Android 2.1’s Best Features in Screenshots
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#2We have come full circle.
First, we got the telephone and started talking. Then, we got instant messaging and started typing text messages. And now we say our messages, but they get translated into text messages?
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#3We have come full circle. First, we got the telephone and started talking. Then, we got instant messaging and started typing text messages. And now we say our messages, but they get translated into text messages?
And then we take screenshots of them and post them on our blogs.
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#4I hate to be 'that guy' who's always putting down Andriod, but there are a few 'features' listed here that make me think Google just doesn't get how customers actually use their phones. The cube menu interface seems really impractical, and given how poorly existing Android phones perform at simple scrolling, I doubt the Nexus One will provide a smooth and fluid experience. And as for the speech-to-text, hardly anyone will use that. Who's going to be sitting on the train or in their cubicle with the phone up to their mouths speaking their message into the phone, most probably multiple times until the phone produces something that requires minimal editing, when they can fire off their text in writing and spare themselves the potential embarrassment and hassle?
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#5I hate to be 'that guy' who's always putting down Andriod, but there are a few 'features' listed here that make me think Google just doesn't get how customers actually use their phones. The cube menu interface seems really impractical, and given how poorly existing Android phones perform at simple scrolling, I doubt the Nexus One will provide a smooth and fluid experience. And as for the speech-to-text, hardly anyone…
I totally agree on the voice stuff.
Being a new Nexus owner I wanted to clarify that the scrolling app menu is only for the app menu. Android has a 'home screen' just like the iPhone (well five of them that you can swipe between) and you can install the app icons you use the most there. The scrolling menu is basically the 'everything' bucket, which I like.
It is also buttery smooth, unlike every other Android device I've touched.
I've been an iPhone user for many years and think the iPhone has always been the bar to measure everything with. Android is catching up with this phone though, it is REALLY good, especially if you are the type who is willing to live with a few warts here and there.
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#6I hate to be 'that guy' who's always putting down Andriod, but there are a few 'features' listed here that make me think Google just doesn't get how customers actually use their phones. The cube menu interface seems really impractical, and given how poorly existing Android phones perform at simple scrolling, I doubt the Nexus One will provide a smooth and fluid experience. And as for the speech-to-text, hardly anyone…
I think speech-to-text will be a great feature in the long run.
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few use cases for it: people who text while driving, dictating an e-mail in the car, quick reminders in a notes application.
I thought the voice search was superfluous at first, but I love it, and I've wished I could use speech-to-text for a few other things.
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#7It would sure be nice to also include text-to-speech. Then you could actually use it without having to get too hands on.
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#8We have come full circle. First, we got the telephone and started talking. Then, we got instant messaging and started typing text messages. And now we say our messages, but they get translated into text messages?
And then we take screenshots of them and post them on our blogs.
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#9I'm disappointed in 2.x so far. Google is making some good refinements but they seem to be ignoring two of the biggest usability issues in my opinion:
We need a real multi-tasking UI. If the OS is going to multi-task apps we should have a way to intuitively interact with this functionality. Installing third party utilities such as task managers shouldn't be required to use a major feature of the OS. The "alt-tab" feature and the inclusion of multi-tasking elements in the pull down menu doesn't cut it for me.
Copy & paste is a mess. It either just doesn't work right or I'm an idiot. I can't manage to make it select accurate text regions. Usually I just can't get the copy & paste mode to kick in at all
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#10I have to admit I have a real thing for aesthetics. Maybe one reason I'm partial to apple products.
But I keep waiting for the Android UI to look nicer. I'd love to see a top end design firm take a shot at cleaning up the icons etc.
Even that wallpaper is pretty atrocious.