I own a G1. I use primarily text-oriented applications.
Functionally, my phone has a MUCH larger screen than an iPhone, because I have a keyboard. If I didn't have a keyboard, I wouldn't want a smartphone at all. Soft keyboards are like driving a nail with a pair of vice grips. It works, but there's a right tool for the job, and that isn't it. Several of my friends have iPhones. They're awful for text-oriented use. So for me, the Android phones (with keyboard) are already far superior to the iPhone. I would very much like the new faster Android, if it weren't for contract lock-in and awful Verizon experiences in the past. --DTVZ On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com>wrote: > G Rundlett <greg.rundl...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Thomas Charron <twaf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Anyone heard anything much about this 'Droid' phone? > > > > > > It's being toated as an open phone, but.. It's from Verizon. Kinda > > > makes me wonder. > > > > > > http://phandroid.com/motorola-droid/ > > I asked one of my co-workers about that, the other day--since he's > been following Android (and other `open' smartphone options) in > anticipation of the upcoming end of his Verizon contract. He said, > "I've heard some news about it. I haven't heard *everything* about it, > though. It's still Verizon, so...". > > He thinks /maybe/ Google is big enough to push Verizon into > relinquishing some of the control they normally want over everything, > but maybe not--the T-Mobile Android phones turned out to be not-really > all that open. Maybe there's hope in that `methods of restricting > functionality available on a smartphone' patent that Apple was seeking. > > > Did you see the "Boy Genius Report" > > http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/19/motorola-droid-hands-on/ > > > > On a related note, LJ just did a story on how you can check out the > > Android OS using VirtualBox > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/android-or-webos-try-you-buy > > In sort-of-related news, jwz has given up on the Palm Pre, passed on > any Android phones, and just switched to the iPhone: > > http://jwz.livejournal.com/1108212.html > ("Dear Palm, it's just not working out.") > > He says, there: > > I thought about trying out an Android phone, but the reality is > that the most positive review I've ever heard about Android was > damning with faint praise along the lines of, "it sure does show > the potential to someday be an iPhone competitor." > > > And that `Boy Genius Report' provides that same `damning faint praise': > > the most impressive phone we’ve used since the iPhone. > It’s positively amazing > > > So the Droid is "positively amazing", just... not quite as amazing as > the iPhone? Otherwise it would have been something like "the most > impressive phone ever", rather than just "the most impressive phone > SINCE THE iPHONE", right? > > > Well, at least my FreeRunner doesn't take 40 seconds to take a picture > like jwz's Pre does... :) > > -- > Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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