[Nexus One General] jkhouw1:
I also have the verizon Droid.

1st impressions (AFTER 3 HOURS):

I like the 2.1-update 1 it shipped with. The only reason I may need to root is for tethering if PDAnet doesnt work well enough for me

Faster than the droid (smoother drawer opening etc) but to be expected. my droid is only overclocked to 800000 so i don't kill the battery too quickly

I like the form factor better than the droid. Don't think i'll miss the keyboard in exchange for smaller and lighter.

I have less false presses on the screen with N1 - with the droid, because the screen goes so close to the edge of the phone, I frequently touch it with my hand when i don't mean to.

the 4 keys (back, settings, home, search) at the bottom seem less responsive than on the droid Edit: apparently they only sense touch around the top half of the buttons - so it only feels like you have to press hard, because when you do, your finger squishes and touches the top half. A very light touch on the top half seems to register a touch every time.

It gets better 3G coverage than the old winMo 3G tilt its replacing

Camera is more responsive than on the Droid.

Seems to have less memory avail to it than on the droid even though hardware has more.

Pinch zoom seems easier on Droid - not sure if that is a touch screen issue or software issue.

AT&T 3g marginally faster faster where I am SO LONG AS I DON'T MOVE (even across the room) (Southern Connecticut)

N1 Already dropping more calls than droid (network issue - the Tilt did the same thing)

edit 1: BTW for those interested in signal strength,

--With it sitting on the table in front of me it hovers around 80dBm,

--Holding it in my hand like a normal phone (hand wrapped around back of phone, it hovers around 87dBm

--Holding it with as much of both of my hand covering the bottom, bottom front, bottom sides, and bottom back of the phone as possible in the exact same spot as above, it jumps from 87dBM to 103dBm

edit 2: Not that CDMA has much in common with GSM but here is the same thing with Droid:

--Sitting in same spot on table as above - 83dBm

--Holding it in hand normally in same spot as N1 was 96dBm

-- Holding it 'wrapped': 96 dBm (no noticeable difference from above position - i tried wrapping bottom, wrapping top, sides, basically the whole thing with both hands leaving just enough to see the reading.)

THOUGHTS AFTER 7 HOURS

edit 3: I like the power button much better than the droid. With the Droid, i always had a hard time finding it to quickly answer a call one-handed. Also, because the screen is set back a little further than on the driod, it is easier to drag your thumb across without the palm of your hand interfering.

Bluetooth pairing with car was seemless and effortless. works with car's dialer and other controls flawlessly. Have not tried voice dialing but I had heard that Android has issues with that

I like the location of the mini-usb connector (bottom) better than on the droid (side). Easier to talk while tethering or charging.

I like the metal case of the Droid better -feels far more solid rather than the plasticky androgynous case of the N1 - YMMV.

the screen is larger than the droids, but does not appear as sharp - not sure if the droid just has more pixels.

the flash is brighter on the droid (dual LED's), but as noted above, I think the camera is better on N1 -- this maybe a firmware issue.

the droid came with a 16gb card rather than the puny 4gb card with the N1

the n1 came with a useless sleeve-type case and a not so useless stereo headphones w/mic. The droid came with neither.

THOUGHTS AFTER 20 HOURS

Droid screen is easier to read in bright sunlight

Would definitely like a little more volume on the speaker for car navigation. Serviceable but a little quiet if you have the radio on.

What is up with AT&T censoring the market place? How many apps will they not list or allow to be installed?

Have not yet had any issues with it bouncing from 3G to EDGE and back.

Getting closer to rooting it. PDANet is great, and works fantastically, but it is a pain to have to install the software on every laptop/desktop i want to tether with. And it is so much easier to do wifi tethering for several laptops than to connect one, then share that connection via the laptop O/S.

THOUGHTS AFTER 5 Days

Now using as primary phone. Prefer the lightness of the N1 to the Droid for just tossing phone in pocket and going.

Battery life on Stock unrooted N1 seems much better than that of Droid unless I use a very power-saving underclocking on rooted droid

Reception has been great - have yet to see Edge connection, only 3G

Havent found a use for the trackball (except for a game - but I don't really do games on the phone). I'd rather the phone was a touch smaller w/o the trackball or that the 4 bottom buttons were bigger and no trackball. Oh, I suppose its needed for accessing bootloader, but an alt design could be hold power and a volume key or something...

both this and the droid seem susceptible to getting crap stuck between the glass and the plastic case. Haven't gotten dust under either screen, but i suppose its a matter of time.

I'll probably root this when the MoDaCo Desire ROM is flawless :)