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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zadnica:
Very cool browser!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] italia0101:
Wow the Microsoft speed reading demo is so much faster ! Fastest iv seen on any android phone ! 33 fps think I was getting 6 before ...

Also fish take is getting 47fps

This browser is gonna a be epic when finished
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] oo03sjw:
Missing settings

Still playing....noticed on the official Blog there is a settings icon top right corner, yet on my nexus s it is missing, is there a way to enable?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] miata:
Of course it is not there, that menu soft key only appears if you don't have hw key like galaxy nexus
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] oo03sjw:
Oh yeh, slaps face to wake self up!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] warri:
How ever i can not for the life of me find out how to access downloads through chrome. it will allow me to download things, but no status bar notification, and no Download page in chrome it self... There are still some features they need to add.. Running on my captivate
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ninotsmindeli:
is anyone else having incredibly laggy performance in the omnibox? Everyone seems so excited about this app, and I want to be too, but I'm kind of surprised more people aren't saying "wow, I can't type anything at all" and are all saying "this just replaced the stock browser for me" ... I love it lots, I'm just wondering if I'm doing something differently/wrong compared to you guys that has my performance so unusable.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] superm1:
i'm definitely noticing the same behavior with the omnibox. i wonder is it tied to the preloading of webpages over wifi as you're typing urls?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] grifforama:
I see download notifications. I don't see the page in chrome though. Why would you need it ? You have the downloads app that shows you anyway ?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] resetreflectt:
Well when I went into Desktop Bookmarks all of my bookmarks from the stock browser were in there. I had never signed into a Chrome browser so there's no way those are my actual desktop bookmarks. Check and they might be in there.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] vetvito:
It's that instant search/prediction stuff. Just like on the the desktop.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ninotsmindeli:
so it's happening to you too... what do I need to disable to make it bearable, or is everyone ok with it right now? it's obviously a beta but I'm shocked that nobody mentions it, hard to confirm if it's worse for me than most or something.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] gavingreystone@gmail.com:
Disable it right in the Google settings page.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] uansari1:
Not working here at all. Anyone else care to comment? If you were able to pull your bookmarks from the stock ICS browser into Chrome.. How?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dwielunski:
In the stock browser you have the option to either save bookmarks as local, or to throw them to your Gmail account. In Chrome, there are menus for Desktop and Mobile bookmarks. Where the bookmarks from the stock browser appear will depend on how you set that up.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] uansari1:
Ok, I've been with Android for years, but I can't find any setting in the browser to transfer bookmarks to Gmail. Can you please give me a step by step..? I've checked every setting in the browser.. Btw, browser is set to sync in Accounts & Sync settings in Android.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ninotsmindeli:
Do you mean the accounts and sync page ("Sync Chrome Beta"), or the content and privacy settings inside the actual chrome app? It seems no matter what things I uncheck I still get suggestion dropdowns and lag on text entry in the address bar.

Just curious, my assumption at this point is "wait it out for beta 2, and all will be well" :-)

Thanks!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jabbeboy:
is it possible to get chrome in black instead of white????
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dwielunski:
When you hit menu, bookmarks in the stock browser there are two sections of bookmarks: yourname@gmail.com, and "local". In which section are the bookmarks you wish to use in Chrome?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] uansari1:
I only have local.. I don't see my gmail address at all there..

Edit: I'm looking into it, but I think this has to do with not having my local bookmarks synced with Google bookmarks.. I'll try importing them there and see if that works.

Edit 2: I finally figured out a way. I ended up syncing my bookmarks via html backup file to IE, then imported them into Chrome on my desktop..now it just syncs.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ninotsmindeli:
OK, I figured out where the slowdown is. Instantly goes away when history is cleared from within the app. So it looks to be a slowdown in reading the browser history. as soon as I begin creating new history, slowdown comes back!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
It's annoying though, unless i'm missing something.

I was downloading the the latest version of my rom, and had picked a mirror that was too slow for my liking. There seemed to be no way to even stop the download. I can watch the download progress in my status bar, but there was no sign of any activity in Chrome, and no way I could find to cancel. And having to go to another app to view it is just silly. It's just not an intuitive interface, for downloading.

That being said, it's beta and I have no doubt this will all be worked out. I'm loving it. It's the only browser I've ever liked as much (or currently more) than Opera Mobile. It's fantastic, particularly if you use it on your desktop too.

My only other feature requests are full screen browsing (hide the address bar) and an exit button.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] grifforama:
I think I've found a bug.

I downloaded a zip file from xda, closed the browser, re-opened it, and it started downloading the zip file again.

annoying
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
Wouldn't be a bug, per se. A lot of browsers are designed to open to the last page you were on. If it was a file, it will download again.

