Before You Buy 1: Leo Reviews The Galaxy Nexus

Host: Leo Laporte
Reviews by Iyaz Akhtar, Eileen Rivera, Tom Merritt and Tony Wang
Iyaz reviews the Lenovo Ideapad U300S, Tom and Eileen take a side-by-side look at the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet, and Leo finally gets his Galaxy Nexus. All that and more on the first episode of Before You Buy!

Direct Links:
Kindle Fire versus Nook Tablet http://youtu.be/ybNxvN7mqMI
Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Review http://youtu.be/bQF8ZdGv-60
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review http://youtu.be/VYJ7VkZZT10

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Running time: 27:56

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tech
• Gadgets
• Product Review
• TWiT

[Blunty3000]

Skip all the way to 18:30 for the ACTUAL CONTENT advertised by the headline.

[isaacleese]

Leo, you're mistaken about the screen. Both the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Nexus use AMOLED displays; the Galaxy S II display is a Super AMOLED+, which uses an RGB subpixel matrix. The Galaxy Nexus uses a Super AMOLED display, which is similar, but uses a split RG/BG subpixel matrix called PenTile. Both are AMOLEDs; you refer to PenTile in lieu of AMOLED on the Galaxy Nexus, which is incorrect.

[TheYewtoobe]

i find when someone speaks on webcam with a microphone.. they somehow lose credibility..i don't know why... they just do

[atmancloud]

Leo I love my galaxy nexus. I do agree I'm don't like the on screen soft keys they get in the way.. but over all the screen is very nice and its fast

[reidjim76]

@rchandraonline - For an example of how Ice Cream Sandwich works on a phone with hardware buttons, take a look at the Nexus S. The hardware buttons work fine and there are no soft buttons on the screen. Leo should know this.

[rchandraonline]

@reidjim76 that may be so, but is there anything to say the new "soft button" system can totally ignore the hardware buttons? I dont' know enough abou the hardware to say if the button presses generate interrupts, and whether such interrupts can be masked, or the ISR could just ignore button presses.

[rchandraonline]

Re: Lenovo Ideapad: reviewer says "under a half inch thick," graphic says "0.59-inch thick." Last time I checked, 0.59 > .5. Juuuuust wondering which it is, that's all.

[robearberbils]

@062brown I hope the ARM processors will go in the way of intel, beyond four cores and popularize that way. an equivalent to an i5 or i7 would be crazy.

[robearberbils]

@reidjim76 i dont think he knows enough about this androids to do this. if he cant find a way to make the screen auto rotate he shouldnt be reviewing a phone.

[kareeji]

09:53 what the HELL is up with the hand action

[Zacharuni]

I always wondered what happened to Leo.

God bless TechTV.

[hamzasaleem7861]

Not satisfied ...