Earlier RootzWiki and AndroidPolice both received leaks from a "extremely reliable source" and they both obtained 2 different pictures of the new Ice Cream Sandwich interface running on the Nexus S.
You can read the whole article here:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/11/delicious-android-ice-cream-sandwich-images-leak-online/
Here are the leaks:
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ICS is also to include:
Brand-new launcher and app drawer, with screenshots of both featured exclusively on RootzWiki - with what appears to be a task switcher icon on the homescreen, though it could be something else.
Camera now has a panorama mode (not pictured)
Gmail has been totally re-themed to go with the new OS (not pictured)
Nexus S will be receiving ICS via update, but the "Nexus Prime" will be getting it first
Mostly UI changes - many older devices (< 1 year old) should be able to run it
Personally, I feel like these are fake. However, the AndroidPolice writers were heavily defending the credibility of their source in the comments section of the original post.
My reasons for being skeptical include:
At Google IO, they announced ICS would get a complete UI overhaul. This is the same basic layout we've been seeing for a long time.
The phone icon is the same as from eclair. A phone icon inside a sqaure, while the newest phone icon in gingerbread is just a phone with no square. Why would google use "new" icons for most of gapps but not the phone?
All the icons are the exact same ones from the Honeybread T-Mobile theme (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gfxandroid.honeybreadtheme&feature=search_result) I'm not sure what the original source of the icons were, but I do know the same icons were "released" way before these leaks.
The signal bar icon is rotated, as is in honeycomb (a tablet thing). The honeybread theme also rotates the signal bar. I don't think google would get rid of the standard bars that's been the same on (as far as I know) every cell phone ever.
To me these just look like a gingerbread build themed with a modified build.prop.
Those are just my 2 cents as of now. There are a couple other things that just don't fit, but then again there are a couple of things that haven't been seen before. I do know that icons can just be used as placeholders when developing and that this is not nearly finished so the final product could (and hopefully) be completely different. What are your opinons?
hmmm... interesting...
why not consider it is still work in progress? at least that is what i would consider it is...
so the same kernel as Gingerbread?
I vote fake as well.
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Nexus one will not be having the ice update I guess.. google apps like google video and music and the new android market is so choppy on the nexus one..
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xzr3b0rnzx said:
Nexus one will not be having the ice update I guess.. google apps like google video and music and the new android market is so choppy on the nexus one..
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I have to disagree. I can't speak for Google video as I don't use it, but Music and the new Market work damn near flawlessly on my device
Not sure of the source of the icons? Have you heard of something called Android 3.0?
Anyway, it looks like the interface is extremely WIP graphics wise, but this definitely seems like the real deal. I just want to know what's going to happen to phones that have softkeys with this release and if ICS phones will have virtual ones as has been speculated.
Also, I feel that the nexus won't be getting an official release of this, especially with the weak GPU.
Fake--
NO real changes, I have blue items in status bar too
That is a Nexus S, this is an N1 thread--
Don't think the N1 could handle ICS--IMHO
rugmankc said:
Don't think the N1 could handle ICS--IMHO
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lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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The N1 thus far has been able to handle everything even better than most phones that have come out in the past year. The custom kernels and oses for the N1 are incredible.
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****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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attacking people like this is what makes this place worse...
Everyone can have his own opinion mate....
Anyways am sure whatever changes are coming will mostly be ported out to our lovely N1 via custom roms thanks to the awesome devs around here!
If wp7 can make good use if the adreno 200, I am pretty sure google can make ics work well on the same gpu.
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lolwhut?
Because you're so experienced with ICS and its requirements?
****ty posts like this are why XDA has turned in to what it is.
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Thanks for the mature post
A better comment would have been telling me why it will and educating me not chastising me. It is only an opinion as pointed in my "IMHO" comment. I for one hope it will as I am only into 6 months of a 2 year contract with TMO. Brought the N1 to TMO from another carrier. I should have said that I didn't think it would work thru a normal OTA, but that with devs like Cyanogen, it may. Also, I don't know if anyone knows how much is being changed and if hardware will come into play. If you already know the source code enlighten us. I am no programmer, just a flasher. If this article is accurate it should work and seems to be little changed to a laymen. But, who knows yet?
