Palm Pre vs Motorola 里程碑,来着PRETHINKING的评论

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:08

Android and WebOS are both relatively new platforms. Android was launched in the second half of 2008 and WebOS was launched in the first half of 2009. Both platforms boast their open environment efforts over the locked down Apple strategy and both platforms have a lot to give. Both platforms offer a few things that even the great Apple can’t offer such as, multitasking, Google Voice, and a physical keyboard. We are going to dive deep into both Motorola and Palm's flagship devices as both companies hope to swing the limelight back in their favor. The Motorola Droid on Verizon and the Palm Pre on Sprint. Lets take a look at both, a very very long look.
Check out the battle between the Motorola Droid and the Palm Pre after the break...

Phone
The most important part of buying a smartphone or any other phone is the phone itself and how well it works as a phone. Yes, (wow that sentence was fun) both devices work fantastic as a phone and both devices have their issues as a phone. Neither device has a physical 'Call' or 'End Call' button like we have seen on every other phone since the late 80's. A negative for some but for the rest of us, it means more screen real estate in a smaller package. As far as call quality goes both phones offer an above par experience when it comes to the network and the phone. The Pre is on Sprint which has a much smaller footprint in the United State so if you live in an area with poor Sprint coverage then you are probably out of luck. I found that the Pre can hold a call with perfect quality with even 1-2 bars of coverage. Sprint network quality is really good. The Motorola Droid is on Verizons massive network which right now is the current king of 3G coverage. The map is much larger but the call quality about the same as the Pre on Sprint. Both phones have a good quality speaker, connect calls quickly, and have very few dropped calls. The Droid's speaker is a little bit louder than the Pre's when on ‘Speaker Phone’ but both are loud enough to be satisfactory.
One area in the phone department where the Droid takes an edge, is on the amount of time you have to wait to actually get into a call. For some reason the simplest app on the Pre, the 'Phone' app, seems to have quite a bit of lag. The Pre's phone app takes 1-2 seconds longer to load then the Droid and it takes longer to switch between screens such as, recent calls, the dialer, and the contacts list. Also the Pre is lacking a favorites list which comes in handy when you have hundreds of contacts. When scrolling through the contacts list on the Droid it feels much smoother and has virtually no lag or skips. The Pre's contacts list within the phone app has quite a bit of lag and skips often. The Pre isn't completely out of it in the phone app though. There is nothing more rewarding than sliding out the Pre's small keyboard in portrait mode and typing a name to immediately get results within any part of the phone app. With the Pre you can basically start typing any time when in the phone app or on the home screen. When using the Droid you have to be specifically in the contacts list and either slide out the big keyboard in landscape or hit menu then tap search. Other than that the phone apps work as they should and both offer excellent quality calls as long as you’re in a decent coverage area.

Messaging
Next up is messaging. Texting is one of the most popular ways of communicating and both phones do it well. Aside from load times the Pre takes the cake hands down. The messaging app on the Droid is pretty basic allowing you to attach a picture and send it. You have a list of threads and can jump in and out of them quickly. Though simple, the Droid's messaging app is much faster and goes into and out of screens much quicker and without any hiccups. The Pre's messaging app is less responsive, however much more robust. As you well know the Pre offers both messaging and Instant messaging into one app. Something the Droid doesn't do. You can add AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk messaging within the messaging app and if a contact you know exits something like AIM and jumps onto Google Talk, you can continue that same message thread with that person. Not only does the Droid not have AIM or Yahoo messenger support, but its Google Talk threads are listed in a separate app. Not quite has intuitive as the Pre. Both options work but the Pre is much more integrated with multiple services.

Hardware
Before we get into the smartphone software lets discuss hardware. The Pre and Droid both have the TI OMAP 3430 which is also seen in the iPhone 3GS and have 256mb of RAM and 512MB of ROM. Other than their processing chip the Pre and Droid are two very dfferent beasts. The Pre comes with a 3.1 inch screen that is displayed in a colorful 24bit 320x480 resolution HVGA display. The Pre, because of its smaller screen and high color density, actually looks better than other phones with similar resolutions like the iPhone and G1. The screen is a plastic capacitive multitouch screen which has a bit of roundedness to it. The Droid has a 3.7 inch WVGA display at 854x480 Resolution. The Droid has a glass capacitive screen with multitouch (YES IT DOES HAVE MULTITOUCH) and is completely flat with a bezel around the screen that has about a 1mm lift. There is no doubt the Droid has better quality video playback when it comes to videos you put on the phone itself as well as videos streamed from YouTube. The colors are more accurate, sharp, and the videos are always nice and big due to the large screen size.
Build quality differs in a few ways. The Pre has a sort of bad rap for not so perfect hardware when it comes to quality control. The Pre's slider does have a bit of give and sometimes the plastic phone can feel clicky and loose when closed. The Droid on the other hand was built very solid and is made of not only plastic but metal as well. The build sort of reminds me of the Razr. The slide out keyboard is very solid and locks into place when fully open. When the phone is closed you really can't tell that it is two parts just by feel. The Pre is mostly made of plastic and does feel cheaper, but it is good enough for most.

OS Navigation
Navigating the hardware and software is very different on both phones. With the the Pre and the Droid, you can make general selections like apps, options, and/or notifications by just tapping on them via the touchscreen. The rest of the navigation for the most part is completely different. With the Pre, as we all know, you have an intuitive gesture area. Swiping back will bring you back to the previous screen within an app. Once you are at the very first screen in an app, swiping backwards will bring you to the card view. You can also swipe forward to do different things within certain apps. Example is the browser, you can use the forward button the same way you would use forward in a desktop browser. Other apps take advantage of the gesture area like 'Tweed' which allows you to swipe forward to begin a new Tweet. You also have the center card view button which only brings you in and out of card view which I personally find to be rather useless. The Pixi did away with the card view button and allows you to just do a simple tap on the gesture area to switch in and out of card view. You can also use the gesture area to bring up the quick launch by swiping up and holding your finger down or if you swipe up from the gesture area it will switch you to card view then open your launcher. Menus can be accessed within any app just by swiping down from the top left or top right of the screen or simply tapping the menu button at the top left or top right of the screen. Droid navigation is a bit more jumbled but does work.

The Droid also has a capacitive navigation bar underneath the screen, however it is not controlled by gestures. You have a four capacitive buttons which are laid out in this order: Back, Menu, Home, and Search. The back button will bring you to the previous screen you were in on some apps but will bring you to the previous menu in others. This is a little annoying during day to day use. I am not always sure when I hit the back button if I am going to be brought out of a message thread back to the list of threads or if it will just jump me with the home screen. Depending on the app it acts differently.
Then you have the menu button which is extremely important to remember. In most apps and screens if ever you need some immediate options you can always press the menu button. The benefit of this is you can essentially add more options or preferences without making users have to switch to an options screen. The negative to this is that you don’t know what screen has menu options until you tap the menu button. With the Pre you always know if you need to change options or settings in any app you can just bring down the menu from the top left and go to preferences. That isn't always the case with Android. An example of this is on Twidroid, if you are viewing your @mentions and you hit menu button, you get the options for 'New Tweet or Jump to top', but when you hit Menu while viewing the standard timeling, you get the option for ‘New Tweet, Settings, Lists, and Refresh. A little confusing for some but definitely not a deal breaker. My father uses a G1 as his main phone and there have been times he couldn’t find a preference or setting screen and all he had to do was hit the menu button. The Pre keeps this simple by always having a menu on the top left of the screen.
Then you have the Home button which only has two basic tasks. Pressing the home button once no matter what screen you are in will always bring you to the home screen on the first page. If you press it and hold it for 1-2 seconds you will see the 6 most recent apps you have used allowing you to jump in and out of apps fairly easy. There have been the occasional times where I hold the home button and an app I just used isn't there but for the most part it works great.
The last capacitive button is ‘Search’. This button also holds two purposes. You tap it once and it brings you to googles search widget which allows you to universally search for contacts, emails, and apps on the phone or, just like with the Pre's universal search, you can jump to the browser to search if what you typed is not located on your phone. If you hold the button down it will bring up the Voice Search. Voice search works extremely well and is pretty accurate. Something the Pre lacks and hopefully will get soon. With voice search, 90% of the time it will take you straight to a google search in the browser unless you say a contacts name. Hopefully Google makes this more robust so you can search anything on the phone. Unless there is something I am missing?!?! Some people may wonder what the big deal is about the voice search/dialing. For me it is navigation. I use Sprint Nav/Google maps almost every day and the Droid makes looking up directions very easy. All I have to do is say: “Directions, Pizza Hut,” and it will bring up Pizza Huts closest to me in the browser. I tap on one and it loads the directions in the Google Maps app.
The Droid also has a 4 way directional pad with a select button located on the slide out keyboard. Aside from editing text or maybe playing some games this pad is basically useless. Tapping on the screen to get to a certain part of a sentence is just as efficient. The trackball on the G1, MyTouch, and Hero is a better alternative to touching the screen than the directional pad.
Just based on the sheer length of discussion about the OS navigation I think it is safe to say that WebOS is simple and works. Android's navigation is great but definitely takes a lot more getting used to.
The rest of each phones hardware. With the Droid you have a volume rocker on the right, a normal 3.5mm headphone jack, a power button on the top right and a camera button on the lower right. On the Pre you have the same 3.5mm jack, a power button at the top right and the center card view button. Slight advantage goes to the Droid for having that camera button since it does come in handy from time to time. Now how do you type on these phones?

Keyboard
Both phones have a hardware keyboard which sets them apart from the all-powerful iPhone. So which keyboard is better? It really all depends on your personal preference. The Pre has a portrait slider that can seem a little cramped but once you get used to it you can fly. The Droid has a landscape slider that can seem a little too spread at times but once you are used to it you can fly. Neither keyboard is the best at what it is. For example the portrait keyboard the Blackberry Bold/Tour has is the one to beat in the portrait department. As far as landscape QWERTY goes, the Droid's keyboard is not nearly as good as the TouchPro 2 slider and personally I don’t think it’s even as good as the G1 keyboard. Though Motorola did away with the chin that the G1 had, there is still a 4 way directional pad to the right of the keyboard which causes your right thumb to stretch farther than your left while typing. Both keyboards require a little bit of attention while typing because there isn't a whole lot of difference in feel between the keys. I find myself being able to type just over 40 words per minute on both keyboards which is just fine for me. The Droid has a bit of an edge because it also has a virtual keyboard in both landscape and portrait mode. This keyboard is NOT a better alternative to either the Pre or Droid's hardware keyboard but it is convenient and useful when making quick notes or a text.

