I currently use a Sprint Touch with a custom built 6.5 WinMo rom courtesy of ppcgeeks.com. It's pretty nice but I've been considering a Pre running WebOS. While waiting for the Pre to hit the shelves, I thought I'd give Android a try for a day.
It held up surprisingly well. But at the end of the day I was glad to get back to my three or four choices of soft keyboards, better ringtones, more applications and Opera. The Android felt like Ubuntu. It did all the basics, but just wasn't snazzy. several co-workers have iPhones. I can't imagine anyone coming over to me asking, "Is that Android? Ooooooo!"
The one thing I like about Android is the "sync with the cloud" concept. I've been using WinMo steadily for years and years. I've always cut the ActiveSync cord. The only reason I have ActiveSync on my PC (yes... it's a PC) is to flash the ROM on the phone. My Contacts, ToDo items, Calendar and email are in the cloud (Exchange, RememberTheMilk and Google). I also connect to GMail with IMAP.
I also want to download apps, MP3 files and eBooks from the Internet as well. If Android is headed there - great! But right now, I'm not sure that Google isn't going to shunt it off to one side.
It seems that there is a question mark over the use of the name "Android" when it refers to software as a company had already registered the name before Google decided to use it for its phone software.
It may be that Google has to rename "Android" to something else!
If Apple can get away with blatantly stealing the name iPhone, even though there was already a very popular VoIP product by the same name, I think it is safe to assume Google will be fine
If Apple can get away with blatantly stealing the name iPhone, even though there was already a very popular VoIP product by the same name...
I think that you are misremembering that particular episode (i.e., Cisco renamed a product that wasn't all that popular with a name that hadn't been used by a live product in over 5 years; Apple then entered into an agreement with Cisco that allowed both to continue to use the name, which I believe Cisco stopped using voluntarily).
That said, I also think that you are right about the name 'Android'.
The very notion that somehow Google would make a killing, or even find a small niche in the cellphone architecture with Android seemed foolish when I first heard of it.
Cheap-sure
Simple to use-yup
Limited useability-off the charts!
Beyond those points, they have surrounded themselves with app use limits in every direction.
Google is far from the best browser for all purposes. Beyond that, if you consider the potential consumer, the entire concept fails to meet the minimal criteria for a sound PD-phone given the present market is awash with units that make the Android look like the 98 pound weaking that it is.
In my area, t-mobile has terrible coverage. Google really limited their customer base by going exclusively with t-mobile. I hope at&t or verizon have an android device soon. I'd love to get one but it doesn't have applications I use. I think I'm stuck with WinMo for a while. I hope v6.5 and v7 are good For me it's about funcationality and applications and the G1 and iPhone can't compare. I know the iPhone has a zillion apps but they're just that, small applets. Even some counterparts to winmo apps I have are made to work off the network connection instead of local data and that doesn't work for me. I need full applications.
If I was going to change platforms, I'm much rather go to a G1 than an iPhone but that's personal preference I know. I don't like a lot of things that apple does. For example, making mp3 players with no screen is a disservice to humanity.
I've been a mobile Windows user for over 10 years (I don't know what to call the OS these days ) anyway, I've been using the G1 exclusively since February its a great device with loads of potential.
If the next update doesn't offer anything compelling and if the replacement for the Wing has a VGA screen 3g and the same or a better camera as the G1 I'm coming back home baby.
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Based on the fact that NPD named that the top 5 smartphones sold in the US last quarter were Blackberries, the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1, with nary a WM set in the top 5, I'm wondering if it's Google that's losing the smartphone wars or somebody else?
Cheap-sure
Simple to use-yup
Limited useability-off the charts!
I'm curious why you feel Android has limited usability? At this current moment in time, with the latest Android release, an individual with a G1 can tether it to their computer and use it as a modem, browse the web with a desktop-like browser, manage their PIM data with both Google's servers, sync their PIM data with Exchange, download thousands of apps from an application store, listen to audio via A2DP Bluetooth headsets, use GPS to geocode images or pinpoint your location and a whole lot more.
Currently an Android user can do everything I can on my Windows Mobile devices with the Android platform. What does Android not do that you would like it to do?
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Originally Posted by haveblue128
Google is far from the best browser for all purposes.
Android uses mobile WebKit, just like Apple's iPhone and Palm's soon to be released Pre. At this current moment in time the mobile version of WebKit is by far the best browser on the market for any mobile device out there.
Moving Slowly tho
Failed long before it hit the market
) anyway, I've been using the G1 exclusively since February its a great device with loads of potential. 
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