Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

[MSUgEEk]

Maybe Moto is going to skip 4.3 and go straight to 4.4... *hoping*

 

[halon]

For a movie made in 1979, Alien looks really good on Blu-ray.

 

[BabyBlues]

I've never seen it! shocker isn't it?

 

[halon]

I've never seen it! shocker isn't it?

Not surprised at all

That's okay. Some people like movies and some people REALLY like movies. I watch a lot.

 

[Stigy]

It's hereeeeeeee!

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_black_16gb

Android 4.4 KitKat: Google's simpler, integrated operating system designed for every phone | The Verge

Android 4.4 KitKat comes with smarter, more connected phone dialer | The Verge

 

[Steven58]

I tend to fan for the Yankees. Everyone knows that. However... considering everything Boston went through, this past Spring, the World Series win is a boon not only to Boston but to the entire nation.

#BostonStrong #Redsox

 

[BabyBlues]

I tend to not even realize there is a baseball season unless it interrupts something I'm watching.

 

[halon]

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/31/android-4-4-kitkat-google/

No mention of Wallet.


So mad at Verizon right now. I'm trolling them on Twitter the rest of the day.

 

[DarthSilentBob]

I really want the Nexus 5, but between the recent move and new video game consoles very soon, I'm going to have to wait a little bit.

 

[MSUgEEk]

Man, weak sauce on the battery. 2300mah

 

[halon]

I really want the Nexus 5, but between the recent move and new video game consoles very soon, I'm going to have to wait a little bit.

15 days left till I get my PS4

 

[Stigy]

Android 4.4 KitKat Targets Google’s Next Billion Users, Adds Pervasive Search & Improves Google Now | TechCrunch

No mention of Wallet.


So mad at Verizon right now. I'm trolling them on Twitter the rest of the day.

But check this out: Android KitKat | Android Developers

Android 4.4 introduces new platform support for secure NFC-based transactions through Host Card Emulation (HCE), for payments, loyalty programs, card access, transit passes, and other custom services. With HCE, any app on an Android device can emulate an NFC smart card, letting users tap to initiate transactions with an app of their choice — no provisioned secure element (SE) in the device is needed. Apps can also use a new Reader Mode to act as readers for HCE cards and other NFC-based transactions.

...

Android HCE requires an NFC controller to be present in the device. Support for HCE is already widely available on most NFC controllers, which offer dynamic support for both HCE and SE transactions. Android 4.4 devices that support NFC will include Tap & Pay for easy payments using HCE.

 

[EarlyMon]

I'll use Hangouts for SMS when pigs fly.

Android 4.4 KitKat comes with smarter, more connected phone dialer | The Verge

"We've made the dialer more intelligent, more manageable."

Translation - they've found a way for the dialer to eat data like there's no tomorrow.

Google Maps with caller id.

Because I don't just need to know that Mom's on the phone, I need to locate her on a Map.

Bite me Google.

 

[Stigy]

I'll use Hangouts for SMS when pigs fly.

Why - not a fan of Hangouts?

Translation - they've found a way for the dialer to eat data like there's no tomorrow.

Google Maps with caller id.

Because I don't just need to know that Mom's on the phone, I need to locate her on a Map.

Bite me Google.

I don't think its that.

I think its for numbers NOT in your phone. So for example if you get a number not in your address book calling you it goes out to Google Maps API and returns data about the number so you have information and know who's calling you.

I think its neat.

 

[MSUgEEk]

Why - not a fan of Hangouts?



I don't think its that.

I think its for numbers NOT in your phone. So for example if you get a number not in your address book calling you it goes out to Google Maps API and returns data about the number so you have information and know who's calling you.

I think its neat.

I agree Stig. Just performing a simple search on incoming calls for numbers not in your phone won't eat data. It's pretty neat in my opinion.

Also...why not use Hangouts?

 

[IHateMyTreo]

Love it when Early goes all "Lewis Black"

 

[Kaat72]

The EarlyMonster is growling and hissing.

 

[EarlyMon]

Also...why not use Hangouts?

Same reason that I always thought that iMessage was a bad idea on the iPhone.

Vendor lock in.

I'm able to chat with anyone via Jabber, including Gmail accounts - until they close that in favor of their private protocol, and they've said they'll do it.

I can SMS anyone from my Desktop using AIM and have for years.

They can put all the lipstick they want on that Google+/Hangouts pig.

They can put it in an evening gown and top it with a tiara for all I care.

It's still not going to make it Miss Universe.

Show of hands - how many here have gotten calls from known contacts and the name did not show anyway?

And now they're going to fix that?

With an external resource that magically won't really use a lot of data and won't require me to walk around with location services turned on, like everything else they do.

And they won't gather personal analytics anonymously (Lmao liars that's unpossible) to give me a better advertising experience whenever a store returns my personal phone call.

And I really need a data connection now for calls so they can tell me who it is if it's not in my contacts.

When they already fail half the time when it's in my contacts.

The next sound I want to hear from my dialer is nom nom nom nom nom nom while they bite me some more.

 

[MSUgEEk]

Man...someone (Early) really doesn't like data usage and location services, lol.

I know what all they do with that suff and don't mind. It makes using my phone better which makes my life easier. I've never had a known caller not show up on my phone...not sure whats up there.

 

[EarlyMon]

Man...someone (Early) really doesn't like data usage and location services, lol.

I know what all they do with that suff and don't mind. It makes using my phone better which makes my life easier. I've never had a known caller not show up on my phone...not sure whats up there.

It's one of our never ending complaints in support threads here, spanning versions, phones and carriers.

Thought it was fiction until it hit me too.

It's not the anonymous data gathering - it's the battery power I lose with location services on.

It's dramatic for me.

And while this is once again the new slim build to support every phone - seriously - using the Maps API every time you get a call?

Because they're not going to decide ahead of time to call it or not - they're going to decide whether to display it or not after they call it. That's how they've rolled before.

Apple got people into their walled garden by planting really pretty flowers.

With thorns.

Disclaimer - I turn off anything I don't like.

If I can't, I root and do it anyway.

 

[matt999000]

alright galaxy nexus family. no 4.4 for us. no nexus 5 if u r on vz. so what phone are you getting ? any good prospects in the future ?

 

[EarlyMon]

Sprint GNex 4.3 update rolling out today.

 

[AntimonyER]

Yeah i guess I'm kind of shocked at that news. All the reviews say 4.4 is designed to allow the lower spec phones to get it, and yet they aren't going to update the GNex? Huh?

 

[Rxpert83]

Yeah i guess I'm kind of shocked at that news. All the reviews say 4.4 is designed to allow the lower spec phones to get it, and yet they aren't going to update the GNex? Huh?

I really don't know where all the reviews are pulling that from.

They claim its part of the 3.8 kernel, but all the leaks have shown 3.4 still

 

[HanSolo]

I’m sure 4.4 will be flashable on rooted Nexus’s soon, no? I remember that I never actually received an OTA on my Nexusaurus, yet always had the latest software via the devs.

On another note, is anyone else picking up an iPad Air tomorrow? I’m actually getting pretty excited over it.

I just don’t know how much I want to be screwed by Crapple; either the 32GB or the 64GB, at $100 per upgrade.

Frakking extortionists.