Update: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

[dkaile 1,051]

I request the mods to rename the topic as 'Google Galaxy Nexus'

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Ice Cream Sandwich's Face Unlock Duped Using A Photograph

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Ever since Google announced the new Face Unlock feature in Ice Cream Sandwich, people have been concerned about whether it can be fooled using just a photograph of the user instead of the actual face. One of Google's employees himself commented on this saying "Nope" and to give them some credit. Well, it seems he was wrong. See The Video..

As you can see in the video above, the Face Unlock feature was easily fooled using a photograph of the user. Not just any photograph but a photograph on a Galaxy Note's glossy display taken using its camera. While this points out to the extreme sensitivity of the Face Unlock feature it's also what's causing the problem here. This tells us that unless Google fixes this feature in the final build of Ice Cream Sandwich, unlocking the phone with this feature by an unauthorized user will be only slightly more difficult than swiping on the default lock screen.

[dkaile 1,051]

Calling All ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdD8s0jFJYo

Edited November 18, 2011 by dkaile

[csmart 472]

Galaxy Nexus outdoes iPhone in browsing, but not graphics

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With a new Google phone--and the first one to be delivered withAndroid 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich--on the horizon, the iPhone 4S rivalry is inevitable, and we've got some benchmark data to fan the flames of the feud.

The soon-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been run through the benchmark gauntlet and AnandTech compiled the results to find it bested all comers in the web browsing department.

The Google phone was put through a pair of browsing benchmarks--Sunspider Javascript Benchmark 0.9.1 and Rightware Browsermark--and it came out with the top results in both cases, ahead of the Droid RAZR running Gingerbread and iPhone 4S running iOS 5, which swapped turns in the 2nd and 3rd place spots.

The Galaxy Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich melted all the competition in the browsing department.(Credit: AnandTech)

All this means that the Galaxy Nexus appears to render Web pages faster than all the other leading phones on the market right now. Anand credits a combination of a fast processor and software enhancements in Ice Cream Sandwich:

The CPU side of things is comparable to Apple's A5, although the cores are clocked noticeably higher than the 800MHz we saw in the iPhone 4S....The real advantage the Galaxy Nexus has is on the software side. All of the goodness of Honeycomb makes its way to a handset along with even further optimization work. One of the early Galaxy Nexus owners ran the usual browser benchmarks on his phone and shared the results with us. Google has obviously done a lot of browser optimization in ICS as performance is now better than even Honeycomb.

It's not a complete victory for the Galaxy Nexus however. It wasn't able to keep up with the iPhone 4S in the graphics department. In fact it was significantly out done by the beefier GPU in the latest iPhone in two framerate benchmark tests:

(Credit: AnandTech)

It should be noted that the Galaxy Nexus should still have plenty of GPU heft to deliver a fine experience, and that benchmark data doesn't always hold up in a real world full of bottlenecked networks and buggy apps. But I'll save that for a later chapter in this tale of yet another epic gadget feud.

Via: Gizmodo.

[dkaile 1,051]

The World's BEST phone today... Period.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/24/galaxy-nexus-hspa-review/

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Teardown >> http://www.ifixit.co...Teardown/7182/1

• Not only does the 3.7 V, 1750 mAh battery power the phone, but the user manual states that it also doubles as the NFC antenna.
  
• Lo and behold, there's a sweet antenna hiding underneath the battery's shiny wrapper. So if you ever want to buy a replacement battery (and keep NFC functional), ensure that the battery has the antenna.
  

[santanu@impaq 16]

Actually it is a classic case of afterthought wherein they retro fitted NFC antenna into the battery rather than main electronics section.

Also they were also unsure if all carriers would want the NFC so they wanted to easily keep it optional.

Bad news for aftermarket battery manufacturers.

But then humans are very innovative and chinese are definitely human.

Edited November 30, 2011 by santanu@impaq

[dkaile 1,051]

First pictures of the Verizon version -

[santanu@impaq 16]

Yummy

Thand mein bhi Ice Cream ka mazaa.

Dhiraj Bhai aap toh zaroor khaoge, hamen pata hai, Andar ki baat hai.

Just kidding !

Edited December 1, 2011 by santanu@impaq

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Verizon Galaxy Nexus Extended battery -- Curvy in All The Right Places

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On the left, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. On the right, also the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. Only, one of these phones has Verizon's 2100 mAh extended battery in it, and the other has the standard 1850 mAh battery that comes with the phone. A few quick thoughts on it:

• The extended battery comes with a new battery door, which looks nearly identical to the stock door. Same logos and all.
  
• You gain just a tad of thickness with the extended battery. It's not quite one of those stock-size extended batteries, but neither does it have a huge humpback.
  
• In fact, we rather like the feel of the phone with the extended battery in place. Gives it more of a rounded feel, kind of like the Samsung Galaxy S II Sprint Epic 4G Touch, but a tad bigger.
  
• You can not use the Verizon extended battery in the GSM Galaxy Nexus.
  
• The phone fits in that Navigation Dock just fine with the extended battery.
  
• Cases may vary by manufacturer.
  

Video reveals which phone in the picture above has the extended battery.

[Karthik R 246]

Review @ Engadget, PcWorld, cnet, The Verge. Android ICS is getting fantastic credits.

[rajanmehta 4,056]

This is for the GSM version.

The Galaxy Nexus launches in India in the last week of January

[pulsar220 2]

When will this come to India (aka apna Rimweb) for sale ?

Edited January 25, 2012 by pulsar220