The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released today so I went to my local Verizon store to check it out. Unlike some cell phone users I actually use it for a phone and I like a phone with high speaker volume. Don’t bother with this phone. The Galaxy Nexus has really low volume. It’s so low in fact that it has to be some sort of bug. So it might be fixable. But I wouldn’t bother to look until it’s fixed.

Phone had 4.02 on it so it is today’s release of the OS.

I was also interested in the bigger screen. The screen is longer but not wider than my Droid X. The extra length however is mostly used to draw buttons on the screen. Some apps make the buttons go away using the extra space. I was expecting the screen to seem bigger than my droid X but it seemed the same size. It was a pretty screen.

Android 4 seems a little awkward to use. I think it needs to mature, say 2 more releases to get it right.

I did however get to play with the droid Razr which had the loudest volume of any of the phones. I like being hands free without bluetooth. Just using the speaker phone.

Of course the government wants to take that away too now.

I remember when computers used to actually work. Now, like everything else it seems things are getting worse. Adobe flash used to just work. Now it crashes several times a day. When it first started I thought it was a temporary thing and Adobe will fix it. But months later it’s not getting any better.

It seems like dysfunctional is the new functional and standards are dropping. I remember back when Yahoo Messenger used to work. It was a little app that just did chat and no problems. Now it’s bloatware and barely works.

It’s not just limited to the Windows world. the Linux KDE interface has yet to catch up to where it was 10 years ago. In some ways when it comes to text mode editors Linux has yet to catch up with where DOS was 25 years ago and Linux file permission are way behind where Netware was 20 years ago.

We all love Google but I just bought one of their “Google TV” operating systems built into my new Sony TV and to say it sucks is implying that it works at all and comes up to the level of sucks. When they said it was Android 3.1 I had an expectation is was as good or better than my Android 2.3 cell phone. It’s like it’s not even the same operating system. It’s totally incompatible with every other Android app I run. It’s like it’s a completely different operating system. Nothing I’m used to works. Shame on you Google!

I don’t know what others think but I’m getting really tired of things going down hill and that becoming the new standard. It’s like technology is reflecting the deteriorating state of society. Everything is going to hell.

My 2 cents …