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Google 'Nexus One' Phone Set for Invitation-Only Launch on January 5th?
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They're better off comparing it to the iPhone than the Droid.
The Droid lacks alot of qualities anyways.
& the thought that Motorola claimed Apple's iPhone to be a gadget, drama, pageant queen or whatever?.. Cause of its looks? like wtf man. Jealous or something.
maybe droid is that drama queen.
Droid should just focus at what they lack. Like pinch& zoom, saving or sending images from the browser, Voice & browsing, etc.. And this doesn't only come from iPhone, but other different phones.
And to supposibly say that the Droid is a "ROBOT"
Where did motorola come up with that idea?
iPhone is more like a robot. Even with it's good lucks, cause, OBVIOUSLY, that's what consumers are also looking for.
It can handle much more things, than what Droid can do. Even having a better experience with the applications.
I bet they claimed themeselves as a robot is cause of their network huh? Oh! they're soooo cool?
The Droid lacks alot of qualities anyways.
& the thought that Motorola claimed Apple's iPhone to be a gadget, drama, pageant queen or whatever?.. Cause of its looks? like wtf man. Jealous or something.
maybe droid is that drama queen.
Droid should just focus at what they lack. Like pinch& zoom, saving or sending images from the browser, Voice & browsing, etc.. And this doesn't only come from iPhone, but other different phones.
And to supposibly say that the Droid is a "ROBOT"
Where did motorola come up with that idea?
iPhone is more like a robot. Even with it's good lucks, cause, OBVIOUSLY, that's what consumers are also looking for.
It can handle much more things, than what Droid can do. Even having a better experience with the applications.
I bet they claimed themeselves as a robot is cause of their network huh? Oh! they're soooo cool?
Hhaha, i forgot about nexus one 
haha, well they knew they couldn't compare it to the iPhone, casue they knew their phone would just be below standards
simple as that.
haha, well they knew they couldn't compare it to the iPhone, casue they knew their phone would just be below standards
simple as that.
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Droid feels like junk hardware
Have you held a Droid? It is cheap Motorola crap, IMHO. The keyboard is unusable (the Samsungs around it were much, much better) and doesn't even pull out evenly. It was a store display that may have seen much abuse, but it felt like it was going to pull apart opening it. I didn't see it running.
They're better off comparing it to the iPhone than the Droid.
The Droid lacks alot of qualities anyways.
& the thought that Motorola claimed Apple's iPhone to be a gadget, drama, pageant queen or whatever?.. Cause of its looks? like wtf man. Jealous or something.
maybe droid is that drama queen.
Droid should just focus at what they lack. Like pinch& zoom, saving or sending images from the browser, Voice & browsing, etc.. And this doesn't only come from iPhone, but other different phones.
And to supposibly say that the Droid is a "ROBOT"
Where did motorola come up with that idea?
iPhone is more like a robot. Even with it's good lucks, cause, OBVIOUSLY, that's what consumers are also looking for.
It can handle much more things, than what Droid can do. Even having a better experience with the applications.
I bet they claimed themeselves as a robot is cause of their network huh? Oh! they're soooo cool?
Have you held a Droid? It is cheap Motorola crap, IMHO. The keyboard is unusable (the Samsungs around it were much, much better) and doesn't even pull out evenly. It was a store display that may have seen much abuse, but it felt like it was going to pull apart opening it. I didn't see it running.
NexusOne was my dj name! Now its SolRayz, so no harm no foul. Sorry people...continue on with the topic at hand.
That's funny, NexusOne was my p0rn name!
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Another nail falls into the Windows Mobile coffin.
Another nail falls into the Windows Mobile coffin.
Since you're already happy with a 4Gb phone, you should be content to own another.
January should be an interesting month for announcements. Google announces it reinvented a 4Gb phone and Apple announces new level of experience in mobile living.
I have no idea what Apple will announce, but Steve Balmer has already prepared his response: "I like our (losing) strategy. I like it a lot."
