Thursday, 19 August 2010

Dorkphone: Great Expectations

What do I want from my dorkphone?


Pleased to see you.
A large screen. I've gone from iPhone's 3.5" to the Nexus One 3.7" to the Samsung Galaxy S 4" screen and I'm still left wondering .... what if it were a Droid X at 4.3". I'll never know. The Leprechauns have picked, packed and shipped my dorkphone - which has a 5" screen yet reportedly still fits in any normal person's trouser pocket. I guess I'll find that out in due course. It's due to arrive Monday.

Easy reader.
If there's one thing I've found myself doing a lot of on my smartphone and superphones over the last couple of years, it's reading. Not ebooks (I still prefer real books that don't short out in the bath). I read a lot of RSS feeds. It's how I get my news and opinions. Also within the last year or so, Twitter. Another stream of text. Not forgetting venerable email. Anything that makes these things easier to read without messing too much with the original formatting is all good in my book.

Usual suspects.
Of course, I also want great audio, GPS, compass and all the other goodies that come with the high-end. Even the worst video recorded by today's phones is a world away from the awful awful shockingly bad video phones were capable of just a few years ago. HDMI out (via a dock, bah) is a bonus, though it does mean I'll have to upgrade my CRT. Yes, my living room is from the late 20th century, hasn't seen an upgrade for over a decade.

If the dorkphone can manage all that - and everything I've researched so far says it does - then I may even reveal the dorkphone's identity assuming you haven't already guessed (c'mon, it's not that difficult!)

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