Camera:
The Droid comes with a 5MP camera accompanied by a dual LED flash and the Pre has a 3.2MP Camera with a single LED flash. I don’t want to spend a lot of time in this area because both the Pre and Droid have decent cameras but both can be better. The Droid takes surprisingly washed out photos when it comes to color. When looking closely at photos between the two cameras you can see a bit more detail (I guess 1.8 megapixels worth) but the color is washed out with white on the Droid’s camera. Even in really good light the photos don’t come out as good as I hoped when I first heard it was a 5mp camera but it is good enough. The Pre has a lower quality picture over all but the colors seem to come out much more vibrant and rich. Both camera’s take pretty bad pictures in low light though I think the Pre does a better job in mild to low light. Despite the flashes on both cameras the quality is just too poor in the dim light to really appreciate. The Droid does have a video recorder which is pretty nice and does a decent job taking mid quality videos. The videos recorded on the Droid do have to be in well-lit areas otherwise you suffer the same problem you get when using the camera for stills. You can also upload videos recorded directly to YouTube which is another nice feature to have. Hopefully the smartphone industry gets on the 8mp bandwagon that Nokia has been tapping into and hopefully we start to see some improvement in low light conditions.
Here are a couple comparisons:

Palm Pre

Motorola Droid

All photos were taken with the LED flash on. As you can see the Pre seems to have a little bit more color. Some photos with the Droid have more detail but for a 5MP vs a 3.2MP, there isn't much of a difference. The Pre holds its own.

Software:
Let’s take a look at the software for the basic smartphone functions we have come to expect. There are a number of good and bad things on both platforms and I am going to go in depth with on each platform. I will take a look at apps that came with the phone such as Email, Calendar, and Navigation then jump into the OS’s as a whole as well as the application stores and notification implementation. Try to bear with me folks there are a lot of import aspects to both platforms that I feel need to be addressed. So let’s move on.

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[ Edited by wzy403 on 2010-11-18 13:37 ]

2b6c3d729918489 · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:10

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wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:12

Home Screen
This is a simple comparison. The Pre keeps it simple and has a nice big wallpaper and a quick launch bar. You see the time and your basic status at the top right and your notifications in the bottom right. Android allows you to play icons on your desktop wallpaper and you can switch screens from left to right. Stock android devices come with 3 screens and icons can be placed on any of these screens. Android also allows you to install widgets. Widgets are a lot of fun and can make the homescreen go from boring to beautiful. You can add weather widgets, clocks, stocks, twitter, facebook, or even notes. This allows you to have a handful of information right there on your homescreen without having to jump in and out of apps. The Pre has a big screen with a nice backround, I don’t see any reason why Palm can’t add widgets eventually. (Make a gesture to temporarily hide cards!)

Email:
Email is a big part of the smartphone world and in fact it might be the single biggest driving factor of the market. Both Android and WebOS handle email in a pleasant way and both platforms have their issues. So just to put it out there, if you are a fan of Gmail, your primary email is Gmail based, or you only have a Gmail account, then the Droid is the best choice. All ‘Google branded’ Android phones come with a native Gmail app and in Android 2.0 it is even better than before. The Gmail app is so fast and easy to use and works so well. You can do basically everything you can do in the browser version of Gmail and it makes the email life very easy. The search works so well and can search through subjects, recipient’s, and the body of an email. The Gmail app is definitely faster and more capable currently than the Pre’s email app however it almost completely ends there. I had some issues setting up other emails on the Droid. Yahoo wouldn’t setup because it says you have to pay a fee for pop, eventually I had to set it up manually to get it to work, SBC global I had to get in touch with customer service for the setup and settings. Windows Live was a total no go. After many attempts I just couldn’t get it to work.
The Pre’s email is fantastic for most users because it has a very easy setup and interface. On my Pre I was able to enter my Yahoo, SBC, corporate accounts, and Exchange without issue. All I had to do was type in the name and password and I was all set. Very minimal setup and for most users that is the best experience to offer. So both devices like most things have their ups and downs but for most people the Pre will be fin. For power Gmail users the Droid will be a better than pleasant experience. The Pre does however have its issues. LAG, this is the case in many of the apps and email is a big one. Scrolling is ridiculously slow and deleting emails, though an elegant solution (deleting emails by swiping from left to right), a staggering sluggish one. This is one of many optimizations Palm needs to get out of the door as soon as possible.

Calendar:
The calendar integration on both Android and WebOS is a strong feature. Both offer seamless integration with Google Calendars. The calendar on the Pre is aesthetically more pleasing than the calendar you see on the Droid. The Pre offers the accordion view to show how many hours you have free between appointments and the colors and UI just look much nicer. However the compromise seems to be speed. Though the Droid calendar is less pleasing to look at, it runs much faster than the Pre’s version. WebOS really struggles when switching between different views like month, day, and week as well as struggling to jump to the next day or week on the calendar. Sometimes I find myself waiting 2-3 seconds to get to the next day on a calendar and it can be extremely frustrating. Another thing the Droid calendar has is an agenda view. This is something Palm overlooked and I am not too sure why but WebOS needs an Agenda view. Both calendars work well enough to get the job done. Speed is something Palm needs to focus on to make the calendar truly worthwhile.

GPS Navigation:
This is hard for me to say being the fan of Palm that I am, but Droid beats the Pre hands down. Almost no competition in the GPS department because of Google’s new version of Google Maps which includes turn by turn navigation.

With the Pre you have two options for handling your directions and maps right now. Google maps and Sprint’s Navigation app ‘Sprint Nav’. When I first got the Pre, Sprint Nav was pretty impressive because it had turn by turn directions with voice guidance and because it was free. You expect a dedicated navigation device to be a little better than the Pre’s free alternative, but Google has changed the navigation game.

With the Droid you can get true 3D maps in both standard map view and satellite view. While following the turn by turn directions you can tap on a corner of the screen to view your next turn in an overhead view, then by tapping another icon on the right side of the screen you can see a Google Street View of your next turn. This is very helpful for getting to know a turn before you arrive to it and in some cases you won’t even need to look at the street sign. You can add all sorts of ‘Layers’ which is what Google has in their maps, such as: traffic, satellite, food, banks, gas stations, and street view. This makes navigation not only easy, but fun. Another big thing is accuracy. The Sprint Nav app uses a sort of predictive navigation method where if you turn off course the map will continue on right course for some time before it shows that you went off track. When using the Google Navigation it turns with you instantly even if it’s off course. This is both a software and hardware advantage on the Droid’s part. The Droid comes with a built in digital compass so when using the maps even when stationary it knows which direction you’re facing.

So if the navigation is the biggest reason you’re buying a phone you really can’t go wrong with the Droid. The Pre’s navigation is usable and works well enough to refrain from buying a dedicated GPS. The Droid’s GPS is in my opinion good enough to completely replace a dedicated GPS. No need to be be sad Pre users because Google wants to have their Google Navigation on every smartphone OS including WebOS, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and all Android devices. So hopefully that comes soon!

Browser:
Another big factor in choosing a smartphone is finding one that has a browser that looks and feels like a desktop browser. Both the Droid and Pre do a great job at getting this done. Let’s start with the networks and their speed. Obviously this comparison will change as the Pre comes out on more carriers or when/if the Droid comes out on other carriers, but for now we have the Pre on Sprint and the Droid on Verizon. I did 20 speed tests at random times on Sprint and Verizon’s 3G networks with both devices. All of the speed tests were done either in Los Angeles or somewhere within 20 miles of the Los Angeles area. Elsewhere speeds may vary so don’t take all these numbers directly to heart. Every speed test took place on both phones when there was atleast 60% signal strength. After averaging 20 speed tests, the Pre on Sprint was averaging 1,120kbps with a low of 370kbps and a high of 1,890kbps. The exact same 20 speed tests in the exact same areas on the Motorola Droid averaged 937kbps with a high of 1,673kbps and a low of 524kbps. This is not a reflection of the phones speed capacity but rather the carriers network speed at the time. On average Sprint had a faster download speed but not by a huge amount. Both networks were consistent and reliable, however with Verizon I had 3G in more areas than I did with Sprint. So the networks were really never an issue in browser experience on either phone. The Droid randomly had issues loading web pages on Verizon even when there were 4 bars. There were occasional times where a webpage would take several minutes to load but if I refreshed it would load just fine. As far as WiFi goes it really was almost identical. Both devices loaded web pages quickly and efficiently.

The browsers built on both phones are Webkit based and both are impressive in their own way. The Pre’s browser comes standard with multitouch where the Droid browser does not. I touched on this for a second early and I just want to make it clear for everyone. The Motorola Droid DOES have multitouch but Google did not implement it on any apps in Android 2.0. Though the stock browser doesn’t have multitouch support you can download third party browsers (Example: Dolphin Browser) which allow you to do pinch to zoom and the finger spread to zoom back out. After using the browser on the Droid for a couple of weeks I found myself not missing pinch to zoom too much anyway because 9 times out of 10 just double tapping a paragraph to zoom works fine.

Some other differences I noticed are based purely on the screen resolution and size. Websites such as Engadget.com and Prethinking.com look better on the Droid overall. They were usually brighter, more rich in color, more detailed, and more accurate in size when comparing to a standard desktop browser. The Pre did do a better job at sizing words. The Pre has a 3.1 inch screen and the Droid has a 3.7 inch screen , even so words on a news site or blog were generally easier to read on the Pre compared to the Droid. After zooming in with the Droid’s browser it almost seems like the letters don’t really get much bigger. I found when the letters on a site were at a comfortable level they were already running passed the screen on the droid where the Pre would resize the letters to be able to fit a line on the screen and having the letters big enough to read. The Droid does have an option to resize text in the browser but each level makes it too big and websites start to format weird to the screen. I chose to leave it on the default.

