The Galaxy Nexus is the first phone where you can keep them on and still get blazing performance. It's impressive and modern. Toss in LTE and it's a package you can't ignore. Will update when 4. February 17, Other than that, I'm so-so satisfied with the overall experience: A blistering fast camera lets you take so-so pictures. The super crisp display simply will not display white as pure white, regardless of any settings.
Furthermore, white gets tinted at even minor viewing angles. The face recognition is a disappointment compared to my old Atrix' finger print reader. Not being able to use a MicroSD card for backup etc, feels somewhat like a drawback. The audio quality when listening in earphones is awesome, but then you have the too low maximum playback volume om the mono loudspeaker to remind you that Motorola A had much better output back in , and in stereo. February 16, February 12, February 10, February 9, I truly believe it is the best Android device available.
It's beautiful, elegant, and functional. Sometimes I find myself reaching for my phone to check email, do a search, or play a song, even though I've usually got a computer nearby too. Love this phone. Do yourself a favor and install the Nova Launcher. Google it. You can find a beta for free on XDA. Makes it much more customizeable.
This is the greatest smartphone I have laid hands on. Aside from the battery. You cant describe how great this phone is. I'm left speechless. It truly is that good. I've only had it for about a week or so, and so far I've been pretty happy with my Galaxy Nexus. I was disappointed to find out that only certain GSM models are suppored directly from Google i. I'm also fairly bummed about the battery life, which I expected to be somewhat better Overall, it's a great phone. Stuff like being able to type a contact's name in the phone dialer and linking common contacts from different address books.
In fact, it's worth saying that ICS is probably a bit over-hyped in my opinion, and not such a huge leap forward from Gingerbread. Highly recommend. February 4, February 2, January 31, I am thoroughly satisfied in every way! No SD support kind of sucks, but is offset by the increased internal capacity. ICS is playing well with Any quirks have been remedied by most developers now. My girlfriend keeps reminding me she's waiting to have one of her own :P. January 30, Hands down the best phone for any fan of Android.
This device lives up to the Nexus name, although Google wallet cannot be downloaded from the Google Market as Verizon doesn't allow it , but Wallet can be downloaded and works flawlessly. Cameras on this phone are very impressive, 5MP on back and a front facing for video chatting. In whole, this device is impressive in all fields, and I would recommend it to anyone that wishes to use their phone for more than texting and phone calls.
January 28, Nearly perfect phone, nothing that is seriously bad. The few things that can be improved are the camera, and like all other phones, battery life.
January 27, Did have lots of problems, exchanged it, problems again, refunded. January 24, January 21, January 20, I recently purchased the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and, I have to say this phone is awesome thus far. I've only had it for a couple weeks, but the combo of a 4. The overall call quality is good on this device. The speaker is kind of soft and can get hard to hear in loud areas, but is still adequate for most calling situations.
I feel like this is something that can be remedied in future firmware updates, as was the case with the Samsung Fascinate awhile back. The display is astounding! The colors are vibrant and crisp. I've even been told to dim the backlight while I'm reading in bed at night, as the phone is so bright when turned all the way up, it keeps my girlfriend awake. The battery life on this device has been a little iffy.
When I got the phone I was too excited to let it charge fully, I just had to play with it. The battery was at half life when I started putzing, around 3pm. By 9pm of the first night I had to charge it before it died. Six hours of pretty consistent use isn't too bad on a half battery. But as the days went on, I notice that the battery life wasn't getting any better. I ended up going out and buying an extended battery as they were on sale through "Big Red. When I initially ordered the phone, I was afraid that it would be too large for me.
Seeing the 4. After having the beast in my hand though, it's come to feel very comfortable, and easy to get around. It makes reading web pages loads easier and texting in portrait is a snap, even for someone like me, with sausage fingers! The phone is made of thin plastic, like most Samsung phones. But the overall feel is great. I thought it might feel flimsy, but feels fairly solid. I haven't dropped the device at all yet, and hope not to at all.
Having 4. It's a whole new way of working with Android, and in my opinion, a much needed face-lift for the OS. The original vanilla Android seemed a little clunky and lacked a bit of design. Don't get me wrong I've loved the OS from Cupcake to Gingerbread and everything in between, and the quirks that came with them, but ICS is the new hotness. I won't go overboard on the OS here, as others have probably written more entertaining and thought out reviews of it.
Overall I have to say I'm stoked about this phone and look forward to the next 2 years with it. Who knows, maybe I've found technological soul-mate.
