so far it seems like Android is a nice start. The big thing is it seems everyone is looking for an app to finish the OS or correct issues. Better keyboard, better home screen, better SMS, alerts, it goes on forever.
Not everyone. I like the home screen, I like the SMS default app, I like the alerts, I like the browser, the music player, the video player, the gallery, gmail, maps, google talk. There is very little I don't like. The only "replacement" style app I have is K-9 (which I think is being developed by a google employee anyway) because the default email app didn't have all the features I wanted. Otherwise I think it's great.
I know Android is all about making it to fit your personal taste, however why not just make a REAL basic OS and start a store to sell apps to finish the OS and fix its short comings? oops living it lol.
You've completely contradicted yourself there, man. You know it's all about making it fit your tastes, and you know it's real basic and has a store to provide apps for features you want....so what's your problem?
Other phones don't allow this much customization. Or at least, they didn't used to. If someone hadn't developed a home replacement showing off dazzling new features, would you even care? Would anyone? I tried a few of the home replacement apps, and at the end of the day, I don't need themes or 4 extra screens, in fact, the more doodads and wizbangs you set up the slower the phone gets. It's like some people's myspace pages where they have an animated background, animated cursor, ticker tape banner across the top, 5 videos autoplaying music, their own theme auto-playing song, and 50 animated GIFs that make it look like Disney characters are sparkling. Thanks, but I don't need my phone looking like the bedroom of a 13 year old girl.
I dont know just seems like alot of work to fix stuff and add things to make the stuff on the phone work the way 90% of us think they should.
90%, really, where'd you get that figure? How do you know the people like me aren't the 90% who think it's just fine the way it is (for the most part)?
The truth is probably somewhere in between. Some people want to replace every feature on the phone and customize it to hell and back, and some people are just fine with most of what it can do out of the box.
The phone was built for both kinds of people, and everyone in between. That's the great thing about Android, it's not chock full of features I don't want or need, and for you there's an infinitely expanding universe of choices so you can tweek and twist it and get it exactly the way you want it. A few years ago you would've had to hack your phone or just get a different one, but these days, it's all about customizing it to fit you.
Sounds pretty sweet to me.
As far as the Droid goes its nice but dang I have never spent so much time adding stuff to make it useable to any phone I have ever had. Sooo much work dang!
Sounds like you needed to do more research first. Whenever you make this kind of purchase, especially when you have such specific needs and standards, it's always a good idea to do as much research as possible. If, for example, bluetooth file transfer was high on your priority list, then no, Android ain't for you (at least not yet, sorta).
That keyboard is really a waste so I need to Dl a "better keyboard" to make the onscreen one better now.
I'm intrigued, what's "a waste" about the keyboard? Works fine for me, has as good a layout as any other virtual keyboard I've seen. I'm not a fan of virtual keyboards because they take up screen real estate -- but that's why I got the G1, so I wouldn't have to worry about it.
Off the the app store to find some thing to make icons bigger, maybe bigger text and SMS message alert on the screen, et etc etc.
Really? All of that bothers you? How big do you need all this stuff to be? I've shopped a lot of smartphones, the icons are pretty standard size from what I've seen.
Seems to me you're nitpicking more than anything else. And complaining because of all the choices you have, rather than being greatful that they exist. It wasn't that long ago that you'd either have to learn code so you could hack your phone, get someone else to do it for you, accept the phone as is, or get something else. Now you can do all of that AND you can customize it the way you want, too.
Flame on......... Just venting lol sorry just frustration . Maybe too much hype and feeling a bit let down by Droid
See my earlier bit about research. I read everything that I could find about android and the G1 before I bought it. Everything and anything. I ignored rumors and assumed any "oh, that'll be along eventually" talk was not a promise, but an option. I knew EXACTLY what I was getting myself into. As a result, I'm very happy with my phone a year later. Hands down THE best phone I've ever owned.
