Not only that, he's completely smoking crack on a number of fronts:
> Compass
> Not that I can tell
All mainstream Android phones from the G1 to the Dream to the Hero have had compasses since a year before the 3GS came out. I would be very surprised if Droid omitted one - particularly since Google navigation, which depends on the compass, is debuting on the Droid.
> Note-taking app
> Not standard
> Voice Recorder app
> I’m not seeing it as a standard feature
That's what the market is for.
> Use as tethered modem?
> Through third-party apps at least, I think
No, in Android 2.0 itself as a standard feature.
> Web browser
> Webkit-based browser
> WebKit-based Safari
Huh? How does the browser being called Safari, or Android browser, or Chrome or Konqueror help me? What is the point he's trying to make here? Safari is generally slower in benchmarks that other webkit based browsers.
> Compass
> Not that I can tell
All mainstream Android phones from the G1 to the Dream to the Hero have had compasses since a year before the 3GS came out. I would be very surprised if Droid omitted one - particularly since Google navigation, which depends on the compass, is debuting on the Droid.
> Note-taking app
> Not standard
> Voice Recorder app
> I’m not seeing it as a standard feature
That's what the market is for.
> Use as tethered modem?
> Through third-party apps at least, I think
No, in Android 2.0 itself as a standard feature.
> Web browser
> Webkit-based browser
> WebKit-based Safari
Huh? How does the browser being called Safari, or Android browser, or Chrome or Konqueror help me? What is the point he's trying to make here? Safari is generally slower in benchmarks that other webkit based browsers.
> E-Mail
> IMAP, POP, Gmail
He forgot Exchange.