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Is Jelly Bean still on schedule?

roush611 said:
LOL What?!?! Please explain your logic here? Apple is the let down of all let downs. How many times have you watched an Apple keynote waiting for an awesome NEW phone and have been let down because it is the exact same thing as its predecessor? Thats right EVERY TIME. At least you currently have the best phone on the market in your hands and you know the update will for sure be coming. Or as you said you can digress and hop back to Apple for the iPhone 5.
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Personally, I don't remember there ever being a keynote were the device was the exact same as it's predecessor...every device improved upon the previous (with radical changes accompanying the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4). Nevertheless, he was incorrect to be angry at Samsung for a RUMORED drop date on JB, though consistent updates is an aspect of iOS that I do miss after leaving Apple and waiting for JB on my S3 (though not enough to drive me back). ICS is powerful enough and JB will be icing on the cake.

- VDubb
 
matttye said:
The S3 is not smooth compared to project butter. Go on YouTube, type in "project butter" and watch some of the videos of the Nexus running JB. The browser just flies, it's incredibly smooth. The S3 is very fast but animations are sometimes jittery.

Google Now, Google Voice Search and the improved notifications are all very useful and what I'm looking forward to the most!
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I ran CM10 for about a week. I know what it is and how it runs. I didn't notice much difference.
 
ylexot said:
I ran CM10 for about a week. I know what it is and how it runs. I didn't notice much difference.
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The difference is night and day for me. When I compare the stock Touchwiz launcher to Apex/Nova with their jelly bean bases, they're just so much quicker and smoother.
 
OK so we didn't get in on the 29th. So I guess 'very soon' could mean days or weeks. Ah well I will just have to wait.

{checks Kies one more time before bed ;-.}
 
ylexot said:
...... and Google Now (mildly useful).
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More than mildly useful. First, the voice search amazing, imho. Use as a faster Google search than typing and very accurate.

Demo of voice search on the Nexus 7 with Jelly Bean - YouTube

Second, the cards it develops are great.
Third (my favorite), anytime I google a business or address on me laptop, it appears on my JB tablet with a map and travel times.

Truly turns your device into a personal assistant with out even realizing it. For everyone that hasn't seen it you'll be amazed when you do
 
ylexot said:
I ran CM10 for about a week. I know what it is and how it runs. I didn't notice much difference.
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Really? The latest nightlies fly and are smooth as silk, IMO. I definitely feel the step backwards when returning to stock, even w/Nova.

And Google has swung & missed w/some products/services/ideas/concepts (e.g. Buzz, Wave), but Google Now will not be one of them.
 
Pity about the update only coming "soon"... but I did like the Samsung event and really starting to like Samsung more and more.
 
Samsung have got something to prove here. They are producing great hardware but they now have to show that they can back it up with timely software releases.

That will put them in a different league to other manufacturers like HTC who have been extremely quiet about Jellybean on existing phones.

My one concern about moving from Apple to Android was the appalling delay in the roll out of ICS!
 
pseudoware said:
Really? The latest nightlies fly and are smooth as silk, IMO. I definitely feel the step backwards when returning to stock, even w/Nova.

And Google has swung & missed w/some products/services/ideas/concepts (e.g. Buzz, Wave), but Google Now will not be one of them.
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My point was that there is nothing critically important in Jelly Bean and definitely nothing that should keep someone from switching back to an iPhone for. If you don't like Android on ICS, JB isn't going to change your mind.
 
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