(1) the home button
which was pretty redundant
when i first got the phone
since i was always using the
three on-screen buttons
which consists of
-back – home – recent apps
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when i was about to be
quite used to the 3 buttons
and the redundant home button
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they was a system update yesterday
suddenly the 3 buttons were gone
all three functions are being
replaced by the home button
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gosh i just got used to
living without a home button
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and so it’s a totally opposite situation
i am trying to learn to
adapt to the life without
the 3 on-screen buttons
and rely solely on the home button
just like good old iOS
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wait…
it’s a best of both world situation
when i realize that
i actually get to choose
whichever way i want to
and now i would say that
i shall go for virtual navigation bar
i.e. the 3 on-screen buttons
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oh wait you can even
choose a 4-button bar
which consists of shortcut menu
but for the time being
i am good with the 3-button bar
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(2) the built-in music player
is pretty good
well since it’s quite a simple app
the background colour within a playlist
changes according to the album cover
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so is the background on lock screen
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(3) the earphone
the earphones work fine
and thank goodness it’s
earbud instead of in-ear
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and after the recent system update
i was reminded that
it also allows song skipping
on the volume control key
it works similarly as Apple’s
no i mean the previous non-wireless
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(4) App purchase
bought my very first app
it’s to upgrade a dictionary app
to get rid of the ad which
occupies the whole screen
and lasts about 5 secs
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so this is officially
my first app purchase
good thing that they allow
billing via your telco
iOS is not offering the same
not that i aware of
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so i can actually pay really fast
and i can get rid of
the large amount of
credit i have accumulated
since i am really a light user
when it comes to phone service
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(5) Issues so far?
my Hiboard
similar to the widget screen on iOS
is not loading
all i have is app suggestion
i wish i can load the weather here
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(5) Facebook app
is kinda unstable
it force exits sometimes
after scrolling for not really
that long time
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and when you are scrolling through
and stop to read a certain post
instead of stopping at
right where you stop scrolling
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it tends to jerk
and stops a bit lower
than your original position
to display the search bar on top
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not a major issue
but it’s kinda unsmooth
so for the time being
i prefer browsing Facebook
on Chrome instead on app
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the main point i wanna share
for this post is all about
ebook reader and built-in dictionary
since i was struggling to find one
which is close to iBooks
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but it turned out to be
quite a long discussion
that i decided to
compile it as a
fresh post on its own
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