Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Kent Borg > > Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: > > One of the nice things about the Amazon Appstore is that it has a full > > record of all the apps you have bought including free ones

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Derek Atkins > > Google Play does. Go into Settings -> My Apps, and then slide the > screen right-to-left from "Installed" to "All". Actually, right now on my phone, when I do tha

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Kent Borg
Edward Ned Harvey wrote: The ones you pay for will reappear. But the free ones don't. I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone, but not all of my free apps. I don't know why some got installed, but many free apps did. (Maybe it had something to do with when

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Kent Borg
Matt Shields wrote (privately, but I think it is of general interest and not confidential): Just an FYI for anyone who uses iTunes and buy's apps and music from Apple. If you have lost your content for whatever reason, iTunes allows you to redownload load all your content again. I believe they

Re: [Discuss] 802.11N confusion

2012-07-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Guy Gold writes: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Laura Conrad wrote: > >> I want wireless N, 4 or more wired ethernet ports, good enough range to >> websurf in the back yard, and other things being equal, cheaper is >> better. Any recommendations? > > Greetings, > > My recommendation is not

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Kent Borg wrote: > Matt Shields wrote (privately, but I think it is of general interest and > not confidential): > > Just an FYI for anyone who uses iTunes and buy's apps and music from >> Apple. If you have lost your content for whatever reason, iTunes allows

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
On 7/20/2012 9:41 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: Google does the same thing. (Mostly.) I recently got a new phone and *most* of my Google Play apps reappeared, but not all. The ones you pay for will reappear. But the free ones don't. It seems like an easy fix - I wish they would do it. Beca

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread John Abreau
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Kent Borg wrote: > I *did* get free apps installed automatically installed on my new phone, but > not all of my free apps. I don't know why some got installed, but many free > apps did. (Maybe it had something to do with when I installed the free > app??) > I'v

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Kent Borg
John Abreau wrote: I've had apps disappear from my iPad after an OS update. When I tried reloading them from the iTunes backup, I discovered that the apps were apparently not compatible with the updated OS. Perhaps your missing apps went missing for similar reasons? Maybe, though I think I

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Richard Pieri
On Jul 20, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: > > The new Google Play store on the web does appear to have a full record of all > the apps you have bought including free ones. The phone version only shows > the apps you bought on that phone. The device will list all applications t