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Not sure what you mean exactly, each and every one of these features or products is opt-in (or you have to elect to buy it)

Looks the same to me...

The patent they are getting caught up with is for the Universal Search. I read that the patch will dumb down the voice + google search bar to only perform google searches and not search through apps, contacts, etc... Supposedly the suit does/will not affect Google Now, though.

Just another example of how terrible it is that patents are stifling progress. Also hilarious since Google's core is basically universal search.

+1, would love to play with one of these and experiment with all of the sensor interfaces

Seriously, you are claiming that network latency and a delayed response to click events is a GOOD thing because it lets you fix mistakes that you made? Sorry, that is not how you design a product/feature.

The problem you are mentioning has also been solved by Google. In Ice Cream Sandwich when you click on a link that is close together with others, it will magnify the area to make it very clear which link you want to click. This is a solution to your mis-clicks - not a latency delay on every click so that you can fix it if you clicked wrong...

This is also an awesome little trick:

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If you sign up for Google+ dont you get unlimited photo storage on PicasaWeb and can do the same thing + with circles?

Did you consider that Google just cares about its own operations and future profitability than it does about your startup's future?

Google has realized it NEEDS to have some social layer and influence integrated into its services in order to compete and not fade into the archives of the web. A much lower # of likes from identified users is MUCH more valuable to Google than millions of anonymous likes.

I'll admit that I TL;DRd around the middle, but I have trouble believing that the Kindle's customized Android OS is the driving factor in its initial market success.

It's much more likely to be the fact that it is supported by Amazon's ecosystem (which is alluded to as a comparison to Apple) and the fact that it debuted at an unheard of price ($200) for quality tablets, and ended up really pushing the market price of tablets in general down.

Also worth noting that a comparison to an M5's dashboard isn't particularly relevant. When driving exotic cars, the RPMs are significantly more important to the driving experience and performance than the actual speed. That's why the tachometer is so massive and speed is relegated to a simple small number

'freshness' may be as good as Google, but unfortunately 'relevance' is still way, way worse...

Google+ is more "natural" because of the circles. Thats why the ads say "Sharing, but like real life"...