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[Tasty]

Shaka let's rub our NFC sensors together.

[Shaka Khan]

Also, the camera specs (while still 8MP) sounds like a massive improvement. Battery and Camera, my biggest two gripes of the otherwise excellent N4.

[Tasty]

Yup, 8mp but with OIS apparently, and possibly, MEMS. The Sony sensor it's based on is supposedly very good too.

Hopefully Kitkat has an assload of camera improvements though, as it really comes down to software.

[Shaka Khan]

If it comes with MEMS, and it's anything close to the demos I've seen, then holy balls.

[G The Resurrected]

Just got the HTC One a few weeks ago.  Love it with the exception of one thing: it won't connect to my PC as an external hd.  Anyone find a solution to this?  Google search tells me it's a common issue.  As I stated in a thread before, it's important for me as I use my phone's camera for work - the fact that it does not have removable memory wasn't an issue until I found out about this. :|

Did you fix this issue?

What are you connecting to a PC or MAC? In windows the HTC one is identified as a media device so it will be under my computer all the way at the bottom. If it's still not registering I'd suggest using Airdroid it allows you to access files and content wirelessly. You can also use BT file transfer if you have BT on your computer.

I'd really suggest in the future using a automatic backup solution like dropbox. It is already installed on the One and makes getting your pictures a breeze since it will constantly upload them to your computer when you get home or on the same network as the computer.

I'm gonna buy a Nexus 5 for work here once they come out or maybe that new Samsung Galaxy Round if they make a dev version.

[Tasty]

Apparently that 3000 mAh rumor might not be true. :'(

But...

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/11/new-nexus-5-kitkat-leak-shows-transparent-nav-and-status-bars-new-app-drawer-and-wallpaper-possible-always-on-listening-mode/



Supposedly, October 15th is the info blowout date.

[Tasty]

[Tasty]

Hey, you guys came to ME with your grubby little hands, wanting the latest info. I just wanted to oblige.

[Tasty]

[Raban]

Android
no wonder you dorks hate mobile gaming, you're in the slums of it

[Himu]

[Shaka Khan]

So no battery upgrade but an "always-on listening mode"? Pfft.

[Brehvolution]

It's called FBI mode.

[Tasty]

Looks like Google is making it so you can get the stock launcher even if you're a total pleb mouthbreather and don't get a Nexus.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/12/rumor-googles-new-launcher-in-android-4-4-is-called-google-experience-here-are-some-things-we-are-expecting-to-see-in-it/

• Both the nav and the status bars are now transparent, but only while in the launcher. As soon as you launch any app, they go back to the black non-transparent background. I imagine this behavior may change, but that's how we saw it working on a recent test build. I really doubt Google will ever make it a per-app setting since that would create a very inconsistent visual experience when you switch between apps, so I think it'll be limited to just the launcher.
• Google Search/Now is integrated deep within Google Experience. As TuttoAndroid already pointed out, the very left homescreen is reserved for a permanent Google Search/Now screen.
• This Google Search/Now screen now has a one-touch button to set a reminder. I'm not sure if the Google Search app itself also changed similarly, but it would only make sense.
• The Search's voice input prompt is now kind of transparent on the bottom and floats instead of occupying the whole screen. I've included a comparison screenshot from Android 4.3 to demonstrate the difference.
• The amount of homescreens is no longer limited to 5 and looks to be infinitely expandable. The right home screen is always empty. If you add something to it, it creates another one to the right of it. That way, you never have to create homescreens manually.
• Similarly, we now get infinite app folders which are no longer limited to the previous max of 16 apps. In order to accommodate this change, the folders now scroll if they contain more than 16 shortcuts.
• You can no longer add widgets from the app drawer - that area is now reserved for just apps. The widget selector has moved back to the homescreen long-press menu where it joined the wallpaper selector, along with a link to the Settings. However, since this area is still largely incomplete, it may change drastically by release time.

