It seems so long ago now, when we all heard of a new phone that was supposed to change the world. The phone, which I will leave unnamed was released in July of 2008. AT&T pushed the product to the forefront of their line-up and became the exclusive carrier of the device. AT&T enjoyed some good times for a while, sporting their new phone that had yet to receive any competition. Then along came Android, free and open source, apps fast to the market. First T-Mobile, then Sprint and Verizon adopted this versatile new OS from Google. The Android OS wave was large, fast growing and included many exciting handsets and UI concepts. HTC Sense UI and Motorola' s Motoblur are great examples of the innovation Android would inspire. The field was now ripe with new and exciting Android products, with news being released seemingly every week of a new product or adaptation of Android technology. All the big players in the U.S. and many others from around the world had adopted Google's new OS, with the exception of one. AT&T with their exclusive marketing of the unmentionable vs Android had become "The Hated One". Being so closely tied to a single product left AT&T the sole focus of the anti-other phone movement. Now AT&T's success or failure in the mobile world would be tied to a singular device, or so it seemed.
So the Nexus One came in the mail today. I didn't want to cover the unboxing, there are too many of those videos out there. I instead wanted to focus on a few of the very cool things the nexus one and Android 2.1 have built in which I found very cool.
First off lets touch on Voice to Text entry and then we can head into some of the other features;
Obviously a very cool feature, however the question I have is, 'would it still be considered driving while texting if I voice texted someone on my phone and sent it?' This would tend to muddy the waters of the current legal debate that is going on in this nation around the driving while texting laws. That said my guess would be that the defense may hold up in court with the right judge however it does raise alot of questions.
UPDATE : If you want a quick way to get to voice texting, just swipe your finger left to right across the middle of the keyboard on your phone! Really easy way to start speaking to your phone.
It is still Jan. 6th and CES is abuzz with Android news!! Here is what we have learned so far:
AT&T has taken the better late than never approach with the release of Android OS handsets. Today at the AT&T Developer Summit the carrier announced five new Android-based smartphones. All which will be debuting on the network in the first half of 2010.The first of the new AT&T Android phones to be announced was the Dell Mini 3. Although pricing and specifics on the phone were not provided, it appears to be as rumored, with a full touch screen and small stature.
A second phone rumored to be headed to AT&T and now confirmed by Sanjay Jha of Motorola, is the Backflip. The Motorola Backflip has a unique construction,
