Pro tip: Click and hold any icon in a top or bottom action bar in Android to see its label. Very useful with cryptic symbols. Not a solution, but eases the issue.

Holy shit.

That's handy to know.

I wish I had of known this a year ago.

Thanks for the tip!

Doesn't work in Browser, the #1 androd app. Holding on the tab switch button or the three dots menu button does nothing. Holding Back opens the history menu, holding the app switcher does nothing, holding home runs the Google Now animation. Better luck in other apps maybe.

In every letter I've had with a new bank card it's told me how to change my PIN if I want to. I'm not sure I know anyone who hasn't changed theirs.

I'm not sure there's much room in the S3's bezel, unless they're just increasing it vertically and replacing the physical buttons with on-screen ones.

There are/were plans to make some that would fit over existing prescription glasses, though, I think.

America is not the only country in the developed world. Plenty of smartphone wielding pedestrians here in Europe.

Tablet support would be much appreciated!

Tablet support is definitely coming. I've been inundated with request for a few things I didn't see coming, so as soon as I clear those items out I will get straight on to tablet support.

Hopefully my Nexus7 will have arrived by then..

I've heard it began when some shop assistants were, when selling an item, simply pocketing the payment for the goods themselves and never putting the money into the till. To counter this, the shop owners made it so that almost nobody would pay for an item with exact change, meaning that the transaction would have to be put into the till system in order to open the change drawer.

Interesting theory, no idea how accurate it is.

I have no doubt that at some point Google will start building some sort of integration between Glass and Street View. They're already starting to do what you're talking about with street view data - they're using ReCAPTCHA to OCR street signs and house numbers to try to get more accurate address information for maps.

More control is a big source of value for a lot of people. Personally, I don't need a 2 year old to be able to use my phone, but I draw great enjoyment from being able to customise it to my tastes very easily. Don't like the stock keyboard? Chuck it out. Don't like the app launcher? Download a new one.

If you want a more consistent UI and smoother animations over that, then great - there's a polished, well made device for you too on iOS. Different strokes for different folks.

I agree with you, but let me rephrase one sentence.

"More control is a big source of value for a [minority of people]"

Given Android's rampant popularity, you would have to come up with a source for that claim.

I know here on HN the mantra is that people buy Android because it is cheaper/"they cannot afford iPhones", but in the real world people deliberately choose things not made by Apple.

Despite the Apple fandom on this website, there is no universal truth in Apple being a superior platform.

In fact, I say the lack of customizability speaks of it being poorly engineered.

So your argument is that quality is a function of sales volume?

My argument is that sales volume is a function of customer acceptance. And thus Android has the biggest customer acceptance of all the platforms out there.

The hacker news meme that Android is barely usable is getting rather stale.

You love strawmen. I said that iOS is much better in the usability department. I didn't say "android is barely usable".

Also, most android phones are not nexus phones. Most of these phones can not be upgraded to 4.0 yet. By your logic customer acceptance clearly shows they aren't interested in control if they can't even upgrade the OS.

Is that called "prime" by most people? I've always heard it just pronounced "dash", as in "s-dash" or "f-dash".

>Is that called "prime" by most people?

yes.