I would agree with this. It needs a little bit of polish before going under the full limelight---- the early adopters can help achieve this polish. :) I knew by diving in developing off the bat and buying one I'd deal with a product with a few minor rough edges.
I like your list--- I would also like the "lagginess/jerkiness" I perceive with sliding menu animations and scrolling to be more smooth as well-- such as the iphone. When I show my friends/co-workers my g1--- that is always the first thing they compare. It seems like a little thing, but in my opinion this is huge for the common non-uber-techie user. I've done some googling for why it is jerky right now-- and have found conflicting answers. I would so love to see it liquid smooth. :) --Evil Mushroom Lord Mushroom Wars: Wrath of the Fungi on Android now! www.evilmushroomempire.com On Dec 17, 1:30 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I'd say it's not ready for mass consumer thrashing so they > should hold back on any big PR push. > > With the software shipped on the G1 I'd like to see; > > - Marketplace out of beta, serving paid-for apps, and with a comments > system you wouldn't think twice about showing your children (or just > replace it with the AndAppStore client ;)) > - An Email client which can handle IMAP nested folders (or replaced with > K9 with nested IMAP folders). > - A browser with Flash support (which could be turned off by the user of > course) > - a PDF reader of some kind included > > Once these are in place it would be worth ramping up the PR, because the > last three are considered pretty much de-facto standard functionality > for a phone costing this much. > > Al. > > > > Dashesy wrote: > > Lets not forget that Google did not sell much hardware platforms > > before. We are talking about the average people without good knowledge > > of tech and internet. This type of product may needs different > > marketing, and I think more TV ads. > > > On Dec 16, 4:56 pm, dishragwhore <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I disagree. Google has managed to get a pretty effective viral > >> marketing campaign going. I've had at least half a dozen people ask > >> me if my phone was "the new googlephone" while using it in a public > >> place. They're curious about it and want to know if I like it. > > >> Google has never used mainstream marketing gimmicks to sell their > >> products. They've never had to, because the water cooler does their > >> advertising for them. > > >> On Dec 15, 5:56 pm, "Matthew LeMieux" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> I urge you not to think about a G1 vs iPhone competition. Even more > >>> exciting than counting the number of G1 handsets sold is to see the number > >>> of markets and carriers that will be offering other handsets running > >>> Android. Be patient. > > >>> -Matthew > > >>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Androidakin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Android is a great platform but if Google doesn't get more behind > >>>> promoting is it will go away as other OS in the past. Have you seen > >>>> the full page ads that Apple is running in the WSJ. We all need a > >>>> ecommerce market that on both the phone and the web. They need to get > >>>> behind it with advertising also. Did you notice the lack of lines at > >>>> the T-mobile stores when the phone came out. Many people that I talk > >>>> to do not even know that Google has a phone. > > >>>> As a developer that made the choice to go with Google instead of > >>>> Apple, I am concern. > > >>>> Thanks > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
