понедельник, 26 июля 2010 г.

Why my Android sucks

I've been using HTC Legend with Android 2.1 for about two months. There are few major things that make the experience much worser than it could be:

  • The device is unable to play popular video formats (divx, xvid, etc) out of the box. The only usable video format is H264 - you have to convert video to it.
  • Android Market does not work for Russia - what a crap? There are alternatives, but anyways. Apple AppStore is already here, btw.
  • I cannot send files via Bluetooth from device to PC and vice versa. At the same time SE z530i <-> Legend works fine, PC <-> SE z530i both work fine. Maybe Ubuntu at my PC lacks some BT profiles (Bluetooth FTP, I guess). But it is a problem of device, not Ubuntu, because HTC Legend is a consumer product, and it should support everything.
  • I cannot create complex Wi-Fi connections with fixed IP and VPN. iPod can do it easily.
  • It has annoying glitches in base preinstalled software, for example Weather Widget.