[thismat]

The browser was definitely updated, I notice most browsing is at least a little snappier, though I'm disappointed with the browsing experience overall on the G1.

Battery life is pretty bad, but I pretty much keep it on a charger all day long now anyway, got used to knowing it's going to need a charge regularly, if I'm out and about for a while I'll use locale and power center to trim it down to only the basic needs.

I mostly just use the standard calendar, mail, messaging, remember the milk and a little irc and twitter. but I'm pretty regularly going in and purging applications with TasKill.

I'm in Fort Worth, you're pretty much a stones throw away from me.

[joezydeco]

I work with both the G1 and iPhone at my job and carry both around with me, and the browser on Android just kills the whole deal.

I don't know if it's the lower DPI screen on the G1, the lack of multitouch, or just the rendering speed. I know they're both Webkit under the hood, but man Apple spent a lot more time optimizing Safari and it shows.

The new Android SDK supports variable DPI, so maybe that's a hint that newer phones with iPhone-like screens are on the way.

[thismat]

I can't argue there, I can only hope as the platform matures this changes. They did such a good job with Chrome that I'm left wanting and curious with their mobile browser, at least compared to the iP(hone|odtouch).

Luckily there is also multi touch support on the android SDK I believe as well, so at least we know they have plans to implement it.

[bockris]

Again, comparing to a BB the G1 browsing is heavenly for me.

99% of the time I can make an entire day and I charge overnight. I don't run persistent service other that twidroid. I leave wifi on full time but with the new application/battery usage thing I might start shutting it off.

I talk on the phone rarely, it's mostly twitter, email, surfing and puzzle games.

[thismat]

Ahh, what puzzle games do you play? Any suggestions from the market?

[bockris]

My kids like 'Abduction: World Attack' (or as they call it 'bouncy cow') I play FloodFill, Labyrinth Lite, TiltMazes, Orbs Knockoff Lite, TopSETGame, Zilch Free.

I used to play Word Wrench a lot and it was a big competition between my wife and I for high scores. Then one evening, I sat for an hour with a python script cheating the high score up to about 10 times our previous best. Got tired of it soon after.

EDIT. I told her right away. I just wanted to see the look on her face when she saw the new high score.

[thismat]

ahahaha, I'm sure she was happy you ruined her fun as well. Good stuff, I'll check out those games, my 5 year old isn't terribly interested in tic tac toe anymore.

[bockris]

My 5 yo daughter loves Zebra Paint.