Galaxy Nexus Live Blog and Summary

19 10 2011

The Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich event was packed full of great information. What you need to know about the Galaxy Nexus are as follows:

4.65″ HD Super-AMOLED Screen
1280×720 Resolution
1.2GHz dual core processor
On screen buttons only (besides power/volume)
NFC chip for fast sharing between devices nearby
LTE and HSPA+ versions
5MP camera with flash and 1080p video recording

There were some great new things we learned about ICS as well. The sharing of apps, pictures, videos, and many other things via NFC just by touching the backs of devices together. The APIs for this are available to all developers so we will soon have multiplayer games initiated by launching an app and touching phones together. If the person doesn’t have the game yet, touching phones will bring up the Android Market page for the game to be installed.

Also new is the magazine layout that will be a part of many apps and even the home launcher itself. Widgets are completely re-sizable so you can customize your launcher exactly how you want it. Apps like YouTube, Gmail, and the gallery will have completely new looks and layouts. Swiping through messages on Gmail is a fast way to read messages in your inbox. A powerful menu bar was also added to Gmail to give you quick access to features like Archiving multiple messages.

The notification bar also got many new changes. Individual notifications can be cleared by flicking them off screen, leaving only the notifications you want to see. The multi-tasking menu also uses the same flicking gesture to end tasks of any app shown. From the lockscreen you can access the notification pull down and quickly open a notification from there.

A welcome new feature for anyone with a capped data plan, you are now able to view past mobile data usage for any selection of time you want. Apps will be listed according to how much data they used for that period of time. Tapping the app will open a new window where you can disable background data usage for any individual app. This means for any app you choose, they can only use your data if you have the app opened.

There are many more new features I’m excited to go hands-on with once the Galaxy Nexus is available to us. The release is set sometime in November so we won’t be waiting long.

You can find my complete live blog after the break..

Android 4.0!

New cloud services! From google on Android!

Google and Samsung teamed up for this new nexus

Galaxy nexus intro video and hands on on stage

Such an exciting time, for Samsung!

Samsung outselling everyone!

4 main things

Speed with lte and Hspa+ and dual core 1.2GHz processor.

2 screen quality hd super amoled. 4.65 inch display 1280×780 resolution minimum for ice cream sandwich

Galaxy Nexus has great design curves. Contour display even skimmer and slicker. Very thin. Even slimmer than Droid RAZR

Not holding a device only information Galaxy Nexus

Zero shutter lag. Good in low light. 1080p video with enhancement. NFCchip included.

Galaxy Nexus launch in November.

OS is a big deal. Android only 3 years old evolving at a furious pace

What is the soul of Android? Tech is essential. They didn’t love Android. 3 design principals enchanting easy powerful and smart.

Roboto font face for Android. new lock screen makes him smile every time lol

No buttons. screen buttons are animated on screen. Gestures included.

Android now all about flipping screens and stacks

Completely realizable widgets no 4×4 grid.

Favorites tray is folders on the dock

Vertical scrolling multi taking screen with screen flick to end tasks

New screen shot feature for sharing scores

New things in the notification drawer visible on the lock screen and flick to clear single notifications

Live typing with voice to text. face recognition lock screen

New core apps. Browser has new tabs, flick to close. Mobile our desktop version selector. Bookmarks auto sync from chrome and incognito mode

Gmail new action bar also will be in many apps. Swype to view type inbox emails. contact selection is new and 30 day offline searching

Swipe through your calendar and pinch to zoom. YouTube, maps, Plus also all new

Simple tools to manage data usage including earnings and prediction

Kill background data for any individual app. view any selection of time to find apps using more data

Face Detection and camera app and zero lag for cherry quick pictures and photo editing and save a copy. New gallery app designed for photos

New panorama mode below the camera button

People app instead of contracts. Swipe to view favorites and most contacted Social network integration. Information is pulled from all sites

New quick contacting tab. New high res contact photos. Visual voicemail in the call logs. Instantly play voicemails Quick decline custom msg

New NFC feature to share anything between devices. Infared anyone? Just touch the phones back to back to share anything.

Minecraft on the Galaxy Nexus. Share apps with nfc. Invite people to multi player too. Android 4.0 sdk now online.

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Date : October 19, 2011
Tags: galaxy nexus, ice cream sandwich, specs
Categories : Live Blog, Press Conference

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