Yes, i have held one. If not, i wouldn't of made my compliments about the Droid, at all. (well, kinda.) ;D
Anyways, yes the keyboard is really difficult to slide up. You have to use all your thumbs force just to have a physical keyboard out. And when it's stuck together, with the Droid, it is woble-y. if you have the time to woble it, do it.
My thoughts about the keyboard, useless. I had more fun playing with the virtual keyboard than the physical one.
The keyboarrd is really flat and all the letters are stuck together. It's real hard to use it, and i thought it was almost worthless.
P.S.- i'm not that of a big fan of slide out keyboards. They get real annoying.
& also, if you notice that the Droids screen is bigger than the iPhone's, why are the virtual keyboards letters much mmore cramped up and stuck together, and hard to use, while the iPhone's is nicely spaced and almost easy to use?
Have you ever thought that? Especially if you already played with the Droid yourself..
Welll look at it this way, Vodafone brought the HTC Magic to the UK and Oceania before the USA.
Oh and Vodafone sucks.
No Flashplayer...
From what I see there is also no Flash support. I could be wrong, it was very fast and I only watched this crappy movie once ...
About the speed of the browser, I think this has a lot to do with the cache. I'm sure those webpages where in cache! And what about those weird buggy screen issues in the browser when zoomed in at max.?
For me this OS/Phone is nothing compared to the polished iPhone OS/iPhone/iPod Touch.
Not even close! It also seems 'very' buggy' compared to the iPhone OS!
Yeah, maybe a better screen. I like my current screen. And Apple will release a simular screen in the near future (like 26 januari ). So in the near future we will have some longer battery life thanks to the updated screen. That's the only good thing about this 'thing' I just watched ...
My 2 cents.
From what I see there is also no Flash support. I could be wrong, it was very fast and I only watched this crappy movie once
...About the speed of the browser, I think this has a lot to do with the cache. I'm sure those webpages where in cache! And what about those weird buggy screen issues in the browser when zoomed in at max.?
For me this OS/Phone is nothing compared to the polished iPhone OS/iPhone/iPod Touch.
Not even close! It also seems 'very' buggy' compared to the iPhone OS!
Yeah, maybe a better screen. I like my current screen. And Apple will release a simular screen in the near future (like 26 januari
). So in the near future we will have some longer battery life thanks to the updated screen. That's the only good thing about this 'thing' I just watched ...My 2 cents.
i heard you can hack your Droid to run 2.1 now. i have no idea what is going on with any android phone... which one should i buy? which one is the real one? why do we have to read engadget to make a shopping list?
i like that part where he's browsing the web page, and trying to zoom in on that article...
and it just sits there, ignoring him... then throws up a blank screen, reloads itself, then sits there ignoring him again for awhile... before sorta doing what he wanted in the first place, but all jerky and unhelpfully.
THAT is very much like my iphone 3g interface, i tell you. snappy indeed.
i want it FASTER. dammit.
and it just sits there, ignoring him... then throws up a blank screen, reloads itself, then sits there ignoring him again for awhile... before sorta doing what he wanted in the first place, but all jerky and unhelpfully.
THAT is very much like my iphone 3g interface, i tell you. snappy indeed.
i want it FASTER. dammit.
Wait, so...you'll only be able to buy one once invited?
Hah. I understand that they've had enormous success with invitations on the web, but selling a physical product is a whole different ball game, especially when it's: A) competing directly against perhaps the strongest brand in consumer electronics; and B) entering into an already heavily fragmented and over-supplied Android market.
Apple have been criticised heavily for locking down the iPhone so much - and I've been one of the (quieter) critics - but at least they don't specify whether or not you can spend your money on it.
Hah. I understand that they've had enormous success with invitations on the web, but selling a physical product is a whole different ball game, especially when it's: A) competing directly against perhaps the strongest brand in consumer electronics; and B) entering into an already heavily fragmented and over-supplied Android market.
Apple have been criticised heavily for locking down the iPhone so much - and I've been one of the (quieter) critics - but at least they don't specify whether or not you can spend your money on it.
