OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/26552/Google_releases_Android_4_2_Nexus_4_10_go_on_sale Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:52:39 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Overreacting http://www.osnews.com/thread?542373 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542373 You are overreacting, Thom. That is really a small thing, and I think will get fixed in custom ROMs, maybe like Cyanogenmod?

What is the real problem is that Google keeps development closed, and hits us with source code releases some unspecified time after pushing production builds to the public.

If they did push source code more often, preferably in real time to their public git servers, someone would tell them it's dumb ass idea much earlier. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kajaman) Comments Because... http://www.osnews.com/thread?542374 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542374 Why Google didn't just employ the same two-finger gesture on the Nexus 7 as they did on the Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus is beyond me.

Because Apple holds a ridiculously broad patent on using more than one finger on touch screen devices and has shown itself quite willing to sue over it. I'm sure there will be a way for the user to change that behavior, but Google has to concern itself with how Apple will respond to the default settings. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JLF65) Comments Lumia 920 not avail in NL? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542380 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542380 Or why did you get the 8X? Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kragil) Comments Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542381 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542381 Any word on the multi-user profile support that was supposed to be coming to the tablet version of 4.2? Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (intangible) Comments RE: Lumia 920 not avail in NL? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542382 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542382 The 920 is simply way too large and heavy. 4.3" is my favourite screen size. On top of that, the 920 is, for some reason, €100 more expensive. No idea why - it doesn't offer that much more, if at all. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542383 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542383 It's in there, but I have no reason to set it up (I live alone). Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Because... http://www.osnews.com/thread?542384 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542384 Is this patent only valid on large screen touch device? Because, you know, it works with a two-finger swipe right now on both the updated galaxy nexus and the nexus 4.

I regret too Google's choise, but not for the same reason: they had another way to pull down the settings tab on a previous "alpha" build, which seemed better to me:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/15/exclusive-android-4-2-alpha... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Radio) Comments RE[2]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542388 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542388 I would (and will) set it up with a "guest" account, in case I allow someone else to use the tablet for a short time.

That's also the reason I'd like to see this feature on phones. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Pro-Competition) Comments RE[3]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542395 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542395 Same reason for me; My wife and I already have our own tablets, but it'd be nice to let others use the guest account once in a while and see how well things are segmented from my personal junk. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (intangible) Comments Developer sweets http://www.osnews.com/thread?542403 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542403 It is full of developer goodies! ;)

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.2.html

http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

Looking forward to the new Renderscript capabilities, graphics optimization, JIT and GC improvements, better security model, Clang in the NDK, lots and lots of NDK fixes.

EDIT: Added more informationEdited 2012-11-13 20:50 UTC Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (moondevil) Comments Comment by Sodki http://www.osnews.com/thread?542439 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542439 I've upgraded my Galaxy Nexus today and it looks like good release so far. Some good new features added and no major breaks in the core apps. On the other hand, Firefox seems to be dying all the time. Is it just me? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sodki) Comments RE[2]: Lumia 920 not avail in NL? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542457 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542457 the camera on the 920 is ridiculously amazing. my friend took a pic of Chicago at night. the screen showed nothing and the image the camera took was so detailed.

Larger or not...I want me a 920. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (modmans2ndcoming) Comments RE[3]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542486 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542486 I have a wife and a kid. They use the tablet in their own ways, so I'm eager to test it, however I am still on 4.1.2 and checking for OTA updates still yields: system is up to date.

Where do you get the update from manually then? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pysiak) Comments RE[4]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542487 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542487
I have a wife and a kid. They use the tablet in their own ways, so I'm eager to test it, however I am still on 4.1.2 and checking for OTA updates still yields: system is up to date.

Where do you get the update from manually then?


...links are in the story here. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Comment by Sodki http://www.osnews.com/thread?542501 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542501 Not just you. I just got a nexus 7, and after upgrading to 4.2 I installed the firefox beta, since it works well on my (4.1) phone. It crashes every minute or so, which quickly gets annoying. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dnebdal) Comments RE: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542502 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542502 It's in there; I set it up yesterday. In settings, under Users, there's a button to add a new user. When you do, you get a list of buttons on the lock screen to pick which user you're unlocking into - and new users get the first-boot wizard to set up their profile (including the username; they show up as "new user" until they do).

It seems to work as intended, though I haven't really tested it beyond setting up a new user and handing it to someone else for a while.Edited 2012-11-14 12:52 UTC Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dnebdal) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Sodki http://www.osnews.com/thread?542505 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542505 I see that more users are complaining now, so I hope it gets fixed real soon. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Sodki) Comments Re: http://www.osnews.com/thread?542506 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542506
(only three Google-sanctioned widgets are available)


This is good news to me. We don't need apps putting notification junk in the lockscreen too. It's a lockscreen, it doesn't have to evolve in a secondary notification center.Edited 2012-11-14 14:02 UTC Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kurkosdr) Comments I like the new panels http://www.osnews.com/thread?542531 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542531 I actually like the way you access the top panels now. It makes perfect sense to me. You swipe down from the notifications to get the notifications, and you swipe down from the battery,wifi, etc. indicators to get to the settings. I would have never even thought to use a two-fingered swipe to get to anything unless I had been told about it, so I think that method is actually less intuitive. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rft183) Comments RE[3]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542544 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542544 I updated my N7 last night and set up a guest account. Didn't link it to Google.
The guest account can't run applications that the main user installed.

I don't like this.

I should be able to let friends or family play Angry Birds or whatever on it as a guest.
Can't do this right now. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FunkyELF) Comments Chrome http://www.osnews.com/thread?542588 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542588 You know I've been having a lot of trouble with chrome on galaxy tab 7.7, whereas on my galaxy s2 i've had no problems with it. Today I realized that the problem might be swype. I use swype on my tab, but on my phone I don't. A lot of times when chrome locks up on my tab its when i'm typing something in. Thom, do you use swype with chrome? Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments RE: Because... http://www.osnews.com/thread?542802 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542802 I'm going to be honest - I didn't even notice the lack of 2 finger swipe.. I just did it naturally. That speaks a lot more to me. I's actually find 2 fingers unnatural. I can only assume the 2 finger on the Nexus 4 was because of the low screen size. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (henderson101) Comments RE[2]: Multi-User? http://www.osnews.com/thread?542804 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542804 It sent my Nexus 7 into a mental spiral of doom. The entire system became so unresponsive that I had to hard reset it. *sigh* I'm coming to expect the worse with the Nexus 7.. it's not as nice as the iPad mini I just played with in a local store, and it just keep on crapping out on me. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (henderson101) Comments No manual install... http://www.osnews.com/thread?542805 http://www.osnews.com/thread?542805 Nexus 7 OTA is live.. but the results are a real mixed bag for me. Not overly impressed. Tablet is sluggish and has had to be hard reset. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (henderson101) Comments