I've honestly never had trouble using a Nexus One outdoor. The colors are indeed more saturated than on a G1 for instance, but the colors are much much closer to what you see on a desktop monitor.
I spent a lot of time tweaking the colors of the wallpapers for G1 and Sapphire and I had to boost their saturation by up to 50% to get something that didn't look washed out. On Nexus One I didn't have to do anything to get something very close to the "original" image on a calibrated Dell monitor. The "issue" reported by Engadget is more about content production than the display itself: content produced for previous displays might have been over-saturated to compensate the lack of faithful color reproduction, which thus produces over-saturated (at least that's how it's perceived) images on Nexus One. The display itself is not necessarily to blame. Also, I wish we had support for color profiles to level the differences across devices :) On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > An AMOLED screen isn't necessarily better. There are reports of OLED being > difficult to read outdoors and having over bright colour reproduction (both > of which Engadget have reported as seeing on the Nexus One - > http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/), so the screen may not > be to your liking. > > So from your list the only concrete advantage is a software one (i.e. the > Android version) which SE could address with an update (given the release > date I'd say it's a reasonable assumption they will), but the Nexus Ones' > downsides are hardware which can't be fixed unless you get a new 'phone. > > Al. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily > those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. > > On 7 Jan 2010, at 04:32, gjs wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> I'm just wondering, what do people see as the appeal of the Nexus One? >> >> A developer perspective from Australia, currently with t-mobile G1 & >> V1.6 (Optus 3g carrier). >> >> For me it has been a tossup between waiting for Sony X10 and Nexus One >> - >> >> Sony X10: 8mp camera +, 854x480 +, TFT -, V1.6 - >> >> Nexus One: 5mp camera -, 800x480 +, OLED +, V2.1 + >> >> Droid is not an option for me as it is CDMA (only I think) and I do >> wish to switch carriers. ( I think cdma is s u x anyway ) >> >> Nexus One is right now (for some), Sony X10 is still to come. >> >> So with both G1 & N1 this spans more current android versions, I could >> test across V1.6 and V2.1 ( with other access to V1.5 on a Hero ) >> >> Make sense ? ( and assuming V2.1 sdk is released soonish ) >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> On Jan 7, 10:52 am, Josh Steiner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Considering that its firmware is replaceable, for all intents and purposes >>> this *is* the dev phone 3. What else would you need? >>> >>> -Josh >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Zsolt Babak <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Al, >>> >>>> I don't see the point either. It is a good and fast phone, however >>>> that's all I can say about it. >>>> If it'd become the ADP3 I'd consider it, but as of today I'd rather go >>>> for a Droid/Milestone for normal consumer use. >>> >>>> The hardware is good, but not outstandingly good, and that's true for >>>> Android 2.1 too. >>> >>>> I'd be happier with the AOSP release of 2.1 in full... >>>> I'm really beginning to dislike this "new android release for a new >>>> device only, and after that we start releasing some of the code in the >>>> future as opensource", am I the only one ? >>> >>>> On Jan 6, 10:35 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I'm just wondering, what do people see as the appeal of the Nexus One? >>> >>>>> After seeing the presentation reports I didn't find anything that made me >>>> go "Oh, wow". Most key features seemed like software updates which could be >>>> made available on other devices, and as for the 'phone itself, I didn't see >>>> anything that really set the world on fire. >>> >>>>> Did I miss something? >>> >>>>> Al.-- >>> >>>>> * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* >>> >>>>> ====== >>> >>>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >>>> number 6741909. >>> >>>>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and >>>> not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or >>>> it's subsidiaries.On 6 Jan 2010, at 09:31, Fred Janon wrote:Yes, same here. >>>> I hope Nexus will be offered as dev phone soon in Australia. I don't even >>>> know if Dev Phone 1 is still available and what really would be the point >>>> of >>>> buying one. >>>>> FredOn Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 05:37, gjs<[email protected]>wrote:Hi, >>>>> Can you please make the Nexus One available as a DEV phone asap to >>>>> support developers worldwide. >>>>> It is extremely disappointing that I cannot purchase in Australia, NO >>>>> paid apps, No Nexus One. >>>>> Regards >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Android Discuss" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >>>> [email protected]<toandroid-discuss%2Bunsubscr >>>> [email protected]> >>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group athttp:// >>>> groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Android Discuss" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ >>>> googlegroups.com> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them
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