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this episode of bone Bluff is brought to you by lynda.com go to lynda.com slash fumble to start your free 7-day trial today what's up guys david here from fumble pen it's an exciting time of year in the world of technology with Apple announcing iOS 8 a few weeks back and Google i/o just right around the corner so I figured it was a good time to do a Q&A and based off all the good questions you guys would ask me on Twitter Facebook and Google+ it looks like I was right so let's go ahead and get to answering some questions why do i phone users hate Android I don't know but I think you can ask the same question in Reverse and why do Android users hate the iPhone honestly when I see someone being clearly biased against any OS I usually chalk it up to two things one either that person hasn't owned a device running the OS that they're bashing and we're just bashing it to sort of justify their own purchasing decision or two they're just really really passionate about the OS they like and don't see why others wouldn't feel the same way either way I don't think it makes any sense to be close-minded to any OS as every OS and even every device for that matter has its own set of unique advantages and by closing yourself off to any of them you may be missing an opportunity to at least try something that you may end up liking better what's your view on iOS now being more open like Android with third-party keyboards so as I was watching the WWDC live stream a few weeks ago I found myself getting more and more excited with every new feature Apple announced for iOS 8 now some of these features did remind me an awful lot of the features currently found on Android but nonetheless there are features that I think most of us have been waiting for for a really long time as far as Apple opening up iOS 8 I couldn't be happier I mean it's still not anywhere near the same level of openness as you'd get on Android but opening up iOS even just a little ultimately puts more power into the hands of developers which should not only result in better apps but also a better overall user experience third-party keyboards like you mentioned will definitely be a plus as you'll no longer have to be stuck with just I o s the stock keyboard but because I personally already like iOS keyboard I'm actually more excited about the new sharing options the custom action the widgets in the notification center along with the ability for developers to use touch ID in their apps instead of requiring a lengthy password in a nutshell I think with iOS 8 Apple is starting to finally do what a lot of Android users have been wanting Apple to do since they left iOS for Android and with the rumors of the bigger screen iPhone just around the corner I think the iPhone 6 combined with iOS 8 may just sway some of those Android converts right back to app or at the very least make a lot of them reconsider it what do you expect to see in the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and do you think it will compete for the best smartphone in 2014 well while we still don't have any official information on the Galaxy Note 4 based off the early rumors that we've heard so far and the history of the Galaxy Note line in general I'd expect the note 4 to pack pretty much nothing but the top the line specs when it gets released I've been saying this since back with the note 2 and I'll say here again the Galaxy Note is Samsung's high-end smartphone and what that means it'll pack mostly high-end specs so I expect things like a qHD display a top-line processor like a Snapdragon 805 or one of Samsung's own octa-core chips three or maybe even four gigabytes RAM depending on how far Samsung wants to push the spike sheet ip67 water and dust resistance and a fingerprint scanner like we saw in the galaxy s5 and of course what makes the Galaxy Note the Galaxy Note an improved version of the s-pen so in other words yes I think the note 4 will definitely compete as one of the best smartphones in 2014 at least when it comes to specs and if Samson could put a more streamlined version of TouchWiz on it and maybe even give it a better build quality then it'll have a real shot at being one of the best if not the best smartphone in 2014 do you think all the new features with iOS 8 especially hey Siri will affect the current iPhones batteries drastically the jury's still out on how these features will affect battery life with iOS 8 still being in beta but I don't think Apple would sacrifice battery life too much in order to bring these features to existing iPhones in fact that hey Siri feature you're talking about is being limited to work only when current iPhones are plugged into a charger so that particular feature won't affect battery life at all but I imagine that one of the selling points for the iPhone 6 will probably be using hey Siri without it negatively affecting battery life Machoke you can use the okay Google now feature on the Moto X what do you think about the future of the Nexus line or should I say Android silver are they going in the right direction well first off we don't know for sure if these rumors are true until we get official word from Google but for those of you who haven't heard the rumors going around right now or that Google plans on killing off the next assign so there will either be no Nexus 6 or the Nexus 6 will be the last Nexus and going forward Google's going to replace the Nexus line with what is currently being dubbed as Android silver now when you first hear that it sounds like a really bad thing right I mean just like many of you I'm going to love the next assign over the years for both its stock Android experience and amazing price points so syncing it cancelled wouldn't really make me all that happy but what does give me a little bit of hope or what the rumors are saying Android silver will be basically Android silver will be a lot like the Nexus program but it'll be different in that it will feature multiple devices from different manufacturers and Google won't be working directly with these manufacturers to make the devices and instead will give them a set of guidelines that they need to follow in order to have their devices sold and marketed under the Android silver brand name this way Google will still be able to control the direction in which Android heads much like they do with the Nexus devices while also getting a wider range of devices out there and actually into the hands of consumers that should not only result in more people getting a better Android experience but also Google taking back some of that control over Android that they've lost to companies like Samsung but enough about the Android silver program itself what about the actual Android silver devices well they look like your typical Nexus or will it more closely resemble the Play editions honestly I think sort of falls somewhere in between those two in fact what I imagine in Android silver phone to look like is a lot like the Moto X I mean think about it for a second the Moto X is running a near stock version of Android and was built with that version of Android in mind it gets updated to the latest version of Android a lot faster than most other non Nexus devices it doesn't have a bunch of manufacturer blower and maybe most importantly it was made when Google happened to own Motorola so maybe the Moto X was a small preview of what's to come with Android silver and if that's the case and these rumors don't end up being and I definitely think that Google is going in the right direction but what do you guys think do you think Android silver will help Android get to the next level or do you think that ditching the Nexus line is just a bad idea let me know down below in the comments okay so before I head out I want to give a huge shout out to lynda.com for making this video possible Linda comm helps you learn and keep up to date with your software pick up brand new skills or explore new hobbies with their easy to follow video tutorials if you're 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