- Jan 11, 2013 9:06 pm GMT
I recently got the Samsung Galaxy S3 and updated to Jelly Bean 4.1. I've been messing around with Google Now for about a month now and I have to say, it blows Siri out of the water. It's just ... wow. Check NBA scores? Easy peasy. Check movie tickets for the closest theatre? Easy peasy, it's all there. I don't even have to ask for it to look it up, they just ... show up when a game is on, when I'm near a theatre, etc. What's the weather? It's always there. When's the next bus? It's there for me.
I recently went on a trip to Montreal and I found it really useful, since it actually told me which spots are known for taking great pictures of landmarks and landscapes, and what places to check out in Montreal. Siri in comparison feels so utterly limited and well, useless. I'm curious to know whether or not Apple will try to compete with it. I know Jobs was opposed to competing with Siri as a search engine type deal but you really have to wonder.
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- Jan 11, 2013 9:40 pm GMT
I've never used siri, but since the release of the first 4.0 the Google Search function has been amazing. I can tell my Samsung Galaxy at the time(now upgraded to a Nexus 4) "Find the nearest walgreens" and it would give me turn by turn directions instantly. I started screwing around with it by asking things like... "How old is Tiger Woods" she'll answer you quick and precises and bring up a wiki article.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 11, 2013 10:33 pm GMT
Yep, the one thing I really miss from my old Nexus S. It's kind of mind-boggling that the company reknown for its UI/UX work came up with Siri (who woulda thunk that people don't like talking to inanimate objects, especially when in public?) while the search engine people came up with the much more streamlined and intuitive Now.
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- Jan 12, 2013 7:42 pm GMT
The new image search is awesome. Snap a pic and get search results instantly.
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- Jan 12, 2013 10:53 pm GMT
Unfortunately google now is only really awesome for developed countries.
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Unfortunately google now is only really awesome for developed countries. :(
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- Jan 13, 2013 5:25 am GMT
That could be true but I got tired of waiting for it to come to my GS 3- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 13, 2013 8:21 am GMTI agree. The only downside is that it has almost completely stopped me from thinking for myself.
I agree. The only downside is that it has almost completely stopped me from thinking for myself. :P- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 13, 2013 9:18 pm GMT
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If you have archery problems I feel bad for you son, I dodged 99 arrows but my knee took 1!
This is probably the one thing that everyone can agree on. That siri in no way can keep up with google now.
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- [QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]That could be true but I got tired of waiting for it to come to my GS 3[/QUOTE] what variant of GS3 you have? Because all international GS3 have been updated to 4.1.1 that includes google now for a while now . In fact 4.1.2 update started in december for GS3
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- Jan 14, 2013 1:35 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]That could be true but I got tired of waiting for it to come to my GS 3[/QUOTE] what variant of GS3 you have? Because all international GS3 have been updated to 4.1.1 that includes google now for a while now . In fact 4.1.2 update started in december for GS3[/QUOTE]All US variants have got the jelly bean update as well now. Not sure about canadian and australian versions.
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- Jan 14, 2013 4:57 pm GMT[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]
[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]That could be true but I got tired of waiting for it to come to my GS 3[/QUOTE] what variant of GS3 you have? Because all international GS3 have been updated to 4.1.1 that includes google now for a while now . In fact 4.1.2 update started in december for GS3[/QUOTE]All US variants have got the jelly bean update as well now. Not sure about canadian and australian versions.
[/QUOTE] Yep I stopped using it in late December and never got Jelly Bean. I probably should have gotten a phone with the pure Google experience and not Touch Wiz.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 14, 2013 8:49 pm GMTThere are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3.
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- Jan 15, 2013 1:32 am GMT
[QUOTE="awptical"]There are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3[/QUOTE]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
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- Jan 15, 2013 2:04 am GMT
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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
[QUOTE="awptical"]There are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3[/QUOTE]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
[/QUOTE]Whats the game in your sig??