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2101386/android-ice-cream-sandwich-leaked
Either way, it is my opinion at some point the N1's hardware or internal memory won't handle the newer OS's. ICS may not be that point yet. Hopefully never. We are running sense roms, thanks to folks like evil etc, but not without issues for a lot of folks. Bad blocks seem to hamper the N1 in some of these roms and the touch screen is not the best.
Another thread with varying opinions, albeit two months old--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137301
Either way I have thick skin and let's hope it works great
Ken
Don't know if these links have been posted before or their accuracy, but they seem to support our HOPE for ICS and talk about Nexus Prime. If this is old news sorry! Two pages.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/compa..._nexus_one_vs_google_nexus_prime_rumours.html
If that's ics than its atrocious.
This will be the third straight dud out of Google.
I can't fathom "most work we've put into a release" and "total ui overhaul" result in that.
Seriously if that's real might as well hand over the reigns to crapple.
Quick thought,
Where it says android version, instead of sayin ICS shouldnt it say 2.4? To me it looks like somesones just recolored and renamed bits of CM7 I reckon this is fake but i guess we'll just have to wait and see
Good Point
But, maybe they haven't finalized a version number yet. Would think they would have though.
Trying to remember if GB leaks had number or said Gingerbread.
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Good Point
But, maybe they haven't finalized a version number yet. Would think they would have though.
Trying to remember if GB leaks had number or said Gingerbread.
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Shouldnt be that hard to track down. Since every single android release has had "leaks". Im sure whoever did this would have done that as well (if it were fake)
Agreed, having ICS means nothing
But, all I remember on pics is 2.3--
or, the GR122 or whatever the number is. It dosen't show on the MIUI rom I am on atm. Think it does on Cyan.
Either way after further research and faith in Cyan, I think we may see ICS on the N1. Unless some new info comes out. It would be nice because GB has reached it's wow factor to me at this time.
Flashing was more exciting 6-12 months ago
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Update: Froyo (2.2) seems to be supposedly very fast compared to Eclair (2.1) according to Linpack results done at AndroidPolice.com.
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I hope this interest some, from Android and Me.com:
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Adobe evangelist Ryan Stewart has taunted us before and he is back again with a new YouTube video. In his latest upload, Ryan is showing off the latest version of Flash 10.1 on his Nexus One. Adobe gave all their employees Android phones and we recently learned that Flash 10.1 is tied to the release of FroYo (Android 2.2).
It appears Mr. Stewart is one of the lucky few to be running Android 2.2 on his Nexus One. At the tail end of the video (around 6:30 mark) we get a quick glimpse of his home screen.New desktop elements include an updated launcher, Android tutorial, and new global search box (picture after the jump).
Google is expected to unveil Android 2.2 at this month’s Google I/O.An increasing number of visitors to our site are running the latest FroYo firmware so it appears the update has been finalized. For a list of possible features, check out our Android 2.2 preview.
Update: It appears several Adobe employees are running the FroYo build. It also sounds like the giant FroYo sculpture has arrived at the Googleplex.
Youtube video demonstrating Flash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7XJI4NN7k&feature=youtube_gdata
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It took me a while to post this on my phone, I really hope this was worth the time! Can't wait for Froyo, we are almost there!
That looks really sweet. Froyo is going to be really awesome.
One thing I noticed on that video is that he had landscape orientation facing the wrong way. I don't have a Nexus One yet (look at my sig) but I thought you could only rotate the screen to the left unless you are rooted. I just hope they include a 360 orientation with froyo, that would be sweet.
Amazing!!! The Adobe employee in the video just machined through all those sites. WOW that is a lot of content.
The CBS site was pretty damn awesome. I hope his omission of Hulu isn't because Hulu will block mobile Flash...
Anyway, with Google I/O on the 19th, I was expecting FroYo and Flash 10.1 to leak then. With Adobe employees having access to this already, it should be only days now...
He has atk showing in the notifacation area. lol Good find btw.
i loooovvvee leaks
and best part about this one if it happens, no porting necessary
Re: Looks like Froyo will have a few aesthetic changes. + Is Froyo finalized?
Damn why won't the video load for me! Am I missing all the leaked android goodness?
