Re: Random purchase: Nexus 5
Early impressions: the phone is well-made (although the side buttons lack conviction) but utterly boringly designed. I have two cases on the way - a regular posh-looking one for day-to-day, and a lurid rugged one for when I'm in The Great Outdoors.
The screen is very good indeed - actually nicer than my work colleague's iPhone 6, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. Android 5 looks much better than 4, but is still a hot mess compared to Windows.
I don't use the Google system for anything other than maps and the app store, so can't comment on Gmail etc. The Outlook/OneNote/OneDrive apps (in common with Microsoft's apps for Android in general) are very good.
The Android calendar, though, is hilariously bad. It doesn't have a month view, and there's lots of other things wrong with it.
The screen is very good indeed - actually nicer than my work colleague's iPhone 6, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. Android 5 looks much better than 4, but is still a hot mess compared to Windows.
I don't use the Google system for anything other than maps and the app store, so can't comment on Gmail etc. The Outlook/OneNote/OneDrive apps (in common with Microsoft's apps for Android in general) are very good.
The Android calendar, though, is hilariously bad. It doesn't have a month view, and there's lots of other things wrong with it.