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The only thing about the iPhone I like more than on my EVO is the scrolling. On iPhone, scrolling has a very natural feel, as if governed by a physics engine of some kind. The motion has a distinct realistic quality, as the objects first accelerate and then decelerate. The scrolling seems to have a momentum defined by the speed of the flick.
How can I implement this type of scrolling on Android?
m03sizlak said:
The scrolling seems to have a momentum defined by the speed of the flick.
How can I implement this type of scrolling on Android?
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You could submit your resume to Google and hope they hire you to re-write their broken scrolling engine. I'm being facetious, but the point is, this is something Google needs to desperately fix. It's amazing they've been churning out Android build after build without a fix to their herky jerky scrolling mechanism. iPhone and Palm's webOS got it right the first time.
What are you guys talking about exactly? I mean I don't have an iPhone, but I was using it a few times and I don't see much difference in scrolling. So this is funny to me, because you are using phrases like "desperate fix", but I don't even see, what to fix ;-D
Scrolling is decent enough as it is, but could use a lot of improvement. The difference between the iPhone and the Google scrolling is that the iPhone scrolling slows down a lot faster if you do a flick. Like if you're at the top of a long web page, say Engadget, and you flick up on your iPhone, you'll only go down maybe 1/10 of a page. Whereas on Android if you flick up on your phone, you'll go sliding down to the bottom of the page lol.
The other thing is, because the iPhone flick slows down so quickly, the phone itself doesn't have to render all of the webpage. It renders only the part of the page that you are able to see. That's why if you go too quickly you get those checkerboxes and grey areas. You don't get that on Android, because the webpage is fully loaded.
Or maybe I'm just talking out my ass...meh.
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Scrolling is decent enough as it is, but could use a lot of improvement. The difference between the iPhone and the Google scrolling is that the iPhone scrolling slows down a lot faster if you do a flick. Like if you're at the top of a long web page, say Engadget, and you flick up on your iPhone, you'll only go down maybe 1/10 of a page. Whereas on Android if you flick up on your phone, you'll go sliding down to the bottom of the page lol.
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So different scrolling parameters made it "something to desperate fix"? Anyway I really like this slow deceleration and I prefer not to change it
i find the iphone scrolling extremely annoying. Its like trying to scroll through molasses, just about to get somewhere and it stops. Horrible if you ask me.
iphones logisitics are just different i think, its more hardware than software based...
Prefer smoth android scrolling anyday over sour apples!
Well, Google acquired Bumptop April of this year. They know a few things about UI physics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhoWsHwU7w
ari-free said:
Well, Google acquired Bumptop April of this year. They know a few things about UI physics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhoWsHwU7w
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Nyce! bumptop looks sweet!
for flicking on homescreen you can try downloading LauncherPro2. it's very smooth and you can even adjust the speed.
iPhone scrolling is definitely smoother but slower than Androids. I love how fast Android can scroll, though. They just need to make it a bit smoother. I couldn't say a fix is "desperately" needed, but anything they can do to smoothen it out would help.
I'm a huge fan of the android scrolling. Fast and smooth, all I need.
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This isn't about iPhone vs. Android. I want Android to improve, and I can recognize a deficiency when I see one. The scrolling is not nearly as fluid as I've used on an iPhone or Palm Pre. When you flick and move or pan a window or menu up and down and it doesn't do it in a very natural, fluid movement. It seems to jump around and almost appears to accelerate to its final point and then abruptly stop as opposed to more gradually decelerating to its final point.
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When you flick and move or pan a window or menu up and down and it doesn't do it in a very natural, fluid movement. It seems to jump around and almost appears to accelerate to its final point and then abruptly stop as opposed to more gradually decelerating to its final point.
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Could you record this behavior using a camera? Maybe I don't understand you, maybe I have different point of view on what is "natural feel" or maybe I just don't have these issues?
When I kick something, then first it will move with highest speed, speed of my leg, then it will slowly decelerate until stop or if it will hit something, then it will stop immediately. This is exactly how scrolling works in Android. It isn't always perfectly smooth, but it's natural and intuitive for me.
