@Waroxy VOTED PLUS

@jdizzy Am I writing a dissertation on this shit or something? Damn fanboys..

@jdizzy Whoo, I really just typed out everything that came to my head there. The TLDR version:
Android as a platform must be separated from every individual Android phone, and it needs to be acknowledged that Android changes faster than any other mobile platform out there. When a new Android phone comes out, it's not a huge deal about the hardware unless it's something really outstanding, like the Droid - it's the software.

When the software isn't a quantum leap from another Android phone that came out a month ago...it shouldn't be a surprise. So essentially, the N1's not being the proverbial "iPhone killer" doesn't mean the N1 story ends there, just as it really began with the G1 so long ago. Nor has the Droid story ended, nor has the CLIQ story ended, nor has the G1 story ended (well, maybe that one's over), etc. The platform these phones run is really the interesting thing and it can't really be covered in the same milestone-a-year way we think about WinMo and the iPhone OS.

Why is it that every new Android phone that comes out and costs a lot is suddenly The Phone Of All Phones?

Believe me, Android is the smartphone OS I'd use if I didn't shamelessly exploit the T-Zone $5.99 internet plan. I lvoe the idea. That's the problem: gadget websites treat the Nexus One like the End Of The World when in fact, to most users, it's a Droid with a less pretty screen and no keyboard.

Every Android phone will eventually end up with the same software on it, unless it's two years old. The iPhone OS changes very infrequently and, outwardly, very little when it changes. Android is continuously updated and updated across handsets and providers. There's a very important distinction to make here and gadget websites like Engadget can't keep treating every new Android release like a new iPhone release.

I'd rather have a Droid than a Nexus One because I know that the Droid hardware is absolutely sick, the Droid is on Verizon, and every single software feature on the N1 is going to end up on the Droid sooner rather than later. But the N1's overhyped release - i.e., a release treated like an iPhone release, when it should be treated like a software update for Android - is overshadowing the fact that the Droid is probably a better choice, and a blanket sentiment is thus generated - Android isn't up to spec; Android can't keep up.

Okay, I'll bite.

A 5MP camera and a 3.5mm headphone jack in the E72, thus invalidating my reasons for not wanting to trade in my N95 8GB for an E71. Now I just need to find the moneys..

Thank you for clarifying that TokyoDrift is not this hacker's real name.

That is definitely the kind of real name I expect a real person to have so it is good to know that it is not a real name.

I will catalog this information away for any future contact I intend to have with this individual.

Read the article: $110,000, not $200,000.

Read more of the article and you'll get the idea of this car: it's not about how fast you get from point A to point B, it's about how good you look doing it. I'd rather be seen in a Granturismo than a Corvette of any sort, no matter the numbers or the raw speed. The Granturismo is for people who care more about a car's character than its stat sheet.

In other words, a Z06 might beat me to sixty, but I'm not racing. I'm just looking good.

The title of this post is "Mismatched much?" The entire post is about how it's not a fair race, how the Civic is out of its element, etc. And yet people still complain.

As for those saying that the Civic could be easily modified to go much faster for the price of a Challenger...sure, you could do that, but then you'd have spent forty grand on a Civic.

I must say, Autoblog, if, with this review, you intended to convey an acute, penetrating sense of sadness and despair, well, mission accomplished. I have always disliked the base Lancer but now I will have to pop a Zoloft every time I see one.