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The Nexus one? Good/Bad/Indiferrent - tell me your thoughts!

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So, as my love affair with the Nokia N97 comes to a crashing halt as she gets lazy, fat and generally unco-operative....

What's the general geek concensus on the Nexus One, or possibly the Droid/Milestone? I can't believe I am seriously thinking about it, but here's my updated list of must-haves for a phone. Can you help me by telling me the Android view on these?

- Traveler access. I know the answer to this one, so no need to tell me

- Turn-by-turn navigation. Is Google Maps upto the job now?
- Sync with iTunes for audio and video
- Twitter client
- Good browser
- Home screen that is useful (ie shows information)
- PHONE THAT WORKS

Interestingly, one of the items that has dropped on the 'must-be-on-a-phone' list is a physical keyboard. Not gone forever, but I've found using a large touchscreen easier than I though. I even use the touchscreen on the N97 a fair bit as well instead of the physical keyboard.

Posted by Warren Elsmore On 02/03/2010 | Digg This | Permalink

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1 - I've been using a HTC Hero since November last year (after using a Nokia N95). The turn-by-turn navigation is only available in the US. iTunes doesn't recognise it, I've just dragged the mp3 files over directly like I did with my N95, although I subscribe to Spotify now so use that app for all my music. The browser is excellent, not had any problems with it at all. On my HTC Hero I have six parts to the screen on which I can configure widgets and/or icons to appear anywhere showing pretty much whatever I want (not sure what differences there are between HTC's android tweaks and stock android). And, yes the phone works. There are several twitter clients available, you can install them all and see which one suits you.

Posted by Ben Rogers At 16:14:41 On 03/02/2010 | - Website - |