Apple iPhone 3G [S] vs. HTC/Google Nexus One

While it supports 32gb of micro sd, a 32 gb micro isn't available yet. Thats a deal breaker for me. I wanted the N1 so bad too :-( And seriously Google, you can't encrypt apps onto the sd card? Google wants apps to be saved to the sparse rom memory, killing all incentive for developers to write large and innovative apps for android. I really hope this issue doesn't become Google's "copy & paste". If these two things get resolved I'd switch.
 
How is this a "major flaw" when your beloved iPhone is not only the same way but offers no expandability options in terms of space other than initial price points for the phone itself. At least the N1 (or any Android phone for that matters) needs bloatware iTunes installed on a computer to manage it.
 
Well that's no secret. But because the iPhone is so damn easy to Jailbreak and customize afterwards, the fact that we need to jailbreak for more functionality holds no negative weight.

And BTW ..... We can install a differ SMS app without a hack. Have you looked in the app store lately? We can also VOIP without a hack, but only on Wifi.




That I completely disagree with. Jailbreaking an iPhone is almost the same as going to a website and downloading a toolbar then clicking ok to install. And almost every non tech savvy person can do that. I personally know plenty of people, family, coworkers, etc: that are as tech stupid as they come and have jailbroken their phones themselves.





Only the user can decide what's better. Everything you listed above is done on jailbroken phones too. ;)




I can see notifications on the status bar while I'm using an app, and can use proswitcher to quickly select to email,sms,etc: by just touching the status bar. I can also reply to sms from the popup notification if I want. etc: etc: There are many different combinations of jailbroken apps and settings to play with.






Huh??




Again, Jailbreak = YES WE CAN :2thumbs:
 
That's good that you have a basis to work with and can try out different devices and work from there.

I do the same but I'm the opposite of you in that I had to leave the iPhone (for the month that i had it) and move on to other devices. I'm glad I never went back to the iPhone either... personal preference... no flame war/fanboyism intended.
 
Since future phones are in discussion here, what will you iPhone haters have to hate on when the the next iPhone is releases? @ OP.

I'm pretty sure it will kill anything in it's path for at least a year.
 
Like I said, you cannot fake a Twitter app attribution---and I can tweet on iPhone apps like Tweetie 2, Echofon 3 and Twitterific. Or for that matter, from MobileRSS, which is another iPhone app that I send Google Reader articles from.

You honestly want to bet that processing power is involved with audio production, you're seriously wrong. Maybe you don't know what a sound chip does.

How do you teach the color blue to one born blind? Do you know what a live widget is? Its not a weather app whose icon is in the homescreen which you click to launch get the info. A live widget is something that always floats on the homescreen, always obtains and presents live real time information. Its not something that pop ups a message in the screen once in a while to notify. Its always there. On Android, I just swing my homescreen to the one where a Facebook lite widget to read the latest entry and enter my own, without launching the Facebook app itself.

Like timeline notifications, its hard to explain this to someone who never experienced this. The closest thing on the iPhone for timeline notifications is Boxcar, a paid app, and you have to pay .99 cents for every service you add. Not much, but its something Android does for free and integrated right at the OS level. And certainly you don't need to quit an app you're working on to read those notifications like you do on Boxcar.
 
Don't want to be That Guy, but you know that the phone market isn't a zero sum game, right? For someone to win doesn't mean the other has to lose.

I use an iPhone 3GS. Love it. But I have a tremendous amount of respect for the Nexus One and most other well-executed Android phones. They're supremely capable and at times better if you're a power user. There are just certain elements, like iTunes sync and multi-touch, that make me prefer the iPhone often enough.

Besides, the Nexus One currently only supports 3G on T-Mobile and Wind, so for now it depends on your carrier allegiance, too.
 
There's no doubt the hardware will be exceptional... to some extent (we don't know the actual specs, but iPhone hardware tends to stay on par with the rest of the industry and doesn't fall behind).

But for many iPhone "haters", it's the software/OS that they don't like. If the OS doesn't get a full revamp, then there will be opposition.

And for the rest it's both hardware and software.
 
sales do not make a phone any better or worse. this is a new sales model that google is trying. No ads on tv, no billboards, no carriers promoting it. it is going to have a slower start naturally. I don't know how accurate those numbers are either.
 
i got the nexus one today and confused whether to keep iphone 3gs or nexus one. The screen on iphone is smooth as baby's butt where as on nexus one i have to sometimes press hard to get response. Please some more inputs i am going crazy here...
 
Rule of thumb: The most hated is usually the best. iPhone 3GS FTW!!!

Not to say that the Nexus isn't a nice phone, but it's definitely on a worst carrier. And unlocked isn't compatible with AT&T 3G nor can't be used with CDMA Verizon or Sprint.
 
so because you can go thru all those hacks to get the iPhone to do something half as well as android it makes the iPhone better? All jailbreaking does is give half *** functionality compared to what android has. Why worry about having to wait for a jailbreak for that next update. Why support a company that doesn't agree with you using your phone the way you want it. I have a 3gs that's jailbroken and the multitasking is OK but nothing compared to android or pre.
 
@drillbit

What widgets are currently available for Android? I heard it is pretty limited. What other capabilities can a widget possess other than displaying data (like S60 ones). Does it reach the capability like WM Today plugins (e.g. PocketBreeze, pocketplus or touchcommander type)?

btw: I have no experience with Android (looking forward to buy the upcoming HTC equivalent Nexus - I want the HTC Sense on it since I heard you can't change the shell without using cooked roms on Android)
 
Hard for them to attract attention to a phone with AdWords on the web when a lot of the target audience usually uses some kind of Ad Blocker to block said annoying ads.

I know I hate seeing the Nexus One advertisements all over the web.
 
Jesus Christ with this "better" crap. When did I say better? When did I say something else is worse? You need to learn some comprehension skills, before you reply to someones post.
 
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