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No, it's not. But for some reason people think that their likes are only ones, that one type of scrolling, looking, etc. is just better than others, so they are calling second ones: broken, desperately needing a fix, etc. They totally ignore the fact that there are many people, who have different tastes and they prefer to not change anything in current solution.
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No, it's not. But for some reason people think that their likes are only ones, that one type of scrolling, looking, etc. is just better than others, so they are calling second ones: broken, desperately needing a fix, etc. They totally ignore the fact that there are many people, who have different tastes and they prefer to not change anything in current solution.
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The issue I have is people calling it a problem, when actually some (me) much much prefer it over the alternative.
Brut.all said:
When I kick something, then first it will move with highest speed, speed of my leg, then it will slowly decelerate until stop or if it will hit something, then it will stop immediately. This is exactly how scrolling works in Android. It isn't always perfectly smooth, but it's natural and intuitive for me.
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Well, imagine you spun a wheel that had a fair amount of friction that is fixed at its center (think of the big wheel on The Price is Right show). The moment your hand released the wheel it would decelerate at a constant rate of deceleration until it stopped. The movement would be gradual and smooth. That's not how I would describe the Android scrolling physics now.
Too often you want to flick a web page to move down, and it races all the way to the bottom without any sort of smooth deceleration. In general, the scrolling motion seemingly accelerates even after your finger is released from the screen and it abruptly stops. That is not natural. If there are those that actually prefer this motion, than I'm glad your tastes are aligned with Android's implementation. But even Google was probably not after that sort of physics engine, so I consider it broken. I only want Android to be better than it already is!
One thing you have to consider, scrolling on Android isn't GPU accelerated.
Google considered it when developing the platform, but early hardware didn't have a dedicated GPU, so they decided to go with CPU rendering only. Now that we have high-powered devices with GPUs, they are reconsidering it.
I find it a wonder that they haven't done it yet, but I really expect it to come in 3.0 with the UI overhaul.
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One thing you have to consider, scrolling on Android isn't GPU accelerated.
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Well, that it is true. Though I'd argue that the Palm Pre is not GPU accelerated either at the moment, and its scrolling physics are spot on.
But either way. I really look forward to the Android 3.0 GUI overhaul. It promises to be something special.
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Well, that it is true. Though I'd argue that the Palm Pre is not GPU accelerated either at the moment, and its scrolling physics are spot on.
But either way. I really look forward to the Android 3.0 GUI overhaul. It promises to be something special.
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When it was announced android was getting Palm's UI guy I was excited, not because it meant we'd be getting a clone of webos, but it does mean we would be getting the same attention to detail.
I know a lot of techies like to make fun of the art majors but this is one case where you really need them.
I think what he's trying to say is that Android scrolling physics is much faster to decelerate than the ones on the Iphone. I observed it too. I tried scrolling through an article using the iphone and the scrolling ia great. It slowly decreases scrolling speed unlike the android that is much faster to stop the scrolling.
Hi there guys,
I am new to Android and coming from a 3GS.
Really been looking forward to getting on Android and this was the phone I was waiting for.
There's a couple of issues I've noticed I'm really unsure about and seem odd.
- Scrolling (no live wallpaper) if I go to an email with a bunch of pictures, or an app such as tweetdeck, the scrolling on the Atrix is really poor. Not smooth, very blocky etc… I do the exact same thing on my 3GS and it's smooth as can be. Is this an Android issue? This seems really odd and annoying…
- Mobile browser rendering. For example I bring up Techcrunch, renders perfectly in my 3GS, in the Atrix the text is too small and poorly formatted (if I increase size it's too big), the page border goes off the screen etc.. I've tried Opera, not much better. Holding the same page side by side my 3GS is far more readable than my new Atrix. That is not making me happy…
Any ideas on this guys? I'll note I am new to Android so if you want to point me to a 'read this' for tips on Android that'd be understandable.
