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I noticed the Nexus 4 will have a barometer. Do other phones have a barometer and I've just missed this? What can this be used for?
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marty331 said:
I noticed the Nexus 4 will have a barometer. Do other phones have a barometer and I've just missed this? What can this be used for?
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Galaxy Nexus did......but the built-in barometer that's got so many of us scratching our heads has a much different purpose. Android engineer Dan Morrill took to the social pages of Google+ to clarify the confusion. Turns out, Sammy added the barometer to help the device more rapidly acquire a GPS lock by delivering altitude coordinates to the required latitude and longitude GPS equation. From Engadget article.
The Galaxy Nexus has a barometer. It is used for things like getting your altitude to improve GPS location determination.
That's nifty. It will also help me track my altitude during my next 30km+ jump.
Very good to know guys. Hmm i wonder what app opportunities there are here...
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marty331 said:
Very good to know guys. Hmm i wonder what app opportunities there are here...
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It would be nice if GPS test supported it. I can also image a humorous "Highest Altitude" badge in Foursquare (but who uses Foursquare anymore?).
Wasnt the Xoom the first device with a barometer?
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Lothaen said:
Wasnt the Xoom the first device with a barometer?
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Indeed....same article stated as much.
Is anything known about the quality of the barometer readings? Are they accurate enough for altitude?
You can use your barometer to contribute to pressureNET! It's a free, open source barometer network for Android. I'm building it in hopes to create a weather network of unprecedented size and resolution in order to improve short-term, local weather prediction.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork
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You can use your barometer to contribute to pressureNET! It's a free, open source barometer network for Android. I'm building it in hopes to create a weather network of unprecedented size and resolution in order to improve short-term, local weather prediction.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cumulonimbus.barometernetwork
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Great idea, cumulonimbus_ca. I will get it the day my nexus is delivered! Keep up the great work. I'll do some reading up about it in the mean time, i.e. Privacy policy.
121C4 said:
Great idea, cumulonimbus_ca. I will get it the day my nexus is delivered! Keep up the great work. I'll do some reading up about it in the mean time, i.e. Privacy policy.
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Agreed, I'll load it the day my Nexus is delivered also.
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Does anyone know its resolution ? The Barometer on my Galaxy S3 is pretty good, I'm a paraglider pilot and i use it as a Variometer, it works pretty well.
Since i'll get a Nexus 4, its time to get more info on that barometer.
How dare anyone collate the atmospheric pressure imposed on thee.......... How dare they?
Flouride in the water supply is bad enough!
barometer for calls/ mic
Actually the barometer is used for mic noise cancellation, it is used to calibrate the pressure on the mic to be nicelly centered for calls. :cyclops:
I thought the barometer was used with the Garmin car app, which plugs into my OBD II sensor in my car, in order to measure how much psi of boost is coming from my turbocharger.......
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I noticed a few days ago that the Nexus 4 came with a barometer sensor that is used to help the GPS accuracy. I decided to test this out using Barometer HD. It worked great and allowed me to save my pressure data.
However, the past two days it's been saying "No barometer sensor detected". Thinking this was GPS related I tried turning it on, but no luck. I ran Z - Device Test and it says I do not have the sensor either.
Anyone know what's going on?
Anyone here play Ingress? How cool is it? I want to play SO BAD!
I wouldnt get your hopes too high. It is a unique and well thought out game. But depending on how many people play it in your area and your attention span, it doesn't have much replay value.
In my area, lots of people have the game, few are actively playing it. And most of those people are on the same team, so its stagnant.
I think the app fieldtrip by the same developer is a cooler experience (while not a game, you will see that its pretty much the same thing).
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I think the app fieldtrip by the same developer is a cooler experience (while not a game, you will see that its pretty much the same thing).
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Thanks for the tip.
As for Ingress, I do play but only very little. I'm just not the guy to get overly motivated for "nothing" like in this game. I dunno. I play when I come across a portal but I don't explicitly go outside only to play Ingress anymore. I did in the beginning though.
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Fieldtrip: This app is incompatible with your O2 LGE Nexus 4.
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Oh really? I feel like the idea is super cool. How does it work exactly? How long have y'all been playing?
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It should work fine on the Nexus 4. Are you sure you are looking at the right app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.scout
Anyway Ingress is pretty fun when you are at lower levels and getting a lot of experience levels for doing tasks, which is a reward in itself, but once you have got to higher levels, you will start having to strategize more and play the game on a much larger scale. Depending on how active your area is, anything you do will be undone by the opposition pretty quickly so it can get a bit discouraging. I find that people who are enjoying the game are people who team up to work together to create huge control fields or coordinate attacks on the enemy, so I think the social aspect is the main reason to play the game at a more advanced level.
