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Oh, believe me, I get all that. This all stems from the fact that it doesn't come pre-installed on many computers. You can get them, but they're very obscure. You also don't have to download it, as you can order cds shipped to you (for whatever amount you want to donate). I get that this...

I'll take this one. haha! Installing "stock" ubuntu is pretty much exactly the same process as installing windows (which, granted, is not something I'd recommend for the "average user; Most people will just use whatever their computer comes with). Pop in the cd, boot from it, follow the...

Are you even capable of responding without condescension? I'll have a look the next time I'm away from all towers, but in the meantime I know that in airplane mode (no cell/wifi/data connection) it still gets a gps lock just fine. I also know that I've been places where I have no cell...

Not true. While I can't speak for the nexus S (though according to firestart, it is agps only), AGPS is simply GPS + network assistance. The "A" means that network location is used to augment the speed at which it gets a lock. If there are no cell towers nearby (or you're in airplane mode)...

also, I may have mentioned this already, but I'd recommend that you give it a month or two to make sure there are no hardware issues that will require a warranty claim, then install cyanogenmod. some nice value-added features in there. But to do so requires that you unlock the bootloader...

Maybe once I wrap up this thesis, I'll make that my pet project. See if I can get something like the webOS "card switching" integrated into Android. Ahh, the advantages of open-source! haha!

haha! agreed. I regularly use the phone, messaging, gtalk, browser, maps, winamp (nicer than stock; though rumour has it stock music player is getting an overhaul in honeycomb), pulse (news reader), and then occasionally the camera, photo gallery, facebook. But there are definitely...

I'm not sure whether it's the T-Mobile phones or not (I can never remember which american carrier is on which band), but there ARE two versions of the nexus one, running on two different gsm bands. One will work with robellus, and the other with wind/mobilicity/videotron. Make sure to get the...

Couldn't say. I bought mine from Google back in Feb before they were selling in Canada. My colleagues just got some dev phones directly from google for research purposes, but I'm fairly sure that the dev phones are only on the robellus frequency.

I'll gladly admit that while the task switching on my phone isn't quite as slick as that is (rather than flipping between screenshots of the current state, it just shows the application icon) it is certainly there. I was just listening to music, while switching between a game, email, web...

I've read a few reviews on the S, and all-in-all, I'd still rather have the one (which I have). Very solid phone, and I'm definitely happy with it. I'm running cyanogenmod on it, however, so I'm honestly not sure what the stock android experience is like these days (though the two friends I...

I've just summarized pretty much everything you've said in this thread.

iirc (since I can't be bothered checking back), that was directed at iridebikes. And to be fair, for all we know that could have been directed at him not because he disagrees, but because of his repeated childish insulting comments regarding "techie nerds" (which is pretty funny coming from...

Interesting thing to note on that list. Two android phones appear ABOVE the iPhone (nexus one and samsung galaxy s), and google's android-based tv offering appears ABOVE apple tv. Also noteworthy, one of your stories comes from "macstories.net" and the other three from a site in which at...

I asked because I seem to recall a couple people complaining how slow iOS 4 ran on their 3G/S phones, so they went out and bought an HTC Desire. Maybe they only had the 3G. I honestly don't remember. Your complaints are, once again, directed toward the wrong place. It is sony's decision to...

Apple still rolling out iOS updates for the original iPhone? For that matter, how well did the iOS 4 update work on the 3G and 3GS?

Apple still rolling out iOS updates for the original iPhone? For that matter, how well did the iOS 4 update work on the 3G and 3GS?

You really like to play fast and loose with the word "fact" there, eh? I don't want an iPhone. Neither do any of the 5 people I just asked. And I honestly asked the first 5 people I saw. So guess "Everybody wants an iPhone" isn't a fact after all, is it?

a) your opinion, as much as you might wish or think it to be, is not fact. b) saying fact! also does not make it fact. c) You could easily have said that you've used it extensively, and think it is years behind the competing systems without coming off as a dick. The implication of bribery and...

Comments like this contribute nothing to the discussion. You've given no information, have no sources to back it up, and instead just throw around uninformed opinions while sounding like a cocky, arrogant dick.