But I'm somewhat disappointed that for extremely common functions the usability *appears* to me (after 24hrs) inferior to my old iPhone…
Thanks for any pointers / insight…
I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!
Good to hear at least it's not just me! I'm somewhat surprised given the OS is reasonably mature that they've not nailed this yet...
Will be interesting to hear any other's thoughts on this...
(I spent many years on Windows Mobile, and had a love hate relationship with it, maybe a bit unfair to say this soon, but starting to already see some parallels: great OS, super powerful and customizable but still not nailed on the usability front...)
crawlgsx said:
I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!
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There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.
give dolphin browser a try, (will add pinch to zoom)
also try selecting "fit web page to screen" and that should take care of your issues as far as too wide goes. 2.3 is slated to release for this phone so patience maybe a virtue here.
Immix said:
There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.
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I was about to say, i just pinched to zoom just fine haha
crawlgsx said:
I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!
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No pinch to zoom? You must be on a mobile site as they generally don't support pinch to zoom as they don't need it. Web sites certainly do pinch zoom very smoothly.
Immix said:
There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.
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I tried full sites and they still did not pich to zoom.
I have gone to Firefox mobile, really like it so far.
crawlgsx said:
I tried full sites and they still did not pich to zoom.
I have gone to Firefox mobile, really like it so far.
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You're kidding right? This phone has full multitouch support, including the webkit browser. Go into google maps and try multitouch/pinch zooming there, if it still doesnt work then your phone is broken.. .or you're just "holding it wrong"
I do notice quite a few apps do not fit the screen. Some, off the top of my head are OnStar and Groupon. The default browser seems to be off as well, if you go to Adobe.com, it comes out all screwed up.
For the time being, I'm using Mobile FireFox. Even though you cannot get the Flash Player Add-On for it yet, at least the pages look somewhat decent.
for the iOS users having trouble with the browser, I highly suggest dolphin. Pages render nicely for me, pinch to zoom and overall fluid. The stock browser is good but it can be better.
dcmccall said:
Hi there guys,
I am new to Android and coming from a 3GS.
Really been looking forward to getting on Android and this was the phone I was waiting for.
There's a couple of issues I've noticed I'm really unsure about and seem odd.
- Scrolling (no live wallpaper) if I go to an email with a bunch of pictures, or an app such as tweetdeck, the scrolling on the Atrix is really poor. Not smooth, very blocky etc… I do the exact same thing on my 3GS and it's smooth as can be. Is this an Android issue? This seems really odd and annoying…
- Mobile browser rendering. For example I bring up Techcrunch, renders perfectly in my 3GS, in the Atrix the text is too small and poorly formatted (if I increase size it's too big), the page border goes off the screen etc.. I've tried Opera, not much better. Holding the same page side by side my 3GS is far more readable than my new Atrix. That is not making me happy…
Any ideas on this guys? I'll note I am new to Android so if you want to point me to a 'read this' for tips on Android that'd be understandable.
But I'm somewhat disappointed that for extremely common functions the usability *appears* to me (after 24hrs) inferior to my old iPhone…
Thanks for any pointers / insight…
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IMHO, these are issues of Android OS, not necessarily the phone (emphasis on IMHO). Keep in mind, I had an iPhone 3G for 1.5 years and then a Nexus One for almost a year. I now have the Motorola Atrix. The scrolling is better on the Atrix than the N1, but still not like my iPhone 3G was on iOS 3.0. All the same applies to the web browser too. I do use Dolphin HD Browser, but at full zoom on a standard (non-mobile) page, the text looks "pixelated" on this Atrix.
I still really like this phone!
crawlgsx said:
I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!
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Get the HTC Inspire, smooth as butter. Looking like I made the right choice getting it instead of the Atrix, plus I saved $100.
novaIS350 said:
You're kidding right? This phone has full multitouch support, including the webkit browser. Go into google maps and try multitouch/pinch zooming there, if it still doesnt work then your phone is broken.. .or you're just "holding it wrong"
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Pinch to zoom worked fine for me in everything EXCEPT the browser. I tried a bunch of different websites and attempted to go to full version although that failed a bunch of times. Firefox mobile works flawlessly so I'd say problem solved for me. I also get sync which is nice anyway.
