There are numerous themes for inverted colors in the Play Store. The catch, though, is that most of them support Cyanogenmod and therefore, need root. If you are already rooted (who isn't, on a Nexus) , CM is an option.
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There are numerous themes for inverted colors in the Play Store. The catch, though, is that most of them support Cyanogenmod and therefore, need root. If you are already rooted (who isn't, on a Nexus) , CM is an option.
Yeah, there are workarounds for it. I don't use my N7 too much anymore though. I just think its something Google should build into stock. I've seen other forums where people were trying to find it on stock too.
Android has native mouse support which I really enjoy.
I'm typing this from my Nexus 10 which I have docked, connected to my TV and charging while I sit across the room and use a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Its very convenient compared to me using Airplay because I need to hold my iPad and its a real hassle if I want it charging.
I was looking forward to Miracast support (Androids equivalent to ATV/Airplay) however I find the way I'm doing it so handy I don't really see a point to invest in a adaptor or Miracast equipped TV.
I guess I like all the USB hosting Android can do. For example I plug my iPhone into my N10 not only does it charge my iPhone but it sees it as a camera and I'm able to pull pictures and videos off it and put it on my N10. The iPhone cant really recognize anything obviously. It can do this will all cameras. USB keyboards, mice, game controllers (ps3), even USB WiFi devices like a WiFi mouse....
I'm typing this from my Nexus 10 which I have docked, connected to my TV and charging while I sit across the room and use a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Its very convenient compared to me using Airplay because I need to hold my iPad and its a real hassle if I want it charging.
I was looking forward to Miracast support (Androids equivalent to ATV/Airplay) however I find the way I'm doing it so handy I don't really see a point to invest in a adaptor or Miracast equipped TV.
I guess I like all the USB hosting Android can do. For example I plug my iPhone into my N10 not only does it charge my iPhone but it sees it as a camera and I'm able to pull pictures and videos off it and put it on my N10. The iPhone cant really recognize anything obviously. It can do this will all cameras. USB keyboards, mice, game controllers (ps3), even USB WiFi devices like a WiFi mouse....
You know the one thing Android has that iOS doesn't is lots and lots of phone choices. Different designs, sizes, shapes, capacities, features, functions, etc.
Not important at all to those that love the iPhone, but pretty important to those that want to have something different.
I think it would be great if Apple offered more than just one phone design with the only options being two colors and memory sizes.
Not important at all to those that love the iPhone, but pretty important to those that want to have something different.
I think it would be great if Apple offered more than just one phone design with the only options being two colors and memory sizes.
Lol, seems like a good reason.
I won't lie I've used it once. Using Apple maps at night it's a lot better for night vision. I wish they'd add features like this to apples navigation (night mode, speed, avoidances, etc).
Being your average consumer, the GS3 locks onto satellites in about 5 seconds. It's amazing
I can't really go into the technical specs because I am really not that pro at mobile OS etc but what I personally have found that Android has that Apple does not (my perspective):
1) My weather widget that constantly updates. I don't use them much but I like it. Not only can you have widgets but there are tonnes of apps that allow you to customize what the looks of them are. ie: different clock styles, weather depiction, whether live or just static.
2) Ability to put apps in the drawer and not have to shove them to another window in iOS. I can actually see my wallpaper and have my weather widget and camera to compliment it.
3) profiles for sound notifications a bit deeper than Apple offers. I can set phone volume, notification volume, time for them to engage, time for them to be silent etc.
4) Google maps native to the OS they were designed for. Google now which is interesting.
5) The ability to root your phone (which I have never done btw) to select which version of the software you want to see running on your phone. I will also add to this: different launchers. If you don't like the transitions or how your launcher looks there are several available that don't require you to root your phone and it is easy to switch between them and the native launcher style.
6) The other day I was chatting with a friend who asked me where I was and I was able to select from the chat window options to send a gps link where I was in the chat. I could not do that with iOS.
7) I know Apple has a pull down notification tab, but the notifications on Android are just that much better. I like that you not only get a notification on the pull down menu, with quick access to GPS, WiFi etc but you also get a notification light if you don't want vibration notifications or sounds like when you are in class.
Anyways, I am sure there is more, just as there are somethings that Apple iOS can do that Android can't ? I will stop here because those were the features that drew me to Android and are important to me.
1) My weather widget that constantly updates. I don't use them much but I like it. Not only can you have widgets but there are tonnes of apps that allow you to customize what the looks of them are. ie: different clock styles, weather depiction, whether live or just static.
2) Ability to put apps in the drawer and not have to shove them to another window in iOS. I can actually see my wallpaper and have my weather widget and camera to compliment it.
3) profiles for sound notifications a bit deeper than Apple offers. I can set phone volume, notification volume, time for them to engage, time for them to be silent etc.
4) Google maps native to the OS they were designed for. Google now which is interesting.
5) The ability to root your phone (which I have never done btw) to select which version of the software you want to see running on your phone. I will also add to this: different launchers. If you don't like the transitions or how your launcher looks there are several available that don't require you to root your phone and it is easy to switch between them and the native launcher style.
6) The other day I was chatting with a friend who asked me where I was and I was able to select from the chat window options to send a gps link where I was in the chat. I could not do that with iOS.
7) I know Apple has a pull down notification tab, but the notifications on Android are just that much better. I like that you not only get a notification on the pull down menu, with quick access to GPS, WiFi etc but you also get a notification light if you don't want vibration notifications or sounds like when you are in class.
Anyways, I am sure there is more, just as there are somethings that Apple iOS can do that Android can't ? I will stop here because those were the features that drew me to Android and are important to me.