The rest of these have been pointed out by TuttoAndroid, but I'll include them for completeness:

• The app drawer icon no longer has a circle around it.
• The horizontal separator with home screen identifiers is replaced by little dots above.
• The app drawer's background is now transparent rather than black.
• TuttoAndroid's build is newer than the one our source had access to and shows a new wallpaper reminiscent of the one on the Nexus 7.
• The lockscreen, which may be part of the new launcher, has a camera icon but still swipes to the right to open said camera.
• This isn't related to the launcher, but a few icons have changed, including the dialer icon. I certainly hope this is not the one we'll end up with, but in the meantime we decided to incorporate it into our mockups.

 :aah

[Tasty]

(official press image for the Telus version)



...again! Hopefully!

[Tasty]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/17/breaking-nexus-5-partially-visible-in-the-play-store-ahead-of-release/

[Tasty]

OFFICIAL RENDER FROM GOOGLE



 

[Polari]

$349 sucks cos anything you import under four hundy here they don't bother collecting taxes on and that works out to $411 NZD.

[Tasty]

http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/10/28/nexus-5-pre-registration-goes-live-at-wind-mobile-reveals-full-specs/

Screen: 4.95-inch 1920×1080 display (445 ppi) Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Cameras: 1.3MP front facing 8MP rear facing OIS
Weight: 130 grams
Dimensions: 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59 mm
Operating System: OS Android 4.4, KitKat
Chip Set: 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor
Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G) 802.11 a/b/g/n/ncNFC (Android Beam) / Bluetooth 4.0
Storage / Memory / Ram: 16GB or 32GB internal storage 2GB RAM
Ports & Connectors: microUSB, SlimPort enabled, 3.5mm stereo audio jack, Dual microphones, Ceramic power and volume buttons

Current rumor is white and black will be available to buy on Google Play on Friday.

[Tasty]

Nexus 5 is now available for purchase

Act fast before they sell out, I just got my 32 GB black order in.

16 GB Black, $349 (periodically appearing as sold out)
16 GB White, $349
32 GB Black, $399
32 GB White, $399

The Verge Previews: Nexus + KitKat, Google Now, New Dialer

[Brehvolution]

I want a white one.

[Dickie Dee]

The Nexus 5 has a microSD slot?

 

[Tasty]

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-44-kitkat-and-updated-developer.html

"New ways to create beautiful apps — A new full-screen immersive mode lets your app or game use every pixel on the screen to showcase content and capture touch events. A new transitions framework makes it easier to animate the states in your UI. Web content can take advantage of a completely new implementation of WebView built on Chromium."

Soft buttons 4 life

"New media capabilities — A new screen recorder lets you capture high-quality video of your app directly from your Android device. It's a great new way to create walkthroughs, tutorials, marketing videos, and more. Apps can use adaptive playback to offer a significantly better streaming video experience."

Video screen capture support

I want a white one.

I like it but it seems there might be a chance of this happening:



So I went black.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I bought a white one, and then I will put a case on it so it doesn't get guh-ross

[Tasty]

want one sohh bad

looking like that or an HTC One for me this month

The One came out 7 months ago and still costs $600 for the stock Android version.

[Tasty]

           Contracts           

Glorious no-contract Google Play unlocked future

[Beezy]

Verizon

[TakingBackSunday]

Looks really nice.  Liking the UI enhancements they've made with Kit Kat.  Also cool to see that they're trying to make Kit Kat sustainable on older phones too.

[Tasty]

Verizon

So happy to be dropping them.

Their LTE was super hot stuff, was able to stream 720p Crunchyroll () with no buffering/lag in the Boondocks, CT. T-Mo phone calling doesn't even work there!

Please be good, AT&T/Straight Talk/AIO.:'(

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I am dropping AT&T and moving over to T-Mobile

[Tasty]

I'm going back to CT this weekend and really hoping the T-Mo on my parents' N4s works, if it doesn't I'm switching them over to AIO (ATT) and then joining them when my N5 gets here.

