QUOTE(Andrew Lim @ Aug 6 2010, 06:51 PM)
Leo the Lion has actually made many good points against Android. Let me share a few of my own.
Firstly, I own an Android phone - HTC Hero. I've also had the pleasure to play with the Desire. I've written a few Android applications on my own. Here's what I feel are Android's disadvantages in the market today.
1) Android has a lot of connectivity issues, especially with WiFi. Just search for "Android WiFi Problem" or "Android Mobile Network problem" on Google. My own personal experience hasn't been great. My Hero does not work properly with my WAG54G2 router, although all my other phones do.
2) Android phones today suck at multimedia hardware, especially cameras. Flame Apple all you want, but an iPhone 3GS with 3.2MP takes better shots than my Hero with 5MP. Based on the picture samples I've seen from the new iPhone 4, it's 5MP camera takes way better shots than the 8MP Android phones. Finally, my 5MP Nokia N82 takes better shots than probably all the Android sets that exist today.
3) Lack of free navigation software. One of the nicest things about Nokia is that their Ovi Maps is really good, about 80% on the level of Garmin and Papago. Google Maps is not bad, but you often need to download map images on the fly because not everything comes pre-installed.
All these reasons is why I still keep and use my Nokia N86, even though it has a lousy ugly GUI compared to Hero. It's not pretty but 99% of what I need is there.
The best thing I like about Android/Hero is the browser. Seriously no Nokia phone today lets me surf as happily as my Hero. Which is why I'm looking forward eagerly to the N8, because the big multitouch capacitive screen will finally let me surf happily where older Nokia resistive screens like the one on the N900 don't feel as smooth as my Hero.
But if you look at the browser video, it still does not resize to fit. I really dont understand why Nokia find it so hard to code their browser this way. Scroll left and right when you pinch and zoom. Grrrr.... wake up Nokia...
Camera wise, that one really depend on the hardware. Higher MP does not really translate into better picture. Its the SENSOR which is why N8 is good at it.
Added on August 6, 2010, 7:01 pmQUOTE(BuFung @ Aug 6 2010, 06:55 PM)
Out of box, the legend will feel snappier than desire if same os. Main reason, legend resolution much much lower.
No wor... I find Desire is better wor. Gaming might be different cos of resolution but on normal use, I feel Desire is totally lagless unlike Legend where it still lag a little bit at certain place. Which is why Im also interested in how N8 perform here. S60v5 is totally outperformed by the rivals, so I want to see if Nokia really pack some punch back.
This post has been edited by andrekua: Aug 6 2010, 07:01 PM