Nexus one?

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03-07-2010, 07:15 PM
W00TZEH

Nexus one?

Anyone got one?
03-07-2010, 07:31 PM
xxMATTGxx

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Originally Posted by W00TZEH

Anyone got one?

HotelUser has one, I'm sure he would be happy to answer any questions for you. :P
03-07-2010, 07:43 PM
HotelUser

I got one as soon as they came out. Brilliant phones, very similar to the Desire :)
03-07-2010, 07:51 PM
W00TZEH

Differences between desire and nexus one?
03-07-2010, 08:14 PM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by W00TZEH

Differences between desire and nexus one?

Desire has:
About 60mb more RAM
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR vs Nexus' 2.0+EDR
No noise cancellation
Comes with a bigger MicroSD card
Has an optical trackpad instead of a trackball
Better battery life (HTC tweaked the power settings)
HTC Sense UI
03-07-2010, 10:48 PM
W00TZEH

Hmmm but Nexus one has 2.2 where as Desire is stuck on 1.5?

nvm its on 2.1

argh im confused, why is the nexus one £5 more than desire? xD
04-07-2010, 12:55 AM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by W00TZEH

Hmmm but Nexus one has 2.2 where as Desire is stuck on 1.5?

nvm its on 2.1

argh im confused, why is the nexus one £5 more than desire? xD

I'm not sure. Maybe because the Nexus is Google branded and has Froyo. To be honest I'd just buy the cheapest one as other than 60mb of ram on the Desire, and the newer Android on the Nexus, they're basically identical.

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Desire has:
About 60mb more RAM
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR vs Nexus' 2.0+EDR
No noise cancellation
Comes with a bigger MicroSD card
Has an optical trackpad instead of a trackball
Better battery life (HTC tweaked the power settings)
HTC Sense UI

They have the same battery, and Nexus has Froyo, so the Desire doesn't have better battery life :S
04-07-2010, 01:19 AM
Latour

HTC did announce that the Desire (as well as Legend) would be getting upgraded to 2.2 in Q3. ^^
Out of those two I'd go with the Desire simply for Sense UI, it's amazing in my opinion.
04-07-2010, 01:25 AM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Latour

HTC did announce that the Desire (as well as Legend) would be getting upgraded to 2.2 in Q3. ^^
Out of those two I'd go with the Desire simply for Sense UI, it's amazing in my opinion.

You can install Sense on either phone, you don't even have to unlock the Nexus to get Sense anymore :)

I keep switching back and forth between the two. I like the photo gallery on stock, but the widgets on Sense are nice, but Sense kills the battery, but it also has a nicer live wallpaper in my opinion, but you can hack it onto stock, but Sense has a nicer launcher, and the loop goes on :P
04-07-2010, 01:33 AM
Latour

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

You can install Sense on either phone, you don't even have to unlock the Nexus to get Sense anymore :)

I keep switching back and forth between the two. I like the photo gallery on stock, but the widgets on Sense are nice, but Sense kills the battery, but it also has a nicer live wallpaper in my opinion, but you can hack it onto stock, but Sense has a nicer launcher, and the loop goes on :P

Oooer, really?

Oh well I'd still go Desire. I think I'm in love.

Of course, the Nexus One does get updates before the others since it's the Google Phone.
04-07-2010, 01:35 AM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Latour

Oooer, really?

Oh well I'd still go Desire. I think I'm in love.

Of course, the Nexus One does get updates before the others since it's the Google Phone.

That's about the only reason I bought the Nexus. All I knew when I bought it was the screen resolution, and that it would be handsomely rewarded in software updates for being Google's child :P
04-07-2010, 01:07 PM
W00TZEH

Ah screw it I'm just going to get the Desire cause it saves me £5per month
04-07-2010, 02:44 PM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I'm not sure. Maybe because the Nexus is Google branded and has Froyo. To be honest I'd just buy the cheapest one as other than 60mb of ram on the Desire, and the newer Android on the Nexus, they're basically identical.

They have the same battery, and Nexus has Froyo, so the Desire doesn't have better battery life :S

HTC modded the Linux kernel further (in addition to adding SenseUI) and managed to improve battery life over the N1.

If you really want to get FroYo quicker, you can root the Desire and get a community ROM on there, although you'll lose SenseUI.
04-07-2010, 04:47 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Recursion

HTC modded the Linux kernel further (in addition to adding SenseUI) and managed to improve battery life over the N1.

If you really want to get FroYo quicker, you can root the Desire and get a community ROM on there, although you'll lose SenseUI.

You should lose Sense UI. I can install one of Paul's Froyo roms with Sense.

Also I'm not running the stock kernel :)
04-07-2010, 06:34 PM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

You should lose Sense UI. I can install one of Paul's Froyo roms with Sense.

