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Android is cool, no doubt, but the few times I've used those phones, the UI is just not there. It's even more important on a touch-screen device that attention

Android is cool, no doubt, but the few times I've used those phones, the UI is just not there. It's even more important on a touch-screen device that attention to detail in every tiny measure of interaction be made, but Android doesn't have it (unless the new versions are vastly better in the last few months).

grandalf 16y ago
I agreed with you until I got an HTC Evo 4G. I have shown it to several iPhone users and everyone agrees it is a better UI experience. The only weakness compared to the iPhone is the quality of apps, but that is quickly changing. Android's clever design of intents + back button behavior gives the mobile device a far more weblike (in a good way) experience when using apps.
- zyb09 16y ago
  The only thing I hate about Android is the delay these devices hit Europe. Back when the Droid was the hottest thing ever, by the time it was available here Google released the NexusOne. So ok .. I guess I wait for the NexusOne then. Now it happend again, couple weeks ago the NexusOne shipped and we're teased by the Evo 4G. For people like me, who always want the latest greatest thing, this is becoming a real problem :P At least the iPhone is available worldwide in June.
  - ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    The Evo 4G seems to be fundamentally similar to the HTC HD2 Windows phone released last November in Europe and 5 months later in the US. It seems not so much better than, as different from, the Nexus One and HTC Desire (which was released in Europe first too). I can see waiting if there's some particular feature you like (additional front camera maybe?) but otherwise you seem to be getting the same core hardware, so why wait? There will be a new "generation" of Android hardware soon enough and you want to enjoy your phone before it gets totally outdated.
- ben1040 16y ago
  >The only weakness compared to the iPhone is the quality of apps, but that is quickly changing. One of my disappointments when first getting an Android phone was that the apps trended toward being uglier and more buggy than on iPhone, but even in the last three months that's changed big-time. 3.3.1 strikes again? They had a nice session at I/O where they decomposed the UI design elements behind the new official Twitter app (although if you have an Evo right now you may well have been in that same room with me). I don't use Twitter much at all, but I still found myself spending 20 minutes playing with the app in awe at how well put together it is. I hope that apps like that provide some sold examples to get developers to think a bit more about design and user experience. The new features in 2.2 hopefully should help as well.
  - grandalf 16y ago
    Oh I missed that session (had wanted to attend but got sidetracked in the app engine chat area upstairs)
    - ratsbane 16y ago
      I wanted to see that session too but got sidetracked somewhere else at IO. That's the biggest problem with IO - at any given time there were two or three places I wanted to be. They've said they'll be posting all of the session videos on YouTube but they haven't shown up yet. Here's the account where they're supposed to be listed: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#g/u http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#g/u
- jrockway 16y ago
  Where'd you get the Evo 4G from? I thought the release date was next Friday.
  - grandalf 16y ago
    from google io
- cmelbye 16y ago
  That's not Android's UI, that's HTC Sense, which generic device manufacturer in China can't use.
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diego_moita 16y ago
I'd stress that the O.P. point was not coolness or quality of interaction. I live in a 3rd world country and agree with him that for our markets it is all about price, price and price. Remember: Jobs & Apple laughed at the 1st implementation of Windows.

grandalf 16y ago

I agreed with you until I got an HTC Evo 4G. I have shown it to several iPhone users and everyone agrees it is a better UI experience. The only weakness compared to the iPhone is the quality of apps, but that is quickly changing. Android's clever design of intents + back button behavior gives the mobile device a far more weblike (in a good way) experience when using apps.

zyb09 16y ago
The only thing I hate about Android is the delay these devices hit Europe. Back when the Droid was the hottest thing ever, by the time it was available here Google released the NexusOne. So ok .. I guess I wait for the NexusOne then. Now it happend again, couple weeks ago the NexusOne shipped and we're teased by the Evo 4G. For people like me, who always want the latest greatest thing, this is becoming a real problem :P At least the iPhone is available worldwide in June.
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  The Evo 4G seems to be fundamentally similar to the HTC HD2 Windows phone released last November in Europe and 5 months later in the US. It seems not so much better than, as different from, the Nexus One and HTC Desire (which was released in Europe first too). I can see waiting if there's some particular feature you like (additional front camera maybe?) but otherwise you seem to be getting the same core hardware, so why wait? There will be a new "generation" of Android hardware soon enough and you want to enjoy your phone before it gets totally outdated.
ben1040 16y ago
>The only weakness compared to the iPhone is the quality of apps, but that is quickly changing. One of my disappointments when first getting an Android phone was that the apps trended toward being uglier and more buggy than on iPhone, but even in the last three months that's changed big-time. 3.3.1 strikes again? They had a nice session at I/O where they decomposed the UI design elements behind the new official Twitter app (although if you have an Evo right now you may well have been in that same room with me). I don't use Twitter much at all, but I still found myself spending 20 minutes playing with the app in awe at how well put together it is. I hope that apps like that provide some sold examples to get developers to think a bit more about design and user experience. The new features in 2.2 hopefully should help as well.
- grandalf 16y ago
  Oh I missed that session (had wanted to attend but got sidetracked in the app engine chat area upstairs)
  - ratsbane 16y ago
    I wanted to see that session too but got sidetracked somewhere else at IO. That's the biggest problem with IO - at any given time there were two or three places I wanted to be. They've said they'll be posting all of the session videos on YouTube but they haven't shown up yet. Here's the account where they're supposed to be listed: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#g/u http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#g/u
jrockway 16y ago
Where'd you get the Evo 4G from? I thought the release date was next Friday.
- grandalf 16y ago
  from google io
cmelbye 16y ago
That's not Android's UI, that's HTC Sense, which generic device manufacturer in China can't use.

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diego_moita 16y ago

I'd stress that the O.P. point was not coolness or quality of interaction. I live in a 3rd world country and agree with him that for our markets it is all about price, price and price. Remember: Jobs & Apple laughed at the 1st implementation of Windows.