ChillRays said:
I just hope they include a 360 orientation with froyo, that would be sweet.
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Wow good find there! You are right Froyo needs badly to include a 360* rotation. I can't wait until the 19th!
It seems like quite a lot of what's expected to come with Froyo is already available in ROMs like Cyanogen already. Some times I wish I hadn't unlocked my phone and kept it stock only so that future updates would *feel* much more significant... if you know what I mean.
PrawnPoBoy said:
It seems like quite a lot of what's expected to come with Froyo is already available in ROMs like Cyanogen already. Some times I wish I hadn't unlocked my phone and kept it stock only so that future updates would *feel* much more significant... if you know what I mean.
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Oh man you read my mind. This is exactly why I didn't root my phone - I love getting presents that don't unlock my bootloader. Makes em that much more special
If stock can catch up to the functionality of cyanogen (except for su) then it'll probably be a lot more stable and polished, seems like all Google has to do is copy the hard work of the modding community and HTC Sense lol.
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Wow good find there! You are right Froyo needs badly to include a 360* rotation. I can't wait until the 19th!
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The Froyo OTA update is coming on the 19th??
ap3604 said:
Oh man you read my mind. This is exactly why I didn't root my phone - I love getting presents that don't unlock my bootloader. Makes em that much more special
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+3, once Froyo comes out, I'm going back to a froyo stock image. I rooted just for the trackball alert app. I couldn't stand being in a staring contest with my trackball to see if it blinked or not.
So a phone and web shortcut. sweet. the two things I wanted on all my homescreens so I didn't have to swipe back to the middle one.
1 week to Google I/O, here's hoping for an immediate 2.2 release.
I just read a article today where someone was showing off Flash and Hulu was blocked...then the other site crashed twice.
Ive been defending Flash mostly becuase Jobs is full of ****...but frankly if Flash is a resource hog battery killer or crasher we will never hear the end of it.
Seriously. N1 gets trashed in publications by appholes. I cant imagine if Flash is problematic..the Jobs knob slobbing will be in full force.
Adobe has a bullseye on its chest lets see how they respond.
I wonder how soon the source will be released for cyanogen to do a version
On a side note i'm liking the performance of Flash on the device, yes the video is choppy but that's for obvious reasons
definately the phone shortcut at the bottom is welcome change for me I'm hoping you can change the browser for say messaging/handcent
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+3, once Froyo comes out, I'm going back to a froyo stock image. I rooted just for the trackball alert app. I couldn't stand being in a staring contest with my trackball to see if it blinked or not.
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You just described what I do with my phone all day. After using Cyanogenmod I went back to stock and I really, really miss the trackball alert customizations. maybe I'll go back just for that :\
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N1 gets trashed in publications by appholes.
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People trashing the N1 are morons who understand nothing about the evolution of new technology. No, it's not perfect, but it does an awful lot very well. I'll just ignore the morons and enjoy my N1 until *I* decide there is a worthy successor. I don't see one on the horizon - yet - regardless of all the blathering idiots spouting specifications and crying in their milk.
xManMythLegend said:
I just read a article today where someone was showing off Flash and Hulu was blocked...then the other site crashed twice.
Ive been defending Flash mostly becuase Jobs is full of ****...but frankly if Flash is a resource hog battery killer or crasher we will never hear the end of it.
Seriously. N1 gets trashed in publications by appholes. I cant imagine if Flash is problematic..the Jobs knob slobbing will be in full force.
Adobe has a bullseye on its chest lets see how they respond.
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As to why he didn't show HULU:
Ryan Stewart
May 11, 2010 at 4:15 am
Hulu loads just fine but they don’t seem to be allowing you to play video on the Nexus One. When I try to load a video I get an “unsupported on your platform” message.
=Ryan
[email protected]
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Eclair~ said:
I hope this interest some, from Android and Me.com:
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It took me a while to post this on my phone, I really hope this was worth the time! Can't wait for Froyo, we are almost there!
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Why did it take a while from your phone?
