He used to bash andoird like he is doing to iphone now.
He is just a child with nothing to do. Ignore it.
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He used to bash andoird like he is doing to iphone now.
He is just a child with nothing to do. Ignore it.
Dude give it a rest. It doesnt work just like GN and this is where you have your denial issues. I didnt hear your video speak ONE word. I just saw a bunch of links with the answer sprinkled in there someplace.
Not very good if your driving or doing something that you cant look at the screen and read it.
ITS NOT THE SAME!!!
Actually with swiftkey, it's so accurate, you can type whole sentences WITHOUT SPACES and it will accurately predict your sentence, even when you're hitting mostly wrong keys (this is how i type, my typing is even faster now because of this).
Example of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQT-o8ch0o&feature=player_detailpage#t=7s
As for widgets? Then don't use the apps that poll data all the damn time. My front screen has a) Time/weather b) toggle buttons (wifi/BT/GPS/screen/3g/4G/Airplane mode) c) Google Music
My 2nd screen has a facebook widget, but i have a program that only allows it to update once an hour. No battery drain issues there. Even if i took out facebook's widget, my phone is still more functional than yours.
You don't know what you're talking about.
It is the same. You obviously did not see the answer at the top of the screen ABOVE ALL THE SEARCH RESULTS. Give it a rest, Google Now is NOTHING NEW and NOTHING UNIQUE.
Now that's not a reasonable response. Responding with "unnecessary" just because a feature isn't present your phone. There are plenty of things in both phones that aren't "necessary", but they are still good to have. It's nice to have the available option, should you wish to take advantage of it. That said, I'll address your responses:
1. Being able to use my phone has come in handy before when I was out, was hungry, and just happened to leave my wallet at home. It was nice to be able to go to Dairy Queen and grab something to eat using my phone. Here's a link to a similar story . Does that happen frequently? No, but it was very useful when it did come in handy. Also, I will be getting the Nexus 7 tablet, and I will be able to use NFC to transfer various things to and from my tablet.
2. For some it would be useful. Personally, I tend to not switch my battery, but there are some out there that do, and for them it's nice to have that choice. For the 4S owners out there that have had, or are having battery issues, they might wish they could carry a second battery, or replace their current one with an extended battery. Choice is a good thing.
3. Dropbox on iOS should not even be brought up when discussing file management. Dropbox on iOS is severely handicapped (due to the OS), especially when compared to Dropbox on Android. They are not the same, and not even close. Not to mention, Dropbox can't be integrated into iOS, whereas it can in Android.
4. It is much more "intuitive" to attach whatever files you want from the email app. It doesn't make sense that if I want to email a pdf and a picture, that I have to go to 2 different places in the phone to do it. I have had to use my phone to email a picture and a signed pdf to an insurance company using my phone. It's a lot easier to just go to the email app, attach the two files, and send the email. I wouldn't want to have to go to the email, attach the picture, send it, then open a second app to open the pdf and send a subsequent email just to send the pdf. That is a bit much.
Another way to look at it is, it just simply makes more sense to do your emailing from email. A user shouldn't have to think about what app they need to go to in order to send an email, based on what they intend to attach to the email. That isn't very "intuitive" at all, and quite frankly, is rather sloppy.
5. 99% of them are just themed stock keyboards? Unnecessary? Sounds like you've never actually used some of the keyboards out there. Whether you want to believe it or not, there are some very good third party keyboards, such as Swype and Swiftkey. Swype is a VERY fast and very useful keyboard. Swiftkey actually learns your writing style. It can read your text messages and Facebook and learn your writing tendencies and make text predictions based on your past writing style. Those are just two examples of very useful keyboards. If a person isn't satisfied by the stock keyboard, they have the CHOICE of changing it. On Android, if you don't like the stock keyboard, the solution is to change it. On iOS, if you aren't satisfied with the keyboard (which I am not), the solution is learn to like it. That's a bit ridiculous.
6. Custom launchers and custom roms aren't "necessary", but they're nice to have should you wish to use them. Custom launchers allow a user to change the entire home screen interface to whatever style they want. I have a GS3, and don't realliy care for the Touchwiz laucher, so I changed it to one that's more similar to stock ICS. Sure, there are plenty of people out there that don't feel it's necessary to change their launcher, but there are plenty out there who enjoy having the choice of what their interface looks like. Custom roms allow you to customize your device on a much deeper level, but the same concept I just mentioned applies. It's better to make your device adapt to you, than to have to adapt to the device. On Android you can make your device fit you, instead of having to fit the device.
