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

You do realize that you can update and jailbreak simultaneously and you can restore from the backup you did before jail-breaking which means you keep all of your data.

A stock iPhone 3GS can record video, stream video, and upload directly to YouTube. Doesn't have themes and can't zoom, but neither can most other phones, digital zoom is a fancy name for cropping, which my iPhone can do just fine. I forgot to tell you I can also edit video on my iPhone. I can even download apps to edit photos, edit music, do more advanced video editing, etc.

There are many apps that may never exist on Android until it gains some real developer support. I love when Android users bring up the Slingplayer limitation over 3G when they don't even have a Slingplayer app.... Not to mention a jail-broken iPhone can do it just fine. Even Android phones will likely not have a Slingplayer app that works over 3G since it violates many carrier's TOS and Android market does not allow apps that violate the carrier's terms.

Rooting voids your warranty on Android phones also and in the case of the Nexus One their is no way to re-lock the boot-loader currently so once you've done it your warranty is gone forever. At least the iPhone and some other Android phones can be put back to stock condition for warranty purposes.
 
If AT&T offered a plan that didn't include a subsidy with a Google Android phone it would be quite attractive. T-Mobile's plan is great because early adopters like to upgrade, and over the 24mo period it's cheaper. I can't see that happening soon though.

Amusingly, for a user new to the device, the DROID's on-screen keyboard is worlds better than the on-screen one, and actually a little easier to look at than the iPhone's.

Nonetheless, NexusONE has nothing on the DROID, since the DROID has Verizon's CDMA network combined with superb RF, it's the first big smartphone in a long time (maybe ever) that is also a class-leading phone.



Now I can't live without my E71's openness, and the iPhone's apps. E71 + Joikuspot + iPod Touch is amazing.

My ultimate combo would be a DROID + Wifi tethering + iPod Touch. It sounds weird to have two smart devices, but no matter what I do I have to have an iPod and a phone, so why not have them both be smart? Even with an iPhone I'd need an iPod Classic since the iPhone has limited storage and battery life.
 
Thats my concern also, and now that every major carrier is going to get it, full retail should drop.
I also am waiting to see what iphone 4 is all about :buddies:
 
So go ahead and put the whole OS on 1 screen with widgets while your at it. :hehehe:

You act as if I'm new to customization. I've had countless of other smartphones before the iPhone 3GS. I'm happy with my jailbroken infolock screen. Don't need or want every single thing possible under the sun.

So have a good time with Android, but stop trying to convince iPhone users that we are missing out on something. Your starting to sound like a broken record.
 
Another illustration. This is a demonstration of Cloud power.

You're owner of an iPhone 3G. You just bought an iPhone 3GS. You have not backed up for a while, so you need to backup all your things to transfer to the new phone.

Connect old iPhone to the white USB dock connector. Launch iTunes. Backs up all info. Connect new phone to the USB cable. Sync back all the stuff back in. Easy enough. Impressive. After all, iPhone and iTunes did set the standard for PC sync that remains almost unmatched to this day.

Now here's the Android owner.

He owns an older Android phone. Now he just purchased a new Android phone. How does he manage to transfer all his contacts and calendar information to the new phone?

He just logs in to his Google or Gmail account on the new phone. Enter login, enter password. The new phone gets busy for a short while. When the screen clears, contacts and calendars are set. You're ready to go and use the phone. No cables, no PCs or Macs, iTunes or any sync software. That's it.

You can transfer contact and calendar information from any non Android device to your Google account via Google Sync. I was able to transfer all my Blackberry contact information to my Android without the use of a cable using Google Sync on the Blackberry,
 
I would say androids implementation of notifications is better than BB. But android doesnt have the quickness and reliablity of blackberry notifications.
 
Except, Android supports installing from places other than the Market. You can install directly from the SD for example. That means anyone can write apps and they don't have to be approved by Google at all.
 
I agree with you. Although I don't always do this, I probably will in the future. The battery life on smartphones is just not good enough to withstand music/video usage along with the beating i give it throughout the day. When they optimize usage/batteries within the next year or so, then maybe one device will do it all.
 
It's amazing to think how far Android phones has come after being around only 15 months. Look how big of a leap it is from the G1 to N1. 528 Mhz to 1 GHz.

Apple stalled hardware evolution for two years and just lived off their "apps". Alot of useless ones at that.

By the time Apple decides to go CDMA, add a LED flash, and let us customize our phone's homescreen out of the box w/o JB, Android phones using 1.5 Ghz dual core processors will be out at end of the year on ALL carriers and with superior resolutions and sound quality that iPods have never been known for.

Apple is like the Wii of cell phones. Only for the casuals, not for the hardcores who want a serious phone.
 
I carry a smartphone (Nokia 5800) and my Cowon D2 MP3 player. The smartphone gives me most everything I need, but I can save battery life (and get much better sound quality, even though it is music phone) from my D2. Plus the D2 has a 40-50 hour battery life (maybe 25-35 since I've had it for over two years, but that's still pretty dang good) and it is essentially indestructable.
 
I'm definitely interested in the N1 if nothing else because I'm becoming bored with the iPhone.

If I was rich I'd easily pick up the N1 without a second thought. However, when I think about leaving the Apple ecosystem that I've invested TONS of time/money/energy in to... I hesistate.

As well, when you get tired of the iPhone you can all ways recoup your money back but not so much with other phones.

Also, I've seen pretty consistenly that the touch response of the N1 isn't quite up to snuff as much as the iphone.

If I could play with one in person maybe, but not being able to do that, as well as the cons of the N1 may keep me away.

Huhhhh... I don't know though Wide wants a new toy!!!!!!
 
Brilliant post and yeah that about sums it up.......

after all no one really "needs" anything but a device that makes a call.......LOL

The whole "We don't need that on the iPhone" when making an excuse for an application it cannot do..........always amuses.
 
^^ I'm aware what section I'm in. ;) ^^

It's just makes no sense to discuss any futher when someone posts the same thing over & over again that's not even relavent of what they are quoting you for.
 
So you're saying...I shouldn't be surprised if they catch up to the nexus one? (seeing as the n1 processer is essentially 2x as fast as the 3gs, the camera is higher res w/ flash, and the screen is better/higher-res)??

What is your point?
 
If you disable your iPhone connection, the phone can still be an iPod Touch. Nothing wrong with that, I love my iPod Touch.

The iPhone is definitely more touch sensitive, accurate and smoother than the Nexus One.

But that's the only thing it has better on the Nexus One, whose advantages far outnumbers the iPhone in so many ways, especially on the flexibility of the OS. Many things on the Android are just common sense productivity: being able to save contacts on screen, phone numbers on screen, a set of contacts on screen. I mean like I can create a set of contacts called Family, another one for Friends, another for Business, and if you're Tiger Woods, Mistresses. Then set the contact folder on the home screen for direct access.

Or like having different ring tones for different contacts. A child's music for your daughter, a bell for the wife, a warning klaxon for your mother in law...
 
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