"the book you're reading, the game you're playing, or the movie you're watching"
I'm confused, PDFs, games and movies already are full screen on previous android versions.
Android for all and the new Nexus 5
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Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Galaxy Nexus came out at the end of 2011. It can only handle the latest OS for so long...
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.
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#93I'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.
Didn't the GN use an OMAP processor? TI doesn't make those anymore. Maybe there were problems getting drivers, etc because of that.
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#94I'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.
Using Chrome brings older phones to exhaustion. When I switched back to the stock browser, my SII became much more responsive in general.
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#95Google keeps rolling more and more up under them. I can understand the "good" argument...it rids the platform of fragmentation. ...but Android is slowly becoming less open. Scares me a little. Why shouldn't it?
The "open" part of this is being blown up a bit out of proportion, I think. Nothing stops other OEMs from replacing the Play apps (the closed part of this) with their own.
Are you an developer at an OEM? I'm just not sure why this would worry you. It sure beats not getting timely updates for core pieces because of silly carriers.
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#96I almost choked when I was watching the video and I thought I saw Stallman on second 11:
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#97I 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…
>which seems to be a very long time in Google terms To be fair, that was during the iPhone 4 period. The iPhone has since gone to the iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, and then iPhone 5s. Many users report an absolutely miserable experience with iOS 7 (and even 6) on the iPhone 4. The mobile industry has moved very, very quickly, and devices are a magnitude more powerful+ than just a couple of years ago. As a developer with an in…
My colleague has an iPhone 4, iOS 7 works on it beautifully for him. My iPhone 4S has also not had any issues with iOS 7...
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#98Well.. that was probably the most impulsive buy I've made in a long time... Shame on Google Play for not crashing this time around!
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#99Well.. that was probably the most impulsive buy I've made in a long time... Shame on Google Play for not crashing this time around!
Re: Android for all and the new Nexus 5
#100Well.. that was probably the most impulsive buy I've made in a long time... Shame on Google Play for not crashing this time around!