Here's the review - Galaxy Nexus with Ice Cream Sandwich: pictures, video, and hands-on | This is my next...
And some quotes which will NOT make you happy -
WTF Google - it STILL has lag ?!
"As to overall performance, we saw a good deal of stutter in the Galaxy Nexus before us. Taps were not always recognized and there were occasional delays in performing an instruction"
"it unfortunately remains the case that Android isn?t as swift and responsive as iOS or Windows Phone (or even MeeGo Harmattan on the N9). Or at least it wasn?t on the demo phone we got a look at. The subtle, pervasive lag that has characterized the Android UI since it inception is still there, which is not a heartening thing to hear when you?re talking about a super-powered dual-core device like the Galaxy Nexus"
Is it a task manager or isn't it??
"The Recent Apps link brings up a visual multitasking overview, which is very similar to the design in Honeycomb and shows a vertically scrollable list of the latest applications you?ve opened. They?re all represented by a screen grab of the last activity you had in each app and can be dismissed by being swiped out of the way. Importantly, that action doesn?t shut down the app, just removes it from the list, turning the Recent Apps into a sort of launcher rather an than actual task manager. The reason for this decision, Google tells us, is that the company believes it knows how to manage apps? resource usage and doesn?t want you to ever worry about ?killing? them. Brave words.
Update: Google misinformed us ? swiping away an app does more than just remove it from the list. It turns out it is killing some background processes, etc."
This is stupid - long presses are a highlight of Android. You can't swipe buttons or text but you can easily long press.
" Importantly, Google is saying that it?s moving away from the use of the long press in Ice Cream Sandwich, it?s all about swiping from here on out."
The worst part is Google claim ICS does have hw acceleration, and it still doesn't fix the lag. So gpu support is not the dream solution many have been hoping for for years! No wonder Google didn't say a word about this during the keynote.
And some quotes which will NOT make you happy -
WTF Google - it STILL has lag ?!
"As to overall performance, we saw a good deal of stutter in the Galaxy Nexus before us. Taps were not always recognized and there were occasional delays in performing an instruction"
"it unfortunately remains the case that Android isn?t as swift and responsive as iOS or Windows Phone (or even MeeGo Harmattan on the N9). Or at least it wasn?t on the demo phone we got a look at. The subtle, pervasive lag that has characterized the Android UI since it inception is still there, which is not a heartening thing to hear when you?re talking about a super-powered dual-core device like the Galaxy Nexus"
Is it a task manager or isn't it??
"The Recent Apps link brings up a visual multitasking overview, which is very similar to the design in Honeycomb and shows a vertically scrollable list of the latest applications you?ve opened. They?re all represented by a screen grab of the last activity you had in each app and can be dismissed by being swiped out of the way. Importantly, that action doesn?t shut down the app, just removes it from the list, turning the Recent Apps into a sort of launcher rather an than actual task manager. The reason for this decision, Google tells us, is that the company believes it knows how to manage apps? resource usage and doesn?t want you to ever worry about ?killing? them. Brave words.
Update: Google misinformed us ? swiping away an app does more than just remove it from the list. It turns out it is killing some background processes, etc."
This is stupid - long presses are a highlight of Android. You can't swipe buttons or text but you can easily long press.
" Importantly, Google is saying that it?s moving away from the use of the long press in Ice Cream Sandwich, it?s all about swiping from here on out."
The worst part is Google claim ICS does have hw acceleration, and it still doesn't fix the lag. So gpu support is not the dream solution many have been hoping for for years! No wonder Google didn't say a word about this during the keynote.
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