Honestly, who ever requests being limited to one battery as a must-have-feature??? Apparently you do, but practically nobody else wants to be limited.
This smacks of the Onion video of the Apple wheel, a laptop with no keyboard, where the mac fan says that taking the keyboard away WAS A FEATURE.
I have never changed a battery in any phone in my entire life. I have however been plagued with crappy plastic cases that ping off and or break. Therefore for me it's a feature.
It's another one of those things that people moaned about, then after a while got used to, then after another period of time began to enjoy the benefits of.
I bet only a small percentage of users change batteries in their phones.
I have never changed a battery in any phone in my entire life. I have however been plagued with crappy plastic cases that ping off and or break. Therefore for me it's a feature.
It's another one of those things that people moaned about, then after a while got used to, then after another period of time began to enjoy the benefits of.
I bet only a small percentage of users change batteries in their phones.
Changing an iPhone battery is actually pretty easy, but not something you can do on a plane (or would want to as it would probably look a bit suspicious..lol).
Tons of how-to videos. It's relatively simple but involves a screw driver:
The G1 was trash and G2 trash compared to the iPhone is terms of hardware. The Nexus has surpassed in hardware implementation. The Snapdragon ARM chip from QCOM running at 1 GHz is very powerful and power efficient. The rest of the 3G chipset is expected to perform well. Same for the rest of the hardware. One weakness may be the battery cover, but that can be fixed if double spring loaded locks. Meanwhile, they keep on polishing the software.
Apple will have a hard time matching the hardware performance since it is tied to the Samsung ARM chipset. They stood still for too long without making radical changes with each model... Google did not stand still. Apple will have to enable multitasking, VoIP, Skype always on.
The Nexus One has competition in the form of the HTC HD2 for T-Mo. Disappointing truly, i would have bought this as a second device to my Bold even though im not terribly fond of touchscreen phones since i do lots of typing.
"It's a clear win for Google on the specs. However, specificationists should beware. The iPhone was far from the cutting edge spec-wise when it launched in 2007. In fact, Nokia's N95, which was launched almost five months before the iPhone, had higher specs in almost every category. The iPhone beat it with usability, attention to detail and features such as integration with iTunes. And that was before the App Store. The Google Nexus One is a worthy opponent for the iPhone at last but this battle is far from won."
"It's a clear win for Google on the specs. However, specificationists should beware. The iPhone was far from the cutting edge spec-wise when it launched in 2007. In fact, Nokia's N95, which was launched almost five months before the iPhone, had higher specs in almost every category. The iPhone beat it with usability, attention to detail and features such as integration with iTunes. And that was before the App Store. The Google Nexus One is a worthy opponent for the iPhone at last but this battle is far from won."
Yeah, the hardware specs can only rival a phone that will soon be replaced by a new model... Hardware is always a moving target. Basically just a win for the component manufacturers. Google needs to differentiate with the software side. They are certainly second to Apple, but they seem to be a distant second.
Apple may have a surprise on the component side though with a PASemi designed chip. If their PowerPC chip is an example of what they can do with ARM, then there may be awesome performance per watt. I'm curious what fab they will be using. Intel? Samsung? SMC?
With Google becoming so evil, you'd have to be a moron to get an Android phone. Or use Gmail or Google docs, or Google Voice, etc. I barely even want to use them for searching anymore. (Though I did find the EFF link using Google...)
A good battery extender like Mophi or other works great, no need for replaceable battery (to me).
If mophi had a dock connector pass through so I could dock it in my car and other docks, I'd have one too. Until then, user replaceable gets the edge here.
Palm even made phones with resistive touch screens with the same formfactor and most of the same features long before the iPhone.
You see, that's the thing. It was the capacitive touchscreen and multitouch that really made the hardware in the iPhone stand out. Palm never had those. The magic is in the details.
They don't make a mention of whether the battery life is comparable to the iPhone. If it is, and has a detachable battery while also using higher-specced parts, then I imagine the iPhone is due for a hardware refresh anyway But if it isn't, then this proves nothing about user replaceable batteries being better, because clearly they wouldn't provide a tangible benefit without also providing a tangible negative.
Personally? I would like a battery extender, because Apple keeps its dock connector the same, so you can switch over to a new phone model w/o spending more money on a spare battery. So I'd say it would have to be preference. But then, generally user replaceable batteries aren't recycled, versus if Apple does it, then it is. So non-user replaceable batteries win on that environmental front.
Manual syncing (drag and drop) for media - lacks polish of iTunes
Try Double Twist. It's almost a carbon copy of iTunes, uses the Amazon MP3 store and supports the Nexus One.
Quote:
190 MB app storage limit (from the shared 512MB also used for the phone OS..leaves 190 for apps)
This limit is in the pipeline for being removed and it only effects binaries at the moment.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Postulant
"It's a clear win for Google on the specs. However, specificationists should beware. The iPhone was far from the cutting edge spec-wise when it launched in 2007. In fact, Nokia's N95, which was launched almost five months before the iPhone, had higher specs in almost every category. The iPhone beat it with usability, attention to detail and features such as integration with iTunes. And that was before the App Store. The Google Nexus One is a worthy opponent for the iPhone at last but this battle is far from won."
The N95 outsold the original 2G iPhone by at least 2:1 and probably closer to 3:1.
Apple must -- I have no doubt they will -- really push the envelope and change the game, yet again, with its 4th generation iPhone.
What does 'pushing the envelope" actually mean? I'm hearing this from a lot of people but no one is expanding on the cliche's as to what Apple really needs to do to move ahead.
