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Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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post #76

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I love that people accuse Apple of planned obsolescence in the phone market when Google releases operating systems that don't even work on devices that came out in the current year.

Yeah, but theirs is unplanned obsolescence.

Which makes it okay?

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#112
post #53

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Specs say 216ppi? "7” 1280x800 HD display (216 ppi)" The Retina iPad is 264ppi.

1280x800 on 7" is a very high resolution, it will make everything look tiny. I think what parent was referring to is that the OS doesn't scale the text and UI elements, like the new iPad does. The new iPad has a 2048x1536 screen, but the UI looks like it's 1024x768, it's simply twice as sharp. I have very bad eyesight, looking at the tiny UI in the screenshots on Google's tablet page made me cringe. I wouldn't be abl…

Android OS scales items to match the density of the device. Also, you can adjust text size via the accessibility or display settings as of 4.0 (there may be an accessibility option on older device but that is inconsistent).

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#114
post #77

I haven't been following much of android development but is it starting to look like WP7? I only say this because both of the screenshots on the page look very very much inspired by WP7. https://lh3.ggpht.com/3Pu3EHP1QUr9oI-YdIPQE5BxWYVGZ_DzPwhReS... - Metro-esque https://lh4.ggpht.com/p-eZmyce7_T2-_eOwltQxU6glPj6f53kDXvDvN... - Big airy sans, open spaces, riding the line of minimalist, etc.

Google started that design language quite a while ago with Google+ and all the new designs for their services. The big images thing came a long time ago in the Chrome Webstore as well:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore

Why do people have to immediately associate something with something else even if it's only 5-10% similar?

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#116
post #97

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You mean they should stop working on the OS to save you some "not the latest" anxiety?

No, they should do like Apple and not obsolete Android devices that aren't even released yet. It's part of making customers feel good about buying your product.

The Xoom is pretty old and should be getting JB.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#117

I don't want Google to provide my hardware. They control too many things already.

afaik it's made by ASUS so I don't imagine how it would be much different from buying something ASUS branded. Besides if they have control of all of the software already I don't see what difference the hardware would really make.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#118

Ships in 2-3 weeks. Pre-order page here: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_8gb As an iOS guy for years, I look at this as finally having an equivalent of an iPod touch to play with in the Android ecosystem. Who knows, maybe I'll be convinced to switch off my iPhone.

Agreed. The price is low enough that I pre-ordered one on impulse, just to play around with and possibly use for development.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#119

I don't want Google to provide my hardware. They control too many things already.

afaik it's made by ASUS so I don't imagine how it would be much different from buying something ASUS branded. Besides if they have control of all of the software already I don't see what difference the hardware would really make.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

#120
post #76

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Yeah, but theirs is unplanned obsolescence.

Hihi, you are funny. You view of the companies clearly colors your view. It’s not really clear that either company plans or does not plan the obsolescence of their devices. The end result, however, is that iOS devices become obsolete much more slowly than Android devices. What do I care about the reading of tea leaves as to whether some company plans something or not?

Apple owns the entire ecosystem, they can't claim anything they do to it is unplanned. Google merely owns the OS and a few devices, they can't control what samsung and htc and everyone else decides to do or not do.
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