Book marks are a strong point for the Pre as its thumbnail bookmark based home page gives you quick and easy access to your favorite sites. The homepage on the Pre allows 12 bookmarks which leave a cached image from your last visit of that site on the front making it easy to navigate to your favorite sites when first opening the browser. The Droid’s browser acts more like a desktop browser in this respect and allows you to set a default home page to any address you like. (just like a regular browser my favorite is About:Blank) The bookmarks page is similar to the Pre's but it cannot be set as the home screen in the browser. Another big difference with the Pre and Droid browsers are how it handles multiple windows. All windows on Droid open within the browser app. When opening a new window on the Pre it pops up as a separate card (or application) which is better and worse. Worse because it seems that memory management seems to be a pain and sometimes when trying to open a new browser window on the Pre you get the ‘Too many cards’ error. However if a browser window crashes (which almost never happens on the Pre) the other browser windows you had open will still be open. If your browser crashes on the Droid, all other windows crash with it. So I suppose it is just a matter of preference for you. Either way works for me.
One annoyance when using the browser on WebOS is the automatic refresh when your low on memory. If you jump in and out of apps the browser will sometimes refresh if memory is low. This will happen with only 2-3 apps open sometimes and can be very irritating. Since using the Droid this has only happened to me once and it was when I jumped back into the browser after an entire day went by. The browser on both phones scroll relatively smooth as long as you don’t have too many apps open. Using WebOS if your scrolling fast you sometimes get a checkerboard when retrieving the image and text on the page. Droid doesn’t ever do this. Just one more thing for Palm to iron out. Just based on readability due to the size of the text in the browser I prefer to read text heavy sites on the Pre. Websites with a lot of pictures and graphics (like Engadget) look much better on the Droid.
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wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:14

Media:
Video playback is great on both devices though a little bit better on the Droid. This is due to the high resolution screen as well as the bigger size. The Pre holds its own on video quality but the Droid is a much more enjoyable experience over all. I love the rounded shape that the Pre has when using apps but when watching videos I enjoyed the normal rectangle shape you get when using the Droid. As far as the media players on both devices. Android and WebOS are lacking a bit in the Media department. Luckily both platforms allow third party solutions but for the general users the built in apps will be fine. Personally I think the Pre music and video apps look nicer as far as the UI goes but it lacks some features that the Droid has. The Droid can create playlists on the go which is a huge feature needed on the Pre. Also there is a scroll bar when scrolling long lists which you can tap on and move to bring up letters to search artists alphabetically. The Pre has a one thing that the Droid doesn’t have and that is the Music controls in the dashboard. You can pause, skip, or rewind tracks even when the Pre’s screen is locked. With the droid you either use the widget or jump into the music app.

Multitasking:
Multitasking is one of the most important features of both WebOS and Android. It is what sets them apart from the king of kings known as the iPhone and makes them more enjoyable for us geeks as well as less irritating for average users who don’t want to have to exit their navigation app to read a text message. So the big question is how does the Droid multitask compared to the Pre? Is one better than the other? Let’s take a look at what I have found.
WebOS: With the Palm Pre/Pixi multitasking is seamless and fun. It is as simple as swiping your finger up at any time to minimize an app and swiping left and right to shuffle through your apps (known as cards on WebOS) and just tapping on one to jump back into it. The Pre’s multitasking is very intuitive and essentially limitless. The ability to handle processes in the background on both native and third party apps is a very powerful tool and makes day to day use more efficient and easy. WebOS allows you to get things done in the background. An example of this would be launching a browser, typing an address, then minimizing the browser to go to your messaging app to send a text. Once you finish sending a text you can go back to your browser card and see that the page finished loading while sending a text. You can do this all while Sprint Nav is running in another card in the background.
Android: Android multitasks a bit different and because you don’t see all the windows (or cards in WebOS) like you do in WebOS some people don’t feel like it is multitasking. This is inaccurate. Android multitasks and it multitasks well. With Android, apps don’t close manually or automatically unless you completely run out of memory then it will begin closing the least used apps. So how do you switch through your active apps? Well there are a couple ways. Some apps will integrate into the notification tray at the top of the screen. Apps that usually do this are Google Maps, the Music app, and the phone app when on a call. You can slide the tray down at any time within almost every app and tap on that app to return to it. Another way is just by going to your home screen and tapping on the icon of an app you were just in. Much like in WebOS when you tap an app that is already open it just returns you to that app. Then you have the long press of the home button. You can just hold the home button and when you first press your finger on it you get haptic feedback then after about a second you feel it again and you can lift your finger and you will see the 6 most recent apps you have used. Just tap on an app you need to go to and it will open back up in the state it was in when you last used it. So which one is better?

It really is up to you. WebOS has a simple solution that is easy to use. Some think WebOS gives instant satisfaction because you can see all your apps open at once in card view. Android has the apps all sort of hidden in the background, but getting to them works just as well. If I was forced to choose, I would pick WebOS multitasking. I mean what can I say, sometimes it is just fun to flip through cards.

Notifications:
Another fantastic thing about WebOS and Android is that the notification implementation is unobtrusive and easy to use. There are some subtle differences but for the most part the notification area is very well done on both parts. WebOS has a notification tray at the bottom of the phone. The screen will actually resize itself to fit the notifications when you tap on a notification. When tapping at the bottom right it launches the dash board which shrinks the screen and shows you all of your notifications. From here you can swipe away each notification from the left to right to get rid of them. If you want to find out more about that notification or jump into the app that the notification came from simply tap on it. You also can re arrange and put your notifications in a new order by tapping it, holding it, then dragging it up and down in the list. WebOS also allows developers to add controls to the dashboard. For example we have Pandora, a music streaming app that allows you to control the pause and play button as well as the rating controls in the dashboard. Anytime you want to pause the music you are listening to in Pandora you can just tap the notification area and you will see controls for pausing and playing. Tweed, a third party Twitter application, also takes advantage of this feature by giving you a button to press to flip through notifications indicating your timeline tweets, mentions, and direct messages. Android doesn’t quite have this much control in the notification tray. At least not yet.

With the notification tray on the Droid you can slide it down from the top of the screen. When you do so it will display the date, time, and all of the notifications you have from various applications. My biggest issue with this is you have to either tap on one of the notifications, which will bring you to the app and clear the alert, or hit the ‘Clear All’ button on the top right of the tray. There is no way to just remove one application in the tray like you can do with WebOS. Another thing is controls. Most controls on things like the Music app or Pandora can be handled with a widget on the desktop but not from the notification tray like with WebOS. The tray itself has no controls for any of these apps. I am not 100% sure if that is an SDK limitation or if it is just something no one has decided to include, but it would be very useful. The fact that the notifications are at the top on Android and at the bottom on WebOS really makes no difference to me. I feel it works fine either way.

App Catalog vs Android Market
The App Catalog is small. Plain and simple. Though we are seeing a stunning amount of growth in the App Catalog going from just 12 apps to over 700 apps in a little over 5 months. Android is currently growing even faster. In the same time frame WebOS received over 700 new apps Android has grown from 7,500 apps to 14,000 apps. So if you are looking for a phone with an already flurrying application ecosystem, then right now Android is the better choice. I do feel confident that WebOS will grow to the level it needs to grow, but as of now there aren’t nearly as many apps. What about the quality of apps?
Right now neither WebOS nor Android have the app quality that the iPhone has. Games aren’t as rich or full of graphic detail and the applications just don’t have as much depth. Still we are already seeing applications from both Android and WebOS that are impressive and can do things that Apple wouldn’t dream of. Some examples is dxHome or aHome in the Android market. These apps essentially allow you to change how the GUI of Android works. You can change the launcher bar, wallpapers, icons, and change how the home screens work. Also with WebOS you have apps like Flixter which can add events to your native calendar, Pandora which allow you to add controls in the dashboard, and Switcharoo which lets you automatically change your wallpaper every few minutes. Things are still simple but moving along. As far as quality between Android and WebOS. Java vs HTML. With HTML 5 developing rapidly and WebGL and Google’s 03D on the way, things are starting to look very bright for WebOS. On the other hand Android apps still don’t seem to be very eye capturing. WebOS apps generally are easier on the eyes and more graphically pleasing even if they are still simple. When the SDK allows GPU access and WebGL development, those apps will be even more beautiful. For now Apple is king and will be for a while. Definitely hold your breath though because WebOS and Android development is growing.

Android vs WebOS, stability and usability
When it comes to general use both WebOS and Android have their strong and weak points. Let’s start with WebOS. ‘TOO MANY CARDS’ This notification is quite annoying and seems to happen even more often since 1.3.1. Sometimes you get this error when you don’t have any applications open which basically forces you to restart the phone. Then you have the general sluggishness throughout the entire OS. Every time you close an app on WebOS and open the launcher there is a brief lag between the time you tell the phone to close the app and the time the app actually closes and clears out of memory. This causes the next app you launch to have a frustrating delay. Scrolling lists in WebOS can be painful too. Email, Calendar, and the Phone app on WebOS all fit into this category. Scrolling a long list of emails, changing screens within the dialer, and switching days in the calendar. These are all very frustratingly simple and laggy tasks and sometimes can be baffling that they take so long to complete. Palm knows about the speed issues and is working on it so we have to keep our fingers crossed. Let’s hope some fixes come out before people open their Pre’s on Christmas morning and don’t like it because it is slow.
Droid on the other hand is super fast when completing tasks. Yes it has the exact same TI OMAP 3430 chip that is in the Pre. So why is the Droid faster? Android 2.0 would have to be my best guess. It is more refined. Scrolling lists is super smooth, launching applications is very quick, and getting things done is not an issue because there is little to no lag. Android is not without its problems. Since using the Droid I have had it restart on me twice. Not exactly sure what caused the restart, but it happened while I had a few apps open and was launching another application. Then you have the ‘Force Close’ message. It reminds me of the days of Windows Vista. Sometimes when you are using an application there is an error that tells you to force close. It doesn’t say what caused the problem, how it could be prevented, or provide any links to help on the subject. Sometimes when this happens it causes every app to crash and other times only the app you were most recently using crashes. I am not sure if these are just bugs with Android 2.0 that need to get worked out by developers and Google over time, but it is definitely not a heartening experience. Overall both platforms perform well enough to get done basic tasks and both need their work.

Conclusion:
WebOS and Android are so similar and so different at the same time it really is hard to tell which is better. They both have their strong points and they both have their weak points. WebOS is easier to use and a bit easier on the eyes when it comes to the UI. Android allows you to do a lot more customization and tweaking but is a little bit less user friendly. Android has behind it the fact that it is an open source operating system and there are multiple manufacturers working on putting out the best Android devices possible. Palm is working on getting its WebOS into customer’s hands and only has two devices. There is room in the market for both platforms. If I had to recommend a phone to someone just joining the smartphone community for the first time, I would feel obligated to recommend the Pre because of how easy it is to use. If I was recommending the phone to someone who loves customization and is coming off another platform, I might recommend the Droid. So what platform do you prefer and why? Me personally, I will be using Android and WebOS for a long time and I am excited to see how each one develops.
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wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:15

http://www.prethinking.com/home/ ... motorola-droid.html
原文。

[ Edited by wzy403 on 2010-11-18 13:28 ]

OnlySS · 发表于 2010-11-18 12:15

Google翻译真不如给原文。

lm4242 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:03

感觉webos完胜，droid完胜，悲哀啊！

wlklazyman · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:11

晕倒啊···原文在哪里？这个机器翻译的看着蛋疼~~~~~~~

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:23

http://www.prethinking.com/home/ ... motorola-droid.html

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:27

老大还是别加分了，这GOOGLE翻译的有点蛋疼。我自己翻译了一下，额，结果比谷歌翻译的要多，结果超过字数限制了

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:28

http://www.prethinking.com/home/ ... motorola-droid.html

aligatou · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:37

下面请中国翻译，给我们翻译一下再

gufeng87 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:46

原帖由 treo 于 2010-11-18 12:10 发表
( f$ Q, ^9 Q$ ^9 P2 K @3 r呵呵..是谁翻译的??太强悍....

