HEAR HEAR!!!!!!!! WOOOHHHHOOO! Shawn, your breakdown is great! Only thing I can say, is that the market needs time to grow, and it will be judged by the court of public opinion - Would it not be good, if we can do i small 5 question survey about an app, and they it gets an average rating from all it's users, rather than a top rating from a user who things the app is great because it fulfils, his/her need - 5 stars should be for an app who users en mass, agree the app is good. That would be a little better I recon.
2009/9/29 sssdeecee <[email protected]> > > I really hope this is the appropriate forum to discuss my issues with > this phone. And hopefully, some of you can assist me in making my > experience more positive. There are several reasons why I choice > Android over iPhone and why I abandoned my HTC Touch (Win Mobile). I > am very interested in the opportunity to develop apps for this new and > Open Source OS. I should admit, I acknowledge that I am an early > adopter and I expect this phone isn't going to be perfect (yet). > > However, after two weeks.... I am quite frustrated for the following > reasons: > > - Within 3 days, a coworker permanently locked me out of my phone b/c > of a bug in the gesture security (too many attempts on Pattern > unlock). When it is locked out (v 1.5), it will ask for your gmail > credentials but cannot/will not authenticate! Many people have > experienced this bug! I had to factory reset my phone! > > - I am still looking for a PDF viewer that works well. The built in > one scans my entire 8GB uSD card for compatible files EACH time I load > it or click the back button to load a different PDF. Ridiculous! Let > me tell you where to look! > > - I am still looking for a useable Outlook Contact and calendar sync > that doesn't force me to sync my Outlook to my gmail account. That > will actually transfer over all the notes, phone numbers, Outlook > contact photos... etc. Let me decide what is synced both ways... (i.e. > no problem syncing my Calendar to gmail BUT not my personal and > confidential Contacts!) > > HTC Sync is nearly useless! I realize may be more of an HTC specific > issue but the Android team REALLY needs to release a good Outlook sync > tool. Every other phone manufacturer has something! And NO, NO, NO... > I DO NOT CARE ABOUT SYNCing with GMAIL. I am certainly not keen about > storing my personal/private info from my Outlook onto GMAIL. > > - Another HTC Magic related issue - This is not a multi-touch phone > like the iPhone. > > - No DivX (xVid) player (I hear talk of one... but where is it? - not > in the market!) > > - WiFi doesn't work properly on a WPA2 with SSID not broadcasted. All > I get is "Not in Range, remembered" and can never connect. I have > several other devices (including two Windows Mobile devices that > connect fine!) > > - Dumping all the apps into a single area is ridiculous. How can I > sort my apps based on function? Why can't I make tools, maps, games, > etc.... folders? Is there a way to permanently change this. I found a > few apps that help BUT I don't want to load an app just so that I can > see an organized listing of apps. I cannot be the only person who > thinks this is a problem, can I? > > - The front/home screen is a mess on my HTC Magic! I really miss the > highly informative welcome screen on my HTC Touch (Windows Mobile).. > Better templates are needed. Is there an alternative? > > > ------------------- > Android apps (in general) are pretty bad! Very few have the polish of > what one can find in the iPhone store. > > Ironically, the Google ADC 2 app for judging the apps selected for the > new developers challenge is a really, really bad design! It makes me > really wonder about the Android developer group! > > Problems with it: > 1. Absolutely no scrutiny or quality criteria about what is submitted. > Many of the apps I reviewed either didn't work or worked very poorly. > 2. Most come with poor descriptions. > 3. You must rate the app and delete it before trying another > application > 4. The rating system is limited to a few 'out of 5 stars' ratings > categories. No opportunity to comment or indicate whether or not the > app worked. > > Please work MUCH harder at attracting the top tier software developers > to port their apps to Android. So far, there is much to be desired > when compared to Windows Mobile and iPhone. A $250K contest every > year is NOT enough! If you wish to continue doing the contest, offer > more prizes rather than one grand prize! > > In regards to the current market, it is a sorely disappointing > hodgepodge of many incomplete and poorly written apps with overly > exaggerated ratings! The sort by popularity tab doesn't work. The > Android team needs to better separate the 'crap' from the high quality > apps in the market place. That is not to say there are no 'shinning > lights' So far, I am very pleased with: Advanced Task Killer, Bubble, > CardioTrainer, Color Flashlight, Compass, Compare Everywhere (not > perfect - needs lots of work), Google Sky Map, Labyrinth, MyCalculator > (cheesy icon but works really well), Teeter, Wapedia. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
