Category: Android
-
Six Weeks of Android 4
I’ve been using Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.2) for about six weeks now (or is it 5?), and I’m now able to write a mini-review. The Good The system is overall much more polished than 2.x. The global user experience is surely good (but I already expressed some perplexity on the recent apps switcher button). For…
-
Small Android 4 Usability Issue
One thing that I don’t get about Android 4 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich a.k.a. ICS) is the recent apps list button. I mean, it’s a nice thing to have, but does it deserve a dedicated button always visible in the UI? I don’t think so. There is a major flaw about the feature itself, which…
-
Android Is the Windows of Mobile Devices – Or Is It?
I’ve had my Android phone for ~14 months now. It’s a HTC Desire and it served me quite well. I can say that it really changed how I do certain things, from reading news to moving around. There is a major problem however with Android as an operating system: it’s a resource hog. Until the…