That's all I ever use, I forgot about my pc since my nexus came.... anyways 2. 2 looks cool
What I'm hoping is that pressing the phone and browser shortcuts will allow you to choose a default if you have more than one. I suppose it will be a while before the browsers contenders catch up with flash support but I use dialer one to search for contacts with the dialer; to me that is a necessity
Here it is!
http://d.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html
Someone please port this to the Nexus One.
Thanks!
chetanthaker said:
Here it is!
http://d.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html
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Went to through the details there. Although there are some interesting upgrades on the developer's side, the end user side looks YAWNnnn.
If you take into consideration that it was advertised as an sizeable upgrade of the UI. Which is not.
agovinoveritas said:
Went to through the details there. Although there are some interesting upgrades on the developer's side, the end user side looks YAWNnnn.
If you take into consideration that it was advertised as an sizeable upgrade of the UI. Which is not.
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It wasn't advertised as such. That was way back when gingerbread was still 3.0.
Obviously that changed and so did most of the UI changes.
i particularly enjoy
One-touch word selection and copy/paste
When entering text or viewing a web page, the user can quickly select a word by press-hold, then copy to the clipboard and paste. Pressing on a word enters a free-selection mode — the user can adjust the selection area as needed by dragging a set of bounding arrows to new positions, then copy the bounded area by pressing anywhere in the selection area. For text entry, the user can slide-press to enter a cursor mode, then reposition the cursor easily and accurately by dragging the cursor arrow. With both the selection and cursor modes, no use of a trackball is needed.
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iphone-esque
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It wasn't advertised as such. That was way back when gingerbread was still 3.0.
Obviously that changed and so did most of the UI changes.
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Actually it was. They made a point of it.
http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/mobile/google-works-on-gingerbread-ui.xhtml
Well, there are tons of different sites that state the same. They all come from statements made by Google, granted a while back. However once they changed it to 2.3 instead of 3.0 which was like a month ago through a tweet of all things, they never changed their stance on the UI issue. So yes, it was advertised as such, and they rode that horse, among other things, until pretty much up to the video that was released for their voice app less than week ago.
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Actually it was. They made a point of it.
http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/mobile/google-works-on-gingerbread-ui.xhtml
Well, there are tons of different sites that state the same. They all come from statements made by Google, granted a while back. However once they changed it to 2.3 instead of 3.0 which was like a month ago through a tweet of all things, they never changed their stance on the UI issue. So yes, it was advertised as such, and they rode that horse, among other things, until pretty much up to the video that was released for their voice app less than week ago.
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ahem notice the date. was still considered 3.0 then.
sn0warmy said:
Someone please port this to the Nexus One.
Thanks!
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wow read much?
agovinoveritas said:
Actually it was. They made a point of it.
http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/mobile/google-works-on-gingerbread-ui.xhtml
Well, there are tons of different sites that state the same. They all come from statements made by Google, granted a while back. However once they changed it to 2.3 instead of 3.0 which was like a month ago through a tweet of all things, they never changed their stance on the UI issue. So yes, it was advertised as such, and they rode that horse, among other things, until pretty much up to the video that was released for their voice app less than week ago.
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All rumors.
From the first sentence in the second paragraph:
Citing multiple unnamed sources...
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Edit: Having looked at the first pictures in the link posted by OP, I can't imagine how you think those are ui improvements. It's not like they were gonna mimic sense ui or miui lol.
The user interface is refined in many ways across the system, making it easier to learn, faster to use, and more power-efficient. A simplified visual theme of colors against black brings vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other parts of the UI. Changes in menus and settings make it easier for the user to navigate and control the features of the system and device.
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This was Android 1.0:
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This was Android 2.2:
This was Android 2.3:
These are just homescreens but if you compare other areas, 1.0 to 2.2 wasn't such a big visual change but 2.2 to 2.3 is. We might just be looking at that "huge" UI change. And IMO it (or whatever it is or you want to call it) ain't that great.
Award Tour said:
These are just homescreens but if you compare other areas, 1.0 to 2.2 wasn't such a big visual change but 2.2 to 2.3 is. We might just be looking at that "huge" UI change. And IMO it (or whatever it is or you want to call it) ain't that great.
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You don't HAVE to use it
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You don't HAVE to use it
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What am I supposed to use then? A amateur made theme? I think it's okay to expect a little (a lot?) more from the creator (who is loaded with talent) of the OS itself especially since Froyo looked way better. Anyway, this type of discussion doesn't really belong in this forum so I'll stop here.
