[Cuis] Better Themes

[Phil (list)]

On May 20, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Juan Vuletich wrote:

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> Nexus is not available here.. and if it was, It would be over $700 I guess. I need something cheaper!
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That's a bummer.  Hopefully by the time you're ready for a new device they will be.  The $700 price tag was a turnoff for me as well but they recently lowered it to $399 US off contract if you buy it direct from Google but I have no idea what the pricing/availability is in other countries.  I was in the market for a device before they did this and got a Nexus S off contract for ~ 350 which is a pretty nice device as well.  There's also talk of a $200-$250 Nexus wifi tablet to be released shortly that might be of interest (and availability might be better worldwide since carriers won't be involved)

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>> You got it.  The layout system is pretty interesting in that you design a screen in an app for a tablet but chop it up into functional sublayouts (i.e. fragments) that will still function and look good on a phone.  It also has an interesting menu design where you'll see more items on a larger dp device such as a tablet that can roll off into an overflow menu on a phone
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> Yes. Stealing that kind of ideas would be great.
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My thinking exactly... down the road the pros/cons of their approach is well worth at least thinking about.

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> Cheers,
> Juan Vuletich

Thanks,
Phil