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Google phone is better than HTC Mogul.
In June 2007 I decided I needed a PDA phone. With the best physical keyboard. The google phone was still just a rumour. The HTC Mogul from Sprint was the obvious answer. Cyron was the first person to point me to it. As of yesterday, the Mogul is officially my second favorite phone, because I finally got to poke at a T-Mobile G1, aka google phone - ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beowabbit's.
Keyboard is much better. Ssh is much better. Browser is better. Screen / resolution is much better. And the only things I liked less were the fact that you can't use a (more precise) fingernail or stylus, only a fingertip, and the way it slides open causing the navigation buttons used while closed to be in the way of the keyboard. But this has the advantage of those buttons being more accessible while it's open.
Sure, the iPhone is still sexier, but if you want the most capable phone, it's the G1.
A big part of the improved ssh experience is that obviously more work went into making an app specifically useful on this phone. The one I use on my Mogul is a hack of putty that is incomplete enough that it hasn't been accepted into the upstream source. To hit control, I have to tap the software keyboard icon on the screen (which takes up a lot of screen space), then tape the tiny control key on the software keyboard. Typing a "|" is worse. On the Mogul the number keys are function+letter keys. The G1 has a full set of number keys, which significantly improves the non-alphanumeric key usage. And pressing the track ball works as the control key.
beowabbit's.Keyboard is much better. Ssh is much better. Browser is better. Screen / resolution is much better. And the only things I liked less were the fact that you can't use a (more precise) fingernail or stylus, only a fingertip, and the way it slides open causing the navigation buttons used while closed to be in the way of the keyboard. But this has the advantage of those buttons being more accessible while it's open.
Sure, the iPhone is still sexier, but if you want the most capable phone, it's the G1.
A big part of the improved ssh experience is that obviously more work went into making an app specifically useful on this phone. The one I use on my Mogul is a hack of putty that is incomplete enough that it hasn't been accepted into the upstream source. To hit control, I have to tap the software keyboard icon on the screen (which takes up a lot of screen space), then tape the tiny control key on the software keyboard. Typing a "|" is worse. On the Mogul the number keys are function+letter keys. The G1 has a full set of number keys, which significantly improves the non-alphanumeric key usage. And pressing the track ball works as the control key.
I'm waiting for my contract to expire