Problems with Google's new toy

Uh Oh looks like there are some issues with the new tech from Google and Asus.  So this makes another problem for the super tablet from Google, before supply just couldn't keep up with the insane demand now it's just more bad news with problems like back light bleeding for a small one all the way up to some users reporting that during data intensive operations the touchscreen would get a bit janky and non responsive.  Now that sucks if I must say because I wanted one of these bad boys but I wasn't smart enough to reserve one earlier.  On the extreme side of jacked up some Nexus 7's have been coming with defective screens that are not attached correctly and can become detached from the housing of the tablet.  Of course you can return the tablet if you get on that is screwed up.  Maybe it was a good thing I didn't pre-order the tablet.

The Dark Night Rises movie review

So just got out of the theaters a few hours ago and I was throughly entertained during my viewing of the final installment of Christopher Nolan's take on Gotham's caped crusader Batman.  Running 2 hours and 45 minutes it is quite lengthy but I barely noticed I was in the theater that long.  Christian Bale puts in a solid performance as Bruce Wayne but Batman is barely seen in the movie(I kinda started to miss the over scratchy bat voice) till about an hour in.  I was a bit worried about Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and rightfully so, all of her fight scenes were totally unbelievable, scarce as well.  I was left longing for more action and kicking ass by Batty but there are only 3 major fight scenes involving Batman, but when on the screen he did not disappoint at all.  He had all his familiar toys plus a new mode of transportation known as the Bat, a flying bat mobile if you will.  Stealing the show surprisingly was Tom Hardy as the villain Bane.  Hardy to pack on some serious weight to play the role and you can without doubt see just how jacked he is(he dwarfs the Dark Night)30 pounds to be exact.

I thought his voice would be hokey as hell from what I heard in the previews and teasers but while watching I have to shamefully admit I was waiting in anticipation.  Every scene with Bane had me asking for more I loved his presence in front of the camera, especially scenes with him and the caped crusader.  All in all I whole heartedly enjoyed this movie and it is definitely worth the 10 bucks to go see it in the theater.  Not to spoil anything but the last 5 mins of the movie will def have you thinking could there be another movie in line for Mr. Nolan and I would love that.

Final score 8 out of 10

Android fragmentation

At times I wish Google was a bit more like and Apple and did not have an open source mobile OS.  Android is becoming more and more popular but at the time of this writing only one phone has the latest Jelly Bean OS being the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung.  I have this phone and it annoys me so much when I see a fellow Android user out and about and they are running an Eclair build or Froyo build, and they are perfectly fine with it.  Now don't get me wrong, in no way am I upset at the phone owners this is all directed at the manufacturers.  HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc they all have to get there you know what together and push these updates out quicker.  There has to be some sort of regulation on this by Google.  They have already since stepped in (sort of) and put up guidelines for a more uniform look for developers when creating applications so why not implement some sort of time table when it comes to OS updates?  I can see maybe skipping a few incremental releases but when a major overhaul is done to the OS there should be some haste in getting that out to all the recent phones.  Android is already stupid popular, just think how much better it would be if every phone had the latest OS?

The Amazing Spider-Man movie review

So just saw the new Spider-Man reboot film directed by Marc Webb(fitting for a Spider-Man movie huh) staring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and I have to say I was a bit let down.  Now by no means am I a comic expert so I'm not all into the movie doing better justice to the comic but I went into the movie with some high hopes being that it has not been that long since the Sam Raimi films.  With this movie coming so soon something new has to be done something better than the Raimi films did.  Visually this is an awesome ride especially if you see it in 3D,  which was done great you know there are no cheesy scenes with stuff coming right at the theater screaming hey we have a 3D movie(I hate that).  Every time Spider-Man starts swinging you get that sense of movement and they really nailed it with no over the top CG moments which is nice also.  Where the movie falls a little short with me is the story, not the plot so much but the villain is just so forgetful it's almost as if your waiting for the boss to show up and find out he is the right hand man or something.  I cannot quite say but he is missing "it", some flare or charisma maybe.  All in all I did have a good time and wished there was a better villain, you will be fully entertained and it's definitely worth the money especially for fans.

Final score 7 out of 10

Samsung and Google V.S. Apple . . . . . still

Longtime mobile partners Google and Samsung have been battling it out in the courts with Apple for quite some time now and a recent injunction filed by Judge Lucy Koh has now made it illegal to sell the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the USA.  Samsung of course did try and stay the ban but that was denied by Koh.  Google recently announced the sale of its Nexus line of devices again direct from the internet giant but has since pulled the phone from there online store.  So what did Google and Samsung do wrong to warrant pulling the phone?  If you ask me, not much but I'm not a lawyer and I don't know who owns what patent just like any other Joe Consumer out there.  Now all this fuss is over the unified search bar show in the picture above.  Apple believes they already have a patent for a "universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system" as they put it.  I can't believe that they would make a stink about how the phone is searched.  In hopes to have this ban removed a Google spokesperson said an update to simplify or dumb down the search bar is in the works.  I personally have this phone and I hope they get this resolved soon, luckily Google now, a new search feature in Jelly Bean Android 4.1 will not be at risk and will still be included.

Google I|O wrap up

Well unless you were living under a rock you would know Google I|O was just held last week and they had some pretty amazing announcements to say the least.  Now I know this is primarily for developers so I won't bore you with all the behind the scenes stuff and just get to the good stuff.