Why I’m sticking with iPhone (for now)
A number of pretty interesting posts popped up over the weekend by a couple of guys that I really admire and finally they got me to return to this forum.
The first post is by Robert Scoble “Why I can’t kick the iPhone habit” Like Robert I have had the Desire, The Hero, The Nexus heck I even had the Droid, nice naming protocol by the way HTC and in the exact same manner as Robert I am of the opinion that I am much more productive on the iPhone as opposed to any of the Android handsets. I have tried seriously to get into the Android and even put away the iPhone for a month I simply feel Android is just not there yet even though long term I know and have written that its going to be the winner, it will get there but not yet, the store feels clunky even on the 2.2 release and the UI just doesn’t seem to flow as well as the iPhone.
Next up is Louis Gray “Why I turned in my iPhone and went Android”
Again lovely guy but I think his argument is incredibly weak, he opens with choice and openess, this openess thing on Android is a myth in my opinion and if you want choice walk down to your local phone shop there is plenty of choice.
“A bet on iPhone 4 today may be a vote for the best phone of today. But a bet on Android is a bet on the future. I am betting on an ecosystem and an application environment that encourages best of breed developers”
Well if thats what you think I wish you the best Louis, I think you are wrong, I think that Apple may have a chance of suceeding 
also, I also believe that Apple “advertising” system will bring huge rewards for developers in the future far above and beyond Android.
I am not an Apple fanboy though and have serious issues with the device, the battery is weak, 3.25pm everyday its dead unless I get some power into it that morning, I carry a supplementary charging device with me everywhere and the data usage is huge whilst roaming. It is however unrivaled for the moment and I stress “for the moment” , I would never write off Nokia though, they are just too big a company not to come back and for anyone writing them off I would remind you of one word “Motorola” and no I don’t feel like a victim James.
Ha! I didn’t say *you* felt like a victim, I just said *I* imagined a ‘victim’ sign around their necks…
That’s all
It’s a good post Pat and it works well, for you. You can’t argue with productivity. I tend to switch between a.n.other Nokia (580, N86, N900 etc) and my Nexus One for my main and secondary phones respectively.
Whatever works
Oh I used to love Nokia – they made such good phones – they understood me – made their phones easy for me to use.
I never wanted to have any other mobile phone.
Only when iPhone came and made me realise it wasn’t a phone I valued most, I switched.
Let’s merge Apple & Nokia and create a god.
I’ve used the iPhone for quite a while, and earlier this year purchased a Nexus one via the USA. First impressions were good, but I found the “apps” extrememly poor.
Facebook is nothing more that a mobile web version that links outside the app itself! It took me 3 weeks for the google maps update to work, even though others got it straight away! Foursquare is limited, like most apps that are available for the device. Mail applications are poor, not allowing forwarding of mails and complicated IMAP configs and no mail for exchange connections.
I had major issues with battery life, and even after using google maps on a trip to Dublin, plugged into my car for power, the battery was depleting the further I travelled.
I’ve currently ordered an iPhone 4 from the UK and its due this week, so fingers crossed the coverage/aerial issue will be resolved.
Damien
Actually, Motorola isn’t doing too hot, good phones and all. There’s more to business than technology.
Had my argument been about open, it absolutely would have been weak. I only mentioned open glancingly when I said “more than the over-used phrase of “open”…”
I am glad we’re talking about iPhone and Android. They are the best platforms today, and my choice is not the one for everybody. But I have seen many say the reason one would switch was because of AT&T and that was not the driving factor, so I thought I would explain.
I can’t imagine a scenario where Apple doesn’t nose dive in the smart phone business.
You have EVERY carrier, and every other manufacturer, all working on Android. It’s like the whole world vs. Apple.
It’s a no win situation they created for themselves.
Battery is a huge problem for me. When I travel, having a good battery is a must… Did you try the iphone4? Has the battery improved?
Really interesting post.
One question I have though is what do you mean by Android eventually being ‘the winner’? By what criteria would we declare they have won?
I would also add, Android/phone manufacturers need to get their marketing on….people outside of tech..aka the real world have no idea what Android is.
But they know what an iPhone is/what it can do. And they don’t care about open-ness either.
Yet.
I switched over to a Desire last month, and personally, I prefer Android, despite it’s flaws.
I’m one of those people that just has to jailbreak an iPhone to use it, but with Android what I want is either already there, or is available on the Market without any fecking around to get it working