Android: Apps

The Android is in its baby steps. Do you think they have done well? Will they expand across carriers and the world? I believe...yes. I have admired Google's Android OS for a while but now I am really beginning to like it a lot. My brother is going to develop applications for Apple, I on the other hand have been enjoying Android more everyday. I was wondering if any of you guys have written any apps for Android or Apple and which ones?

Garmin Nuvifone Strolls Through The FCC

Nearly a year ago we heard about the Garmin Nuvifone was in the making. We were so excited that a phone could have real GPS, think of that...GPS in your pocket! Well since then GPS and a phone seem to be perfect matches and very common even with "dumbphones" too. And even back in the beginning of May when we heard At&t would be getting that beauty for $500 soon. Well that would soon be figured out to be just a mere rumor out by garmin, until now because it just passed the FCC as the ASUS Calf but is no other than the Garmin Nuvifone. This phone contains a respectable spec sheet including GPS (really?), wifi, 3 megapixel with GEO tagging, and many other presumable specs for this bad boy. Hold on At&t customers no less than 4 months!

Samsung's TouchWiz Phones vs HTC's TouchFlo 3D Phones

What would you rather choose for your UI? The TouchFlo 3d for some new HTC  touch screen devices or the new TouchWiz for some of Samsung devices. HTC's TouchFlo 3D devices include the HTC Touch Pro, Touch Diamond, Touch 3G, Touch Viva, Touch HD, and the HTC Max 4G. This is the following line-up for the TouchWiz interface phones, the Samsung Omnia, Eternity, Delve, Behold, and the Samsung Pixon. Now I know we're talking about UI's but lets also look at the specs on these phones too.

 Now the best camera phone (as far as mega-pixels wise) is the Samsung Pixon. Score I for Samsung.

 As far as sensitivity I believe Samsung did another better job (DISCLAIMER: I have only used the Fuze and the Eternity!) So only fair I say its a tie. Samsung II and HTC I.  

Now were on for our heavy texters and emailers, HTC blows Samsung out of the water with a qwerty phone, the HTC Touch Pro, and also with the 4" inch touch screen of the Touch HD and Max 4G it gives people plenty of room to use the variety of keyboards you can choose from. Score for HTC. Samsung II HTC II.

Now easy of use also a tough one especially since both Samsung and HTC covered up some of there WindowsMobile phones with there very nice clean cut UI's, I like how HTC has made a kind of drag or tap for the TouchFlo 3D tabs and with Samsung's scroll bar of widgets it is very nice to have everything categorized. It is by a slim, oh so very slim margin but HTC won.      HTC III and Samsung II.

Finally which is more business oriented? See this is hard because Samsung did make some of there phones more of fun related such as the Eternity, but they knew when they got into this game that they would be compared to HTC in a lot of ways. HTC has all of there touchflo 3D phones as smart phone so another score for them. 

Conclusion:

Despite the score of HTC on top with 4 points and Samsung with 2, Samsung did a very fine job with there customization for there phones. It is very phone just to drag and drop the useful and fun widgets. HTC has done an excellent job with there TouchFlo 3D phones, if they just made the sensitivity and there cameras a little bit better then they can be on top.  Samsung just needs to put more widgets and a better looking menu and they can be on top.  Just because HTC  won out of the two doesn't you'll like it better its a matter of preference, I actually like both of these and glad they are putting some fun in Windows Mobile, keep it up.