Comments on: Google Nexus One Phone: Things you didn’t know about the Google Phone

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:52:45 +0000

Yes, Nexus One has full version of Multi-touch via an app called Dolphin. Wake up people!!!

Remember, a 1/4 or 25% of 100,000 apps are really useful in the iPhone app store ( that’s 25,000 apps). How many people you know have 25,000 Apps on the iPhone at one time?

As for the Android, It has 20,000 apps. Even if 1/20th of the 20,000 apps was useful or 1,000 apps, I’d still be happy. How many people you know have 1,000 Apps on the Andoid at one time?

By: vara

vara — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:17:43 +0000

I agree with bobarazzi’s comments. I have been looking to upgrade to iPhone for the last 3 months and waiting for the 3GS price to come down. But with the entry of Nexus One, I have changed my idea and purchased Nexus One.
We must agree that Nexus One is a strong punch from Google. Only time will tell if it is going to be a an iphone killer but I’m sure Android is going to kill the remaining platforms in the coming years. Symbion is already sick. Let us see how many more will follow.

By: bobarazzi1

bobarazzi1 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:55:00 +0000

When people say “it’s no iphone KILLER” they are only half right…will it put apple out of business? no.
Is the Nexus One a better phone? Yes…99.99%.

The DROID is a better phone…the DROID with 2.1, and more updates to come, does kill the iphone (in every way, for me). I really don’t even understand how it’s a debate. Use them both, for a few days and then judge. Seems most people that hate Android, have been using the iphone for a few years and have been dumbed down and heavily invested in apple products and services, so everything else sucks…STUPID. The only thing ipone has is slicker looking apps and games (for now). Also, I prefer the Android’s all black UI, over iphones.

The DROID, nor Nexus will stop apple from selling millions of iphones, but you better believe it will affect them, enough to make them step up their game, which is good news for us (the consumer).

By: Ikhtiar

Ikhtiar — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:06:40 +0000

I like my iPhone for it’s look & feel and the overall user experience. I knew that it do not have Bluetooth file transfer, MMS etc. and I accepted them. I sacrificed those little inconveniences for the beauty in my hand.

NexusOne have superior specs but that’s not something which will win Google consumer minds. Frankly, if Functionality is all that important, we would have much less iPhones in the market.

By: scott

scott — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:21:03 +0000

the nexus looks good, but i still like my iPhone better!

By: David Dennis

David Dennis — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:00:42 +0000

I checked out a Motorola Droid and it seemed very confusing compared to the iPhone’s interface. For example, if you pull up a contact on the iPhone, there is a nice simple Edit button right on the screen. On the Droid, you see the person’s information and there is no indication of how to change it. I found out through trial and error that the dedicated button that looks vaguely like a list of stuff will pull up a menu, which then lets you edit your contact.

It seems like it should be obvious to have an Edit button, especially since there was a lot of completely empty screen space for it.

One point everyone but iPhone seems to have not mastered is scrolling. On the iPhone if you scroll something it moves as though it is physically connected to your finger. On the Droid and Palm Pre, motion is jerky. One review of the Nexus One mentioned that this was so, despite the enormously faster processor.

It looks to me like Apple is still best at sweating the details. However, I would love to see a higher resolution iPhone. That would be tough on developers whose user interfaces count on the lower resolution. Hopefully the next iPhone OS will have some good features to vary screen sizes and provide backward compatibility. That’s going to be a challenge. But then again, Apple has been better than anyone else at meeting them, and they will have to work with higher resolution with the upcoming Apple tablet, so perhaps they have something truly brilliant to offer …

By: Joe Lee

Joe Lee — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:07:41 +0000

I bought it on the day it was launched and is expected to get it on Monday. The custom engraving add 3 days to the shipping schedule. I am a current iPhone 3G user and decide to upgrade to Nexus One, instead of the 3GS.

Yes, Android supports multitouch. Most Android phones released in Europe (where they have more sensible patent laws) have multitouch enabled. Multitouch is NOT invented by Apple, they are just the first to mass-market it, just like the Mouse back in the first Mac in the early 80’s.

I do not think Nexus One who be an iPhone killer. It is more appeal to those techno-savvy people like those who would read this posting. We know under the hood, Android is more powerful than the iPhone OS, but it still needs more Apps.

By: Bill H.

Bill H. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:44:02 +0000

Isn’t it really a prettier Droid in a nutshell?

By: Tom P.

Tom P. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:43:14 +0000

I switched to the iPhone after 4 years fighting MS mobile 6.3 GUI and apps that had little to offer.
If I was to switch to the Nexus 1 it has to offer a much better GUI experience than the iPhone. I would have to play with one before I made that decision. So for me, the jury is out. I’ll wait till Apple comes out with their next update, then compare the two phones again. In meantime, I’m still very impressed with the iPhone and its ease of use and how it interfaces with the iTunes and App store, and how it interfaces with Outlook, and email. It appears fast to me as well, so a 40% speed increase is not going to move me. AS I said, the GUI, and the apps I can use is where it’s at.

By: Colin Lichtenstein

Colin Lichtenstein — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:34:47 +0000

I would buy a Nexus One if it will easily sync with Microsoft Outlook in the same way that Blackberry does. Do we know if it will sync?