Sent from my Galaxy S I896
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] xian_online:
That's exactly how I feel, on ICS on my phone it renders faster then Opera, on its the first thing that has tempted me away from opera mobile (huge opera desktop fan)...

...except for always showing the address bar...is it really impossible to hide the address bar (so far?)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
I can't find it, and there aren't very many options to look through. Unless there's a trick I don't know about, like how in Opera you can type 'opera:config' in the address bar (in Opera, obviously, lol)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] JFMFT:
This tip worked for me. Do you think it's a bug, and that we should report it to Google?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] vcasi:
Does anybody experienced where the Chrome browser does not launch properly? It sticks to an empty page and does not continue to load the website. I usually experience this when clicking links from another apps ( i had Chrome as the default browser).

I don't experience this issue on the stock browser
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MistaJae:
+1. It takes ages to actually start loading the page.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] uansari1:
It's just a little faster than stock on my device.. Not sure what's up with your devices..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
Still my favorite browser currently, but I'm going to add another feature request...

That opening a tab in the background actually loads the tabs in the background. They just sit there, waiting to load after you switch over.

It may be an attempt to improve performance on your current tab, but most other browsers load the tabs in advance, and it's what I'd prefer. I'll often be on a discussion forum, or a news site, and I like to open several articles in the background and then go and read them one at a time, and the curerrent method makes it more tedious.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tankkiez:
Any update????
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zeigan:
It has completely replaced my stock browser usage. Works like a charm! Only question I have is this: is it just me or is there not a way to view pages in desktop mode like the stock browser allowed (Menu>Request desktop site)? I have looked through the settings and did not see an option, unless I'm missing something.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
Nope, hasn't been implemented yet. I'm sure it will eventually though. (it's actually listed in the "known issues" section)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
New update is nice... it's actually loading my tabs in the background now.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zgomot:
And quite a bit faster overall.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] raiderep:
If you load the Google home page and switch from mobile to classic at the bottom things are almost the same as a desktop web page.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ninotsmindeli:
Confused -- is nobody having the issue of incredibly slow typing in the address bar on nexus s/ns4g? I have tried a number of roms and this is always an issue for me... starting to worry there's something uniquely wrong with my phone's hardware, but I can't understand where that would come up. Was hoping something in the update would make my experience like apparently everyone else's; starting to think I'm nuts and the rest of the world is doing just fine on Chrome!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zgomot:
I can confirm I also get omnibar lag... I just didnt notice it much because I use bookmarks almost exclusively.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] styckx:
I like it but it fails the same way Opera did. You cant disable opening pages in overview. No one exists on the entire planet who can read a website in overview. You have to zoom in. So, why no option (like Dolphin) to disable that sillyness.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
Doesn't bother me... I don't always want to start at the top of a web page, so it can be more intuitive for those situations. But either way, it's never really occurred to me. That being said, I'm a long time Opera Mobile user, so I'm probably just used to it.

Yeah, most websites have an option to "view desktop version", or "full site", etc so I don't personally find it to be a major issue to be missing the feature. It will still be a nice feature to have eventually though.

Not particularly. Certainly not consistently, or anything i'd call "incredibly slow". But from time to time there's a touch of lag and it needs to "catch up". But you're definitely not the only one. I saw some other people mentioning bad lag in the thread of the Rom I'm using (CM9 for Captivate).
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tyea:
Same experience here.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] fwald:
Hmm, had no problems with the latest Chrome using Bugless Pete's ROM and GO Launcher. Then I switched to Nova Launcher and now Chrome crashes every time.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] raiderep:
That's odd, I'm using all three with no issues..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] fwald:
Hmm, again. After reading this, I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome. Now it's working, but it's very laggy.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blicg:
With the first version of chrome, my device running CM9 v2.1 would heat up like crazy. Did anyone else here experience that and do you know if that's been fixed with the new chrome update?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] droidance:
Is anyone having problems with Facebook scrolling? Whenever I scroll down to see the contents, Chrome scrolls back up to top of the page. It takes couple tries for me to scroll down without a problem.

Stock 4.0.3 ROM with Air Kernel 3.2
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zgomot:
Same here.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] raiderep:
Have to agree page loads are a bit slow but for a beta I can live with it, been waiting for this a while.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] droidance:
So there is no solution to this fix? Because otherwise, it's pretty neat and I got rid of the stock Browser...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] vetvito:
Loved Chrome, but I launched the default browser and forgot how smooth it was, and how much better and faster it is.

Back to using stock now, I just put Chromes icon on it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] RahuL PateL:
Its Laggy... Stock Browser Is Best..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Holmes108:
Opposite for me. Stock is laggy and choppy... scrolling in particular stinks. The page "blurs", and takes too long to clear up. Chrome is near perfect. The only browser I find faster or smoother is Opera Mobile, but for a beta product, Chrome is impressive on my phone.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] vetvito:
Hate the blur. Its really irritating.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] magarto:
Same here

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mysticales:
Found that SOE has a section on android market, but says its not available for my carriers in USA.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sony.playstation.NCUA94608_0&hl=en

Found a few more listed, not many comments on them, so Ill assume its not really known. Anyone have info about these? Thanks.

