Hi everyone. I recently got a Galaxy Nexus from Verizon.
Not because I really need a new smartphone, or that I even really need mobile data. I don't even use my Nexus One now that I have a tablet. I never really have used cell phones for voice all that much, and never had a mobile data plan before, as I have wifi at my house, and rarely need internet anywhere else. But if past trends, are any indication, I don't really understand or embrace a technology until I have it. I didn't make my app really perform on Honeycomb till I had one. Compared to me, I believe that most of my customers have a data plan, a bigger screen phone, and within a year from now will have ICS on at least half of their phones. And I expect to find more interesting bugs or invent new things as an early adopter. I found that my app did not perform well on ICS over mobile data. But then I discovered nothing else did either, including the browser, Google Play. I discovered that mobile data wasn't working hardly at all. When wifi was off, the internet didn't work. After a discussion with the support people, I became keenly aware of this little indicator on the upper right. Most of the time, it says nothing. Sometimes it says 1X. Sometimes it says 3G, though not for very long, and even then it is lying. So instead of finding bugs, er, i mean improvement opportunities in my app(s), I am debugging Verizon's network or the device. How does this compare to your experiences? Do you vote for the device or the network being defective? I'm inclined to blame the device because I did have the jetpack (wireless hot spot) with a mobile plan for a while, and my tablet had internet access just fine in the same places. I really didn't pay attention to the 4G and 3G lights on it if the internet was working. Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
