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The browser was definitely updated, I notice most browsing is at least a little snappier, though I'm disappointed with the browsing experience overall on the G1

by thismat 17y ago

The browser was definitely updated, I notice most browsing is at least a little snappier, though I'm disappointed with the browsing experience overall on the G1. Battery life is pretty bad, but I pretty much keep it on a charger all day long now anyway, got used to knowing it's going to need a charge regularly, if I'm out and about for a while I'll use locale and power center to trim it down to only the basic needs. I mostly just use the standard calendar, mail, messaging, remember the milk and a little irc and twitter. but I'm pretty regularly going in and purging applications with TasKill. I'm in Fort Worth, you're pretty much a stones throw away from me.

bockris 17y ago
Again, comparing to a BB the G1 browsing is heavenly for me. 99% of the time I can make an entire day and I charge overnight. I don't run persistent service other that twidroid. I leave wifi on full time but with the new application/battery usage thing I might start shutting it off. I talk on the phone rarely, it's mostly twitter, email, surfing and puzzle games.
- thismat 17y ago
  Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?
  - bockris 17y ago
    My kids like 'Abduction: World Attack' (or as they call it 'bouncy cow') I play FloodFill, Labyrinth Lite, TiltMazes, Orbs Knockoff Lite, TopSETGame, Zilch Free. I used to play Word Wrench a lot and it was a big competition between my wife and I for high scores. Then one evening, I sat for an hour with a python script cheating the high score up to about 10 times our previous best. Got tired of it soon after. EDIT. I told her right away. I just wanted to see the look on her face when she saw the new high score.
    - thismat 17y ago
      ahahaha, I'm sure she was happy you ruined her fun as well. Good stuff, I'll check out those games, my 5 year old isn't terribly interested in tic tac toe anymore.
      - bockris 17y ago
        My 5 yo daughter loves Zebra Paint.
joezydeco 17y ago
I work with both the G1 and iPhone at my job and carry both around with me, and the browser on Android just kills the whole deal. I don't know if it's the lower DPI screen on the G1, the lack of multitouch, or just the rendering speed. I know they're both Webkit under the hood, but man Apple spent a lot more time optimizing Safari and it shows. The new Android SDK supports variable DPI, so maybe that's a hint that newer phones with iPhone-like screens are on the way.
- thismat 17y ago
  I can't argue there, I can only hope as the platform matures this changes. They did such a good job with Chrome that I'm left wanting and curious with their mobile browser, at least compared to the iP(hone|odtouch). Luckily there is also multi touch support on the android SDK I believe as well, so at least we know they have plans to implement it.

by thismat 17y ago

bockris 17y ago

Again, comparing to a BB the G1 browsing is heavenly for me. 99% of the time I can make an entire day and I charge overnight. I don't run persistent service other that twidroid. I leave wifi on full time but with the new application/battery usage thing I might start shutting it off. I talk on the phone rarely, it's mostly twitter, email, surfing and puzzle games.

thismat 17y ago
Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?
- bockris 17y ago
  My kids like 'Abduction: World Attack' (or as they call it 'bouncy cow') I play FloodFill, Labyrinth Lite, TiltMazes, Orbs Knockoff Lite, TopSETGame, Zilch Free. I used to play Word Wrench a lot and it was a big competition between my wife and I for high scores. Then one evening, I sat for an hour with a python script cheating the high score up to about 10 times our previous best. Got tired of it soon after. EDIT. I told her right away. I just wanted to see the look on her face when she saw the new high score.
  - thismat 17y ago
    ahahaha, I'm sure she was happy you ruined her fun as well. Good stuff, I'll check out those games, my 5 year old isn't terribly interested in tic tac toe anymore.
    - bockris 17y ago
      My 5 yo daughter loves Zebra Paint.

joezydeco 17y ago

I work with both the G1 and iPhone at my job and carry both around with me, and the browser on Android just kills the whole deal. I don't know if it's the lower DPI screen on the G1, the lack of multitouch, or just the rendering speed. I know they're both Webkit under the hood, but man Apple spent a lot more time optimizing Safari and it shows. The new Android SDK supports variable DPI, so maybe that's a hint that newer phones with iPhone-like screens are on the way.

thismat 17y ago
I can't argue there, I can only hope as the platform matures this changes. They did such a good job with Chrome that I'm left wanting and curious with their mobile browser, at least compared to the iP(hone|odtouch). Luckily there is also multi touch support on the android SDK I believe as well, so at least we know they have plans to implement it.