Time for a handset upgrade
Vodaphone tell me I'm due for an upgrade, and yes, I've had my Nexus One for about two years now, so I'd agree.
In fact I won't be staying with Vodaphone - we have Virgin Media for the landline, the Internet, and half the family mobiles, so we get excellent tariffs from them, and their coverage is based on T and Orange - much better in a few areas that are important to me, like my house, and that of my sister (north Devon).
I'll be staying with Android - I like it, I know (more or less) how to use it, it syncs nicely with my Google Calendar and Gmail (not my primary email, but forwards there).
Requirement spec:
Primary importance to me and my failing eyesight is the clearest screen I can lay my hands on. The current phone gives me 480×800 on a 3.7" screen.
I need it to act hands-free in the car - the Nexus One has a rather nice docking station/charger.
The current phone keeps running out of space. 32Mb isn't really enough.
I'm on Android 2.3 at the moment - Gingerbread. I'd like the new one to at least be capable of running Icecream Sandwich, or it'll be obsolete too soon.
I use it as a GPS when walking around cities - Google Maps.
I use it to keep up with email, Facebook, and Livejournal.
I use it for Google Search when out, and that means reading any web page that takes me to.
Voice control (primarily in the car) would be good, but has to WORK, with no hands-on intervention, and cope with background noise. This isn't for messing around asking Siri the meaning of life, it's for "Phone Dave", and getting Dave, not a menu that means I have to look away from the road and touch it.
I won't be playing graphical games on it. Suduko, maybe solitaire or backgammon, that's about it. I won't be watching films.
I do use my phone to take pictures, but don't need anything special in the way of Mp. A good lens would be more important, but still only a "nice-to-have" - I have a high-quality compact camera when I need one.
I use it as a music player, often via Spotify.
There's one new facility that I strongly suspect I don't want - the latest Samsung apparently switches off if you're not looking at it. Doesn't sound like a good idea if I'm using it in speaker-phone mode on the desk, or hands-free in the car.
So, what's around? Any recommendations or anti-recommendations?
In fact I won't be staying with Vodaphone - we have Virgin Media for the landline, the Internet, and half the family mobiles, so we get excellent tariffs from them, and their coverage is based on T and Orange - much better in a few areas that are important to me, like my house, and that of my sister (north Devon).
I'll be staying with Android - I like it, I know (more or less) how to use it, it syncs nicely with my Google Calendar and Gmail (not my primary email, but forwards there).
Requirement spec:
Primary importance to me and my failing eyesight is the clearest screen I can lay my hands on. The current phone gives me 480×800 on a 3.7" screen.
I need it to act hands-free in the car - the Nexus One has a rather nice docking station/charger.
The current phone keeps running out of space. 32Mb isn't really enough.
I'm on Android 2.3 at the moment - Gingerbread. I'd like the new one to at least be capable of running Icecream Sandwich, or it'll be obsolete too soon.
I use it as a GPS when walking around cities - Google Maps.
I use it to keep up with email, Facebook, and Livejournal.
I use it for Google Search when out, and that means reading any web page that takes me to.
Voice control (primarily in the car) would be good, but has to WORK, with no hands-on intervention, and cope with background noise. This isn't for messing around asking Siri the meaning of life, it's for "Phone Dave", and getting Dave, not a menu that means I have to look away from the road and touch it.
I won't be playing graphical games on it. Suduko, maybe solitaire or backgammon, that's about it. I won't be watching films.
I do use my phone to take pictures, but don't need anything special in the way of Mp. A good lens would be more important, but still only a "nice-to-have" - I have a high-quality compact camera when I need one.
I use it as a music player, often via Spotify.
There's one new facility that I strongly suspect I don't want - the latest Samsung apparently switches off if you're not looking at it. Doesn't sound like a good idea if I'm using it in speaker-phone mode on the desk, or hands-free in the car.
So, what's around? Any recommendations or anti-recommendations?