“Until Android allows some form of C++ or C# apps will always suck and be slow”

Umm, they’ve been allowed for quite some time. Look up “Android NDK”.

Is a “droid killer” really what we need? I mean, I guess there is a little competition between Android handsets, but isn’t the bigger competition between other OS handsets? Of course NEWER Android handsets with more power will be better than similar older handsets (if even by a few months). In a few months, there will be a “Nexus One” killer…

Personally, I’m excited for the Nexus One because I think it will help innovate the Android platform — I’m an Android user first, a Droid user second (because in 2 years I’ll be getting a new phone anyway). Let’s not compete internally within the Android community, but rather be excited for where the platform is going as a whole.

Sooo much better than an iPhone and its Rudimentary OS or lack of a REAL OS as many insiders call it.

You took the droid back before the 30 days because you couldn’t stand the ‘glorified java runtime” that is android, yet you come to a website entrirely dedicated to the OS and make the effort to comment on an article.

Troll much?

I bought a droid the day it came out. thought the hardware was pretty darn good (except for that joke of a keyboard). But what most impressed me was the screen. The pixel density was simply amazing and the colors were bright. I cant believe this guy says the screen on this blows away the droid’s. If he’s right I really want to see this phone.

BTW, I took back the droid before 30 days had passed. Couldnt stand Android and the absolutely terrible apps in the marketplace. It simply drove me back to the iPhone. I was utterly disappointed by the poor quality of apps then I found out why, you have to code in java for Android, what a freaking joke. Until Android allows some form of C++ or C# apps will always suck and be slow, Android is just really a glorified java runtime environment. Also the 512MB ROM limit that Google places on hardware manufacturers is a joke too.

Amen finally someones looking at the facts.

The droid will run smoother when it gets 2.1 under it’s belt no doubt. There is a world of difference in speed from 2.0 – 2.01 OS upgrade. However this phones raw speed is simply amazing. The only problem I see in this phone is it’s battery life and how well the snapdragon hold up in power consumption.

I am curious to this phone run 1.5 or 1.6 with the new cpu running at 1ghz. Will that and more ram help in any way or is the speed all because of 2.1?

the whole point of this phone is that it’s all Google with total integration of OS and hardware, like the iPhone. So that will be another factor.

Thank you! Finally someone that makes sense! That Gizmodo article was so terrible and awful. Yes, Nexus has good hardware but its running a version of Android that has been held off while the Droid users used the guinea pig unfinished 2.0 version. Once 2.1 rolls out to everyone officially then you can write what you want. Until then, enough already! Its not even out yet…