http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Expanded comments! Thank you Santa!]]>Dec 14th 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
~From a Business man.]]>Dec 15th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
They also include a DSP... not sure how it compares to TIs. They don't have the additional video engine hardware, but that's rarely an issue on a cellphone anyway, except maybe in power consumption terms (dedicated hardware generally requires much less power than the software equivalent).

As for the rest of it, OLED is beautiful compared to LCD, but having the DROID now, I would never go back to low rez. Most of the OLED displays are 480x320.. totally worthless. If this new thing has something around 850x480, yeah, that's drool worthy... though the DROID LCD is at least laptop quality, it's not one of the cheesy ones you find on lesser units. Now, the rumors say "high res OLED", but it's phrased the same everywhere, with no numbers. Let's look at this once it's real.

The other issue... this is GSM. Which makes it worthless to me, anyway, AT&T is questionable here, T-Mobile only reaches the end of my driveway. Based on the realities of GSM, neither has a substantial 3G network (20% for AT&T, and it's full of iPhone users, less coverage still for T-Mobile).

And based on the FCC filing, they support 1700MHz HSPA+, but not 2100MHz, so that cuts out much of Europe and half of the T-Mobile network in the USA, if this is really the same phone. And while the GSM proponents love to boost the speed of full 20MHz HSPA+ (7.2Mb/s down, 2.0Mb/s up) versus EvDO Rev A (3.1Mb's down, 1.8Mb/s up), this is only in about 30 cities on AT&T... as of "sometime next year". Verizon will be rolling out LTE (4G) in as many locales "sometime next year". Sprint has that already, with WiMax 4G.

So I'm not so impressed. Plus, who cares about a few mm of thickness, where's the real keyboard? You have to learn the DROID keyboard, but once learned, it's better than my old Treo's, and it changes the fundamental nature of your device, versus the cheesy screen keyboards. For example, I can type AND see the screen in landscape mode. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://bit.ly/nexus-one-bootup-and-more]]>Dec 23rd 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
Oh, I didn't know that. Cool then. I'll wait for a tested version of it then. I like the Expose features, and if the expanded number of home screens is true too, that will be nice.

Love Android specifically for this reason.]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
I hate CAPS]]>Dec 15th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
That being said, I love open source as well]]>Dec 15th 2009 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/I love open-source backed up by major corporations. (Android by Google and the OHA, Maemo by Nokia, etc.)
Now, if only there was some way of getting this on my HD2... (Like, right now... *Jealous*)]]>Dec 15th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
meh, my cable box boots up slower than that. ....I am seriously not kidding you. It takes like 10 minutes.]]>Dec 14th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
Yea well my Blackberry Tour takes AT LEAST 3 minutes to boot up with .230 leaked OS. Before that, it would easily take 5-10 minutes. No joke.]]>Dec 14th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/It's actually pretty fast for a smartphone bootup. Most smartphones take ages to bootup, but it usually doesn't matter since you rarely need to.]]>Dec 15th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/I still might get the Droid though - if a new Android phone doesn't come out in the next month or so. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
But even if you root it, you still can't remove the hardware keyboard... I don't get what you're getting at. If you take it off, well, you only have half the phone. So instead of rooting to disable it, why not just not use it?

Have you looked at the Droid Eris? It might be right up your alley. Otherwise, be patient, and HTC will come up with a newer one for you.]]>Dec 15th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/

+1 for the -g.]]>Dec 14th 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
i found another flaw, not only does it repeat, it makes an X, which has nothing at all to do with Android, or Google whatsoever.

It apes the Windows logo, and who knows, the big huge X on every box of Mac OS sold in the last nine years???

What's the X mean?]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
neXus One?]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Based on the fact that the original video that was posted earlier of this boot animation was on a snapdragon processor and the droid looked like it handled it very well, I would venture a guess that its not all that bad. especially if it were tweaked specifically for the droid.]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 14th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
Let me see... I make $496.6 for the first 13 seconds, about $152 each time it makes a full "X" animation and $1,527.78 for the full boot.

http://www.webworth.info/www.google.com

and best of all I don't have to endanger wild life or spill oil tankers, or degrade the environment, sell drugs, extort anyone, war profiteer, or steal tax payer's money to do it.]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Compared to by BB, that boot up is short.

And WTF does oil tankers and endangered wildlife have to do with anything?]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/
Why so serious?]]>Dec 15th 2009 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Website Value Calculator - www.google.com
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I use colemak in landscape via anysoftkeyboard.
( www.colemak.com )
..and with the 2.0.1 with multitouch, that screen might be the best keyboard I've ever had.]]>Dec 15th 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/Dec 15th 2009 12:21AM