Another iPhone dev looks at the Android
About a year ago, I used a G1 dev phone as my primary phone for a few weeks. It was okay, had a lot of potential, but didn't do it for me like the iPhone did at the time. I remain curious how the other half lives, so I will soon receive a Nexus One from a good friend of mine via UPS today. Thanks, dude! You know who you are.
I have to mention that I'm apprehensive. Playing with my neighbor's new Sprint Evo briefly was rather disappointing; Sprint bloatware aside, from a usability and UI standpoint the version of Android on the Evo (2.1, I believe) needs serious detail work to pull even with iOS 2.0.
I find myself flummoxed as to how anyone manages to use email on the thing. One can't forward just selected parts of an email (no kidding, all or nothing) and responding to an email inline is not supported. In both of the two (!) email apps that come on the phone (one for Gmail and one for, um, other email), once received, email text is not malleable. I love to read the comparisons of Android and iPhone, am glad that Apple has a solid competitor, and am excited to use Android again (and possibly develop software for it) on fast hardware with their latest OS, but right now I'm thinking "make email work, then we'll talk" or, as my neighbor puts it, "This is 2010, right? Doesn't Google know how to do email?"
Stay tuned for more Android / iOS comparisons in the coming weeks. I'm excited to dig in.
I have to mention that I'm apprehensive. Playing with my neighbor's new Sprint Evo briefly was rather disappointing; Sprint bloatware aside, from a usability and UI standpoint the version of Android on the Evo (2.1, I believe) needs serious detail work to pull even with iOS 2.0.
I find myself flummoxed as to how anyone manages to use email on the thing. One can't forward just selected parts of an email (no kidding, all or nothing) and responding to an email inline is not supported. In both of the two (!) email apps that come on the phone (one for Gmail and one for, um, other email), once received, email text is not malleable. I love to read the comparisons of Android and iPhone, am glad that Apple has a solid competitor, and am excited to use Android again (and possibly develop software for it) on fast hardware with their latest OS, but right now I'm thinking "make email work, then we'll talk" or, as my neighbor puts it, "This is 2010, right? Doesn't Google know how to do email?"
Stay tuned for more Android / iOS comparisons in the coming weeks. I'm excited to dig in.