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Okay well I tried my hardest to see if there was a thread made for Android dedicated discussions, so sorry if there already is one. :P

DISCUSS!

19/10/2011

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capt_oats

Motorola Droid RAZR announced:

• Dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 CPU
• 1GB of RAM.
• At 7.1mm, it's the thinnest smartphone on the planet.
• It has a 5MP camera on the rear capable of 1080p video capture, plus a 1.3MP camera on the front.
• Motorola claims an amazing 12.5 hours of talk time with the Droid RAZR, thanks to a 1800mAh battery, plus software that allows you to pre-program various triggers (known as SmartActions) to cause the device to turn off radios, reduce screen brightness, etc.
• The device also includes 16GB of on-board storage, but can be expanded with a microSD card.
• While the Droid RAZR is upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), it ships with 2.3.5.

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19/10/2011

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capt_oats

Galaxy Nexus Revealed:

• A 4.65" 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED display with a 100,000:1 contrast ratio and 16:9 aspect ratio (that's 326ppi vs. 326ppi on the iPhone 4/4S)
• A 1.2" GHz dual-core CPU with 1GB of RAM
• LTE or HSPA+ connectivity
• A contour display (like the Nexus S) with an ultra-thin bezel
• Barometer for weather features
• NFC support
• WiFi b/g/n
• 1750mAh battery
• Hyperskin anti-slip coating
• Hidden notification LED
• 5MP camera with 1080p video capture (with continuous focus, zoom while recording, time lapse, and video snapshots), 1.3MP front-facing camera
• Zero shutter lag

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19/10/2011

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capt_oats

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) features:

pocketnow.com/...

There's too much to post here. :P

19/10/2011

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tommo47

The new Galaxy Nexus looks absolutely off tap [Derp] Any ideas on a release date?

19/10/2011

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abuu91

I was watching the stream on youtube live. They're looking at November for release based on what I heard in the video.

19/10/2011

Kiama, NSW

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tommo47

abuu91 said: I was watching the stream on youtube live. They're looking at November for release based on what I heard in the video.

Thanks mate, appreciate it lots :)

19/10/2011

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capt_oats

abuu91 said: I was watching the stream on youtube live. They're looking at November for release based on what I heard in the video.

Yea apparently early November release.

Is there any word on when they're going to release ICS on the Nexus S? :O

19/10/2011

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stublu

A worthy upgrade from my iphone 4? ^_^

19/10/2011

Perth

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zachG

Hopefully ICS gets released for the Galaxy S officially. Looks good!

19/10/2011

Melbourne, Victoria

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Ledski

From what I understand the Android Beam is just like the Bump app, right?
The other new features seem pretty awesome, I always wanted data usage built-in and a faster browser will be a nice change from the current laggy one on my phone. :'@

19/10/2011

Geelong, Victoria

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Froggy

ice cream sandwich is the best name for an os [MOG]

19/10/2011

Isla Nublar

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capt_oats

Is there a video on YouTube of the event? I missed it live and a really want to see the Galaxy Nexus showing off the all the features. :O

Also pretty bummed they didn't call it the Nexus Prime. [MOG]

19/10/2011

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abujaffer

capt_oats said: Is there a video on YouTube of the event? I missed it live and a really want to see the Galaxy Nexus showing off the all the features.
Also pretty bummed they didn't call it the Nexus Prime.

YouTube.com/Android.
They only have 2 videos up, one is a commercial for the Nexus and the other is their conference. 57 minutes and some number of seconds that does not exceed 60. (*)

Anyways, there should be an Android channel. Or a mobile channel with Android/iOS/Blackberry/Windows/MeeGo/Some other OS I can't recall. Then the PC and Mac channels can merge. So we'd have PC and Mobile. Nice huh?

Really excited for the Galaxy Nexus, but rumors are saying it costs $800. Wow. I can't pay that much for a phone. iPhone 4S? :S

20/10/2011

3D world... where everything, even flat stuff, are in 3D.