我要是把这个翻译给我老板，老板估计会剥了我

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:46

额，没看出谁完胜，WEB OS的潜力很大，硬件质量跟不上。要是WEB OS不是PALM的WEB OS是APPLE或者GOOGLE的话，情况就不一样了

wzy403 · 发表于 2010-11-18 13:48

GOOGLE翻译的，读起来是让人蛋疼的不行，我改原文了，懂英语的看起来还流畅一些。找人手工翻译中文就好了、

tankwee · 发表于 2010-11-18 14:10

还是看好webos.

红袖添香 · 发表于 2010-11-18 14:35

都是好东西
安卓更好折腾
web更易用
总体说来旗鼓相当，看未来的发展了。

65666689 · 发表于 2010-11-19 09:00

很不错的帖子，

可是就是看不懂。

pgfly1121 · 发表于 2010-11-19 09:27

顶了，放手机里慢慢看

anstan · 发表于 2010-11-19 14:02

无视侧翻机

eshike · 发表于 2010-11-19 15:21

从 milestone==》pre ==》milestone 评测使用都是短暂的手机要的是长期使用的效果

woaiqiu947 · 发表于 2010-11-26 20:06

哥啊。。。能翻一下不。。。。

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-1 19:02

Android and WebOS are both relatively new platforms. Android was launched in the second half of 2008 and WebOS was launched in the first half of 2009. Both platforms boast their open environment efforts over the locked down Apple strategy and both platforms have a lot to give. Both platforms offer a few things that even the great Apple can’t offer such as, multitasking, Google Voice, and a physical keyboard. We are going to dive deep into both Motorola and Palm's flagship devices as both companies hope to swing the limelight back in their favor. The Motorola Droid on Verizon and the Palm Pre on Sprint. Lets take a look at both, a very very long look.
Check out the battle between the Motorola Droid and the Palm Pre after the break...

Android和WebOS是有关联的两个新（移动终端）平台。Android在2008年下半年上市，WebOS在2009年上半年首发。两个平台都采取了针对Apple的战略去宣扬各自开放环境的成果，两个平台也确实带来很多新东西。两个平台都具有一些彪悍的Apple所不具备的东西，例如多任务处理、Google Voice（Google的IP电话功能），以及全键盘等。这里挑选了Motorola和Palm的标志性的、期待能吸引众多关注的设备去做比较，两款设备分别是Verizon发售的Motorola Droid，和Sprint发售的Palm Pre。让我们来仔细观察，并在这两款设备之间做出分析比较。

Phone
电话功能

The most important part of buying a smartphone or any other phone is the phone itself and how well it works as a phone. Yes, (wow that sentence was fun) both devices work fantastic as a phone and both devices have their issues as a phone. Neither device has a physical 'Call' or 'End Call' button like we have seen on every other phone since the late 80's. A negative for some but for the rest of us, it means more screen real estate in a smaller package. As far as call quality goes both phones offer an above par experience when it comes to the network and the phone. The Pre is on Sprint which has a much smaller footprint in the United State so if you live in an area with poor Sprint coverage then you are probably out of luck. I found that the Pre can hold a call with perfect quality with even 1-2 bars of coverage. Sprint network quality is really good. The Motorola Droid is on Verizons massive network which right now is the current king of 3G coverage. The map is much larger but the call quality about the same as the Pre on Sprint. Both phones have a good quality speaker, connect calls quickly, and have very few dropped calls. The Droid's speaker is a little bit louder than the Pre's when on ‘Speaker Phone’ but both are loud enough to be satisfactory.

我们入手一款智能电话或任何其他的电话，当然最重要的还是在于它是个电话。嗯，是有点儿搞笑哈。两个设备作为电话都非常有特点，都有一些各自出彩的地方。两款电话都没有自从80年代末期有了手持电话以后常见的实体的“拨号”和“挂机”键。这种见仁见智的设计思路，意味着在一个很小的体积里可以放入一个更大的显示屏幕。就呼叫质量而言，无论网络接入还是通话，两款电话都超过了一般水平。 Sprint在米国是个比较小的运营商，网络覆盖率相比之下不够高，所以如果生活在Sprint网络信号比较弱的地方，Pre的用户就显得不那么走运。不过我在使用中发现，即使只有一两格信号，Pre也能保持很好的通话质量。 Sprint的网络质量还是非常好的。（测试的）Motorola的Droid工作在Verizon网络里，Verizon有一张覆盖率很高的移动网，而且现在实现了（米国范围内）最大的3G信号覆盖。 Verizon与Sprint的网络相比覆盖要广的多，Droid的通话质量与Sprint网内的Pre也基本相同。两款电话都有高质量的听筒，建立呼叫很快，也都很少掉话。 Droid的听筒扩音器在免提状态下比Pre的音量要稍大一些，不过两款电话的音量实际上已经都足够大了。

One area in the phone department where the Droid takes an edge, is on the amount of time you have to wait to actually get into a call. For some reason the simplest app on the Pre, the 'Phone' app, seems to have quite a bit of lag. The Pre's phone app takes 1-2 seconds longer to load then the Droid and it takes longer to switch between screens such as, recent calls, the dialer, and the contacts list. Also the Pre is lacking a favorites list which comes in handy when you have hundreds of contacts. When scrolling through the contacts list on the Droid it feels much smoother and has virtually no lag or skips. The Pre's contacts list within the phone app has quite a bit of lag and skips often. The Pre isn't completely out of it in the phone app though. There is nothing more rewarding than sliding out the Pre's small keyboard in portrait mode and typing a name to immediately get results within any part of the phone app. With the Pre you can basically start typing any time when in the phone app or on the home screen. When using the Droid you have to be specifically in the contacts list and either slide out the big keyboard in landscape or hit menu then tap search. Other than that the phone apps work as they should and both offer excellent quality calls as long as you’re in a decent coverage area.

电话功能上Droid有一点稍稍领先——总体来说Droid进入通话状态的时间（指点击通话按钮到听到对方声音的过程）要略短一点。Pre上最简单的电话功能，不知道什么缘故看起来有一点不如Droid，要比后者多花1～2秒去建立通话，在不同的电话功能，例如通话记录、联系人信息或者通讯录等界面间的切换也要慢一点。 Pre也没有“最近联系人”的功能，这在你的通讯录里有几百个联系人的时候是非常方便的。在滚动联系人列表的操作上，Droid感觉也更加顺畅，看起来滚动中很少有遗漏；Pre电话功能里的联系人列表则偶尔会有（显示上的）遗漏，看起来Pre的电话功能还有一些不够完善的地方。 Pre电话功能里最值得赞扬的功能，就是任何时候滑出键盘、键入名字之后能立刻获得查询结果（此处指英文下的输入查找）。 Pre的电话功能和主界面上，你可以随时键入查找。而在Droid上，你必须是在通讯录功能里，而且必须横置滑出键盘或者点击“菜单”里的搜索功能才可以做到这一点。在正常的网络覆盖效果下，两款话机的电话功能都具有它们应该具备的出色的通话质量。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-1 21:48 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-1 21:16

Messaging
消息服务

Next up is messaging. Texting is one of the most popular ways of communicating and both phones do it well. Aside from load times the Pre takes the cake hands down. The messaging app on the Droid is pretty basic allowing you to attach a picture and send it. You have a list of threads and can jump in and out of them quickly. Though simple, the Droid's messaging app is much faster and goes into and out of screens much quicker and without any hiccups. The Pre's messaging app is less responsive, however much more robust. As you well know the Pre offers both messaging and Instant messaging into one app. Something the Droid doesn't do. You can add AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk messaging within the messaging app and if a contact you know exits something like AIM and jumps onto Google Talk, you can continue that same message thread with that person. Not only does the Droid not have AIM or Yahoo messenger support, but its Google Talk threads are listed in a separate app. Not quite has intuitive as the Pre. Both options work but the Pre is much more integrated with multiple services.

接下来在看看消息服务。文本短消息是最常见的交流方式之一，两款手机表现都非常好。除了启动程序的时间以外，Pre在消息服务上是最拿手的。Droid上的消息服务应用显得比较简明，能附上一幅图片发出（彩信）。而且是线索方式组织的消息列表（就是对话式的短信列表）并能够很容易地进入和退出消息对话。Droid的消息应用虽然简单，不过反应也就更快，而且进入和退出消息对话（比Pre）更快而且一点儿不打磕绊儿。 Pre的消息应用反应要慢一点儿，不过更加皮实。 Pre的一项特色就是把文本消息和即时通讯做到了一个应用里，而Droid则没有。Pre的消息应用可以添加AIM、Yahoo和Google Talk帐号，如果一个同一个人与你对话过程使用了不同的帐号，Pre还是能把与这个人的所有对话整合在一个对话线索里（就是说，对话中双方可以随意使用已经配置好的对方任何帐号与之对话，而且帐号的切换不会打断对话的连续性）。Droid不只是没有支持AIM和Yahoo的即时通讯，它的Google Talk也是一个单独的应用（而非与文本消息集成），显然没有Pre那样做得一目了然。两款设备都能很好地提供消息应用功能，不过Pre的应用集成了多种消息服务，明显集成度要更高。

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-1 21:47

Hardware

硬件

Before we get into the smartphone software lets discuss hardware. The Pre and Droid both have the TI OMAP 3430 which is also seen in the iPhone 3GS and have 256mb of RAM and 512MB of ROM. Other than their processing chip the Pre and Droid are two very dfferent beasts. The Pre comes with a 3.1 inch screen that is displayed in a colorful 24bit 320x480 resolution HVGA display. The Pre, because of its smaller screen and high color density, actually looks better than other phones with similar resolutions like the iPhone and G1. The screen is a plastic capacitive multitouch screen which has a bit of roundedness to it. The Droid has a 3.7 inch WVGA display at 854x480 Resolution. The Droid has a glass capacitive screen with multitouch (YES IT DOES HAVE MULTITOUCH) and is completely flat with a bezel around the screen that has about a 1mm lift. There is no doubt the Droid has better quality video playback when it comes to videos you put on the phone itself as well as videos streamed from YouTube. The colors are more accurate, sharp, and the videos are always nice and big due to the large screen size.

