***Official Galaxy Nexus Pre-Release speculation thread**

[pcriz]

Lol I am beyond angry at myself for believing the hype with mw3. Game is so broken atm. mw game has gotten progressively worse

What's broken about it?

 

[IgnatiusXIX]

Of course it's a ludicrous statement. I'm known for those.

And sorry, once the Windsock spewed his garbage about problems with Samsung resulting in Verizon not carrying the Nexus, and then Verizon announcing it the very next day, that was it.

He revealed himself as an idiot that just throws stabs in the dark and once in a while he gets lucky. He's good as a dev; he should stick to that and let the real insiders deal with dates.

His tweets in the 48 hours before Verizon announced:


He's a douche and an attention whore.

Again, sorry- I don't see anything there where he said "its not coming to VZW" all looks like speculation to me.

You can not like the way he presents himself. Hell, I think he comes off as a jerk needlessly at times, but I have never seen him report anything as fact. And in some of those tweets where he appears like he's making a fact I can clearly hear a mocking tone when I read it- So I discount it. I don't read it as fact. Just like everyone else who's been releasing info.

"Now for all of you telling me: But they have a trailer, and a video..Until its announced by VZW, that all means squat. Phones get cancelled"

Yeah, they do. And the point he made was one I agree with- until VZW makes this public, you cannot rule out any endgame from them.

We can agree to disagree on the P3 issue. He's a jerk sure, but he's been no more/less accurate than any other source in my eyes.

edit: PLUS hes NOT the source. Its coming to him second hand. The reader need to know that and consider it when they make the decision to believe whats coming out of his mouth. Those that flocked and believed him from the get go only have themselves to blame for their frustration on the matter.

 

[burntorangefan]

Is everyone planning on visiting Verizon's website at 12:00:00 to see if it's there?

Nope. Couldn't think of a bigger waste of my time if I tried.

 

[Gandalf7]

I keep seeing comments about the GPS in Samsung phones, typically focusing on the Galaxy S. I have tended to discount them based on the explanation on an article on The Verge here about the Google-Skyhook Wireless matter. As I understand the article, Google forced Motorola and Samsung to stop using Skyhook's XPS positioning service. In a section of the page headed Google deals with Samsung, the article states:

The Galaxy S line shipped in the US in July, presumably with updated and Google-approved software, and was immediately beset by GPS-related issues. Chris Ziegler identified two separate issues at the time: first, WiFi positioning was turned off by default, allegedly at Google's insistence, and second, the straight-up GPS system in the phone was working improperly. It's hard not to see these problems as a direct result of Samsung taking XPS out of the software at the last minute -- particularly the disabled WiFi positioning.

Based on the article and the sentence that I bolded, I have figured that the Galaxy S GPS problem was simply an artifact of this late change forced by Google and thus that this particular problem would not say much about the future. However, the continued concern about the issue makes me wonder whether I misinterpreted the article (which, admittedly, I moved through rather quickly).

Is anyone else familiar with this article or situation? Does the article "ring right"? If so, do we have any other reason to suspect problems with GPS in current Samsung phones?

 

[The Xero]

Didn't Philip Rivers play with a torn up knee in the playoffs his 2nd year. If Cutler's nemesis can do it....

Aw being a charger fan is great just for this moment.

 

[krohnjw]

I keep seeing comments about the GPS in Samsung phones, typically focusing on the Galaxy S. I have tended to discount them based on the explanation on an article on The Verge here about the Google-Skyhook Wireless matter. As I understand the article, Google forced Motorola and Samsung to stop using Skyhook's XPS positioning service. In a section of the page headed Google deals with Samsung, the article states:

Based on the article and the sentence that I bolded, I have figured that the Galaxy S GPS problem was simply an artifact of this late change forced by Google and thus that this particular problem would not say much about the future. However, the continued concern about the issue makes me wonder whether I misinterpreted the article (which, admittedly, I moved through rather quickly).

Is anyone else familiar with this article or situation? Does the article "ring right"? If so, do we have any other reason to suspect problems with GPS in current Samsung phones?

To be fair the Nexus S devices that I've had (2x i9020t and 1x NS4G, also manufactured by Samsung) have suffered zero issues with GPS running AOSP based roms.

 

[scottg96]

What odds are greater? Getting struck my lightening or winning the lotto? I dont know so I'm just gunna go with lotto...

There is a better chance of someone winning the MegaMillions / Powerball then us seeing an announcement tomorrow.

(on a side note, I've been nearly struck by lightening. It hit the tree I was standing under.)

How can you be so sure we won't see something tomorrow? I'm waiting for Verizon to surprise me

 

[HanSolo]

Guys, I'm not going to discuss the Cutler issue or the Windsock-stupid-idiot-attention-whore-moron-loser-douche any more. I don't like going to bed angry.

This Jets/Eagles game is turning out to be good!

My sister says that she is going to ask around tomorrow at work to see if anything has changed, and will let me know during her lunch hour.

 

[huskerkate]

Well, to be fair I have seen guys with girls as their avatar before and tech sites are typically full of guys sooooooo..............

despite my username, i am a guy (my daughter's name is kate)...

but, we know that OTD is ALLLL woman!

 

[DPiddy]

Aw being a charger fan is great just for this moment.

I went to NC State. The Rivers years were amazing. He was an absolute stud. Had he gone to a school with a legit football team he probably would have won a NC. To be honest I hope Rivers gets fed up with Turner and Dan Snyder finds a way to lure him back to the East Coast. I need my skins to be relevant again.