[Tasty]

The Nexus 5 has a microSD slot?

 

To clear this up: No. You probably read Micro USB.

[Beezy]

Verizon

So happy to be dropping them.

Their LTE was super hot stuff, was able to stream 720p Crunchyroll () with no buffering/lag in the Boondocks, CT. T-Mo phone calling doesn't even work there!

Please be good, AT&T/Straight Talk/AIO.:'(

I should just switch to T-Mobile already. I haven't heard of anyone having trouble with them in NYC recently.

[Human Snorenado]

The Nexus 5 has a microSD slot?

 

To clear this up: No. You probably read Micro USB.

[Dickie Dee]

The Nexus 5 has a microSD slot?

 

To clear this up: No. You probably read Micro USB.

[brawndolicious]

Verizon

If your upgrade is up, you can probably get a Verizon LG G2 for free (or nearly free) during Black Friday online sales. That's basically the same thing hardware wise except it actually has a better camera than the N5 and starts at 32GB storage. But then you have to mess around with the firmware I guess to make it the same as the Nexus.

[Beezy]

Verizon

If your upgrade is up, you can probably get a Verizon LG G2 for free (or nearly free) during Black Friday online sales. That's basically the same thing hardware wise except it actually has a better camera than the N5 and starts at 32GB storage. But then you have to mess around with the firmware I guess to make it the same as the Nexus.

Where are you hearing this?

I've been eligible for an upgrade for months now. VW just doesn't have shit that I'm willing to pay for.

[brawndolicious]

Well the G2 is only $120 on Amazon right now for continuing Verizon customers so it can be discounted even further, Androids usually have crazy deals during the holidays.

[Tasty]

Moto X is the best option on Verizon.

[Human Snorenado]

Moto X is apparently pretty dope. 

I'm hoping that I'll be able to get the micro-sim out of my iphone 4 and use it a nexus 5 with minimal problems, along the lines of what was done here

http://www.gadgetreview.com/2012/12/how-to-use-your-att-iphone-data-plan-with-a-nexus-4.html

[Tasty]

"The book you're reading, the game you're playing, or the movie you're watching — now all of these take center stage with the new immersive mode, which automatically hides everything except what you really want to see. Just swipe the edge of the screen to bring back your status bar and navigation buttons."

Just as I predicted.

[Eel O'Brian]

The main problem with on-screen buttons (besides eating up screen space) is typing. I'm forever accidentally hitting the home or open apps button when I meant to hit the space bar.

[Tasty]

My Nexus 5 (32 GB, black) shipped at 5:36am (5-ish hours ago.)

Should be here between next Tuesday and Friday.

The main problem with on-screen buttons (besides eating up screen space) is typing. I'm forever accidentally hitting the home or open apps button when I meant to hit the space bar.

That's... literally never happened to me, lol. I think once I hit the back button which closed the keyboard.

[Tasty]

TouchWiz

More people using Android

[Tasty]

[Reb]

Wow, people in Holland already have had for a full day now, from webshops.
How come yours takes so long?

[Tasty]

Cause Boston is nowhere near Kentucky.

Also I get 3-5 day shipping instead of express.

[Tasty]

The five best phones ever made.

[Human Snorenado]

Cause Boston is nowhere near Kentucky.

Also I get 3-5 day shipping instead of express.

Not a prime member?  DIRTPERSON.

[Tasty]

This is through Google Play, not Amazon. I do have Prime.

Signing up to AIO Wireless to get my SIM card, might be a few days where it's Wi-Fi only lol... Forgot about that.

Hopefully cancelling ~4 months early from my Verizon contract doesn't bring down some super massive fee.

[Reb]

Heh, my girl just walked in the only store around that has them and bought the last one.
They were sold out for a few hours already, but they found one laying around the service desk and had just put it back in stock when she walked in.

