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Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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Post by gutnor »

wmf wrote: post #25
klausa wrote: post #3

Flagship Android device, unlocked, without contract, for $299. Impressive. From the marketing video it looks like Android 4.2 gained Swype-like keyboard. It seems that they're no longer using tablet UI, even on Nexus 10 (i.e. it has status bar on top, navigation buttons are in the middle of the screen). That's weird, and I definitely don't like it, but it might not be that big of a problem.

Yeah, these prices look almost too good to be true. Other Android vendors may be getting some serious indigestion from this.

Other vendors have already failed, except on the low cost. Samsung rules the phone market, it is everyday closer to become synonym with Android and could be tempted to secede like Amazon.

That is not a good situation for either Android or Google - and except Google breaking the price, there is little else that can revive the market a little bit.

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Post by dubya »

levesque wrote: post #140
monkeyfacebag wrote: post #19

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.

I'd be interested to know if there's something like Papers or BibDesk for Android. Something where you can browse ArXiv, save PDFs for later, and then read and optionally mark up what you've saved. Integration with bibtex would be nice as well.

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Post by achompas »

The "iPad mini vs. other 7" tablet" battle has been going on for a week, but if nothing else I hope these new Nexus tablets force Apple to move away from $100 jumps for memory and $130 jumps for radio.

The ~$450 I paid for a 32GB iPad mini would net me two base Nexus 7s. Alternatively, for $100 less I can get an equivalent Nexus 7...with cell radio. Those jumps add up!

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Post by mendocino »

andybak wrote: post #156
silasb wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Confirmed that PenTile is crap. I came from a OG Droid to Galaxy Nexus and was horrible not impressed by the PenTile screen. It is really noticeable when using low brightness.

Not all pentiles are equal. I have no real complaints about the Galaxy S II screen. (OK - a bit more maximum brightness and a slightly more natural default colour calibration...)

The Galaxy S II has a proper RGB matrix. Galaxy S and Galaxy S3 are pentile though.

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Post by twism »

steevdave wrote: post #164
andrewpi wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're comfortable running unofficial ROMs, I'm pretty sure ROM developers will have multi-user support running on phones as soon as they get the source code.

Cyanogen has had this for quite a while. I used it on my Gtablet and it worked pretty well.

It was in 4.1 all along. Cyanogen just put their own version of the finishing touches on it.

Having different users log in using different pattern unlocks is huge.

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Post by codeulike »

levesque wrote: post #140
monkeyfacebag wrote: post #19

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.

Decent music production apps. My understanding is that Apple is ahead there due to better sound SDK and hardware standards, lower latency.

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Post by twism »

ericdykstra wrote: post #141

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 sp…

Can you really tell the difference between 42mbps and 72?

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Post by meritt »

mtgx wrote: post #77
w1ntermute wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And just $399 for the 16 GB version!

And with that crazy resolution.

Why is it we have amazing 16:10 2560-by-1600 in a 10" tablet but commonplace laptops (13-15") rarely surpass 1680x1050 or even worse 1366x768? Sometimes, on high-end models, you can pay an extra $200 to "upgrade" to 1920x1080 (I'll leave my rant about 16:10 vs. 16:9 for another time).

Technology is so ridiculous at times.

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

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Post by lnanek2 »

revelation wrote: post #192
ericdykstra wrote: post #141

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 sp…

Whats your use case for LTE? With most carriers in the world, 5 minutes of continuous LTE usage at the advertised speed will race you across any traffic limits and put you back into 64k stone age.

Every single thing you do that involves network access of any amount does it faster. Do you enjoy waiting for pages to load and apps to pull in data? LTE isn't about more data per se, it's about faster data. It's entirely possible to use it without downloading any more data and still benefit from it.
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