I think the iPhone has made us look to every phone release as some
kind of second coming and an expectation of 'one device to rule the
mall'
With Android pushing out to more and more devices it's going to be
like the 'old days', new phone models from vendor after vendor coming
and going on a regular basis, no single Android device is going to
crush any other.
So it was Droid, now Nexus, what next month?
('the mall' was typo, it was supposed to be 'them all', but it seems
suitable)
Interestingly, my iPhone died on me and I haven't' replaced it. Just
got a $69 phone that doesn't even do MMS or have a camera. My world
has not ended (and I was addicted to my iPhone).
On Jan 21, 12:52 pm, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Playing devils advocate just a little here, but these are real things
> I have run into before with any device that tries to be "the one"
> device.
>
> Date/Time in the bar is something I do use all the time. I think I
> notice it most when I am reading a book on the device and need to keep
> an eye on the time (e.g. lunchtime). A quick tap brings up the title
> bar and there it is, another to keep reading. Sure, it's a small
> thing, but why can't it be a small thing that's there rather than a
> small thing that isn't :-).
>
> Android really should enable multi-touch, the hardware can do it, and
> Google should quit being pushed around by Apple. While multi-touch is
> not a must have feature, it sure is nice on occasion, particularly for
> typing (which people have reported as being harder on the android soft-
> keyboards because of the lack of multi-touch - I haven't ever tried an
> Android phone without a hardware keyboard, but for a software keyboard
> phone this would seem to be a "must have").
>
> Finally, the lack of syncing with a local machine. There is an easy
> use case for where this would be a problem. Everything's fine as long
> as you have a signal for cloud integration, but when I am travelling
> to somewhere I often don't - for example going to Devoxx... Not being
> able to transfer podcasts during this time would get problematic in a
> hurry, and even things like getting documents to/from the device
> should be possible when the phone is not a full phone.
>
> I think these are all valid points - there are many that can be
> leveled against the iPhone too, but just accepting the limitations
> doesn't do anyone any favors, let's push for Android devices to be the
> best they can possibly be...
>
> The screen does look good though, as does the hardware in general - I
> think the Nexus is the first really slick Android phone.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dick
> On Jan 20, 4:15 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > Phone/phone book integration is a little less than wonderful
>
> > How so? It will pull down contacts from gmail, facebook etc. What
> > exactly is "less than wonderful"?
>
> > > no date in the bar at the top of the phone by the clock
>
> > Wow... are you serious?
>
> > > and adding widgets can be ugly.
>
> > Again, could you qualify this a little? You long-press, selects
> > "Widgets", choose your widget and you're done.
>
> > > how to sync with my laptop but then I've not tried hard yet.
>
> > This is a cloud phone, you don't sync with your local computer.
>
> > > In terms of screen quality, I'm very satisfied with the quality. I
> > > rivals my iTouch and some have commented that they believe
> > > it to be better.
>
> > Again you kidding? It has 2.5 times more pixels and a contrast of
> > 100.000:1 (same as plasma TV's).
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