Android phone recommendations/discussion?

[holymadness]

^^ I've never used mine, mostly because I haven't seen the stars in about 2 years.

 

[Piobaire]

There has been a very bright star in the sky for the last few nights. Used the app to determine it was Jupiter.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

I point it at myself, and it says "Tokyo Slim".

 

[Piobaire]

Well played.

It's like why I can't use a stud finder. Always points at me.

 

[Rambo]

^I would have thought it popped open the browser and redirected you to the manmeat.com signup page.

 

[gorgekko]

I was wondering why my Desire Z was eating battery like I eat bacon and until today: Wifi. I was under the impression that if you weren't in range of a wifi connection that you had previously set up, it would only occasionally search and shut off immediately (at least that's what I understood about Froyo) and consume little power.

So with that in mind I leave wifi on, go to work and I would literally be sitting at 60 per cent power by noon (no wifi at work) -- just five hours later. That's a lot of juice for something to consume when not making phone calls.

I happened to install a battery monitor widget on Sunday and just shut off wifi for the hell of it. End result? Come home from work with 79 per cent power. Lesson learned.

 

[holymadness]

Finally. http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/goo...=Google+Reader

 

[CSCoHammers7]

Originally Posted by holymadness

Finally.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/goo...=Google+Reader

Yesssss. Hopefully retailers carry the Nexus this time as opposed to the online direct only scheme.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by CSCoHammers7

Yesssss. Hopefully retailers carry the Nexus this time as opposed to the online direct only scheme.

They specifically mention that in the article.

 

[BryanHarig]

Yup: Best Buy, Best Buy mobile, and Car Phone Warehouse. http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s

 

[Rambo]

Looks kewl. I'm going to wait until after CES before I dive in, but this is definitely towards the top of my list.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

I wonder if it's HSPA+ ?(T-Mobile's flavor of FauxG)
The article doesn't say. I'd assume that if it did, it would have mentioned 4G.

Edit: Nope.

 

[BryanHarig]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I wonder if it's HSPA+ ?(T-Mobile's flavor of FauxG)
The article doesn't say. I'd assume that if it did, it would have mentioned 4G.

Edit: Nope.

sadly no, HSPA 7.2 just like the N1. In practice, I have never managed to max out the download speed on the N1 so I imagine the NS will be more limited by the bandwidth available on the network then by its chipset.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by BryanHarig

sadly no, HSPA 7.2 just like the N1. In practice, I have never managed to max out the download speed on the N1 so I imagine the NS will be more limited by the bandwidth available on the network then by its chipset.
Yeah, that's kind of why I was hoping it was a FauxG phone. Hardly anyone is on the T-Mob HSPA+ network right now.

 

[yfyf]

Much as I love Android, I have serious doubts about the Nexus S. I had a Samsung Galaxy S and I don't think I've ever been so bitter about a phone before. A lot of things on it seemed very poorly thought out and poorly implemented. On an HTC Desire Z now and have never been happier with a phone.

On a related note, I've been looking into getting an Android tablet. Looked at the Viewsonic G Pad and the Archos 101. Saw the Archos in person and the screen, though big, was pretty lousy. It's sad to think the iPad is the only game in town.