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Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:36:09 -0000

Awesome points. Congrats on building the best Twitter app on the Android platform, by the way. I'll keep with it.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:15:24 -0000

When we play the YouTube videos (same video, same UI) the ones on the Palm Pre, the HTC Touch, the iPhone are much higher resolution than the ones that play on the Droid. Yes, they are NOT "true HD" but they are very sharp and very good looking. Not on the Droid. They look like ass on the Droid.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:04:20 -0000

This is a major reason why I bought one. I think Apple needs competition. That's healthy for all of us. So, totally agree with you on that point.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:21 -0000

Hah, I don't like Wave so I've been ignoring that. But I think you are right on. Google is making big plays to stick its foot into enterprises. Microsoft better watch out here.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:50:34 -0000

It's not quite that simple, though. Google has a better platform-building team and approach. This is why Android has come in late into the market and already gotten more than 10,000 apps built for it (something that Microsoft, Nokia, Palm and others have failed to do, by the way). The platform eventually wins. Or at least that's been true so far. That beautiful Mac? It was cloned "enough" by Microsoft and Microsoft's superior platform approach led it to 90% marketshare. Being beautiful and usable is NOT enough!

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:45:17 -0000

That said, my new Toyota Prius has a very good GPS system, so I don't need turn-by-turn the way other people might.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:44:44 -0000

Ahh, yes, I just forgot about that. We talked about Google's Maps in the podcast. I'll add that as another good thing about Droid (turn-by-turn directions and street-level views rock on the Droid).

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:42:15 -0000

Mark: yes. That's why I feel Android is Windows 3.1. It's ugly. But you can see the future is going to be very bright. Developers ARE supporting Android in a big way. It's their second platform, I've been interviewing a ton of them.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:38:12 -0000

Another good point I should have made in my article. No, the Droid can't do simultaneous voice and data (I believe this is due to the EVDO network that Verizon uses). Good points about getting service in rural areas. I don't use a phone in rural areas very often.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:36:30 -0000

I'll switch my iPhone over to Verizon too if it goes. The network is noticeably better in Half Moon Bay. Ironic, too, because I know of a major Apple exec who lives just down the road from me.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:35:33 -0000

As to Symbian, that OS is not up to the standards of Android. But Symbian will be the market share winner for a long time (Nokia sells a ton of single-chip phones to emerging markets that don't even know what a web browser is).

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:34:39 -0000

Weird, on Facebook (the Web page, not the app) the double-click on photo thing wasn't working for some reason. Very frustrating. The zoom control did work, though.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:32:38 -0000

I don't think Android will pass iPhone unless something spectacular happens next year and I don't think it will. Everyone in China says Apple has locked up the best supply chain, so building a better device than Apple isn't in the cards. That said, I'd expect Android to grow faster percentage wise than Apple next year.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:25:31 -0000

I live in a small town with 14,000 people. Here Verizon is a LOT better than AT&T.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:39 -0000

These are good reasons to stay! Thanks, I was hoping I'd find more of them because I sure feel like returning this and know I need to keep it to stay up-to-date on Android.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:22:58 -0000

Ryan: wrong question. Because if market share mattered we'd all be on Nokia.

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:18:16 -0000

Oh, absolutely! Even Apple fans who would never consider switching have to love the competition. Why? It will force Apple to get better. The screen on the Droid really shows that Apple needs a push. Wow is that thing beautiful!

Re: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone

Scobleizer — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:14:22 -0000

I think you hit on something. Even my salesguy admitted that the Droid has him thinking of replacing his Blackberry. The Blackberry UI is so ugly and dated that the Droid will probably win with people like that who feel they MUST have a physical keyboard. The Droid is definitely a better experience than Blackberry already. It's just that I have an iPhone and my friend has a Palm Pre and it doesn't measure up to those two.

Re: Services Need to Stop With the Twitter Kool-Aid

Scobleizer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:27 -0000

Paying customers know how to get support via more traditional channels. But, remember, most of our customers are hard-core geeks and Twitter is the fastest way to interact with a large group of geeks.

Re: Services Need to Stop With the Twitter Kool-Aid

Scobleizer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:24:12 -0000

Email is fine, but lots of them get sent to junk mail folders and will be missed. Why is Twitter so paid attention to? Because it's public. Answer a question once and it is answered for everyone. Most people who don't like Twitter know to use our blog or our chat support or, even, gasp to use the old-school telephone (a real human will answer your call 24 hours a day at Rackspace).

Re: Why I switch services so often (why I don’t use Google Reader anymore)

Scobleizer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:09:45 -0000

Andrea: I've actually found I like Twitter better because there's more brands and more news flowing through it. And, anyway, everytime I look at my RSS reader I see stuff that is mostly already on Twitter or on TechMeme. The stuff that's left isn't really all that interesting and if it were, it would get shoved to me by my 12,000 friends I'm listening to now on Twitter.

Re: Why I switch services so often (why I don’t use Google Reader anymore)

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:58:06 -0000

It's not incredibly silly. I have that many friends on Foursquare. I have 10x that many on Twitter. I have 10x that many on Facebook. 10x that many on FriendFeed. Just because I don't use the tool in the same way you do doesn't mean it's incredibly silly. If it were so silly, why do they let you add more than, say, 100 friends?

Re: Techmeme vs. Twitter lists?

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:04 -0000

And, again, Twitter is changing to be "RSS lite." Only it's a lot better and the feeds are easier to find and easier, for most people, to use than RSS. Look at my news feed. But if you are only following a handful of feeds and it works for you, wonderful. It just isn't working for me anymore.

Re: Techmeme vs. Twitter lists?

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:29:12 -0000

I do a favorites list over at http://www.twitter.com/scobleizer/favorites -- that's where the value is. But there IS value of having all this news aggregated together in one place.

Re: Louis Gray’s “five stages of early adopterism” chart

Scobleizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:54:39 -0000

Yes. Actually on Friday I had a talk with NK, who wrote the object database underneath these new features and the new list features and I'm even more excited now.