I thought it wasn't supposed to have HTC written on it, but its on the back. How is this google phone any different from the G1,G2 etc... BBC were saying Google have entered the hardware market with the Nexus, but it seems to me they have just remarketed the latest android hardware by HTC, and nothing has really changed. Confusing the market is not the way to increase sales.
Comments
Honestly, who ever requests being limited to one battery as a must-have-feature??? Apparently you do, but practically nobody else wants to be limited.
This smacks of the Onion video of the Apple wheel, a laptop with no keyboard, where the mac fan says that taking the keyboard away WAS A FEATURE.
I have never changed a battery in any phone in my entire life. I have however been plagued with crappy plastic cases that ping off and or break. Therefore for me it's a feature.
It's another one of those things that people moaned about, then after a while got used to, then after another period of time began to enjoy the benefits of.
I bet only a small percentage of users change batteries in their phones.
I have never changed a battery in any phone in my entire life. I have however been plagued with crappy plastic cases that ping off and or break. Therefore for me it's a feature.
It's another one of those things that people moaned about, then after a while got used to, then after another period of time began to enjoy the benefits of.
I bet only a small percentage of users change batteries in their phones.
Changing an iPhone battery is actually pretty easy, but not something you can do on a plane (or would want to as it would probably look a bit suspicious..lol).
Tons of how-to videos. It's relatively simple but involves a screw driver:
http://video.gearlive.com/video/arti...tery-tutorial/
I work around it by carrying around a mini charger/battery pack. There are numerous types for sale.
http://www.google.com/search?q=iphone+mobile+charger
Apple will have a hard time matching the hardware performance since it is tied to the Samsung ARM chipset. They stood still for too long without making radical changes with each model... Google did not stand still. Apple will have to enable multitasking, VoIP, Skype always on.
No wonder the Apple stock got hit today.
Man, the iPhone 4 is going to have to be pretty impressive if they are going to best the Nexus One.
I doesn't need to be but it will be.
"It's a clear win for Google on the specs. However, specificationists should beware. The iPhone was far from the cutting edge spec-wise when it launched in 2007. In fact, Nokia's N95, which was launched almost five months before the iPhone, had higher specs in almost every category. The iPhone beat it with usability, attention to detail and features such as integration with iTunes. And that was before the App Store. The Google Nexus One is a worthy opponent for the iPhone at last but this battle is far from won."
Yeah, the hardware specs can only rival a phone that will soon be replaced by a new model... Hardware is always a moving target. Basically just a win for the component manufacturers. Google needs to differentiate with the software side. They are certainly second to Apple, but they seem to be a distant second.
Apple may have a surprise on the component side though with a PASemi designed chip. If their PowerPC chip is an example of what they can do with ARM, then there may be awesome performance per watt. I'm curious what fab they will be using. Intel? Samsung? SMC?
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12...misses-privacy
With Google becoming so evil, you'd have to be a moron to get an Android phone. Or use Gmail or Google docs, or Google Voice, etc. I barely even want to use them for searching anymore. (Though I did find the EFF link using Google...)
A good battery extender like Mophi or other works great, no need for replaceable battery (to me).
If mophi had a dock connector pass through so I could dock it in my car and other docks, I'd have one too. Until then, user replaceable gets the edge here.
Palm even made phones with resistive touch screens with the same formfactor and most of the same features long before the iPhone.
You see, that's the thing. It was the capacitive touchscreen and multitouch that really made the hardware in the iPhone stand out. Palm never had those. The magic is in the details.
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-...videos/#player
wow!!!!!!
Personally? I would like a battery extender, because Apple keeps its dock connector the same, so you can switch over to a new phone model w/o spending more money on a spare battery. So I'd say it would have to be preference. But then, generally user replaceable batteries aren't recycled, versus if Apple does it, then it is. So non-user replaceable batteries win on that environmental front.
Man, the iPhone 4 is going to have to be pretty impressive if they are going to best the Nexus One.
The next iPhone needs to deliver:
- AMOLED screen
- Radio
- Higher resolution
- Longer battery life
It's not in Apple's best interest to fall behind in a segment it created.Some Cons:
Manual syncing (drag and drop) for media - lacks polish of iTunes
Try Double Twist. It's almost a carbon copy of iTunes, uses the Amazon MP3 store and supports the Nexus One.
190 MB app storage limit (from the shared 512MB also used for the phone OS..leaves 190 for apps)
This limit is in the pipeline for being removed and it only effects binaries at the moment.
"It's a clear win for Google on the specs. However, specificationists should beware. The iPhone was far from the cutting edge spec-wise when it launched in 2007. In fact, Nokia's N95, which was launched almost five months before the iPhone, had higher specs in almost every category. The iPhone beat it with usability, attention to detail and features such as integration with iTunes. And that was before the App Store. The Google Nexus One is a worthy opponent for the iPhone at last but this battle is far from won."
The N95 outsold the original 2G iPhone by at least 2:1 and probably closer to 3:1.
Maybe by the sixth iteration, they'll be human like.
And have more than 190MB of storage for Apps
Apple must -- I have no doubt they will -- really push the envelope and change the game, yet again, with its 4th generation iPhone.
What does 'pushing the envelope" actually mean? I'm hearing this from a lot of people but no one is expanding on the cliche's as to what Apple really needs to do to move ahead.
The next iPhone needs to deliver:
- AMOLED screen
- Radio
- Higher resolution
- Longer battery life
It's not in Apple's best interest to fall behind in a segment it created.Those features don't move them ahead.