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Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by tvon »

kenjackson wrote: post #26

The difference between the Nexus One and Nexus S is that when the Nexus One came out not only was it the best spec'ed Android phone you could get, but it would be the best spec'ed for some time. While I think you can argue that the Nexus S is the best spec'ed Android phone today (and I think there's an argument to be made against it, with phones like the Epic 4G that includes 4G support, while the S doesn't have HSPA…

I feel like there isn't a lot of weight in being the best spec'd phone, seeing as how it's generally a short lived title (as you point out).

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by Estragon »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #28
Estragon wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is quite exciting. Do you have notes on how you installed 2.3 on your droid? The lag from 2.2 drives me crazy, particularly when I go to the homescreen. (It did force me to learn the keyboard shortcuts for switching between applications, though.)

(Oh I forgot the new software keyboard rocks too). Come to #koush. mtwebster has a very initial build. Google Apps won't apply correctly, but there is also a link floating around to a rather large patch that you can install after the initial build that gives you an old version of Gapps, but the Market updated instantly and I got all updated Gapps. I can see if someone has written something up yet, if not I can throw…

Thanks, I will definitely check koush out in a couple of days. (Traveling at the moment, and can't afford to break my phone for now.)

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by jackolas »

51Cards wrote: post #6

"...I love my Nexus One and was hesitant to replace it but the Nexus S looks like the exact same phone, just better..." Same phone? Really? I was really looking forward to the S to replace my N1 but no matter how I slice it I keep coming up disappointed on the hardware. No SD slot, no trackball/touch-pad, no notification light, all items I use regularly. I really want to continue the pure Google experience and immedi…

No notification light? thats one of my favorite features on my Motorola Droid.

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by bioweek »

barake wrote: post #9
tocomment wrote: post #5

So to buy this would I order one from best buy and then buy the tmobile prepaid? The tmobile website seems to imply I need to activate a phone first?

Easiest way is to buy the device at Best Buy and then go to a physical T-Mobile store and setup an account. Go prepaid or request the deprecated "Even More Plus" plan - they still can set one up if you ask. Saves you about $10/month.

So prepaid works? They allow it? Also are there any issues with keeping my AT&T phone number with the prepaid plan?

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

Estragon wrote: post #32
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Oh I forgot the new software keyboard rocks too). Come to #koush. mtwebster has a very initial build. Google Apps won't apply correctly, but there is also a link floating around to a rather large patch that you can install after the initial build that gives you an old version of Gapps, but the Market updated instantly and I got all updated Gapps. I can see if someone has written something up yet, if not I can throw…

Thanks, I will definitely check koush out in a couple of days. (Traveling at the moment, and can't afford to break my phone for now.)

Oh, well in that case, in a few days any info I'd give you would be out of date. Better builds with better gapps will be available very very soon.

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by bsk »

SandB0x wrote: post #27

To anyone looking to get a Nexus S in the UK: The link from http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/ takes you to: http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/NEXUS... Here, the Pay As You Go model is £549.95 and the Pay Monthly model is free from £30/month with the usual low low usage caps (and in some cases apparently no internet allowance included at all?). However the sim-free model is a slightly more reasonable…

Don't forget to go through quidco or top cash back ;-)

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by pkulak »

The lack of HD video recording absolutely blows me away. How could they _remove_ features from the Nexus S line? Make the damn thing a half millimeter thicker if you have to and it will still be thinner that the old version plus a Flip video.

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by dave1619 »

I tried a Nexus S demo phone the other day, and was disappointed (comparing it with an iPhone 4). The Nexus (and most all Android) phones are jerky compared with iOS. It's also not as responsive. An example, when I zoom in to a webpage it takes a second to respond and then it zooms with a jerky motion. Android doesn't seem to respond as fast to swipes as well. I've had the G1, Nexus One, Evo 4g... and they've all been horrible to me. The biggest advantage Android has over the iPhone is price and a wide selection of handsets. I'm hoping Android 3.0 will bring a big design overhaul.

Re: Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review

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Post by Toucan »

tocomment wrote: post #4

Is he saying a feature of the camera is tha t you can attach a shot of the photographer into each photo eg using both cameras at once? If so that's awesome.

I think it's more likely that he means taking a photo of yourself is easier with the front camera, as you can see the image on the screen as you do it.
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