Which one, Droid vs iPhone?

[Cergorach]

While the Android is the younster with a lot of potential, iPhone is the young adult that has reached it's potential.

I currently own a HTC X7500 and am considering an iPhone and an iPad as a replacement for the thing. Sure the iPhone has a lot of very annoying restrictions, but what it can do, it can do very well. After years of Windows Mobile use, I've found iPhone OS a much more user friendly experience.

I've got a couple of things that I really want to use on my mobile device, and the first thing I did was look on the internet if there was an app that would do what I would want it to do. So I found bookshelf for my ebooks, comic reader mobi for my comics, for music I start with iTunes, and hopefully we'll have Opera for browsing the web.

My X7500 has a detachable keyboard, and I never use it, having big fingers isn't that bad. I tend to type with the tops of my tumbs and that works decently. It works even better with the iPhone (my 'little' brother has one). I have noticed that not everyone can type very effectively that way (if you have long nails, it's a pain).

 

[sellars]

A vote for iPhone from me. I have an iPhone and love a lot of features of it. Personally I really like the virtual keyboard. also scrolling, zomming etc. gives a very smooth feel. It's almost as if you can feel the webpages under your fingers.

I really, really like the applications on the iPhone. I don't know the amount of applications on other phones, but I *love* the games on iPhone. Currently I'm playing Dungeon Master (Diablo-esque hack-n-slash), Final Fantasy I and plants n zombies. My DS and PSP don't make it to my work-bag for on-board-train-gaming since I had my iPhone.

 

[Vicente]

Maybe not the answer you are searching, but if you have waited 5.5 years to change your phone, I would wait a little more for Windows Phone 7 Series.

No idea if it will be better or worse than those two phones, but it looks really promising, and the first handsets should be out in September/October.

 

[Mercule]

Maybe not the answer you are searching, but if you have waited 5.5 years to change your phone, I would wait a little more for Windows Phone 7 Series.

No idea if it will be better or worse than those two phones, but it looks really promising, and the first handsets should be out in September/October.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the new Windows Phone has to offer. Palm is supposed to be releasing a new WebOS phone this year, too. Sprint is nice enough to promise me a yearly upgrade on my phone, so we'll see which of those entices me more, come this fall.

I've finally talked my wife into getting a smart phone. Unfortunately, what she'd really like is a WebOS phone with a profile like the Blackberry Pearl. If the Sprint Pixi had wifi, that'd probably do the trick.

Question for Blackberry users: Does the Blackberry calendar allow two-way syncing to multiple Google calendars under a single gmail account?

 

[John Crichton]

I'm waiting to see the next generation of Droid phones to see if they can match the iPhone in terms of available apps and greater functionality that always comes when a product has more time to grow.

I've lusted after an iPhone for a while now mostly because I adore my iPod touch.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

Maybe not the answer you are searching, but if you have waited 5.5 years to change your phone, I would wait a little more for Windows Phone 7 Series.

No idea if it will be better or worse than those two phones, but it looks really promising, and the first handsets should be out in September/October.

Or just wait until June, when the next generation of iPhone comes out, along with the next gen of iPhone OS.

 

[DMFTodd]

Or just wait until June, when the next generation of iPhone comes out, along with the next gen of iPhone OS.

Don't get the .0 version of anything. Wait til June for the new iPhone, then wait 3 months for the .0 version to get debugged (and for Apple to cut the price in half). But that's September at that point. So wait until November when surely some new driod phone will be out. But wait three months after that for the .0 version to get it's bugs worked out.

 

[Fast Learner]

Oh, and be aware that the iphone has a GPS in it that apple keeps an open line to(to 'track traffic patterns, assist with distress calls, etc.). Also apple can kill any application you put on it at any time (like Google phone).

Rubbish on both counts.

On the GPS, show me any proof of this.

On the apps, that's completely untrue: Apple can pull the app from the store, but it stays on your phone and any computers you synch with. This is true if the publisher pulls the app, too. I have direct app evidence of both. Feel free to show any proof of this one, too.

Sorry man. The iPhone and Apple ecosphere have plenty of problems, but neither of those are among them.

 

[Hand of Evil]

The Palm is looking good!

Oh, all cell phones have GPS in them for tracking, Patriot Act. There is a lot of urban legends being built up on this but it is like the web bot, is is ONLY a marketting tool, only a marketting tool; track your kids and your workers.

 

[Fast Learner]

Actually, all cell phones don't have GPS in them, by any stretch. They do, however, have to provide the user's location via cell tower triangulation (and GPS if the device has it) if the police request it during an emergency, or if certain authorities (like the FBI) get a search warrant.

The location-in-a-emergency stuff is key for 911 calls, since people can rarely give good directions to where they are in an emergency if they're not at a familiar location.

Neither of those has anything whatsoever to do with Apple doing anything, and all cell phones -- every single one of them -- have this.