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Nokia N900 vs. Motorola Droid / Milestone
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regulate23
2009-11-19 , 08:16
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Went hands-on with the Droid today. I had been thinking about getting one, considering the poor experience I've had with Nokia customer service of late and because of the Verizon network. Although it's a cool device - especially the navigation - I came away having decided I won't be getting it.
A few thoughts:
-- I wasn't all that impressed with the build quality. Most reviews have praised it highly, but imo my old SE K750i was more solid and well put-together (albeit not a slider).
- The device I tested was pretty laggy at times, especially with a bit of Android-style "multi-tasking." Don't know if it was just because it was a floor model, but I wasn't at all impressed with the speed or responsiveness.
-- Was able to test a few YouTube videos through the built-in player. Even for HQ versions, the quality was less than what I expected.
-- The screen is excellent for reading text
-- The keyboard is better than it looks in many online pictures. That being said, it still sucks. No feedback, tiny keys, not very usable. Plus, the two dead keys are just funny to me.
-- The magical camera fix seems to have improved the quality of pictures, but they still seem pretty mediocre to me.
-- As expected, the google services integration is really solid, especially the quality of the voice recognition which is nearly unbelievable. This is something I hope will be moved to the top of the Maemo development priority list.
-- The media interface is nothing to write home about, although the speaker sounds loud and crisp.
I realize much of this has been said by others already, but I thought another novice opinion might be of interest to someone. The Droid is nice, but the capabilities of the N900 do surpass it in many ways. Android 2.0 also offers some good benchmarks to consider for making Maemo even more functional than it already seems to be.
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