Comments on: Matias Duarte Talks Ice Cream Sandwich, Android Skins And Fragmentation

By: Quinnsnyder

Quinnsnyder — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:26:00 +0000

Fragmentation schmagnetation. If you have to initiate an update via SD Card and the card can’t be read by you’re PC or stopped by read by the PC what is the point? Samsung Kies is another example of vaporware that doesn’t always work either.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:52:00 +0000

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Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:59:00 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:24:00 +0000

I do not blame Google, my problem is with Samsung. Every other manufactures seem to improve on some features, but Samsung is leaving the weak radios, plastic feel etc.

By: Anthony Bottari

Anthony Bottari — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:16:00 +0000

Really? I’ve had to re d.l every app ..and my chrome bookmarks have not sync’d yet either..strange..oh well..still love my Nexus and very happy I was patient and waited.

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By: Julio

Julio — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:22:00 +0000

He didn’t design the Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich. Jim Faris was the the primary designer, but now that Matias is taking the credit and Faris is gone, the next version of Android is going to look a lot worse….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:49:00 +0000

I don’t think it’s the operating system, I think it’s the poor signal they are trying to fix. If you keep an eye on it the phone can’t keep a signal for it’s life.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:47:00 +0000

I agree. However in the same note we will have to ask them when they are going to get an update out to resolve the signal issues.

This sweet phone won’t do us much good if signal is either very low or dropped.

On my second one and it is the same.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:18:00 +0000

I loved go launcher, but the features on The Moto’s UI on the razr is so good that moto can take their time making ICS the right way unlike google lol.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:17:00 +0000

They did not make ICS the right way. They had to release 4.0.2 within days lol. Come on google and samsung get your act together already.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:11:00 +0000

I’m not sure about the original Evo but I know that a couple of htc phones before the Evo like the droid Eris gave you the option to use the stock Android launcher. The phone would still have it’s customized look like the notification bar, and any app that was redone with the skin, like the contacts app, stayed the same. So yes, you could turn off the sense launcher and use the stock google launcher but you weren’t able to completely turn off all of HTC’s customizations and have a completely stock Google experience.

By: thê randy

thê randy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:27:00 +0000

Fragmentation, in my estimation, is a small price to pay for the blissful open-sourceness that is Android…

By: U Mad Bro? No But Your Mom Is

U Mad Bro? No But Your Mom Is — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:29:00 +0000

Amen! Giving the option to disable the OEM skin should be a set in stone law!

By: Christopher riner

Christopher riner — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:22:00 +0000

You know, the point you brought up made me think that perhapa if all phpnes were stock android then i might have gone with a razr. But as i thought about it, the nexus is so much more than just a stock android experience. Even without considering the fact that it gets ots updates straight feom google, its just an all around awesome phone. Great hardware, amazing screen (ima curve-lovin brutha)– theres just tons to love about it. And the notification light ia sweeeet