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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?

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Post by freehunter »

Khao wrote: post #9

In 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.

The point about his headphones seems especially off-key. It works on his iPhone and even on a Mac (disregarding the fact that those are made by the same company)? Obviously it's Android that is missing the standard.

The point about the camera is true though. I moved to Android from a Lumia 920 veeeeery begrudgingly simply due to the camera. The camera on my Nexus 4 is about on par with the camera on my old Samsung Focus: junk when compared with the Lumia 920. Now I'm back to the old days where I'm carrying both a phone and a camera (Nexus 4 as a phone, Lumia 920 as a camera).

I would pay Nexus 5 money for a Nexus 4 with a Lumia 920 camera, and I know I'm not alone on that.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by jordanthoms »

Karunamon wrote: post #21
eonil wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this feature universally available over all the devices if they have recent OS?

I'm unaware of a phone camera that doesn't have some kind of focus capability, and the tap-to-focus feature is part of the AOSP camera in, at least, anything north of 4.0, so...

His complaint is that you can't tap to focus _while shooting video_.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by trimtab »

lowmagnet wrote: post #6

I've been on the fence about switching away from iPhone. I hardly use Apple software and only the non-straightforward backup really bothers me.

TitaniumBackup with back up to a cloud service or your own server solves that problem. Alas, you do have to "root" your phone.

I agree such functionality should be included with any Smartphone at this point, but it appears that only a small percentage of Smartphone consumers seem to care.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by maxk42 »

girvo wrote: post #28
aetherson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just tried on my Razr M, and no, no undo option based on a long press. Just cut, copy, and select-all. Same on my Nexus 7. I'd never heard of a shake-undo feature on iOS, but it does sound awesome.

It's actually annoying sometimes! But useful when you need it.

Yeah, I don't have the steadiest hands. I can imagine the undo popup coming 'round every friggin' time I try to type something...

Then again, I'd take Swiftkeys over undo any day.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

#46

Post by benguild »

freehunter wrote: post #41
Khao wrote: post #9

In 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.

The point about his headphones seems especially off-key. It works on his iPhone and even on a Mac (disregarding the fact that those are made by the same company)? Obviously it's Android that is missing the standard. The point about the camera is true though. I moved to Android from a Lumia 920 veeeeery begrudgingly simply due to the camera. The camera on my Nexus 4 is about on par with the camera on my old Samsung Fo…

Yeah, it was more just a rant about how there's no headphone remote standard and I granted exception to #5 in the conclusion.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by aroch »

crazygringo wrote: post #16

I'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.

Shake-to-undo was introduced at WWDC back in 2009 with iPhone OS 3.0 (along with copy&paste).

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by lejoko »

crazygringo wrote: post #16

I'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.

Undo is not only for text! Delete an email message by mistake, or move it to wrong folder. Shake iPhone/iPad. The message is back... It's a killer feature for my 67 years old mother.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by maxk42 »

headShrinker wrote: post #8

These are not deal killers for me, so much as they are selling points for Apple. Android has plenty of deal killers; slow scrolling response, too many crap apps in store, bloatware, cheap hardware designs, music players that lack complex playlist algorithms, lacking mac integration, limited upgradability, dumb OS features (samsung, ei: eye tracking?!), OS updates delayed up to one year after release, short battery li…

Most of those complaints are device-specific. And that's the primary pitfall of Android: It's an ecosystem rather than a single, polished experience for everyone.

The best experience you can have of Android, IMO, is to get a Nexus device. Anything else is asking for disappointment.

Re: I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

Khao wrote: post #9

In 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 don't agree with the article, but do you not realize that sneeringly calling people "fanboy" is something that only fanboys do?
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