[Tasty]

Post impressions/pics (of your GF) plz. 

[Reb]

Good phone. I came from Blackberry -> HTC Desire -> iPhone 4. Of which the iPhone for was the best by a longshot.
I kinda disliked Android, not consistent, lot's of crashing (like 100% of the time when I tried to turn of the phone).
The Nexus 7 turned me around on that, which gave me the confidence to buy this phone.

Battery is ok, I'm at 60% after 2,5 hours of intensive use. Better than my iPhone 4, but not impressive.
Build quality seems good, feels good in my hand, backside has nice grip.
Screen is very nice, watching Netflix is beautiful on this thing.
Android runs well now, nu strange hiccups or crashes. All my favorite (ios) apps are there as well.
Overall speed is a delight, I'm no longer waiting 20 seconds for Chrome to start up.
Google now integration is great, much more useful than on a tablet that doesn't leave my house.
Phone call quality is good.
Camera has been disappointing thus far, might be because I only used it in low light settings.
I'm deep into the Picasa, Gmail ecosystem, so that's all great to have it this neatly integrated.


One of these impressions is about my gf.

[Human Snorenado]

Good phone. I came from Blackberry -> HTC Desire -> iPhone 4. Of which the iPhone for was the best by a longshot.
I kinda disliked Android, not consistent, lot's of crashing (like 100% of the time when I tried to turn of the phone).
The Nexus 7 turned me around on that, which gave me the confidence to buy this phone.

Battery is ok, I'm at 60% after 2,5 hours of intensive use. Better than my iPhone 4, but not impressive.
Build quality seems good, feels good in my hand, backside has nice grip.
Screen is very nice, watching Netflix is beautiful on this thing.
Android runs well now, nu strange hiccups or crashes. All my favorite (ios) apps are there as well.
Overall speed is a delight, I'm no longer waiting 20 seconds for Chrome to start up.
Google now integration is great, much more useful than on a tablet that doesn't leave my house.
Phone call quality is good.
Camera has been disappointing thus far, might be because I only used it in low light settings.
I'm deep into the Picasa, Gmail ecosystem, so that's all great to have it this neatly integrated.


One of these impressions is about my gf.

All too easy

Build quality seems good, feels good in my hand, backside has nice grip.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Good phone. I came from Blackberry -> HTC Desire -> iPhone 4. Of which the iPhone for was the best by a longshot.
I kinda disliked Android, not consistent, lot's of crashing (like 100% of the time when I tried to turn of the phone).
The Nexus 7 turned me around on that, which gave me the confidence to buy this phone.

Battery is ok, I'm at 60% after 2,5 hours of intensive use. Better than my iPhone 4, but not impressive.
Build quality seems good, feels good in my hand, backside has nice grip.
Screen is very nice, watching Netflix is beautiful on this thing.
Android runs well now, nu strange hiccups or crashes. All my favorite (ios) apps are there as well.
Overall speed is a delight, I'm no longer waiting 20 seconds for Chrome to start up.
Google now integration is great, much more useful than on a tablet that doesn't leave my house.
Phone call quality is good.
Camera has been disappointing thus far, might be because I only used it in low light settings.
I'm deep into the Picasa, Gmail ecosystem, so that's all great to have it this neatly integrated.


One of these impressions is about my gf.

All too easy

Build quality seems good, feels good in my hand, backside has nice grip.

I thought it was the complaint about how he can't use it to record a sex tape:

Camera has been disappointing thus far, might be because I only used it in low light settings.

[Tasty]

I'm deep into the Picasa, Gmail ecosystem, so that's all great to have it this neatly integrated.

Picasa = cooch, Gmail = butt, ecosystem = holes

[TakingBackSunday]

edit: oh.

[Tasty]

edit: oh.

I can see how that would look strange out of context.

[huckleberry]

guess i know what my next phones is.

[Tasty]

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Had to add my company's floor info yesterday but it should finally be here today!

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