See comments below.
Thanks.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Christian M. Cepel
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
I really want one. It has a swappable battery and that's one thing I
hate about the Apple devices...but some things really concern me:
1. you can't tether it.
2. they don't specify if it's connectible to your PC via USB like most
smart phones (let alone charge from USB).
It does. It charges only via USB, and it appears as a generic storage device. This is confirmed by the user manual that was recently posted.
3. There's no Headphone jack.. what the heck? Why have a smartphone
with storage and MP3 capability if you don't have a headphone jack...
and apparently it doesn't sync with bluetooth headsets.
It works with bluetooth headsets but not in stereo (only good for making calls). Tho that is strictly
a software limitation and Google has promised to fix it eventually.
The device comes with a USB-to-headphone jack cable unless you
pre-order the phone online. Kinda is lame that it doesn't have a
standard jack, but not really a deal-breaker for me.... just adds an
inch or two to my headphones.
4. The camera doesn't natively do video (but people can write apps to do it)
5. No Exchange support
6. People have said that there are no gestures (multi-point), but I've
seen video demo where they do multi-point... what's the deal.
Multi-touch is limited only by intellectual property problems. The
device supports multi-touch, but it doesn't come programmed to respond
to any of the gestures the iPhone is famous for (pinching to zoom for
example). I don't doubt there will be patches to change that tho.
7. What's the situation with memory. Who in their right mind would put
1gb when MicroSD cards are so cheap and I think currently up to 4gb.
I've seen that it has a 'memory slot' but nowhere can I find what
form-factor/protocol that slot is. Some things I've seen suggest that
it's not swappable but something you pay $50 more to have them put 8gb
in, so if you envision having a little wallet of 8gb cards with your
music collection on them, forget it. That really irritates me about
the Iphone and now about this phone.
This is unconfirmed, but rumor and reason says that the device supports microSD cards up to 32GB. Anyone hear otherwise?
8. It seems they are lying about the price. $179 if you're already a
TMobile customer who's 2-year contract is ending if you extend another 2
years. $300 for everyone else (+$50 for the mem) and a 2 year service
agreement.
9. T-Mobile.. 80 Cities compared to nearly 300 with Cingular/ATT. They
claim that after 90 days you can switch sims and use your own G3
Provider... however... you're stuck in your contract for another 1..75
years. Also they don't mention that the G3 network frequencies that
T-Mobile operate on are different than those of ATT.
This is news to me! Where did you hear that?
10. no support for Apple/Itunes DRM.
Who wants DRM?? I thought this was a *nix group!
11. Android doesn't want to pay royalties so no Flash (and similar).
I don't see what royalties have to do with anything... The Android
browser supports native/compiled plugins, so if Google and Adobe got
together for a minute they could get Flash running on the device.
Google partnered with Amazon, why not Adobe?
12. Swappable batteries, but as of yet, nobody has said what the
batteries cost.
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