Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-27 Thread Matthias Versen
Valent Turkovic wrote: Android negative points: - less apps than iPhone, both for OSM and general - not so good as multimedia player (video and audio podcasts) - a bit bigger and heavier than iPhone The last point depends on the phone because Android is a platform not a single Phone.

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Matthias Versen wrote: add the point that it's seems to have one of the worst GPS precision of all modern phones. The iPhone is a lifestyle device, not a measuring device. It has a GPS receiver in order to display location based opportunities to spend money; and for that I guess it's

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Frederik Ramm wrote: The iPhone is a lifestyle device, not a measuring device. Before anyone misreads this - I don't claim that Android phones weren't lifestyle devices, it's just more difficult to say something about them in general because there's no such thing as the Android phone.

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-26 Thread andrzej zaborowski
2009/11/24 Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com: I'm not seeing Palm Pre anywhere in Croatia, and it looks like not available in whole world, only in few countries :( AFAIK the german Pre's can be ordered worldwide, if not directly from O2 then through expansys. Cheers

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-26 Thread vikas yadav
(OpenMoko could also be an option? Comes with GTK itself so GPSd along with josm or anything else should run better than mobile platforms moko also comes with resistance based touch and 3d accel and gps and all regular features and also my favourite USB host option. me contemplating to buy one

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-26 Thread Liz
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) wrote: (OpenMoko could also be an option? Comes with GTK itself so GPSd along with josm or anything else should run better than mobile platforms moko also comes with resistance based touch and 3d accel and gps and all regular features and also my

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-24 Thread Woll
I use an iPhone 3G. I've never used any other GPS device, so I can't give you a direct comparison, just my experience with the iPhone. My area (Japan) was completely blank before I started, so I've really been concentrating on mapping roads rather than POIs. 1) Precision In

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-24 Thread John Smith
2009/11/25 Woll w...@2-islands.com: 3) Battery life Not long enough for day trips. The battery runs out in a few hours, even with ordinary usage of the iPhone, so on a day trip with a 2 hour car drive you can't map both the outward and inward journeys. Here's an iPhone negaitve I didn't see

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-24 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:52:46 +0100, andrzej zaborowski wrote: If anyone has experience with any of the two and additionally the Palm Pre, I'm not seeing Palm Pre anywhere in Croatia, and it looks like not available in whole world, only in few countries :( -- pratite me na twitteru -

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-24 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:37:38 +0100, Bernhard zwischenbrugger wrote: Safari in iPhone is better for maps than Android browser o no SVG in Android browser o no multitouch in Android browser Javascript (evt.touches) o no 3d CSS in Android browser 3d css is good for fast zooming) Thanks for

[OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Valent Turkovic
Hi, I'm looking for the best mobile phone for OpenStreetMap. Which mobile phone do you think is better for OpenStreetMap? Things for consideration are: - onboard GPS precision - applications for GPS logging - applications for POI collection - battery life when mapping (how long can you map)

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:03:00 +, Valent Turkovic wrote: - quite expensive, no carrier in Croatia offers it in contract deals This negative point should have been in Android section not in iPhone. -- pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Jozef Riha
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the best mobile phone for OpenStreetMap. Which mobile phone do you think is better for OpenStreetMap? Things for consideration are: - onboard GPS precision - applications for GPS logging -

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread andrzej zaborowski
2009/11/23 Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com: Things for consideration are: - onboard GPS precision - applications for GPS logging - applications for POI collection - battery life when mapping (how long can you map) Please share any experience that you have with any or even better

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 23 Nov 2009, at 21:45, Jozef Riha wrote: Hi Valent, as for myself I'm using Nokia E51 with gpsmid as my primary mapping software. Used to utilize TrekBuddy but now that I discovered beauty of vector maps and audio tagging I am using TB only when gpsmid has some real issues which leads

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Bernhard zwischenbrugger
Safari in iPhone is better for maps than Android browser o no SVG in Android browser o no multitouch in Android browser Javascript (evt.touches) o no 3d CSS in Android browser 3d css is good for fast zooming) bernhard Valent Turkovic schrieb: Hi, I'm looking for the best mobile phone for

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread John Smith
2009/11/24 Valent Turkovic valent.turko...@gmail.com: - onboard GPS precision The iPhone has a poor GPS chip from what I've read. - a bit bigger and heavier than iPhone There is more than one phone that runs Android, some are very similar in weight/size to the iPhone, also some have a

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread John Smith
2009/11/24 andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com: If anyone has experience with any of the two and additionally the Palm Pre, I'd love to see a comparison too, and especially if there are any OSM related apps.  My experience with Pre so far: Is there a GSM version of the Pre yet?

Re: [OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

2009-11-23 Thread Guenther Meyer
Am Dienstag 24 November 2009 03:49:42 schrieb John Smith: 2009/11/24 andrzej zaborowski balr...@gmail.com: If anyone has experience with any of the two and additionally the Palm Pre, I'd love to see a comparison too, and especially if there are any OSM related apps. My experience with Pre