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Ingress is fun. It does indeed slow down at higher levels, but I find a lot of fun in doing level 8 get togethers. Its nice to go out for the afternoon with like-minded people.
I have extra invites if you want.
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So if there isn't a lot of people playing than its boring? Wouldn't that mean that you level up super fast because you have no competition?
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So if there isn't a lot of people playing than its boring? Wouldn't that mean that you level up super fast because you have no competition?
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Especially in the lower levels you will mostly be getting experience by hacking enemy portals and blowing up their resonators. Without competition there aren't many ways to quickly level up.
Edit: Although not saying that a small amount of players would make the game boring by any means. As long as you have active players on both sides to keep things moving the game will be interesting.
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Chrono_Tata said:
Especially in the lower levels you will mostly be getting experience by hacking enemy portals and blowing up their resonators. Without competition there aren't many ways to quickly level up.
Edit: Although not saying that a small amount of players would make the game boring by any means. As long as you have active players on both sides to keep things moving the game will be interesting.
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Well then hopefully when I get an invite, my area will be full of actives.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMpMt0lwUY
Part 1 of his tuto is live. I can't post link yet but have a look guys...
Yeah, armado is great with videos Nd I'm following the series although I would t buy any of that stuff. I'm fine getting up and Turing on my lights lol but the fact that this is doable is awesome
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Wow, looks very nice
Cool stuff, need it!
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Yeah, armado is great with videos Nd I'm following the series although I would t buy any of that stuff. I'm fine getting up and Turing on my lights lol but the fact that this is doable is awesome
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hahaha, agreed!
Woohhh it is amazing!! What lamp do you have?
mcstefan7 said:
Woohhh it is amazing!! What lamp do you have?
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It's not me lol, I got the vid from YouTube.
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barondebxl said:
It's not me lol, I got the vid from YouTube.
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Ok sorry..i thought thay you was in video.
i just love this Star Trek stuff....
looking forward to see some more and to discover what technology is making this happen..
tnx
Here's an another vid for you guys!!!
http://m.youtube.com/index?rdm=v97v3477
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Very cool indeed
I might not have voice controlled locks, or anything voice controlled for that matter, but I still think the technology is weird to use and too unprecise. Well, seems like he thought of a lot of things, especially the security (Encryption and stuff), so pretty neat house anyway!
Oh well, all I wanted to say was that it's quite easy to make something remote controlled, I have an Arduino, with a relay and a Bluetooth module on a power socket which I can control from my phone via BlueTerm (Bluetooth terminal app). I guess it's just a matter of taking the time to implement it to a web-based solution for optimal use and longer range...
If anyone would care to try and replicate my project, I'll be happy to help you Right now I'm lazy, so I'm controlling the bedside lamp because I lie on the opposite side of the bed
pretty cool way to use it
Save some space on your N5
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...-san-andreas-mobile-coming-this-december.html
I have GTA III. I'm still learning the controls, LOL! Imagine learning THIS one!
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Skyrim on the nexus 5 would be crazy
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pandacookie said:
I have GTA III. I'm still learning the controls, LOL! Imagine learning THIS one!
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Really? I found them quite adaptive. Especially since you can customize the layout of each individual button. The position of it on the screen and 5 different sizes for each button. Even the HUD map on the screen is customizable. I definitely couldn't rock the default controls on GTA 3 and Vice city for mobile. So I suggest you go into the settings
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Really? I found them quite adaptive. Especially since you can customize the layout of each individual button. The position of it on the screen and 5 different sizes for each button. Even the HUD map on the screen is customizable. I definitely couldn't rock the default controls on GTA 3 and Vice city for mobile. So I suggest you go into the settings
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So you can set what buttons do what? Good to know! I'll have to try again. It's on my phone, but I didn't use it because I didn't understand that I could configure it. Thanks!
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So you can set what buttons do what? Good to know! I'll have to try again. It's on my phone, but I didn't use it because I didn't understand that I could configure it. Thanks!
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Not exactly. You can move the buttons pretty much wherever is comfortable for you. And choose 5 different sizes for each one. Yw!
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Not exactly. You can move the buttons pretty much wherever is comfortable for you. And choose 5 different sizes for each one. Yw!
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Yeah. You should have seen me the first few times. I kept flipping the car over!