在深入研究智能手机应用之前，我们先来看看硬件。Pre和Droid的CPU都用的是TI的OMAP3430，iPhone 3GS的也是这款CPU；两款手机的256 MB RAM和512 MB ROM也是一样的（此处似有误，Pre的ROM是8 GB，Droid的ROM只有512 MB但是支持TF卡--译者注）。除了CPU相同，Pre和Droid是两款非常不同的猛机。 Pre有一块3.1英寸的显示屏，24位的320x480分辨率的HVGA。因为较小的屏幕尺寸和较高的色深，Pre的显示效果比起相同分辨率的iPhone和G1要好一些。Pre的屏幕是塑料材质电容屏，具备多点触控功能、带有圆角效果。而Droid则配置了3.7英寸WVGA屏幕，分辨率是854x480。Droid的屏幕是玻璃材质电容屏，支持多点触控（没错！Droid的屏幕支持多点触控），屏幕是纯平的（Pre的屏幕带有一定弧度），四周有一圈护边，高出屏幕1毫米左右（，起到保护屏幕的作用）。毫无疑问Droid的视频播放效果更好，无论是本机播放还是Youtube这样的网络视频。Droid的色彩更加真实锐丽，加之屏幕尺寸较大，所以视频的效果也更好。

Build quality differs in a few ways. The Pre has a sort of bad rap for not so perfect hardware when it comes to quality control. The Pre's slider does have a bit of give and sometimes the plastic phone can feel clicky and loose when closed. The Droid on the other hand was built very solid and is made of not only plastic but metal as well. The build sort of reminds me of the Razr. The slide out keyboard is very solid and locks into place when fully open. When the phone is closed you really can't tell that it is two parts just by feel. The Pre is mostly made of plastic and does feel cheaper, but it is good enough for most.

工艺质量有不同的着眼点。Pre不那么完美的硬件反映出质量控制上的一系列问题。Pre的滑轨张紧度不够，有时候塑料材质的电话合上后会有松旷的现象。Droid则非常结实紧固，而且是金属材质，它的工艺让人不禁想起Razr。Droid的键盘滑出后非常牢固，完全打开后（滑轨会）被锁止。Droid合上之后根本感觉不到是由两部分组成的。Pre的塑料材质让人感觉比较廉价，不过总体来说还是不错。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 01:22 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-1 22:12

MB的原文作者太能摆划了，翻得我口吐白沫。MB的，禁不住怀疑他是不是被本山大哥训练过。。。

pholin · 发表于 2010-12-1 23:00

原帖由 mpan 于 2010-12-1 22:12 发表 + j: ^2 k' ^1 K* J) k1 R
MB的原文作者太能摆划了，翻得我口吐白沫。MB的，禁不住怀疑他是不是被本山大哥训练过。。。

偶像，不要太谦虚了

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-1 23:40

OS Navigation

OS导航（软件操作）

Navigating the hardware and software is very different on both phones. With the the Pre and the Droid, you can make general selections like apps, options, and/or notifications by just tapping on them via the touchscreen. The rest of the navigation for the most part is completely different. With the Pre, as we all know, you have an intuitive gesture area. Swiping back will bring you back to the previous screen within an app. Once you are at the very first screen in an app, swiping backwards will bring you to the card view. You can also swipe forward to do different things within certain apps. Example is the browser, you can use the forward button the same way you would use forward in a desktop browser. Other apps take advantage of the gesture area like 'Tweed' which allows you to swipe forward to begin a new Tweet. You also have the center card view button which only brings you in and out of card view which I personally find to be rather useless. The Pixi did away with the card view button and allows you to just do a simple tap on the gesture area to switch in and out of card view. You can also use the gesture area to bring up the quick launch by swiping up and holding your finger down or if you swipe up from the gesture area it will switch you to card view then open your launcher. Menus can be accessed within any app just by swiping down from the top left or top right of the screen or simply tapping the menu button at the top left or top right of the screen. Droid navigation is a bit more jumbled but does work.

这两款手机的用户操作方式非常不同。Pre和Droid除了比较直观地在屏幕上点击应用、选项和提醒信息之外，其他的多数操作都是完全不同的。我们知道，Pre有个直观的手势区。在手势区里往回滑（从右向左），在一个应用中就表示退回到上一个操作界面。一旦你退回到应用的初始界面，往回滑的手势就返回到卡片界面。向前滑的手势在不同应用中则可能有不同的作用，例如在浏览器里，“向前”的按钮（和手势）的作用和桌面电脑的浏览器里功能一样，但另外一些应用则利用了手势区的优势特点，像Tweed应用，向前滑的手势就打开了一个新的tweet（微博消息）。 Pre的中央按钮也可以进入和退出卡片界面，不过我并没觉得有多大用处。Pixi去掉了中央按钮，代之起到相同进入和退出卡片界面的操作是在手势区单击。还有个操作也很神奇，从手势区向上滑动并且不松开手指，快速启动栏会被手指带上显示区；如果简单地做一个向上滑动手势，Launch页面就被直接打开。任何应用的主菜单都在应用界面的左上或者右上角位置，可以触摸下拉也可以简单单击菜单栏就能打开主菜单。与之相比，Droid的操作显得缺少章法，不过也还马马虎虎。

The Droid also has a capacitive navigation bar underneath the screen, however it is not controlled by gestures. You have a four capacitive buttons which are laid out in this order: Back, Menu, Home, and Search. The back button will bring you to the previous screen you were in on some apps but will bring you to the previous menu in others. This is a little annoying during day to day use. I am not always sure when I hit the back button if I am going to be brought out of a message thread back to the list of threads or if it will just jump me with the home screen. Depending on the app it acts differently.

Droid的屏幕下方也有个触摸导航条，不过不是通过手势控制的。有四个电容（触摸）按钮，按照“回退”“Menu”“Home”“搜索”的顺序排列。

“回退”按钮某些应用里是返回上一个界面，另外一些应用里则会退回到上一层菜单。日常使用中总是面对这种差异难免会给人带来一些小郁闷。我在使用的时候经常不确定如果我按一下“回退”键会发生什么，例如在消息对话界面的时候做这个操作，我就不知道是会退回到消息线索列表还是退回到主界面。完全在乎于应用的设计（甚至是RP。不是夸张，在下用过案桌系统，回退操作退到哪儿确实比较没谱--译者注）。

Then you have the menu button which is extremely important to remember. In most apps and screens if ever you need some immediate options you can always press the menu button. The benefit of this is you can essentially add more options or preferences without making users have to switch to an options screen. The negative to this is that you don’t know what screen has menu options until you tap the menu button. With the Pre you always know if you need to change options or settings in any app you can just bring down the menu from the top left and go to preferences. That isn't always the case with Android. An example of this is on Twidroid, if you are viewing your @mentions and you hit menu button, you get the options for 'New Tweet or Jump to top', but when you hit Menu while viewing the standard timeling, you get the option for ‘New Tweet, Settings, Lists, and Refresh. A little confusing for some but definitely not a deal breaker. My father uses a G1 as his main phone and there have been times he couldn’t find a preference or setting screen and all he had to do was hit the menu button. The Pre keeps this simple by always having a menu on the top left of the screen.

好在有个“菜单”按钮，这个按钮非常重要因而值得牢记。在大部分应用和操作界面下，如果你需要当前界面的选项，你都可以通过“菜单”按钮获得。好处嘛，设计者可以在任何地方加进更多的选项和参数，而不需要使用者通过选项界面单独设置。不好的地方嘛，就是使用者无法知道当前页到底有没有选项，除非按一下“菜单”按钮。Pre的用户如果想更改什么设置选项，直接去左上角把菜单拉下来到“参数”页里面改就好了。这种问题倒不是Android系统应用的特例。Twidroid（想必是一个Android系统下的微博客户端）应用里，如果你正在查看“关注”页，这时候你按一下“菜单”按钮，你可以选择写新微博或跳到页首，但是你在标准的时间序界面看微博，这时候按一下”菜单“按钮，你可以选择的操作是写新微博、设置列表和刷新。有时候这种差别确实很恼人，不过也还不到破局的地步。我父亲有一部G1作为主力电话，他有很多次找不到参数或者设置的界面，这时候他就只能去按“菜单”钮碰碰运气。Pre的逻辑很简单：菜单总是在应用界面的左上角。

Then you have the Home button which only has two basic tasks. Pressing the home button once no matter what screen you are in will always bring you to the home screen on the first page. If you press it and hold it for 1-2 seconds you will see the 6 most recent apps you have used allowing you to jump in and out of apps fairly easy. There have been the occasional times where I hold the home button and an app I just used isn't there but for the most part it works great.
The last capacitive button is ‘Search’. This button also holds two purposes. You tap it once and it brings you to googles search widget which allows you to universally search for contacts, emails, and apps on the phone or, just like with the Pre's universal search, you can jump to the browser to search if what you typed is not located on your phone. If you hold the button down it will bring up the Voice Search. Voice search works extremely well and is pretty accurate. Something the Pre lacks and hopefully will get soon. With voice search, 90% of the time it will take you straight to a google search in the browser unless you say a contacts name. Hopefully Google makes this more robust so you can search anything on the phone. Unless there is something I am missing?!?! Some people may wonder what the big deal is about the voice search/dialing. For me it is navigation. I use Sprint Nav/Google maps almost every day and the Droid makes looking up directions very easy. All I have to do is say: “Directions, Pizza Hut,” and it will bring up Pizza Huts closest to me in the browser. I tap on one and it loads the directions in the Google Maps app.

再有就是“Home”按钮，它有两个基本的功能：任何时候按一下“Home”按钮，都能回到OS的主界面；如果按住“Home”键（大约一两秒），会有一个带有6个最近使用过的应用列表，你可以快速进入到其中任何一个。偶尔也会有我刚刚用过的应用不在长按“Home”键打开的最近程序列表里，大部分情况很正常。

最后一个触摸按钮是“搜索”。这个按钮也有两个作用：按一下进入Google搜索工具条，可以搜索联系人、邮件、电话里的应用，甚至是跳入浏览器去搜索互联网，如果在手机资料里找不到你所要的东西的话。Pre的Universal Search功能也这样做的。其次，如果按住“搜索”按钮，可以进入语音搜索功能，这个功能工作的很好而且准确率也不错——Pre在这个方面需要尽快赶上了。如果你说出的语音不是联系人名字的话，大约会有90%的机会直接进入Google搜索功能。希望Google把这个功能做得更加扎实，这样我们就可以通过语音搜索手机里的任何资料了。除非……我是不是漏掉了什么？！嗯，确实有人可能会奇怪如何区分语音搜索和语音拨号功能。我的经历主要就是导航。我几乎每天都会用Sprint Nav和Google地图功能，而Droid的语音搜索让我查找路线变得十分简单。我只要冲着电话说“路线，必胜客”（当然作者是说英文的喽），Droid就会在浏览器里帮我查找到所有的必胜客店，我点击其中的某一个，Droid就会在Google地图里显示出到这个店的路线。

The Droid also has a 4 way directional pad with a select button located on the slide out keyboard. Aside from editing text or maybe playing some games this pad is basically useless. Tapping on the screen to get to a certain part of a sentence is just as efficient. The trackball on the G1, MyTouch, and Hero is a better alternative to touching the screen than the directional pad.
Just based on the sheer length of discussion about the OS navigation I think it is safe to say that WebOS is simple and works. Android's navigation is great but definitely takes a lot more getting used to.
The rest of each phones hardware. With the Droid you have a volume rocker on the right, a normal 3.5mm headphone jack, a power button on the top right and a camera button on the lower right. On the Pre you have the same 3.5mm jack, a power button at the top right and the center card view button. Slight advantage goes to the Droid for having that camera button since it does come in handy from time to time. Now how do you type on these phones?

