BTW on other platforms - 12MP camera phone, this year -
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/02/idou_from_sony_ericsson.html and waterproof - http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Phones/Mobile/H4A7U3F6 - can't wait for these features to get into Android phones ! Regards On Feb 9, 1:52 pm, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Ok seriously then, background - previous phone was Nokia N95, before > that HTC blue angel, now using G1 exclusively. > > G1 likes: > > - touchscreen > - keyboard > - sensors > > G1 dislikes: > > - plastic back cover with flush clear plastic camera lens protector. > This aspect means that the handset must always be handled delicately > for risk of scratching the plastic lens cover. Taking pictures through > a piece of no retractable plastic is sub optimal ( causing color and > optical distortion ). I am forever having to clean the lens cover > before using camera. I think this also contributes to poor overall > heat dissipation. > - handset get hot very quickly when multiple sensor and radios are > being used, plastic back cover does not help at all. I think metal > back cover would be better compromise, I would rather have heavier > phone with better heat dissipation than lighter phone with poor heat > dissipation ( I think this may also have contributed to having to put > up with throttled cpu clock speed ). > > I agree with 'blindfolds' comments, I would like better camera api > features, the ability to add additional EXIF data to any JPEG image I > create, JIT support and greater heap size to support (at least) 8MP > camera images. ( I am hoping Sony/Ericsson will realease 8MP Android > camera phone -this- year, they already have C905 8.1MP camera phone > for another platform ). > > Regards > > On Feb 9, 8:15 am, blindfold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > G1 likes: > > > - GPS and other sensors. > > - Physical keyboard. > > - Touch screen. > > > G1 dislikes: > > > - The phone is painfully slow with Java due to interpreter-only > > processing: in tests 5 to 10 times slower for computational work than > > SonyEricsson Xperia X1 (same CPU as G1) and also 5 to 10 times slower > > than even my old Nokia 6680 (220 MHz ARM-9). > > - The phone is painfully slow with camera-based image processing; > > there is no API for decoding camera views, and this must be done pixel- > > by-pixel in Java (interpreter mode again). > > - Poor battery life. Probably also related to interpreter-only > > processing making that the CPU has to run many more cycles to perform > > any given computational task in Java. > > - The 16 MB heap limit for apps. > > > Regards --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
