Orphaned Androids And You

This morning I came across this blog post describing the state of affairs for owners of Android devices and the updates to their operating system.  Or lack of updates.

The post is an informative read and one that I will be recommending to anyone who asks me about whether they should buy an Android phone or not.  As someone who has owned two seperate Android devices, along with a whole slew of other smart phone devices, I can say that it's a real eye opener.

Now before someone starts getting on my case for being an Apple fan boy let me say up front that while I love my iPhone I'm not married to the thing.  There are a lot of things about Android that I liked, and miss.  There are some things about my iPhone I don't like.  In fact, except for my one brief two month stint as a BlackBerry user there are things I like and miss about all the smart phones I've used.  As for BlackBerry the only thing I miss is nothing.

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It Just Works

Earlier today while switching between a few apps on my iPhone 4 something dawned on me.  Something that had been lacking on all the previous smartphone platforms I've used (except maybe WebOS).  It just works.  Say what you will about the closed Apple ecosystem of controlling the hardware and operating systems with tight control over their App Store approval process:  at the end of the day what really matters to most folks is whether or not the expensive piece of shiny technology in their hand works or not.  Certainly that is the case with iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad.  In all fairness I have "complained" about this closed system at times in the past.  That was before purchasing an iPhone and using it daily.  Using an iPad for most of a year now really doesn't allow one to gauge how much this can impact a person, at least for me as the iPad serves as a consumption/gaming device and not as a utility device such as a cell phone.

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iPhone 4 One Month Later

I've been running with an iPhone 4 on the Verizon network for one month now and that means that it's time for my first month update.  

To be honest here I have to say that I've enjoyed the iPhone 4 much more than I thought I would, and that's saying a lot seeing as how I switched carriers to get this device.  And before someone says, "Typical Apple Fan Boy!" let me say that I've used every single smartphone platform except for the newer Windows Phone 7 and Symbian OS so I have a valid perspective to compare from.  This includes (in order) Windows Mobile 6.1, BlackBerry, WebOS, and Android (1.5-2.2).  Prior to the iPhone I had used another iOS powered device, the original iPad.  This means that I've "been there and done that" before.

Now, let's move on to the iPhone 4 on Verizon

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