Official ICS & Galaxy Nexus Launch Thread

[Anubis]

what is a t9 capable dailer?
2) we prob wont know until they tell us
no idea
some will some prob wont. as for the widgets, you can resize them now in many launchers. honeycomb had the ability to as well so ill assume ICS will also

 

[makken]

what is a t9 capable dailer?

something like this. From the ICS demo, it didn't look like the dialer was t9 capable, but I couldn't be sure.

 

[Anubis]

something like this. From the ICS demo, it didn't look like the dialer was t9 capable, but I couldn't be sure.

I still have no idea what a t9 dialer is

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

 

[Demo24]

So, some questions i have on ICS:
1) is there a t9 capable dailer now? (Yes i know i can get a 3rd party dailer, but its kinda pathetic that android doesnt have this by default.)
2) for devices with physical/capactive touch buttons, will [MENU] become the new multitask button? Will [SEARCH] become useless?
3) is the onscreen keyboard the same as gingerbread? From the demo it looked like it, and it seemed really out of place.
4) will android 2.x apps still work? Without issue, or will they all have to be updated to be ics compatiable? I assume most widgets have to be rewritten to be resizeable?

3) no, it looks similar but they mentioned they tweaked it. Hit detection as well as word prediction are suppose to be better, as is a new way to select those words.

 

[makken]

I still have no idea what a t9 dialer is

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Its basically just a dialer that incorporates t9 predictive text to figure out who you want to call.

For example, say I want to call amy. On a phone without T9 dialing, I either have to remember her number, or go into my contacts and find her or search for her.

On a phone with T9 dialing, I just have to hit 269 on the keypad ( [ABC] [MNO] [WXYZ] ) and call.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Pentile screen, no sd card support, no exynos...

So the only thing it has going for it is the 720p, ICS, and developer support? =\

 

[Anubis]

Its basically just a dialer that incorporates t9 predictive text to figure out who you want to call.

For example, say I want to call amy. On a phone without T9 dialing, I either have to remember her number, or go into my contacts and find her or search for her.

On a phone with T9 dialing, I just have to hit 269 on the keypad ( [ABC] [MNO] [WXYZ] ) and call.

ahh not something I'd use. hated that way of texting in the days before smartphones it never got what I wanted right. was easier to just go letter for letter

 

[senseamp]

Pentile screen, no sd card support, no exynos...

So the only thing it has going for it is the 720p, ICS, and developer support? =\

That's a lot going for it right there. Average buyer doesn't care about the specs, but does care about resolution, OS and apps.
Go ask a random person what a pen-tile screen or Exynos is.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

That's a lot going for it right there. Average buyer doesn't care about the specs, but does care about resolution, OS and apps.
Go ask a random person what a pen-tile screen or Exynos is.

I think the biggest annoyance would be SD card for me. I was fine with my GSI screen's pentile.

 

[Red Storm]

Pentile screen, no sd card support, no exynos...

So the only thing it has going for it is the 720p, ICS, and developer support? =\

It's on the best network, has LTE, no carrier bloat, and built for ICS means no useless hardware buttons taking up would be screen space.

The screen doesn't seem to be an issue from hands-on previews. I personally never swap out micro SD cards, so that doesn't mean anything to me, and I don't care what the CPU in my phone is called, as long as it runs its OS well (which it seems to do quite well).

 

[senseamp]

I think the biggest annoyance would be SD card for me. I was fine with my GSI screen's pentile.

Of course the response you'll get back is along the lines of iPhone doesn't have one either. It's something that doesn't put Nexus at a disadvantage against its main competitor, and Samsung will gladly sell you a Galaxy S2 with an SD card reader and RGB screen if you insist.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

It's on the best network, has LTE, no carrier bloat, and built for ICS means no useless hardware buttons taking up would be screen space.

The screen doesn't seem to be an issue from hands-on previews. I personally never swap out micro SD cards, so that doesn't mean anything to me, and I don't care what the CPU in my phone is called, as long as it runs its OS well (which it seems to do quite well).

I have a 32gb sd card that I switch every time I get a new phone. If anything happens to my phone, usually Id be able to save my music and my photos from the sd card.

