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Also, will the release builds finally have multitouch?
I wish Android could decide between white-on-black-background or black-on-white-background. I like the dark style, but it doesn't seem to be consistent. It is even less consistent on these screenshots. Also, will the release builds finally have multitouch?
http://www.androidcentral.com/multi-touch-coming-android-20-...
Pretty sweet. Sadly, the manufacturers take a long time to catch up to released Android versions. Almost makes users want to "wait a few months" before purchasing a phone. I think Google needs to help those guys out so that they can get the releases earlier.
A phone running Android 2.0 will be in users hands(according to my source at least) in the next 30 days.
Though one thing I do miss about that Andriod phone was real time updates of Twitter, Facebook & Gmail, as well as background apps capable. I have not found an iPhone app that provides real time updates of the aforementioned.
Last weekend I spent buying, customizing, replacing and then a few days later taking the HTC Hero(Android phone) back to Sprint. I ended up getting an iPHone after all that, as 2 Hero's headphone jack malfunctioned and the thing runs extremely slow/laggy & not as responsive as the iPhone when typing/interacting with it. Though one thing I do miss about that Andriod phone was real time updates of Twitter, Facebook & G…
Prior to rooting (you can think of it as equivalent to jailbreaking on an iPhone) my phone and installing Cyanogen's mod I was pretty unhappy with the phone overall. Sure it was a great device, but it was still shadowed by my iPhone experience. The keyboard was slow, not as responsive. I can type real fast on an iPhone, but on the Android phone I felt handicapped.
After rooting the phone and installing Cyanogen, as well as the HTC keyboard (instead of the base Android one), I absolutely love it. I have a slight glitch which has been apparently found out to be a small kernel bug (http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=329), but my experience hasn't been bad as some of the other people.
Performance is on-par with my iPhone now, especially with the keyboard. I really like HTC's keyboard. Lots of enhancements with the Cyanogen mod as well. That's one thing I really love about the Android community, is the open-ness (duh) and the number of ROM's out there you can play around with.
One thing I don't like (which isn't so much of a problem with a rooted phone and the underground hacker community) is all of the platform specific stuff out there from companies like HTC and Motorola. The HTC Hero is a perfect example of a phone with a totally modified Android OS that looks great, but is specific to that device. Why can't I run that on my Magic? Why can't someone run it on their Moto phone? You can of course, as I mentioned previously thanks to the community, but why aren't all of these awesome things being made available to everyone? It's an open handset alliance after all.
Anyway, sorry for that incoherent blob of text. I was so happy to scan through these screenshots today, I'm super excited for 2.0!
Last weekend I spent buying, customizing, replacing and then a few days later taking the HTC Hero(Android phone) back to Sprint. I ended up getting an iPHone after all that, as 2 Hero's headphone jack malfunctioned and the thing runs extremely slow/laggy & not as responsive as the iPhone when typing/interacting with it. Though one thing I do miss about that Andriod phone was real time updates of Twitter, Facebook & G…
I'm a gadget nut and after a couple years as an iPhone user... I decided it was time to take the jump to an android powered phone. Aside from the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack w/o a usb adapter, I really like the phone I chose, the MyTouch from T-Mobile (HTC Magic). Prior to rooting (you can think of it as equivalent to jailbreaking on an iPhone) my phone and installing Cyanogen's mod I was pretty unhappy with the p…
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I'm a gadget nut and after a couple years as an iPhone user... I decided it was time to take the jump to an android powered phone. Aside from the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack w/o a usb adapter, I really like the phone I chose, the MyTouch from T-Mobile (HTC Magic). Prior to rooting (you can think of it as equivalent to jailbreaking on an iPhone) my phone and installing Cyanogen's mod I was pretty unhappy with the p…
The various Android handset makers are not only competing against RIM & Apple but also with each other. A good UI is a huge competitive edge. It would be interesting to see HTC for example offer their UI on the Android market place for any handset. I wonder if that's something Google would allow into the catalog?
That said, I would love to see installable themes where the user can download/select/apply multiple themes on the fly without flashing/rebooting their phone, but at the moment, I think it's a result of Android taking the simple/efficient route for implementation.