http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/ Engadget Comments for How would you change Google's Nexus One? 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/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
4.3" screen]]>Feb 27th 2010 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
There has been a lot of times when I want to ask some technical problems (3g coverage, glitch, etc) And I need to enroll on a 3rd party forums just to find the answers (nexus one should have an official forum for this one)

Next will be the OTA updates.. I live outside the USA (asia) and the update didn't reach my country at all, and I needed to do the manual update (thanks to engadget) just to have it, perhaps in the future, the next OTA will be available in any part of this world. I got to say, the nexus one is a phone for everyone.

For technical details, maybe a SUPER AMOLED in the future? and maybe a couple of tweaks in the ROM will be superb. And maybe an answer for this one: http://bit.ly/nexus-one-compiled-disadvantages

Can't wait to see the next big thing about N1 :)]]>Feb 27th 2010 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
I'm with you but on a broader scope. Enough with the piece meal approach to tech releases.

I want the company that releases the everything tech, the $10k laptop, the $5000 phone. Not with jewels stuck in it but with the edge.

Back in the day, we paid outrageous sums of money for tech, now it's all about cheap, sure make the cheap but where's the gold. Where's the 80 core box or the phone with thin film.

It exists so use it]]>Feb 27th 2010 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
Quality of service and value should be the SOLE basis of why a Carrier is chosen OR kept. This is manipulation of consumer decisions by fabricated 'unavailability.' Carrier agreements are bribery of manufactures and should be legally disallowed, In other words, a short term product-monopoly, or 'monopsony'. "We'll pay you xxx amount to NOT sell it on other carriers." This interferes with trade, does NOT benefit it, yet is status quo.

The iPhone has been MONOPSONIZED in the US (not that I care about the phone - it just illustrates the point). That the period of time is assumed to eventually expire is irrelevant, it has been the case and continues to be the case. Review the definition of a monopsony if you think its not the case. Moreover, I would argue that with smart phones and OTA updates, the carrier-phone-monopoly-age we've entered may be WORSE than most other historical versions, as they may even DAMAGE product you OWN for 'misuse' via a contract they know no one reads. How that's legal and hasn't been cause for class action still astonishes me.

Telephone companies in the U.S., along with power companies and other PUBLIC UTILITIES are REGULATED. You pay fees, and therefore deserve the advantages of a regulated market. It is regulated BECAUSE it is too important a service to simply trust such big companies to their good nature. Yet, the market we are under is subject to constant manipulations.

The FCC must stop allowing US cellular carriers to benefit from fragmented technology. Each generation of infrastructure upgrade has offered the carriers choice to converge on a standard, yet none have expressed intent to do so. It has gone on long enough.

Whereas a small market requiring far less investment money could self-correct, there are simply too few enterprise-level-competitors to allow such FALSE MARKETS.

...FCC, look at EU. Take note. Cause the change.]]>Feb 27th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
Quality of service and value should be the SOLE basis of why a Carrier is chosen OR kept. This is manipulation of consumer decisions by fabricated 'unavailability.' Carrier agreements are bribery of manufactures and should be legally disallowed, In other words, a short term product-monopoly, or 'monopsony'. "We'll pay you xxx amount to NOT sell it on other carriers." This interferes with trade, does NOT benefit it, yet is status quo.

The iPhone has been MONOPSONIZED in the US (not that I care about the phone - it just illustrates the point). That the period of time is assumed to eventually expire is irrelevant, it has been the case and continues to be the case. Review the definition of a monopsony if you think its not the case. Moreover, I would argue that with smart phones and OTA updates, the carrier-phone-monopoly-age we've entered may be WORSE than most other historical versions, as they may even DAMAGE product you OWN for 'misuse' via a contract they know no one reads. How that's legal and hasn't been cause for class action still astonishes me.

Telephone companies in the U.S., along with power companies and other PUBLIC UTILITIES are REGULATED. You pay fees, and therefore deserve the advantages of a regulated market. It is regulated BECAUSE it is too important a service to simply trust such big companies to their good nature. Yet, the market we are under is subject to constant manipulations.

The FCC must stop allowing US cellular carriers to benefit from fragmented technology. Each generation of infrastructure upgrade has offered the carriers choice to converge on a standard, yet none have expressed intent to do so. It has gone on long enough.

Whereas a small market requiring far less investment money could self-correct, there are simply too few enterprise-level-competitors to allow such FALSE MARKETS.

...FCC, look at EU. Take note. Cause the change...]]>Feb 27th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
I think the main problem with the N1 is the worldwide availability.
We also need the Verizon and AT&T version ASAP !!!]]>Feb 27th 2010 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
I wish the N1 looked more like the HD2, but still used A2.1 and Verizon.

However, looks are looks. I'll take an N1 just like it is, any day.]]>Feb 27th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Google Nexus One Official Help Forums can be reached here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android?utm_source=HC&utm_medium=leftnav&utm_campaign=android

I dont know why you had to install the update manually, I am outside U.S.A, in the country of Panama (Central America), but I got my OTA update via my home WiFi, this was when unboxing my Nexus 1, I bought it last week.]]>Feb 27th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Because it's not possible to brick a PC, you just boot off the CD and fix it. It is possible to brick a phone with crap firmware...]]>Feb 27th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
Discover dust under the screen or a dead pixel after unlocking the bootloader? Too bad, the HTC rep won't replace your phone. Power button stopped working? Call HTC and they'll claim it's a software fault related to your bootloader unlocking.

