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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

I've actually been using the GNex today rather than either setting it up or exploring it. Despite that, its been a real revelation to discover the detail changes that have been made everywhere. The new GMail app absolutely rocks my world. With four active GMail domains, the new method of switching between accounts and the Inbox/mail reader format are vast improvements. Browser is srsly kickass, especially the tab management. Being able to switch between running apps in two touches is wicked good.

I'm loving it, and I'm just scratching the surface. Need some solid time... maybe this weekend :-)

VZW was a complete show this morning. The floor manager was so pi$$ed:
- they had no time to prepare [they got release GO email at 4:30PM Wednesday]
- No signage [for one of the biggest volume stores in the region]
- No marketing cover ["Who cares about a white Razr when we have THIS killer phone about to release?"
- 35 people in the store 30 minutes after opening. Many more than they had for the fruit phone release which got saturation marketing support well before the day.
- Barely enough stock to last an hour

Kinda sad really, but those of us who got them, and are about to get them, are extremely happy campers.

Cheers!
 
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I love this phone but have one issue, can't seem to find the visual voicemail they showed off at the hong kong show. I was hoping google voice would be integrated but it seems I still need a separate app. Did I miss this somewhere that they dropped it or is it a feature I have to enable?

Or are they going to make me buy VZW visual voicemail to see them in my call log:mad:
 
Hey there everyone. The locking of the pre-release thread left a hole in my heart. Hope this thread can fill it. :)

Anywho, picking up where I left off in the megathread, I finally got my shipping confirmation around noon today literally right before I was about to call to inquire about it. I was really getting worried that something was wrong. I was just being paranoid I guess. Here's comes my shiny new untouched Galaxy Nexus shipped from Ontario. ETA TOMORROW
 
halon said:
My Verizon store didn't have any promotional material on display for the Nexus. Anyone else?
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My corp store didn't either. There were 8 of us waiting outside at 8:00 when they opened. I was the second one in, and was out in 15 minutes. Unfortunately, I had to go back after work because they sold me an accessory bundle for the wrong phone. :rolleyes:
 
earlymon said:
click the thumbnail attachment, it will pop-up to a decent size.

If happy - right-click the thumbnail and say to show link in new tab or window. Get url from that for larger picture. Sneak back, edit your post and insert it as an image (looks like postcard to me (sun over mountains, actually)) next to quote tool.

I never taught you that trick. ;)
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Thanks Early, um I mean stranger.

Hope this doesn't crash the page formatting. :confused:

For all the dog-lovers in here...

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WOOHOO..I got my beauty of a phone, but YES there is quite a learning curve for me. I'm getting there though.

One thing I cannot figure out is how I turn 4G off...I set it to WIFI at my house, but the 4G is still showing up and my battery is draining fast! Any help will be appreciated.

This phone is a thing of beauty! I still can't believe it's mine!
 
FAIL. I was gonna unlock and root tonight, and then realized I left my USB cable at work. Gonna have to do it tomorrow night.
 
halon said:
My Verizon store didn't have any promotional material on display for the Nexus. Anyone else?
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Based on what i was told this morning, none of them did.
See #479 a few posts back.

Now we know what 'soft launch' really means, which is "We haven't really prepared or planned anything, but we have a few container loads of this product so lets let 'em sell it and see what happens."

FWIW, I was waiting an extra long time while my GNex was activated, then re-activated, then re-activated with a new SIM.......
There were calls every few minutes asking about iPhone4S and iPhone5. CSR said they get at least that rate of these calls every day. Marketing drives demand, I guess. What a concept :rolleyes:
 
APKhaos said:
Based on what i was told this morning, none of them did.
See #479 a few posts back.

Now we know what 'soft launch' really means, which is "We haven't really prepared or planned anything, but we have a few container loads of this product so lets let 'em sell it and see what happens."

FWIW, I was waiting an extra long time while my GNex was activated, then re-activated, then re-activated with a new SIM.......
There were calls every few minutes asking about iPhone4S and iPhone5. CSR said they get at least that rate of these calls every day. Marketing drives demand, I guess. What a concept :rolleyes:
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Yeah it does. A guy was annoyed during my second trip to the corp store because the iPhone 4S was on "backorder". Bwahahahaha
 
Also, I called "611" and asked for the battery half off sale since none of my Verizon stores had it. She couldn't do it so She switched me to sales and I got the EXTENDED battery for half off ($25.00) and also the following:

the car dock mount for $19.99
the extra battery and case for $19.99
leather case for $10.99
and car charger for $14.99

all half off.