We'll see. January 18, January 16, I Love it, it is a pleasure to use and to show off to my friends, family and co-workers! January 13, Best dev. Wish it wasn't plastic. January 11, January 9, January 7, This phone comes equipped with the newest version of android which is amazingly smooth and cohesive. Dual core processors result in a blazing fast user experience. The form factor may be detrimental for those with small hands, but the display is beautiful.
The only downside is the battery life; it will last a day but just barely. I recommend the extended battery to give you a slight power boost. January 3, January 2, January 1, December 31, December 30, December 28, Almost the perfect phone, if it weren't a tad too large. It fits in most pockets just fine, thanks to it's thinness, but it's hard to use one-handed without fearing it slipping when you stretch your thumb to reach the edge of the screen. Best Phone I've ever used.
CameraYes the camera has its short comings, but coming from owning an iPhone 4 before this device it seems to be pretty on par as long as the lighting is good. The zero shutter lag as to be seen to really understand how fast this camera takes pictures. Now about the Size of the phone itself, I'm 6'7" and thus have big hands to say the least, so the phone actually fists quite comfortably. I held a friends iPhone 4 recently and it almost seemed laughably small in comparison, so I got used to its size.
That being said most of my fiends and family seem to think the phone is still to big to use, but it all comes down to personal opinion.
SoftwareNot enough can be said about how awesome ICS is and how it is leaps and bounds better than any android version before it. While im not getting 20hrs out of a charge like my iPhone, I'm averaging about 12hrs per charge with moderate to heavy usage Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Texts, And few games. But as a University student it gets me through a week day, and night, seeing as its in my pocket most of the daylight hours.
I was used to having a slightly sluggish feeling in android phones, but that doesn't exist in this phone. While is defiantly not the right phone for everyone It's defiantly my favorite phone I've used so far, I've spent generous amounts of time with all the major OSs save for Symbian, and ICS is my favorite by miles.
If you love android and don't have small hands then thisisyournext phone! Where to start? This phone is amazing in every sense of the word. The 4. I've seen the camera brought up several times as one of the negative aspects of the Galaxy Nexus. If you're looking to replace your digital camera with a smartphone your best bet might be the iPhone 4S.
However, if you only use your smart phone to take quick shots of whatever you're up to this phone is perfect. There's no shutter lag and taking pictures is quick and easy. The Galaxy Nexus is a great phone and I highly recommend it. It was a tough decision between this and the Rezound.
I was coming from the original Motorola Droid. After a couple of days with this phone though I feel I made the right decision and I'm glad I held out till this phone was released. Pros: This is the first phone with Android 4.
This is the OS that is meant to combine their phone OS gingerbread and their tablet OS honeycomb into a single operating system that will work on both devices.
Google did a lot right with this OS. The minimalist feel is very nice. I'm falling in love And you can tell that Google did a lot of coding to make it fast as hell. Web browsing is a joy on Verizon's 4g network.
Creating folders is a lot better with ICS, you just stack icons on top of each other and they make a new folder. Then you can rearrange them in the folder ala iOS. The soft keys you find on every other android phone are replaced with virtual ones like the ones found in honeycomb. Once you get used to it, you'll appreciate how powerful the multitasker is. Also the phone uses all 32 GB for app storage so no more using Apps 2 SD to try and squeeze more space out of the phone.
This is a developer phone from Google. Meaning it is relatively easy to unlock the bootloader and root the phone. This will let you put your own custom ROMs on and install apps that require root access such as wireless tether. The amount of hype around this phone is massive and you can be sure that if you choose to do this, there will be tons of support for the foreseeable future.
As it is though, I can see many people being perfectly happy with the phone in stock condition. Cons: There are two glaring drawbacks to this phone: the camera, and the battery life. With all the hardware put into the Nexus, you really feel as though Samsung cut a corner with the camera. Frankly it is just adequate. The picture quality is strictly inferior to that on the 4s. The one redeeming quality about the camera though is its shutter speed.
You are able to take pictures about as fast as you can press the button on the phone. For someone who isn't a cellphone photographer though the camera should suit your needs just fine.
The battery life is a concern with this phone. Be prepared to charge this phone during the day. If you leave your phone in 4g mode, it will probably last around 6 hours or so. However there is an option in the settings accessed by clicking the settings app or through a button when you drag down the notification bar for it to use only 3g.
