Comments on: Exeda Andriod Phone: Excessively Ugly

By: Paul Simpson

Paul Simpson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:40:03 +0000

I may be on my own here but this is the first phone that has made me sit up and take notice for a long time. I like that it is big and bulky as i am fed up with straining my eyes trying to see tiny print due to ever smaller phones.

By: shahrokh

shahrokh — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:21:57 +0000

voice commmand and video call feature must be built in to exeda and shoul be compatible with 1700 /2100 GSM bands to be able to use this device in USA with t mobile carrier

By: dave

dave — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:08:17 +0000

@Rob – Thanks for allowing my comment and for your response… Beaucoup kudos for running a blog where everybody can contribute, even if they have a differing opinion. There are certainly plenty out there who would have happily filed my comment away in the spam folder!

@Justin – After we finished the first hardware design for Wi-Pics, the electronics workload dropped off sharply; most of the work that needed to be done was software. I opted to move on so they could reinvest my salary in a software developer. I now work for General Motors’ Powertrain division, developing electronic components for GM’s Hydrogen fuel cell engines.

By: Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:57:50 +0000

@dave

Your criticism is well placed. Thanks for the comment.

By: Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:56:04 +0000

Yup. In my haste I overlooked some rather important details. I still think its clunky looking and the navigation could have been designed better, but a company rep emailed me correcting me and I admit… I made so wrong assumptions.

I offered them a full post on phandroid, with a disclaimer from me at the beginning, allowing them to talk about what their product was all about since I clearlly missed the point. I’m still waiting to hear back.

I call people out on this blog and I don’t mind being called out when I’m wrong. And in this case… there were some important details I was wrong about. Admitted!

By: Konrad

Konrad — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:28:20 +0000

Looks like it’s time for an update, see post above.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:54:26 +0000

Accidently I came across this post.
Hummm …
Here is some information:
Actually we did presented in CES. See the picture –
[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/spzyhk.jpg[/IMG]
Exeda was designed for best usability rather than for pretty look.
It is not consumer device, and it doesn’t address expectations of consumer market.

By: v1nce

v1nce — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:55:40 +0000

Do you have see the size !!?

it’s not a phone… so biiiiiiigggg

By: Bagha

Bagha — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:16:17 +0000

WHAT are you talking about with all this stuff about it being ugly? Shouldn’t you be letting your readers decide for themselves if it’s ugly or not? I personally think it’s got a very unique form factor and looks pretty cool! It might look odd, but it’s definitely not “excessively ugly”.

Also, I think a trackpad on a phone is a great idea.

By: Justin M.

Justin M. — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:35:03 +0000

@dave Thanks for the information on Compulab. I agree with you 100%. What are you working on nowadays if I may ask?

By: rich

rich — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:00:38 +0000

Ethernet port?! Fuck yeah.

By: servo

servo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:43:22 +0000

I agree with Dave, the more devices the better who cares about aesthetics?
We aren’t Iphone snobs.

By: Andrex

Andrex — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:25:19 +0000

Looks good to me, personally. A little wide, but I guess that’s for the keyboard.

What I find most intruiging is that according to this article, is had a touch screen in addition to the touch pad. Seems a little excessive, but then again as we Android phans touted with the G1, more input methods mean more choice. Hopefully this finds and fills a niche, as Android also needs to take off in the business sector as much as the consumer one.

By: isak rabin

isak rabin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:17:35 +0000

Don’t buy phone with blood on it.
Boycott Israel,

By: dave

dave — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:28:57 +0000

I can confirm that Compulab is, indeed, a legit company. At my previous job, we used their embedded computer modules as a major building block of the Wi-Pics pro digital imaging appliance. They provided excellent hardware, BSPs and support.

I’m more than a little disappointed that, barring anything else not to like about this product, you chose to attack its aesthetics. The Android fans in the blogosphere are constantly calling on manufacturers to turn out Android-powered gadgetry. Then, Compulab comes along and effectively sticks their neck out – did you notice this is their first product that’s actually targeted at an end user and not OEMs? – by investing time and money, and all we can do is say “it’s ugly”?

I used to work for a very wise manager who, whenever I’d get bogged down trying to get an electronic design perfect out-the-chute, would gently remind me: “progress over perfection”. As much as we’d all like to believe it’s mainstream, Android is still very much in its infancy, the plaything of early-adopters and the tech-savvy. So how about we applaud this “progress over perfection” and thank Compulab for lending incrementally-more legitimacy to our fledgling OS.