I'm broke now until next Christmas!
 
The_Chief said:
True that! I'm trying to post a screenshot in the forum and it keeps kicking me out as needing resized. How the heck do I do that? :confused:
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You mean like I just did? Early, I mean some dude, gave some great instructions above. When previewing your post, after you attached the photo, click on the actual thumbnail of the photo in the preview window. It will open a menu to resize it and open in a new tab. Then copy the url for that new tab. Then click the "insert image" icon and past that URL. It should give you a full size image when you preview/post.

Of course, I'm no expert having done this just once.:D
 
Good grief, you guys wanna keep it down?! Some people are trying to sleep. Somewhere. I suppose. :)

Glad everybody (right?) got their fix today. Let the Modding begin!
 
cggorman said:
Good grief, you guys wanna keep it down?! Some people are trying to sleep. Somewhere. I suppose. :)

Glad everybody (right?) got their fix today. Let the Modding begin!
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I didn't get mine yet. I would have if it had launched on the 9th. I'm north of the border now and won't be back until January. I guess I can use this time to watch the radio complaints and see if they get resolved. Anyone , can you compare your phone reception to the DX? You've had yours for like two days already!
 
For my Jersey peeps - I'll be at PJ Welihan's on Route 70 in Cherry Hill tomorrow night with a few friends. Swing on by for a shot and a beam.

I'll be the guy that can't put down the Nexus :cool:


EDIT: "Shot and a beam" that sounds naughty (like something BBs would say) ;):p
 
IHateMyTreo said:
You mean like I just did? Early, I mean some dude, gave some great instructions above. When previewing your post, after you attached the photo, click on the actual thumbnail of the photo in the preview window. It will open a menu to resize it and open in a new tab. Then copy the url for that new tab. Then click the "insert image" icon and past that URL. It should give you a full size image when you preview/post.

Of course, I'm no expert having done this just once.:D
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No, the problem I'M having is that I can't even POST the screenshot! It won't upload because it says the dimensions of the forum are 640 x 280, whereas my screenshot is 1280 x 720. How do I scale down the pic so I CAN upload it?
 
Hey guys, first post in this thread! Remember me? :p

I was getting a bit worried today that I hadn't received my tracking number even though the site said the order was shipped as of 12 pm. Called a CSR, they told me it is possible that the order was put on a 24-hour hold because they are randomly doing that with some of the Nexus orders to lessen the impact of fraud, since this is such a hot device. I was either going to get my tracking info later tonight and have it tomorrow, or get it tomorrow morning and have it on Monday.

Well, an hour after my call, I received my tracking number, and I will be getting it tomorrow by 3 PM!

Cannot wait for this. As some of you may know, I'm coming over from T-Mobile. I've been with them since 2002, when they first bought out Voicestream. I was basically one of their first accounts in the northeast. I went with them because, at the time my contract with AT&T Wireless was up, T-Mobile was offering the "PocketPC Phone Edition". It's kinda considered to be the first smartphone, since it ran Windows Mobile before it was even called Windows Mobile. I remember how awesome it was back then to not have to carry around my Erickson brick phone and my Audiovox Maestro PocketPC anymore, they were both one device.

I've gone through countless T-Mobile phones since, and I was just getting tired of them. They have AWFUL support for their devices...they let devices EOL 6 months after release and provide no more software updates after. The final straw was when I moved from New Jersey down to Georgia. The service is just terrible here, despite them claiming they have the best service in the Atlanta area. Calls always getting dropped, data not working, speeds about 100 Kbps, etc. Decided a week before the Hong Kong event that Verizon was going to be my next provider, and then I found out about the Nexus. Rest is history.

I hope you guys that have it already are enjoying it. The only complaint I'm hearing so far is about some 4G issues, but this could also be because of the flood of new people and all of the new markets that went up today. Hoping in the next couple of weeks that sorts itself out.
 
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