Speed isn't a problem, but there are way too many pre-installed apps,
no Android app tray (just like Huawei's EMUI), and needless visual alterations that only serve to confuse — the settings menu is completely different for example, and less intuitive than the stock Android system.
When docked, there's a sort - of Windows - style Start menu offering recent apps, although by the time you've tapped the button, you might as well have opened
the Android apps tray to select what you want.
When docked, there's a sort - of Windows - style Start menu offering recent apps, although by the time you've tapped the button, you might as well have opened
the Android apps tray to select what you want.
Not exact matches
The only new feature of note in the
Android app is a name change, which will now be «NOOK» instead of («B&N NOOK») in your
app tray.
Opening the
app tray launches
Android's 3D
app menu.
Standard
apps appear in the
Android system
tray, but Play Games, Play Music, Play Books, Play Movies & TV, and Play Newsstand are all libraries of downloadable content.
If you gesture downwards you will see a
tray of
Android apps, that allow you to easily initiate your favorites, without having to visit the navigation bar.
Processor: NVIDIA Tegra 2 1 GHz dual - core processor OS:
Android 3.0 software (Honeycomb)
Apps: GoogleTalk Video Chat, Google Maps, Books,
Android market, Quick office HD Editor Samsung UI: Samsung TouchWiz UX, Samsung mini
App tray, Social Hub, Music Hub, Readers Hub Display: 10.1» WXGA 1280 × 800, capacitive touch screen, pinch to zoom Connectivity: 3.5 mm jack, WiFi a / b / g / n. Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Network: HSPA + 21 Mbps 850 / 900/1900 / 2100, EDGE / GPRS 850 / 900/1800 / 1900 Camera: backside 3 MP camera AF with LED flash — frontside 2 MP camera (webcam) Video: 720p HD video capture — 1080p full HD video playback @ 30 fps — Flash support: Adobe Flash Player 10.2 in web browser Memory: 16 / 32 / 63 GB built - in, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, Sensors: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Ambient Light sensor Battery: 6800mAh Weight: 595 g — 1.31 lbs Size: 256.6 mm x 172.9 mm x 8.6 mm
Samsung has slightly tweaked the
Android Desktop, too: A sliding
tray of icons (browser,
apps, e-mail, and the like) runs along the bottom of the display, while widgets occupy the middle expanse of the screen and an enhanced status bar runs along the top.
Home screens behave as they currently do on
Android (swipe left or right to navigate, open an
app drawer, retrieve widgets, and so on), except you now get a customizable «favorites
tray» that resembles the dock in iOS.
Instead of the vertically scrolling
app tray found on most
Android phones, Samsung takes a page from the iPhone's book and uses a horizontal application menu.
The update will integrate the company's full custom UI into the
Android software, adding such features as a dock - style
app tray for quick access to commonly used applications, a series of custom
apps and widgets for the home screen, and seamless access to Samsung mobile services like Media Hub, Social Hub and Allshare.
Both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the mid-sized Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablets runs with Honeycomb OS skinned with the new TouchWiz UX (4.0) customizations, dual - core 1 GHz chipset, dual - cameras (3MP rear camera with AF, LED flash & 2MP front - facing camera), Bluetooth (3.0 for 8.9 Tab, 2.1 for 10.1 Tab), 1080p HD video playback, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Flash Player 10.2, Samsung Mini
Apps Tray, Social Hub, Reader's Hub, Music Hub,
Android Market, and powered by 6000mAh battery and much more.
Except the 4G radio and 3G connectivity, the Wi - Fi only Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be having
Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS, Nvidia Tegra 2 dual - core 1 GHz chipset, 10.1 - inch HD capacitive display with 1280 x 800 pixel of resolution, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Flash Player 10.2, Samsung Mini
Apps Tray, Social Hub, Reader's Hub, Music Hub, 6860mAh battery and much more.
Both Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 tablets use Honeycomb OS skinned with TouchWiz UX, dual - core 1 GHz chipset, dual - cameras (3MP rear camera with AF, LED flash & 2MP front - facing camera), Bluetooth (3.0 for 8.9 Tab, 2.1 for 10.1 Tab), 1080p HD video playback, Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Flash Player 10.2, Samsung Mini
Apps Tray, Social Hub, Reader's Hub, Music Hub,
Android Market, and powered by 6000mAh battery and much more.
The square boxes surrounding
app icons in the application
tray distract my eyes and behind
apps / games downloaded from
Android Market, look flat - out ugly.
It's very similar to other Chinese
Android options in that it doesn't have an
app tray, so all of my
apps were scattered on the home panels, à la iOS.
