The Android Invasion!

[gvox]

Originally Posted by trojanchick99

Pulled the trigger on the Rezound tonight via Amazon Wireless. It was $150 with no sales tax and free shipping. After I trade in my INC, it will cost be $100. Sweet.

Phone should arrive Friday.

I am so excited for a 4G phone. Hopefully my Mom has 4G coverage at her house, since I will be there for Christmas.

Is that price only if you sign up to their plan?

[trojanchick99]

Originally Posted by gvox

Is that price only if you sign up to their plan?

Yeah, that's the 2 year contract pricing. I'm not planning on changing, so I'm cool with that. The retail on the phone is like $650, which is what I'd be taxed on if I bought in store.

[deep]

the specs on that phone look very good
almost the same as the Samsung Skyrocket I just bought

8 mp camera, 16 gb drive, plus micro sd card, > Staples has 32 gb Sandisk on sale for $39, btw.
a 4.3 screen vs my 4.5, bout the same, beats the hell out of 3.5 iPhone.

[deep]

remember the 10 cent app sale??

well, Android Market has a new sale for music, mp3s

MILLIONS OF MP3S ON SALE

We're proud to offer you over half a million albums for $4.99
and over ten million tracks for 49¢.

[mikal]

so i just got a really cheap android tablet (Dropad A8). rooted it and flashed it with custom firmware, and it's phenominal. glad i didn't spend $500.

[solemole]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXx6a...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F92Cv...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXB9k...layer_embedded

[Justin24]

sweet jesus lol

[Justin24]

Galaxy Nexus coming to Sprint!!! 16gb storage vs verizon's 32gb.

[CES 2012] Sprint Officially Announces Its First 4G LTE Devices - The Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper

[deep]

so another Samsung without an sd card slot
how very Apple of them

[Justin24]

you have the Skyrocket don't you Deep? Your phone has an SD card slot.

[deep]

yes, It came with the 16gb flash drive, I got it from ATT for $159
I got a 32gb card at Staples fir $39
so I got 48gb for $198

This is my first Android, the gingerbread os is fine, and I don't know what all the ATT bloatware is that I am suppose to have.
the OS works great, can't imagine how much better ICS could be

[Justin24]

The fact that Ice Cream Sandwhich brings improvement and OS enhancements. Ask Headache.

by the way look at this Transformer Prime Tablet!!!

NVIDIA announces 7-inch Transformer Prime - Tegra 3 and Ice Cream Sandwich for $249 | Android Central

[mobvok]

My phone contract is expiring soon, and there's a lot of Android Sexiness out there with 4G and 4+ inch screens. But a big sticking point keeping the Iphone an option is that I have a Mac desktop and want to use the smartphone to replace my old 16GB ipod, as well. Anyone who made the transfer to Android phones from iOS have any specific thoughts on the transition? I've been perfectly satisfied running itunes and working in a Mac OS environment, so reading that apps are necessary to sync playcounts and the such sounds like it's throwing painful obstacles in the way. And I'm planning to load longer videos from the home desktop rather than do a lot of Netflix-type streaming, so having the iOS integration seems like a plus.

But I'm open. The Galaxy Nexus looks reaaaaaaaaaal fine.

[Justin24]

integrating and migrating contacts isn't to difficult to do. Google music allows you stream all your itunes music on your phone, and there is a really good video app called MX Video player that plays pretty much any video file. https://market.android.com/details?i...GF5ZXIucHJvIl0.

[Globo14]

For those of you who have ICS (Headache), is it too amazingly different than Gingerbread? I've seen plenty of videos, but I've only personally checked out the Galaxy Nexus for about 30 seconds.

The reason I ask is becaulse all but one of the devices announced at CES are still running Gingerbread. I guess another way of putting it is should it be called Android 2.4 instead of 4.0?

[deep]

Apple co-founder says iPhone is best for simpletons.


Does Steve Wozniak really prefer Android to the iPhone? - latimes.com

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by Globo14

For those of you who have ICS (Headache), is it too amazingly different than Gingerbread? I've seen plenty of videos, but I've only personally checked out the Galaxy Nexus for about 30 seconds.

The reason I ask is becaulse all but one of the devices announced at CES are still running Gingerbread. I guess another way of putting it is should it be called Android 2.4 instead of 4.0?

yes, it is.

it's so much smoother and more responsive than gingerbread. i haven't even given a thought to installing a custom ROM to the phone because i love ice cream sandwich so much.

google took (almost) all of the great things that the developer community had come up with and incorporated them into 4.0. it's really a fantastic product.

[ntalwar]

I've had the Nexus for a couple days now (still learning it). It seems like a solid, elegant, well engineered product.

I'll have to figure out how to turn of the notification light (especially overnight), and get rid of a spam app.

[Canadiens1131]

GREAT parody of a Samsung Galaxy Tab ad, though it applies to all tablets (NSFW - language)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iN_4NAbmuY

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Originally Posted by ntalwar

I've had the Nexus for a couple days now (still learning it). It seems like a solid, elegant, well engineered product.

I'll have to figure out how to turn of the notification light (especially overnight), and get rid of a spam app.

the notification light doesn't really bother me... but there are apps out there that you can get to adjust it if you don't like the default settings.

one trick i figured out by accident for use at night... if you turn the stock clock app on and use it for your alarm clock... swipe up and down a few times on the screen, and the screen goes black, with just the time showing in a blue font.