iPhone vs Google Nexus vs get a life
Nexusness
“Wake up, time to die.”
Bladerunner is possibly one of the best films ever made and all of the companies whose neon signs float in the sky during the film have gone bust, or be taken over. Not a good omen for a phone named after one of the main characters.
Is it any good?
And what’s it really like to use one in anger every day? Well I’ve handed over my iPhone to the wife after loving the Apple for 3 years. For the record I usually struggle to keep a phone for more than 6 months.
And the answer is yes, it’s good, in fact it’s really very good.
I had high hopes for other HTC phones and desperately wanted the Palm thingy to be good, but they were all pants compared to the Apple.
What’s hot!
The screen is sharp and clear and the phone is easy to navigate. Setting up email is easy, the app store is much better than I expected; forget Unix geek, think Apple chic.
Email works offline for reading and deleting, unlike the iPhone. Email, address book and social media stuff rocks. I love the widgets for news, twitter and facebook that live on the home screen.
The voice dial and dictate email is not bad either, a long way to go but it’s tempting to start everything by speaking and not navigating.
Oh and it lets you play Spotify in the background which is now the only source of music I have .
What’s not!
The only real hardware bug is the use of the back, menu, home and search buttons printed on the bottom of the screen. Why bother? you click them by mistake and it’s a real pain.
Software bugs are wider, but with time they will get sorted and remember that Apple have had 3 years to sort out the iPhone.
1. Why does the calendar not sync with MS Exchange when mail and contacts do?
2. The screen redraw speed is slow compared to Apple, but not bad.
3. Cut & paste is not anywhere near as neat or intuitive.
Should I buy one?
Yes - not sure why but yes get one.
Time will tell.
Now that I have committed to use it for work and home life I have no choice but to get on with it, warts and all, and I guess learn to fix the issues and watch as new software updates bring all of my life, blogs, tweets, photos, music, friends, work and life together.
Or I might buy the Apple tablet, nick my iPhone back and delete this post.
UPDATE: Nexus has gone iPhone is back, read more here
http://www.weare-london.com/blog/google-nexus-one-the-real-review/