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Pretty

by Volker Weber

If you thought Google can't do pretty, think again.

nexusoneui

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Is this the Nexus One phone?
I saw some demo of it, and it seemed to me that Nexus One was very functional, as everything seemed to work seamlessly together, including 3D Google maps.
No other phone I've seen has so many actually useful features, and which work!

Mika Heinonen, 2010-01-30 10:11

Yes, that's the Nexus One. It's currently my favorite mobile. If I'd get the N900's Skype integration it would be killer.

Volker Weber, 2010-01-30 10:35

Volker, how does battery life compare with say the iPhone 3GS or the N900? Can you confidently leave the house for the day without a charger (and be up for some serious usage) - or do you have to spend the time turning, say, WIFI on or off to make it last?

John Ash, 2010-01-30 10:40

Better than the N900, about the same as a 3G. I don't have a 3GS.

Will it survive a day? Probably. This is a very hard question. Example: will a 6-cell netbook survive a day? With my usage pattern, yes. It would be dead after five hours. But I do other things as well, so I can put it to sleep in between. Will a smartphone survive a day? I can drive it down to zero in four to five hours. Unless I do something else inbetween.

A good indication is 3G talk time: 5 hours on the Palm Pre, N900 and 3GS, 7 hours on Nexus One. Having said that, the screen is the biggest power drain. If the device feels warm, it is bleeding ...

nexusoneui

Volker Weber, 2010-01-30 10:48

Looks very polished indeed.

Not as clean as the iPhone OS (icons in status bar and the live wallpapers of course) but there's definitely a lot of pixel-love in there. I like it.

Timo Stamm, 2010-01-30 15:02

The status bar is actually a lot more useful than on the iPhone. And the live wallpapers can be replaced by a dark grey background if you prefer that. :-)

nexusoneui8

I find the Nexus live wallpaper quite entertaining.

Volker Weber, 2010-01-30 16:15

Well, if nothing else you should at least win points for having Ute's contact info on your Home screen :-)

Kevan Emmott, 2010-01-30 17:08

On the grey background it becomes even more apparent that some apps(*) use a single set of icons and others already use solution dependent sets of icons.

If you look at "WiFi - Analyzer" and "Einstellungen" it's easy to spot the difference. One uses 160dpi, the other one 240dpi. The 160dpi icons are scaled up and look a little bit blurry.

Btw. How can I quote in the comments?

(*) That is also true for NewsRob. At least for the launcher icon in the current version.

Mariano Kamp, 2010-01-30 17:09

Kevan, well, thanks. But that is pure laziness. No points for that. ;-)

Mariano, use <blockquote>this is the quote</blockquote> on a separate line.

Volker Weber, 2010-01-30 17:09

Given that you prefer this phone over the iPhone - how responsive and accurate is the screen on the Nexus One? Thx.

Juergen Eichholz, 2010-01-31 03:19

[..] How responsive and accurate is the screen on the Nexus One?

Jürgen, about the accuracy: http://labs.moto.com/diy-touchscreen-analysis/

At first glance the differences look very academic, but there is a least one area where I would consider them relevant in the real world: Scrolling while reading.
Jerky scrolling makes it hard to continuously scroll and read. You would likely drag, read, drag, read instead.

Mariano Kamp, 2010-01-31 08:39