Edit: Well seems verizon and so just are screwed, anyone manage with CM7 to get around this and get the playstation pocket going?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Phil_123:
So it is pretty much confirmed that Windows Phone 8 will use the Windows 8 ARM kernel, and Windows Phone 8 will be compatible with apps for Windows Phone 7/7.5. This is true because most WP apps today are written in Silverlight or XNA, which does not care what kernel the OS uses as long as there's an interpreter for the compiled code. Only a few apps use native code that needs to be recompiled for Windows Phone 8.

But what about the hardware drivers and OEM customizations on our phones? OEMs are mandated to use Qualcomm processors, but they can use whatever brand of camera modules and sensors as long as the drivers are there. Special camera modes and functions are provided by the phone OEM which I believe is low level enough, they are written in native code. Special functions not provided by Windows Phone 7 itself, such as DLNA or SRS Sound Enhancer, are also likely to be native code.

How can these native code intended for the Windows CE 6 kernel survive a kernel change to Windows 8 ARM? Will the OEMs rework their stuff to support Windows Phone 8? Or will we lose the OEM features when we upgrade to WP8? Will there be devices stuck in WP7.x forever because crucial hardware drivers (e.g. driver for the camera and sensors) aren't available for WP8?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Who knows. But the only existing rumor that would give an answer to your query is that no single WP7 device will ever be updated to Apollo, so no features will be lost.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
WTF you smoking?

The rumor is that ALL EXISTING windows phone 7 devices including 1st generation will update to apollo. They may however not have all the features if hardware requires them. Tango brings support for lowerend handsets and will update to apollo. If your carrier doesn't roll out the update, look for it in the send cab thread and load it yourself. They are ms stock updates so no worries about a hacked version.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
I didn't say that's what I think or believe. There hasn't been any official info on the upgrade path whatsoever. The only information was that WP7 apps would work on WP8. Which, come to think of it, doesn't say anything about current device upgradeability.

The rumor is that there won't be any upgrades. Take it as a rumor, I'm not trying to endorse it in any way, just acknowledging it exists.

I personally would give it some credit but not in the sense the source implies. I'd say he's playing. WP7 devices may never get "Apollo" which is this unicorn WP based on NT kernel, but from the end user perspective all you need is Apollo runtimes ported to WP7. So you'll have most of the WP8 experience on WP7 without running WP8. And of course you'd keep your beloved HTC hub and such stuff on your current device.

But all that is my speculation, not founded on any solid data.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
http://wmpoweruser.com/tag/apollo/

The rumors are false. No one has actually said but it would be logical that it would... especially for 2nd gen handsets.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bbobeckyj:
I've been spending half my net time today trying to find an answer for this question. I've resisted putting WP7 on my HD2, but it's slowly dying, and my contract ends in a couple of months, so I'm researching the best options now, only to find that I may yet again be buying another obsolete OS as WP8 is due in Q4. My problem is to buy the phone with the best hardware, which isn't much different to the lowest spec in WP7, and then upgrade the OS when it's released, or to buy a 1st gen phone cheap on a shorter contract so that my time on WP7 is limited and I can get a new WP8 phone a while later. Hopefully MS will announce something soon...

WMPoweruser has these pages-

We [MS]were pretty clear on this. Any app built today will run on next major Windows Phone version.

microsoft-needs-to-reassure-windows-phone-7-buyers-their-phones-are-upgradable

do not base a whole rumour on only something Eldar say

windows-phone-roadmap
[Windows Phone 7 General] ROCOAFZ:
because of the newer phones coming out though prolly what i would do is pick up a cheap surround or focus off ebay to get you buy (they are less then 100.00) and use your upgrade on a premium phone on release. Apollo is bringing multicore phones so you won't see them until then since pre-apollo doesn't support them. Once it's released, if you 1st gen makes it, sell it and you'll get your 100 bucks back with apollo already on it. If it doesn't, well you still haven't used your upgrade so you can get a new phone at a low cost with contract renewal.
[Windows Phone 7 General] magicsquid:
Also, remember that Mobile World Congress runs from 27 February to 1 March. There will probably be more information coming out around that time.