 

[Red Storm]

I have a 32gb sd card that I switch every time I get a new phone. If anything happens to my phone, usually Id be able to save my music and my photos from the sd card.

And you don't have these music and photos stored on a hard drive? Seems like a very easily taken care of concern.

Edit: Oh wait, read your post wrong.

You should get into Google Music. Only a 20000 song limit.

And photos can be uploaded to numerous online back up/cloud solutions.

 

[vshah]

played with it a bit yesterday and today.

pentile is not noticeable to the naked eye. compared to incredible and nexus one, it is a night and day difference due to the higher PPI.

the ICS build i was playing with was apparently a month old. it was very, very smooth.

the hardware was light, but seemed less "plasticky" than galaxy s and nexus s

quick LTE test pulled 17 down and 6 up

didn't get a chance to run any 3d benchmarks. "building world" in minecraft completed about 2x as fast as my sensation, possibly due to 1gb ram vs 786. sunspider was <2000ms as we have seen before.

 

[shabby]

played with it a bit yesterday and today.

How did the soft battery cover feel? Was it slip resistant or slippery like on the sgs2?

 

[vshah]

How did the soft battery cover feel? Was it slip resistant or slippery like on the sgs2?

more grippy than sgs2. nicely textured imho, but not sticky or a lint-magnet.

 

[Demo24]

played with it a bit yesterday and today.

Jealous ^_^


bah, 2 more weeks(hopefully) and I'll get my hands on one as well.

 

[J-Money]

Source? I really hope so, I wasn't impressed with the 5 month wait with the Nexus S showing up north after its release.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/10/18/g...canada-will-get-the-galaxy-nexus-in-november/

The rumor on Rogers network was on a few sites, mainly because the Nexus S was on Rogers first.

Also heard the SG2 finally coming to Rogers before Christmas. Choices choices.

 

[Dulanic]

ahh not something I'd use. hated that way of texting in the days before smartphones it never got what I wanted right. was easier to just go letter for letter

It is extremely easy and after a day or 2 you kind of find yourself using it. It is super easy just to hit 564 and it pops up a list of johns instead if opening contacts to find the person. If it is anything like dialer one it will pop up a list of both names that include the letters from 5, 6 & 4 combined + any phone numbers with 564 in it so it works all together.

It is not really that similar to using T9 for texting which IMO sucked horribly.

 

[Red Storm]

It is extremely easy and after a day or 2 you kind of find yourself using it. It is super easy just to hit 564 and it pops up a list of johns instead if opening contacts to find the person. If it is anything like dialer one it will pop up a list of both names that include the letters from 5, 6 & 4 combined + any phone numbers with 564 in it so it works all together.

It is not really that similar to using T9 for texting which IMO sucked horribly.

I find Google's Gesture Search app is the easiest and quickest method. Just draw a 'J' and it shows your contacts starting with that letter. You can also use it to find apps, and songs.

The T9 dial search is not very fast. You're talking 4-5 button presses to get want you want.

 

[Dulanic]

I find Google's Gesture Search app is the easiest and quickest method. Just draw a 'J' and it shows your contacts starting with that letter. You can also use it to find apps, and songs.

The T9 dial search is not very fast. You're talking 4-5 button presses to get want you want.

I don't have many friends, usually only takes me 1

 

[Anubis]

I don't have many friends, usually only takes me 1

lol


for me i have no issues scrolling through the contacts list. the 5 seconds that takes really isnt a big deal

 

[Red Storm]

I don't have many friends, usually only takes me 1

Then it's about the same speed, except Gesture Search can be used universally for anything on your phone.

 

[cecco]

Awesome. Didn't know it even existed and I have searched the market for google inc. products before. Thanks for sharing. I can finally delete the direct dial shortcuts from my phone.

 

[BenSkywalker]

pentile is not noticeable to the naked eye.

SGS2 ~=207PPI

GN ~=315PPI

Pentile layout gives you more RGB sub pixels then an actual RGB display in this case due to the overall pixel density. I would expect if we ever more to 1080p displays for phones they will all be pentile and stay that way for many reasons.