My guess? a smart phone that has machine vision built in? ten four? sounds like tensor flow - machine learning. Interesting how the search box grew to include images...
Like Tango?
Oct. 4
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I'm sad to see the Nexus line go away. I quite like my Nexus 5 but have no interest in spending over 600$ on a phone.
What would you go with instead? I am also a Nexus 5 user looking for an upgrade of some sort.
If the 650 USD sticker price (which inevitably end up being 700+ EUR) turns out to be true, I'm getting a Chinese phone, most likely a Xiaomi Mi5. I want updates from Google, but not to the tune of an extra 400 EUR. The OnePlus 3 is fine if you can handle 5.5".
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That format also has the benefit of being in the correct order when sorting by name and by date.
I use that format to sort my picture folders. So, sorting by name sorts by date as well. Additionally, I add the month text (mmm) as well to the date, which makes it easy for me to quickly recognize the month, otherwise I mostly have to count :( So like, 2016-09(Sep)-19 That way, the sorting still works, and I get to see 3 letter month abbreviations as well.
Windows Live Photo Gallery got this more right than anything else I've seen.
You could filter by folder and display by date, or ignore folders and filter by date. And it had an easy UI for filtering by tags (that were pulled from photo metadata, not stored in an internal database).
(I suppose I bring it up because it worked well enough to make manually fiddling with sorting photos mostly uninteresting)
Re: Oct. 4
#64Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle. The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/st…
All of you are wrong. Aliens have been in touch with Google after hearing about its deep learning prowess, and their partnership announcement will be exclusively broadcast on YouTube live streaming on Oct 4th.
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> To start one small thing I'd do is match Apple on the length of update support window. That will win you over the tech-fanboys, but is that anything normal people take into account when they pick a phone? I probably hear more complaints about new versions of iOS "making my phone worse" than Android users complaining about not getting updates.
I honestly can't see why people care so much about having long update windows. Batteries simply aren't good for many cycles so it doesn't make sense to support a phone for longer than its battery will last. Also, it's a pretty reasonable assumption that users who don't care to be on the latest hardware don't care to be on the latest software.
I used my iPhone 4S from 2011 till today. Battery is still fine according to coconutBattery. I am very glad I am not stuck on iOS 5, but that Apple supported it till iOS 9.3
As an aside: If your battery dies you don't have to buy a new smartphone, but just a replacement battery. On ebay it costs around 10 dollars with tools.
Re: Oct. 4
#66Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle. The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/st…
The phone lying on the ground must be an iPhone 3G for sure!
Re: Oct. 4
#67The new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are rumored to start at $649 for the smaller phone in the smallest memory configuration of 32gb. If true, this would mean the old Nexus line is well and truly dead and Google is taking the Apple approach to pricing. The Pixel brand is supposed to be premium at a premium price but currently has one product that fills that niche (the Pixel Chromebook) and one that doesn't (the fai…
That is not an accurate description of the Pixel C. It's an excellent Android tablet. That some reviewers don't want Android tablets is a separate issue.
Re: Oct. 4
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would you go with instead? I am also a Nexus 5 user looking for an upgrade of some sort.
If the 650 USD sticker price (which inevitably end up being 700+ EUR) turns out to be true, I'm getting a Chinese phone, most likely a Xiaomi Mi5. I want updates from Google, but not to the tune of an extra 400 EUR. The OnePlus 3 is fine if you can handle 5.5".
I'm in the same boat as gp -- my Nexus 5 is dying, and I'm looking for something similar for under $500. The OnePlus 3 looks perfect, except they have a history of lying about android updates (promising rapid release then taking 7-8 months).
I don't think Google's new Pixel strategy will work well for them. My opinion is Android is inferior to Apple on almost every dimension and I own an android because it was $400 instead of $1k for iphone (7 is $650 + $100 for more than 32g storage + case + 3-5 headphone cables + applecare + tax). So I was hoping for a Pixel that was a good replacement for my Nexus 5 which just decided that using bluetooth should reboot the phone...
Re: Oct. 4
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Why 18? Nexus line had 3 years of support and still continues to receive security updates after that.
Where do you get that three years of support figure from? The only official numbers I've ever heard was 18 months, which lines up roughly with my experience. I have a N5, which came out (just) less than three years ago, and it is not getting Nougat, which was released a few weeks ago. The last major update it got was around a year ago. AFAICT with Google you're guaranteed to get the next OS version, if you're lucky y…
Two years of major-release support, and three years of security support: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/08/05/google-announces-new...
Re: Oct. 4
#70Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle. The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/st…
Really good low-light quality on that selfie.
Incidentally that's also one of the advertised high points about iPhone 7 -- great pictures in low-light.
As an aside, I find the attention to photography by Apple, Google, et al quite intriguing. It makes total sense. On social media, we posture, we put out our best self. Having sophisticated pictures (bokeh? yeah that'll make it look fancy. Not a lot of noise (as is the case for pics taken in low light)? that's another something). In a fantastic way, it is actually the best way to advertise the phone -- the photos people take do it for you! You see your friend's great low-light pics, and you realize your phone can't do that. That's like one of the few remaining forces to compel you to invest into a phone: a phone being a device that's increasingly becoming a commodity for its lack of distinguishing factors.
I wonder what will be the next area of war for phone manufacturers ... maybe AR/VR? Finally wireless charging that works well? Finally battery that can last days (of semi-active use) instead of hours?