Comments on: Android Prototype: Lets Hope Looks Can Be Deceiving

By: December 19, 2007 | TechTV Update

December 19, 2007 | TechTV Update — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:38:27 +0000

[...] for the previous OS. Gizmodo already has a picture of Google’s iPhone competitor, Android. TechCrunch isn’t wild about the look of the phone, but is impressed with how advanced Android seems to [...]

By: n3rd.tv » Blog Archive » Episode 0×2E

n3rd.tv » Blog Archive » Episode 0×2E — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:56:49 +0000

[...] Android prototype [...]

By: David Kahn

David Kahn — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:47:49 +0000

you forget that the android is an os, not a phone. HTC is making phones designed for the android platform, not a android phone, so you can bet a wad that there will be a phone with a touch interface. If you don’t like any of the phones that htc created, hell you can put the os on razr (if you like those sort of things anyway).

By: Planet Malaysia

Planet Malaysia — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:36:28 +0000

The phone design look suck!

By: Ree Tanjuatco

Ree Tanjuatco — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:39:48 +0000

Oh my goodness, it’s effing ugly as hell, was it modelled after Steve Ballmer’s taste?

By: Jeremy Roush

Jeremy Roush — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:27 +0000

A reminder for about everyone commenting here:

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

-Steve Jobs

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:20:57 +0000

@30 You forgot one important thing in your pointless rant. Android IS that ass looking interface. For instance, someone takes that Android OS, throws it on the physical iPhone hardware, it’s STILL going to have that garbage interface. Get it yet cupcake?

By: Uh Hmm

Uh Hmm — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:11:51 +0000

@30, since you signed your comment as Douchetards, you are calling yourself a douchetard. We all know that Android is a software platform but it is useless without hardware. Like it or not, people are going to evaluate Android in the context of a total solution, hardware and software. So when people make judgments on whatever hardware platform Android is being shown / demoed on, it is a valid observation.

By: Bernie Lomax

Bernie Lomax — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:33:54 +0000

I would like to nominate Todd for being smart.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:15:02 +0000

I would like to nominate Douchetard’s above comment as best/funniest of 2007.

By: Anonymous girl

Anonymous girl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:32:26 +0000

much better version of my post by Douchetards…

By: Douchetards

Douchetards — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:25:29 +0000

Hey idiots: Android is an OS and SDK stack. It’s not a fucking physical phone.

You can run it on any compatible platform. The fact that it’s running on this particular phone is irrelevant.

The next person who says “iPhone vs. Android” needs to be punched in the testicles (or ovaries, if that is sufficiently painful).

By: Anonymous girl

Anonymous girl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:05:55 +0000

Do not under estimate the capabilities of this piece. I am sure a lot of the bloggers today never even got the chance to use this piece. But believe me I happened to get my hand onto the piece oneday and it was amazing to work with it.
Though the piece looks crappy, its a testing piece and its what people testing on it are using.
But please make sure that ANDROID is a software not the hardware.
this is just a picture to show that there is a perfectly working version of android ont there and ‘BELIEVE ME’, google is not far away from taking over the cellphone network, just wait for the 700Mhz spectrum auction to end.
Google is just as patient as a lion before hunting a deer.

By: aenar

aenar — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:58:53 +0000

It’s a reference hardware-but man, it’s ugly. hopefully there’s another reference design on the docks. Like facia on new cars, maybe it’s better whne the junk comes off. But, looking at Google aesthetic in general, it’s normal for them. Mediocre UI, mediocre marketing effort. But SOMEONE else can make it pretty,right?

By: peter_zen

peter_zen — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:57:05 +0000

@21

Not exactly a reference platform but Android is now known to run on the Sharp Zaurus as well, thanks to these guys:

http://euedge.c...zaurus-sl-c760/

By: steve

steve — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:28:04 +0000

@24

OpenSource has yet to produce a product with an appealing user interface. (Many linux servers are headless for a good reason). Why ? I guess creative design that appeals to human sensibilities can never be produced by a community of volunteers (or by group think of any kind). It emerges from the consistency of one mind. Heard of any famous open-source art ?

By: AnonTroll

AnonTroll — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:55:00 +0000

If the final hardware looks anything like the prototype, it will end up being one of the many phones out there with some market share but hardly disruptive.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:45:18 +0000

Android is going to turn out like the rest of OpenSource. 99.9% unsupported garbage, with horrendous user interfaces.

By: Bernie Lomax

Bernie Lomax — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:18:23 +0000

That fact that Duncan had to chime in 3 times to defend his post tells you something…

As people have said, pro-to-type. Secondly, I’d take that phone over the iPhone any day of the week.

By: Szymon

Szymon — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:02:59 +0000

Duncan:

I don’t think an ugly-looking phone is going to be the end of Android. Again, Andoird is an OS. If Dell would produce an ugly computer that wouldn’t sell because of its aesthetics, I don’t think people should look at Microsoft and say “Vista sucks”. (Outlandish example, but just trying to get the point across).

Unfortunately, the world does not function logically. In the case of Android, given all its hype and expectations based on it, a cluster of techies in California just might blame Google for LG’s (or any other cell phone maker’s) mistakes.

That being said: does Google have control over how these phones are going to look ? Or are they giving complete independence on the design side of things to the cell phone makers?

By: kP

kP — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:38:18 +0000

The true news would be that a reference platform is available for developers. One major point of Android is to encourage the development of mobile apps unlike that ever seen before. To that end, toting a notebook around running an emulator is NOT a good way to “try things out”.

The litany of limitations to the Android emulator prevents much meaningful work from being done:

http://code.goo...e/emulator.html

Emulator Limitations
In this release, the limitations of the emulator include:

* No support for placing or receiving actual phone calls. You can simulate phone calls (placed and received) through the emulator console, however.
* No support for USB connections
* No support for camera/video capture (input).
* No support for audio input (capture). Output (playback) is supported.
* No support for device-attached headphones
* No support for determining connected state
* No support for determining battery charge level and AC charging state
* No support for determining SD card insert/eject
* No support for Bluetooth

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:09:49 +0000

lol, the iPhone has nothing to worry about.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:01 +0000

Lots of hardware options coming in 2008, I am pretty sure its the radio chips holding everything up, not to mention the pending spectrum auction in January.

After reading the comments above, I’ll assume that the only thing holding the gPhone back is the fact there is no pretty hardware? Great, that’s easy to fix.

By: I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog

I Am Not Posting To Spam My Blog — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:26:17 +0000

Yuck. Presumably all the Google fanboys will be able to buy a Google-branded handcart to carry it around in. Personally, I don’t fancy getting my needle and thread out to alter my jacket pockets so I can carry a phone around.

By: Vishal Sharma on Startups, Technolgy, Business Development

Vishal Sharma on Startups, Technolgy, Business Development — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:24:55 +0000

its crap… im sure this is not what we are going to see…