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Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

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Re: Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

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Post by aw3c2 »

gxs wrote: post #23
mjfern wrote: post #11

> I prefer the plain android look, and dislike the various skins manufacturers have used (I really don't understand the "pee in the snow" model of skinning android to look and act horrible just so that the different manufacturers can make their mark on it - I'm pretty sure the majority of people tend to prefer plain android). Tablet and smartphone manufacturers are doing this because they are trying to differentiate…

Furthermore, they are actually doing a great job of this. I've used all flavors of android out there, to be honest, I recently flashed Jellybean on my Evo and sorely miss Sense UI. Tons of subtle little things that Sense gets right that are just plain lacking in Vanilla Android. Just my two cents.

Same here. I vastly prefer it to stock android both in looks and bundled functionality.

Re: Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

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Post by redthrowaway »

Completely OT, but I'm really starting to like G+. I deactivated my FB account (reactivated because of a girl--go figure), and found myself browsing G+ for the first time in months. I was shocked by the difference in content quality. My FB newsfeed is full of inane posts by family and a few friends, whereas my G+ feed is almost a reddit/HN replacement. Quite impressed, although I don't see it replacing FB simply due to the family and distant friend aspect.

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Post by lucian1900 »

ddunkin wrote: post #32
fsckin wrote: post #4

Quick Google+ comment - it crashes Mobile Safari like nothing else. I can't even get to the content here.

Crashes Chrome on IOS too, even better.

It's the exact same rendering engine, but with the JIT turned off. It's likely to behave the same.

Re: Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

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Post by Synaesthesia »

scorpioxy wrote: post #16

His comment about 10-inch tablets being too big got my attention. I am in the market for a tablet that I am going to replace my dead Sony e-reader(6 inch I think). But i think the 7-inch ones are just too small for reading. Has anyone tried to compare both sizes? I am mainly interested in using it for reading tech books and the occasional email. Currently leaning towards a transformer.

iPad is great for reading, particularly with the retina display. It goes super dim at night too, which I like. Only downside is it's a little heavy and big to take everywhere, whereas the Galaxy Nexus is portable enough to literally take everywhere.

For me it's between the iPad and Galaxy Nexus, the Galaxy Nexus is the best Android tablet right now by far.

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Post by hrktb »

> You'd look like a complete dork trying to take photos with a tablet anyway

"The best camera is the one you have with you" as we say, looking like a dork is irrelevant. The ipad camera is actually usable and if that's what you have in your hand you just take the photo with it. Now I agree at 200$ a super good camera would be asking to much for what seems to be an already very good device.

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Post by Steko »

charliesome wrote: post #17
mjfern wrote: post #11

> I prefer the plain android look, and dislike the various skins manufacturers have used (I really don't understand the "pee in the snow" model of skinning android to look and act horrible just so that the different manufacturers can make their mark on it - I'm pretty sure the majority of people tend to prefer plain android). Tablet and smartphone manufacturers are doing this because they are trying to differentiate…

Why don't manufacturers compete on quality instead? I can walk into a store and see the Apple computers on one side and the Windows computers on the other. All the Apple computers look and feel beautiful, but the Windows computers are plastered with stickers and 'Beats by Dr Dre' branding. They're made out of what looks like the cheapest plastic ever. I can understand why Apple is absolutely killing it at the moment…

From what I see they do differentiate on quality. There's a huge range of android devices and they are going to stand out in any way they can -- software is just one more way of doing that.

Re: Quick Nexus 7 Comments By Linus Torvalds

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Post by Steko »

mjfern wrote: post #11

> I prefer the plain android look, and dislike the various skins manufacturers have used (I really don't understand the "pee in the snow" model of skinning android to look and act horrible just so that the different manufacturers can make their mark on it - I'm pretty sure the majority of people tend to prefer plain android). Tablet and smartphone manufacturers are doing this because they are trying to differentiate…

It's easy in July 2012 for Linus (or whoever) to say "why mess with stock android" as if it's always been as good as 4.1. These layers were built not just for differentiation but for base functionality/gloss that stock eclair/froyo/gingerbread lacked. And try not to be shocked but many users preferred those ui layers and those phones way outsold the stock phones head to head. Also it's vaguely relevant to remember that users are not the primary customer, carriers are and if Verizon couldn't slap their bloatware all over the original droids they might not have pushed it so hard.

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Post by klawed »

jonny_eh wrote: post #2

That's actually a really well done short review. It was well paced, and he did a good job of not just sharing his opinions, but explaining them so that I could tell if they would apply to me or not.

This is a actually a great, succinct review of Linus' short review. Short, compact and does a nice job explaining the components that will make the review helpful to readers.
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