Even Google has admitted that the update experience with Verizon and Sprint versions of the Galaxy Nexus have been sub par. In fact, I’ve seen reports of people who have switched to a GSM carrier for this very reason. It is enough of an issue that they seem to be losing customers over it. In fact, this seems to be the case with every phone on Verizon’s network. The truth is no one really knows why Verizon is so SLOW with approving updates they are. Others say it is simply a control thing for Verizon who seem to maintain a death grip on updates.
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Some say that it’s because the radios in the Verizon version of the phone have proprietary closed code that Google cannot distribute without first getting Verizon’s permission. It is unclear exactly why Verizon is so slow to offer updates like this.
It rolled out to a small test group that includes some XDA hackers and they, in turn, figured out Google’s URL for the update and made it available to everyone.The frustrating thing is that the GSM version did not have this problem and updates rolled out on those non-Verizon networks without these delays. Technically this update is still not approved. Now on to the not so fun, or fun part depending on your point of view– the amount of time that it took Verizon to approve the update. For someone like me who does not have a dock for my phone this isn’t very useful but I can see the appeal of having an app like this automatically pop up whenever the phone is docked. With Daydream mode you can, for example, see news from Google Currents, watch a Picture Slideshow, see news from Flipboard and more. The update also introduced Daydream mode, a mode that let’s your phone “do things” while sitting in the dock or charging. It is also worth noting that while there IS a plugin for WordPress, it didn’t work properly with the version of WordPress we currently are running on Gear Diary. It is not a bad picture but when you view it as a PhotoSphere it has that extra….something! 🙂 Sadly, until these work universally across Facebook and other sharing site I don’t see them becoming massively popular. You should be able to see these if you have an account as they are public Google+ posts.Īs noted, without Google+ the PhotoSphere looks like the above picture. So you can see what they look like by clicking here and here.
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