Here's an unbiased hands-on look at the Google Ion, given away recently at the Google IO event. Some inevitable comparison to the Apple iPhone was made, here're those snippets:
HTC's hardware can't match Apple's. The Google phone is a little smaller than an iPhone, though a tiny bit thicker, so it feels about the same in your pocket. But within just a few minutes of navigating the menus, we were already missing both the tactile feel and the sensitivity of iPhone's glass screen. Typing out tweets on the HTC's screen made our thumbs feel like fat Italian sausages. The extra thickness makes it harder to grip comfortably while typing, a problem made worse by the fact the screen is smaller, smudges more easily and offers much more friction than the iPhone's.
Android's web browser, which isn't nearly as refined as Mobile Safari. The "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" controls feel so three years ago, and the browser has problems finding the main content well on a lot of websites -- it frequently zooms in on ads or page headers instead. Vertical scrolling is rather clunky and jittery throughout all of the apps. Animations like screen fades and visual notifications are also more sluggish than we'd expect, given the snappiness of the iPhone's OS.
the phone is definitely the most advanced, easy to use touchscreen device we've seen -- except one (namely the iPhone).
Read about it at Wired Gadget Labs
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