Although it functions in much the same way as any
Android phone, with multiple homescreen panels, a multitasking carousel and an
app tray, you'll also find a customisable
app menu, Sony's own image and video galleries as well as access to its Music and Video Unlimited streaming subscription services (though these will cost you extra).
Good Lock, an
app from Samsung, does just that, giving users a way to easily tweak the notification
tray, quick settings panel, and recents menu — not to mention get a more stock
Android - like appearance.
Android purists will note changes to the notification shade, the Settings menu, and the option to enable the
app tray, or spread
apps across multiple home screens.
While you can't exactly integrate these toggles directly into the notification
tray header like with
Android Nougat, you can replicate this functionality almost perfectly using an
app called Power Toggles.
This causes duplicated
apps on
Android phones and while the iPhone 6s has an
app tray, the Marshmallow
Android update only uses folders for organizing on the home screens and displays a menu that lists all the
apps and duplicates.
Beyond that, you can drag your finger outside of the arc, then you'll see Paranoid
Android PIE - style navigation controls, which let you go home, back, view your recent
apps, or open your notification
tray.
An
Android system notification lives in your
tray near - permanently, constantly reminding you how many
apps are running in the background.
pressing the
App button on
Android essentially turns it into a
tray full of icons just like iPhone, so what
Android does offer is to some more complicated but to others more powerful.
The icons and colour schemes have been totally re-done, and ZTE has removed the
app tray that has served the
Android faithful well for many years now.
An
app called Snap Swipe Drawer will allow you to add any home screen widget directly to your notification
tray in a few simple taps — and with
Android's wide array of available widgets, it's an even better experience than Apple's restrictive implementation.
They all land in the
app tray just like Chrome OS
apps do, but there's no way of telling what is
Android and what is Chrome, especially if both
apps have the same icon.
Still, that's an afterthought solution that I'd like to see Google address internally — even if it's just by tossing a little
Android badge on the icon itself or an
Android folder inside of the main
app tray.
On most
Android phones these days, you'll find an
app tray on the bottom of the home screen.
That means there's no
app tray and all
app icons are spread across multiple homescreens, plus there are various other changes to standard
Android.
Overall on
Android Nougat, the Sony launcher is nice, offering sensible options and the
apps tray has a nice feature on board as well, not just offering search but suggested
apps too.
The UI is nothing like the cards interface of old, and also nothing like the modernized interface of LG's webOS - powered TVs: it features either a rotary dialer - like
app tray or a traditional vertical - scrolling arrangement, and it actually looks a lot like an earlier build of
Android.
Most notably, Emotion UI foregoes an
app tray, the hub of applications that
Android users have come to expect with every device, and instead lays your
apps directly on the home screen.
To make this experience a lot less cumbersome, developer Seth Montenegro created an
app that gives you quick access to each of
Android's volume levels right from your notification
tray.
Android 4.4.2 KitKat for Verizon Galaxy S3 will bring white status bar icons, multi-window
tray for multiple new applications, help tip pop - ups, multi-window combination, Photos by Google
app that replaces Google + Photos, new Google + User Locations widget, Backup Assistant + Media replaced with Cloud, widgets for S Suggest, S Bookmark 1 × 1, Samsung Music 4 × 1, Music Hub removed from Samsung Hub, better Wi - Fi connectivity and stability, more Tap & Pay types support for ISIS wallet, Emergency Alerts, Verizon Remote Diagnostic update to version 2.42.167, improved data connectivity and enhanced Dialer A
app that replaces Google + Photos, new Google + User Locations widget, Backup Assistant + Media replaced with Cloud, widgets for S Suggest, S Bookmark 1 × 1, Samsung Music 4 × 1, Music Hub removed from Samsung Hub, better Wi - Fi connectivity and stability, more Tap & Pay types support for ISIS wallet, Emergency Alerts, Verizon Remote Diagnostic update to version 2.42.167, improved data connectivity and enhanced Dialer
AppApp.
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is under more of a disguise on the G5 than previous LG smartphones, primarily because of the controversial decision to get rid of the
app tray.
Other than this, everything from the
app icons and the drag - and - drop
app folder system to the settings menus and the main
app tray is classic
Android Jelly Bean.
More troublesome, however, is the absence of an
app tray, which makes typically organised
Android feel more disorganised to use.
As before, Emotion UI ditches
Android's
app tray for an Apple - like approach of splurging all of its
apps across several home screens.
Another example of the operating system falling short is that while on most
Android phones you'll get an
app tray that's accessed by pressing a button on the bottom of the screen, on this device, you'll instead be taken to «Live,» which is LeEco's attempt at taking on Netflix and Hulu.