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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JanetPanic:
This has nothing to do with how people demo the N1. I appreciate that you are not the only one contributing to the problem but if you want to argue the relative merits of the iPhone over the N1 take it to a separate thread. Please? I have interest in how people demo the N1 (or more accurately what they think impresses people) but zero interest in your argument about the iPhone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnar56:
It was great being in a room with about 7 iboners (gf included) and watching them drool over the snappiness and live wallpapers and a wopping 3.7" screen that is clear as hell, then they look down at their phone and realized that they just got owned for the first time.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jn_vista:
I use shapewriter, to send them a text. I dont care what anyone says, its faster than sending a text for me...

that normally does it, if not. I give them directions back to their house via google voice navigation
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grainysand:
Son, if you're trolling, you don't get to bawww and weep about how people are being rude to you.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyCr15:
Well, I'm taking Leo Laporte's word on this. He does the 'This Week In...' podcasts. He presents This Week In Tech who are sponsored by Audible, and Leo now owns a N1 (finally put his iPhone away) and is a big fan of Audible. His comment was along the lines of 'The only problem is Audible don't have an Android app, but trust me, it'll be here in the next week or two' and this was about a week ago I think.

This was actually the first thing I did. I literally didn't even open an app, I charged, unlocked, flashed and rooted before I even started playing.

What I will say, the Himem fix you get in the custom ROM's makes it fly even faster than it did before. (200meg of RAM instead of 60meg...)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevwright:
That is great news, I think I will hang onto it for a little longer, see what develops so to speak. I do listen to Leo but did not catch that one, he does so many :-)

I think I will hold off on the Root for now, in case I do want to sell it on.

Kev
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
LMAO!!! :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
You have until the end of March to decide... why the end of March? Tax return season! Peak re-sale value will be had from now through mid to late April. Give yourself 2 weeks to sell it, that works out to the end of March to decide.

Another tip on reselling an Android phone, unlocked and rooted usually brings in extra money! And if a Sense UI ROM is out by then for the Nexus One, that will bring even more money... some people are lazy and dumb enough to pay and extra 1-2 hundred because the phone is already rooted and flashed with a custom ROM.

I think you will keep it, though. App market support is starting to explode, and with the number of new Android devices coming out this year, the user base is going to grow very fast and create a huge demand for quality apps... and where there is demand, there is money to be had!

If you like the hardware and basics of Android, I think you will find happiness in holding onto it. Might not have all the apps now you want, ie Audible, but it will have many of the top iPhone apps in short order. The Android 2.1 SDK is supposed to be easier and quicker to use, as well similar to the iPhone in many important ways, so the porting of an app is supposed to be streamlined... as well, can't recall the name right now, but a software company just released their drag and drop Android app maker that is the source of many iPhone apps, and it is supposed to support the conversion of iPhone apps into Android apps to some degree.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kam187:
I show off street view in compass mode. Freaks people out! (turn on the GPS before for added impact, but its still cool with cell location, just not the exact spot u're standing in)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightforce:
I show them the huge high res screen. Live wall papers. Speed of the phone. Apps. Voice recognition. Overall all my iphone friends drool when I show it to them. LoL and AT&Ts call quality is so bad they hate their iphones
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisguy10:
might be a dumb question but i had someone ask me to show them street view and i couldn't figure it out lol, is it in the google maps? or another app? i really wanted to show them street view and i know its capable, i just don't know how to do it. can someone tell me how?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kam187:
Yeah it took me a while to find it too!

Open maps, click any road and it'll pop up a bubble with the road name. click that then click street view. If there's no street view it won't show the option.

You can do it anywhere, so for example just search for 'london' and it'll take u to the center of london, then u can street view there.

The coolest thing tho is when u press settings and turn on compass view, you can turn the phone to 'look around'. Its really freaky if you turn on GPS and get the do it for you're exact location!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carloswithac:
Guess I'm the only person that doesn't use live wallpapers. Pretty gimicky feature and it tends to slow down my launcher.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisguy10:
wow thanks. im going to try it right away! lol thanks again.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrganizedFellow:
Personally, I also never use the live wallpapers. Only for the PIZZAZZ effect.

That said, I do what all else was mentioned in this thread (aside from the idiotic thread-jacking a few pages back).

Live Wallpapers, Google syncing, I send them a text via speech, Google maps navigation, Google maps street view, a fast paced games or two, a quick view of the scrolling apps list, the App Market, any other apps they are interested in.

Then I press and hold HOME and show that I can go back to any currently running app, because I can seriously multitask!

:)

Then (if I have time) I tell them I can and have recently flashed the latest ROM. I currently have 'X' number of apps on this one today cause I backed them all up with Titanium Backup.

I reboot into recovery, perform a quick Nandroid Backup, and show them a list of the previous backups, and select one.

If the friend I am showing it too is a geeky friend, and knows something about Linux, commands, etc. The LAST THING I show him is the terminal. Run a few basic commands, and end with 'reboot'

:)

They like that!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesyb0i:
I let them play with it
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyCr15:
Just FYI, #6 issue, I was looking at an app about 3 days ago that did this. It was something to do with screen lock. I think it let you power up and not have to slide to unlock, but it also let you chose to power up from pressing the trackball.

