Archive for November 27th, 2011

Phone Screen Size & Usability

In my previous post I observed that the screen size of the new Galaxy Nexus phone is such that usability suffers. To back up and illustrate that statement, I’ve decided to shoot short demo videos.

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Galaxy Nexus / Ice Cream Sandwich First Impressions

For my job, I ordered the new Google Galaxy Nexus phone a few days ago, and yesterday it finally arrived. After having used the Nexus One as my main phone for years, I knew there’d be a big difference in the phones. But of course, the Galaxy Nexus is also the first phone to ship with the new Ice Cream Sandwich Android version.

In a way, I don’t care much whether I’m going to review hardware or software differences here, as from a user’s perspective, it’s the overall usability that matters. So without further ado, on to my first impressions.

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