G1 vs Iphone

[noonehereyet]

i agree. most people dont understand, though, so i think that people will just follow apple's path until android can show its capabilities. then, maybe the public could make more informed decisions instead of "bit the iphone is SiCKKK!!!!11!11!!"

We'll I'm hoping with cupcake supposedly coming soon and flash also supposedly on it's way people may actually start to take notice... the other thing is paid apps aren't here yet either and that's what will drive the phone if the apps are good people will pay if people pay others will see it and consider it equal to others phones selling now because of the $ in it..... if all these things actually happen in the first quater of this year as they are supposed to that will mean that google has not only proven itself but proven it is willing to out pace apple in the advancement of the software... Think about it less than a year from release to advance with all that...

 

[Zeruel]

The shift to Android has been slowly but surely happening, at least where I work.

About a year ago the iPhone was the hot item at have at my job. Several people have them here. I picked up the G1 from the pre-order and a few weeks later someone else in my company got a G1 as well.

Now 3 out of 4 of the iPhone owners in my immediate area (and possibly 4 out of 4 soon) are planning to pick up G1's in the near future.

The hype surrounding the iPhone is on the decline, while the momentum for Android-powered handsets is just starting to build. The iPhone is an impressive piece of hardware with nice software but it looks like Android could unseat Apple from its dominance in the smartphone market just like Microsoft did in the PC market, and for basically the same reasons (iPhone is basically a closed system that only works on limited hardware -- Android is more open and will run on a ton of different handsets).

 

[endolith]

Case in point -- I have a very nice ssh applications for
both (iSSH for the iPod Touch and ConnectBot for Android).
ConnectBot supports ssh tunnels, iSSH does not.

With the G1 I can use the tunnel to route my SMTP
output via a secure tunnel back to my home machine.
From there it only goes over my ISPs network to reach
the actual SMTP server.

I can also configure my home server to only make
certain materials available to 127.0.0.1, so I can use
an ssh tunnel to fetch them remotely, but nobody else
can access them.

I'd love to know exactly how you do this. The Gmail app can be routed through the SSH tunnel?

Ideally I'd like to set up the SSH tunnel (or a VPN?) and route everything through it so I can connect to arbitrary access points without worries.

 

[IOWA]

Holy resurrected thread batman!

 

[endolith]

Holy resurrected thread batman!

Good for you.