If you're not using the phone for anything bandwidth-intensive like video-streaming, I suggest toggling this option and switching back when needed. There also exists an extended battery, but I do not have it so I cannot speak for any extra life it gives you. In my opinion it is the best Android phone you can buy right now.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is my first Samsung device. I stayed away from them in the past duw to their Touchwiz UI, but the Nexus is, as with all other Nexus Android devices, pure "vanilla" Android - and it ia great! I love the design and the performance. It runs everything very smoothly and renders pictures and videos very smoothly.
The camera is great - it takes great pictures and does so extremely quickly with its zero shutter lag. The included video effects and photo filters amd tweaks are great bonuses as well. I personally LOVE the time-lapse video feature! The real thing that makes this phone great is Android 4.
ICS is a fantastic improvement over previous itterations of Android in almost every way. The UI is slick, the new features arw killer I upgraded my Droid 1 to the Galaxy Nexus and it is great. It is really hard to decide if it is ICS that shines or the hardware. Even the little additions to the camera apps are great. Speaking of the camera the 5mp camera is a little weak, I would expect better quality from a phone like this.
The screen is great. The software button do take some getting use to, but I think it will only help the android eco system in the long run. Problems with the buttons are the search button has been moved, which will be a pain to developers. The settings button moves around depending on the app, which has drove me crazy. All in all this is a fast phone that I love.
I run a little Android shop. The combo of the new OS and this phone is simply awesome. There are little quirks, but for the most part, its really great.
Bar has been raised. I absolutely love the bigger screen and dual core processor. The changes in ICS for usability and swapping between apps makes it a really great phone. Some of the info about being poor quality screen with the pentile screen I really don't see. I do miss having a search button on the bottom of the phone though. Having folders built in and being able to use right out of the launcher is very nice as well.
As an avid android user I love it! Camera:Very fast shutter as advertised. Stunned how quickly I can take multiple photos. It is also very nice to be able to take stills during video recording. The Panorama is a little odd as it is constantly taking pictures as you slowly rotate, instead of stitching multiple together. Battery Life:I go anywhere from lasting about hours with 4G turned off as I still live in a 3G area.
The virtual buttons are very easy to use and its wonderful when the disappear in video apps. I really do miss the dedicated search button for being to voice search at any time.
Camera - By far worse than the Iphone 4 and the Iphone 4s. Not sure why they decided to put a 5 megapixel camera in this as the gold standard currently seems to be eight. Megapixels don't mean didley though if you don't get accurate color from the sensor. With this phone you get very mixed results.
Sometimes it's flush and accurate but often times colors aren't rich as they should be. Display - Colors and Deep blacks look great. Though reading text gets more difficult.
I definitely wouldn't want to read a book on this device while on a two-three hour train which I have done this with the Iphone 4. Overall - This is a solid Android camera. Due to most people wanting to use their phones as replacements for camera it's disappointed that it's loaded with such a poor camera.
If you're an Iphone lover, ICS won't convince you to switch over. Also on that same note, if you have an existing Android running Gingerbread, I would say this is a minimal upgrade.
The Galaxy Nexus is the latest and greatest product to come out of the Android ecosystem of phones, and produced by Samsung who has created some of the better mobile handsets not created in Cupertino.
The display on this device is absolutely gorgeous; it has a beautiful, high resolution display with amazing color and vibrance. Unfortunately, you pay a price for these good looks; the battery life is pretty atrocious. So far, I've found that the phone can barely hold up to one entire day without needing a top-off of charge.
If you use the phone a lot for games, movies, etc. Even with the massive watt-hour battery, you'll still need a backup battery for emergency situations.
Running the latest Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, this phone is great for trying out the latest and greatest applications from Google. And although Verizon doesn't install it, it is possible to install Google Wallet on the phone; I've installed and used it with no problem. Overall the battery life is a real problem, and perhaps some software updates will make it a little more tolerable.
The phone feels great in the hand, and the big beautiful display means that you won't need to resort to using a laptop or tablet to do things you ordinarily might have needed to. I recommend this phone with my only reservation being about the poor battery life. I am very happy with this phone. As most reviewers say the "Build Quality" isn't as good as the iPhone, they are talking about the materials made because plastic just isn't as nice feeling as metal and glass.
I really don't have a problem with it though, as the plastic has not gotten one scratch on it, though I have dropped it on concrete in ways that the iPhone would have a cracked front or backBattery life isn't anything to write home about, but I get about a day out of it, provided I'm home early! Coming from an iphone to the android platform has been tough for me.
While I have dipped my big toe in the android water in the past with Nexus One and Nexus S, I have always returned to the iphone. This time it maybe a different story. This is a great phone but miss some of the refined polish Apple brings to the iphone. Some of the part of the SGN is the huge beautiful screen and the blazing LTE speed, both of these things were the selling point for me when make my decision to purchase this phone.
