Junior Mint
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i wonder if it'll actually be smaller than the nexus 4.
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I have two friends that are still on the Droid Incredible 2 and Atrix respectively. I've literally started spamming HTC One deals to them ever few days.
NFC is not a standard in smartphones just as a matter of course.
Writing's on the wall. It's not rooting for anything. It just makes intuitive sense.
Bluetooth 4.0 is a standard feature in smartphones just as a matter of course - because you're going to have Bluetooth.
NFC is not a standard in smartphones just as a matter of course.
Writing's on the wall. It's not rooting for anything. It just makes intuitive sense.
The network one goes blue in the second video.
oooh
So it does have the giant NEXUS logo laying side way. Also very ugly looking plastic back.
Vyse The Legend
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It's preproduction hardware. In the leaked shots of the Nexus 4, it said "with Google" on the back, and it also looked less polished in general. That said, I love matte finishes. I'm happy to see the glass go.
How can you even tell? Looks similar to that soft touch plastic that Moto loves to use.
cuevas. PhD.
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Huge ugly camera for terrible nexus pictures? Yay
Junior Mint
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have you guys never looked at or touched the 2013 nexus 7?
looks exactly like a smaller Nexus 7
No, no google services either. (Play store, google maps, Gmail app, etc)
Junior Mint
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Just got the Google drive update. Now it lags when opening the app just like YouTube. Smh
Vyse The Legend
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The new Nexus 7 feels amazing. So that's a win.
Could be worse. It could be Samsung quality.
Vanillalite
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That Nexus 4 be SOLD OUT!
The Faceless Master
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[Root/Write Protection Bypass] MotoX (no unlock needed)
looks like the Moto X, DROID MINI, DROID MAXX and DROID ULTRA just got ... nah, not even gonna go there
looks like the Moto X, DROID MINI, DROID MAXX and DROID ULTRA just got ... nah, not even gonna go there
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...nd-maxx-makes-flashing-custom-roms-a-reality/
i think they occupy two separate territories. BLE has its uses and NFC does as well. BLE is a terrible solution for the "bump" share.
The Faceless Master
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too easy. list management is more fun!
Battersea Power Station
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Didn't Talon or whomever say BLE can do the same thing, including touch to beam?
Keeps me from buying a year old phone. Now I just hope the new one is announced and released earlier than last year.
The Faceless Master
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apparently it works like Bump does, internet connection required.
True, sorry! Where does s-beam fit in? Its a much better "beam" solution
yeah as FM said, not the same
i got one and switched it to a google experience HTC One. i'm loving it... but i'm a stock and update snob
Battersea Power Station
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Wait... it does the handshake over Bluetooth but doesn't transfer the file over Bluetooth? Surely that's just dumb implementation and not a limitation of the tech right?
Faceless is conflating BLE and AirDrop. BLE has extremely broad use-cases - file transfers aren't really a consideration.
Scoble Scobling
Anyways, doing some readup on AirDrop. For iOS devices, it just creates an ad-hoc wireless network for file transfers. Interesting. I'm guessing the range is something like 20-30 feet on that.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Front and back.
How do you do this? Is it worth it? Based on what I've read, I figured I'd just install a launcher and lock screen.
ThatObviousUser
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Front and back.
That front is awesome. The subtler curve on the top and bottom/sharper corners look very "professional"/smart. Love it.
Right. I can dream up some fantasy shit too if you are going to take everything seriously
ThatObviousUser
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Depends on how it feels. If it's like the new N7 it'll be god-tier.
Since this thing has LTE and no glass back I expect Josh Topolsky will give it a major tongue bath, gonna be great. Basically the only two complaints he had of the N4 (but he kept harping on them.)
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yeah but fuck Josh. And every Verge review has a Ctrl + F of 30 "but"s.
I was thinking, only the S800 has the always listening processor, right? If that's introduced with KK, I may upgrade. I think that's a very awesome feature. I can't imagine the N4 getting it without killing battery life.
