That single LED isn't a mere stylistic touch it also reveals the location of the Q's touch-sensitive mute button. The entire upper half of the Q is a free-spinning volume knob, while a pinprick blue LED eyes you from the front.
The device is a two-pound sphere, split at a 45-degree angle by a ring of 32 LEDs.
Google is rightly proud of its continuous focus system, however, which generally had no issues grabbing and clinging to a subject when lighting was good, and only suffered the occasional moment of hunting when things got darker.In a living room world of tiny rectangular boxes, the Q has no qualms about distinguishing itself right out of the gate. Less light and things begin to suffer, with noticeable noise in darker areas of the frame. Given plenty of light, 720p/1080p HD clips are crisp and very watchable. Thankfully video quality itself is far from being a gimmick. It works, just about, though is more gimmick than anything useful. As in Apple's PhotoBooth app, you choose your background (either a preset or an image from the Gallery) and then step out of frame, and when you return you're digitally overlaid on top. The latter can either use face-tracking to morph your subjects in real-time – squeezing their face, giving them oversized or undersized eyes, mouth or nose – as well as digitally change the background behind them. However, there are also some more complex features, like time-lapse, which allows you to create a movie clip consisting of snapshots at various intervals (ranging from 1s to 10s), and a range of digital effects. Video, meanwhile, can be recording in 480p, 720p or 1080p resolution, with control over white balance and whether the LED flash is used as a video light. Indoors, the Galaxy Nexus generally held up well in terms of avoiding too much noise, though occasionally the reduced shutter-lag technology actually proved something of a hindrance rather than a boon, with slight blurring showing up in the final shots. With sufficient light, images look natural and exposure is handled well, though colors are more muted than other recent Samsung Android phones we've used. The final results can be great, but it's not a home run. Google is particularly proud of the zero-lag shutter, with tap-autofocus and actually grabbing still images considerably faster than on previous Android phones. A side-scrolling settings menu offers five scene modes – auto, action, night, sunset and party – along with adjustable exposure, white balance settings, flash control – auto, on and off – and a digital zoom. ICS' camera UI introduces an extra tap before you can switch between still photos, panoramic photos or video recording, whereas flipping between the main and front cameras is a single tap away.
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