[Clug-tech] OT: iPhone vs Android

[Gustin Johnson]

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Shawn wrote:
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> I have had Android crash on me 4 or 5 times in the month that I have
> owned the phone.  Recovery is done by removing the battery (full
> lockup), then reinserting it and hitting the power switch.  Usually this
> has happened after the phone has been in my pocket for a bit, but it has
> happened in the middle of a call twice.  Once where I was speaking to
> someone, and once where I had just hit dial and it froze up.  I'm hoping
> there is an update to Android for the phone sometime soon that addresses
> this.
> 
I have never had this sort of problem.  One issue I have with all touch
screens is that if I forget to lock the phone before putting it down it
is very easy to pocket dial.  I also find it a little slow.  If you go
the Android route make sure it is a more recent device with a faster
processor.  If you could wait a couple of months pretty much all the
Android phones will be on competitve hardware.

> Otherwise, I do like the freedom I have with the phone.  Bluetooth works
> and does whatever I ask it too.  (Whereas my old Samsung had bluetooth
> but crippled it to the point of being useless.)  Plugging in the USB
> connection sees the device as a networking device.  You need to tell
> Android to behave as a USB Storage device, and then you can transfer
> files to/from the phone with ease.  It plays music well enough, and any
> MP3 can be made to be your ringtone - full length songs instead of the
> 30 second clips some phones demand.

This is super cool.  I like that there are few roadblocks between me and
the phone.  I can copy mp3s and the like to the u-sd card as though it
were a USB mass storage device.  No weird, unreliable and clumsy
software (I am looking at you RIM, Apple, Microsoft and pretty much all
of you handset makers).
> 
> When I have some spare time I want to create an app for the Android, but
> I don't forsee that happening in the near future.  Still it looks like
> the development environment is pretty straight forward and is
> essentially an Eclipse plugin.
> 
This is on my to-do list as well.

> I currently have a dislike of the HTC Dream because a certain friend of
> mine has one, and he inadvertently pocket dials me on a regular basis...
> :)  (can't really complain about the phone though - I think it *may* be
> a PEBKAC issue... )
> 
It could be both :)

If I was buying a phone I would be tempted by the new BB Bold.  It has
the best keyboard in the industry, but the browser is terrible.

If you want apps and a good mobile environmnet a friend of mine has the
hero and it is pretty slick.  It also seems faster than my handset.  My
G1 has a good keyboard (the 2nd best one I have ever used on a mobile
device) but it is definately slow.

I guess what I am saying is that we are not where we should be yet.  I
hate Apple and so they would be my last choice.
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