Monster geek-blog Lifehacker has just gone live with a thorough look at the Nexus One’s Android 2.1 operating system, complete with a stack of very nice, high-res screengrabs of the new phone’s updated OS in action.
One day we WILL root out bloody phone and manage to take our own screenshots. But in the meantime, let’s just steal a couple off Lifehacker…
Their conclusion is that Android 2.1′s new speech-to-text thing works, just about, although there’s a delay of a few seconds while the phone crunches your spoken words and tries to get the gist of what you’re saying – and a few errors sneak in, particularly when dealing with those smaller words we tend to hurry over.
Basically, it looks like you have an awkward choice to make – speak your messages then spend a bit of time awkwardly tidying up the few errors that will inevitably sneak in, or carry on as normal with traditional text input methods.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
Andrew
/ November 11, 2010For me the text to speech does not work at all, it gets it completely wrong.