ZDNet have an
in-depth review of the new Google Android G1 phone and have given it a pretty good rap:
Without a doubt, people will compare the G1 to the iPhone and out of the box you honestly have to say the G1 wins over the original iPhone with wireless syncing capability, cut/copy/paste, games, a wireless music store, application store and 3rd party application support, integrated GPS, multiple client IM clients, and multi-tasking capability.
I am guessing the "original" is added in front there to give a bit of wiggle room so they can say later that the 3G iPhone is still better or something, but it's still a pretty bold call.
The article features a stack of photos and videos and stretches over seven pages, going into some detail about the hardware, the operating system, and the applications, so if you're interested in the phone it's probably a good starting point.
Posted 01:19am 17/10/08
Posted 08:22am 17/10/08
why can't I have my skype client (www.fring.com) running in the background 24x7 along with my GPS plotter etc (www.instamapper.com)
why is that I'm restricted to running one application at a time, even windows 3.1 could multitask
Posted 08:31am 17/10/08
last edited by 3dee at 07:31:51 17/Oct/08
Posted 08:39am 17/10/08
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Posted 09:09am 17/10/08
No surprises there.
Posted 09:30am 17/10/08
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Posted 09:44am 17/10/08
The OS looks pretty nice though. I wonder what type of touchscreen it uses coz I know the type of screen they use in things like the Viewty and other touch screens are s***house. But it looks fairly responsive.
Good to hear the browser displays webpages normally instead of munted like on most mobile browsers.
last edited by 3dee at 08:44:45 17/Oct/08
Posted 09:48am 17/10/08
It's the overall experience that makes the iPhone, not the features list... if you don't understand this, the G1 is the phone for you!# Especially if you like ugly, overweight phones. Definitely go for it.
last edited by Farseeker at 08:48:09 17/Oct/08
Posted 09:56am 17/10/08
Posted 10:01am 17/10/08
Wikipedia says it's expected release date is the 22nd of this month.
Posted 10:19am 17/10/08
LOL
Posted 10:21am 17/10/08
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Posted 10:46am 17/10/08
Posted 11:00am 17/10/08
It's Mabo...
Posted 11:03am 17/10/08
Posted 11:13am 17/10/08
mood: disappointed
Posted 11:16am 17/10/08
Posted 11:28am 17/10/08
it's the features and their implementation that make up the overall experience, surely? imo iphone is so awesome, yet so f*****g s*** at the same time.
Posted 11:36am 17/10/08
Posted 11:45am 17/10/08
That about somes it up. Albeit with less 'f*****g s***' than you said. The only two things I'd use which are missing is video recording (which I've got Cycorder for), and some more BT support.
You mean the way the entire operating system is smooth, consistent and well designed. No push here to open the menu button, no cluttered options menus that give you overly detailed flexibility that you'll never even use. The way the camera is just a phone camera and not a lens with all that AUTOFOCUS 2.8MM F3.4 CARL ZEISS OPTICS SUPER MAGNIFICENT LENS! crap plastered all around the camera. The way they managed to get rid of ALL buttons not just the keypad (its funny how iPhone killers can't seem to get rid of the call accept buttons). The way everything syncs with your PC with one single click inside a POPULAR media player which you've probably already been using for years. Not some Nokia Music Manager crap which requires you to duplicate your music library database and start from scratch.
Oh and the fact that it doesn't look like a generic brick phone.
last edited by 3dee at 10:44:19 17/Oct/08
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Posted 11:57am 17/10/08
^ yeah, that :P
last edited by Farseeker at 10:57:48 17/Oct/08
Posted 12:00pm 17/10/08
OK I'll bite. What makes the iPhone so impossibly better than other smart phones out there then (and other than its feature list)
Posted 12:18pm 17/10/08
Probably cause most people want them i'd suggest.
Posted 12:27pm 17/10/08
Posted 12:37pm 17/10/08
Posted 12:40pm 17/10/08
My iphone has video thanks to a simple little application.
I don’t need to change memory cards when I have a 16gig hard drive onboard.
I also have MMS via yet another small ap.
Video calling, well I don’t have that, don’t need it or want it so meh.
Re the G1, it doesn’t excite me. I had way too many windows mobile devices over the last 5 years. I'm over anything based on it. My iphone is doing absolutely everything I want it too, and it does it in style. I'm happy to stick with it.
Posted 12:41pm 17/10/08
Impoting seems super dodgy at the mooment too. Gonna have to wait until a couple more Android phones hit the market ...
Posted 01:56pm 17/10/08
Posted 03:14pm 17/10/08
Posted 03:16pm 17/10/08
Posted 03:24pm 17/10/08
But do you REALLY?
On my old phone if it rang, I had to be real careful pulling it out of pocket or I would accidentally push a button either hanging up or leaving the person saying 'hello? hello?' to no response.
With the iPhone I have to drag my finger across the screen to answer, neatly solving the problem.
Posted 03:27pm 17/10/08
i guess turning off anykey answer wasn't an option.
Posted 03:31pm 17/10/08
I've never heard of that feature. How else do you answer it?
Posted 03:30pm 17/10/08
Just press the green button.
Posted 03:32pm 17/10/08
To be clear I'm talking about a HTC Wizard. The only buttons it has a green/red and a directional thing.
Posted 03:32pm 17/10/08
Uhh, you know that G1 is the first android phone, android being the open source operating system developed by Google? Since it's loosely based on Linux, Android has more in common with iPhone's OS than Windows Mobile. The fact that it's an open platform is what most of the fuss is about.