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i particularly enjoy
iphone-esque
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That it is, but you have to say the iPhone cut / paste really works.
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I like it. It's still pretty basic, but the white status bar I'm glad to see go. I usually have it set to black now in CM 6.1 anyway, but it's nice that it's the standard. From previous links it looks like the pop up windows are slightly tweaked as well. It's not a huge departure form the previous versions, but it's significant. Not sure about the green icons though.
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Actually it was. They made a point of it.
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There were reports a month or so ago that the UI designer they got from Palm was still working on stuff, so the Gingerbread UI updates got pushed back.
If you want MASSIVE UI changes, MIUI is your friend
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does gingerbread allow you to stream your itunes music to your PC like they showed at Google IO or is this a later feature or do we still have to rely on 3rd party apps?
Dai323 said:
If you want MASSIVE UI changes, MIUI is your friend
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+1 for MIUI! UI overhaul.
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Dai323 said:
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ditto
but i want to see features from gingerbread
To those saying that this isn't "the big UI overhaul" we've been hearing about, I don't know but it seems like Google thinks it is. As part of the Nexus S youtube introduction they highlight the "refreshed UI" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBMrauRSX0) on a dedicated video. I'm pretty sure that this is it. Disappointing really.
I don't even care about a whole new user experience (sure some maybe some new things which I guess 2.3 does kind of brings) but realistically I just wanted it to be a visual improvement from Froyo. What I see is just a bunch of sub par design choices that destroys the original identity of Android (white, matte, simplistic design with orange highlights). 2.3 brings a lot of visual inconsistency, loud/ugly/clashing neon color combinations, black void, and a whole lot of ugliness in terms of graphic design.
Man, I just can't get over how bad the design/graphics/visuals are in 2.3.
Motorola ICS UI review: this isn't the Blur we used to know
Looks like the official ICS ROM will be mostly vanilla. With such a light touch and now being owned by Google, maybe they'll go full vanilla in the future.
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We already have a few ICS discussion threads, you could have known that months ago by reading one of them.
This thread title is misleading. Offical release date is most likely Q4 2013.
windozeanti said:
This thread title is misleading. Offical release date is most likely Q4 2013.
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No, I'm pretty sure it's next Tuesday.
MB860, CM7.2.0, Faux 026b1 1Ghz
And I stand by my original statement that it will be released on Friday.
Jelly Bean right after, on Saturday.
I am not sure if they would provide a vanilla UI for ATrix like we see in Razr.
Semseddin said:
I am not sure if they would provide a vanilla UI for ATrix like we see in Razr.
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I think yes. It's cheaper and easier to use the same code.
Consider we're talking about motorola. That UI is for OMAP devices and Atrix isn't equipped with OMAP. We'll see all together.
I doubt the UI will be different just because the processor is. With it so deblurred, you gotta wonder why they even bother redoing any part of it. They can just include the bloat they want as apps without messing with the framework. Maybe the carriers are insisting on crippling some features.
Code is written in high level programming language like C++.
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I doubt the UI will be different just because the processor is. With it so deblurred, you gotta wonder why they even bother redoing any part of it. They can just include the bloat they want as apps without messing with the framework. Maybe the carriers are insisting on crippling some features.
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Its the same case as why the Photon and Atrix got a different, uglier and sluggish Blur instead of the one that came with all the Motorola phones equipped with OMAP4 chips.
Heck, the ICS Blur we see on our Atrix might even be the original ugly Android4 blur that is available for download everywhere.
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
Its the same case as why the Photon and Atrix got a different, uglier and sluggish Blur instead of the one that came with all the Motorola phones equipped with OMAP4 chips.
Heck, the ICS Blur we see on our Atrix might even be the original ugly Android4 blur that is available for download everywhere.
Sent from that Atrix.
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Agreed.
Heck the launcher on the initial Froyo builds was so much more faster!
And then the rest of the Motorola phones comes out, and guess what ? Atrix is suddenly sluggish? I mean seriously?
I actually complained about screen switching being TOO fast on the Froyo build lol... ooops.