There have been many instances of people getting HTC to make exceptions to the rule, but the policy itself really needs to be changed.]]>Feb 27th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 28th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
that would be bad in a sense of what happened to linux. linux was meant to go the way it did, sure, but having android split off into a mess of new "distros" would be a loss for android as a selling point, and from google's POV where it supports android. It should only have to support one version of android.]]>Mar 17th 2010 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Apr 6th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
By the time it gets to Holland i will be smitten by another :wave goodbye to my Euros Google: ]]>Feb 27th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
enhance contrast on OLED display, Zune HD has a lot more of it.

make the screen fingerprint resistant.


]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
+1 ... yes I agree about the finger print resistant screen]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/and make the screen bigger and add SenseUI and full flash, .avi and DviX support.
And since you are at it buy me a six-pack of Bud too.]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Add DivX and 720p support like on the HTC Desire:
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/02/25/htc-desire-to-receive-divx-playback-support-in-future-update/]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Super AMOLED, a tad more ROM and a little improvement in the looks wouldnt hurt, Sense UI would be a sexy addition, (maybe a camera button). But seriously, what keeps this phone from being perfect lies on the Android department, Android is great and all but could use more improvements than the N1.]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Agreed, the fingerprints are terrible on this. Worse than my old G1.

Navigation offline would be much more usable. Atleast maybe the option for it. Have one version like it is, and the other a big download to the SD card.

And they have already said it, but lets get some more use out of the SD card and stop allocating everything to the measly built in memory.]]>Feb 27th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 28th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
I'm a hair away from pulling the trigger on a Pre Plus, because I need a new phone now.]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/I'm in the exact same boat. Why must they make us wait!?!
@alphabuild
Yeah I nearly wet myself when I saw that. And I'm due for an upgrade too!]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 26th 2010 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
Droooooiiid]]>Feb 27th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/I agree. I have used all three phones too, if only briefly. I use Droid now and it is definitely the winner.]]>Feb 27th 2010 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/
Palm Pre is the only smartphone to offer Flash 10.0!

My Palm Pre has been rock-solid. Plus it comes with a 1 year warranty. I bought two Palm Pre phones for my family back in June 2009. Both phones have been extremely reliable. I use my phone quite a lot, about a few hours each day - mostly listening to recordings and reading. The battery lasts me the whole day; and last even longer – about two days, when I use it moderately.

I bought the Palm Pre which comes with 256MB RAM (i.e. memory) and 8GB of storage. The Palm Pre Plus has an even more solid construction, and you get 512MB of memory and 16GB of storage. You also get the Touchstone back-cover which allows you to charge your phone wirelessly.

With the Palm Pre, you also get Palm’s innovative webOS smartphone operating system, currently the best in the smartphone market – it is intuitive, powerful, and fun-to-use. Ever since its launch in June 2009, Palm has released about 10 updates to webOS. The latest version is webOS 1.4 which became available today. This update makes the Palm Pre the first smartphone to run Adobe’s Flash 10.0. Flash 10.0 works beautifully with webOS; just start typing on your phone and the Palm Pre will automatically search the web. The Palm Pre runs YouTube videos natively using Flash 10.0, without having to launch a special application.

The Palm Pre Plus with webOS supports the OpenGL 3D graphics library to perform hardware acceleration of 3D graphics. The biggest gaming companies like Electronics Arts (EA) have released their top 3D games like “Need for Speed” and “Sims City” for the Palm Pre. In fact, the Palm Pre Plus is so powerful that it was demonstrated recently to run 50 applications simultaneously (i.e. multitasking) while also running the 3D game “Need for Speed” at full acceleration!

Battery life is also very good for a smartphone. I can listen to music for hours, browse the Internet, and my phone still lasts the whole day. With moderate usage, the phone’s battery lasts for about two days. When the phone is not in use, the battery hardly drains, so it can hold its charge for many days.

The Palm Pre Plus feels solid. When you slide to close the keyboard, it locks into place. I also like the keyboard. I have medium size hands and I can regularly type about three lines before hitting the wrong key. The keyboard also has tactile feedback so when you press on the keys, you can feel the click when it makes contact. I recommend this phone.
]]>Feb 27th 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Feb 27th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/Claiming the touchstone is real wireless charging is a fallacy. It still needs to be touching the dock thing and that my friend has wires. By this logic my nexus 1 dock is wirelessly charging my nexus 1.

Can't wait for witricity to release some consumer products... then we will have true wireless charging.]]>Feb 27th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/I can't help but think that sounds like either a Palm employee speaking or a direct copy and paste from the Palm Pre's press page.]]>Feb 27th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/how-would-you-change-googles-nexus-one/haha! I was thinking the same thing as I was reading that. "wow am I reading a brochure or is this a real comment...."]]>Feb 27th 2010 11:54AM