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

[jamor]

I don't think we will be together for long though..

We are thinking about splitting the sections into GSM and CDMA.

Some don't think the same hardware should share the same forum.. (GSM is different hardware than CDMA obviously).

If ROMs aren't compatible with both you don't want them in the same section.

No one knows if they're compatible though because we haven't seen the Verizon device yet. chances are they will not be compatible. There will to be some subtle differences at least. Verizon people might come and flash something from the GSM thread and end up bricking their phone - that's worst case.

 

[AntimonyER]

2000 posts to go folks.

 

[eddieruko]

I want the Nexus' browser to have adblock installed. The only two reasons I use firefox instead of Chrome as my primary browser (on PC) anymore are adblock and firebug.

if you're rooted, adfree works great too. not just in apps but browsers too.

 

[Highwayman]

You may want to go hide after agreeing with Apple. I'll try to distract them for you.

Oh... My... Aiding and Abetting now.... Yesterday drinking too much now this....

The toll this phone has taken on all of us....

 

[jbmoore972]

I don't think we will be together for long though..

We are thinking about splitting the sections into GSM and CDMA.

Some don't think the same hardware should share the same forum.. (GSM is different hardware than CDMA obviously).

If ROMs aren't compatible with both you don't want them in the same section.

No one knows if they're compatible though because we haven't seen the Verizon device yet. chances are they will not be compatible. There will to be some subtle differences at least. Verizon people might come and flash something from the GSM thread and end up bricking their phone - that's worst case.

Agreed. There are often significant differences that will not work together. The ROMS will likely be different.

 

[AndroidsOfTara]

That's what I can't stand. I really liked having a Macbook for the reason that you could disable all flash ads on a website.

You can block all flash content on any Linux, Mac or Windows computer with Firefox or Google Chrome and the Flashblock extension. Flash content won't play until you click on it.

 

[IndecisiveElle]

Well Im guessing.there was no major news yesterday because I didn't get a pm from BB... Which is fine because set was crazy enough. Nice to be totally distracted for a day but now Im completely exhausted!

Any good discussion points in the last 24 at least?

 

[Martimus]

Nah, I think Jobs was right, too. Flash is a huge battery hog.

In my opinion, for what that's worth, Jobs was partially correct!

Jobs big thing was that Flash was a monster and we all needed to stop feeding that monster and convert to HTML5 right now. Converting the entire Internet to HTML5 would have been a nightmare of epic proportions. It would likely have cost trillions of dollars to accomplish and would have taken years to fully implement.

While I don't think anyone really disagreed that HTML5 has the potential to be a better graphics medium than Flash, the HTML5 standard is still under development. There is no official standard in place yet and, as such, browser manufacturers don't have a consistent set of standards to implement. And as we saw a few years ago with draft Wireless-N development, not having defined standards means that manufacturers will make assumptions and implement things that may or may not be compatible with the final standard. And this usually turns into compatibility issues for the end user!

 

[jbmoore972]

Well Im guessing.there was no major news yesterday because I didn't get a pm from BB... Which is fine because set was crazy enough. Nice to be totally distracted for a day but now Im completely exhausted!

Any good discussion points in the last 24 at least?

I am not seeing much from the last 24 hrs. Everyone is in wait mode. ugh

 

[scottg96]

Hey guys, I just woke up and I have a question.
One feature I've longed for in Android is the ability to control multiple volumes in one panel easily. From what I've seen it looks like you have the ability to bring up the volume control and then slide the value on the screen, but from what I've seen doing so only brings up the ringer volume. It would be really great if they could have it bring up both that and media volume as well, because frequently I want to change the media volume (in case something goes off in school) and currently I have to open a media app and then change it instead of just being able to change it on the fly.
tl;dr are all volume controls able to be changed with the volume popup triggered by the rocker?

 

[HanSolo]

I am not seeing much from the last 24 hrs. Everyone is in wait mode. ugh

 

[zx10droid]

I just hope there is a dev out there who gives us a way to control ringer volume without having to unlock the phone first, one of the little things that would make a big difference to me

 

[iiXioM]

Hey guys, I just woke up and I have a question.
One feature I've longed for in Android is the ability to control multiple volumes in one panel easily. From what I've seen it looks like you have the ability to bring up the volume control and then slide the value on the screen, but from what I've seen doing so only brings up the ringer volume. It would be really great if they could have it bring up both that and media volume as well, because frequently I want to change the media volume (in case something goes off in school) and currently I have to open a media app and then change it instead of just being able to change it on the fly.
tl;dr are all volume controls able to be changed with the volume popup triggered by the rocker?

in honeycomb theres a button you can press on the screen when you hit one of the rocker buttons that allows you to change notifications, alarm, and media/music.

 

[jbmoore972]

Good one Han. That's me...dog and all

 

[mongstradamus]

Morning Sexy Nexies, thinking about going the "Import" route. Has anyone ever used exansys-usa.com. They say they have it in stock, and the price is pretty spendy, but Verizon launching a month after has left a bad taste in my mouth. If I buy it T-Mobile, I can make up the cost in the cost of the service plan.

Other than Verizon's network being better, what's a good reason not to do this?

My only issue would be the price obviously quite steep. For me personally I don't like spending over 600 dollars On an phone

 

[garbageduck]

in honeycomb theres a button you can press on the screen when you hit one of the rocker buttons that allows you to change notifications, alarm, and media/music.

i was just looking for a proper screenshot of this, but i would've been ninja'd by you anyways, hehe

 

[pjsockett]

Hey guys, I just woke up and I have a question.
One feature I've longed for in Android is the ability to control multiple volumes in one panel easily. From what I've seen it looks like you have the ability to bring up the volume control and then slide the value on the screen, but from what I've seen doing so only brings up the ringer volume. It would be really great if they could have it bring up both that and media volume as well, because frequently I want to change the media volume (in case something goes off in school) and currently I have to open a media app and then change it instead of just being able to change it on the fly.
tl;dr are all volume controls able to be changed with the volume popup triggered by the rocker?

