Ok, the new T-Mobile HTC Android G1 arrived today. Yawn. Excuse me. I'm just not impressed. Why? Because I own a Nokia N95. Nokia is 'king of the hill' and the N95 is the smartphone to beat.Google's Android, the G1's operating system, has a LONG way to go to start to become a threat to Nokia's world-wide Cellphone market dominance. The G1 certainly is nice and has some bells and whistles but it doesn't strike me as being 'better' than the Nokia N95.
That the G1 is being compared by many media sources to the Apple iPhone amuses me. The iPhone is a 'toy' when compared with Nokia's N95 and newest N-series product, the N96.
This article sheds light on Nokia's viewpoint toward Android and puts the size of their market share in perspective. If you know anything about Nokia then you know about Symbian S60 and just how mature and great an operating system it is. Developer support has and continues to be superb. Nokia recently acquired Symbian and are beginning the process of open sourcing Symbian which will assuredly put pressure on Android and competiting open source vendors.
That will happen soon.
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I'm not as enthusiastic about Nokia.
"open source' is a term that means very little. You could have 'open source' software which is still proprietary.
When Ari Jaaksi of Nokia said "Open-source developers targeting the mobile space need to learn business rules including digital rights management, Nokia's software chief has claimed."
Uh, buy a clue Jaaksi. "open-source" developers absolutely do not need to compromise their principles to appease any business person.
I agree that the iPhone is a toy but frankly so is my N800. It's not suitable for any real work.
I think Android will do far better than everyone thinks. How well they can compete depends on how free Nokia really makes Symbian. We'll see...
On the other hand...
I don't really like giving my information to Google. I don't like the idea of having my contacts, schedule and data in the hands of Google in the 'cloud'. I prefer to keep that between my mobile devices and my computers. Which is why I still use my Palm T|X that I sync with Evolution via wifi. As soon as there is a phone which will easily sync my contacts, schedule, and data with my Linux boxes I'm there.
You can set up the Nokia N95 with opensync and sync your evolution data just fine. Here's a how-to.