I feel as though i have to give my 2 cents. on android. I bought a G1 near its release, And yes something things it did better then iphone, But honestly iphone OS 3.0 fixed most of that.
The iphone is ahead right now! in two years, or a year, i will decide and move on then. But i was tired of android sucking for so long, the first year was really lame, so i wanted something good now! not something with potential.
The gmail app i miss alot, but google sync with exchange is great. and honestly im happy now, i see myself switching back to android in the not so distant future, but right now i feel like it is still a teenager and an iphone can already go to bars. #iphone
For all you guys suffering from crappy battery life, I recommend you get a program called APNdroid, it kills your 3g and 2g connections saving you a ton of battery life. When you want to go online just click on it and everything is back to normal. I forgot what the barcode is but it is easy to find in the market. #iphone
The main holes I am seeing is the price. $550.00 for the Droid is my breaking point. I will be patient and wait until June when there is a discount due to my contract renewal. #iphone
I use my iPhone primarily as a phone and app device -- no music/video/podcasts for me. I like the sound of Android, and if I hadn't just jumped on the 3GS with a new two year contract, I might consider it a little harder. #iphone
i knew a guy that owned a Harley cause he liked constantly working on it. that is what i like about my Hero. now, i don't have to constantly work on it, but there is always something i can do. #iphone
"Your best bet is to avoid the native player that's sort of hidden and to actually use a third party app, Meridian. Or just get a Zune HD for your music and video, and you'll be much happier."
No, sorry. That's not going to cut it. One of the deciding factors in my decision to get an iphone was that I would no longer need to carry an ipod/PMP.
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I have absolute faith in google and the dev community, and have no doubts that a very respectable PMP app will be available in the near future. If the demand for droid is strong enough, this will be a minor road bump.
So, I'm still switching to droid. Bye apple. You were so charming at first. It seemed like the honeymoon would never end. Then I woke up. #iphone
There actually is an easier way to browse the Market: [www.androlib.com]
Before you get started, install the app Barcode Scanner from ZXing Team. AndroLib catalogs the entire Market, and each page has a QR barcode linking directly to the app in the Market. Use Barcode Scanner to scan the barcode on your monitor, tap "Open Browser" (it says browser, but it will take you to the Market) and you're on your way.
It's a tiny bit out of the way, but it gives you desktop market browsing, and a friggin' cool, if slightly clunky, method for downloading. #iphone
@matt buchanan: Bigger screen, more speed, and a real keyboard maybe? The bottleneck is the barcode scanner which, yeah, maybe I'm in the minority that finds that cool and not bothersome at all....but I'd happily take it for the desktop browsing experience.
Let's not kid ourselves. Not even the iPhone is easier to browse the internet on than a real computer. #iphone
@OCEntertainment: What I mean is--it requires somebody to know they need this app, download it, then go around scanning barcodes from a site they have to find. #iphone
If you want a fantastic photo editor for Android, I suggest PicSay Pro. It's not free (though there is a free trial version), but for the small price it does much, much more. Soft focus, vignetting, many filters, word balloons, image distortion (ie goo, or warping) curved and warpable text, painting, history painting, applying effects via image masking (ie only blur or desaturate masked portions)... plus all of the stuff this Photoshop app does.
I've actually done some pretty nice image edits with it, and it's not huge (only 1.57M) and will save to SD, or export to email, gmail, messaging, or auto set as contact icon, wallpaper or faves icon. Extremely powerful for a phone-based image editor. I bought it after five minutes of playing with the trial version. If you have an Android device and like playing with images, then this is easily a "must have" app, in my opinion. #photoshop
@spline9: I tried this Photoshop app, for nearly 1 meg, it's garbage. It barely does anything, and what it does do, it does sloooooowly. Without history painting it can't do much of anything useful. The free PicSay will do all this does, and more, and with more sharing and export options.
Here's a quick sample of a 1 minute edit with Picsay. It's my cat, taken with the G1, and given a vignetting, and then a blur, history painted to leave the middle more in soft focus, and then slightly sepia-toned. #photoshop
Google Maps Nav is great, but not the answer for everyone. There is still going to be people who cannot rely on always being in a coverage area for their nav to work.
The first time I relied on this type of solution, I ended up in an area with no coverage and had to rely on my clients to find our way out. #googlemapsnavigation
Garmin and Tom-tom should be out of business now! They have been charging us a lot of money for their apps. Now, it will be no more! #googlemapsnavigation
@hcho3: it costs a lot of money to develop apps like these - Google does it free because it can and because it needs to. If Garmin and Tom Tom didn't charge THEN they'd be out of business. #googlemapsnavigation
@crackel: Of course... U think I would not know that. I am not an idiot. As a consumer, am I suppose to care about how Garmin and Tom Tom at all? No.
As a customer, I only care about which company can give me a better value for cheaper price. That's how it's done in United States, or in the world. So, thanks for your explanation. But, I hope tom tom and Garmin take some actions for this. I am already move away from my iphone. #googlemapsnavigation
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[spanningsync.com] #iphone
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The iphone is ahead right now! in two years, or a year, i will decide and move on then. But i was tired of android sucking for so long, the first year was really lame, so i wanted something good now! not something with potential.
The gmail app i miss alot, but google sync with exchange is great. and honestly im happy now, i see myself switching back to android in the not so distant future, but right now i feel like it is still a teenager and an iphone can already go to bars. #iphone
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No, sorry. That's not going to cut it. One of the deciding factors in my decision to get an iphone was that I would no longer need to carry an ipod/PMP.
But.
I have absolute faith in google and the dev community, and have no doubts that a very respectable PMP app will be available in the near future. If the demand for droid is strong enough, this will be a minor road bump.
So, I'm still switching to droid. Bye apple. You were so charming at first. It seemed like the honeymoon would never end. Then I woke up. #iphone
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Before you get started, install the app Barcode Scanner from ZXing Team. AndroLib catalogs the entire Market, and each page has a QR barcode linking directly to the app in the Market. Use Barcode Scanner to scan the barcode on your monitor, tap "Open Browser" (it says browser, but it will take you to the Market) and you're on your way.
It's a tiny bit out of the way, but it gives you desktop market browsing, and a friggin' cool, if slightly clunky, method for downloading. #iphone
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Let's not kid ourselves. Not even the iPhone is easier to browse the internet on than a real computer. #iphone
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I've actually done some pretty nice image edits with it, and it's not huge (only 1.57M) and will save to SD, or export to email, gmail, messaging, or auto set as contact icon, wallpaper or faves icon. Extremely powerful for a phone-based image editor. I bought it after five minutes of playing with the trial version. If you have an Android device and like playing with images, then this is easily a "must have" app, in my opinion. #photoshop
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PicSay Pro is awesome. The devs are very supportive and good about keeping it updated, too.
I'll give this Photoshop a whirl, though... #photoshop
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@spline9: I tried this Photoshop app, for nearly 1 meg, it's garbage. It barely does anything, and what it does do, it does sloooooowly. Without history painting it can't do much of anything useful. The free PicSay will do all this does, and more, and with more sharing and export options.
Here's a quick sample of a 1 minute edit with Picsay. It's my cat, taken with the G1, and given a vignetting, and then a blur, history painted to leave the middle more in soft focus, and then slightly sepia-toned. #photoshop
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The first time I relied on this type of solution, I ended up in an area with no coverage and had to rely on my clients to find our way out. #googlemapsnavigation
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As a customer, I only care about which company can give me a better value for cheaper price. That's how it's done in United States, or in the world. So, thanks for your explanation. But, I hope tom tom and Garmin take some actions for this. I am already move away from my iphone. #googlemapsnavigation
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