GB update was weird for me, it worked GREAT for a long time, then it started getting buggy and sluggish, I factory reset it like 4 times with new blur accounts etc, and nothing helped, finally rom'd it the other day and couldn't be happier..
Got to figure out a solution for webtop though, I used that a LOT.
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Got to figure out a solution for webtop though, I used that a LOT.
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If reports are correct (that Webtop has been replaced with tablet mode plus some candy), then the only solution that is rational is to run a headless Linux disttro and RDC into it.
Even if all the bits of code needed to spin up X are opensource, it is going to be a huge pain for somebody to port it over to ICS. And some items (such as the kernel mod that mux's inputs to both X and 'droid) I do not beleive are avaiable.
Using an RDC aproach makes it is fairly easy to put a distro of your choice on the Atrix though, so that is a plus.
To me the question would be if I was to use a full screen RDC to an 'ux desktop, or just bring up a window to the app that I want. Really need to see how it all plays after we get the real Tegra drivers for ICS out.
after many Tuesday, still waiting for ICS
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after many Tuesday, still waiting for ICS
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Right, Motorola is testing our patient. Always look forward to next Tuesday!
fuuuu.... i think , that ics officialy released...
lol
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fuuuu.... i think , that ics officialy released...
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:laugh: same here
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Android 4.2 could be just weeks away folks, and rumors are already
starting to circle on what the Mountain View company is cooking.
But careful, this rumors come from a very trustworthy source,
so if you want to wait for Google’s keynote to see Android 4.2′s features,
we suggest you click away. But who can’t help to learn what
Google has come up with this time right?
Customization Center
OEM skins have been solved once and for all. With this feature,
OEM’s can build their skins in the Customization Center and publish them on the device,
leaving stock Android intact. The themes could have different ringtones, backgrounds, launch themes and others of the sort.
Project Roadrunner
Your battery life is about to triple. Google has been rumored to focus a lot on
battery life in this release of Android. Remember how Project Butter increased
the speed of your device and how drastic the change was? Well get ready,
because battery life is about to get an upgrade..without switching batteries of course.
Google Play
Google Play is up next, and the rumor is more features are going to be
added to the ever growing app store. New features include promotional campaign
notifications, easier in-app transactions, more billing options and more.
Google Now
If you want information then and now, Google Now will become your best friend.
But Google Now is about to get even more helpful, with the rumored features of
being able to control the brightness, turn on and off system functions and more.
Video Player
The video player for Android is pretty basic, so the rumor is that Google decided
to update to add more API’s for developers and give it a UI makeover.
Conclusion
There we have it folks, Android 4.2 laid out. Taylor from AndroidandMe’s source
has always been right on the money with other information so we would be
shocked if any of this information is wrong above.
So, who’s cooking the Key Lime Pie tonight?
Sounds too good to be true.
So you get the latest updates, without waiting.
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you still have different phones with different hardware components so no, I'm guessing you won't get latest updates without waiting.
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Sounds too good to be true.
you still have different phones with different hardware components so no, I'm guessing you won't get latest updates without waiting.
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Edit thx
Yeah, I'm not buying this. Google Play, Video Player and Google Now are more like software updates and won't require a new version of the operating system (remember, this isn't Apple we are talking about). The customization thing might be true, but it won't get you the latest updates just like that since the hardware components are different with pretty much every phone, just like ivan1real said. And the triple amount of batterylife won't really happen just because of the different hardware components. There really aren't that many "magical" ways to increase the batterylife unless you know how the hardware works exactly to control the battery usage properly (and even then, it would be up to the manufacturer, not Google, to optimize their drivers).
Also, there have been hints that the next Android version would still be called Jelly Bean much like 2.0 and 2.1 were both called Eclair:
According to this article in Androidpolice.com, the Nexus phone build numbers first letter usually tell you the what the operating system's name is. For example, with Gingerbread, everything began with G, with ICS with I and now with JB with J. So, if the Android 4.2's build numbers also start with J, it couldn't be called Key Lime Pie.
Perhaps request a mod to sticky this. This is sure to stir up some posts and seems like a good thread to use. Great job on the OP though..it's a good intro and nicely done!
