Bluetooth pairing experiments with Google Glass, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 and G37x

Glass paired to Nexus 5 AND Nexus 7 (same Google account for all three). Nexus 5 also paired to the car.

What do you think should happen AND will happen?

All three on WiFi during the experiment since I was in my Garage.

On the road, Nexus 5 is on T-Mobile and Nexus 7 is on Verizon.

Glass on Bluetooth via Nexus 5 or Nexus 7? Nexus 5 headset via Glass or via the G37x?

Nexus 5 Hands-On Impressions, Blackberry Comeback, and Government Spying

It was a packed episode of +Status Update  

+Jared Weseman  gave a solid one hour overview of the Nexus 5 and KitKat and what it means for the future of Android. What is camera quality really like? 

Blackberry did a 180 this week and decided not to sell. Instead, they bring on a new CEO to try and turn around the company, is there any hope?

And if you could buy anything online consistently, what would it be? +General Motors  wants you to buy cars online. Does that make sense?

Check it out, let us know what you think!

#podcast   #technology   #Nexus5   #android  

So, I fuckin' LURVED my Nexus 4 (a gift from +***** in june) until someone wandered off with it in Phoenix at the beginning of last month. I went all Taken on the phone-nappers, told them about my very specific set of skills, met a lot of eastern bloc ne'er-do-wells and punched them to death, etc. But EVEN AFTER putting a nice note offering a reward on all the doors at the apartment building where Android Device Manager had led me, I didn't get my N4 back. And Google stopped selling them a couple days before mine vanished.

Been squinting at my good ol' HTC Doubleshot for the last 4 weeks. I put the best ICS rom I could find on there and it runs solidly, though slowly. It's this one, if you're somehow in the same boat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912582

Anyway, I bought a Nexus 5 several minutes after it went on sale Thursday, and it's supposed to show up tomorrow, so if you're SICK AND TIRED of me not posting photospheres all the time, sweet respite comes soon to this very g+ feed.

IMHO The Galaxy Nexus is to date the best Android Phone ever made. If I hadn't dropped mine I would still be using it. Petition #Google  to upgrade it to KitKat.

Google Nexus 5 buy now from “Google Play” Google Nexus 5 Price in USA $349, its prominent features are;

4.8 oz. and 8.59mm
4.95” 1920×1080 display (445 ppi)
Snapdragon™ 800, 2.3GHz processor
4G/LTE and Dualband Wi-Fi
Android™ 4.4, KitKat

Last photos of Kit Kat on the Galaxy Nexus.

Promise

I see all you guys with your #Nexus5 shipments and I raise you one. I have only played with the N5 for a few hours but will do a review later on next week comparing the N4 to the N5.  Leave questions you would like answered below.

#Android #KitKat  

Nexus 5 Landing in T-Mobile Stores on November 20th   http://wp.me/p3B28J-1ezr

#Android   #Nexus5   #tmobile   #november  

Someone please convince me to buy a Nexus 5 over a Note 3. Keep in mind the following -

1. Price is not an issue at this point.

2. I don't care too much about the pure Google experience and updates since developers working on various AOSP based roms will get that done anyways.

So why then should I buy the Nexus 5? Is there something I'm missing here?

If new Android features are going to be restricted to new Nexus devices even though they run fine on everything else, then I might be done with the Nexus line, maybe Android as a whole.

I own a Nexus 4, 7 (2012), 7(2013), and 10. I've started dabbling with development. I am active in one of Google's developer groups.

Please continue to make features like the new launcher work on all stock Nexus devices.

+Sundar Pichai  

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/05/report-the-google-experience-launcher-from-the-nexus-5-wont-come-to-other-devices-any-time-soon/

Welcome home, Nexus 5

Another Nexus joined the ranks, so I had to gather the family for an updated group photo.

From left to right

T-Mobile G1 (Google Dream) (2008)
Google Ion (HTC Magic / T-Mobile MyTouch 3G) (2009)
Nexus One (HTC Passion) (Q1, 2010)
Nexus S (Q4, 2010)
Galaxy Nexus (2011)
Nexus 4 (2012)
Nexus 5 (2013)

New Google launcher is exclusive to Nexus 5 for the time-being: Report

http://www.androidos.in/2013/11/new-google-launcher-exclusive-nexus-5-time-report/

So I got my Nexus 5 yesterday. Have to say I am pretty impressed so far. Hardware feels great, the design is beautiful, speed is silky smooth, beautiful display, KitKat update is really polished and it really feels like a premium device.

But within 24 hours I have already found a few things I am unhappy with, some with my particular device itself and some LG hardware.

Dead Pixel - within the first 5 seconds of turning on my brand new Nexus 5 I have a dead pixel. Now it is only 1 tiny dot and the top of my screen and I have tried using pixel software to flush it out. But the point is that a brand new device shouldn't have this. My other problem is that Google don't exactly have a a store in every shopping center so trying to return it won't be so simple or worth the effort for something so small. Hopefully I'll be able to flush it out in time.

Poor micro USB cable - I do own many lower-end, cheap products and the chargers have been an odd shape that don't fit the device but I wouldn't expect LG do the same! My brand new charger doesn't even fit into my Nexus without a good wiggle and even though I own many Micro USB cables and a wireless Qi charger, I would still expect this to work out of the box.

Bluetooth audio still not compatible on Nexus devices - One thing I love using is my Pebble watch to control my music. On my Nexus 4 my Spotify track/artist details never showed up while changing tracks and the same issue remains with the Nexus 5. I have looked around and it appears that it is a hardware issue with the Nexus Bluetooth not supporting track data. There are third-party apps to get around this but it should just work natively with the pebble like an iPhone from 3-4 years ago currently does. I am pretty disappointed that LG haven't caught this up, or maybe there's something I've not seen to work around this.

But other than these couple of issues I would say that the Nexus 5 is a brilliant device. I've yet to give the camera a good run but I do have another 4 gigs coming up this month so I guess I'll definitely see how it shines where I use it most.

#nexus5 #kitkat #kitkatandroid #autoawesome

This review makes me want my Nexus 5 even more!!! Great review! :) cc: +TechnoBuffalo  

The Nexus 5 camera is very satisfying - I think as good as the iPhone. #nexus5