[Nexus One General] CR11:
Hi,

This is a 1.5 month feedback

Just a post to share my experience, and make the point on android. Sorry for my bad english.

Ok, first, i'm a big gadget fan, not specially lots of money, but ebay is my friend =)

Long time ago i had some phones, like nokia 3210, nokia 8210, ericson, sony dx2000 (one of the best i ever had), then nokia again, then sony ericson etc... then one day i get an iphone 2G.

Then wow ! that's a cool phone,

i discover applications (was allready some on nokia before, but it was really hard to install).

then i get a 3G one, then a 3GS, i use itunes, itunes is cool, just download music (i like to pay my music, my right).

Then i was totally apple addict, also buy a mac book pro 17 (never use it because of the keyboard, too different of a pc one), also an imac27, resell because not enought connexions ... so a mac addict.

Then came the iphone 4. of course i take it !

and at this time the u-turn began. First, i was tired by apple position, like, i choose for you what you can do (eg : flash player).

Then the probleme of antenna, then the problem of distance sensor, trust me, when you call more than 4 hours a day, this problems becemes very quickly an obsession.

So i began to find an alternative. here comes android !

First i decided to try to install it on the iphone 4 (stupid idea), never forget you have no other buttons than the home one, but and that's the big point, there is no way to do this, purhaps it change ?

So android, i was unhappy my iphone, so good position to change.

So, got a HTC desire. Begin to use it, in 2.1, not very satisfy, music is complicated, the keyboard is not so good as the iphone one, and the battery life is a junk.

I decide to take back my iphone.

My wife see that, and take the desire, and begin to use it, and she said : Wow that phone is different the one my friends have ! i want it, so she get it.

Seeing my wife using it, i began an obsession for android, trying to find the right one.

So, i get a galaxy S. cool screen, but, after an iphone 4, you think you have a children game in hands (too plastique). Also, missed the search button.

Also the f***ing power button on the right insteed of the top, thats stupid, but after 15 years of top button, you dont understand why it is on right.

Another think, that cool phone has also a problem ! i read xda, and see all the cool thinks the nexus one owners can doo, but not the galaxy s.

So i think, ok, you have a right phone, but i will be never up to date.

So : exit galaxy s, and buy a nexus one.

Hm, was a good decision ? not sure.

Ok i got it, (both indeed, the amoled version first and the slcd version, error of the seller).

Is that phone the dreaming phone, yes and not.

You can play with it, flashing the roms, trying cool stuff, (thanks to xda), but,

The screen is absolutly not readeable in sun (compare to iphone 4)

The battery life is a joke. Its the first time i'm afraid about my battery life, will the phone stay on before i came back home or in office ?

The keyboard is hard to use (my fault, i'm iphone formatted now)

The screen touch is rubish

The music is still complicated.

I have try, cynogen, nxsense,miui and FRF91/FRG83 (thanks to Geo411m) which with nxsense are the best for me at that time.

nxsense was cool, but 1.19 was catastrophic for me, and i decided to switch toFRF91/FRG83 .

So the moral of the story.

I think nexus one is the good phone for now, because i wait for the android 3.0, in which i place all my hopes,

All the roms have cool thinks, but there is no rom with, the cool sense thinks, the speed of FRG83, the tools of cynanogen etc...

Compare to my iphone, i'have stop loosing time playing with stupid apps, but now i'm loosing time installings roms, resynchronising exchange etc.

Concerning ANdroid, its a cool system, i'm feeling very free compare to iOs, i can try thinks, custumise thinks etc.

The way of doings the contacts, calandars synchro is cool. I think, android is better for doing business, all the network tools you need.

The applications begin to be better and better, still no itunes on it but i hope that will come.

Will i change the phone ? Hm, the new desire sounds good, but, i want a phone up to date, so, no keep the N1.

But all depending of android 3.0. if its not cool, i think i will take back my iphone.

for the moment 2.2 has still some problems :

->For french Orange users, the visual voice mail, which is very practicle, is not working well on android, campared to iphone.

->The keyboard, for me is slower, how many time i press home button insteed of space bar.

->There is no itunes, ok, i will not pay again all my sounds, and also not convert all my sounds for android, do want itunes.

->The battery life ? will 3.0 solve that ? not sure...

-> general speed feeling, iphone 4 was really smooth, i get lots of lags using android, feel more i use it, more its slow, after rebooting, its better.

-> phone application is missing some tools, the buttons are not well placed, i prefere like the iphone, on the bottom on the window.

->Another stupid think, its more easyer to make a call during driving my car with the iphone, more dangerous with the android

The very good points :

-> u get the last update very quickly

->u can developp what you want, and there noone who decide if its good or bad (not like appstore)

->No special connector, just micro usb

->1000s options and setup, you can personalise your phone like you want.

-> big screen, i discovered that reading news or surfing on internet is cool with

android.

-> I will never buy again a musick doc with a physical connector, next one will be bluetouth, then i will be abble to use all type of machines (not like my f***ing iphone one, that i can no more use)

Wow the color trackball is very very cool, i think i can't no more have a phone without it (just the color) i don't use the trackball for other think than wake up the phone

-> i like the office dock of nexus one, but i realized that it will only work with it...

So, do you think android 3.0 will come shortly ?

will it be very better in general apps, like dialer, contacts and calandar ?

I think to continue on android, i will need a nexus two, if there is no, which phone will be the best ?

Do you think samsung will do well designed phone ?

Just the end of that story, hope that will help people that hesitate to make the jump.

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CR1