Here it is…the screen capture overload on the new Google navigation on the Droid. This concept is going to destroy the GPS market…why pay $100 or $200 for a GPS nav unit, or re-up for expensive map updates when you can use Google Maps Nav in real time for free?
verizon – tethering, but $$$
I guess Verizon is going to offer tethering on the droid, as long as you want to pony up $30 a month. What are they smoking? Will somebody hack root on this thing already?
android fragmentation – googlephone?
An article over at Wired talks about open source affecting the portability of apps across different handsets. Seems the fact that Android is open source is proving to be somewhat problematic as phone makers dive into the code and make changes that can cause problems with Android apps. Apple’s tight control over the software and [...]
first screen capture
I’m able to get screen captures of the phone now. Check out the earlier post of first impressions now updated with screen shots. You too can do this, by simply installing 4,000 pieces of software and using up nearly a gig of disk space! I used this article as a guide but I have to [...]
more on gmail sync
I’ve found that some people have had issues with delayed email notifications with Android and Gmail. I thought it was due to wifi shutting off, so I found out how to lock wifi on (there’s an app for quick access but it is a setting under “settings->”wireless”->”menu key”->”advanced”). But that still resulted in a delay [...]
overall thoughts #1
So overall how does this rate against the iPhone? First, the bad stuff. It does not have the seamless UI experience that the iPhone does, which means it has some rough edges. One example would be filling in web forms using the horizontal touch screen keyboard. You don’t end up with much screen space, so [...]
notifications 2
So if you are at your “home” screen, hitting the menu key will bring up some options, one of which is “notifications”. This screen is pretty cool…it’s a list of all the notifications or events that have occurred on your phone since you last cleared the screen, including emails, application installs, etc. Selecting any one [...]
gmail account data syncing
When I first got this phone, I started it up and it prompted me to enter my gmail name and password. After that, everything auto-synced. I mean everything. My calendar showed my google cal, complete with all the different calendars I’m subscribed to. All of my gmail contacts were there. A note on that, it [...]
verizon – no tethering
Looks like i will have to wait for somebody to hack root on this thing. Verizon says no tethering. Of course, the closer these things get to being actual hand-held computers, the less you need tethering. My blackberry sucked at browsing the web so I did like hooking it up and using Verizon’s network to [...]
Bluetooth – schmootooth
It is more fussy than the iPhone. It will sync with my car (Audi) but no access to anything other than raw phone functions (speakerphone, dial access, hang up). This was the same as my Blackberry. It’s been a year since I had a Blackberry so I don’t know if they’ve improved since then, but [...]