Life is not always perfect in the land of SGN with so-so battery life even with the extended battery. Coming from an iphone 4 I did not have care about what I had on, and if it was going to drain my battery. There is a data connection issue with the phone also, it seem to have problems handing off from 3G to 4G and back to 3G.
I seem to lose date connection for 1 to 3 minutes. I really hope this is a software issue and can be fixed in the near future. I hope was helpful and this one person opinion. I want to add one more thing The SGN burns through the data, on an average month with my iphone i would see anywhere from 2 to 3GB of data usage. Now 14 day into my billing cycle I am at 6. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a surprisingly understated product for a "flagship" phone.
The colors are muted, the design is sexy but nothing daring, and the specs aren't above and beyond things we've seen earlier this year. Even the trademark contour display is so slight in its curvature you won't even think about it. But it's the perfect launch platform for Ice Cream Sandwich. There are no buttons, no branding, nor any distractions of any kind on the face of the device. You won't see any fuzziness on text, but pentile will rear its head if the display is dim, as greys will appear as colorful static.
The build quality is solid but sill feels a bit cheap. If this thing were running Gingerbread, it would be a top-tier phone, but nothing earth-shattering. As for Verizon: love the service, hate the company. LTE is in a shocking number of places already, and speed probably beats your home line.
Dropped calls are less common than any other carrier. But you'll have to deal with Verizon's high prices and low data caps. Also, a few apps are pre-installed. Nothing too bad, but still feels like a violation of Nexus. But it's getting plenty of love from Google.
But with the glorious ICS Android 4. I loved Honeycomb, and ICS takes it above and beyond. Gone is the nagging lag, and Android's rough edges have been filed down. My biggest complaint is that there are too many icons with no descriptive text. Also, find-on-page and web search are practically identical.
New niggles aside, the experience is lllightyears ahead of Gingerbread. A Nexus is always the safe bet for Android nerds, because you'll get the updates first, and the custom ROMs are coming fast and furious. If you love Android and like to have the bleeding edge software experience, there's no other choice.
And as of writing, we have nbo idea what ICS will look like on other devices or when it will come. The Galaxy Nexus is the only known quantity in the Android world at this moment. The Good:The 4. The addition of an app tray is a genius addition that someone should have implemented a long time ago. Verizon LTE is damn fast. Check out the screenshot if you don't believe me. The keyboard is much improved over Gingerbread.
Although, that may have to do with the size of the screen as much as anything. The camera is horrible. Can someone tell me why Samsung mailed in in with the camera hardware on the nexus? Google spent a lot of time on the camera software in ICS but the hardware basically makes it useless.
With the Galaxy SIIs camera there's no excuse for this. I don't see how any girl could ever use this phone. Not a problem for me but I have big hands and you all know what they say about that. Battery, battery, battery.
It's not horrible but compared to my iPhone's battery it is. This may be the best cell phone I've ever come across. The HD screen is huge and crisp. The OS is super responsive and easy to use. Everything now seems unified overall. The camera may not be the greatest, but I only use a cell phone camera once a year or so, so I can really attest to its overall quality.
Pure Android with updates direct from Google make this phone the first worthy successor of the original Droid. Cons: battery on LTE is awful. GeneralThe Galaxy Nexus feels like the smartphone that was needed to challenge the 4S. While the 4S continues to win in some areas I feel like it's still easier to use, as well as more approachable the Galaxy Nexus is light years ahead of what is happening in Android even to this day. Use this, then go back to the Galaxy S II.
Seriously, there's a big difference. Where once Android was the ugly duckling, Duarte and his team have managed to polish it in to a beautiful and speedy machine. Also of note: gone are the masculine "machine" undertones, which I'm glad of. I never thought that the "it'll do everything, then glow angrily at you" was a good marketing campaign. Android 4 feels very refined, to the point that I could easily recommend this device over an iPhone 4S. Which is, frankly, saying something for me. Specific LikesThe display is pentile, but you won't notice it.
I was one of the few who absolutely slammed any previous pentile display, because my eyes are extremely sensitive. I've yet to notice it. Google has fixed the random lags. Finally, after 4 major revisions and various smaller updates, the incessant lagging that used to characterize an Android device is gone.
Android 4 feels smooth. Smooth like a baby's butt, smooth like The camera is good, except when the photographer is an idiot. Hold still. That's the key to this, as it is to most cameras.
