Handwriting recognition. I would pay serious cash for any Android phone that does this as well as a Treo, regardless of any other feature.

Oh. Nevermind, then.

 

Weight. the droid's weight is really starting to bug me.

 

You didn't mention Google Voice to Text with every app. I'd be nice to dictate text and email! I know there's probably other apps out there that do this, but I was so impresses with Google's voice recognition while trying out the Droid & Eris. It understood a country boy like me.

 

A web browser that (given a good enough connection) renders quickly and scrolls without stuttering. I returned an Eris because (in my opinion) it failed at this and got a Droid. The browser on the Droid performed acceptably for me until the 2.01 update at which time scrolling on many pages became awful.

 

Lack of physical keyboard and memory.

 

I think in the case of the Moto Droid is it a driver / software issue. As with many other people, my Droid got noticeably slower rendering / scrolling pages with the Dec. 11 OTA.

The iPhone 3GS with almost the same processor smokes the Droid in web browsing. So did the 3G (with slower processor) that I played with the other day.

I don't want an iPhone, I just want the iPhone's browser speed.

 

Break:
It doesn't have multi-touch in browser.
Doesn't support 21 Mbps HSPA (Max 7.2)

Make:
Everything else!

 

Nevermind.

 

Everything is a make or break feature for me.

 

I get the impression that the Nexus One may be able to play 720p video, but I've not seen anything even remotely semi-official that mentions being able to record 720p.

 

The Bravo can record 720p, so why shouldn't the N1 be able to?

 

Hmmm, that does look promising, seeing as how so many of the reported Nexus One specs and features seem to mirror the Bravo. I've not seen anything (from Engadget, FCC, etc...) that specifically mentions that, but it certainly does seem likely now. Thanks for pointing that out!

Separate question, why would multi-touch be a make or break issue for somebody? From the little bit of experience I have playing around with an iPhone, the pinch-and-zoom is nice, but certainly doesn't seem like a critical feature as the plus/minus buttons on the screen do the job fairly well. Perhaps my expectations are just low, coming from a BlackBerry Curve

 

I believe you are right. I'm hoping Fennec will have MT when it's released. But the default Nexus One browser, no MT.

From this article:
One disappointing note: our tipster says there's no multitouch to be found in the browser... AKA, no pinch to zoom.

 

I feel like this will be the biggest "break" feature of the phone. Lack of multi-touch. It may be available eventually in a 3rd party browser, but it will not in maps, pictures, etc...

A real shame honestly.

 

I agree. I feel that anyone who wouldn't get this phone because of the lack of multitouch is CRAZY. Most of the time I only use one hand to hold and control everything on my phone anyway. In the browser a double tap works just as good as multitouch. I understand why it would be nice to have in Google Maps though. Still, that is nowhere near a "Make or Break" feature, IMO