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Googling around showed me that i'm not the only one seeing rather choppy web browsing experience. Zooming in and out, scrolling, etc.... Opera seems to eliminate some of those issues, but wouldn't you think this quad-core beast should perform better than an older dual core iPad2?
Whats your take?
Update: ICS didn't help the observation a bit...
P.S. -> i'm not complaining..its a solid machine otherwise, i'm just trying to see if the big-old collective mind of the internet generates a simple solution.
descriminator said:
Hi All
Googling around showed me that i'm not the only one seeing rather choppy web browsing experience. Zooming in and out, scrolling, etc.... Opera seems to eliminate some of those issues, but wouldn't you think this quad-core beast should perform better than an older dual core iPad2?
Whats your take?
Update: ICS didn't help the observation a bit...
P.S. -> i'm not complaining..its a solid machine otherwise, i'm just trying to see if the big-old collective mind of the internet generates a simple solution.
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Try Dolphin FTW. https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
If I pay attention, I might notice that the stock browser isn't perfectly smooth. However, in terms of just using the thing, I'm finding it perfectly fine. I think Google could certainly tighten things up a bit, but it's nothing I'd feel the need to complain about.
Google plans on merging "Browser" with Chrome, so it will get better.
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Try Dolphin FTW. https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser
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Dolphin wasn't too much better...Opera was the most dramatic improvement for some reason.
What about Force 2D HW Rendering switch thingie under developer's options? Any ideas if that would improve anything? didn't seem to for me, but i'm not sure if it supposed to.
agreed
browsing is definitely choppy, noticed it switching from using my moms ipad for a week, also my homepage tarted bugging out about an hour ago,whenever i tiuched the menu icon in the lower right corner half the screen would turn black first then it would show the menu and as far as typing goes ipad>TFP ipad is wayyyyyy easier to type on also video quality is bettr on ipad, gaming is obviously better on TFP, TFP is seriously not all its cracked up to be
I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
If you are new to Android coming from the iPhone then you'll feel that way for a bit. I did miss my iPhone but once these awesome devs clear up some bugs you'll be really happy....if you like customizing. I couldn't stand iTunes so once I got around the noobness point, Android is so much nicer. The iPhone is more for people that just want to push an icon like my wife and kids.
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Thats wierd, im stock and i rarely get any force closes. Usually the only FC's i get are due to apps on their end. I love how everyone always says how the apple apps never crash, blah blah blah. I guess stupid tech will always have its place
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sunshines4u said:
I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
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Yea if you are stock you shouldn't have too many problems. The beauty of the xda forum is you can tell us your problem and people get together to help solve it. Id rather use xda than talk to a genius any day.
Tell us what's wrong so we can help you.
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Most likely a bad device.
I have had mine since mid December...all stock, only updates via Kies.
It's been more stable than 2.2.2 on my Dell Streak.
As for a 5" iPhone, well, Jobs is gone so anything is possible.
You watch though...if Apple comes out with a screen anywhere near the
size of 5", the iphone fanbois will trumpet it out that it is an innovation and
the best thing in the world LOL.
lol you do realize stuff crashes consistantly on the iphone it just doesnt tell you right?
Force Closes are from improperly written apps. this happens, there are so many varients in the Android world it is hard to keep up with the changes.
Apple has a set screen size depending on the device, Android has many different screen sizes.
If you like to DUMB down then go back to the iPhone.
sunshines4u said:
I'm going back to iphone.
This thing force closes way too much.... I know rooting and custom ROM can address some of it but I feel iphone is still optimized better than android. OK maybe I don't know but I just never had any issues with their hardware or apps.