Very true. Hardware and software invitations are significantly different, especially since you have to shell out money for the phone. I am very interested in seeing how this unfolds.
Apple really competes with itself and not other because it doesn't want to limit their vision to the achievements of other technology. For example, Apple spent 2+ years on bringing the iPhone to market instead of rushing to catch up with features and functionality of others phones. Thus, I'll expect that they will deliver something when it's ready and not a moment sooner.
It's amazing that so many companies are trying their best to copy the iPhone and each claims to be the iPhone Killer. The iPhone has been on the market for 2+ years and I yet to see another company show me that phone. Is it possible to build something better than the iPhone? Yes, it's possible because Apple did it over two years ago with the introduction of the iPhone.
Take the Nexus One, it has 512 MB storage and 512 MB RAM whereas my iPhone out of the box has 32 GB flash storage space. If the Nexus One included 32 GB flash storage SD card, it still wouldn't be sufficient for my needs. Why? When I leave home with my iPhone, I would like to know that I didn't leave, misplace, or got the wrong SD card. Thus, they could skip the SD card and just add more flash storage to the device. At this time, the 32 GB microSD card will cost you about $80 and every consumer that plans to purchase this will need it because all the music, video, and other data takes space.
If you're interested in the HTC spec, you can find them here:
http://www.krunker.com/category/phones/android-phones/android-smartphone-android-phones-phones/
In the end it's all about Apple's ecosystem(incl the 100K+ apps). Nothing Google can do can match that. So it's all that will happen is Google Nexus One will take market share from RIM/WM/Symbian.
So this is going to be Tmobile exclusive and outsell the Droid on Verizon? It is widely expected that Verizon will soon be making a play to purchase US Cellular since Alltel is now integrated however it seems only Motorola will be their main Android hardware partner going forward. With no iPhone in sight for Verizon and new rumored handsets for Verizon I think Moto will be fine.
What is even more interesting is that Motorola wants to spin off it's handset division. Google has been pretty eager to purchase companies. If Google makes a play to buy Moto then Apple's competition starts to take on a new look. One that looks a lot more like themselves. 2010 might be very interesting.
What is even more interesting is that Motorola wants to spin off it's handset division. Google has been pretty eager to purchase companies. If Google makes a play to buy Moto then Apple's competition starts to take on a new look. One that looks a lot more like themselves. 2010 might be very interesting.
My first experience with the Rrhoid left me feeling rather frustrated as well because, as you mentioned, it is not very intuitive for first-time, non-geek users. I will say this, though; a buddy of mine who owns one gave me a 45 second tutorial and my second experience was completely different. The hardware still suxors but the OS itself is pretty nice. Certainly not as polished as iPhone OS but very useable with some nice features.
Mind you, there are not enough compelling reasons for me to switch from my 3GS but if I were a first-time purchaser, Android OS phones would be on my short list.
No at&t 3G...no thanks.
I'm quickly losing interest in this. But it's possibly going to cause what I've always suspected will happen with Android - too many experiences, no consistency...and boom, worthless OS.
I'm quickly losing interest in this. But it's possibly going to cause what I've always suspected will happen with Android - too many experiences, no consistency...and boom, worthless OS.
Intuitive UI
I do not understand what is not intuitive about having a home screen you can fill with widgets, having a button that shows your apps and having a menu button for showing the app menu.
Yes, it's different than iPhone's rows of icons and one button, but I personally do not see it as non-intuitive. Then again, I've used Android for the past few months.
Could somebody explain what is so wrong with Android's UI that you can not master it in 20 seconds?
I do not understand what is not intuitive about having a home screen you can fill with widgets, having a button that shows your apps and having a menu button for showing the app menu.
Yes, it's different than iPhone's rows of icons and one button, but I personally do not see it as non-intuitive. Then again, I've used Android for the past few months.
Could somebody explain what is so wrong with Android's UI that you can not master it in 20 seconds?