 

[zx10droid]

Guys, I'm not going to discuss the Cutler issue or the Windsock-stupid-idiot-attention-whore-moron-loser-douche any more. I don't like going to bed angry.

This Jets/Eagles game is turning out to be good!

My sister says that she is going to ask around tomorrow at work to see if anything has changed, and will let me know during her lunch hour.

jets? what?

 

[Gandalf7]

To be fair the Nexus S devices that I've had (2x i9020t and 1x NS4G, also manufactured by Samsung) have suffered zero issues with GPS running AOSP based roms.

This would seem to suggest that the reported problems were software, not hardware, issues.

 

[th0r615]

How can you be so sure we won't see something tomorrow? I'm waiting for Verizon to surprise me

mens intuition lol I just don't see it happening. Hope I'm wrong though.

 

[MMcCraryNJ]

Again, sorry- I don't see anything there where he said "its not coming to VZW" all looks like speculation to me.

You can not like the way he presents himself. Hell, I think he comes off as a jerk needlessly at times, but I have never seen him report anything as fact. And in some of those tweets where he appears like he's making a fact I can clearly hear a mocking tone when I read it- So I discount it. I don't read it as fact. Just like everyone else who's been releasing info.

"Now for all of you telling me: But they have a trailer, and a video..Until its announced by VZW, that all means squat. Phones get cancelled"

Yeah, they do. And the point he made was one I agree with- until VZW makes this public, you cannot rule out any endgame from them.

We can agree to disagree on the P3 issue. He's a jerk sure, but he's been no more/less accurate than any other source in my eyes.

I don't want to start an argument and make the mods angry, especially since I am new here, but come on.

From now until the end of the year, every week, I can post on multiple boards, twitter, facebook, hell even myspace, friendster, and xanga....and say things like, "Hey guys, so my inside source tells me this..." and then in a few days say, "VZW doesnt know what its doing..." implying that things have changed, and then say, "guys shipments are incoming...". It's NOT difficult to troll and post false info. And especially when he says things once every 2-3 days that contradict everything else he's ever said, it's easy to pull a date of your ass and eventually be proven right.

Like Hans said, he should shut his mouth and stick to developing. I'm happy for him that he has buddies that can get him pre-release devices, I really am. He's honestly the dude in high school that would spread rumors about your girlfriend because his sister is friends with a girl who slept over her house one time. It's childish, petty, and helps no one out.

 

[rove75]

This Jets/Eagles game is turning out to be good!

Han, come one. Jets are the other NY team.

 

[ebe3692]

I installed this on my HTC Incredible, went to settings > language and keyboard, and selected Ice Cream Sandwhich Keyboard, and... nothing changes. Keyboard looks the same. Any suggestions?

try longpress in any text box.
hit "input method".
then should have a choice of keyboards

 

[krohnjw]

This would seem to suggest that the reported problems were software, not hardware, issues.

Given that most of the GPS issues on the Galaxy S series were resolved via OTA's from the carriers (from what I recall) I'd suspect the same.

 

[Ninja Monkey]

Guys, I'm not going to discuss the Cutler issue or the Windsock-stupid-idiot-attention-whore-moron-loser-douche any more. I don't like going to bed angry.

This Jets/Eagles game is turning out to be good!

My sister says that she is going to ask around tomorrow at work to see if anything has changed, and will let me know during her lunch hour.

You mean the Giants/Eagles game?

Han, I love Chicago. My wife has family there, I have family there. We go there 2-3 times a year. I just hate all of your sport teams.

 

[Old Member]

Guys, I'm not going to discuss the Cutler issue or the Windsock-stupid-idiot-attention-whore-moron-loser-douche any more. I don't like going to bed angry.

This Jets/Eagles game is turning out to be good!

My sister says that she is going to ask around tomorrow at work to see if anything has changed, and will let me know during her lunch hour.

I find it a tremendous double standard that we are told about zero tolerance for name calling, belligerent posts and yet we are allowed to call someone outside of the forum everything under the sun.

I say lighten up on the name calling. "Windsock","attention-whore", etc. have no place here. We get it you don't think he's reliable.

I don't follow P3Droid nor have I ever gone to his Twitter page. In fact, if it were not for the folks here talking about him I'd never know he exists. All I do know is this forum is not the place for name calling, allegedly. And how there has been no hand slapping for this behavior by this time is beyond me.

 

[BabyBlues]

Han, come one. Jets are the other NY team.

If you want to get technical they both play in NJ ......just sayin

 

[yorcadon]

try longpress in any text box.
hit "input method".
then should have a choice of keyboards

That did the trick. Thank you, good sir.

 

[nyg010]

Ah, yes- the Giants..please reference my username...

btw at the game now- just has to check in to see if I didnt miss anything

 

[rove75]

If you want to get technical they both play in NJ ......just sayin

That still pains me. No offense to anyone from NJ

 

[SolidOrange]

You mean the Giants/Eagles game?

Han, I love Chicago. My wife has family there, I have family there. We go there 2-3 times a year. I just hate all of your sport teams.

this seems to apply to a lot of people in here right now:

 

[orlando bull]

Eli is killing me tonight. I need some serious production here in the last few minutes, and he can't throw to Cruz... OK, I am going to lose my fantasy game, that's OK, I get my Nexus tomorrow right?