Android - Slightly Hyped IMO

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Hi all

Just thought I'd share my experiences on moving handsets fast in last few months...

iPhone 3GS (iOS 4) to Blackberry 9700 Bold (OS6) to Desire HD (Froyo)

It's a tough one, after using the HD for a few days now I do miss my BB, which in turn made me miss iPhone also.... don't get me wrong, Android is fantastic for tweaking, but it's not as productive as using a BB handset, or as smooth as a iOS device.

I think I commented a few weeks back on not wanting to go Android until they were lag free and super fast... someone piped up 'well my HD is', well.... I don't think it's quite there yet. It's fast, but not iPhone fast. (and the odd little slow down / judder does IMO ruin the user experience a little). It's productive, but not BB productive. Kinda sits in the middle...

I could have gone Nexus S on contract, I hope I made the right choice :( ....just got swept away by that huge screen, which even only LCD, does a very good job. I wonder if it's just the Sense UI slowing it down abit ?
 
xibinim said:
How do you mean a BB is more productive? I tried using a Curve a few months back and couldn't get into it. I do love the speed and ease of the iPhone's but currently have an X10 (with a 10 month love/hate relationship lol).
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On the 9700, calls, sms, emails could all be process super fast, far faster than any touch screen phone could ever do. (Android comes last in this respect out of the 3)

It's taken me hours of fiddling to get the Desire HD anywhere close to same levels...

Simple things like copy and paste of rich text for customer template emails... on Android it's a nightmare.
 
paradigm said:
Utter rubbish, iOS 4+ on anything less than an iPhone 4 is laggy as hell, unresponsive, and a downright hindrance to productivity. My Nexus One is night-and-day better than my old 3GS was, and in comparison to every blackberry device I've ever owned or used, many magnitudes better in terms of productivity (unless of course you are talking about writing essay-like email responses/documents, in which case I will gladly agree that nothing beats a physical qwerty pad for input speed).

I'm guessing your lag/slowdown comes from the utter garbage that is SenseUI, infact installing anything over the top of vanilla android seems to make things lag (anywhere from slighty (in the case of adding graphically and data intensive widgets) to severely (in the case of the utterly disastrous MotoBLUR).
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It's not utter rubbish, it's my opinion... iOS 4.x is super smooth on a 3GS. Far more responsive than any Android handset I've used.

Maybe SenseUI needs to be removed, but then again I shoudn't as a customer / end user having to be flashing roms / rooting etc. I don't really have time.
 
a example of small 'lag', opening a sms thread, i get for a split second 'loading' come up on screen....

maybe much of the lag is not really there, instead simply being that Apple touchscreens are far better than on any Android handset, which in turn makes you feel 'not in control' of the device to some extent.
 
skippi90 said:
And this was worthy of a thread? :confused:
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I thought so, I've experienced and used in anger all 3 main platforms in the space of 2 or so months... you seem to think it's worthy replying to also ;)

I think Android is the future, but my eyes are always wide open to other platforms and what they offer, and I like to try them all, I have no allegiance to any of them (fanboi'isms etc)

What do you think ?
 
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