Beyond impressed!!

[EVO28312]

Wow just finished watching the key note and I'm just beyond excited with what Google's bringing and what direction they're heading! So many innovations big and small. From jelly bean to updates, to our gapps, nexus 7, and the nexus Q. This what I love to see!! Google was so cool they gave all that away to everyone attending the key note. That's just freakin awesome!! That kind of stuff you don't see from any other company and defiantly makes all those developers and users giddy and scream like girls lol. Can't wait for my nexus 7 and will look into the nexus Q as well. This also made me realize that from now on I will be buying nexus phones only. Google... you definitely rocked the boat and all other competitors are shaken in there boots!

 

[sniffs]

Yep, they are introducing features that are cool and not on other platforms.

the 'other guys' are just.. well... failing to innovate.

 

[EVO28312]

+1 and Google did it at the perfect time in my opinion. This is just great for all of us cuz we the consumer benefit from competition

 

[zkSharks]

+1 and Google did it at the perfect time in my opinion. This is just great for all of us cuz we the consumer benefit from competition

Exactly. Jelly Bean was exactly what they needed in terms of pushing Android forward on phones. That way, Google can up their game over the rest of the year on connecting and pushing the rest of their services and hardware in order to compete with the Microsoft hardware and software explosion in the fall, not to mention Apple.

 

[EVO28312]

Out of everyone who had they're own key note/contention Google out did everyone hands down. Not saying this because I'm a Google fan but just speaking from facts. I mean come on great update with jb and two brand new products one of which is first of its kind. Loving it right now!

 

[Premium1]

They better patent their stuff because you know the crybaby that is apple is going to try and use it in their IOS7 and sue all android manufacturers.

 

[Crispy]

They better patent their stuff because you know the crybaby that is apple is going to try and use it in their IOS7 and sue all android manufacturers.

This.

Every single UI element, concept, theme, down to the last pixel should be patented and Apple should be sued if they copy the tiniest thing, which they of course will.

I still can't believe how Apple stole notifications from Android and didn't get sued.

 

[EVO28312]

Not sure if we have a patent for notification but they definitely should start to stack there patent folder as android has matured a lot starting with ics and now jb

 

[ajonesma]

Been running JB on my Nexus for the past 12 hours or so, and it's amazing! Google Now is even more amazing!

 

[andrewshah]

Been running JB on my Nexus for the past 12 hours or so, and it's amazing! Google Now is even more amazing!

I just loaded it up a few hours, it is amazing! I absolutely love Google now and the new voice recognition features. I had an iPhone 4s for a few months, and this blows siri out of the water with response times and overall usability. Plus, project Butter really is that good, Jellybean is so smooth, even while running live wallpapers.

 

[Jezz_X]

I agree its so much faster on my gnex than ICS its well worth the update I'm just a little sad my favourite launcher (apex) doesn't work on it yet I much prefer using the screen in a 5x5 grid than the small 4x4 one the gnex has a big enough screen to have 5x5

But I'm sure give it a few weeks and an official JB release it will be working

 

[joshua.worth]

Another very impressed customer here.

 

[LCW]

Got it running on my GNex yesterday... Buttery smooth lol

Seriously though, it's a lot more of a pleasure to use. FINALLY, Google has applied what Apple has been doing since 2007... Nothing worse for ruining user experience than LAG imo.

In any case, liking JB so far. Google Now is cool. But since I live in the sticks, it has limited usefulness right now, but I'll try it out more when I head out to a larger city.

The new notifications are quite awesome - being apple to see more details on emails without having to open the mail app. I think this update to notifications is one or the killer improvements.

Voice search much improved - not quite Siri level but getting closer.

Oh, and the icons moving out of the way when placing a widget or simply moving apps around on the homescreen, again FINALLY - something iOS has done for 5 years.

Overall, it's made me switch back to my GNex from my iphone 4S... i'll probably flop back when iOS 6 beta 3 hits lol... the beauty of having both.

 

[takehull]

Android has come quite a ways in the short time I've been a user on the platform. Jelly Bean is downright incredible.

