have you USED android yet?? - Page 6

**BlackDynamite** · #51 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

Its possible to get paid apps for free but we don't discuss that in our forum because its illegal.

But not from the app store, right? I think we all know you can download just about any app on any platform for free, but getting them from the app store for free is another thing altogether...

blackrain · #52 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:08 PM

Ok.....I have a moment & a touch pro2 i'm truly a winmo fan but wanted to give the android system a shot as my girlfriend kept showing me features and i got interested.

I love the android market it's a million times better than winmo marketplace, tons of free apps on android not too many with winmo.

Battery life blowed on the android (it's the same on every andorid device from what i've been told) I mean I couldnt even get through half a day w/o charging the phone. Honestly i think the tp1 battery life was better than the moment.

Android is pretty much an os you have to put together it let's you do what you want, now that's good in one way but in other ways i expect certain things to be there coming from winmo like a task manager, audio booster or audio eq which you have to download.

My take on Android is that once i got to learn it I loved it battery life killed it for me and i couldnt deal with that. I know they have a thing called rooting which is similar to us flashing roms. Just too many issues i read about when that is done, so for now i went back to my tp2 mm war rom. I can say there are alot of things i love about the os and once they get it all together, man it could be a BEAST!! I just hope microsoft got a glimpse of android before making wps7 or whatever it's called and went another notch up. Because if not it could very well be the DEATH OF WINDOWS MOBILE!

**p-slim** · #53 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:25 PM

Cdma nexus just cleared FCC, Verizon users get ready to experience the truth

http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/cdma-...aunch-imminent

**p-slim** · #54 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

But not from the app store, right? I think we all know you can download just about any app on any platform for free, but getting them from the app store for free is another thing altogether...

I don't know how that's possible, but I am still new to android.

**BlackDynamite** · #55 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

Cdma nexus just cleared FCC, Verizon users get ready to experience the truth

http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/cdma-...aunch-imminent

Verizon users already have the Droid. That's better than the Nexus.

**Noir** · #56 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 05:05 PM

while I use android its like me and my laptop with ubuntu and windows
if I am doing things from not texting and google talk, I'll use android. For everything else, I use windows

**p-slim** · #57 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

Verizon users already have the Droid. That's better than the Nexus.

Only salty would walk into a store and play with a nexus and Droid and pick the Droid, the ui on the Droid is ugly, the screen is smaller, no amoled display, only 3 panels, you have to root it and run a custom rom just to get it to clock at 1.1 which honestly you wont know the difference because the nexus is so fast already. Not to mention this phone is just so sleek and sexy in real life the Droid is an ugly phone compared to this beauty.

To Noir if you have a nexus the thing you will need winmo for is actual winmo programs, Microsoft exchange (only because Google needs to fix theirs) word and PowerPoint, other then that you wont be missing anything

**BlackDynamite** · #58 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

Only salty would walk into a store and play with a nexus and Droid and pick the Droid, the ui on the Droid is ugly, the screen is smaller, no amoled display, only 3 panels, you have to root it and run a custom rom just to get it to clock at 1.1 which honestly you wont know the difference because the nexus is so fast already. Not to mention this phone is just so sleek and sexy in real life the Droid is an ugly phone compared to this beauty.

To Noir if you have a nexus the thing you will need winmo for is actual winmo programs, Microsoft exchange (only because Google needs to fix theirs) word and PowerPoint, other then that you wont be missing anything

The Droid has a slower processor than the Nexus (unless you overclock it, which everyone does) but it is a TI OMAP, so it's doing more per clock cycle. And it has a keyboard, which lots of people (myself included) won't consider a device unless it has a keyboard.

You're wrong on your specs though. The screen is the same size, resolution is better on the Droid (with the same size screen- this means a sharper image).

The main difference is the Nexus has more RAM, but the Droid has a keyboard and 15 gigs of internal storage (plus a MicroSD slot).

There is a reason why Google asked Motorola to make the Nexus One (but Motorolla turned them down- although they are rumored to be making a Nexus 2 right now, and it has a keyboard).

Here is a side by side comparison:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomp...=2200&id2=2011

**Dragon2** · #59 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

The Droid has a slower processor than the Nexus (unless you overclock it, which everyone does) but it is a TI OMAP, so it's doing more per clock cycle. And it has a keyboard, which lots of people (myself included) won't consider a device unless it has a keyboard.

You're wrong on your specs though. The screen is the same size, resolution is better on the Droid (with the same size screen- this means a sharper image).

The main difference is the Nexus has more RAM, but the Droid has a keyboard and 15 gigs of internal storage (plus a MicroSD slot).

There is a reason why Google asked Motorola to make the Nexus One (but Motorolla turned them down- although they are rumored to be making a Nexus 2 right now, and it has a keyboard).

Here is a side by side comparison:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomp...=2200&id2=2011

Salty dog unless you tried both you HAVE no opinion. N1 is way better, and if I'm correct the Droid don't have 16 g memory internally its a 16 gb card.... ill check now but that's what I think... I could be wrong , but even then the n1 is a way better device and you can't say the droids keyboard is even a keyboard.Lmaooo

**BlackDynamite** · #60 (**permalink**) 02-26-2010, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon2

Salty dog unless you tried both you HAVE no opinion. N1 is way better, and if I'm correct the Droid don't have 16 g memory internally its a 16 gb card.... ill check now but that's what I think... I could be wrong , but even then the n1 is a way better device and you can't say the droids keyboard is even a keyboard.Lmaooo

One of my best friends has a Droid. I have played with it a whole lot. He's a big time Android guy- upgraded form his G1. He chose the Droid over the Nexus One. And yes, the Droid does have a keyboard. You may not like the keyboard, but it is certainly better than the keyboard on the Nexus One, lol (better than nothing for sure).

I have not played with a Nexus One, I am only comparing the specs. And with 2 similarly spec'd devices, one has a keyboard and 15+ gos of onboard storage, the other does not, both devices are the same size and run the same OS, you have to go with the Droid there.

And yes, the Droid DOES have internal storage plus a MicroSD slot. I posted a link in my post that you quoted. Click that link and you have the specs for both devioces, side by side.