Android 4 you sexy beast!

Well it's definitely a step in the right direction. I wouldn't go quite so far as to call it sexy. IMO the only really great looking and fully designed mobile OS is still WP7. Roboto is a nice looking font for sure, I've installed it on my phone and it's well spaced and thought out. It's still the same horrible grid of icons though; haven't we moved beyond that yet?
 
cerebus said:
Well it's definitely a step in the right direction. I wouldn't go quite so far as to call it sexy. IMO the only really great looking and fully designed mobile OS is still WP7. Roboto is a nice looking font for sure, I've installed it on my phone and it's well spaced and thought out. It's still the same horrible grid of icons though; haven't we moved beyond that yet?
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Are you talking about this:
Of course, if you want you can still use the older-style Android all applications interface to get to all your applications in alphabetical order. This will still be handy for those days you need that Navigation program you only use when you’re driving out of town.
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... or something else?
 
I agree 100%. Honeycomb was messed up but IMHO ICS is sooo sexy. They finally fixed the groups on the homepage. Roboto is also
really thought out. 4.0 will keep my phone happy!
 
adrianx said:
Are you talking about this:


... or something else?
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^^that.

Well it does look nice, on the whole much nicer than previous iterations. I just think it's still got a bit of a hill to climb before it can be considered sexy :s
 
Those pics can be found on gsmarena.com. It's the same pics they posted in their review of ICS, when it was just announced.
 
I am absolutely stumped at the moment - due for an upgrade soon... My two favourite choices are either the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the Samsung Nexus S. The Nexus S is a definitely want - ICS looks amazing, but the feel of the Galaxy S2 just rocks my world.
 
PhyRe said:
I am absolutely stumped at the moment - due for an upgrade soon... My two favourite choices are either the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the Samsung Nexus S. The Nexus S is a definitely want - ICS looks amazing, but the feel of the Galaxy S2 just rocks my world.
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Sounds like an easy choice, the S2 is miles ahead in terms of hardware specs and it'll get ICS sooner rather than later. Unless you confused the Nexus S with Nexus Prime, then its a different issue
 
The MTN deal for R100pm which includes a Huawei S7 slim, 100 minutes airtime and 25 free sms is a good deal. I find the S7 very nice to work on in place of a phone or a laptop.
 
I'll reserve my view / comment for later; was really hopeful with Honeycomb, but to be frank on my Tab 10.1 they stuffed it up :mad: (far too unstable).

4.0 looks really good though...

Here's hoping that Samsung is not slow to get this ported to the tab. Must say the delay in being able to enjoy the latest release really irritates me :( I really wish Google would find a way to get all the major hardware vendors to agree to prep their portions of a new release in parallel to ensure that the product can be released to all devices simultaneously.
 
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Well this makes totally sense but i kind of remember it being talked about...somewhere...

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has been the talk of Android town, and rightfully so: it looks like the most promising version yet. But considering it doesn't require any physical buttons, how will your phone work once it's upgraded?

Seeing as how every single Android phone that has come out to date has had physical buttons this is a question a lot of people are asking. After all, the Galaxy Nexus (which is the first phone built specifically for Android 4.0) has no buttons, and it looks good. Can you still use your buttons, or will they just sit there, dark and useless, like dead toes on a frostbitten foot?

Well, I did some digging and got the official word from a Google spokesperson:

ICS does have onscreen buttons but not always. If there's a device with hardware buttons the onscreen buttons won't be there, and the hardware buttons will act and function as you'd expect them to.... back and home will function as you'd expect, the search button will query the search bar (as you'd expect), and the menu button will query the menu overflow in the action bar.

Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I mean, as long as you've got buttons you might as well use 'em, right? Which phones are going to get it is another question. I did some prying to see if there were any hardware requirements and I was told that while nothing is set in stone, it's not going to work on some "legacy devices (like the G1)." We'd assumed as much, but as for which newer devices will get it, only time (and manufacturers) will tell.
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http://gizmodo.com/5853298/will-your-android-phones-buttons-still-work-with-ice-cream-sandwich
 
wonder if vodacom wouldve been able to answer this at yesterdays MYBB Conference :headbang:
 
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