[Nexus One General] kevwright:
Hi, all, let me start off by saying sorry for taking the thread about how you folk demo the N1 off topic, it was rather silly, and was not representative of my real feelings and wants for the N1.

I also want to make it clear this thread is not for a flame session about how much better/worse the 3GS is than the N1 or the other way around.

Not sure if links are allowed here, but if you read some of my posts on my blog at kevwright.co.uk or .com, hopefully you will see I am trying to get rid of the 3GS in favour of something else, I have been through a lot of devices, and at the moment, that something else is the N1.

The other thread about demo'ing the N1 originally attracted me as I was/am feeling a litttle disapointed that the N1 does not seem to have any killer features over the 3GS esp in the UK where we do not get the Navigation Feature, which does look fantastic in the US.

I feel I should point out that I always mean 3GS when I say iPhone, and will publicly state the previous iPhone models were a bit rubbish, but the 3GS is in a different league and I do sometimes think some of the more outspoken comments are from people who have or used to have a 2G or 3G. I used to use the 3G, and it needed rebooting most days, as there was not enough memory, but 3GS really is stable here.

I also always mean a JB 3GS. It is simple, I could not use an unJB iPhone as my daily driver as it lacks a couple of essentials for me, namely I want a separate voice alert for SMS, EMAIL along the lines of "you have mail" and "you have email", which you need JB to be able to SSH those files into the device.

I don't really follow the line that it is unfair to compare an unrooted N1 to a JB iPhone as it is really easy to JB (an older 3GS, newer ones are a bit harder) and crucially you can completely restore to factory if you need to for warranty.

Anyway, onto the few things I currently feel unable to give up on my iPhone, if I could find all of these now or the near future I would be happy to eBay the 3GS and go 100% N1, now, I know I can not have all these things today but maybe you can help with some of them.

I hope AndyCr15 will pitch in, as he suggested a few ideas already over in the other thread but we could not discuss them there.

1. Parkers Guide App, this is so useful to me in my work, actually earns me money

I doubt I can do much about this to be fair other than hassle Parkers to do an app. This is a UK reference source only folks.

2. Hardware Ringer Mute switch, it beats any software solution.

I now know the ringer switch thing so this is good enough I think.

3. Sky Mobile App, live Sports, superb quality

Again, only Sky can sort this out I reckon, but it truly is a brilliant app, with a JB hack, you can even watch Sky Sports on your Plasma through the iPhone.

4. Audible Audiobook support

Coming soon I hope, this is a real dealbreaker for me.

5. Tweetie 2

So far I tried a few Twitter apps on N1 and Seesmic is closest, gonna try Andy's suggestion now.

6. Choice to power up from front screen button, really handy to check time quickly

Andy mentioned there was an app for this, anyone know what it is called?

7. The Power + Home button to take a screen shot anywhere in the OS

I use this a lot on 3GS, and I am gutted N1 just does not have it, it is an example of good design from Apple.

8. TomTom, (I have got Google Nav working now, so will see if that is any good)

Sadly the hack for Google Nav in the UK is lacking compared to the TomTom I am used to, but this is coming along for Android, if I keep the N1 long term, maybe I will try Co-Pilot, which I also have on 3GS.

9. 32GB of built in memory minimum. Really is handy having ALL your stuff always on hand.

OK, I know I can not have this just yet, but its OK, 16GB will be OK for now :-)

Thanks for any help folks.

Kev