{"id":889,"date":"2010-07-24T19:29:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T22:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fonz.net\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2015-09-11T06:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T09:53:29","slug":"trying-out-the-nexus-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fonz.net\/blog\/archives\/2010\/07\/24\/trying-out-the-nexus-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying out the Nexus One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from OSCON,\u00c2\u00a0 which was fantastic as always.\u00c2\u00a0 Its always a great opportunity to learn from some very bright people in the community, as well as to meet with friends, colleagues, and partners in crime.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully I&#8217;ll do an event review post at some pointer this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I am excited to be playing with a new Nexus one thanks to <a title=\"QUICINC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/quicinc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qualcomm Innovation Center<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rikkikite\">Rikki Kite<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 This is going to be my second attempt at replacing my constantly crashing Blackberry with a Android based phone.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Last year at OSCON, I came home with a G1 Dev Kit, and while it made a fun phone to hack around on and use while on vacation, I encountered two issues that made it difficult to use day to day. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -3960px;\">You need a good essay paper, but don&#8217;t have time for doing it by youw own? Ask fo it our <a href=\"http:\/\/buy-essays-online-now.net\/\">online essay writer<\/a> and you&#8217;ll get the best work!<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Battery Life -\u00c2\u00a0 The latest cyanogen mods made this MUCH better, but still not a full day of use on a single charge)<\/li>\n<li>Little to no exchange support.\u00c2\u00a0 No I&#8217;m not a freedom hater.\u00c2\u00a0 Its just that my employer uses exchange heavily for calendaring and e-mail.\u00c2\u00a0 Cyanogen eventually added ActiveSync support with &#8220;Work Email&#8221;, but it left a bit to be desired.\u00c2\u00a0 Touchdown for whatever reason never worked either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other than those I loved the phone. The keyboard was great, it made a great phone for Internet use and apps, but my primary use of a phone at this point is email and calendaring for work.\u00c2\u00a0 So for anything other than hacking projects, or trips where I wanted to use the data \/ GPS features I mostly left it sitting on my desk.<\/p>\n<p>So far I&#8217;ve been using the Nexus One for about 24 hours.\u00c2\u00a0 Having come with FroYo (Android 2.2) I was pleasantly surprised to find it included built in support for both Email and Calendar sync via Exchange&#8217;s ActiveSync.\u00c2\u00a0 So far most, if not all, of the issues I had with the G1 have been resolved.\u00c2\u00a0 The only thing I miss from my Blackberry \/ Android G1 experience is a real keyboard.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m mostly fumbling about on the touch screen still.<\/p>\n<p>Things to try out next \/ Pending Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the $20 Touchdown app still needed? So far I haven&#8217;t used the native ActiveSync support long enough to know if its sufficient. I&#8217;m going to stick with it and see what features I&#8217;m missing.\u00c2\u00a0 It would be nice if someone had a table comparing the two feature sets.<\/li>\n<li>How to filter what e-mail shows up on my phone. Theres a lot of <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">crap<\/span> I mean low priority e-mail that I&#8217;d prefer to ignore until I get back to my desk.<\/li>\n<li>Music Sync &#8211; Looks like Rhythm Box supports the NexusOne pretty well.\u00c2\u00a0 Going to give that a shot later.<\/li>\n<li>Tethering &#8211; I know it can be done. there seems to be a button for it. I just haven&#8217;t tried it out with Ubuntu yet. I&#8217;m sure it will work.<\/li>\n<li>Find a decent jabber client for non-gtalk use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hoping I&#8217;ll be able to stick with this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from OSCON,\u00c2\u00a0 which was fantastic as always.\u00c2\u00a0 Its always a great opportunity to learn from some very bright people in the community, as well as to meet with friends, colleagues, and partners in crime.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully I&#8217;ll do an event review post at some pointer this weekend. 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