Jelly Bean
Rolled out the update to Android 4.1 this week. It’s quite impressive. It’s obviously designed to compete with Siri and does a bit more new stuff, like expanded notifications. The latter, I really like. The dictation is much more impressive. Not really played with Google Now yet.
And, man, is it zippy.
Some features here.
September 27th, 2012 at 9:38 am
isn’t this where you’d say something, umm, “snarky”, about apple if it was IOS?
September 27th, 2012 at 9:45 am
Having a Bionic…I haven’t yet even gotten Ice Cream Sandwhich.
Of course I was able to crack the phone to get the free wifi…so I can’t gripe too much…except that it rarely connects to 4G. Which still makes it as good as an iPhone 4S I suppose.
September 27th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Damn, I haven’t gotten jelly bean sandwich yet.
September 27th, 2012 at 10:24 am
Exactly TomCat,
If this were an iOS post it would mention how unless you bought your phone recently you are to going to get the new version, although apple is way better at that than other mfgs, it’s just because of the evil “closed system” that author can not possibly support.
These blog updates are clearly written by someone who would be an absolute convert if they could leave behind their bias. Ironic really given the nature of the blog vs people who are biased again guns.
September 27th, 2012 at 10:41 am
I love apple butthurt in the morning. In couple years, your phone will catch up.
September 27th, 2012 at 10:50 am
Nah, cool, whatever you tell yourself. I just think it’s interesting because it would be like someone not even trying a glock (years behind btw) because they have some silly bias against something or another. You would mock them for that but can’t see it in yourself here. You mock apple just enough that its pretty clear to me you would be quite happy with an iPhone with another company’s logo on it.
For what it’s worth, my time on the latest super android phone the III S or whatever was hilarious to me. All the extra things I “could” do, none of them I actually wanted to. Years ahead I guess?
September 27th, 2012 at 11:33 am
Plus Android has a maps program that works.
September 27th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
The problem with pretty much all voice recognition is that computers are still really bad at parsing natural language. Our brains are fantastically good at language compared to machines.
Siri is very good at doing a narrow class of things the developers anticipated people would most often like to do, like taking appointments, making calls, doing reminders, etc.
But man, if you try to use Siri to do things like texting, it can get pretty amusing/frustrating depending on the mood you’re in. Kind of like “We’re gonna get the grass,” from my transcription amusement on Google Voice.
I was trying to text a friend a few months ago on the way to the airport to pick her up, and kept saying her name, and Siri kept suggesting wildly off contacts. Then she finally said “Do you mean Carrie Nothinglikehowherlastnameispronounced” so I pronounced it the same way and she processed a bit and said there was no one in my address book with that name. That’s epic fail 🙂
September 27th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
My RAZR has ice cream sammich, took me a bit to get used to it but I like it well enough now. Voice recognition works fine for me, unless I am firing off a profane text to HL.
September 27th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Yeah, those Androids are great – especially when they are vulnerable to being wiped
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/25/samsung_flaw/
September 27th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Yeah, those Androids are great – especially when they are vulnerable to being wiped
A flaw which the latest iOS shares.
September 27th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
http://phandroid.com/2012/09/26/samsung-says-remote-wipe-hack-already-addressed-in-recent-galaxy-s3-update/
September 27th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Oh heck, I have a plain ol’ flip phone, and I’ve been in hate with Apple since the first macintoy. That was what, 30 years ago? Get what you want, pay what you’re willing, stop bitching, especially about what other people are bitching about. Fanbois.
September 27th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
I used to care, ’till I saw that roadkill ad. Now I can’t remember why I’m here.
September 27th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
Screw Apple iOS, but I don’t care for Android. My next phone will be the Nokia 920 with Windows.
September 28th, 2012 at 9:28 am
What model is The Obamaphone?
September 28th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
ain’t no butt hurt from me Unc. I’m not famous for whining about apple on the internet:)