Nexus 10 KitKat First Impressions

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My first thought... what did they do to the settings menu?! It almost seems like the Nexus 10 OTA is really a phone-optimized version. It lacks the dual-pane view that we had in 4.3.

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Android.Addiction said:
My first thought... what did they do to the settings menu?! It almost seems like the Nexus 10 OTA is really a phone-optimized version. It lacks the dual-pane view that we had in 4.3.

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Very bad and strange.
How are Google apps (e.g. gmail) behaving? Tablet or phone mode?

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Android.Addiction said:
My first thought... what did they do to the settings menu?! It almost seems like the Nexus 10 OTA is really a phone-optimized version. It lacks the dual-pane view that we had in 4.3.

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This is so sad. I bought the Xoom on launch day and although it had many bugs it has an amazing desktop ui and got better with time! I bought the Nexus 10 not long after launch and its doing the opposite, getting worse as it ages. If tablet ui is going to become more phone like I'm going to try a Nexus 7..........or an IPad..........
 
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This is so sad. I bought the Xoom on launch day and although it had many bugs it has an amazing desktop ui and got better with time! I bought the Nexus 10 not long after launch and its doing the opposite, getting worse as it ages. If tablet ui is going to become more phone like I'm going to try a Nexus 7..........or an IPad..........
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I might try an lg tablet in the future like g pad or the one after it. It looks amazing but a little expensive. I'm sure if enough people ask for it Google will fix this mess. They could send out a small update to change it back to tablet mode and add in whatevers missing. But it seems to me they were just focusing on the nexus 5 and just rushing the other devices

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I just manually updated mine.. been playing around with it and it seems to handle multitasking a bit better. Less app refresh. Also less homescreen redraws.

Oh, and I still prefer the old bootup screen. This new one looks cartoonish

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Just had a hard reboot while ironically enough, loading the factory image page in Chrome..

So it begins....

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I think it's a bit early to judge the battery...

Just flashed the new update. The settings are silly and there should have been transparency and ART, but it's okay, i guess
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The history log on battery monitor widget pro reports the tablet as drawing quite a bit more power when in screen off standby compared to 4.3. It used to be less than -10mA. Now, it can be up to -300mA, but slowly declining after that to -81mA. I'm not sure if it's really drawing that much more power, or there's something about the way the data is collected that is skewing the results. I'm not noticing a significant difference in the power draw as reported on battery monitor widget pro for screen on usage though.
 
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Sound's like I might be keeping 4.3 then...

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I've noticed better colors.
Or maybe just a better behave of the light sensor (I'm pretty sure about that... finally!)

Less homescreen redraws, I used to hate that thing.

No hard reboots so far, but it's only half a day...


And yes, new settings layout really sucks, I hope Google fix that soon.
 
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Some disappointing reports here and the lack of transparent navbar and not ART piss me off. I'm a big Google fan and love Android but must say Android updates/releases have become a bit boring. It's seems innovation in Android has slowed to a crawl. I sure hope it's just temporary with all the changes in the Android team and they get back on track soon...
 
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rkirmeier said:
Some disappointing reports here and the lack of transparent navbar and not ART piss me off. I'm a big Google fan and love Android but must say Android updates/releases have become a bit boring. It's seems innovation in Android has slowed to a crawl. I sure hope it's just temporary with all the changes in the Android team and they get back on track soon...
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I can leave without art (a beta stuff for app devs) all the other missing parts are crazy. Isn't this the b....dy Google flagship tablet? :thumbdown:

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