The Google nexus one vs iphone in Australia

I have used the iPhone for 2 years now and quite like it. The strangle hold apple has really annoys me so after jailbreaking the phone, I can do mostly all of what I want to do.

Heres some thoughts about the last 24hrs playing with the nexus one.

Nexus One – Good Points

• Fantastic screen. It’s bright, clear, hi-res and the animations are great.
• Brilliant google apps integration. (Including lattitude from google apps accounts which aparent’y can’t be done on any other platform)
• Close integration with things like SIP clients with the normal phone interface
• GPS reeption (inside a building, works great)
• Fast browser.
• latitude that ‘just works’
• Gmail integration that doesn’t rely on the old imap methodology. It handles threaded conversations.
• Great camera with flash
• feels thinner and better
• great google talk integration
• proper multitasking

Nexus One – Bad Points

• 3G dropouts. In 24 hrs, i have had 2 calls drop (I don’t make many calls) and have had other call breakup.
• Bluetooth is worse than the iPhone (which is pretty bad). I often have trouble getting A2DP connections working properly with phone calls etc. The iPhone gives you an option to select audio output options and therefore by selecting speaker, then back to bluetooth, it works again. the Nexus one, doesn’t have this option and stopping/starting the bluetooth, while it seems to fix the problem, takes too long.
• Finger sensors seem ‘wrong’. When I played with the HERO, i seemed to have to touch the screen a few mm above the point that i wanted. This is the same on the nexus one. I would be happy to believe it was my fat fingers but the iphone doesn’t have this problem.
• The gmail application, while it has some great features just feels wrong. I normally keep mail unread in the inbox as a todo list, this is harder to do in the gmail app. on the iPhone app, its easier.
• doesn’t support pinch gestures.
• has a totally useless trackball (well, sometimes its the only way to do something so useless is probably not the right word)
• still not enough apps

iPhone Jailbroken – Good Points

• with the purchase of 3G unrestrictor and longtitude, latitude works and SIP over 3G works.
• as much as I hate to say it, iTunes integration makes life easier than the options.
• wifi/3g switching just works

iPhone Jailbroken – Bad Points

• Apples restrictive policies on things like native google latitude support.
• the bluetooth support is crappy but still less bad than the nexus one.
• crappy battery life with no quick replacement option
• only manual upgrading of software/apps
• no multitasking

So in summary, I am going back to the iPhone and hope the next 4G iPhone addresses these bad points.