7. It's on it's way out, but like it or not, it's still here. Flash isn't officially supported on 4.1, but it does still function. I also have a Galaxy Nexus, and I can tell you, Flash works just fine in Jellybean. While the world is moving to HTML5, in the meantime flash still does exist. During the NBA playoffs, I was able to stream the game off the web on my phone. I did the same thing during football season, stream college and NFL games. If I had been using an iPhone, I would not have been able to do that.
8. Once again, it's not "necessary", but they can be great to have. Instead of having to open a forex app, a news app, and a weather app, I have all that information on my home screen. At a glance, I can get information that it would require me opening 3 different things to have access to. On my GS3, I even have an expandable news ticker on the lock screen. At a quick glance, I can see what's going on, without having to take the time to open an app, wait for the data to finish downloading, then read. Instead, it's all there at quick glance. In the time it would take you to pull up the information I already have on my lock screen, I'd already have long finished looking at it. Again, is it absolutely necessary? No, I can always open different apps. But it's much more convenient to use the widgets to accomplish the same thing.
9. It's not something urgent that needs to be changed immediately or on the go, but why do I need to wait until I get home to do it? What if I'm not going home? What if my girl is spending the night with me and she wants me to make her a custom ringtone? I have to leave home, go to her house where her computer is, just to make her a custom ringtone? That's a bit much. Why do I even need a computer to change my ringtone? What does my ringtone have to do with my computer? Why can't I just change it in the phone and be done with it? Why is the process so involved that I need a computer to do it? That makes no sense. So instead of taking 2 minutes to create a custom ringtone for my girl, instead I have to get in the car, drive 30 minutes away to her house, connect it to her computer, and then I'll be able to give her that custom ringtone. That's a heck of a lot more trouble. What if her computer is down? She can't have a custom ringtone because her computer is down? That doesn't make much sense at all.
Try being a bit more open-minded. Everything isn't bad or "unnecessary" just because it isn't on iOS. There are things that are better on each platform, turning a blind eye to doesn't change that fact.
Its NOT the same. I hear nothing coming from that video and there are a bunch of links wit the answer in there that you have to READ through them.
You are blind, or maybe deaf if you think they work the same.
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Custom ringtones for iDevices has been around a while. Even my iPad2 wi-fi version can use custom ringtones per contact.
this is such a simple thing to do, and I really wish Apple would embrace this. It really is a nicefeature that many Android phones have.
??? iOS doesn't really multitask at all. It manages apps well, but if your ram drops to far, it will just force close your apps and restart your tabs in your browser.
Video's I have seen on the S3 I've been researching shows true multitasking. That pop-up play video feature, downloading files while working on somethhing else: it's more like a pc in terms of multitasking. Seems really fast and smooth too.
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Is Google Now just a JellyBean feature? Will any phone that upgrades be able to use it? i.e. S-Voice was just for the S3, Siri was just for the 4S.
But Google Now will be a baked in feature for 4.1.?
I've had 3 Android phones and I've never needed to / have done any of the things you've said, 404. Different people have different needs.I'm not turning a blind eye to anything, I merely stating how things like paying with your phone is even possible everywhere yet, or at least where I live. Ringtones aren't a big deal and aren't urgent. For files, it doesn't matter how intuitive it is, as long as it works. Swype is slow because you gotta swipe to each key with one finger where as with a regular keyboard you can be typing with two fingers at once. Like I've said before, Apple will replace your battery more often or not. You can also get a battery case. Some companies replace your battery for cheap like iFixYourI. In regards to flash, I've yet to come to a site with a video that requires flash. All videos have play button on them and tapping them plays the video. Skyfire would've have been able to stream the NBA game to me if I wanted.
No, that isn't nearly the same thing. Ask it for directions to Walmart, it won't bring it up. Ask it call Best Buy, it won't dial it. Ask it to send a message to someone, it won't do it. Obviously the searches will be similar because they are google searches, but doing a search and running Google Now is most certainly not the same. A search will give you absolutely no control over anything in your device, whereas Google Now does (ie texts, calls, navigation, maps, etc). Case Closed.
Not sure about that one. Maybe it'll end up being an app from the Play Store but I'm not sure.
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Its NOT the same. I hear nothing coming from that video and there are a bunch of links wit the answer in there that you have to READ through them.
You are blind, or maybe deaf if you think they work the same.
Did you not see the picture with the BRIGHT RED highlighting that I just posted above you?
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I said that in the other thread. I mentioned how I expect it not to perform device functions because it's just an app. Again, it's more for informational stuff. The other things I could use Siri for. Either way, I could initiate a call faster than you could tell Google Now to.
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Ill also add Slideit keyboard. Just like Swype but you can also push a button and use it without swyping. I like that one better than Swype.