There are a bunch of apps that control different volumes independently on one screen. If you use it often just place one on your home screen for quick access since they can't map to volume key, akaik. I have used Volume Control and it works well

 

[EarlyMon]

they really did ruin 4G branding didn't they? we have 4g first*! (*4g is our 3g network with a lil boost)

i go out of my way to say LTE when I talk about what should have been called 4G because of that.

e.g. my xoom got upgraded to LTE, hehe

The first 4G phone in the US was the HTC Evo 4G, June 2010, on Sprint.

Soon everyone was up in arms about what 4G is - and that's the ITU's fault because the 4G spec became a moving target that went on and on for quite some time.

In October 2010, the ITU declared that only WiMAX 2 and LTE Advanced qualified as 4G, and no one had built for that.

ITU lays down law: WiMAX 2, LTE-Advanced are 4G, everyone else is a buster -- Engadget

By December 2010, everyone in the industry was in a tizzy over the US definition of 4G claiming US marketing was usurping a standards name for their own purpose. Unperturbed, the US carriers countered that were marketing under the expectation of a previous draft spec. Upon consideration, the ITU issued a statement that the US carriers claims of 4G service were valid, despite not being able to reach 4G speeds.

ITU redefines 4G to include LTE, WiMAX and HSPA+

True 4G is pegged at 1 Gbps peak and 100 Mbps sustained.

Because none of our technologies get near that, I don't get too worried about carrier 4G differences beyond three things right now - 1) is it available where I live and travel? 2) is it fast enough for me? 3) what's the battery drain to get to it?

Then again, I'm easy to please. With typical 3G performance rivaling my DSL speeds from 5 years ago (1.2 Mbps down/700 kbps up), I don't complain much about speed anyway.

Yet.

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By the way, I can now report that my 3G speeds have doubled on Sprint, using the Speedtest app.

It completely disagrees with Open Signal Maps and Speakeasy - Speed Test (both of which agree with each other) and is ridiculous in claiming that I now have service that is easily double that of my actual local tower rate.

I'd urge a cross-check with Speakeasy or http://speedtest.net against your Speedtest app before trusting results.

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My point? I don't have one. I wrote all that as an informative excuse to say -

Gooooooood morning, Nexathanksians!

 

[hgray]

If this were IRC, I would be requesting Nexus trivia right now.

 

[zbod]

Is there any benchmark scores comparing the nexus against the other high end smart phones? I see you have the browsermark benchmark on the first page but that just measures the performance of the browser right? not the phone? Is there something showing this is the fastest smartphone other then the browser performance?

 

[BabyBlues]

I don't think we will be together for long though..

We are thinking about splitting the sections into GSM and CDMA.

Some don't think the same hardware should share the same forum.. (GSM is different hardware than CDMA obviously).

If ROMs aren't compatible with both you don't want them in the same section.

No one knows if they're compatible though because we haven't seen the Verizon device yet. chances are they will not be compatible. There will to be some subtle differences at least. Verizon people might come and flash something from the GSM thread and end up bricking their phone - that's worst case.

We wll cross paths here and there.

Well Im guessing.there was no major news yesterday because I didn't get a pm from BB... Which is fine because set was crazy enough. Nice to be totally distracted for a day but now Im completely exhausted!

Any good discussion points in the last 24 at least?

Nothing more than rehashing some things and general bs.

Hey guys, I just woke up and I have a question.
One feature I've longed for in Android is the ability to control multiple volumes in one panel easily. From what I've seen it looks like you have the ability to bring up the volume control and then slide the value on the screen, but from what I've seen doing so only brings up the ringer volume. It would be really great if they could have it bring up both that and media volume as well, because frequently I want to change the media volume (in case something goes off in school) and currently I have to open a media app and then change it instead of just being able to change it on the fly.
tl;dr are all volume controls able to be changed with the volume popup triggered by the rocker?

Try volume control +. I'm on the app so i don't have the market link for you but it has a panel you can change different volumes.

I was ninja'd

 

[Stigy]

Hey guys, I just woke up and I have a question.
One feature I've longed for in Android is the ability to control multiple volumes in one panel easily. From what I've seen it looks like you have the ability to bring up the volume control and then slide the value on the screen, but from what I've seen doing so only brings up the ringer volume. It would be really great if they could have it bring up both that and media volume as well, because frequently I want to change the media volume (in case something goes off in school) and currently I have to open a media app and then change it instead of just being able to change it on the fly.
tl;dr are all volume controls able to be changed with the volume popup triggered by the rocker?

There's an app for that.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.audiowidget

 

[HanSolo]

Off topic (for fellow Chicagoans):

Spoiler

Isn't it ironic that the Bears might be getting Orton back? And if so, that he might play at Denver in a couple of weeks?

On topic:

How bout that Nexus, eh?

 

[Reborn58]

I don't think Orton will play unless Caleb is awful...

And man that nexus is shiny... can't wait to get one and troll everyone who doesn't have it

 

[mongstradamus]

Samsung Galaxy S III with quad-core processor to land in early 2012? | Technology Bloom News

Looks like a possible Galaxy s3 quad core is due out in early 2012. If GN isn't out by dec 1st, then I might just wait a month or 2 for this.

If you are planning on importing sounds like an good plan. I am pretty sure it won't be landing on us carriers till summer at the earliest