4"+ smartphones -- the market has spoken (and it says yes) - Page 3

Engadget did not mention any laginess in their hands on.  Topolski "subtle laginess" may be another man's "zero lag".  Especially if Topolski is looking for anything that feels like lag, in which case he'll find it.

BTW, I don't think the writer of that article could have over-reacted any more to something he has zero experience with.  The title of the article is completely misleading.

ETA: I looked at that bloggers tweets, and to say he's an Uber Apple fanboy is an understatement.  The fact that he goes out of his way to start Android flamewars and is proud about it indicates that he's most likely an asshole with zero credibility.

I was referring to the blogger as the fanboy, not Topolsky.  But yes, there are Android memes that JT likes to go on about, and one of them is "lagginess".  If you're looking for lagginess, you'll see it.  Frankly, calling it "subtle" lagginess sounds like hedging anyway.  Is it laggy or not?

Again, the Engadget crew thought it felt faster than the Galaxy S2, and that is not a laggy phone by any stretch. 

For any idiot blogger to deduce that the Nexus Prime is a laggy and defective phone solely on Topolsky's equivocal commentary is hogwash.  That would be like me reading that Siri missed a few words to hysterically conclude that voice recognition on the iPhone is broken.

Ah, I see.  I assumed the hands on was by Topolsky.  My bad.   

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Originally Posted by Sam Posten 

Lol

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John Gruber (@gruber)
10/19/11 6:06 PM
Marketing slogan for Galaxy Nexus: "We're gonna need a bigger pants."

Wow, more Android FUD from Gruber?  Shocking.  BTW, that joke is as old as shit.

I own a phone that about the same size as the Nexus Prime and I have zero problems fitting them into my jeans pocket.  I honestly don't think Gruber should worry that his pants are too small.

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Originally Posted by DaveF 

Exceptional contrast ratios can look better than raw pixel count on video. But this is not a living room TV, it's a computer, so it's not clear that's a good tradeoff here.

It applies to mobile screens as well.  None of the WVGA or qHD LCD screens match up to the Retina screen, but a lot of reviewers preferred the SAMOLED plus screens to the Retina screen simply because of the contrast ratio and vivid colors.  And those are 4.3"-4.52" screens running 800 X 480.  The size differential, although an important factor, actually worked against the SAMOLED plus screens in the ppi department.

BTW, the reason they weren't calling the Nexus Prime screen a Retina screen is because that's an Apple marketing term.  The writer makes it seem like that's some sort of  standard industry term.

The bottom line for me is that if you want to delve into the numbers and charts and zoomed in pictures you can experience a Monster Cable effect and see/hear things that aren't significant or even insignificant, but note that none of the hands on reviewers noticed it was a pentile screen, probably because it was running at a very high resolution.  

I do wonder if the pentile matrix was done because of a manufacturing limitation or if was done to put less stress on the GPU.  

Biggest deal breaker for me -- 16GB or 32GB models only with no SD slot.  That's in line with the Nexus S, which was 16GB with no SD slot. Then again, I had zero intention of ever buying this phone, since Sprint is not rolling out LTE phones until mid-2012.  That means the Galaxy Nexus is either not coming to Sprint until then or it's coming earlier with Wimax, the HD-DVD to Bluray/LTE.

I'm looking ahead to the Galaxy S3, presumably with a 720p SAMOLED Plus screen and Exynos processor.  I think I can get by with my Epic Touch for now.  Since, you know... it's awesome.  

Dave, you jest, but...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/24/ice-cream-sandwich-supports-usb-game-controllers-and-hdmi-turns/

Emphasis on fancy was mine.  For no reason really, I just thought that was a funny word choice in context.

Bluetooth support will also enable wireless controller play.

And in answer to your follow up question:

EMULATION.

Edit: Turns out you can do the HDMI or wired USB controller, but not both.  Still, HDMI + Bluetooth controller is your best bet anyway.

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Originally Posted by mattCR 

Give credit to Microsoft; their new ads for WP7 are actually some of the better ones on the market.. the one where the guy goes to the store and the kids keep revising the grocery list is a great show of Notes level integration desktop to phone; and the Tech-No is cute fun.   I think what makes those work is that they say "hey, forget about talking about anyone else.. we'll just show why this works with stuff you already have.." 

My takeaway was, "hey, your kids can hack into your phone".  

I was also baffled by their earlier "in and out" campaign.  Like, our phones are so awesome you never want to actually use them.  Wow, a phone I always want to put down?  Sign me up!

As a non-WP7 user, I have no idea what the phone experience is like.  The ads are completely non-enticing.  On the flip side, Apple show you exactly what you can do with your phone in the real world.  That's where their ads really shine.  The big difference between Google and Apple is that Google tells you of their features while Apple shows you what you can do with them.  

Lighten up, Francis.  It's an in joke and not meant for broadcast -- go about 15 seconds in to see Josh and Nilay clones checking out the iPhone specs.  Unless you actually are a skinny jeans wearing hipster barista iPhone owner, it's not actually insulting you.  I'm assuming Sam got a kick out of it.

Also, it's really Motorola that has the horrible pseudo-Michael Bay ads pumped full of testosterone and rage. HTC and Samsung go for more generic stuff.  Then again, no one remembers those ads, so maybe Moto is on to something.