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What will your next phone be? [poll]
- moonlighter 15y agoScoble is right on: "One thing is this shows how deep a hole Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, and Palm Pre are in."
- c0nsilience 15y agoBecause that wasn't so obvious before...
- nazgulnarsil 15y agoGiven the title I was hoping for a wide ranging piece about the transition from phone to exo-brain and the implications for society.
- jfb 15y agoI love my iPhone, but I realize how much of what I love about it is due to lock-in. Personally, I'm happier to be locked into Apple's ecosystem than in any of the other competing ones, but the switching cost, even setting aside app purchases -- stuff like where my calendar data lives, and who stores the canonical copy of my contacts -- means that I'm basically Apple for life. Full disclosure: I'm an alumni of Apple, so take the above with the appropriate amount of salt.
- dazzawazza 15y agoYep, being locked in is the price I am willing to pay for a phone that works and integrates across the broad. Clean and simple. I'm not 20 anymore and I don't have time to play with my phone to tease out the perfect setup. It's a tool and it must work (interestingly not as a telephone but as a PDA).
- aerique 15y agoEven with an iPhone you can make your calendar and contacts live on Google's servers. Not that's necessarily an improvement for some. For syncing contacts check the SyncInABlink app (no affiliation).
- jfb 15y agoIf I were willing to let Google sell my info to their advertisers, I'd use an Android phone -- they work unbelievably well when you choose the Google lock-in. I guess the crux of my post was that I'm happier locked in to Apple than Google because I trust Apple more than I trust Google. For a normal, I usually recommend iPhone, because the app selection is better, but the phones qua phones are largely interchangeable these days, IMHO.
- rlf 15y agoiPhone for its elegance, superior UX, and tight integration with Apple's other products. As for lock-in, it's like being stranded on an island full of hot, horny women. Why would you _want_ to be rescued?
- njharman 15y agoI'm actually thinking of getting a basic flip phone next. My iPad does 150% of what I wish a smart phone to do. I have it with me more than my current smartphone. It's a waste of money.
- hollerith 15y agoI tentatively agree that a tablet is better than a smart phone even on the road although a device with a 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures". I tend to expect Apple to eventually sell tablets with 7-inch screens (and 15-inch screens) as well as the current 10.3-inch screens.
- njharman 15y ago> 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures" I disagree, must have bigger/stronger hands? 7" is too small to be usable and too big to be handy and is utterly worthless (to me).
- hollerith 15y agoBy "hold securely in one hand", I meant with the thumb on one side of the tablet and 3 finger on the other side. You must have very big and strong hands if you can hold an iPad that way without quickly getting tired. P.S. video of a chick holding an iPad and a 7-inch Galaxy Tab: at 0:50 in http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/ http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/
- njharman 15y agoIf I had to do it for more than 5min (which is never since I'm near table/desk/bed/armrest/carseat/horizontal plane of some sort 90% of my life) I'd hold it resting on my palm/forearm with my fingers curled around it's top. Thumb and 3 finger on one side is not secure nor sustainable.
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- Sukotto 15y agoFor people who don't want to vote (and therefore cannot see the color key) The values are purple == iphone and blue == android, roughly equal with a combined 90% of the vote.
- Kwpolska 15y agoAndroid. I own an android phone since a short while and I love it.