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AgentA50

The galaxy nexus seems like a very worthy update from my hd2, can't wait till November!

20/10/2011

Melbourne, Victoria

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Pact

I just hope its around the $550 to $700 price range, hopefully.

20/10/2011

The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands, To fight the horde, sing and cry: Valhalla, I am coming!

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capt_oats

Question: what's a barometer? [MOG]

Because that's what the GN has.

20/10/2011

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Guyver

Good thread *nods*

Ice cream sandwich looks good, curious to see how accurate facial recognition unlocker is.

20/10/2011

I'm a level 5 Laser Lotus

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Doles

capt_oats said: Question: what's a barometer?
Because that's what the GN has.

A pressure gauge, mainly to measure weather.

I'm looking forward to ICS, and running it on my phone. Are the upgrades generally easy? Can any monkey do it?

20/10/2011

Western Australia | /dev/null is already 98% full

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abuu91

abujaffer said:
capt_oats said: Is there a video on YouTube of the event? I missed it live and a really want to see the Galaxy Nexus showing off the all the features.
Also pretty bummed they didn't call it the Nexus Prime.

YouTube.com/Android.
They only have 2 videos up, one is a commercial for the Nexus and the other is their conference. 57 minutes and some number of seconds that does not exceed 60.
Anyways, there should be an Android channel. Or a mobile channel with Android/iOS/Blackberry/Windows/MeeGo/Some other OS I can't recall. Then the PC and Mac channels can merge. So we'd have PC and Mobile. Nice huh?
Really excited for the Galaxy Nexus, but rumors are saying it costs $800. Wow. I can't pay that much for a phone. iPhone 4S?

Implying the Mac channel isn't strictly just talk about iOS devices anyway.

Doles said:
capt_oats said: Question: what's a barometer?
Because that's what the GN has.

A pressure gauge, mainly to measure weather.
I'm looking forward to ICS, and running it on my phone. Are the upgrades generally easy? Can any monkey do it?

This seems to vary from phone to phone. Doing updates outside of the scope of what the manufacturer supports often requires a fair bit of dabbling around in community guides and software to get the job done. Unsurprising, the community methods sometimes work better and pretty much always flash a better rom.

20/10/2011

Kiama, NSW

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Guyver

Doles said:
capt_oats said: Question: what's a barometer?
Because that's what the GN has.

A pressure gauge, mainly to measure weather.
I'm looking forward to ICS, and running it on my phone. Are the upgrades generally easy? Can any monkey do it?

I'm hoping it's just a plug it in and click update kind of effort.

20/10/2011

I'm a level 5 Laser Lotus

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Doyl

Guyver it will be if you are willing to wait for the official update.
Sumsung took more than half a year to get the Froyo update for the original galaxy s.

20/10/2011

Perth - pew pew

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Heller

Yeah that's why I always go with the "official" Google device so I get the updates first. Samsung/HTC and other vendors always take so long because they get the standard update, and then work their UI's into it. SENSEUI is crap imo, so I always stick with Vanilla.

Official updates are sent over-the-air and are a simple download, reboot and you're done. Takes roughly 10 minutes at most. Those who want to get vanilla on their non-official Google device will need to root their phone and install the ROM. I can help you with that if need be, I did it on my Nexus One to install Gingerbread months before the Nexus One release and I'll probably do the same with my Nexus S for ICS!

20/10/2011

Melbourne, Victoria

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capt_oats

I've been trying to emulate the Ice Cream Sandwich software on my computer using the SDK but I can't manage to get it working properly. :(
edit:
Never mind, managed to get it to work. ^_^
Editing this post now using the browser from ICS! [MOG]
And pricing info has been revealed from a UK retailer for the RAZR and the Galaxy Nexus:

pocketnow.com/...

20/10/2011

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Heller

Oh nice capt_oats how is it? Is she looking sexy? I'm really keen to hear about the Google + integration.

20/10/2011

Melbourne, Victoria