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Re: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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No LTE is a deal-breaker for me on the Nexus 4. I would pre-order one right now if it was included. I think I'll wait for the next great Android phone that has LTE. The Nexus S is a pretty good phone, so without an upgrade in internet speed I don't see any reason to upgrade.

As for the Nexus 10, I hope that it gets enough sales to start pushing developers to make tablet apps for Android, and for Google to make the split between phone/tablet sized apps better in the Play Store.

Re: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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I've seen "family plans" where minutes and data (!) come from a shared pool like this, although I forget where.

AT&T and Verizon both offer shared plans.

Except that you still do end up paying a monthly fee for each device you add to the shared pool.

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Hopefully this starts the ball rolling on Android tablet apps. I really love my Nexus 7, but the app selection is definitely inferior to what's available for iOS.

You know, I have a feeling that this might come, in major (but non integral) part from the Android SDK. Objective C & Cocoa just have an extra layer of polish to them that I believe contributes highly to the resulting level of quality of the app

I'd agree with that. I switched from an iPhone 4 and an iPad 2 to a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7, in part because of a new job as an Android developer and in part because I just couldn't put up with the OS anymore. I absolutely hate Objective-C and Xcode, but even I have to admit that the Android SDK is kind of crap. Even in Eclipse its integration isn't very good (though I use IntelliJ as my IDE, which is finally catching up) and the documentation is just awful, badly-written stuff that desperately needs the attention of a good technical writer or twelve. I can totally buy that app quality is negatively impacted because very little makes sense and there's not a lot of documentation to straighten you out.

Re: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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Hopefully this starts the ball rolling on Android tablet apps. I really love my Nexus 7, but the app selection is definitely inferior to what's available for iOS.

What kind of app do you find yourself wishing for? The apps I use the most are the default apps, i.e. Calendar, Mail, Chrome, Reader (google version) and Google+/Facebook/Twitter.

Official scrabble app.

Scrabble on iPad is awesome. Also, please dont mention Words With Friends.

Re: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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Now all we need is 3 SIM cards for the same mobile contract, so you can use all three devices without swapping SIM cards all the time and without paying for 3 separate contracts.

Is there some reasonable way to clone SIM cards? I would be all for that if the providers are going to be buttheads.

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It won't be long before the usual suspects start claiming - screen resolution isn't important - multi-user accounts are overly complex - low prices mean the devices are cheap and nasty

I'm eagerly awaiting posts of this nature from Marco, Gruber, and Siegler.

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Then they should have only bumped minor version.

Isn't that exactly what they did? e.g. X.Y.X where: X = Major, Y = Minor, X = Bugfix/Patch/...

Sometimes a change in Y gets a dessert name, sometimes it doesn't.
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