Huh? You can manually refocus the camera, just tap on the image somewhere. I'd do a video, but.. (Nexus 4 w/ 4.4)
Is this feature universally available over all the devices if they have recent OS?
I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?
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Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?
#12Man... I swear you can undo in nearly any text box on Android (unless it's a custom class used by the third party dev)... You long press on the text box and click undo on the popup.
Am I remember wrong? It's been 12 months since I last used my Xperia, so I probably am.
Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?
#13People easily forget what's precious while they're having it. And then, realize after they lost it.
Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?
#14Android and iOS are very different OSes. iOS I feel is more out of the box everything you need but you must use our stuff (itunes, imessage...etc). Stock Android is more here is a barebone kit and we got all these third party stuff. Pick and choose what you like.
The Nexus 5 is for people who don't want all this complications. Its a very barebone phone designed for devs. But if you get an Android with a third part skin like the HTC One, most of these issues are solved (off the top of my head I know it has #2 and #3).
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#15In other words : An Apple fanboy is being a total compainypants about Android because he doesn't want to accept that it's actually a pretty good phone.
I disagree. Any time someone switches platforms, they will undoubtedly be more prone to identify quirks and missing features in the new platform than everyday users.
If companies (be it Apple or Google) want users to switch to their platform from their competitors, it's critical for them to maintain feature-parity and push the boundaries on their strengths. Case in point: Apple adding notifications and copy&paste to the iPhone. Both were gripes from non-iPhone users. But at some point, Apple had to bite the bullet to follow suit. Whether their implementation was a success isn't the point, but rather keeping up with the competition in feature parity.
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#16I've had an iPhone for two years, and never even heard about undo before. I almost couldn't believe it when I tried shaking, and it actually worked. Talk about hidden features...
But typing is so much slower with an on-screen keyboard anyways, and I so rarely select text for anything but copy/paste, it has never once happened that I wished there was an undo.
Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?
#17In other words : An Apple fanboy is being a total compainypants about Android because he doesn't want to accept that it's actually a pretty good phone.
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#18As an everyday carrier of both an iOS and Android device, it's rather refreshing when people point out flaws and points of improvements on both platforms. I certainly hope Google fixes these problems ASAP.
The competition between Android and iOS will probably go down as one of the great technical "great leaps forward" in history. While I often wish they could all just get along, the fact that two incredibly capable companies (and heck, Microsoft as well now) are fighting it out hammer and tongs in a pretty flat playing field is ridiculously awesome. Imagine if the same level of competition had existed between Apple and Microsoft between 1985 and 2000.
Consider that we're getting smaller, faster, lower powered, and often cheaper devices with more features every year. We got this level of progress in PC hardware for a while (1990-2003 or so) but software progressed far more slowly. Right now, literally everything is up for grabs, and everyone is benefiting.
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#19The complaint about backups is inaccurate. Preferences like sound or vibration on type and (infamously) wifi are backed up automatically and restored on boot. Many apps choose to save user preferences on their own servers in lieu of using the Shared Preference manager, but many others do not - those preferences will also be restored.
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#20Backup is big one and as a long-term Android user I find it unforgivable that this isn't implemented in a system-wide way.
Text undo - now you mention it, that would be nice to have. I can't say I've ever cursed it's absence though.
He's just wrong on the camera focus. Just tried it.
I don't use disk encryption although what he says seems to make sense. I wouldn't call it a deal-breaker though.
Finally - regarding hardware compatibility? - sounds like a gap in the market for an enterprising chap!