Android and T-Mobile G1's Five Most Obnoxious Flaws

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i_max2k2 said:
Yep even with these flaws its still better, let me sum up some features of G1 (from gizmod and engadget)

- there is no desktop syncing app
- There's no video playback at all right now, except for YouTube
- No multitouch on the G1 and there never will be, since the panel itself doesn't support it
- The lack of a headphone jack
- You've gotta have an SD card for any kind of music or video playback
- capacitive screen feels a tad more fragile
- HTC's keyboards have been getting increasingly shallow of late, and there's not much feel to this one -- the keys are pretty flat with the surface of the phone
- 256MB of built-in memory (wow)
- The music player is pretty disappointing, with a confusing method of selecting and playing songs, and a general "b team" look to it.
- podcasts and Audible haven't even gotten a mention.

I hope that gives you a glimpse of it!
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we shouldnt compare the android with the iphone that is now...which is what everyone is doing here.
android has a lot of scope for improvement and some of these problems will be addressed by third party apps. we know it will improve while with the iphone you couldnt do anything unless you dint mind your warranty getting void.
you dont use multi touch other than zooming in iphone.
even though you say that HTC keyboards have gotten shallow im sure many would still prefer that over a virtual keyboard.
for headphone jack you get a converter ( remember 1st gen iphone dint even have that even though having a 3.5mm jack it was useless ).
personally im not bothered about memory because i prefer using sd cards to internel memory. they are much easy for transferring files.

the thing we know is that with android we know things are gonna get much much better this being just the beginning in which case i said id prefer an android over an iphone any day.
and this is just the HTC mobile...other mobiles will also come out using android which is when android will actually hit the market.
 
lavinachtani said:
we shouldnt compare the android with the iphone that is now...which is what everyone is doing here.

android has a lot of scope for improvement and some of these problems will be addressed by third party apps. we know it will improve while with the iphone you couldnt do anything unless you dint mind your warranty getting void.

you dont use multi touch other than zooming in iphone.

even though you say that HTC keyboards have gotten shallow im sure many would still prefer that over a virtual keyboard.

for headphone jack you get a converter ( remember 1st gen iphone dint even have that even though having a 3.5mm jack it was useless ).

personally im not bothered about memory because i prefer using sd cards to internel memory. they are much easy for transferring files.

the thing we know is that with android we know things are gonna get much much better this being just the beginning in which case i said id prefer an android over an iphone any day.

and this is just the HTC mobile...other mobiles will also come out using android which is when android will actually hit the market.
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You dont anything about iPhone, yet make tall claims. JFYI, you can jailbreak your iPhone and that will not void your warranty. It is possible to restore it back to factory state.

So essentially every "flaw" you mentioned could be fixed on a jailbroken iphone.

You might think physical keyboard is a must, but it really surprises me how effective and quick I can type on my iPhone. Lets see what Android has to offer on "virtual keyboard"! Let me tell you its gonna suck big time! In none of the videos, have I seen anyone showing the virtual keyboard. To do everything you have to slide out the qwerty! How lame! Next time you are travelling and want to sms/surf/email using one-hand only, you can pretty much forget doing it on an Android while it is damn easy on an iPhone!
 
I am really fed up of people who just get a kick out of senseless and irrelevant posts and i don't see a reason why every discussion thread is turned into Apple products v/s bla bla bla.
 
Since both are relatively young platforms and Android fresh off the press perhaps unrealistic to expect it will deliver everything from day 1. As it develops it will become a more solid offering.

For those who expect perfection and all the features better to stick with mature platforms that offer them now and let early adopters deal with the inevitable issues and missing features.

Both iPhone and Android have things others platforms don't, so there is a tradeoff to be made, and there are going to be teething issues, those who don't have the patience for this should ideally not get these phones.

Of course in India IMHO it would be pretty silly to get an iPhone at the extortionist pricing (Ps: 3G iPhone available at HK Apple store unlocked for $694) and we can only hope G1 will be available at a reasonable price, though I am pessimistic. Something tells me that's not going to happen. $399 is 18000, how much do you want to bet it will be 30k when/if it lands here.

There is a market and product for everyone. Let the companies fight, not the users. We don't benefit from their profits and I never get the pointless warring. Just my 2 cents.
 
raul said:
Since both are relatively young platforms and Android fresh off the press perhaps unrealistic to expect it will deliver everything from day 1. As it develops it will become a more solid offering.

For those who expect perfection and all the features better to stick with mature platforms that offer them now and let early adopters deal with the inevitable issues and missing features.

Both iPhone and Android have things others platforms don't, so there is a tradeoff to be made, and there are going to be teething issues, those who don't have the patience for this should ideally not get these phones.
Of course in India IMHO it would be pretty silly to get an iPhone at the extortionist pricing (Ps: 3G iPhone available at HK Apple store unlocked for $694) and we can only hope G1 will be available at a reasonable price, though I am pessimistic. Something tells me that's not going to happen. $399 is 18000, how much do you want to bet it will be 30k when/if it lands here.

There is a market and product for everyone. Let the companies fight, not the users. We don't benefit from their profits and I never get the pointless warring. Just my 2 cents.
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Thumbs up to Raul :hap2:

AFAIK the future of Iphone 3G is dark in India!!

Android provides a platform which is open to all and it will help developers to build new and interesting apps. When it is open, people tend to put all kind of creativity in their efforts. A simple example is the wide variety of apps that you can get as firefox addons. Hope that android will do the same in the mobile platform.
 
raul said:
There is a market and product for everyone. Let the companies fight, not the users. We don't benefit from their profits and I never get the pointless warring. Just my 2 cents.
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Totally agree with you, I myself want to see android succeed, however just wanted to stop people spreading fud and linking the same lame articles in each of the threads ... competition is always good :)
 
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