[OFB Cafe] My Droid Preview

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Jens Benecke wrote:

> thereâ??s something wrong about your or my character set although we 
> both use UTF-8 (according to the mail headers). Can you see my â??German 
> styleâ?? quoting (opening quotes look like two commas)? Or are they also 
> mangled like I see them when you quote me? Screenshot for me:
> 

Same at this end- I get an accented a followed by two white on black 
question marks for your quotation marks.

> They summarized:
> very good business features, but small display, barely acceptable camera 
> quality, and rather bad (phone) sound quality.
> 

We obviously looked at different reviews, although to someone used to 
the screen real estate on other 'phones it might seem small. It does 
give a good seven line text interface, very neat and clear.

As for sound quality, I only use it for voice, and it is again a 
subjective assessment.

> 
> I?m looking at Android but it doesn?t make a finished, polished 
> impression on me yet. Plus, the Android phones I was interested in were 
> just as expensive as the iPhone.
> 

Yes, but I am sure that these will come down rapidly in price as the 
performance and reliability improves, and the number of applications 
increases. I do like FOSS, and have to declare my interest!

Terence