Also Flash is on the way out but only because Adobe says HTML 5 is their future so its not like there isnt a alternative. HTML 5 will be better and will be implemented taking Flash's place. When is another matter.
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"it doesn't matter how intuitive it is, as long as it works."? It would seem you disagree with yourself. https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14914988&intuitive#post14914988
If that were the case, we'd still be using Windows Mobile. It worked, but it wasn't as "intuitive".
2. Just because you don't have an understanding of how to use it, doesn't make it slow. Swype is VERY fast, period point blank.
3. Apple replacing your battery does you no good if you're someone experiencing poor battery life and could benefit from having an extended battery. A battery case isn't necessarily a viable option, as many people don't want to put a case on their phone just for battery life. If they buy a case just for battery life, then what do they do with the otterbox they already have? Now they have to choose between having a quality otterbox case and having more battery life? That seems like an odd decision to be forced to make.
4. There are plenty of sites that have Flash video. Don't pretend like flash on the web is rare.
LOL, its not the same and you really must be ignorant to even imply it is. There is no way someone can see the video of GN and see yours and conclude it is the same.
You are a very close minded Apple fan.
All the things I mentioned, Google Now is able to do. BTW, no you could not look up the number for the nearest Best Buy and dial it faster than I can just say "Call Best Buy" and it immediately dials it. Stop spewing misinformation. It's clear you don't know what you're talking about. It's clear you haven't used Google Now, and you only have watched videos, so you don't even know about the very thing you're arguing against. You're debating from a point of ignorance. Google Now builds on the already existing voice capabilities of Android. You were already able to send texts, get maps, get navigation, and call businesses using the Voice actions. They just added more features to it. In the future, please actually have a working knowledge about something if you're going to debate about it.
I want you to explain how it's different.
The Galaxy Nexus shows the answer and that's it. The Google Search shows the answer AND the search results below it, without all the fancy card stuff. You obviously have never seen Google Now.
You've OBVIOUSLY never used Google Now. You just exposed your ignorance. Google Now doesn't just show a card and that's it. What you didn't see in the video is, if you scroll below the card IT HAS THE GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS BELOW IT. Stop talking about Google Now, because you obviously have no clue what you're talking about. See what happens when you try to debate about something you don't know about, just because you watched a video? You wind up looking foolish.
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I've already name several reasons it's different....
I think it's pretty obvious that Google Now presets the information in a different way. It brings up a card styled answer (like Siri) and speaks the results. Now this only works with a certain set of commands but it's much quicker and robust than Siri; and knowing Google they will be adding more and more commands and questions quicker than Apple will update Siri. If your question cannot be answered the way Google Now does of course it shows you the google search results. Yes, this is identical to Google Search on iOS. The point is though that Google Search on iOS cannot speak results and show them in a card style of information like Google Now can. It's about comparing Google Now to Siri. If we are just saying they are the same because it gives you the google searc results then I guess Siri is useless because we can all do voice input into google search and get those same results.
I understand that it cannot speak and it looks different but the same exact information is presented. That is my point.
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Who cares how it looks, the information you get when you ask it a question is the same. Cards or no cards, voice or no voice, the answers are the same.
Here it is again:
You've OBVIOUSLY never used Google Now. You just exposed your ignorance. Google Now doesn't just show a card and that's it. What you didn't see in the video is, if you scroll below the card IT HAS THE GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS BELOW IT. Stop talking about Google Now, because you obviously have no clue what you're talking about. See what happens when you try to debate about something you don't know about, just because you watched a video? You wind up looking foolish.
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I've already name several reasons it's different....
Since you think it's the same, make a video asking it for directions to Walmart, it won't bring it up. Ask it to call Best Buy, it won't dial it. Ask it to send a message to someone, it won't do it. Obviously the searches will be similar because they are google searches, but doing a search and running Google Now is most certainly not the same. A search will give you absolutely no control over anything in your device, whereas Google Now does (ie texts, calls, navigation, maps, etc). Case Closed.
It's about how the information is presented that's important.
Usually if you speak, you expect to be spoken back to. Imagine you were speaking to someone on the phone and they kept texting or emailing their replies. You'd think they was pretty strange; so why is it okay for technology to do that?
Your words were "The Galaxy Nexus shows the answer and that's it." No that isn't it. It presents a summarized answer on a card, AND gives search results on the same page below it....but you wouldn't know that because you haven't used it, and they didn't show you that in the video..... You've proven you don't know what you're talking about. Feel free to close your mouth now.
I already responded to this but it seems you didn't read it.
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Alright and the Google Search app shows that too as I demonstrated in my video. You see the summarized answer at the top with a small picture to the left and the search results under it. You can see that in my video.
That's completely different. Phone calls are meant to between two people talking. That's a terrible comparison.
