Comments on: Nexus One OTA Starting Today, Adds Pinch-To-Zoom!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:40:50 +0000

Still don’t have the update yet on my phone, whats goin on? =( Anyways, I can’t wait til Google gives us the update that allows full customization for notification on the TRI colored track ball! Hopefully that’s next =)

By: andreo

andreo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:18:31 +0000

Fix the wifi / bluetooth issue.
If I’m using bluetooth to listen talk on the phone and I pull into my driveway the wifi will cause the bluetooth signal to drop out.
However, sometimes the phone wont pick up the wifi signal even if I’m using bluetooth. I have to manually turn off wifi and turn it back on for it to see my router and connect.

By: as439726

as439726 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:11:59 +0000

also still vers 3.3.1 of maps not 3.4. did i get a bad update or is the above post incorrect on version number?

By: as439726

as439726 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:06:10 +0000

it didnt fix my 3g issue. WTF?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:37:50 +0000

I really want the Google Maps night mode on my Droid. Please push the 2.1 to us. Anyone know if the maps update is available without 2.1?

I really still don’t care about the pinch/zoom. Maybe it’s because I’ve never had it, and thus don’t miss it.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:02:53 +0000

Seeing as you have a Droid, you should use the keyboard to copy and paste. Hold down Shift and you can select whatever you want, out of whatever you want. Gets the job done.

By: Cpt. Mike Beard

Cpt. Mike Beard — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:21:32 +0000

There are two big fixes that I want to see in my Droid and pinch to zoom is not one of them:

1.) Select text: My storm had better UI for text selection. my STORM. I mean, the phone is like west virginia of touch screens. Get on it Google

2.) @B-Rose Copy & Paste: Couldn’t agree more. The fact that I can’t copy text out of an email is aggravating. This was one of the 1st gen iPhone’s huge mistakes that Google has gone ahead and repeated.

Ok, sometimes the tapping is annoying because you end up tapping a link when all you wanted to do was zoom in, but the fact that it takes me 5-6 tries to get the wrong letter out of a word that I’m trying to type because text selection is so arbitrary is absurd.

By: Juhani

Juhani — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:57:17 +0000

Sounds good!
Now, ship it to Europe Google!

By: Rudy

Rudy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:04:03 +0000

I think as a droid user it would be easier to deal with if google or MOTO were like “sorry it hasnt come out we’re still working on bla bla bla” but it feels like since it doesnt have the spot light ….screw it. I dunno

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:02 +0000

@WhyKillRobots The G1 and MT3G were here long before the Droid and are still waiting for 2.x. The thing to keep in mind about Android is that the current Android Hero device will always be the first to receive anything, by a large margin.

By: posito75

posito75 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:41:29 +0000

@B-Rose
ICON is correct. You can copy any text from anywhere.

Go to menu+more+select text. Then just drag your finger to whatever you want to copy.

By: ICON

ICON — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:12:24 +0000

@B-Rose

You’re killin me. 2 sites, 2 post by you about “text field only”. =P

I agree it’s not the greatest, but you can copy text from anywhere by:
A) popping open the physical keyboard and holding down “shift”, then dragging your finger across the screen.

Or B) going into menu

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:57:54 +0000

Like OMG like OMG like totally pinch to zoom…..*end sarcasm* It never was that big a deal folk. But yea this is a big FU to Jobs. They weren’t trying to compete in the first place. I bet they’ll open the serious whoop ass now. Thank you Steve for unleasing Android.

By: WhyKillRobots

WhyKillRobots — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:38:45 +0000

Droid was here first… Where the hell are our OTA updates and pinch zoom! Someone needs to get on the ball over at Google!

By: nickdeuva

nickdeuva — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:34:48 +0000

@B-Rose, you can copy/paste any text on the web using Dolphin Browser right now