Picture this: Your working on a client’s machine running a complicated registry edit you found on a web site. You are working on said client’s network, when all of a sudden the network goes down. You’re not sure what to do next because you have no network connection. Ah ha! You have your trusty Android phone.

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Nokia has been having a hard time competing with the likes of the iPhone or Android in the high end smartphone market, and what most of it comes down to is the fact that Nokia is so invested in their own operating systems. More than any other Nokia offering, the N900 suffers because of its OS: the Maemo 5 OS it runs is great for enthusiasts, but just not as full-featured or as user-friendly as Android.

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Whether it’s due to patents in place or just a gentleman’s agreement, you can’t overlook the missing multi-touch on the Nexus One handset. Actually, the device itself does support multi-touch, but those features aren’t enabled in the native Google apps. There’s no pinching in the browser, for example, although a third-party client does offer it.

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If you’re a Nexus One owner, you’re likely we-ll aware of the ongoing connectivity issues in which Nexus One devices are randomly switching back and forth from 3G to EDGE coverage and vice-versa. It’s certainly got quite a few individuals frustrated, but a simply do-it-yourself hack may be able to solve all of your problems in less than a minute — no special tools required.

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