Oh and you should link the source. You mention the source but no link??
Coreym said:
Perhaps request a mod to sticky this. This is sure to stir up some posts and seems like a good thread to use. Great job on the OP though..it's a good intro and nicely done!
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I'll do that, thank you, hope it's helpful for you
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I'll do that, thank you, hope it's helpful for you
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Well.. I'm just thinking it may be helpful to have 1 place for all the rumors and bs. I know it would take a miracle for there not to be anymore nonsense threads about Key Lime Pie coming soon but... and since the OP is done well, and not just a simple sentence... why not
i like the customization center part than the rest of the stuffs...
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i like the customization center part than the rest of the stuffs...
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+1, has the potential to be huge. I hope manufacturers can get the updates out a helluva lot quicker. Love the sound of road runner too. Seems too good to be true tbh
Roadrunner, the only thing android really needs.
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Project Roadrunner seems interesting.
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Roadrunner is interesting.......but it's a shame Samsung will take all the improvements, as usual, and mess them up with TW.
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Project Roadrunner seems interesting.
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Agreed. Trippled the battery life
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Haven't seen any wow feature they should improve video calling quality like facetime rite now its ****
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Haven't seen any wow feature they should improve video calling quality like facetime rite now its ****
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You sure you are talking about Android? Seems like you are confused between iOS6 and KLP...
Sounds unlikely. With so few devices on jellybean, it's unlikely that android 4.2 will be released this year. Besides, there's usually only one major android update a year.
like project butter, i forsee roadrunner would only work well on nexus hardware and screw up on other hardware chipsets especially sammy's closed sourced exynos...
Haha. Project Roadrunner. Now that's one thing crapwiz wont take part of.
Well, given Sammy screw ups, maybe Sammy will rename their version project Wile E. Coyote
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Yeeeeeeeah, the OP copied this from Android Police. You guys should really start using Google+!!!
Saw this posted a long time ago. *puts on hipster glasses*
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Here, guys. Go to this website and read EVERYTHING yourself. New Nexii from Samsung, LG, and Motorola. Android 4.2. Upcoming stuff, blah, blah, blah.
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With the next Android release being revealed as 4.4 kitkat what do you think they have done with it and how long do you think we gotta wait to get our hands on it
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Its better to wait and be suprised rather than speculate and be dissapointed
I love the new the name but the fact that it'd 4.4 I expect little change to the ui.
There can only be one, the chosen ONE.
Found this
From what ive read and what i think is that its mostly going to be lighter and more optimized version but the fact that they are using a big name brand like kitkat leads me to believe that they may have more behind the curtains in this release why else would they put kitkat on it its a pretty big move if it is in fact a small update as they do have 5.0 in the corner waiting to be released hopefully near the end of this year possibly near Christmas we shall see
I found this has some good stuff
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/5034...veals-android-4-kitkat-os-11.htm#.UioqWMacerE
The name is really bugging me... Having a registered product name (Kit-Kat) as an open-source software build name seems odd to me.
I'm thinking they had to pay to use it, and again... that seems very weird.
Did they do this so they can plug the Play Store codes on the candy? It would have sat better with me if they just made a seperate marketing decision to team with Hershey (Nestle world-wide) to put marketing on the products and keep Key Lime as the name. It just seems like a very sell-out move in my blunt opinion. Does either company really need the boost in sales?
ANYWAYS... I'm really hoping more tweaks for smoothness in Project Butter, and maybe software support for some of the features found on the Moto X (Google Now, Camera Launch). I know it's purely reliant on the chip, but still :silly:
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The name is really bugging me... Having a registered product name (Kit-Kat) as an open-source software build name seems odd to me.
I'm thinking they had to pay to use it, and again... that seems very weird.
Did they do this so they can plug the Play Store codes on the candy? It would have sat better with me if they just made a seperate marketing decision to team with Hershey (Nestle world-wide) to put marketing on the products and keep Key Lime as the name. It just seems like a very sell-out move in my blunt opinion. Does either company really need the boost in sales?
ANYWAYS... I'm really hoping more tweaks for smoothness in Project Butter, and maybe software support for some of the features found on the Moto X (Google Now, Camera Launch). I know it's purely reliant on the chip, but still :silly:
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They've already stated there was no money exchanged. It was for fun. What does it matter what the name is? Tired of people letting this bother them.
