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An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by sigkill »

w0utert wrote: post #6

I agree with what the article says about sharing data between applications, this really is one of the biggest pain points of iOS right now. Fortunately, it looks like Apple will finally address this in the future, iOS 6 already has infrastructure in place to allow for remote view controllers that (in theory) should allow any application to register itself to handle certain data and events. Right now seems to be only…

>Android on the Nexus 4 is better in almost every aspect et al

I assume he made that kind of statements because previously his opinion of android was the buggy and extreme unresponsive early builds.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by bane »

ebiester wrote: post #80
vacri wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh and of course you can 'customize everything' and here you have 4 examples of the most ugly homescreens I have ever seen on a mobile phone. Good grief, you speak of personlisation like it's a bug and not a feature. I personally hate the iOS window-dressing. You have this sleek-looking bit of hardware, but the OS looks plastic and Fisher-Price, with safe and chunky buttons to give to your kid with no sharp edges. Th…

I Just changed to Android yesterday. The first thing I missed was the polish of the iOS. I looked up how to switch applications and all I got was "10 best task switcher apps." I don't have time to evaluate three, much less ten task switcher apps! All I've been able to find is if you hold down the main button and then scroll to task manager, you can get to one. I like customization, but Apple's defaults were better fo…

If you're using a modern Android phone there's a specific task switching button.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/attachments/droid-news/5101...

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by gallamine »

gonehome wrote: post #3

Interesting - I switched from android to the iPhone 5 recently (after having the N1, NS and Galaxy Nexus). I thought this was the first iPhone that finally had the necessary hardware (LTE being required after the galaxy). The main things I miss are better google voice integration on the nexus phones (the ability to use the web interface for texting is something I can't give up). I also used to not pay for texting thi…

Do you find you have problems with MMS and Google Voice? Last I checked, it was unsupported and text messages with pictures or video just went to /dev/null without any notifications to either party. That was a no-go for me.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by bane »

Cor wrote: post #78
MichaelJW wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is that widget? It looks great!

You can get it here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.pooley.beta... . You'll also need to install the 'Ultimate Clock Widget' app from here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsiroh... . Enjoy!

The coolest bit is that I can install both of these on my phone and tablet (which is back at home and not with me) right now via the links you just shared without having to interact with either device.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by vacri »

ebiester wrote: post #80
vacri wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh and of course you can 'customize everything' and here you have 4 examples of the most ugly homescreens I have ever seen on a mobile phone. Good grief, you speak of personlisation like it's a bug and not a feature. I personally hate the iOS window-dressing. You have this sleek-looking bit of hardware, but the OS looks plastic and Fisher-Price, with safe and chunky buttons to give to your kid with no sharp edges. Th…

I Just changed to Android yesterday. The first thing I missed was the polish of the iOS. I looked up how to switch applications and all I got was "10 best task switcher apps." I don't have time to evaluate three, much less ten task switcher apps! All I've been able to find is if you hold down the main button and then scroll to task manager, you can get to one. I like customization, but Apple's defaults were better fo…

sorry, missing from my comment (lost in a pre-edit, it seems) was that it looks Fisher-Price to me. I know that plenty of people don't see it that way. Even if nothing else, the big chunky soft buttons seem to jar quite strongly against the thin, sleek, hi-tech look of the hardware to me - while the software and hardware might separately tell their own stories well, to me they don't seem to jive well together.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by robmcm »

niklas_a wrote: post #72

Can only agree with OP. I gave up my iPhone 4 for a Galaxy Nexus this summer and have never looked back. I think Google can still work on the default look, but I find Android to be very "clean" and quick to work with. Android feels much more like a real operating system. iOS is so restricted and there are many work tasks that I cannot do (e.g. mailing a dropbox file to someone). Google Now is also amazingly good. And…

I have always wondered about that feature, and always think.. - What if two people are looking at it. - Does it flick on and off as I look around - Is it using a huge amount of power when ever the screen is on, not only with powering the screen but with powering the camera. - Can I still use my screen as a light, or does is power off when I face it away from me? (I have a flash light app but it's quicker some times to just use the screen). - What if I am holding it sideways and cover the camera with my hand. - What if I am wearing glasses (something that obstructs my eyes) - What if I put glasses on while looking at the phone? - What if it's too dark for the camera

I imagine there are enough facts here that made someone like Apple or Google think it's a bad idea. I expect someone in the Samsung marketing department came up with this idea.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by obituary_latte »

josteink wrote: post #75
obituary_latte wrote: post #51

What are people's experience dealing with the migration of music from iOS to android? As an iOS user with an itch to checkout android again (had one of the first HTC "google phones"), this is one of my bigger concerns.

Upload to Google Music. Tag the music you want on the device as "available offline", on your phone, when you have internet connectivity. No cables. No sync. No fucking iTunes. No computer required. Just internet. Done. If you feel old-fashioned, you can also just copy files to your device as a standard MTP or mass-storage device using USB-cables, or copy to SD-cards. As long as the music files are properly tagged you…

So is DRM not an issue?

Sounds promising. Thanks for the info.

Re: An iPhone lover’s confession: I switched to the Nexus 4

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Post by jeffcutsinger »

w0utert wrote: post #71
vacri wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh and of course you can 'customize everything' and here you have 4 examples of the most ugly homescreens I have ever seen on a mobile phone. Good grief, you speak of personlisation like it's a bug and not a feature. I personally hate the iOS window-dressing. You have this sleek-looking bit of hardware, but the OS looks plastic and Fisher-Price, with safe and chunky buttons to give to your kid with no sharp edges. Th…

Chill out and take a deep breath, because you're missing the point entirely. I was talking about the arguments the article gives that supposedly show 'Android is better in almost every aspect', not about the merits of customization itself. No one is denying you anything, like I said: it seems to be more like personal preference than objective superiority. Sure enough Android wins on customizability, but that doesn't…

> That said, if you really care about customizability, you can always jailbreak your iPhone ...

* Yes, you can, for now. There are no guarantees this will happen with future versions of iOS.

* If you jailbreak you are forever a fugitive. You can never again just update, you have to wait and make sure it doesn't kill your setup. You can end up losing your warranty, be refused tech support, etc.

* Finally, from a philosophical standpoint, it is absolutely absurd that I should ever have to break something I have paid for to take full ownership of it. I'm OK with the default being locked down, but be like android and give me the checkbox to open up the rest of the world to me (Android devices are certainly not perfect on this front, though).

I agree with the rest of your points. I also have a similar story, but instead of going to OS X, I just started installing Ubuntu and using the defaults without customization. And that's the way I primarily use my devices. I just think it's ridiculous we're even having this discussion about whether people should have full ownership of devices they've paid for.

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