Vlad Savov at This is My Next:
As to overall performance, we saw a good deal of stutter in the Galaxy Nexus before us. Taps were not always recognized and there were occasional delays in performing an instruction, […] The subtle, pervasive lag that has characterized the Android UI since it inception is still there, which is not a heartening thing to hear when you’re talking about a super-powered dual-core device like the Galaxy Nexus.
Seriously?
“There’s this thing that’s happening right now in user interface design that I find kind of shackling. The faux wood paneling trend, and the airport lavatory signage trend.”
It’s interesting that as Apple moves towards more skeumorphic user interfaces (c.f. iCal, iBooks and Find my Friends), Google is doing their best to move away from that idea. They’re moving towards the Windows Phone 7 end of the spectrum with Ice Cream Sandwich. Josh Topolsky points out that “even the sounds have been changed. The lock sounds and keyboard sounds are now much more digital, instead of trying to replicate real-world objects.”
Windows Phone 7 and iOS are interesting UI-wise because they’re really good at focusing on specific things. WP7 is very digital and very minimal, whereas iOS is more material-based. The combination of those two opposing goals is either going to be really great or unsuccessful.
Hilariously bad.
There are about 3.4 million Android tablets out there. Apple has sold nearly 40 million iPads. Marco Arment said it nearly a year ago:
[T]he market for non-iPad tablets is about as big today as it was before the iPad
The fewer instances of Droid Sans I see, the better things look.
(via Sebastiaan de With)
Nice to see Motorola resurrecting the old RAZR branding for this phone. Interestingly, it’ll simply be known as the Motorola RAZR here in Canada.
The screen size is astonishing. Also, Motorola is touting this as the thinnest smartphone you can buy, aside from where it’s thicker. Seems they’ve been taking lessons from Dell.
The Company posted quarterly revenue of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.
These look like oil company figures.
The Company sold 17.07 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 21 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.12 million iPads during the quarter, a 166 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.62 million iPods, a 27 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
No surprise that everything except iPods are up. Apple is cannibalizing elements of their own business, and they aren’t worse for it.
Is it just me, or is it weird that HP is continuing to add new features to a product they no longer make?