This is a pre release version that was ripped off of a GSM phone, modded to work with my CDMA Nexus, and then installed over ICS only wiping cache, dalvik cache, and system. Jelly Bean runs smoother than ICS ever would.

Pros of the platform:

First: The updated UI, animations, and keyboard.
- The UI is largely the same, but seems to be a bit more polished. The color scheme of the "Google" bar at the top is an example.
The animations used in Jelly Bean are snappy, fun, and really round out the user experience in a way Android hasn't seen yet. They are very, very well done, and impressed me the first time I saw them.
The stock keyboard was also improved. The autocorrect has been improved over ICS, and I've noticed that it has a feature much like Swiftkey has in that its started to predict words for me. If you long press the "period" button, it pulls up a flow where you can select punctuation without going into the "?123" part of the keyboard. You also don't have to pull down the notification shade to change keyboards, just long press the space bar.
Overall, the UI, animations, and keyboard are much more responsive than ICS, and the little additional features and tweaks go a long way towards smoothing out the user experience.

Second: The refreshed notification shade and system.
- This beats out any other handling of notifications on the market. Its not even close any more. The ability for apps to be able to show more information on the shade, and the ability for the end user to block apps from pushing notifications assimilates the best features from Apple's notification system. The additional features added, such as the ability to respond to emails, texts, and social networking notifications from the notification shade set it apart further, and the UI improvements are just gravy.

Third: Google Now.
- Samsung, this is how you serve the same functionality without being sued
The "cards" is what excites me the most. Given how open Google is with their APIs, you can imagine that we are eventually going to have the awesome functionality of having third party apps having cards that we pin to our Google Now page. Have a Facebook card specifically for a significant other, or a card that shows the latest tweets by a favorite user or list of users. The possibilities are endless. Oh,and Google Now is responsive, works offline for local phone search, and works pretty damn well. Google hit a home run with Now.

Fourth: Google is finally giving users the tools to fight malware and spam.
- Being able to long press a notification and be taken to it's app page where a user can either uninstall the app, or prevent notifications from being pushed from the app is a big step. While texting pretty heavily, I was told that the messaging app was sending a lot of messages, and was asked if I wanted to allow the app to continue to send messages, or if I wanted to deny it that ability. Its good to see Google start to deal with the malware issue, and I'm glad to see that they are doing so by empowering the user rather than by locking everything down.

Android has gone from the black and green nerdy mess known as Gingerbread, and has grown into a mature, beautiful platform that is simple, easy to learn, powerful, more secure, and just as customizable as before. Jelly Bean is absolutely impressive, and Google should be commended on putting together such an impressive release some eight months or so after the launch of ICS. Google has finally taken a page out of Apple's playbook, and realized that the little things that round out the user experience are just as important as powerful functionality. ICS was an important first step, and Jelly Bean is the masterful continuation of those first steps.

Well done Android team. You've built an OS that is more than capable of competing with Microsoft and Apple.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[ajonesma]

For those that have JB on their Nexus' already, is it just me or does battery life seem to be better than on ICS?

 

[takehull]

For those that have JB on their Nexus' already, is it just me or does battery life seem to be better than on ICS?

Slight, but too early to call.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[EVO28312]

Can't wait for the new nexus to come out. It will definitely be my next phone

 

[rem_kujawa]

I want it now

Sent from my Nexus S 4G

 

[gabbott]

For those that have JB on their Nexus' already, is it just me or does battery life seem to be better than on ICS?

It's hard to tell because I cant stop playing around with my phone since I put it on yesterday.

 

[LCW]

For those that have JB on their Nexus' already, is it just me or does battery life seem to be better than on ICS?

Seems decent so far. IMHO - even if better with JB, the OEM extended battery (2000 mAh ) is a MUST for any amount of all-day usability.

But so far quite impressed with JB 4.1 and battery life. Project Butter works insanely well. Makes it fun to use the GNex. I was actually about to sell it before JB was announced. But now that I have it running with JB I've done a 180 and for sure keeping it... at least until the next Nexus comes out