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Two Weeks with a Nexus One
Saw an interesting bit from Jason Kincaid on Daring Fireball today regarding his disappointment with the iPhone 4 announcement from the perspective of an Android user. Having been playing with a Nexus One for the past couple of weeks, I can sort of see where he’s coming from, but I think he may be focusing too much on the hardware and not enough on the OS simply because iOS 4 itself has become old news by comparison.
I picked up a Nexus One about two weeks ago and have been using it almost exclusively as my primary phone for the past two weeks, mostly out of curiosity. I was even toting it at the WWDC Keynote on Monday (although my 3GS was still in my backpack, ready to go at a moment’s notice, and I had even toted along my first-generation iPhone for visual comparison purposes). I expect to do a more detailed comparison once Froyo and iOS 4 are fully out in the wild, but even from what I’m seeing at this point, Apple and Google have a lot to learn from each other.
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iLounge releases massive iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5
The fifth edition of iLounge’s famous iPod/iPhone Book has just arrived, now with a brand-new iPad Buyers’ Guide packed in! Download the free Book today!
With more than two million iPads already sold, the need for an honest, independent look at the complete world of iPad hardware, accessories, and software has never been greater. iLounge’s new
iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5 combines a completely updated version of the iPod/iPhone Book — our make-the-most-of-iPods and iPhones tutorial edition — with two new features: a 40-page iPad guide and six new iDesign features spotlighting outstanding developers of Apple accessories and applications. Learn the philosophies behind leading add-on designers at Incase, Speck, and SwitchEasy, as well as the fan-grabbing techniques used by App Store standouts Duck Duck Moose, PopCap Games, and Tapbots!
See the official download page for more information and images.
The iPad Buyers’ Guide + iPod/iPhone Book 5 is available in single-page and twin-page versions maximized for reading on computers, iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches. It is completely free for iLounge readers, and distributed in PDF format for maximum compatibility across devices. Please do your part to share the Guide by telling a friend, or hosting it on your filesharing network of choice. Enjoy!
via iLounge.com
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Time to see how the other side lives...
So I ordered a Nexus One last night.
To be clear, this doesn’t in any way mean that I have plans to abandon my i-Device ecosystem. However, the buzz surrounding Android, particularly with the impending release of Android 2.2 has piqued my interest. Plus, I want to get my hands on an official, original, Google-branded (and unlocked) Nexus One before they shutter their online store for good and move to a more typical carrier sales model.
Even in the current pre-Froyo iterations, Android has some interesting and appealing features. As one would expect from a Google device, it’s far more cloud-connected already with its Google services integrations, and looks poised to become even more so as things like Simplify Media come into the picture.
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Ah, the Nostalgia
So I was getting caught up on my reading at Daring Fireball this afternoon, and came across John Gruber’s piece from a couple of weeks ago, The Kids Are All Right. Leaving aside the fact that Gruber is ever-so-slightly dating himself in that piece, I have to admit to an eerily similar experience growing up. My Atari 2600 showed up as a “family Christmas present” when I was about 8.
My exposure to computers prior to that time had been hanging out in the local Radio Shack while the long-suffering employees kindly let me tinker with the TRS-80s. In fact, I’d go so far as to check out books on programming from the local library and then bring them with me to Radio Shack to experiment. The Atari 2600 was one of the first pieces of computer technology that entered my home (my father’s TI-58C notwithstanding) — and in fact in those days Atari even marketed it as the “Atari 2060 VCS” for “Video Computer System.”
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One of the more useful aspects of Twitter geotagging