Posted 03:34pm 17/10/08
Posted 05:45pm 17/10/08
Either way that problem is neatly solved if it's a really big deal - just add double pressing to answer. It would s*** me to tears to have to slide my finger every time I answered a phone call, especially because (if its anything like unlock on the iPod Touch?) the slider bar is at the very bottom of the screen - making it an awkward operation to perform with only one hand (at least for me - I can do it, but it's not a comfortable motion so I usually end up using two hands). If you can't operate a phone one-handed, it's too f*****' complicated!@#
Posted 05:58pm 17/10/08
Are you retarded? Who the hell needs a PS/2 port if they don't and haven't used PS/2 hardware in lets see.. maybe 5 years?
BUT MY PHONE DOESN'T HAVE A DOS PROMPT WHAT AM I GONNA DO???
I actually prefer pressing a big software button than trying to find the often badly tactile green accept buttons on phones.
The decently animated UI with loud clicking sounds takes care of the lack of tactile feedback.
last edited by 3dee at 16:58:26 17/Oct/08
Posted 05:56pm 17/10/08
Posted 06:09pm 17/10/08
Posted 06:34pm 17/10/08
I don't attempt to do any messaging while I'm driving now, but that's yeah, pretty much a very good thing... :P
Posted 06:46pm 17/10/08
well done pave, was a stretch but you managed to mention your car in a completely unrelated thread.
Posted 07:50pm 17/10/08
Hey Bones! WTF you been BTW?
Anyway, that makes it more interesting to me, I guess I'm wrong about the Windows mobile based thing in that case. I havent looked into the G1 that hard given I'm sop happy with what I have. But yeah, that does sound kinda cool. Looking at how it looks and what it does, that part I'm not excited about.
Oh and Paveway, if you could do that at no cost, I'm sure you would. But thanks for being as relevant to the thread as this picture :)
Posted 11:18am 20/10/08
Posted 11:26am 20/10/08
Posted 08:16am 22/6/09
I normally don't write in these boards because they are pointless, but right now I feel compelled to do so for some reason.
The IPhone is harder to use than the G1. Plain and Simple.
The touch screen on the Iphone is great if your fingers are as skinny as Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen.
But if you are a Man and have Man size hands.... it's very difficult to write with.
And how many of you really use your Iphone for work? You must not be too busy if you have time to sit here and compare phones.
So my suggestion to anyone reading this... buy the G1. It's cheaper and easier to use. You have the choice between touch screen or keypad.
And oh yeah.... The G1 has and Voice App for Turn by Turn GPS Instructions. Iphone does not.
Thankyah Thankyah Verah Much
Posted 08:30am 22/6/09
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Posted 08:46am 22/6/09
(postcount++!)
Posted 09:18am 22/6/09
Fixed.
Posted 09:24am 22/6/09
i have to hold it in one hand and use my index finger on the other to type. it's not overly slow cause of the predictive shizzle but it sure as f*** is awkward and annoying.
amidoinitwrong?
Posted 09:27am 22/6/09
Posted 09:34am 22/6/09
Posted 09:40am 22/6/09
You need to let go and allow the text-correction to do its job. I can now thumb-type with both thumbs in portrait mode.
Posted 09:43am 22/6/09
Posted 10:08am 22/6/09
Posted 10:28am 22/6/09
exo pretty much answered this already, but you don't have to try to be accurate. Whenever someone uses my iPhone they immediately try to be really precise with their touches, which slows them down and seems to cause them to be even more inaccruate. Apple are so awesome they use technology to compensate for accurate touches and s***. I'd be interested to see how much trouble experience iPhone users with massively fat fingers have.
Posted 10:30am 22/6/09
Posted 10:31am 22/6/09
What proof do you have of this? i challenge you to a type-off!
Posted 10:57am 22/6/09
Posted 11:00am 22/6/09
Posted 11:03am 22/6/09
+ practice = win.
Posted 11:06am 22/6/09
edit: tooslowlol. need to stop opening tabs to reply to junk then getting distracted eh
last edited by taggs at 11:06:19 22/Jun/09
Posted 11:06am 22/6/09
Posted 11:08am 22/6/09
Also Billy, I mean hand-hand coordination, coordinating the two thumbs to work together, whereas when you just use one index finger there are no timing issues.
Posted 11:12am 22/6/09
Posted 11:14am 22/6/09
Posted 11:15am 22/6/09
Do you type on a computer keyboard with one finger? I usually use 8-10 digits, and I don't seem to have any problems coordinating between all of them.
Posted 11:15am 22/6/09
and no its not because i ate too many cream pies, just blessed with large appendages.
Posted 11:17am 22/6/09
Yeah, i'm just trolling now. My only reply would be, I don't feel the need to type any faster, when others can't keep up with me anyway :p
Posted 12:24pm 22/6/09
Posted 01:31pm 22/6/09
Posted 02:09pm 22/6/09
Posted 02:14pm 22/6/09
Posted 02:23pm 22/6/09
I can probably type at 80-90% of my keyboard rate now but its pretty tiring for some reason?
Posted 02:36pm 22/6/09
Posted 07:14pm 22/6/09
I don't want to be a stick in the mud, but doesn't QWERTY have 6 letters?
Also lol at hardcore Apple fans 3dee and Billy jumping to the defense of something Apple within the space of 14 minutes.