Of course, had Apple used this font, it would've been awesome and beautifully elegant and understated and magical (how's that Comic Sans rip-off Marker Felt that's infesting iOS working out for ya?).

For the rest, the Galaxy Nexus sports a dual-core 1.2Ghz processor, which I actually find a little on the slow side for what is supposed to be the flagship Android device. I'm assuming the relatively slow processor (compared to the 1.5Ghz processors which are popping up all over the Android ecosystem) has been chosen to not stress the battery too much. That large display needs juice, after all.

Windows Phone 7-like People App

facial recognition login technology

Ice Cream Sandwich also introduces a new font, Roboto, which is the default font all throughout Android 4.0. It's designed for high-density displays, and, as always with anything that isn't ZOMGHELVETICAGGNRFFRRRR, the font hipsters are hating on it like crazy. Of course, had Apple used this font, it would've been awesome and beautifully elegant and understated and magical (how's that Comic Sans rip-off Marker Felt that's infesting iOS working out for ya?).

Apple did introduce this font. It's called Helvetica.

and I'll be able to install updates as soon as Google releases them, instead of having to wait 6 months for the vendors to feed it to me.

We plan to release the source for the recently-announced Ice Cream Sandwich soon, once it’s available on devices.

As these new servers are, well, new, there may be hiccups if we encounter unexpected issues. However we’re keeping a close eye on them and will respond to any issues as quickly as possible.

Apple did introduce this font. It's called Helvetica.

if you get a phone that is supported: cyanogenmod is a fairly light layer over AOSP.

I actually use dark themes on my phone. It saves the battery quite a bit

Ice Cream Sandwich also introduces a new font, Roboto, which is the default font all throughout Android 4.0. It's designed for high-density displays, and, as always with anything that isn't ZOMGHELVETICAGGNRFFRRRR, the font hipsters are hating on it like crazy. Of course, had Apple used this font, it would've been awesome and beautifully elegant and understated and magical

(how's that Comic Sans rip-off Marker Felt that's infesting iOS working out for ya?).

Alas, I like it, I think it looks nice. It's certainly not as beautiful as Metro's excellent Segoe-based typography, but then again - nothing is.

So it began with Andoid being *awesome* because it was open source and what not and it was made by Google. Then came the announcement about Blackberry's QNX and suddenly that was king.
And now it's Windows Phone and everything they do is undeniably the best.
Ok dude you're right.

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iOS's big merits.

how's that Comic Sans rip-off Marker Felt that's infesting iOS working out for ya?

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In a line, stop being so biased in your articles every time you change your mind. You're takings jabs at people like Gruber but at least they don't portray themselves as being objective; what you're doing is worse.

if you get a phone that is supported: cyanogenmod is a fairly light layer over AOSP.

So basically, Thom...you'll say or do anything because you reserve the right to flip-flop at the time of your choosing?

How can anyone take what you say seriously?

A good example: the iPad. When it was announced, I said I didn't see the point in a giant iPod Touch - I added that it would probably sell well, but that I personally didn't see the point and that the novelty would quickly wear off. Then, when I bought my own iPad 2, I stated in my review that I got it now, that I was wrong in my earlier assessment.

it IS Helvetica

Non-experts probably won’t tell the difference between Georgia and Times New Roman. Does that mean that Georgia is just a tweak of Times?

When readability changes significantly (like, say, when the holes in the "e" and the "a" are barely distinguishable and characters width looks random), I see a difference between fonts. But most of the the time font design discussions just feel like people are nitpicking a lot about nothing significant. Maybe taste plays a role, but I don't understand where there's even room for taste in good font design.

in common 12pt text, you only have a few dozens square dots at hand, readability puts strong criterion on how you must use them, so what room is left for change ? Cannot font design only affect large text, such as that of ads and logos ?

One day, I found a book about typography at my local book shop and thought "well, maybe I'll finally understand ?". But reading the first few pages, where they described an overloaded page of an old version of Apple's website as the paramount of graphic design, I just had to stop and put the book back on the shelf. They couldn't be serious. There's nothing elegant about a bunch of tightly packed rounded boxes fulled with ads, where one must chase real content in order to find it.