Also I'm not running the stock kernel :)

I'm too much of a sucker for eye candy :P

And really, with Sense I don't need to get another Twitter app, HTC Peep is good enough xD
05-07-2010, 12:57 AM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by Recursion

I'm too much of a sucker for eye candy :P

And really, with Sense I don't need to get another Twitter app, HTC Peep is good enough xD

I didn't need to get a twitter app either, because there's an official one that came with my phone too Tom :P

Although for the life of me I can't see a civil point to Twitter (no push tweets yet), so I use it as a text messaging proxy across the pond to text Shar :love3:
05-07-2010, 06:43 AM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I didn't need to get a twitter app either, because there's an official one that came with my phone too Tom :P

Although for the life of me I can't see a civil point to Twitter (no push tweets yet), so I use it as a text messaging proxy across the pond to text Shar :love3:

Ill give a rooted ROM a go tonight :P
05-07-2010, 04:05 PM
StefanWolves

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Originally Posted by W00TZEH

Hmmm but Nexus one has 2.2 where as Desire is stuck on 1.5?

nvm its on 2.1

argh im confused, why is the nexus one £5 more than desire? xD

because you pay a premium for it being Google

OMG GOOGLE FAN BOYZ DID YOU JUST SEE WHAT I POSTED?!?!?
05-07-2010, 04:07 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by StefanWolves

because you pay a premium for it being Google

OMG GOOGLE FAN BOYZ DID YOU JUST SEE WHAT I POSTED?!?!?

I guess it's looking like that. Although we do get updates before anyone else (for now :P)

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Ill give a rooted ROM a go tonight :P

Try some user made kernels if you can, Tom. Cyan 6.0 is just amazing for the N1.
05-07-2010, 04:11 PM
StefanWolves

Haha yeah. Tbh I would like to try out an Android phone to see what all the fuss is about :) if only I had my old iPhone 3G, could have put Froyo 2.2 (???) on it.
05-07-2010, 04:12 PM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I guess it's looking like that. Although we do get updates before anyone else (for now :P)

Try some user made kernels if you can, Tom. Cyan 6.0 is just amazing for the N1.

I think Cyan 6.0 is being ported to the Desire soon, but CM seemed to get slower and slower with every release on my G1.

And yes, FroYo is 2.2 ;) Gingerbread is 3.0, which will have specific hardware requirements to try and break the fragmentation of Android handsets.
05-07-2010, 04:12 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by StefanWolves

Haha yeah. Tbh I would like to try out an Android phone to see what all the fuss is about :) if only I had my old iPhone 3G, could have put Froyo 2.2 (???) on it.

An iPhone with Android is simply the best combination out there (although I'm not sure how usable it is yet :P)
05-07-2010, 04:18 PM
StefanWolves

It's meant to be usable but there are bugs (as expected), wish I'd have tried it before I sold my 3G :(

Wonder if it will ever be ported to i4... that would be cool. iPhone 4 iOS 4 dual booted with Android, haha.
05-07-2010, 04:22 PM
HotelUser

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Originally Posted by StefanWolves

It's meant to be usable but there are bugs (as expected), wish I'd have tried it before I sold my 3G :(

Wonder if it will ever be ported to i4... that would be cool. iPhone 4 iOS 4 dual booted with Android, haha.

I think, if that happened, I would actually envy iPhone users :P
05-07-2010, 04:23 PM
StefanWolves

Port iOS > N1/Desire :)
05-07-2010, 05:04 PM
Latour

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Originally Posted by Recursion

I think Cyan 6.0 is being ported to the Desire soon, but CM seemed to get slower and slower with every release on my G1.

And yes, FroYo is 2.2 ;) Gingerbread is 3.0, which will have specific hardware requirements to try and break the fragmentation of Android handsets.

Has there been any report what those specs might be?

Since I'm planning on buying an Android phone in the near future I'd like to know so that I can get a somewhat future proof phone ;P

I've tried looking around, but having found any reliable information.
05-07-2010, 05:08 PM
xxMATTGxx
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Originally Posted by Latour

Has there been any report what those specs might be?

Since I'm planning on buying an Android phone in the near future I'd like to know so that I can get a somewhat future proof phone ;P

I've tried looking around, but having found any reliable information.

Not sure how true these are but I read them over at Neowin.
- It will be released mid-October 2010. Just in time Black Friday and the holiday season rush.
- Minimum Hardware requirements: 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 3.5" displays and higher. As of now, the majority of handsets do not fall whithin the minimum, allowing the new OS to focus on bigger systems, namely tablets.
- 1280x760 resolution available on screens 4" or bigger.
- Overhauled user interface. UnwiredView.com compares it to the Gallery App on Android 2.2, just throughout the whole UI.
- Less reliance on third-party UI shells like HTC's Sense or Motorola's MotoBlur.
05-07-2010, 05:21 PM
Recursion
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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Not sure how true these are but I read them over at Neowin.

It will be released mid-October 2010. Just in time Black Friday and the holiday season rush.
Minimum Hardware requirements: 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 3.5" displays and higher. As of now, the majority of handsets do not fall whithin the minimum, allowing the new OS to focus on bigger systems, namely tablets.
1280x760 resolution available on screens 4" or bigger.
Overhauled user interface. UnwiredView.com compares it to the Gallery App on Android 2.2, just throughout the whole UI.
Less reliance on third-party UI shells like HTC's Sense or Motorola's MotoBlur.
Shoop da woop my Desire falls in there :8
05-07-2010, 06:00 PM
Latour

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Shoop da woop my Desire falls in there :8

My thoughts exactly ;D

Good to know (assuming those specs are right) that if I get a Desire it'll meet the requirements.