Here's another article (published in November) from a former Microsoft distinguished engineer.

http://hal2020.com/2011/11/04/windows-phone-8-and-windows-8-cousins-or-siblings/

His opinion was:

At the moment, I haven't seen any compelling evidence about WP8 upgrades one way or the other.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
I don't think they will even have a beta for it this year, i would say they would push it out by this time next year, maybe we will get something from MIX13?
[Windows Phone 7 General] bbobeckyj:
No such luck, nothing is going that cheaply in England, and the shortest contract on a new phone is for 18 months. I've got about 2 months to go, hopefully we'll know more by then, and the Titan 2 and Lumia 900 are due out soon after that...
[Windows Phone 7 General] prohibido_por_la_ley:
The first Gen devices will be updated, just like the iPhone 3GS is still updated (released in 2009 and just got iOS5).
[Windows Phone 7 General] bbobeckyj:
Do you know this for a fact, or is it just what you think will happen?

If the former, do you have a source?

If the latter, I would like to agree, and my gut feeling is the same. But this being microsoft you can't assume too much.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
you folks have craigslist ( or similar local for-sale listings ?) in england ? that's where i buy and sell my handsets. generally they're between 1/2 to 1/4 of the new price at a store, and you have hands-on experience before handing off the cash.

anyway, as to the update rumors and assumptions... i wouldn't trust any of them until it's in hand. not one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bbobeckyj:
We do have craigslist, but it's not anywhere near the same size as the US site, it's next to useless outside of the major urban areas like London. eBay is more popular and even that has very few WP7 items for sale. The ones on sale are still quite expensive, I'm watching less than ten, all first gen, and I expect all will end at well over £100. There are also not many different models, a few HD7s, one or two others, but most are not listed. Also the sim only contracts are barely cheaper them the ones with the phones, the major difference is that the contracts are shorter. Do that negates the cost savings from buying second hand.
[Windows Phone 7 General] El Droid:
At the very list 2nd Gen devices (ship with Mango) will get a one form of the update. Can't say i'm as sure about 1st Gen devices though. However i'd imagine MS wants to reward their loyal users (1st Gen owners) so they may also get a toned down version of the update too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Understood, good info here- thanked
[Windows Phone 7 General] XxAndrexX:
I'm more worried about something else. What will happen if Microsoft puts out an anti piracy software like Windows advantage, and every flashed device, (caused by update fails, or theetering needs) will be banned or simply not updated?? the most of people, who flashed their devices, don't have a backup of their original rom.... I'm really worried about this, I hate to hack my phone to get it work proper!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
don't worry, there is no benefit to doing that. all it would do is cause terribly bad publicity, and millions of customer dissupport calls.
[Windows Phone 7 General] prohibido_por_la_ley:
there already is a form of this, but its only triggered when it's detected that WP is being installed on a device it wasn't designed for. Like an android or WM device for example and the very early builds did encounter it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MikeyMike01:
A major MAJOR advantage WP7 has over Android is not being fragmented. Why would they throw that away? That seems stupid.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
See this is what happens when people give Eldar the time of day. I don't understand why that clown's rumors continue to carry throughout the internet. Nokia should hire an assassin to take that guy out.

I do hope that Microsoft does put some sort of anti-piracy feature, as it's ridiculous that HD2 owners can freely flash a non-open sourced mobile OS on these forums, but you can't even link to a single other form of warez. I just think the hypocrisy is amazing. We flashed WinMo because we had all BOUGHT WinMo devices, but those of you flash WinPhone on a WinMo device... Smh
[Windows Phone 7 General] morpheus1982:
Did Android come on your HD2?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Elastep:
I watched video about WP8 on ARM that was published recently.

They said in it that they tested WP8 on CURRENT arm WP7 devices. Because no harware is still available for WP8.

So there's still a hope that everyone will get an update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] grimchicken402:
Android is open source. That's his point I think.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
The hybridization of desktop and phone with wp8 should be a rich market for the AV guys... but haven't heard much from from the AntiVirus peddling guys yet. Hmmm. I'm sure they will have a huge campaign mounting before launch.

Scare tactics and misinformation should be a good indicator of eminient launch dates approaching. there is no chance AV makers will just sit back and say "Geee, wp8 is secure, you don't need us anymore."
[Windows Phone 7 General] deewenic:
I'm doubt if my 1st gen WP7 device can update to WP8...
[Windows Phone 7 General] 008Rohit:
AFAIK,

No other phone than current Nokia WP 7.5 phones will get WP8 update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jessenic:
Windows Phone 7 has that already, but the activation key is restored during flash. So only problems are WP7 ports for other devices, like HD2. They need the activation key to use Live services.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cotulla:
I don't think that any current phones will get WP8 update at all :(

This is not confirmed information, but based on my minds:

1)WP8 based on NT kernel, while WP7 on CE kernel. It means in other words that OEM will need to develop full working WP8 for old devices (drivers and etc). MS can't do that, because it's really big work and OEM won't allow to do that.

So they will need for free do all from scratch (develop & test) and this really unlikely to be happen.

2)As well WP8 will need UEFI and new boot sequence that is impossible to install into phone by Zune update.

3)WP7F may have insufficient resources, like small NAND size