I was thinking, only the S800 has the always listening processor, right? If that's introduced with KK, I may upgrade. I think that's a very awesome feature. I can't imagine the N4 getting it without killing battery life.
If it's soft touch, it'll be an improvement on the 4.
I can't imagine a scenario where the voice features are not prominent on a Nexus device.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Yeah I like the curves as well. I also like that the front facing camera is centered at the top.
If you've ever held a Nexus 7 you'd disagree. This looks like a shrunken down version of it (though it's still pre-production so who knows if the final will be the same). Sure it doesn't have as much flash as the glass back of the Nexus 4, but I'll take the comfort of this over having to baby a shatter magnet.
Jinfash
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I've been using my Nexus 4, my first Android device, since launch and for the most part I'm pretty happy with it. The only issues I hope to find a solution for are:
- A way to instantly scroll up in any page, same as touching the clock in iOS.
- An alternative for the stock text-editing tools (selection/copy/paste). Right now the controls are finicky and not as intuitive, while the tool bar can get very disruptive as it pushes everything down instead of being a pop-up overlay.
Are there any apps and tweaks to help solve either of these?
- A way to instantly scroll up in any page, same as touching the clock in iOS.
- An alternative for the stock text-editing tools (selection/copy/paste). Right now the controls are finicky and not as intuitive, while the tool bar can get very disruptive as it pushes everything down instead of being a pop-up overlay.
Are there any apps and tweaks to help solve either of these?
Vanillalite
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Total upgrade if it is like the new Nexus 7.
There are guides online (you need a gsm phone running 4.2.1) and it's "fairly" straight forward, but if this is your first go around at any rom playing I'd just stick with a new launcher and play around with roms later on.
ThatObviousUser
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Eh I think David's the only one that overuses them. Josh's reviews are well written and have a slightly pro-Android stance usually, which is cool if you know about it (and annoying if you don't.)
ThatObviousUser
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Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
ThatObviousUser
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Ewwww it is still using the old ICS like theme.
Android 4.4, breh.
Android 5.0 in 2016 will be glorious.
wsoxfan1214
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So has anything happened at all with the site?
The big changes need to happen now though mang
I've been looking at Play Music a bit more since last night - deleted all the music stored on my phone and was planning to just pin individual songs and add them to an overall playlist for easy deletion if needed later. Only, you can't do that, unless I'm missing something. Your two options with regards to adding and removing offline music in Google Play appear to be
1. Pin full albums - you can then visit the album to unpin and remove it. Want just one or two songs from the album offline? Tough.
2. Add individual songs to a pinned playlist, they'll then be downloaded. Only, it doesn't seem you can remove them once they're added to the offline playlist - the app acts as if the songs aren't pinned, and removing them from the playlist itself appears to do nothing as far as reclaiming storage space is concerned.
Why there isn't an easy way to just say "keep this song and this song, and these 3 songs off Album B" I have no idea. Maybe there is, and I haven't noticed it, but in that case it isn't obvious what the process is.
I assume Google thinks practically everyone has unlimited data plans these days, sadly not.
1. Pin full albums - you can then visit the album to unpin and remove it. Want just one or two songs from the album offline? Tough.
2. Add individual songs to a pinned playlist, they'll then be downloaded. Only, it doesn't seem you can remove them once they're added to the offline playlist - the app acts as if the songs aren't pinned, and removing them from the playlist itself appears to do nothing as far as reclaiming storage space is concerned.
Why there isn't an easy way to just say "keep this song and this song, and these 3 songs off Album B" I have no idea. Maybe there is, and I haven't noticed it, but in that case it isn't obvious what the process is.
I assume Google thinks practically everyone has unlimited data plans these days, sadly not.
I think root + nandroid is your only option for a full backup. You can backup up data for individual apps without root via Helium.
Vanillalite
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I noticed that as well. The icons look white instead of blue. At least it something I guess....
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