Yeah I guess I'm not the type of person who really appreciates customization capability. I realized ONLY thing I like about this particular android is the large screen.
Sorry this is just a bad morning and my android is acting all ****ed up. Happens way too often.
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First I was gonna tell you "see ya", but I guess I'll say that I have no, not one, force close and my device is closer to me than wrist watch or glasses... My device functions this way because I read about everyone else problems and solutions and either avoid the base situation, or utilize the communities experiences for the solution... Our Android family bought our grandfather an iPhone because of his age... Lmao. Does that tell you anything? If you must go then thanks for stopping by, but if you can stay, we will do our level best to match your enthusiasm and drive...
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i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
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i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
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Blasphemy
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ferchope said:
i'd be very happy with a g note running webos .that would be great
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lol! you must not need apps at all
astang99 said:
Thats wierd, im stock and i rarely get any force closes. Usually the only FC's i get are due to apps on their end. I love how everyone always says how the apple apps never crash, blah blah blah. I guess stupid tech will always have its place
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There was actually a study published a few months ago that showed that major iPhone apps actually crash more often than their Android counterparts; however, since the iPhone doesn't display a message to the user when that happens, and it doesn't give the users an option to report the crash, most iPhone users perceive fewer crashes. (In other words, they simply think that they must have hit the Home or Close buttons since all the iPhone does is crash back to their homescreens).
The second theory on why this is the case is that it's much easier and faster to release app updates on Android markets. Android devs can easily roll out responsive updates while iPhone devs have to submit every single update to Apple's ridiculous approval process.
Story here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/02/02/does-ios-crash-more-than-android-a-data-dive/
The truth will set you free.
I've been running the I717 since day one and I've gotten exactly 1 FC from a weird app I downloaded. once I deleted it I was good. Try doing a factory reset and start fresh. download apps that have 4 or more stars. My phone has been a champ from day one with all the crap I throw at it (not even screen slowdowns like some are reporting). If you don't like it, you don't like it, there's no harm in that. All I know is my Ipod frustrates me something fierce when I use it so irritations go both ways. Hope you stick around, the stock ICS should be wandering through in the next couple of months. If you don't want to wait, I hear there's awesome Roms of ICS already. check it out.
I'm going back to iPhone as soon as someone trades me back on CL
What I've had from start to finish? Tilt, Touch Pro 2, G1, BB 8120, BB FLIP, G1, 3GS, Vibrant, EVO, Hero, Epic, EVO, Nexus S, the sprint WP7 can't recall name, EVO, Epic, EVO, EVO3D, 4S Sprint, 4S AT&T, Note AT&T.
I am the most unbiased person possible.
I switched from the iPhone back to Android because the screen was annoying for Draw Something, the edges on the phone are somewhat sharp & annoyed me in long typing sessions, no LTE.
What I've experienced on the Note, & why I said when I went back to the iPhone after the EVO3D that I would never go back to Android: LAG.
What good is customization if everything lags. What's the point of customization anyway? It's not like a computer that has incredible battery life & the customization is actually useful. It's just pretty widgets & UI mods.
I'm also shocked at how many ads are in the free apps compared to years ago.
Anyway, I'll go back to my sound app ecosystem with no lag. On top of that, the apps seem to run a lot smoother & take advantage of the A5 dual core vs the dual core in the Note.
+ I've spent way too much $$ on apps for iOS LOL. Sure I could get some for free on Android, but some simply aren't avail. Some I would have to buy again. Unfortunately, they all run better on iOS.
I will miss the s pen functions (and the Sammy cameras always seem better - I am disappointed by the 4S camera), but I'll survive. The only Android I want is the ASUS Padphone or an ASUS tablet (I had the Transformer #1 for a month, oh & of course I've had an iPad in the past, but prefer the Android tablet OS)
I haven't had an fc since i flashed team perfections latest pics rom. IPhones might be solid but they're so damn boring and plain
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Then Samsung should sue them for "copying"
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I feel like the microwave has screwed everything up. Of something takes a half second to open, we're screaming lag!!!
