a useless thread lol

sent from my........(rebooted)..... thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] miketoasty:
This is actually pretty funny as it relates to how useless this thread is.
[Thunderbolt General] dadsterflip:
Lol. Yea. I can't believe I wasted my time writing all that hahahaha

sent from my........(rebooting)..... thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] BoyBlunder99:
Keep feeding the trolls, folks.
[Thunderbolt General] SuperFly03:
The other piece of story is... I might have been hammered when I got home and posted this and didn't consider the level of ... detail.
[Thunderbolt General] DroidHam:
this is the gayest thread ive ever read. No one cares about you turning your gf on. No one knows who Christy is, nor do they care.

How this thread should have been:

I'm a moron who left my phone on my car and drove off. It broke.

/thread
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang02:
Where is your sense of adventure hammy? :)
[Thunderbolt General] Taykiin:
So driving while being intoxicated is cool too huh (in your shelby)?...
[Thunderbolt General] cstrife999:
Didn't even catch that... Wow so he's a scumbag too. ****ing idiot... I do believe every drunk driver should be killed execution style... Dumbest CPA (bull****) I've ever seen...
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
+1 Put them mother ****ers down like a sick dog.
[Thunderbolt General] thewebsiteisdown:
After some searching on the internet I found what I wanted while reading this story but, I'm disapointed now. Picture of his old lady.
[Thunderbolt General] ddgarcia05:
Post a picture of the girl.
[Thunderbolt General] sublimaze:
@SuperFly03

I enjoyed the read, details & all. Reminds me of my own little adventure in a Johnny Tamale's parking lot. Next time you're in the mood for Italian, check out the Grotto on 610 & Westheimer.
[Thunderbolt General] LTL11:
The real sad part of the story is he has a Shelby and was only doing 40.

:p
[Thunderbolt General] dadsterflip:
Lol

sent from my........(rebooting)..... thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] midnight assassin:
He may have been going faster but he didn't look up when sucking his girlfriends d@#k. Lol. No no. I kid I kid. Don't hate. Couldn't hold back.

P.s. was drunk so coulda been boyfriend?
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
So you drove home drunk... yeah, you really are an idiot. Do us a favor, next time, drive drunk, get some action, and try to post the story all at the same time. Just remember to hit the post button before your *****in shelby hits the water/tree/car/etc...

The Thunderbolt couldn't survive 40MPH, but somehow idiots like you manage to survive in this world...
[Thunderbolt General] theoneownz:
Lmfao

Sent using Tapatalk
[Thunderbolt General] cuguy:
Somewhere along the line I read "I'm a douche", that's just me tho...
[Thunderbolt General] Budwise:
lol. Good story.
[Thunderbolt General] crg31953:
+2
[Thunderbolt General] xXJay_RXx:
+1 exactly!!!
[Thunderbolt General] tcfrombn:
cool story bro.

should have just posted pics without the wall of text.
[Thunderbolt General] Aerogriff:
That's all that matters anyways ;)
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
OP posted thread thinking people would love the story and give cool responses.

Nobody cares

OP makes excuse he was drunk when posting said story... at night... after getting home... from a night of drinking...

Everyone flames OP for drunk driving

OP will never post a story on the internet again. :cool:
[Thunderbolt General] Dork6243:
OK TERRIFIC!
[Thunderbolt General] MassMurderer25:
I think his boyfriend put a wig on and pretended to be a girl. This author is obviously plays for the other team.
[Thunderbolt General] Nikolai2.1:
You deserve it if you're a douche bag with a Mustang.
[Thunderbolt General] Dork6243:
Fix Or Repair Daily
[Thunderbolt General] michaelkahl:
Well, one thing I noticed is that the pictures didn't appear to be taken by a "hammered" individual. I wonder if he didn't simply get hammered after getting home. How else do you mourn the lose of a thunderbolt. And don't suggest buying a Charge ;)
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
When mine dropped, I smoked a bowl...but then again, I dont drink. lol.
[Thunderbolt General] michaelkahl:
LOL ... Whatever it takes :)
[Thunderbolt General] AndroidGraphix:
Great story man. I think I was more interested in seeing the chick than the tbolt. Lol.
[Thunderbolt General] Boss428man:
Now I wish I went with a Shelby over my Mach 1... I have a Thunderbolt... Ok so the more important question where are the pics tf the chick??
[Thunderbolt General] Ryebread2:
****ed

Over

Rebuilt

Dodge
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
Dead

On

Delivery

Gotta

Exterminate
[Thunderbolt General] birddog79:
Fell

Off

Roof

Drunk-driving
[Thunderbolt General] inzandity:
As amusing as this thread is, I am surprised that it has gotten this far. Do mods even come to the tbolt threads anymore? Haha