Smartphones

[squirtthecat]

Going waaaayyyy off of smokin'/cookin'/drinkin' topic here...

Can I get a show of hands from our resident Smartphone users?

iPhone
  vs
Blackberry
  vs
Android (Droid)
  vs
????

We're finally dumping our ancient LGs and getting into the current century tomorrow...   Just looking to see who has what.
And I'm going to drop AT&T wireless for Verizon.


These Droid phones intrigue me...

[TTNuge]

Been happy with my iPhone, through AT&T obviously.  Through work we have Windows Mobile phones through Verizon, getting a new HTC Windows phone next week to replace the POS Motorola Q.  I prefer my iPhone but the Windows phones offer tethering which is critical since they won't give us air cards at work.  Even told them I'd pay for my own phone if they would just get me an air card to use for remote connectivity but they'd rather do the whole phone thing.

Where I'm at I get better coverage from AT&T which I guess is pretty rare.

[deb415611]

iphone 3gs - love it, it's my second iphone



TTNuge - I think tethering is available now for the iphone but maybe it's just for the 4

[squirtthecat]

Thanks!.   AT&T Wireless (used to be Cingular used to be Cellular One) ruled the roost around here for years, but Verizon has come in and kicked them to the curb.   We have a Verizon 4G tower here at my exit, while AT&T 3G stops 15 miles to the North up near Springpatch.   I can get 3G, but I have to go outside and stand on the hood of my car.   ;)

I'll keep reading up on these things...     I'd love to do some app development, but the iPhone (Apple) stuff is far too alien for me.  Who knows, maybe I'll cook up an app to post cooking pics/commentary on the fly to our forum!

[Smokin Soon]

Iphone here, pretty handy with tons recipe stuff out there. I kind of like the allrecipes.com thingie, cause I can stack stuff in my recipe box and access it anywhere.

[TTNuge]

TTNuge - I think tethering is available now for the iphone but maybe it's just for the 4

Your right, I missed that they finally added it.  Unfortunately they added a $45 price tag to it for 2GB a month.  Guess I'll just let the company pay for a second phone and still use my iPhone as my primary.

[Smoking Duck]

I've got a Droid phone (HTC Evo) but then I've never been hoidy toidy enough to own an IPhone  :P

[hal4uk]

I still like my Blackberry Bold, but the new Droid is nice.

What kind of app are you thinking about?
Since all these devices access the web now (with nice screens), why not just develop an ASP.NET app so it runs anywhere, on anything?

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Replaced my old Motorola flip with an iPhone 3Gs about 3 months ago and am extremely pleased - love this thing. Especially like the overall slim, compact package with large screen. Wife has a Crackberry with fixed keypad that my fat fingers could never master and my eyes can't see, only has half the screen. I get a keyboard when I need it, and twice the screen when I don't.  Love the ease with which it integrates with iTunes, wife carries a separate iPod touch.  When it comes to Apps, doubt anyone will beat the collection available for the iPhone.  Personal favorite is the Tom Tom GPS app and the Hands Free mount in my car.

[car54]

Up until a month ago I only had a pay as you go phone. I went on my daughter's plan for an extra 5 dollars a month through T Mobile. I bought a Mytouch 3G slide phone by HTC. It has Wifi, GPS, a slide out qwerty keyboard, 5 meg camera and 2 large screens. For an extra $25.00 a month I get the internet.  So far I am liking it. Because it is an android, there are thousands of apps.

Brad

[Sorce]

I have an HTC Hero, rooted, running froyo. I love it, went from a Palm Treo to a HTC Mogul (windows mobile) to the Hero and it is by far my favorite. I myself like to tinker with the OS and software on the phone so I really like that android is open.

[pensrock]

I'm sure I'm a minority on this subject.
I do not own a cell phone, never did and most likely never will.
I just could never see any reason to spend that kind of money to make or receive a call.  ??? ???

[squirtthecat]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. (including you, Pens   ;)  I really hate telephones, this is more of a mobile computer for me)

We got a pair of LG "Ally" phones.   MrsSTC liked the look/feel/keyboard.  I plaid with a new Droid, and you need thumbs of steel (and much smaller ones than mine) to run the keyboard.

This one runs the Android OS, so it has all that wiz-bang Google stuff built in.  Gmail, Picasaweb, etc.   Right up my 'alley'.  ;D

The obligatory pic:

[TestRocket]

So Squirt, are you a geocacher too?

[squirtthecat]

So Squirt, are you a geocacher too?

Nope..  Unless that means "where did I put my car keys??"   :D