Autocorrect in the browser seems to be off and there doesn’t seem to be a way to fix it. I’ve read many reviews of the device and this never came up. Again I ask: do reviewers actually use these phones?

When I said that I think that to have an Android device is to never be bored by it, I meant it. I’m sure there are a hundred and one cool things I could be doing with the phone now but I can’t really think of what they might be. I am still trying to get used to the OS even after all this time - perhaps going back to my iPhone for the past week broke me - but things are still hard to get used to. I’m in it for the long haul at least until the next iPhone so I better get used to it!

Since I paid cash money for the Galaxy Nexus to some dude on CL*, I figure I’m on my own now. So, what better way to consummate the relationship than by rooting it? So, rooting the Galaxy Nexus on a Mac.

Yes, I’ve got a Hackintosh so I could just boot into Windows to do it, but what’s the fun in that? I found this thread. Hopefully, it’ll work.

* I made sure that it wasn’t stolen first - I told the Verizon rep, straight up, that I was going to buy a used GN from someone on Craigslist and I wanted to make sure it wasn’t stolen. He checked and said that he’s as sure as he can be that it’s not.

While my wife was on driving duty on the way back from Florida and the kids were soundly asleep in the backseat of the car, I decided to just check Craigslist to see if there were any used Galaxy Nexi for sale. Just in case. Well, I found one and I’m going to pick it up today if it’s as advertised. Remember when I was contemplating keeping that old iPhone rather than selling it just so I could have an iPhone around when the Galaxy Nexus wouldn’t do? Well, the price of this used one makes that a viable option!

Now, I’m still dropping about $450 when all is said and done (there’s a $35 restocking fee at Verizon for the new one I bought) and I don’t feel 100% comfortable with my decision but I figure the risk of my losing several hundred dollars is significantly lower if I only spend $450 to begin with. Even if I only keep it for a couple of months, the free tethering will be enough to make up that difference.

That’s a long way of saying I’m having my cake and eating it, too. I’m a grown up. I can do that. :)

It’s also a way of announcing that I will be maintaining this blog as I’m sure to encounter some annoying (and wonderful) stuff along the way. I hope you’ll follow along.

One of the things that was critical to my decision is that the Galaxy Nexus isn’t a very good phone. I get consistently better reception on my iPhone. Calls are much clearer. I mean MUCH clearer on the iPhone. For the first time since switching to Verizon, I had a hard time hearing and being heard. I can only attribute that to the Galaxy Nexus because when I use the iPhone from the same locations, it’s still crystal clear. I know that talking on the phone is passé butane I would like nothing more than not to have to talk on the phone, but it’s kind of important for business to return phone calls…

I’m not sure how many people are actually following my posts but since I started this tumblr, I feel the need to end it. Well, not end it since its been kinda fun but at least update it with my current decision.

I’ve decided to stay with my iPhone. Why? Well, ultimately the things I’m going to miss the most about the Galaxy Nexus have nothing at all to do with the device itself and nothing even to do with Android. It has to do with the LTE I’d be giving up. And since Verizon’s LTE seems to be doing a lot of giving up itself lately, maybe that’s not a bad thing.

Ok. Maybe that’s not entirely fair to Android and ICS specifically. There were some really nice things about the OS. For example, the Gmail support is amazing. Considering I’ve got 7 Gmail accounts for various things and dozens of labels, I’m going to miss that. I’m also going to miss the Google Voice integration with the phone since I use it for my business and while workable on the iPhone, always felt like a lot of work.

I’m going to miss the notification light. I’m going to miss the home screen widgets. I’m going to miss the endless wonder that awaits in the myriad settings.

An Android phone is one that you will never get bored with. If you love tech and fiddling with tech, it’s hard to turn down the allure of the endless possibilities.

I know I’m going to to miss all that stuff and as a complete geek at times it’s going to be hard. But not having those things will not make me reach for another device if my iPhone is at hand. What I found myself doing more often than I would have liked over the past 12 days was looking for my wife’s iPhone. I had to pause multiple times before taking a picture of my kids, for example, to make sure I’d be ok potentially missing the shot or having it come out subpar. I have thought about what device to pack and would be hooked up to the stereo in the car on our 10 hour drive to Florida.

Nothing, however, was as damning to using the Galaxy Nexus as the thought of having to use it at Disney World over the next week. Would it be able to make it through the day? Would I be able to get the best possible photo with the only camera I had on me at the time? Because the Galaxy Nexus left me with very big question marks in these areas (and if I’m honest with myself answered these questions with resounding “no”s) I had to cut the experiment short. It was damned fun and has me super-excited about a larger screen, higher resolution iPhone with LTE.

And that says a lot. About the iPhone.

This may be a network-wide Verizon thing but I’m not seeing anything about it on Twitter, so maybe not. I don’t have data access on my Galaxy Nexus. Under mobile network type it says “eHRPD:13”. A quick Google search reveals that it’s something in Verizon’s transition from CDMA to LTE but that doesn’t tell me much. Why don’t I have data access right now? That’s my question.

If there’s one thing I really hate is not having internet access when I should. #whitewhine>

Update 2:52: Looks like it’s a nationwide outage of Verizon’s 4G network.

Just a follow-up to this post about Google Reader apps: gReader seems passable. It’s actually a very nice formatting of the articles but some of the display options are kind of incomprehensible and I can’t figure out how to have it display folders. Nothing will top my reader of choice Reeder on iOS and OS X but this will work for now. I’m still happy to have suggestions though.