Droid还有个带“选择”键的4方向键板，在滑出式键盘上。除了文字输入或是某些游戏会用到，这个键板几乎没有派不上用场。即使是文字编辑，在屏幕上、句子里你想要的地方点击一下，比方向键板操作快得多。G1、MyTouch和Hero上的触摸球的定位能力也比方向键板要强。

仅就这些关于OS操作界面们的讨论，我认为这么一个结论是没什么争议的——WebOS更简单易用。Android的操作也很不错，不过确实需要更多的时间去掌握熟悉。

硬件的其他环节：Droid在右侧面有个音量拨杆，顶部右侧有一个3.5mm标准耳机插孔和电源钮，在右下侧有个拍照按钮。 Pre有个相同的3.5mm标准耳机插孔，电源按键也是在顶部右侧，屏幕正下方有个中央按钮。Droid有一点稍稍优于Pre：有一个独立的拍照按钮，这对于抓拍肯定要便利一些。

下面，咱们来看看这些手机上是怎么输入的。

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 00:46

Keyboard

键盘

Both phones have a hardware keyboard which sets them apart from the all-powerful iPhone. So which keyboard is better? It really all depends on your personal preference. The Pre has a portrait slider that can seem a little cramped but once you get used to it you can fly. The Droid has a landscape slider that can seem a little too spread at times but once you are used to it you can fly. Neither keyboard is the best at what it is. For example the portrait keyboard the Blackberry Bold/Tour has is the one to beat in the portrait department. As far as landscape QWERTY goes, the Droid's keyboard is not nearly as good as the TouchPro 2 slider and personally I don’t think it’s even as good as the G1 keyboard. Though Motorola did away with the chin that the G1 had, there is still a 4 way directional pad to the right of the keyboard which causes your right thumb to stretch farther than your left while typing. Both keyboards require a little bit of attention while typing because there isn't a whole lot of difference in feel between the keys. I find myself being able to type just over 40 words per minute on both keyboards which is just fine for me. The Droid has a bit of an edge because it also has a virtual keyboard in both landscape and portrait mode. This keyboard is NOT a better alternative to either the Pre or Droid's hardware keyboard but it is convenient and useful when making quick notes or a text.

两款手机都有硬件实体键盘，跟“全能”的iPhone有明显的区别。那么，哪一款手机的键盘更出色呢？我认为这实际上取决于你个人的感受。Pre有一个竖置的滑出式键盘，看起来很窄很局促，不过一旦你熟悉了也能打得飞快。Droid有一个横置的滑出式键盘，又显得太宽绰了，不过一旦熟悉了也不慢。两个设计（作为键盘而言）都说不上很好。例如，竖置键盘的设计，黑莓Bold/Tour的设计是首屈一指的。而作为横置的QWERTY键盘，Droid的设计比起TouchPro 2差得不是一点半点儿，个人认为甚至比不上G1的键盘设计。虽然Motorola抛弃了G1的翘下巴设计（这样在输入时右手就不会被下巴隔开一段距离），但是弄了个4方向键板放在右侧，结果右手拇指在输入时仍然要凌空操作。两款键盘在输入是都要小心一点，因为按键键位和键之间空隙的触觉差异并不十分明显。我个人在两款键盘上都能达到大约每分钟40个单词的输入速度，这已经很不错了。Droid总体来说要稍好一点，因为无论横置还是竖置，Droid都有屏幕虚拟键盘功能。虽然虚拟键盘怎么也比不上实体键盘，但有时候需要简单记点什么的话还是挺方便的。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 01:13 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 00:47

Camera:

摄像头

The Droid comes with a 5MP camera accompanied by a dual LED flash and the Pre has a 3.2MP Camera with a single LED flash. I don’t want to spend a lot of time in this area because both the Pre and Droid have decent cameras but both can be better. The Droid takes surprisingly washed out photos when it comes to color. When looking closely at photos between the two cameras you can see a bit more detail (I guess 1.8 megapixels worth) but the color is washed out with white on the Droid’s camera. Even in really good light the photos don’t come out as good as I hoped when I first heard it was a 5mp camera but it is good enough. The Pre has a lower quality picture over all but the colors seem to come out much more vibrant and rich. Both camera’s take pretty bad pictures in low light though I think the Pre does a better job in mild to low light.

Droid有一个500万像素带双LED闪光灯的摄像头，Pre的摄像头是320万带单闪光灯。这里不打算花太多时间因为这两款手机的摄像头都够档次，不过也还有改进余地。Droid的照片会出现色彩流失。当近处仔细观察两个摄像头的作品时，就能看出细节上还是有差异（恐怕这就是差了180万像素的缘故），但是Droid的照片彩色部分有些发白。即使是在很好的光线条件下，色彩的损失也超过了我的预想，尤其是我刚开始听到Droid的摄像头有500万像素的时候。不过总体来说还是不错。 Pre的照片质量总体来说要差一些，但是色彩则更加丰富细腻。两个摄像头在低光条件下照出来的照片都比较差，不过我个人认为在比较柔和的光线下Pre的表现略微好一点。

Despite the flashes on both cameras the quality is just too poor in the dim light to really appreciate. The Droid does have a video recorder which is pretty nice and does a decent job taking mid quality videos. The videos recorded on the Droid do have to be in well-lit areas otherwise you suffer the same problem you get when using the camera for stills. You can also upload videos recorded directly to YouTube which is another nice feature to have. Hopefully the smartphone industry gets on the 8mp bandwagon that Nokia has been tapping into and hopefully we start to see some improvement in low light conditions.

尽管带有闪光灯（或者准确地说是补光灯），两款手机的摄像头在昏暗的光线下实在差强人意。Droid有摄像功能，这个功能应该说还是不错，能拍摄出中等质量还算说得过去的视频。 Droid的摄像功能仍需要在光线好的条件下进行，否则你还是不得不忍受照相功能的同样问题。拍摄出来的视频能直接上传Youtube，这个功能也相当有特色。希望智能手机厂家快点进入800像素的行列，就像Nokia已经做到的那样，也希望尽快看到在低光条件下的拍照质量有切实的改进。（Pre现在也有摄像功能了--译者注）

Here are a couple comparisons:

下面是一些拍摄样张的对比。

（费劲巴拉地看出作者开的是福特车，吼吼）

All photos were taken with the LED flash on. As you can see the Pre seems to have a little bit more color. Some photos with the Droid have more detail but for a 5MP vs a 3.2MP, there isn't much of a difference. The Pre holds its own.

所有的照片拍摄时都打开了LED补光灯。就像你所看到的，Pre的照片看起来色彩更鲜艳一点。Droid的一部分照片看起来则更加精细，不过还不至于有500万和320万的差距。看来Pre有些独到之处。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 01:17 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 00:49

Software:

软件：

Let’s take a look at the software for the basic smartphone functions we have come to expect. There are a number of good and bad things on both platforms and I am going to go in depth with on each platform. I will take a look at apps that came with the phone such as Email, Calendar, and Navigation then jump into the OS’s as a whole as well as the application stores and notification implementation. Try to bear with me folks there are a lot of import aspects to both platforms that I feel need to be addressed. So let’s move on.

让我们一起看看我们期待中的智能电话的基本功能吧。两款平台里都有许多很好和不足的地方，下面打算分别仔细探讨一下。我们先比对一下两款手机（平台）的内置功能，像邮件、日历和导航等，再深入OS内部研究一下内部存储和提醒的实现机制。针对个人觉得需要重点观察的两个平台的许多重要方面，我们得有足够的耐心。来吧，继续，加油！

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 07:57 ]

gdlbh · 发表于 2010-12-2 01:03

支持ls的翻译，不过呢，你是直翻的，读起来感觉很直，呵呵。感觉意翻的话，读起来会更好，别介意。

codasky · 发表于 2010-12-2 01:10

膜拜下翻译帝啊，感谢mpan在凌晨的辛苦劳动。

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 08:00

原帖由 gdlbh 于 2010-12-2 01:03 发表
2 g$ m4 ^4 e1 R- {+ \& b! m支持ls的翻译，不过呢，你是直翻的，读起来感觉很直，呵呵。感觉意翻的话，读起来会更好，别介意。

一来水平有限，就这么直翻已经快吐血了；二来创意细胞有限，画虎不成反类犬，糟蹋了好文章实在是罪过。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 22:04 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 15:44

Home Screen

起始页（主界面）

This is a simple comparison. The Pre keeps it simple and has a nice big wallpaper and a quick launch bar. You see the time and your basic status at the top right and your notifications in the bottom right. Android allows you to play icons on your desktop wallpaper and you can switch screens from left to right. Stock android devices come with 3 screens and icons can be placed on any of these screens. Android also allows you to install widgets. Widgets are a lot of fun and can make the homescreen go from boring to beautiful. You can add weather widgets, clocks, stocks, twitter, facebook, or even notes. This allows you to have a handful of information right there on your homescreen without having to jump in and out of apps. The Pre has a big screen with a nice backround, I don’t see any reason why Palm can't add widgets eventually. (Make a gesture to temporarily hide cards!)

