| disolitude said: Regarding Nexus S update - http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-s-ics-update-reportedly-restarting-few-weeks Like I said initial update was unstable and was pulled. AT&T and Sprint got the update few weeks ago only. I don't know what you side loaded on to your Verizon Nexus S but official update is nowhere in sight. This is 5 months after release of ICS. Not sure I'd call that timely... Google really needs to step up and lead by example here. There should have been an ICS update ready for all Nexus phones in 2 weeks after ICS release. As far as hardware, I said that Android has the best hardware so there is no disagreement there. And finally about personalization...Android sure has a lot of customization and personalization available, but you most likely don't realize (and majority of the populationas well) how personal WP7 device becomes after you use it for a while and how effortlessly it does it. All of the tiles are related to you in some way and diplay information and images that aren't just cosmetic. So much so that iOS looks dead and boring to me when I use it. In any case, I am not saying Android doesn't have great qualities. The 23 year old in me would get an Android device for sure. But at this day and age I can't see its appeal as it seems more work than its worth. |
There is no such thing as a "Nexus S on Verizon". Verizon has only had one Nexus device and that's the latest model, the Galaxy Nexus. It came with ICS.
You're confusing that with Sprints Nexus S 4G, which is also a CDMA device and was the only Nexus S variant to not get ICS due to its CDMA radio. However, that just got ICS from Google a few days ago. Additionally, the other Nexus S devices (GSM models) did have an initial issue with ICS, but that was fixed awhile ago.
For Nexus, the only difference is if its GSM (nearly the whole world) or CDMA (only a few companies). Google recently said they won't be handling the direct delivery of non-GSM devices upgrades. Instead they will deliver the finished upgrades to the carriers to finalize the CDMA testing. For instance, my GNex (CDMA) is on version 4.0.2 while the GSM versions are one release newer with 4.0.4. However, Verizon's upgrade was leaked into the development websites a few weeks ago for soak testing. Meaning it was pretty much done the same time as Google released the others, but they wanted to test it further for radio debugging before releasing to customers. Fact is, all Nexus devices will still get the latest updates FAR faster than any others.
I still think you're over thinking my comments on reviewing settings and such. I prefer that Android shows me the permissions so I know exactly what they will do. Basically, I have confirmation pretty much upfront that they are not malware. Whereas the other two, only know after the fact when its installed on millions of devices. (has happened multiple times with iOS)
Then when it comes to settings, I still prefer the choice of how I want it to be set vs what Apple or MS thinks I should get. Sure tiles may morph into live intersting settings, but my single notification bar based on each apps settings and user selected widgets trumps that any day of the week. If that means I spend an extra minute after installing a new app to look at its settings... good with me. I get a better personal experience that way.
Also, my Gnex is not rooted. I can't sideload any roms, otherwise I'd already have 4.0.4.