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- Jan 15, 2013 3:12 am GMT[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]
[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
[QUOTE="awptical"]There are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3[/QUOTE]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
[/QUOTE]Whats the game in your sig??
[/QUOTE] Some Vita game called "Soul Sacrifice". I doubt it's very good but I thought it looks pretty cool lol- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 15, 2013 4:13 am GMT
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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="Gambler_3"]
[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
[/QUOTE]Whats the game in your sig??
[/QUOTE] Some Vita game called "Soul Sacrifice". I doubt it's very good but I thought it looks pretty cool lol[/QUOTE]Oh and I thought it was some new prince of persia that I didnt know of. The guy in the middle really looks like the prince.
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- Jan 15, 2013 4:22 am GMTGambler_3 wrote:Oh and I thought it was some new prince of persia that I didnt know of. The guy in the middle really looks like the prince.JasonDarksavior wrote:Some Vita game called "Soul Sacrifice". I doubt it's very good but I thought it looks pretty cool lolGambler_3 wrote:Whats the game in your sig??
Yeah, another guy from the forums said the same thing.[QUOTE="Gambler_3"][QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="Gambler_3"]Whats the game in your sig??
[/QUOTE] Some Vita game called "Soul Sacrifice". I doubt it's very good but I thought it looks pretty cool lol[/QUOTE]Oh and I thought it was some new prince of persia that I didnt know of. The guy in the middle really looks like the prince.
[/QUOTE] Yeah, another guy from the forums said the same thing. :P- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 15, 2013 8:24 am GMT
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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
[QUOTE="awptical"]There are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3[/QUOTE]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
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If jellybean on the s3 is anything like jelly bean on the note 2, then it's neither buggy nor missing features. My only complaint is google now is tucked away in favor of the kind of dumb s-voice, but I've since remapped a double home press to google now.
It's still gross looking touchwiz, but its perfectly competent for daily use
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- Jan 15, 2013 6:29 pm GMT[QUOTE="semianonymous"]
[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
[QUOTE="awptical"]There are plenty of roms available with the stock experience. Not liking a skin is a bad excuse when it comes to a phone as popular as the S3[/QUOTE]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
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If jellybean on the s3 is anything like jelly bean on the note 2, then it's neither buggy nor missing features. My only complaint is google now is tucked away in favor of the kind of dumb s-voice, but I've since remapped a double home press to google now.
It's still gross looking touchwiz, but its perfectly competent for daily use
[/QUOTE] No I mean the custom roms of Jelly Bean like "cyangenmod". The problem is that my S3 never got the official Samsung update, which is problematic since the custom roms all had issues.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 15, 2013 9:29 pm GMT
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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"][QUOTE="semianonymous"]
[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]
I saw all the comments about the Jelly Bean roms and most are missing features and have bugs which limit it's use. To be honest I think it's pretty bad for a company to release a phone and then expect you to download something else for it to work well, as you suggest. IMO, a good company should release products which work great out of the box and not require you to find your own OS to make it a decent phone.
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If jellybean on the s3 is anything like jelly bean on the note 2, then it's neither buggy nor missing features. My only complaint is google now is tucked away in favor of the kind of dumb s-voice, but I've since remapped a double home press to google now.
It's still gross looking touchwiz, but its perfectly competent for daily use
[/QUOTE] No I mean the custom roms of Jelly Bean like "cyangenmod". The problem is that my S3 never got the official Samsung update, which is problematic since the custom roms all had issues.[/QUOTE]
Well here is the thing. The galaxy s3 did get the offical jelly bean update so now all of the s3's should be running offical jellybean as of now. What you are talking about now is probably 4.2 jellybean because that is the varient that is buggy as all hell on the gs3. As far as I know the only thing running 4.2 jellybean is the galaxy nexus and the nexus 4 but other than that the gs3 is on jellybean 4.1 I know Cyangenmod is working on a 4.2 update right now for the gs3 right now and that is just buggy as hell id admit. But 4.1 jellybean roms are pretty much perfect at this point since they are running off the vzw/tmobile/at&t/spring bases that were already released.
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