I still don't understand the continued controversy surrounding this Battery is Surprise, surprise, I know. But I'm able to make a day and a half easily. Still, it seems great for normal and even heavy usage for a smartphone of this caliber. Ending ThoughtsIf you are able to pick one up, I suggest it.
In fact, forget about every other phone that will be produced until the next Nexus. You want stock Android now. It's beautiful and fluid and smooth and cohesive, while the skins are anything but. Plus, the hardware is rock-solid. Consider me thoroughly converted.
I just got this 3 days ago and so far it has been outstanding. Some people have been complaining about 4G data drops and reception problems, but I have experienced none of this.
I was initially having some wifi issues but that has sorted itself out. The screen is stunning, and is easily the best feature of this phone. My battery life with the extended battery has been great ie over 24 hrs on a charge, with light use since I am on vacation. The 4G speeds in my area are phonomenal: 38M down, 15 up.
You can easily disable the 4G radio if you live in a poor 4G reception area, since this may cause some of the problems with loss of data connectivity. ICS has a definite learning curve: some things are just different: like the menu button which moves around depending on the app and the context. I actually preferred a dedicated search button, and this has shown up in some of the early Roms. The widgets are organized differently in the app drawer, but it makes sense.
The look and feel of the OS is clean, and the animations are buttery smooth. The browser is different: again there is a learning curve since it does things differently vs 2. Ie to get your bookmarks you can either longpress the return key unintuitive much?
I don't like that arrangement personally. There is a way to do this with an setting under labs but I don't need to do it that way. The textflow renders differently as well: it seems to pre-render to an appropriate column size when zoomed.
The enhancements to gmail and calendar app are huge. Also the notification LED does not seem to work and requires an app lightflow. With those oversights, these issues are fixed. These limits are given in terms of a unit referred to as the Specific Absorption Rate SAR , which is a measure of the amount of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone. PhoneArena Score Review. User Score User reviews. Released Nov 17, Display 4. Camera 5 MP Single camera 1.
Storage 32GB,. Battery mAh. OS Android 4. Cons 32GB basic storage not expandable. Hardware Benchmarks. Design Size comparison. It's very reminiscent of iOS. Opening the app drawer brings you a grid of your applications, and you can tab into your widget selections as well.
There's also a persistent link to the Android Market in the corner. It's similar to the way Honeycomb handles these pages, but it all feels much more natural here.
Menus and lists have been changed as well, and particularly in settings, it's easier to find the toggles you're looking for without hunting and pecking.
One big new feature that Google has added to the settings menu is the ability to set data warnings, hard limits, see application data activity, and limit background data on an app-by-app basis. That's a welcome relief for people looking to contain their bills, especially if you've got a hard stop on something expensive, like Verizon's LTE service.
The look and feel of these screens is refreshingly stark with just the right amount of futurism a theme here. I want to note that moving around all of these screens is buttery smooth.
There's no lag, no stutter. Animations are fluid, and everything feels cohesive and solid. It's like Ice Cream Sandwich is more "there" than previous versions of Android. Additionally, there are repeated motifs that really work, such as the concept of swiping left of right through panels of an app to get at different pieces or layers of content.
That's used throughout the OS now, and it makes a lot of sense. Another thing that's been done is that navigational items previously buried in menus have been pulled out and placed into touch-friendly, exposed rows.
There are still some options hidden in a small "overflow" tab a consistent triple-dotted nav item , but these are generally the less frequently visited areas of an app, such as settings.
I find that the new system makes it even easier to get around in the OS, and compared to its nearest competition iOS , it is actually far simpler in some instances. Take, for example, clearing your cache in the browser. In iOS, you actually have to exit the app, open settings, find Safari settings, and then do your cache clearing. In ICS you simply tap on the overflow box, click settings, and clear away — without ever leaving your app.
It's a great blend of the desktop and mobile user interactions, and one of the things I liked best about what Google did with Honeycomb. One last big piece worth mentioning is the vast alteration to multitasking on the phone.
Previously, multitasking was done by holding down the home button and waiting for a pop-over of your last few apps to appear. The trigger to get into that screen was blind, and the apps your were heading towards were blind as well. Google has rectified that situation in ICS by providing a dedicated multitask button in your persistent virtual button list, and by not only showing what app you've been using, but a small snapshot of the last screen you were in.
