iPhone, Nexus 1 or HTC Desire? Discuss
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nameandnatureDear Lazyweb,
I'm thinking of getting one those shiny smartphone things. Looking at the iPhone, Google Nexus 1 and HTC Desire.
I like the idea of the dual microphone noise cancellation and the voice activation on the N1. The Desire has some sort of funky social networking stuff and a prettier UI that the N1, although there was some muttering on various web forums about HTC being slow at releasing updates (and you don't get the noise cancellation or voice activation).
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scribb1e has an iPhone and likes it. I've got a Mac, so everything will probably Just Work. That said, I'm loath to pay them money as they're so tight-fisted about application development, but I'm probably kidding myself when I imagine that I might write something for an Android phone anyway.
Discuss...
I'm thinking of getting one those shiny smartphone things. Looking at the iPhone, Google Nexus 1 and HTC Desire.
I like the idea of the dual microphone noise cancellation and the voice activation on the N1. The Desire has some sort of funky social networking stuff and a prettier UI that the N1, although there was some muttering on various web forums about HTC being slow at releasing updates (and you don't get the noise cancellation or voice activation).
scribb1e has an iPhone and likes it. I've got a Mac, so everything will probably Just Work. That said, I'm loath to pay them money as they're so tight-fisted about application development, but I'm probably kidding myself when I imagine that I might write something for an Android phone anyway.Discuss...
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Date: 2010-04-19 09:21 pm (UTC)Well, I am a software engineer, after all, so I'd quite like getting something I could tinker with.
Oh, and if you're going to develop something, might I suggest rekindling old school memories with a bulletin board system or something to automate password recovery when somebody changes the guest login to the school network!
Hehe! Who's that, then?
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Date: 2010-04-20 06:24 am (UTC)I too am a software engineer, but Android does nothing for me. Out of all the non iPhone operating systems, MeeGo (which is still to see a public release) interests me the most, simply because:
1) It's not symbian. (I say that as my spittoon is gently resonating in the corner)
2) The native API is Qt, which is quite possibly one of the best pieces of software I've ever come across.
I've booted android on one of our boards at work, but that was more a curiosity than anything else. I didn't even go near the dev tools as I'm pretty sure they're eclipse based, and well, do I really need so say more?
As for who I am? It's Adrian, I was searching the internet for a few old names from school and I found your blog.