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You've adapted to your iPhone, you just don't remember doing that since it's been a while.

As for most of your points - I don't disagree that strongly with you, for the most part, but the point is that these are two viable options about which it's possible to argue. I'm not really rooting for one or the other, I'm rooting for competition, and I think that's here/coming soon. The next key hurdle is for a critical mass of people to have Android phones so the typical person considering buying one or the other can look at a friend's and get the friend's feedback.
 
This is what I mean about the five screens. As a frame of reference, I'll call them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

When I start the phone, it is on screen #3. I can swipe left or right one screen at a time. Going left gets me to screen 2 and then if I continue, to screen 1. Swiping right gets me to 4 and 5. All screens have a dot in the lower right and lower left that do the same as swiping that direction if tapped, and also have an icon in the lower center that opens the "everything" screen.

If you download an app, by default, it goes to the "everything" screen. You can then add it wherever you like by swiping to that screen, opening the "everything" screen, and long-tapping on the app, then placing it as desired. You can drag apps between screens. If you want to remove it from a screen, you can drag it to the button that opens the "everything" screen, and it'll switch to a trashcan that removes the alias from that screen when you release.

Here's what I have where:

Screen 1 - this is the fun/goofing around screen: moon phase widget, Trailmaps Pro, Tricorder (toy), Terminal Emulator, Google Voice, Aldiko e-book reader, Parallel Kingdoms (game), Dice, gStrings (guitar tuner)

Screen 2 - news feed widget, calendar widget, Camera, Gallery

Screen 3 (startup home) - Messaging, Facebook, YouTube, app Market, Phone, Contacts, Browser, Maps

Screen 4 (utilities) - at top is a widget letting me turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, satellite, sync and brightness with one tap - below that: Google Sky, Fandango, Barcode Scanner, Phones, Compass, a notepad app, Unit Converter, Calculator, Car Home (you can tap Search and say "map of gas stations" to see all nearby gas stations or single-tap for navigation or maps), Gmail, Here I Am, Uninstaller

Screen 5 - social media - Facebook widget up top that lets you update status and see your news feed. Below that, Google Search bar. Below that; Gigbox, My Account (T-Mobile), Google Talk, eBuddy

All apps and widgets can be moved or removed, and the labels I gave some screens are only what I'm calling them, the OS doesn't care what you put where.

I have some cleaning up to do, remember I've only had the phone a little over a week. But that's an idea of how at least one person has it set up.
 
Are you asking me why the Nexus One is superior? That's not my position. I am responding to someone who says that scrolling through apps on Android is laborious.

It would be nice if we can keep this from descending in to a fanboy shoutfest, but understandable if not given the board that the thread is on.
 
wombat888 said:
Are you asking me why the Nexus One is superior? That's not my position. I am responding to someone who says that scrolling through apps on Android is laborious.
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That's not what he said.

I just didn't get why you did such a big post about the several screens on Android when it's basically the same as on the iPhone.
 
He didn't say it's more laborious? He didn't use that word, but he said:

Scrolling of the apps is more time consuming. ...
With 3 swipes in less then 3 seconds i have scrolled throw 48 apps. In all android phones, you need to actually scroll throw a list. It is a longer and less precise method of finding apps …Great so it is like windows. 'well ya you have the apps in the start menu, but you also get 5 shortcuts before you push programs, but you can also put the apps on your desktop too..,' Exactly NO attention to detail

And I listed what I have on each of the five screens, and how they work, not to win an argument (I don't think it would win one) but to give solid info to people reading this thread.

There are subtle but important differences in how Android and iPhone handle multiple screens - saying which is better or worse is not my concern - I'd be arguing against myself, as I get both experiences (one on my Nexus One, the other on my iPod touch). Probably starting on screen #3 (not screen #1) and adding widgets to various screens is what makes me perceive it this way. There's more of a feel of a "home screen for utilities" or a "home screen for games."
 
wombat888 said:
It would be nice if we can keep this from descending in to a fanboy shoutfest, but understandable if not given the board that the thread is on.
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Maybe you should go somewhere else to evangelize Android. This is an iPhone board, and you obviously have no desire to discuss the iPhone (or even the topic of this thread, which was the possibility of Apple working closer with MS to counter a supposed threatened Google dominance).
 
