This is ridiculous. It's getting harder-and-harder to ignore Google's total lack of consideration for its developers.
Paul Burke Finer Mobile On Jan 11, 10:15 am, nexbug <gsuku...@gmail.com> wrote: > "The status light (to the right of the earpiece) and the Trackball > change colors, flash, or glow briefly to inform you of the charging > status of the phone and other important information. > > I was hopeful "other important information" meant it would work as the > primary notification.. > > Many users rely on changing status lights on the other devices, and > this could be a blow to some of them who want to move to the N1. > > Like buying a high end car and realizing it doesnt have a rear view > mirror :-). I guess no one who dogfooded this one ever needed the > traditional notification lights.. The pulsing trackball is NOT a step > ahead if you know what i mean, its a really nice thing, but not at the > expense of the original LED notification scheme. > > -g > > On Jan 10, 11:39 pm, String <sterling.ud...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Looks to me like the LED on top is purely to indicate charge status, > > while notifications come through the trackball > > light:http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&gui... > > > IOW, it's not a bug, it's a feature. > > > String > > > PS: *Still* waiting for a2.1SDK... > > > On Jan 11, 1:32 am, nexbug <gsuku...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Users reporting that the notification lights are not working as on > > > earlier devices(let alone LED color customization). Have been chasing > > > around trying to figure this out until i realized none of the apps are > > > showing the flashing notification which we have all come to expect on > > > the device. Not even SMS messages. > > > > I am sure the dog-fooders used the phone long enough to notice that > > > the typical flashing notification light on top never seems to light up > > > for notifications. Maybe its only to indicate charging.. > > > > While the pulsing trackball is nice, it is not as noticeable, and its > > > colors cannot be manipulated. > > > > (of course unless i am missing something very obvious) > > > > -g > > > > On Jan 10, 8:18 am, vorcigernix <vorciger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Whole idea of having google "superphone" and write some main parts of > > > > OS as closed source bits for that device is flawed from beginning. > > > > On other hand, if your code works on 2.01, then it should work on > > > > nexus (except that hw related things). I am missing some big notice on > > > > developers page month before, saying : "There will be phone with major > > > > market penetration, which uses 2.01; fix your apps guys" > > > > > And..android was never a real opensource system. Google is kind to let > > > > us access parts main parts of OS, that's it.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
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