Android for all and the new Nexus 5

Post by keeperofdakeys » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:24 PM UTC

klausa wrote: post #37

eigenvector wrote: post #9

Here's the Android release notes: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/kitkat.html Highlights: * WebView is now based on Chromium * KSM and zRAM integrated into stock kernel * Public SMS framework * Printing framework * Storage access framework

>WebView is now based on Chromium Does that mean that there will no more be stock 'Browser' app? I refuse to use Chrome on Android because of brain-dead, non-disablable 'font-boosting' that makes (among many others) Hacker News absolutely unusable. If that means that the same engine is the only one officially supported on 4.4 forwards, then that's really sad and unfortunate.

Post by vdaniuk » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

vdaniuk wrote: post #40

csomar wrote: post #25

I had a terrible experience with the Nexus S. I bought it a couple years ago (which seems to be a vety long time in Google terms) and right now it's totally unusable. It's very slow, the battery is sucked up in less than an hour when on wifi, some apps can't work, the play store is a mess and I can go on and on. I experienced the nexus 4 a little bit and though it's a great phone I'm afraid the next OS updates are go…

Just to counter your anecdote, my HTC Desire D which is the same hardware as Nexus S was one of the best phones I had with great battery life, durability and it works well even after I dropped it on the concrete and in the water on several occasions.

Post by ciferkey » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

drhayes9 wrote: post #69

ciferkey wrote: post #23

For all, unless you are on Verizon.

The phone supports CDMA..? I'm on Verizon and really want this phone (eventually). Are you seeing that it doesn't work with Verizon somewhere specifically? Edit: More comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6648976 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6648664 but not seeing links, feels like hearsay.

    senior VP of Android Sundar Pichai told us that "the Nexus 5 will not be on Verizon."

Post by devx » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:51 PM UTC

bsimpson wrote: post #5

I'm sad that the Galaxy Nexus isn't supported. My phone has increasingly been running out of RAM lately for reasons I don't understand - hearing Google boast about how KitKat has been optimized for memory had me hoping that it would support more than just the latest-greatest.

Post by dasil003 » Thu, Oct 31, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

X-Istence wrote: post #92

dasil003 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For less than 2 years? That's worse than Apple, and not just a little.

I know Apple is heralded as the company that builds planned obsolescence, but until about 2 months ago an 4 year old iPhone 3GS was still able to run the latest iOS without issues.