Submission + - Galaxy Nexus and ICS: Android's inflection point (extremetech.com) 1
MrSeb writes: "While the US waits patiently for the launch of the titanic, 4.65-inch Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s new superphone has now been available in the UK motherland for a whole 24 hours. The first batch of reviews from the major tech sites are in, and some early user reviews are starting to trickle in as well. Unexpectedly, and unique for the launch of a new version of Android, the Galaxy Nexus — and its heart, Ice Cream Sandwich — are receiving almost uniformly spectacular reviews. When the first flagship Android phone was released, the Nexus One, some reviewers threw around words like “over-hyped”, and when the Nexus S was released, many lamented its lack of 4G, dual-core processor, or expandable memory. And then we have the Galaxy Nexus, which still has some niggles — a 5MP rear camera, no microSD — but reviewers are giving this newfangled beast 5-out-of-5, 10-out-of-10, and hyperbolic honorifics like “The Best Android Phone Yet” and “Better Than The iPhone 4S.” Is this finally a version of Android that can stand alongside iOS and WP7 in terms of ease-of-use? More importantly, can Google (and the carriers) now push home the advantage and get ICS onto handsets before iOS 6 and WP8 arrive?"
