[OFB Cafe] My Droid Preview

[Jens Benecke]

Am 02.11.2009 um 13:14 schrieb saki:

> 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.

This seems to happen when I turn on „Smart Quotes“ in Apple Mail (or  
rather, Core Text, as it is available in any Snow Leopard application).


>> 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.

Mostly true - although in theory you _could_ measure the transmitted  
audio frequency range.
I have yet to see a phone review do this however.

>> 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!


Absolutely.

I do like the idea of Google using Linux as the kernel for Android.
Before Android, „Linux-based“ smartphones were rare, didn’t get proper  
attention from commercial vendors and had a „hacker“ reputation. This  
has changed.

I wonder, though, how much (and how) the Linux landscape in general  
will benefit from Android.

I wonder, also, what role exactly Google will play. Now that they are  
doing their own GPS mapping and routing, for example (http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/10/29 
/google-redefines-disruption-the-“less-than-free”-business-model/),  
the landscape will definitely change.


Regards,


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