Review: Android 4.0, the Galaxy Nexus and the Transformer Prime

[dconnors]

Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS. Whatever you call it - what's all the fuss about? We look at Google's latest mobile OS and the hardware that came with it.

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[stingray71]

You missed one major upgrade from Honeycomb to ICS, the Browser! Much faster, almost on par with a laptop. It also syncs with your Chrome bookmarks. It is so much better, I ditched the other two browsers I was using.

Xoom Wifi now officially has ICS as well, the difference is quite nice in regard to overall speed and performance. The way it should of been a year ago.

 

[house70]

Also, there is just no comparison between the S-Amoled display and the iP4S display in sunlight/outdoors. The former is easily readable, the later... well, let's just say you need to run for some shade. First hand experience here.
If they look equally beautiful indoors, the S-Amoled is at least one class above the S-LCD of iP4S outdoors.

 

[Guest]

My wife bought an Ipad2 for Christmas. She loved it.

I got a Transformer Prime a few weeks ago.

She loves it so much, she sold her ipad2 to her sister.

ASUS TRANSFORMER PRIME FTW!

 

[Guest]

The Prime is sooo good! It's like having 2 for the price of 1, a kind of mini laptop-pad hybrid. I've only had mine for a week so i'm still working out the features, but it's very easy to use. Highly recommend.

 

[Lmeow]

The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have an microSD card slot as far as I know. Just a correction.

Phone is amazing though, and even though the camera is terrible in low lighting (in good lighting it can take really nice photos), the shutter speed is insane.

 

[dconnors]

[citation][nom]Lmeow[/nom]The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have an microSD card slot as far as I know. Just a correction.[/citation]

It totally doesn't, and I know as much, but I was writing that and the copy for the Prime hardware simultaneously, so it must have slipped in there somehow. (cough that's what she said) Thanks for picking up the error!

-Devin Connors, Tom's Guide

 

[cjtimes]

My Prime is a joy to use, smooth and very fast. Upgrade to ICS if you haven't already Easily the best tablet on the market.

 

[magicandy]

HOLY CRAP I go to that arcade from the test pic! What a weird feeling seeing it in a Tom's article.

Game Underground in Framingham, MA. Lots of Bemani games like DDR, IIDX, DrumMania, Pop'n, etc.

Do you go there, Devin?

 

[dconnors]

[citation][nom]magicandy[/nom]HOLY CRAP I go to that arcade from the test pic! What a weird feeling seeing it in a Tom's article.Game Underground in Framingham, MA. Lots of Bemani games like DDR, IIDX, DrumMania, Pop'n, etc.Do you go there, Devin?[/citation]

I do! I live on the west coast now, but I'm originally from Massachusetts. Two of my close friends co-own that IIDX machine with some other arcade-goers (Steve and Kevin, they're in the picture). I usually stop in once or twice every time I make it back to MA.

-Devin Connors, Tom's Guide