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Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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

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Post by Mythbusters »

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #51
fr0sty wrote: post #14

And someone finally implements the killer-feature for the "Family Tablet": Multi-Account Support: > But what makes Nexus 10 unique is that it's the first truly shareable tablet. With Android 4.2, you can add multiple users and switch between them instantly right from the lockscreen. We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more. That way, everyone ca…

Surface beat them by 3 days ;)

with kid's corner feature to boot so that you can have fine grain control over what the kids have access to.

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Post by jackalope »

lambda wrote: post #210
Evbn wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UI is on the lock screen, so plenty of room. More likely (1) Honeycomb style rush job and (2) "everyone should have their oen phone"

Well, it makes a little less sense on phones, since unless you switch the SIM card, you are still treated as the other person as far as the phone network is concerned. It would be a little odd to be logged in as one person, but the phone network treat you as the other. And since there are features like importing and exporting contacts from the SIM card, those would be more complicated in multi-user scenarios. I think…

While I personally find it annoying, I know many parents that hand their phone to their young children to play games or music. Multiuser support is very much in demand on phones, even if it offered nothing more than a safe guest account.

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Post by tikhonj »

meritt wrote: post #231
mtgx wrote: post #77

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And with that crazy resolution.

@mtgx Thanks. Maybe also you could explain why we have to reply to one another in this fashion. HN is the 1366x768 of discussion platforms.

This is actually a feature of HN. There is a "cool-down" timer between when you make a post and when people can respond to it. It increases exponentially with the level of nesting. The idea is to discourage flame wars by forcing people to think a bit before replying.

I actually think this is a pretty effective strategy. However, it does impede productive discussions and conversations, sometimes. Oh well, c'est la vie.

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

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Post by fr0sty »

lnanek2 wrote: post #220
revelation wrote: post #192

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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.

You are confusing latency with throughput.

If you are downloading 1MB of data the difference in delivery between the two speeds (42mbps vs. 72mbps) is 80ms (190ms vs 111ms) Hardly life-changing.

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Post by liotier »

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…

LTE is mostly about increased capacity - no one reaches the theoretical maximum unless they camp under an antenna. So while LTE will improve the network as a whole, don't expect too much from it as an individual user - and don't break a deal just for that...

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Post by w1ntermute »

meritt wrote: post #231
mtgx wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And with that crazy resolution.

@mtgx Thanks. Maybe also you could explain why we have to reply to one another in this fashion. HN is the 1366x768 of discussion platforms.

To expand on tikhonj's comment, you can circumvent this "feature" by clicking on the "link" link next to someone's comment - that will allow you to reply to them regardless of the "cool-down" timer.

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

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Post by marquis »

arrrg wrote: post #91

Arrrgh! That Nexus 4 looks delicious, absolutely awesome. But why does it have to be such a monster! With their flagship product, can't they shoot for a happy middle ground and not for monster sizes?

Is there a size guide for these phones? What does "4.7" diagonal" mean anyway? How big is the damn thing in real-world terms? As big a Penguin book? Smaller than an iPad-mini? It would be nice if they could put a hand in the photo.

I am holding onto my older LG Android because it's small and fits in my purse. I just want fast, awesomely small Google-brand phone that doesn't look like I've dragged a mobile brick from the 80s while hauling around an unnecessarily large purse to contain it.

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