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Should I get an iPhone or an Android?

Started by mathewi · 9 months ago

So the Wall Street Journal says that the long-awaited, much-ballyhooed Google Phone is coming soon, and TechRadar says that Google execs demonstrated a working prototype at a developer event recently in London. Meanwhile, some of the bloom has come off the iPhone rose in the past little while ... Continue reading »

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  • Michael Seaton

    9 months ago

    I'd go for Android, I love Google. I'm already using most Google Apps on my BB so I would love to see how Android opens up more Google goodness.
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    I must admit that I'm kind of addicted to most of Google's apps as well on the BlackBerry, despite the fact that Gmail keeps hanging all the time.
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  • Peter Cranstone

    9 months ago

    Depends... what problem are you trying to solve and what are you willing to pay for it. Voice is a done deal - no need to pay through the nose anymore. That leaves the data plan and what you're going to access with it. Is it a must have or a nice to have?

    Decide exactly what apps you need to run on it and then compare against the competitors. My bet is that a Blackberry will work just fine - the iPhone will look better in your pocket and the Gphone will make you look hip. It all boils down to your wants and your needs. The rest is simply marketing.

    Cheers.

    Peter
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    Thanks, Peter. Good advice.
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  • Kimberly

    9 months ago

    My view is always wait and see... There will definitely be good and bad reviews of the Android for your to base your decisions on.
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  • Peter

    9 months ago

    I am waiting for Android, since the platform is open and Google is able to innovate quickly.
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  • Andrew

    9 months ago

    We are still years away from seeing a gPhone - the idea of an open app store is great, but only if you have a customer base that will buy your application.

    Currently they are about 10 million units behind Apple, about 300 million behind Nokia and 20 million behind RIM. Google is not a merchandising company, and is certainly not a consumer electronics company. They have a tough uphill battle with Android, and it won't be weeks, it will be years.
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  • Alan Skorkin

    9 months ago

    Chances are the google phone is not going to get it right the first time, so it is doubtful the first version of their phone is going to be worth getting (although i could very well be wrong, stranger things have happened :)). Having said that, I for one don't like the culture that apple are fostering around everything (elitist, super-secret and proprietary) they do including the iphone. So for the moment i am sitting on the fence, i can always get an iphone any time i want i have no pressing need for it (my current phone works fine) and who knows maybe google will create something special.
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