The part that I don't understand - never do in these situations - is why it bothers you if someone speaks favorably about a piece of equipment other than the piece of equipment you own.

In the last six months, I've bought two Apple TVs, three iPod touches and Snow Leopard. I am writing this post on an aluminum MacBook running Snow Leopard while my iTunes music plays on shuffle on my home theater system via Apple TV.

There's obvious interest here in the Nexus One, and I'm hardly the only one not sticking strictly to the thread title. But my posts are problematic because the general gist of them is that Android is a viable competitor to the iPhone. I am posting in threads related to Android, not going around the board trying to convince anyone to buy Android phones. I am not rooting for Android, I'm rooting for competition.
 
wombat888 said:
Are you asking me why the Nexus One is superior? That's not my position.
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Why would you buy an inferior phone?
wombat888 said:
It would be nice if we can keep this from descending in to a fanboy shoutfest, but understandable if not given the board that the thread is on.
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You are one to talk. I mention like a bunch of different points on why the droid/nexus one sucks but then you just say "You've adapted to your iPhone, you just don't remember doing that since it's been a while." At the Verizon store, i had to ask the employee how to add a contact. That is how not intuitive the OS is. Sorry but i dont want a phone i have to figure out how to use it.
 
Ryeno said:
Why would you buy an inferior phone?

You are one to talk. I mention like a bunch of different points on why the droid/nexus one sucks but then you just say "You've adapted to your iPhone, you just don't remember doing that since it's been a while." At the Verizon store, i had to ask the employee how to add a contact. That is how not intuitive the OS is. Sorry but i dont want a phone i have to figure out how to use it.
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god you are way to much of a fanboy, seriously, just grow up a tiny bit. I own an iphone, love it, wouldnt trade it, but the phone is not for everyone, get over it. He likes his nexus one for certain reasons and has certain functions he enjoys that the iphone didnt.

Thats why there are different types of phones out there
 
It's possible to keep your apps neat if you want to. I sort my 11 pages of apps based on their genres.

Page 1: Most used.
Page 2: eBooks.
Page 3: Social Networking.
Page 4: News.
Page 5: Travel.
Pages 6 and 7: Games.
Page 8: Medical.
Page 9: School.
Page 10: Utilities.
Page 11: Miscellaneous.

So, it's up to you. There's always a way to organize your stuff. IF YOU WANT.
 
Ryeno: There were (and are) complaints about the iPhone, too. Anything hyped will get some negative publicity at some point as it fails to deliver on everybody's hopes and dreams.

In what you apparently think is a very reasonable explanation of how I am a fanboy and you are not, you note, "I mention like a bunch of different points on why the droid/nexus one sucks" - you, the soul of reason, have given lots of reasons why Android phones (which you do not own one of) "suck." I, the deluded fanboy (who owns an Android phone and an iPod touch), agree with a couple of the things you list, but generally do not find them to be devastating issues.

If only I, or most other Android owners, could understand how unhappy we are, we'd all toss our Android phones in the trash and buy whatever you have. That way, your choice in gadgets would be affirmed and all would be right with the universe.

In reality:

My advice for someone picking one of these phones would go like this. Do you want the phone to also serve as a PMP? If so, get an iPhone. Do you put a lot of value on physical keyboards? If so, consider the Droid (but test it first, the keyboard's not that great). If neither is key for you, play with the phones in stores and consider what provider has the best coverage where you live. Then, make your choice. For many people (maybe 2/3rds right now), the logical choice will be an iPhone, though I think that percentage will erode as more Android models arrive on various carriers with different features, designs and pricepoints. This is not a Coke-Pepsi choice, but it is similar to a Mac-PC choice.
 
wombat888 said:
but it is similar to a Mac-PC choice.
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The only reason most people use windows over os x is because they are cheap. But when it comes to cell phones, at least in america, you have to pay a 30 dollar a month data fee anyways. So that argument is out of the window. Then to top it all off most if not all of the good apps are in the App Store anyways so the windows = apps argument =/= for smartphones.
 
cheap? more like they prefer to customize their pc and do hardcore gaming. Macs arent known for their compatitbility with a lot of games or known for custom building. All of which i do, get your head out of your ass for a bit. Apple isnt the be all end all to the computing world kid.

Even on an apple website you sound like a fool
 
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