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Liskrig said:
The name is really bugging me... Having a registered product name (Kit-Kat) as an open-source software build name seems odd to me.
I'm thinking they had to pay to use it, and again... that seems very weird.
Did they do this so they can plug the Play Store codes on the candy? It would have sat better with me if they just made a seperate marketing decision to team with Hershey (Nestle world-wide) to put marketing on the products and keep Key Lime as the name. It just seems like a very sell-out move in my blunt opinion. Does either company really need the boost in sales?
ANYWAYS... I'm really hoping more tweaks for smoothness in Project Butter, and maybe software support for some of the features found on the Moto X (Google Now, Camera Launch). I know it's purely reliant on the chip, but still :silly:
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I agree it is an interesting move on googles part to team up with them on this and why on 4.4 why not wait to do so if they were going to do it why not on 5.0? Anyways its done and as for smothnes im sure they have added more buttery goodness to it
if you havent seen the commercial here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFT2vYsf1PM
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I agree it is an interesting move on googles part to team up with them on this and why on 4.4 why not wait to do so if they were going to do it why not on 5.0? Anyways its done and as for smothnes im sure they have added more buttery goodness to it
if you havent seen the commercial here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFT2vYsf1PM
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I'm not really looking forward to how "smooth" it's going to be. It's stable enough now for general use. I'm looking for optimizations and efficiency in longevity. I want better management efficiency with processes that utilize energy.
I'm just glad it's named after a product I've actually eaten (and was created in Yorkshire England lol)
I have never eaten a Jellybean an Ice cream sandwich and had no clue what a key lime pie was.
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They've already stated there was no money exchanged. It was for fun. What does it matter what the name is? Tired of people letting this bother them.
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I didn't realize there was no money exchanged, my apologies.
It's just a matter of the inconsistency that bothers me, not so much the actual name.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
I'm glad they went with Kit Kat, at least that rolls off the tounge alittle easier
Is this Google making fun of their own ecosystem? Kit Kat breaks apart just like Android's fragmentation?
;P
I have eaten a kitkat 25 or 30 years ago, I can remember it as pretty disgusting, just a little bit better than mars or raiders with out that disgustingly sweet and sticky caramel. I have never eaten klp but it sounds tastier, more refreshing, nice and limey... Anyway kk or klp, they are just names, I don't care too much even though now I still remember the disgusting taste of kk.
Any what can we expect? A finer grained permissions system, like already hidden in 4.3 and hopefully even more software optimizations, more untying of features from the os into play services
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godutch said:
I have eaten a kitkat 25 or 30 years ago, I can remember it as pretty disgusting, just a little bit better than mars or raiders with out that disgustingly sweet and sticky caramel. I have never eaten klp but it sounds tastier, more refreshing, nice and limey... Anyway kk or klp, they are just names, I don't care too much even though now I still remember the disgusting taste of kk.
Any what can we expect? A finer grained permissions system, like already hidden in 4.3 and hopefully even more software optimizations, more untying of features from the os into play services
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well names that keep my hungry all the times...
but the new name in connection with the chocolate picture of the android ... great
Much better performance/snapiness and polished apps!
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Much better performance/snapiness and polished apps!
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Holy crap! Are you Kurt Cobain???
I love the name. They always name the names after nasty stuff. Key lime pie??+!!! Really that's the nastiest desert I can think of. Jelly bean gross, ice cream sandwich ok I love ice cream, honeycomb this was the perfect name. It says in android.com/developers that a lot of people never even tried key lime pie so they were trying to use a name that people had tried and lived just turned out to be kit Kat.
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I love the name. They always name the names after nasty stuff. Key lime pie??+!!! Really that's the nastiest desert I can think of. Jelly bean gross, ice cream sandwich ok I love ice cream, honeycomb this was the perfect name. It says in android.com/developers that a lot of people never even tried key lime pie so they were trying to use a name that people had tried and lived just turned out to be kit Kat.
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i wish it was m&ms or hersheys or even snickers
I hope they finally unlock App Ops:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appaholics.applauncher&hl=en