One thing about the Nexus One I’ve been using…it’s kept my attention for a fairly long time! (I’m the kind who quickly gets bored with toys, I think the iPhone only kept my attention for a few months.) This is probably because of the ease with which it is customisable (launchers, keyboards, browsers, etc.) But one thing that’s been nagging me about it is the lack of internal storage. I’d get the “phone is low on storage” message every time I wanted to try a new app. Even with the ability to move apps to an SD card, I was running out of space.

To overcome this, I decided to try the CyanogenMod OS on my Nexus One. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy the whole process was, even though instructions could be clearer. This had the effect if wiping my phone clean (I lost some apps that I rarely used, but I’d never have deleted them unless I was forced to do this). The phone seemed much snappier and I had the option of moving all apps to the SD card. Happiness! 

But my preferred launcher is Go Launcher EX (for it’s ability to create folders in the app drawer and the great widgets it has), and Cyanogen comes with ADW as the default launcher. But when I installed Go Launcher Ex, the phone because almost unusable in so many ways:

 1) Swype didn’t work properly in several apps

 2) The unlock screen (I use patterns) often appeared blank

 3) Scrolling in e-mails and apps would hang, requiring the phone to turned off and on.

4) The phone was generally slowness and unresponsiveness. 

I just went back to AWD and thankfully it seems to work ok, so I think it’s just that Go Launcher EX isn’t optimised for CyanogenMod 7. But I’ll try Launcher Pro or one of the others in the coming weeks. At least it’ll have the effect of keeping me occupied with my phone!