Comments on: 13 things that bug us about Android – cupcake or no cupcake

By: Joe Pfeiffer

Joe Pfeiffer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:38:49 +0000

On keyboard illumination – what I’d like to see would be simpler: just any time the screen is illuminated and the keyboard is extended, it should be illuminated too.

By: Compliment

Compliment — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:04:29 +0000

Nice article. You’ve touched on some key points and done so pretty tactfully. Also, i’m drunk.

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By: Besh

Besh — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:53:03 +0000

I’m just sitting over here loving that you used Wilkie collins to demo your auto complete issue. Thanks Devin! :)

By: sharkb8

sharkb8 — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:41:58 +0000

iPhone + Bloated Marketing Budget = Strank

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:47:57 +0000

As he said :) I’ll add a few notes:

3 Can’t “exit” apps

Why whould you need this? It’s not WinMo. But if you want, app can be stopped in Settings/Applications (in cupcake).

4 Can’t organize apps from “app drawer”

It’s place for all apps. If 3 screens + folders not enough, you can use aHome with lot of screens.

7 Contact list needs UI improvements

There are apps for T9 search in contacts.

11 Key illumination

You can hit Menu twice.

12 Android Market app changelogs

Good idea, screenshots would be great too.

By: thecolorifix

thecolorifix — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:54:51 +0000

1 Notifications are buggy and limited

Fixed for me in Cupcake/1.5

2 Lack of notification customization

Fixed in cupcake, it displays the sender in the topbar

3 Can’t “exit” apps

Task manager .99 cents, or there is a free app I think

4 Can’t organize apps from “app drawer”

Um, yeah, that’s just how android is setup, this is really a personal preference issue

5 Dismiss voicemail notifications doesn’t work properly

Fixed in cupcake (for me at least)

6 Search Box uto-complete is too sensitive

Slowness, at least, fixed in Cupcake

7 Contact list needs UI improvements

Agreed, but it’s much better in Cupcake

8 Mail apps are buggy

Fixed in Cupcake for me

09 Want more use of long touch

10 Ring profiles needed

There are at least 2 apps for this

11 Key illumination

Doesn’t bother me

12 Android Market app changelogs

YES!

13 Menu button should wake the phone up!

Always does for me

Maybe you should have tried out 1.5/Cupcake before writing this article.

By: Cameron Judd

Cameron Judd — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:47:03 +0000

For me there are just 2 things that I would like addressed,

1 – Restricting times when your GoogleMail is sync’d. Its annoying recieving messages overnight…

2 – Birthday and Anniversaries in contacts. Why cant I unclude this with my contacts, to remind me when my contacts birthdays are???

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:42:27 +0000

Wow, seriously I thought that Android should be great just like Google itself (and it comes from Google)..

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:16:35 +0000

I thought my menu button working badly was a hardware problem, but apparently not.

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Planet Android » Blog Archive » 13 Android Irritations By MobileCrunch — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:54:47 +0000

By: Brian Heath

Mon, 18 May 2009 02:48:01 +0000

All very good points and things I wish Android would have for my G1. I put my fandom aside for a little bit and whipped up a “bottom 10 list” of things about which I’m not happy with Android:

http://www.vanillacokehead.com/blog/?p=372

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Mon, 18 May 2009 02:35:04 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:22:50 +0000

What would you say about Samsung I7500 with AMOLED screen, 3.5mm jack and 8 GB memory + SD card?

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By: John

John — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:38:37 +0000

Less buttons. This is something for future phones. The hoe and menu buttons are redundant. Click on either and you have options to choose from. They should be one large button with options differing between short and long clicks. Switching from one browser window to another should be the short click and settings should be the long click.
The browser needs to be a more seamless part of the OS. For example multiple open windows should be treated as different apps with different options.
T9 or similar text input for the entire OS would be appreciated as all programs should be navigated with the thumb alone.
The Bar Control app, a drop down app list, is the road to the future.

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By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:57:06 +0000

You just press home or back and wait a few seconds. You should get a Force Close dialog.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:56:00 +0000

It’s easier to move the trackball.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:49:35 +0000

Sounds like your app has a bug. If it is not saving when its window goes away, it may or may not save when it gets killed.

I want a kill switch but I want to use it to kill bad apps e.g. one that takes up slows my phone down in the background. Before, I would just uninstall the app. I guess I can play around with “Force stop” but it takes like 5 steps to get there. Can’t we have a “shortcut” like Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-A-B-Start (old nintendo reference)?

By: Fujitsujeff

Fujitsujeff — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:38:44 +0000

I got mine from buy.com $21.99. You can find them almost anwhere. Most people are using Ebay. Mine is the one with the flat back, there are those with the hump.