So when we get ICS

[Jodiuh]

Absolutely not. It is physically missing from the traditional soft key row. When hitting the menu button from the Rezound on a home screen, I get 6 options including launcher preferences and settings. No way to get that on Nexus without taking up 6 slots on every home screen. In addition every app puts it in a differney place so u have zero consistency. IMO, it is a major fail and one more reason to avoid the Gnex.

 

[MrSmith317]

Absolutely not. It is physically missing from the traditional soft key row. When hitting the menu button from the Rezound on a home screen, I get 6 options including launcher preferences and settings. No way to get that on Nexus without taking up 6 slots on every home screen. In addition every app puts it in a differney place so u have zero consistency. IMO, it is a major fail and one more reason to avoid the Gnex.

Uhm. Have you seen the phones coming out built for ICS? They all have 3 home row keys if they have any. The new HTC One series has back, home and the "app switcher" button. No search, no menu. That's the way most if not all of these phones are headed...if they keep capacitive buttons at all.

 

[xxfallacyxx]

I think from the looks of it HTC looks to be keeping the hardware keys as brand differentiation. On my 3rd year of owning Android phones and I rarely use my search button. I wouldn't want it gone though, as I prefer to keep my home screens clear and I wouldn't want to have to open the app drawer every time I want to search something.

 

[MrSmith317]

I think from the looks of it HTC looks to be keeping the hardware keys as brand differentiation. On my 3rd year of owning Android phones and I rarely use my search button. I wouldn't want it gone though, as I prefer to keep my home screens clear and I wouldn't want to have to open the app drawer every time I want to search something.

I use it to open Vlingo since the Google Overlords don't seem to really want to tie Bluetooth voice dialing into Android.