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Leggo su tanti siti specialmente italiani review di Nexus One in cui viene citato come se fosse una rivoluzione. C’è chi scrive che è l’unico a fornire servizi come le Google Maps (“Il vantaggio indiscutibile rispetto alla concorrenza è l’offerta integrata di tutti i prodotti Google: per esempio è dotato delle mitiche Google Maps”???????). Perché sull’iPhone invece?

Peraltro, io avevo usato il precedente Android: se Apple ha copiato da Nokia, cosa avrebbe fatto Google?

Comunque, alla fine conviene sempre leggere Mossberg che mi pare arrivi diritto al punto:

Google’s Nexus One Is Bold New Face in Super-Smartphones | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD: “I’ve been testing the Nexus One for a couple of weeks and I like it a lot. It’s the best Android phone so far, in my view, and the first I could consider carrying as my everyday hand-held computer. It is a svelte gray device with a 3.7-inch, high-resolution screen; a thin strip of buttons underneath for home, back, menu and search; and a trackball.

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But there are some downsides to the Nexus One. Like all Android phones, it relies too much, in my view, on menus that create extra steps, including some menus that have a built-in ‘more’ button to display a secondary menu of choices.

I also found the four buttons etched into the phone’s bottom panel sticky and hard to press. In addition, although the Nexus One claims seven hours of talk time versus five hours for the iPhone, most of its battery-life claims for other functions are weaker than Apple’s.

For instance, Google claims just 6.5 hours of Wi-Fi Web use per charge, versus nine for the iPhone, and 20 for music playback versus 30. Google claims this is because, unlike Apple, it allows the simultaneous use of third-party apps, which can drain the battery faster.

In addition, the Nexus One, and other Android devices, still pale beside the iPhone for playing music, video and games. The apps available for these functions aren’t nearly as sophisticated as on the Apple devices.

Finally, the iPhone is still a better apps platform. Not only are there more apps, but, in my experience, iPhone apps are generally more polished and come in more varieties.

But, with its fresh phone and bold business model, Google is taking Android to a new level, and that should ramp up the competition in the super-smartphone space.”

Notate che la memoria di Nexus One può essere solo in minima parte usata per contenere applicazioni. Secondo me è un problema grave, visto che tutti si stanno convincendo che il vero aspetto vincente è il software applicativo.