I guess people like the option of having a choice even if they dont really use it or know how. Its like saying iOS is outdated because you cant litter your screen with useless widgets, when the iOS it self is just a launcher into apps, why use your resources on widgets when you can just go into the app?
Android's Gallery app is 100x better than iOS's Photos app.
Its gotten to the point where its just sad that Apple can't update their own mess.
Its gotten to the point where its just sad that Apple can't update their own mess.
Inter-connectivity!
My iPhone can not connect to my iPad by either WiFi, Hotspot or Bluetooth. My HTC wonderfully can work as a hotspot. Transfer data between i-devices simply sux in general. I use Dropbox as a workaround.
(my iphone however did connect to my last car rental via bluetooth.)
My iPhone can not connect to my iPad by either WiFi, Hotspot or Bluetooth. My HTC wonderfully can work as a hotspot. Transfer data between i-devices simply sux in general. I use Dropbox as a workaround.
(my iphone however did connect to my last car rental via bluetooth.)
yeah it is annoying you cannot move files to albums and have them stay that way if you want to sync. Really don't get why they are ignoring this.
Something was wrong then. Both my iPhone 5 and Nexus 4 can connect to each other through hotspot function, and my friend tethered his nexus 7 with my iPhone 5 just fine when there was no wifi outside.
I was surprised to see them connect though, because some of the OEM branded devices seem to not connect to the adhoc wifi connection that the iPhone creates.
Sounds exactly like someone that hasnt used widgets before.
I have, and i think they look much better on a tablet. My issue with most of them is that they are just big application icons with an hourly update stamped instead of being dynamic. Like the flipboard widget didn't allow me to read articles by flipping in it and didn't allow me to choose a certain topic, i had to go into the app.
Similarly the calendar widget is more of a viewer, than interactive. I would like it if i could make an entry right from the screen.
That is when widgets can become truly powerful. Right now no one is using them right, just big huge viewers. I get bored of them after a couple of days.
I use widgets and must be using them right because I personally find them useful and helpful.
I can understand someone not liking widgets however they can be useful. Especially on a tablet. Sometimes I won't jump into an app until I get bored. But sometimes when I pass my home page I'll notice an interesting post on Facebook or a new YouTube video to some channel I'm subscribed to our something like that. With my iPhone I rarely check things until I'm booted with the app I'm in.
Yeah I know first world problems but I like them. My iPad is the worse, brilliant screen, powerful CPU and GPU and it doesn't do utilize it very well IMO.
Yeah I know first world problems but I like them. My iPad is the worse, brilliant screen, powerful CPU and GPU and it doesn't do utilize it very well IMO.
I find widgets a bit gimmicky. You waste time trying to organize them in a useful & aesthetic way with mixed results. I guess there's a battery life cost too. One time I watched a series of videos on how to make your own beer and for a long time that's all the YouTube Android widget shows me, the same videos I already watched. On iOS you can get Facebook alerts from Notification Center.
Huh? I got a Nexus 7 & my older iPad with a slower processor is much smoother than the latest Android running on a Tegra 3, 4-plus-1 quad-core processor. For instance, if I pinch to zoom in Chrome on Android, it staggers. Pinch to zoom is smooth as butter in Safari on iOS.
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What's gimmicky about widgets? Your car dashboard shows you lots current info at one glance. That's what widgets do best. You would probably crash and burn if you need to push buttons one at a time on the dashboard to see info (like the iphone).
I must admit I thought widgets were great once upon a time and had every screen on my HTC full of them at the expense of the battery life of course. Towards the end of my android experience I found I had one home screen with just a few shortcuts occupying the space as that was all I needed. Widgets are fancy and sometimes impressive to look at, but I found the novelty wore off for me.
something I enjoy with android is not needing the tapatalk app to upload photos to this website. I can literally upload them as if I am on my computer....little things like that are really convenient.
Access to the file system, set whatever app as default or specific actions (browsers or media players for example) and support for a plethora of codecs.
I've noticed that if I scroll down a page with animated .gif images on my iPad, the animation pauses when I scroll down.
I've noticed that if I scroll down a page with animated .gif images on my iPad, the animation pauses when I scroll down.
May be if you are ok with their current limited function. They are just content viewers atm. Nothing one cannot accomplish by going to an app, especially when all you get is a preview in widgets.
I see many people with weather widgets around most of the time. In iOS, after jailbreaking it seems the rage is also centered around having the coolest weather widget. May be some people are really fixed on it, but i live in a place with harsh weather and yet end up deleting the widget after a couple days finding it useless for the most part.
This is not against using widgets however. I did not say widgets are useless, their current functionality is. The flipboard widget, the mail widget, the picture and calendar widgets, the weather, all previews. Cannot even set simple things directly from any weather widget, it ends up taking me into the app.
If people are pleased with their current functionality, i guess more power to them. I would like to see better widgets that matter than simply eye candy. A full page calendar widget that can let me add events right from there. A reminder widget that lets me add and delete tasks instead of launching the app when i touch it. An email widget which can scroll infinitely and even open messages in the widget window. A news widget which allows me to interact with it more, selecting and reading news within.
That is when i will start using widgets, and that is still not the full potential.
There is almost nothing that can't be accomplished in a browser. Should we say apps are pointless?
The point of widgets, to me, is to let me see if--IF--I need to go into the app or not. If I want to see what the weather is predicted to be like for the next few days, why should I need to open an app? If I only wanted to see the most basic of a weather info, such as temperature and clouds/sun, I could do it with one single icon. Or I could take up half a page. Choice is good.
Contrast that with Apple's "it's always 73 and sunny" weather icon and it is kinda laughable.
Michael