You can also triage this list by swiping away the apps you're not using. It's kind of like webOS cards running vertically instead of horizontally — and it really, truly works well. It does take a moment to get used to, but after a few minutes with it, I was wondering how I'd been living with multitasking in Android and other platforms like iOS that was so clunky. The core of the redesign here is about exposing options, reducing steps and confusion, and making Android generally more delightful to use.
I would say Google has accomplished what it set out to do. That's not to say that there aren't still some imperfections here, but generally Ice Cream Sandwich feels like a modern — and most importantly, elegant — operating system that's been thoughtfully designed. A lot of people yours truly included have long griped about the consistency and accuracy of the keyboard and text selection options in Android.
Well I'm happy to report that Google has finally stepped up to the plate on the much-needed changes to both of these items. For starters, the keyboard is now far more accurate than previous versions. I would put the text prediction and auto-correction on par with iOS at this point. My typing speed noticeably improved with ICS, and not only was it easier to bang out messages quickly, but moving back to correct mistakes or change words has been massively tweaked.
Android is tracking mistakes or perceived mistakes much more closely now and red-underlining anything that looks amiss — a simple tap on that word and you get a contextual dropdown of suggestions.
Additionally, you need only double tap on a word and the cursor below it or long press on that word to get a context menu with choices to replace. You can now easily long press on any text pretty much anywhere on the device and get options to copy, share, or find-in-page for that snippet.
It works brilliantly, and the provided start and end cursors work just as you'd expect. It's stupid to have taken so long to do something so simple, but it's incredibly refreshing to not have to think about it anymore.
One other item worth noting — Google's voice-to-text feature now processes your input nearly in realtime, meaning you can get your dictated messages into the phone much faster. In testing, the service was generally accurate, though we still have a long way to go before it can steer clear of all of the natural pitfalls of this sort of human to machine translation. While most applications are not affected, I have seen some significant issues with a handful of apps I use.
For instance, Andchat, an IRC client I've used on every Android I've owned seems to display incorrectly for a few moments, and then crash completely. TweetDeck, my Twitter client of choice, works well save for a menu which is missing when composing a tweet in portrait view. There are other small issues I've noticed in a handful of apps, such as menus not appearing and formatting seeming off, but the majority of the problems strike me as screen size related, not fundamental issues with the platform.
It's not just new hardware and whole new look and feel. Google's overhauled the core apps as well. Gmail has been redesigned from the ground up, utilizing most of the changes made in Honeycomb. Weirdly, however, these changes make a lot more sense when your fingers aren't darting from one corner of the screen to the other.
Instead of the awkward, unresponsive controls of the older Gmail app, the icons and navigation in Ice Cream Sandwich's Gmail are superb. I never had any missed touches a common issue in Gingerbread and earlier iterations , and I found I was able to manage and read my email much more quickly. Google is utilizing that swiping motif here to great effect, allowing you to simply page through your emails and conversations. Additionally, you can now search your mail offline at least 30 days back , meaning my train rides are going to be about a million times more productive.
More than anything though, just as in the rest of the OS, Gmail is just a lot less ugly and clunky than it used to be. It feels fast and modern, and frankly might be better than Gmail in the browser in some ways. Just like Gmail, the calendar app has been prettied up and made more functional, but the biggest alteration comes in the form of a new gesture here: pinch-to-zoom. If you've got a massively packed schedule I do, you just don't see it in the video below , this is a life saver.
The basic concept is that you can zoom in or out on your more cluttered days, and get increasingly granular information on the events you have upcoming. In use, I thought the feature was terrific. All too often, designers add this kind of window dressing to an app for the visual flair without taking into account any kind of actual utility.
That's not the case here. The gesture is beautiful and functional. You know if you can excite people about your calendar app, you're doing something right. I found it pretty reliable and helpful during busy hours, and Google has thoughtfully added little breadcrumbs suggesting which conversation is to the right or left of the one that you're currently in.
If you're jumping between conversations a lot and I am , this is pretty radical feature in the world of mobile IM applications. I felt more able to triage and respond to incoming messages in the new Talk than I have on any other smartphone messaging client. Another nice thing about Talk is that it integrates with the People app which is basically your new address book , meaning that you can see statuses from multiple areas on the phone.
Let me just say this — the browser in Ice Cream Sandwich does some serious ass-kicking. I don't often use profanity in my gadget reviews, but I felt it was worth emphasizing just how much better the browser on the Galaxy Nexus is compared with much of its competition. Not only has the look and feel of the app been cleaned up along with the rest of the OS, but its speed is rather impressive. Testing with SunSpider, I scored a staggeringly low number of Comparatively, the iPhone 4S scored
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