这个对比很简单。Pre保持着一贯的简单风格，大而漂亮的墙纸，快速的启动条。Pre界面的顶部信息栏显示时间和基本状态，当通知信息到达是，会在底部显示出来，底部右侧还是保留简要通知图标的位置。 Android允许用户在桌面上随意放置应用程序图标，还可以左右滑动到不同的应用索引页。出场的android手机有三个索引页，应用程序也能够在不同的页面间移动，以便用户更好地按照自己的需要组合。Android还能安装桌面插件。桌面插件比单纯的程序图标更有意思，也能使桌面变得更美观。常见的有天气、时钟、股票、Twitter、Facebook，甚至记事本的插件。插件能在桌面随时显示和更新一些非常常用的信息，这样就不用非要打开相关的程序才能查看。Pre的屏幕可用空间显得要更大一些，背景也更漂亮。我认为将来Palm会把桌面插件功能加进来，看不出有什么原因他们不这么做。（可以使用某个手势把卡片暂时隐藏一下，桌面插件就有了界面的空间）。

Email:

邮件：

Email is a big part of the smartphone world and in fact it might be the single biggest driving factor of the market. Both Android and WebOS handle email in a pleasant way and both platforms have their issues. So just to put it out there, if you are a fan of Gmail, your primary email is Gmail based, or you only have a Gmail account, then the Droid is the best choice. All ‘Google branded’ Android phones come with a native Gmail app and in Android 2.0 it is even better than before. The Gmail app is so fast and easy to use and works so well. You can do basically everything you can do in the browser version of Gmail and it makes the email life very easy. The search works so well and can search through subjects, recipient's, and the body of an email. The Gmail app is definitely faster and more capable currently than the Pre's email app however it almost completely ends there. I had some issues setting up other emails on the Droid. Yahoo wouldn’t setup because it says you have to pay a fee for pop, eventually I had to set it up manually to get it to work, SBC global I had to get in touch with customer service for the setup and settings. Windows Live was a total no go. After many attempts I just couldn’t get it to work.

邮件是智能电话的非常主要的功能，实际上邮件功能可能是智能手机市场快速增长的最大的驱动因素。Android和WebOS都有个用起来很愉快的邮件功能，而且两个平台也都有一些各自特色。所以，抛开这些共同的优点不谈。如果你是个Gmail的狂热爱好者，或者你把Gmail当作主邮箱，或者你只有一个gmail上的邮件帐号，那么Droid是更好的选择。所有标有Google标志的Android智能电话预装了原生Gmail应用程序，Android 2.0里的Gmail比之前的版本表现还要好。Gmail应用程序非常快而且用起来也很顺手。 Gmail通过浏览器能使用的功能，Android的版本基本都具备，用户平常使用邮件更加便利了。搜索功能工作得也很好，主题、收件人和邮件内容都在搜索范围之内。 Android的Gmail要比Pre上的邮件程序更快而且兼容性更好。有关Droid上的邮件程序的需要指出的还有，因为pop服务是付费服务所以Yahoo的邮件帐号无法设置，虽然最终我还是手工输入了一些参数把Yahoo的帐号成功地设置好。SBC Global的邮件帐号在跟他们的客服联系过后正常设置好了，Windows Live的帐号的设置工作经过多次尝试最终也没能成功。

The Pre’s email is fantastic for most users because it has a very easy setup and interface. On my Pre I was able to enter my Yahoo, SBC, corporate accounts, and Exchange without issue. All I had to do was type in the name and password and I was all set. Very minimal setup and for most users that is the best experience to offer. So both devices like most things have their ups and downs but for most people the Pre will be fin. For power Gmail users the Droid will be a better than pleasant experience. The Pre does however have its issues. LAG, this is the case in many of the apps and email is a big one. Scrolling is ridiculously slow and deleting emails, though an elegant solution (deleting emails by swiping from left to right), a staggering sluggish one. This is one of many optimizations Palm needs to get out of the door as soon as possible.

Pre的邮件应用对多数用户来说感觉很有创新，因为它的设置过程和使用界面设计得相当的简单。在我的Pre上能够毫无困难地设置Yahoo、SBC Global、公司邮件以及Exchange账户。所有需要用户做的事情就是输入用户ID和密码。最简单化的设置过程对大多数用户来说是个福音。所以两款手机虽然都各有千秋但对大多数用户来说Pre是个好东东。对Gmail的高级用户来说，使用Droid可能感觉会更好。当然Pre也有它的特点——慢。Pre中的多数应用都是这样而邮件应用表现的更加明显。滚动邮件列表慢得让人不得不摇头，而删除邮件的操作感觉简直就是脑残（现在有更好的手势操作可以删除邮件了--作者注）。这是Palm需要尽快优化的许许多多方面中最突出的一个。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 22:05 ]

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 15:58

Calendar:

日历（日程表）

The calendar integration on both Android and WebOS is a strong feature. Both offer seamless integration with Google Calendars. The calendar on the Pre is aesthetically more pleasing than the calendar you see on the Droid. The Pre offers the accordion view to show how many hours you have free between appointments and the colors and UI just look much nicer. However the compromise seems to be speed. Though the Droid calendar is less pleasing to look at, it runs much faster than the Pre's version. WebOS really struggles when switching between different views like month, day, and week as well as struggling to jump to the next day or week on the calendar. Sometimes I find myself waiting 2-3 seconds to get to the next day on a calendar and it can be extremely frustrating. Another thing the Droid calendar has is an agenda view. This is something Palm overlooked and I am not too sure why but WebOS needs an Agenda view. Both calendars work well enough to get the job done. Speed is something Palm needs to focus on to make the calendar truly worthwhile.

对日历的集成在Android和WebOS中都非常到位。两款手机都提供了与Google日历功能的无缝集成。 Pre上日历功能比Droid的要更加美观。 Pre提供了能够显示出不同安排之间空闲时间的相关彩色日历视图，而且日历的界面看起来也更舒服；不过妥协掉的又是速度。虽然Droid的日历看起来不那么漂亮，但是它比Pre的日历快多了。WebOS在月/日/周视图之间切换和在日历中显示不同日期的操作上很痛苦，很纠结。有时候我为了显示下一天不得不等上两三秒，那是相当的郁闷。 Droid的另一个有点就是有议程视图，这个功能Palm已经无视了，而且我个人也不肯定WebOS是否真的需要这么个议程视图的功能。两款手机的日历足以支持用户完成工作。速度则是Palm需要关注和解决的主要问题。

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 17:42

GPS Navigation:

GPS导航

This is hard for me to say being the fan of Palm that I am, but Droid beats the Pre hands down. Almost no competition in the GPS department because of Google's new version of Google Maps which includes turn by turn navigation.

虽然我是Palm拥趸，但是Droid的表现让Palm无法独占鳌头。在GPS功能上，由于Google地图的新版本提供了转向导航，使这个领域完全失去了竞争。

With the Pre you have two options for handling your directions and maps right now. Google maps and Sprint's Navigation app 'Sprint Nav'. When I first got the Pre, Sprint Nav was pretty impressive because it had turn by turn directions with voice guidance and because it was free. You expect a dedicated navigation device to be a little better than the Pre's free alternative, but Google has changed the navigation game.

Pre上要把握自己的方向你有两个选择：Google地图和SprintNAV导航软件（这个在米国之外无法使用--译者注）。当我刚拿到Pre的时候，SprintNAV软件的带语音播报的转向导航功能一下子就把我吸引住了，而且还是免费的！当然专用的导航设备可能会比Pre的这个免费应用要好一些，不过Google还是出来搅了局，打破了这种局面。

With the Droid you can get true 3D maps in both standard map view and satellite view. While following the turn by turn directions you can tap on a corner of the screen to view your next turn in an overhead view, then by tapping another icon on the right side of the screen you can see a Google Street View of your next turn. This is very helpful for getting to know a turn before you arrive to it and in some cases you won't even need to look at the street sign. You can add all sorts of 'Layers' which is what Google has in their maps, such as: traffic, satellite, food, banks, gas stations, and street view. This makes navigation not only easy, but fun. Another big thing is accuracy. The Sprint Nav app uses a sort of predictive navigation method where if you turn off course the map will continue on right course for some time before it shows that you went off track. When using the Google Navigation it turns with you instantly even if it's off course. This is both a software and hardware advantage on the Droid's part. The Droid comes with a built in digital compass so when using the maps even when stationary it knows which direction you're facing.

Droid上标准地图和卫星地图上都可以使用三维视图。当处在转向导航的引导下，触摸屏幕的角可以显示下一个转弯的前视图。触摸右侧的另外一个图标，视图可以显示出下个转弯出的街景图。这个功能太给力了，你可以提前知道转弯处的环境，也不用总是到处踅摸（俚语，意思是四处乱看）标志和路牌。还能把Google提供的各种图层任意地加进视图，包括：路况、卫星、餐饮、银行、加油站和街景。这让导航不光变得容易使用，而且操作导航变得很好玩。另一个值得一书的是准确度。 SprintNAV软件用了一系列预判导航策略，这样如果你驶离了导航路线，地图会显示你仍在路线上，要过上一小会儿才会正确地反映驶离的状况。但是如果你用的是Google导航，它几乎能立刻发觉并显示出你已经驶离预定路线。这表名Droid在软件和硬件两方面都更加先进。Droid随机还配有一个数字的指南针，这样即使用户处于完全静止状态，手机也知道此刻具体的朝向。

So if the navigation is the biggest reason you're buying a phone you really can't go wrong with the Droid. The Pre's navigation is usable and works well enough to refrain from buying a dedicated GPS. The Droid's GPS is in my opinion good enough to completely replace a dedicated GPS. No need to be be sad Pre users because Google wants to have their Google Navigation on every smartphone OS including WebOS, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and all Android devices. So hopefully that comes soon!

所以，如果很看重导航功能的话，你一定不要错过Droid。Pre的导航功能可用而且也足以替代专用的GPS导航设备。但是Droid的GPS功能，在我看来，可以完全替代专业的GPS导航仪。不过，Pre用户也不用担心，Google实际上打算把它的导航服务扩展到所有的智能电话平台上，包括WebOS、WM、iPhone以及所有的Android设备。让我们忍并期待着吧！

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 18:48

Browser:

浏览器

Another big factor in choosing a smartphone is finding one that has a browser that looks and feels like a desktop browser. Both the Droid and Pre do a great job at getting this done. Let's start with the networks and their speed. Obviously this comparison will change as the Pre comes out on more carriers or when/if the Droid comes out on other carriers, but for now we have the Pre on Sprint and the Droid on Verizon. I did 20 speed tests at random times on Sprint and Verizon's 3G networks with both devices. All of the speed tests were done either in Los Angeles or somewhere within 20 miles of the Los Angeles area. Elsewhere speeds may vary so don't take all these numbers directly to heart. Every speed test took place on both phones when there was atleast 60% signal strength. After averaging 20 speed tests, the Pre on Sprint was averaging 1,120kbps with a low of 370kbps and a high of 1,890kbps. The exact same 20 speed tests in the exact same areas on the Motorola Droid averaged 937kbps with a high of 1,673kbps and a low of 524kbps. This is not a reflection of the phones speed capacity but rather the carriers network speed at the time. On average Sprint had a faster download speed but not by a huge amount. Both networks were consistent and reliable, however with Verizon I had 3G in more areas than I did with Sprint. So the networks were really never an issue in browser experience on either phone. The Droid randomly had issues loading web pages on Verizon even when there were 4 bars. There were occasional times where a webpage would take several minutes to load but if I refreshed it would load just fine. As far as WiFi goes it really was almost identical. Both devices loaded web pages quickly and efficiently.

