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Is Android due a sub forum?

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  • 16-04-2010 6:52pm
    #1
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭


    The iPhone is one phone and it has it's own forum (Well I know it's not ONLY for iPhone's but most of it is iPhone/iPod touch related) but with the huge number of Android phones/media players being released does anyone else feel that there is need to make an Android subforum?

    Is there a need? 41 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    100% 41 votes


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    #2
    Abelloid
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    Not right now I'd say, few threads related specifically to the OS.


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    Lukker-
    Registered Users Posts: 9,405 ✭✭✭Lukker-


    Short answer.

    Yes.


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    #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Yes. I've no interest in any other kind of phone,


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    It will end up with a sub forum. The iPhone is both a phone and an O/S. Android is the O/S with many phones. It will overtake the iphone.


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    lord lucan
    Registered Users Posts: 9,576 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    There was a forum request for this rejected a few weeks back. The admin said they'd look at it again a bit further down the line once Android had a bigger presence on the market.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    lord lucan wrote: »
    There was a forum request for this rejected a few weeks back. The admin said they'd look at it again a bit further down the line once Android had a bigger presence on the market.

    ^This.

    It's not my call, it's a joint decision between mods/cmods and Admins. I fully agree Android is gaining momentum, but I am not so sure there are enough posts to warrant a full sub-forum just yet.


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    DemoniK
    Registered Users Posts: 604 ✭✭✭DemoniK


    As of this morning, discounting stickies Android phones account for 60% of the threads on the first page of this forum.
    And TBH if there was a dedicated Android forum for general phone and development discussions I would get more involved than I am.


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    ^This.

    It's not my call, it's a joint decision between mods/cmods and Admins. I fully agree Android is gaining momentum, but I am not so sure there are enough posts to warrant a full sub-forum just yet.

    Even in the last 2-3 weeks its really gained momentum, just now I'm showing ~25 threads in the forum view, 4 are stickies and 11 are android or android app related threads, they outnumber the Nokia and others. The time has come.

    Edit; Count is now at 13, Android now outnumber ~60:40


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    yabadabado
    Registered Users Posts: 16,536 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    a definite YES. as others have said you only have to look at most of the recent threads .


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    #11
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    It's obvious by the response that I'm getting that the forum users are fully behind an Android sub forum. I'm going to make an official forum request and we'll see what happens from there.


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    yabadabado
    Registered Users Posts: 16,536 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    It's obvious by the response that I'm getting that the forum users are fully behind an Android sub forum. I'm going to make an official forum request and we'll see what happens from there.

    do,its obvious from the poll so far


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Not now I think but it should definitely be looked at again in the near future when it's more mainstream


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Ok, my people are looking into this as we speak and will be back to you as soon as a decision is reached.


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