#5, is that just a Twitter client? Have you looked at Tweetcaster? Very nice app. Failing that, Swift is very well presented if you only have one Twitter account.

#8, I miss TomTom too, it's on its way. There is CoPilot 8 for now, for only £27.

Most of your issues are simply about missing apps. I can see why, I do get a little fed up of hearing 'Theres also an iPhone app for this' but when I look, no Android alternative yet :(

Anyway, I'm going a little off topic now. Sorry folks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StOTTO:
I start by showing off the live wallpapers, and then tell them to give me something to search. I use Voice Search and make it come up. If I'm in the car driving, it really impresses them.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
Google Sky map.

VNC to my home server, FTP too.

Dictating "she sells sea shells on the sea shore" and having it type perfectly. (it caches your previous sentences so make sure it worked previously ;) )

Play a full res 800x480 mp4 in Act 1.

Aldiko eBook reader in inverted colors.

Premium offline GPS (MotoNav) with 3d buildings, speedcams, lots of POIs.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek: :D:D:D

I did not know that!!!!!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevwright:
Thanks Andy, is there another thread where we can discuss this better, I do really want to switch to this phone and would welcome further discussion without upsetting folks here.

Actually, I will start a thread and lets see how it goes.

Kev
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyborg_001:
Swype for android /nexus one?

Guys, where do I download the latest beta version of swype for nexus one from??
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rydr1:
No real need to show it off. the phone shows itself off. when people ask to see it and they see the home page with the world spinning from Earthrot app they are amazed. If they ask what else it does I show them Swype or tell them about the wifi tether.

I guess that is showing off then.:D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tontonHD:
When people ask me how much it was I say it was more than I thought but less than expected :D works everytime muahaha
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiNJiN76:
Voice Search: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Shirts:
How do you show off your Nexus?

I was at a party this weekend and someone was like "Is that some cheap knock off iPhone?" I nearly punched them at first, but I just laughed and said "No it's the Google Nexus One, have a look". After a few flicks around Launcher Pro (pinching to the preview screens always gets a few coos) and opening a couple of apps, he soon changed his tune but it made me wonder..

What do you find gets this reaction when you show off your phone? What apps/features are good weapons against the fanboys/ignorant?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Wi-Fi tethering, N1 Torch, Google Sky Map, Google Goggles .... Adobe Flash ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgymnop:
Don't hide the phone in an ugly case is rule number 1. Live wallpapers, voice to text, gesture search and navigation are the programs that I show....and now with Froyo flash:-)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dordali:
if it's someone with iphone i tell them "you want to see a magic?" and the i turn the phone around an open the battery door to show them i can change the battery :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Shirts:
I don't mean specific iphone-beaters by the way, just generally awesome stuff (though iPhone beaters are good too).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmbrown32:
Usually they just ask what it is and the name Google is enough to make them think it's a good phone. At this point, because of the advertising money verizon has thrown into their droid campaign, most people I know I at least aware of the android OS, and don't need to be shown anything.

For my iPhone using friends who think their phone is the pinnacle of mobile technology, usually I show them tethering and that's enough to shut them up.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jep4444:
i find pointing out how much nicer the screen is works well with most iPhone fanboys
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PrawnPoBoy:
You know who should be showing off Android and the Nexus One to people? Google. When are they going to open their wallets and spend a little cash on a marketing campaign? Putting up a web site with an image of the phone and a buy now button isn't good enough.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Never. Because they don't make a profit on Nexus One, and it's not their goal to become a phone selling company. Read on the net, what is this phone for.

On topic: Sky Map usually makes great impression on people.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesbalmer:
Customizable keyboards, live wallpapers, Linpack scores (running 2.2), Google Skymap, metal detector, long press on home button so I can browse the internet send a text listen to pandroa and usb tether. iPhone OS 4.0 has nothing on Android 2.2
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
I don't show it off. I bought it for me to use, not to wave round & get attention.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
OH really?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/feel-goodroid-nexus-one-is-in-the-black-60k-android-devices-ac/

:D

On-topic: Immediate "wow :eek: factor": Hulu :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namuna:
Yup! I recently bought a 2nd N1 (For Wife) from the online store, then went to the local TMo to buy the SIM... I had my own N1 with me and showed the Rep Hulu on it.

It's saying something to impress a Phone Carrier Rep with a another phone. :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OutlawPro:
If anyone asks me to show them what the phone can do I usually just show them the following:

Shake Them All! - Live Wallpaper

Google Goggles - Not terribly useful in real life but packs a wow factor.

Voice Search

Built-In Turn by Turn navigation
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
3 pages to read here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=629439
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Good find, I'll merge the threads..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
hands down google sky map is impressive and what i show off the device with. even inside a building, during the daytime, when they see the stars moving around as i move the phone at the ceiling, they get the point and it always impresses them.:D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mich11128:
I just unlock with my pattern, show my matrix live wallpaper, fire up my music app, and go to kongregate....boo yah!