What are your thoughts?
I personally have an Android phone and love it. I don't want to bash the iPhone and start a flame war, I'm just curious to see what everyone prefers and why...?? :cool:
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What are your thoughts?
I personally have an Android phone and love it. I don't want to bash the iPhone and start a flame war, I'm just curious to see what everyone prefers and why...?? :cool:
Sprint Samsung Moment Android
As long as iTunes is required to work with the iPhone, there's no way I'll be buying an iPhone. I have a Droid and it does everything I need it to do. Android overall feels a little rough around the edges, but 2.2 should fix a lot of that and goes live this month.
Tried both, then upgraded to a BlackBerry.
iPhone is great for browsing the web, but terrible at everything else.
Android is fun, but messaging is all over the place.
Neither last all day with moderate use.
BlackBerry might not be able to render a webpage for ****, and it can't run any apps, but I can send email all day long on different accounts with no issues.
I was going to buy an iPhone 4 but there are too many problems with it. I'm just going to get a Droid X instead, switching to Verizon is a benefit for me.
Next month I'm ordering an unsubsidized/unlocked Samsung Galaxy S (i9000).
Anyone checked out JuiceDefender on their Androids yet? It's pretty schnazzy for helping with the battery worries that Nihilist pointed out.
I've gone android o'course. Iphone is nice and the responsiveness is awesome, but whenever I use a friends it feels like I'm playing on the rail shooter equivalent of the phone world. It's their way, all the way.
Hmmm, thanks for the tip, will it work on Android 1.6?? I'd like to try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vindir
I've never been a fan of Apple phones and just bought my wife an HTC Incredible. I love it but am stuck with my Storm 2 for a while. Like ImaNihilist said though, it's hard to beat a Blackberry for email / messaging. It always works for me and has been very solid over the past four years I've been using Blackberry's. I don't have a need to view many webpages or run apps since I find very little use for most phone based utilities. The voice recognition is off the hook on 2.2 though - I'd like that on my Storm (especially due to the craptacular keyboard).
I have a feeling I'll go Android eventually.
Probably won't go back to an iPhone. Might pick up a iPod Touch though, depending on what the next iteration looks like.
I don't know about you... but I am choosing either Droid X or Galaxy S ... but likely it will be a Droid X since Galaxy S for Verizon (Fascinate) hasn't been announced in terms of release date or price...
I've always carried an extra battery. Of course that isn't possible with an iPhone. My nephew and his wife each have 2 company paid iPhone 3GS's so that they can get through the workday. They are both ex BlackBerry users.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
I'll probably go Android eventually. It's coming together nicely. Battery life isn't that great on current handsets though, and I'm not sure I can go back to not having a unified inbox.
What I like about the BlackBerry is that I can get email (from three accounts), SMS, MMS, BBM, DMs from Facebook, DMs from Twitter, and Google Talk all in one inbox, or in separate inboxes. I can view things however I want. I can also assign all these identities to individual contacts. So when I get an SMS from a friend, it pulls their current Facebook picture... and if I want to respond with an email instead of an SMS it's only one extra click.
I think Android will probably get there pretty soon. I already like the way it integrates with Google Voice (which is a little wonky on the BlackBerry).
Everyone talks about BlackBerry as being obsolete by the iPhone and Android handsets... but honestly I don't know what they are talking about. Video conferencing on the new iPhone is cool as all hell, but as long as the battery only lasts a few hours it's still just a toy to me. A fun toy, no doubt, but not one that I'm going to make my primary phone and pay $100+/mo for.
The Samsung Galaxy S will be available Sunday at AT&T.
:( any idea on when it will be offered for Verizon?!Quote:
Originally Posted by ua549
I have no information about Verizon or Sprint offerings.
T-Mobile will have it on 21 July. Preordering started 1 July.
I'm getting an iPhone 4 in a few weeks, whenever it shows up in Canada. There's no smartphone OS that's anywhere near as polished as iOS. Android has a long ways to go. Blackberry is just... mediocre.
Do you have an iPhone?Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Talk to me again in a month when the novelty wears off and you realize that you have to carry around an iPod cable with you so that you can charger your phone at work, in the car, etc..
I have an iPhone 3GS. I have no problems with it. The iPhone 4 is praised for its battery life. I think I'll be alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Besides, I'm a student. I'm either at school or home, and I'm already carrying a laptop with me anyways. Who cares if I have to throw a cable into the bag? And how hard is it to find someone with an iPhone/iPod cable at a university of all places? It's like being worried that you left home without a condom on your way to a frat party.
I'd rather have to charge the battery regularly and get a good, polished, stable OS than have to deal with crashing apps and a flaky UI. It's like complaining about the poor gas mileage of a supercar.
I love my Iphone 3GS, but am trying to get my wife to consider and HTC Aria, she is not a fan of touch screen however, so its probably going to be a blackberry for her. I played with the Aria today at the AT&T store and liked it very much, but find the IPhone to be much more user friendly for noobs than the android interface.
It's exactly like that. Which is why only douches drive supercars to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Until the iPhone came along battery life was measured in days. Now it's measured in hours. Sorry, that sucks. Battery life on the MacBook is amazing. Battery life on the iPhone is abysmal. That's why everyone turns the brightness way down to save battery life. Honestly, what's the point.
Palm handles contacts pretty much the same way you described. A single profile can be linked to multiple communications platforms giving the user the option to select how they want to reply. The unit can even monitor which comm path is active and select the best reply method for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Aye, the Synergy feature. Looked pretty good, but I haven't tried it.Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
I would love to see it applied to the Android.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Personally, I thought Palm OS was very nice, but the lack of 3rd party apps and the so-so hardware selection makes it a no go for me.
I was seriously looking at the Droid X today and it was too freakin' big. I understand the benefits of a larger screen, but it goes to far. I'll probably be getting the Droid 2. I'm hoping the specs are a little better than the rumored ones.