I like tech stuff but it's still a phone.
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I'm not talking about waiting for things to open.. I'm talking about stutter lag & multiple second to go back to the home screen lag. Legitimate lag.
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I'm not talking about waiting for things to open.. I'm talking about stutter lag & multiple second to go back to the home screen lag. Legitimate lag.
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In my experience with android devices the major culprit for lag is on screen widgets that update. If you set up your device like ios with nothing but apps you will see no lag. If you use widgets and stuff you might redraw.
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I'm going back to iPhone as soon as someone trades me back on CL
What I've had from start to finish? Tilt, Touch Pro 2, G1, BB 8120, BB FLIP, G1, 3GS, Vibrant, EVO, Hero, Epic, EVO, Nexus S, the sprint WP7 can't recall name, EVO, Epic, EVO, EVO3D, 4S Sprint, 4S AT&T, Note AT&T.
I am the most unbiased person possible.
I switched from the iPhone back to Android because the screen was annoying for Draw Something, the edges on the phone are somewhat sharp & annoyed me in long typing sessions, no LTE.
What I've experienced on the Note, & why I said when I went back to the iPhone after the EVO3D that I would never go back to Android: LAG.
What good is customization if everything lags. What's the point of customization anyway? It's not like a computer that has incredible battery life & the customization is actually useful. It's just pretty widgets & UI mods.
I'm also shocked at how many ads are in the free apps compared to years ago.
Anyway, I'll go back to my sound app ecosystem with no lag. On top of that, the apps seem to run a lot smoother & take advantage of the A5 dual core vs the dual core in the Note.
+ I've spent way too much $$ on apps for iOS LOL. Sure I could get some for free on Android, but some simply aren't avail. Some I would have to buy again. Unfortunately, they all run better on iOS.
I will miss the s pen functions (and the Sammy cameras always seem better - I am disappointed by the 4S camera), but I'll survive. The only Android I want is the ASUS Padphone or an ASUS tablet (I had the Transformer #1 for a month, oh & of course I've had an iPad in the past, but prefer the Android tablet OS)
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Interesting observations. Honestly I see my Ipod lag a whole lot more than my note (or even my streak) with much much fewer apps. I mean I use my ipod for pandora, email and rage comics and running all three at once it lags something fierce. I can do all that with my note plus play temple run and not see a stutter. As for the in app adverts, apple is just as bad, but the funnier thing is, the ration of paid vs free apps in IOS is a lot higher in favor of paid apps than in android, which is probably why you see fewer ads in IOS. One thing I noticed with IOS is most apps, especially the free ones, rarely have over 3 stars, makes me wonder if they're really worth the time... All I know is, between IOS and android, I prefer android hands down, I can customize my UI how I want to, I can have widgets if I'd like and do virtually whatever I want with it. if you want I can talk with my buddy to see if he'll trade his 4S strait across for your note.
So I don't mind my phones browsing experience but anytime I get anywhere near an I-Device my mind is blown by how freakin smooth their browser experience. I don't mind my Evo's interface and all that but wow, when I am looking at a general web page in any browser (Dolphin HD beta, Stock, Firefox, Chrome) its NIGHT AND DAY and it drives me nuts. Why the F*& can't it be smoother? My phone is beast but a desktop style web page with a few pics makes the whole experience choppy as hell. Sure I can still get around but double tap to zoom and text reflowing is just poor. Anyone have a better solution? Love everything about my E4GLTE but this makes me mad on a daily basis.
I guess I never compared,but I never noticed it...
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I could be wrong but I think it has something to do with how the android and iOS was designed to interact with a device's CPU/GPU?
Google "apple ui graphics accelerated" and there's a few articles at the top that you might find interesting.
I've not seen an issue yet...
The thing that kills the browsing experience for me is how chrome beta refreshes the page whenever I switch to another app. I went into the settings to get the pages pre rendered but everything still refreshes. Any ideas about that?
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That's HTC multitasking not the browsers probleme
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