Android!

[schild]

Confirm. Nexus is gorgeous in real life. Also, I keep meaning to write a bit about it, but have found myself distracted lately. Anyway, still loving it.

[JWIV]

I was holding out for the Nexus, but decided that the 2:1 deal for the droid was just too sexy to pass up.   My god this phone is awesome.

[Ghambit]

Just an FYI for you ATT peeps.  The Android OSed Motorola Backflip just recently came out (as I foretold last year, from an NDA-breaking insider).  It hasnt gotten stellar reviews obviously since it's using the 1.5 OS and a 'rola 528mHz proc. instead of snapdragon, BUT at least it's an entry level start.  It's only $100 and will probably be free within 6 months once the newer droids make it to ATT.  The OS is also upgradeable to the newer 2.1.

Apparently the ATT Backflip is also going to be locked down like the iPhone (so no third-party apps). Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of getting an Android-based phone?

Easily hackable as has been said. ATT is a yahoo company (errr, vice versa) so it's only natural they'd want to pander their wares on you before anything else.  Google does the same crap with the Google apps.

[NiX]

It has the same retard UI as the Hero tho, remains to be seen what a battery drain it is.

Sense? Retard UI? It's actually quite slick and I can probably squeeze about 5 days worth of life out of my Hero with lots of texting and WiFi surfing.

[Tale]

I liked this: accessing photos and videos by running an FTP server on the phone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/macewan/4386404160/

[MahrinSkel]

^ Exhibit B in "why open platforms are better for users".

--Dave

[Tebonas]

Make that powerusers and I agree.

The Android is no thing for casual phone users, its the Linux of the handy world. We are its target audience. My mother sure ain't.

[Quinton]

Welll, we're aiming to be both really.  Ideally you'd get a nice friendly out of the box experience, *and* a bunch of extensibility and no silly restrictions on what software you install, etc.  Obviously there are places to improve on both fronts, but I think the plain 'ol smartphone user experience is pretty competitive -- certainly ahead of a lot of the stuff that's out there today.

[Yegolev]

A couple of weeks ago I figured out that if I turned off auto-sync that my Droid's battery life would quintuple.  It did not at all like being in some place without a 3G signal when it wanted to sync.  Now I just manually sync when I want to read my mail.

[KallDrexx]

Make that powerusers and I agree.

The Android is no thing for casual phone users, its the Linux of the handy world. We are its target audience. My mother sure ain't.

I know quite a few computer illiterate people who bought HTC android phones and love them. 

[Tebonas]

I'll have a look at the Nexus One once somebody around me gets one, maybe they vastly improved from the G1 days.

Still on the lookout for an easily usable phone with a large phone number database for my girlfriend, after all.

[Quinton]

The software has come a *long* way since the first release on G1.  Some of the new hardware is pretty slick too.

[Draegan]

So my G1 didn't automatically switch time this weekend.  I had to manually switch to central daylight time to get the correct time.

:(

I can't wait until Verizon gets N1's so I can make the switch.

[Yegolev]

My Droid knows what time zone I am in, as well as knowing when the clock shifts.  Hooray for avoiding thought.

[eldaec]

It has the same retard UI as the Hero tho, remains to be seen what a battery drain it is.

Sense? Retard UI? It's actually quite slick and I can probably squeeze about 5 days worth of life out of my Hero with lots of texting and WiFi surfing.

Also pretty sure you can turn Sense off if it offends your inner/outer geek.

[Le0]

I gave a look at the Nexus One, and it looks really nice and all the only problem is that no provider has it at a reasonable price, the only place I found it was 800$.

I'm gonna give the HTC a go.

[KallDrexx]

If anyone has a Droid and doesn't mind flashing, I highly suggest you try the Koush/Cyanogenmod rom.  It's amazingly fast.  Supposedly it's one of the few roms completely rebuilt from scratch (and it's 2.1).  It's amazingly fast, at 600Mhz I'm going much faster than it did on other roms/stock overclocked at 1Ghz.  2.1 Launcher isn't buggy like on other roms and it's very stable from what I'm seeing.

*edit* just an FYI, if you do go with this rom and you don't have a 2.1 rom installed you will have to wipe your app data and cache (though you can still back it up with several utilities).

[fuser]

Weee, Canadian launch of the Nexus One! 

"Compatible with 3G on AT&T (U.S.) and Rogers Wireless (Canada) Supports three 3G/UMTS bands (850/1900/2100 MHz) and four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)"

[JWIV]

Any way for google navigation to do auto reroute around traffic delays?

[Yegolev]

I'm finding Google Navigate to be like a copy-of-a-copy of Google Maps, as seen in Multiplicity.  I only use it if I am completely lost, not for finding alternate routes in an area that I already know a main route in.

I found a traffic app and basically just try to keep informed of incidents so I can route myself around them, or mentally prepare.

[NiX]

Weee, Canadian launch of the Nexus One! 

"Compatible with 3G on AT&T (U.S.) and Rogers Wireless (Canada) Supports three 3G/UMTS bands (850/1900/2100 MHz) and four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)"

Sonova. Actually, I'd rather wait. Rogers is going to gouge.

[fuser]

Sonova. Actually, I'd rather wait. Rogers is going to gouge.

It's also been reported it will work on Fido/Telus/Bell long as you have a SIM.

[KallDrexx]

Droid gets the 2.1 update OTA starting Thursday fyi. 

[NiX]

It's also been reported it will work on Fido/Telus/Bell long as you have a SIM.

Yeah, that's always the case, but the cost to buy it outright from Rogers and then get it unlocked wouldn't be worth it right off the bat.

Droid gets the 2.1 update OTA starting Thursday fyi. 

I only care about the Hero damnit!

[fuser]

It's also been reported it will work on Fido/Telus/Bell long as you have a SIM.

Yeah, that's always the case, but the cost to buy it outright from Rogers and then get it unlocked wouldn't be worth it right off the bat.

Co-workers showed up today $50 fee for brokerage/tax/duty so something around $660ish CAD. No problem with it on Rogers network, didn't try a Telus SIM yet. My god the nexus is pretty and fast, a stark contrast to the unlocked/jailbroken iphone. I'd expect to see it for sale on kijiji soon.

Soon as Google voice supports Canadian DID's I'll buy an android based one for myself. Probably a nexus/pay as you go plan as a backup for when out of wifi).

[Yegolev]

I don't seem to have magically gotten my v2.1 update on my Droid.

[JWIV]

I don't seem to have magically gotten my v2.1 update on my Droid.

Rollout was delayed by the reports I saw.

[NiX]

What's with all the 2.1 update delays. HTC has been delaying for almost 6 months now.

[Quinton]

Common occurrence outside my office:

Everybody loves the big green bugdroid.

[NiX]

You should clean that window sill.

Also, picture of a picture.

[Yegolev]

I was going to say that those girls should be cleaning the window sill.

[rattran]

My Droid arrives Monday, I'm amused to be excited about a phone.

Let's see how long it takes me to kill it! My record for cell-phone lifespan is just over 1 year.

[Salamok]

Verizon just pushed 2.1 out to my Moto Droid.

[Draegan]

I read the Nexus One is being pushed back until next month for Verizon.  Bah!

[rattran]

This droid is a nifty little toy, especially after using a Pre for a while. It came with 2.01, but I updated it to 2.1 just to see if I could.

Also, simple, fairly intuitive seeming interface seems good for retarded soccer moms as well as technophiles.