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pandacookie said:
Yeah. You should have seen me the first few times. I kept flipping the car over!
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Haha for sure. Also in Vice City mobile you could boost performance and graphics/ draw distance. I'm not certain if you can on gta3 mobile, but you should check it out in the settings. Might be under "display". I don't have a nexus 5 yet, I'd imagine it would look very nice.
fantastic news!! get your mogas ready
gado45 said:
fantastic news!! get your mogas ready
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Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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He'll yeah!! Can't wait man. I'm guessing the size would be around 2-4 gb
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im still waiting gta5 to come on pc!
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Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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The Pocket isn't great, the Pro is good.
So I may pickup a moga pro just for this Badboy. I've been on the fence about it for a while now and this is definitely a game I would invest a controller for.
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abdel12345 said:
Doesn't the moga controller suck? I've seen lots of complaints about it. I think using a ps3 controller would be better.
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Once setup works like a charm. I only play every once in a while but never had any issues
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The Pocket isn't great, the Pro is good.
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I have the pocket
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Marck527 said:
So I may pickup a moga pro just for this Badboy. I've been on the fence about it for a while now and this is definitely a game I would invest a controller for.
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Same here. The new Moga Power series looks really good. They made it better than the v1 and it now can charge your phone while you play.
Ok that's cool I didn't know there was a new version. But I already have a ps3 controller so no point in buying something else. Unless there was something that attached to the phone like a slide case like the iphone one. Then that would be worth buying (except for iphone it costs 100 dollars id only buy it if it was at most 1/3 of that lol )
Amazon version is out now!! At least for the UK. I'm not going to purchase it from there though, I'm waiting for the Google play version.
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Amazon version is out now!! At least for the UK. I'm not going to purchase it from there though, I'm waiting for the Google play version.
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Google play version is out but seems broken
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Google play version is out but seems broken
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Just downloaded it and as a lot of people had the purchase bug, got a small update, fixed it but Crashes upon starting a game.
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https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=kyZCbHOjSc0
This is the best initial hands on review I have seen so far and it looks like it has a type of 3d. Touch ,look gorgeous in this video
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Interesting, looks to me as if they've just changed the behavior of the long press, long press for the menu and then drag the menu to move the icon maybe?
There's no evidence of a pressure sensitive screen but this is a good way to implement without additional hardware.
Certainly didn't see it mentioned in the keynote or an immediate reviews that followed,or the exposure control on the camera either,wonder if they will be both pixel exclusives
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Certainly didn't see it mentioned in the keynote or an immediate reviews that followed,or the exposure control on the camera either,wonder if they will be both pixel exclusives
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I have seen exposure control and af/ae lock mentioned somewhere, I think it was a hands on video. Unfortunately for us the layman just wants a point and shoot that makes excellent auto shots so I wouldn't be surprised if Google omitted them.
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https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=kyZCbHOjSc0
This is the most in depth review I have seen so far and it looks like it has a type of 3d. Touch ,look gorgeous in this video
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That's not a review
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That's not a review
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Well pardon me,its better and provides more info than most of the 1 minute hands on videos we have seen so far
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He is just *****ing about semantics.
Is it a proper review? No.
Is it a hand's on / preview? Yes.
Is it useful and shows more than any other hand's on I've seen? Yes.
There, that should make all of the grammar police/nit pickers happy.
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Just to add all reviews I have watched do far were on my phone or tablet,i watched this one on my TV ,and it does show off how good the device looks.A bit like the 6p it's going to be one of those you have to get in hand to appreciate it
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Some incorrect info:
Said it supports QC 3.0 - false, it's USB-PD.
Said fingerprint has no other features - false, it supports notification pulldown.
Good points. I'm curious to see how useful the notification pull down on the fp is.
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Yes I posted that in the YouTube link,FP does have some gestures
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Good points. I'm curious to see how useful the notification pull down on the fp is.
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About as useful as it sounds. On my 6P, it'd be great... that is a yoga move to get to the notification bar, so I used Nova and just do a pulldown anywhere on the screen. I may not use Nova with the Pixel XL though since it seems like some features may be baked into the stock launcher, so it could be useful... then again the screen is also smaller. Very user dependent based on hand/finger size lol.
Actually there were a lot of inaccurate information in that video. He is just going off the small amount of information he knows. Nice high quality video of the phone though!
3D Touch on Iphone is pressure sensitive whereas on Pixel you get different options depending how long you touch screen. I presume long press gives option to add widgets from individual apps where supported.
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