All right, I'll indulge you. For which OS isn't that the Home Screen?
I figured you knew that the Samsung is showing a sub-menu rather than the home screenThat particular view is the AppDrawer, a menu screen that's (usually) called up from the quick-access keys at the bottom of the screen. It simply holds all the installed apps, nothing more, in one location, which is why it's only showing icons, and they're all sorted alphabetically. An Android home-screen looks much different.
That's a good reason to compare Apple's to Apple's
Otherwise it confuses those who aren't familiar with the OS's, leading them to believe something that may not be true.
Oh, is it? The last Android device I used was/is my iPhone running Android 1.6, so I figured things had changed since then.
What was 1.6 called? We have? Froyo, which I think was 2.2, then Honecomb (3.0?) and Ice Cream Sandwich (3.1? 4.0?)?
I've lost track of all the cute little names Google has given their updates. I do know Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be the next big update, due in just a few weeks. But I don't know for sure if it's 4.x or what.
I've lost track of all the cute little names Google has given their updates. I do know Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be the next big update, due in just a few weeks. But I don't know for sure if it's 4.x or what.
Which in true Google form won't be available for 97.3% of the devices out there.
My daughter's last Android phone was stuck at 1.6. They didn't make an update available (they have been promising it for well over a year, though).
Her new phone (just received 2 weeks ago) came with 2.1 - and no signs of anything newer available.
I figured you knew that the Samsung is showing a sub-menu rather than the home screen An Android home-screen looks much different.
Well, to be fair, an Android home screen may be customized by the OEM, but I think it basically consists of a more-or-less free-form space which the user can customize by docking "widgets", associated with either built-in or user-installed apps. Widgets may be simple links to installed applications, or they may be interactive mini-applications in their own right. They may have the basic form-factor of an application icon, or they may be larger -- potentially taking up most of the phone's screen. The homescreen allows you to swipe back and forth among several screens of such docked widgets.
If a user wished, they could hypothetically customize their homescreen to consist only of a grid of iconic links to their installed applications, in which case it would look a heck of a lot like an iPhone. But that would be the user's own customization, and it is BY NO MEANS the default appearance of a typical Android homescreen.
Today's newest twist: The Australian court has told Apple that if it wants to block Tab sales there, the Judge needs to see actual iPad2 sales figures for both the US and UK, something Apple has not divulged before. Should be interesting to see exactly how many have been sold here in the US compared to the total production.
Today's newest twist: The Australian court has told Apple that if it wants to block Tab sales there, the Judge needs to see actual iPad2 sales figures for both the US and UK, something Apple has not divulged before. Should be interesting to see exactly how many have been sold here in the US compared to the total production.
Been to various shopping malls this past week and I don't recall seeing the Galaxy Tab anywhere. Asus something or other is around but most people seem to be, as usual, milling around the iPad2.
The Galaxy smartphone seems to be top of the heap of Android phones though, I played with one, nice, but... nothing compelling to pull me into the Android camp. Not at this stage anyway.
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All right, I'll indulge you. For which OS isn't that the Home Screen?
I figured you knew that the Samsung is showing a sub-menu rather than the home screen
That's a good reason to compare Apple's to Apple's
Otherwise it confuses those who aren't familiar with the OS's, leading them to believe something that may not be true.
I figured you knew that the Samsung is showing a sub-menu rather than the home screen
Oh, is it? The last Android device I used was/is my iPhone running Android 1.6, so I figured things had changed since then.
What was 1.6 called? We have? Froyo, which I think was 2.2, then Honecomb (3.0?) and Ice Cream Sandwich (3.1? 4.0?)?
Oh, is it? The last Android device I used was/is my iPhone running Android 1.6, so I figured things had changed since then.
What was 1.6 called? We have? Froyo, which I think was 2.2, then Honecomb (3.0?) and Ice Cream Sandwich (3.1? 4.0?)?
I've lost track of all the cute little names Google has given their updates. I do know Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be the next big update, due in just a few weeks. But I don't know for sure if it's 4.x or what.
I've lost track of all the cute little names Google has given their updates. I do know Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be the next big update, due in just a few weeks. But I don't know for sure if it's 4.x or what.
Which in true Google form won't be available for 97.3% of the devices out there.
My daughter's last Android phone was stuck at 1.6. They didn't make an update available (they have been promising it for well over a year, though).
Her new phone (just received 2 weeks ago) came with 2.1 - and no signs of anything newer available.
Which in true Google form won't be available for 97.3% of the devices out there.
My daughter's last Android phone was stuck at 1.6. They didn't make an update available (they have been promising it for well over a year, though).
Wow. 1.6?? Almost makes it a collectible. Less than 3% of Android phones are on a version before 2.x
http://developer.android.com/resourc...-versions.html
I figured you knew that the Samsung is showing a sub-menu rather than the home screen
Well, to be fair, an Android home screen may be customized by the OEM, but I think it basically consists of a more-or-less free-form space which the user can customize by docking "widgets", associated with either built-in or user-installed apps. Widgets may be simple links to installed applications, or they may be interactive mini-applications in their own right. They may have the basic form-factor of an application icon, or they may be larger -- potentially taking up most of the phone's screen. The homescreen allows you to swipe back and forth among several screens of such docked widgets.
If a user wished, they could hypothetically customize their homescreen to consist only of a grid of iconic links to their installed applications, in which case it would look a heck of a lot like an iPhone. But that would be the user's own customization, and it is BY NO MEANS the default appearance of a typical Android homescreen.
Today's newest twist: The Australian court has told Apple that if it wants to block Tab sales there, the Judge needs to see actual iPad2 sales figures for both the US and UK, something Apple has not divulged before. Should be interesting to see exactly how many have been sold here in the US compared to the total production.
Been to various shopping malls this past week and I don't recall seeing the Galaxy Tab anywhere. Asus something or other is around but most people seem to be, as usual, milling around the iPad2.
The Galaxy smartphone seems to be top of the heap of Android phones though, I played with one, nice, but... nothing compelling to pull me into the Android camp. Not at this stage anyway.