影响选购智能电话的另一个重大因素是看浏览器的功能和体验与电脑上浏览器的差异。两款手机的浏览器都很出色。先看网络和速度。当然如果不是在Sprint网中用Pre，或是在其他网中用Droid，对比结果还会有变化。以下的对比是Sprint网络的Pre和Verizon网的Droid之间的比较。一共做20次随机选择时间段进行速度测试，所有的测试都正常完成，无论地点是在洛杉矶城区还是30公里以外的郊外。因为数字差异比较大，所以只有横评的意义，没有绝对数值的意义。所有的测试两款电话都同时做，并且是在信号强度超过60%的状态下完成的。Pre在Sprint网中平均（下载）速度达到1120kbps，实测的速度从370kbps到1890kbps。 Droid在Verizon网中的平均速度是937kbps，实测速度从524kbps到1673kbps。当然这实际反映的是网络的实际速度而不是手机的网速上限。一般说来Sprint的网络下载速度更快，如果不是下载非常海量的数据的话。两个网络都很稳定可靠，不过Verizon的3G覆盖面积要超过Sprint。所以网络因素实际上不适合用来评判浏览器体验效果。 Droid在加载web页面的时候偶尔会出现问题，即使信号有4格的情况下。也有几分钟也加载不完一个页面的情况，不过多数情况下这时候刷新一次就能很快完成加载。在WIFI环境下情况也相同。两款手机加载Web页面都非常快速高效。

The browsers built on both phones are Webkit based and both are impressive in their own way. The Pre's browser comes standard with multitouch where the Droid browser does not. I touched on this for a second early and I just want to make it clear for everyone. The Motorola Droid DOES have multitouch but Google did not implement it on any apps in Android 2.0. Though the stock browser doesn't have multitouch support you can download third party browsers (Example: Dolphin Browser) which allow you to do pinch to zoom and the finger spread to zoom back out. After using the browser on the Droid for a couple of weeks I found myself not missing pinch to zoom too much anyway because 9 times out of 10 just double tapping a paragraph to zoom works fine.

两部手机里的浏览器软件，都是基于Webkit引擎技术，并且表现出各自的风格。 Pre的浏览器带有多点触控的能力，但Droid的没有。这一点在文章的前面曾经提到过，现在再把它描述得详细一些。 Motorola的Droid确实有多点触控的能力，但是Google并没有在所有Android 2.0的应用当中提供这个功能。不过虽然出场预装的浏览器不具备多点触控的功能，还有第三方的产品例如Dolphin浏览器，能够通过手指触控手势完成放大和缩小的操作。使用Droid的浏览器两三个周以后，我发现我已经不再需要手指触控缩放的功能了，这是因为绝大多数情况下我是通过双击段落去完成缩放段落到屏幕宽度的操作的。

Some other differences I noticed are based purely on the screen resolution and size. Websites such as Engadget.com and Prethinking.com look better on the Droid overall. They were usually brighter, more rich in color, more detailed, and more accurate in size when comparing to a standard desktop browser. The Pre did do a better job at sizing words. The Pre has a 3.1 inch screen and the Droid has a 3.7 inch screen , even so words on a news site or blog were generally easier to read on the Pre compared to the Droid. After zooming in with the Droid's browser it almost seems like the letters don't really get much bigger. I found when the letters on a site were at a comfortable level they were already running passed the screen on the droid where the Pre would resize the letters to be able to fit a line on the screen and having the letters big enough to read. The Droid does have an option to resize text in the browser but each level makes it too big and websites start to format weird to the screen. I chose to leave it on the default.

其他的一些差异，基本上是基于屏幕分辨率和大小的。像ENgadget.com和Prethinking.com这样的网站在Droid上看起来效果要好一些，因为这些网站用了许多明快丰富的颜色，页面设计也更精细，与桌面浏览器相比较，（页面内元素的）大小尺寸也更加精确。 Pre在缩放文字上表现很好。Pre的屏幕是3.1英寸而Droid的是3.7英寸，但即使这样，以文字为主的网站内容例如新闻和日志，比起Droid，反而是在在Pre上更加容易阅读。在Droid的浏览器中放大页面之后，文字大小看起来就没怎么变。我发现，Droid的浏览器只是原样显示了页面的字符，而Pre会调整字符大小去适应屏幕和行宽以提高可阅读性。 Droid确实能够通过设置调整页面字体大小，不过设置的每一级都会使页面的字体实际上很大而页面也会重新调整整行文字。这种情况下，恐怕还是选择缺省值更省事。

Book marks are a strong point for the Pre as its thumbnail bookmark based home page gives you quick and easy access to your favorite sites. The homepage on the Pre allows 12 bookmarks which leave a cached image from your last visit of that site on the front making it easy to navigate to your favorite sites when first opening the browser. The Droid's browser acts more like a desktop browser in this respect and allows you to set a default home page to any address you like. (just like a regular browser my favorite is About:Blank) The bookmarks page is similar to the Pre's but it cannot be set as the home screen in the browser. Another big difference with the Pre and Droid browsers are how it handles multiple windows. All windows on Droid open within the browser app. When opening a new window on the Pre it pops up as a separate card (or application) which is better and worse. Worse because it seems that memory management seems to be a pain and sometimes when trying to open a new browser window on the Pre you get the 'Too many cards' error. However if a browser window crashes (which almost never happens on the Pre) the other browser windows you had open will still be open. If your browser crashes on the Droid, all other windows crash with it. So I suppose it is just a matter of preference for you. Either way works for me.

书签功能在Pre中是个亮点，Pre的浏览器通过缩略图方式在浏览器首页上显示书签，用户可以直接点击访问到自己最常用的网站。 Pre的浏览器首页上可以放下12个书签缩略图，缩略图的内容是你最后一次访问那个网站的页面缓存，易于用户辨识。 Droid的浏览器在这方面表现得更像电脑中的浏览器，用户可以设置把首页设置成任何一个互联网地址（不过，实际上我电脑里浏览器的主页设置的是空白页 :-) ）。书签页跟Pre的很像，但是Droid浏览器不能把书签页设置成首页。还有个很大的区别是两款手机的浏览器如何处理多页面。在Droid里所有的页面都在浏览器中展现，而在Pre中，打开一个新页面将弹出一个新的应用程序卡片。这个特色又好又不好。不好的地方在于由于比较不靠谱的内存管理，有时候要想再打开一个页面会引发“Too Many Card”错误。不过在Pre上，即使一个浏览器窗口崩溃了（这个问题在Pre上基本不存在），其他的浏览器窗口还可以正常工作。而在Droid上，所有打开了的页面要歇就全歇了。这两种不同的窗口页面管理方式，对于用户而言是各有所爱。于我个人来说都能接受。

One annoyance when using the browser on WebOS is the automatic refresh when your low on memory. If you jump in and out of apps the browser will sometimes refresh if memory is low. This will happen with only 2-3 apps open sometimes and can be very irritating. Since using the Droid this has only happened to me once and it was when I jumped back into the browser after an entire day went by. The browser on both phones scroll relatively smooth as long as you don't have too many apps open. Using WebOS if your scrolling fast you sometimes get a checkerboard when retrieving the image and text on the page. Droid doesn't ever do this. Just one more thing for Palm to iron out. Just based on readability due to the size of the text in the browser I prefer to read text heavy sites on the Pre. Websites with a lot of pictures and graphics (like Engadget) look much better on the Droid.

使用WebOS浏览器的一个让人上火的原因是，如果内存不足，浏览器会不断地自动刷新.如果用户在不同的应用程序之间切换而（因为应用较多）出现了内存不足的情况，浏览器就会不断地刷新，而且是在后台（甚至用户都不知道它在自动刷新）。只有两三个应用打开的情况也会出现这种问题，这太打击情绪了。在Droid上，类似的情形从开始使用到现在也就出现过一次，而且是在手机用了整整一天之后，跳回后台浏览器应用的时候发生的。如果没有打开过多的应用程序，两款手机的浏览器的内容滚动都相当平滑。使用WebOS的浏览器正在下载内容的时候，如果页面内容滚动过快有可能出现图片不能打开的红叉图示。 Droid的浏览器就不会这样。这又是Palm需要改进的另一处。如果追求可读性、考虑到浏览器显示文字的大小，我会比较倾向使用Pre去阅览文本型网站。当需要查看的照片图形较多，像是Engadget.com，Droid会是个较好的选择。

[ Edited by mpan on 2010-12-2 20:57 ]

semo_zhou · 发表于 2010-12-2 19:57

ls翻译的很辛苦！！！很认真的阅读了一遍，赞！！！！！

mpan · 发表于 2010-12-2 21:14

Media:

多媒体功能

Video playback is great on both devices though a little bit better on the Droid. This is due to the high resolution screen as well as the bigger size. The Pre holds its own on video quality but the Droid is a much more enjoyable experience over all. I love the rounded shape that the Pre has when using apps but when watching videos I enjoyed the normal rectangle shape you get when using the Droid. As far as the media players on both devices. Android and WebOS are lacking a bit in the Media department. Luckily both platforms allow third party solutions but for the general users the built in apps will be fine. Personally I think the Pre music and video apps look nicer as far as the UI goes but it lacks some features that the Droid has. The Droid can create playlists on the go which is a huge feature needed on the Pre. Also there is a scroll bar when scrolling long lists which you can tap on and move to bring up letters to search artists alphabetically. The Pre has a one thing that the Droid doesn't have and that is the Music controls in the dashboard. You can pause, skip, or rewind tracks even when the Pre's screen is locked. With the droid you either use the widget or jump into the music app.

视频播放两款手机的表现都非常好，Droid相比之下稍好一点。这要归功于更高的分辨率和更大的屏幕尺寸。 Pre仍旧保持了它在视频质量上的一贯性，但Droid的娱乐性更好。 Pre的屏幕角倒圆的设计很讨巧，不过看视频的时候，Droid方方正正的屏幕区就更好一些。在多媒体应用上，Android和WebOS都欠点儿火候。不过还好两个平台都支持第三方的多媒体应用，而且对大多数用户来说内置的应用已经够用了。个人认为Pre的音乐和视频和它的UI设计一样更优秀一写，不过Droid的某些功能Pre并不具备。Droid可以创建播放列表，而这一点是Pre需要着重追加的功能。还有一点，在滚动长列表的时候，可以输入艺术家的首字母快速跳转，同时有滚动条做列表中的位置提示，Pre同样也不具备。 Pre上有而Droud缺少的功能，其中一项是屏幕提示信息区的音乐播放控制条，支持播放/暂停、前转、回跳操作，即便在锁屏的时候也可以使用。在Droid上，这项功能要通过桌面插件或进入媒体播放程序来完成。

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