Apple price fixing ??

[AdamM]

I know what youre saying when I upgraded last time about 18 months ago the Nokia 5800 looked better on paper than the Iphone 3gs but its the apps that win it for the Iphone. The apps for Nokia are mostly complete rubbish.I never wanted to fall for the "OH YOU GOTTA GET AN IPHONE THEYRE THE BEST" but I must admit when I have used one they are so nice to use and once again its the apps. Most places you go now they say download this app for your Iphone they have much better back up (apps etc).

EDIT just had a look is this similar to the droidx ?    http://www.motorola.com/consumers/GB-EN/MOTOROLA-DEFY-GB-EN.do?vgnextoid=9ef68e26bfe7a210VgnVCM1000008b06b00aRCRD

The Droid X isn't a full MOTOBLUR phone.  Motorola still put some of their own changes on top of the stock Android OS but not as much as the MOTOBLUR phones.  From what I remember of MOTOBLUR it's largely a social-networking integration which personally felt was a little over the top.  Aside from that, the X is a step up in Hardware Specs, the big two being a bigger screen and HDMI output.

 

[NuggyBuggy]

To be fair google has released a voice search version for the iphone, it's just not integrated into the operating system as it is with android. it's a separate app and a little less robust.

You said it
Thats problem with Apple Ipad Iphone no app integrates into the system so it limits what apple apps can do massively. If other apps can control other apps or control other parts of the iphone or Ipad it would be far better and you will be able to do more with the Ipad I phone.  When I have been using the Ipad everything is in its own bubble and you cant pop the bubble so your stuck with what that app can do inside the bubble.

JMB

That's because Apple's wants to control your experience to the nth degree.  So they make it hard or impossible for you to change the UI to your liking.  There's no SD cards and no native way of moving files back and forth without going through iTunes, because Apple wants to force you into their iTunes-centric world.

Apparently it's only ok to "Think Different' if "different" means you think exactly like Steve Jobs wants you to think.

I bought a Samsung Captivate when I got sick of Apple's policies of planned obsolence (iPhones would not charge from any of the numerous iPod-compatible devices I have, unless you cut some of the cables that signal to the iPhone that it is connected to an older device - i.e., there's no good reason for them not to work with my devices except that Apple wants to force me to buy newer ones).  It is, to my tastes, a far more capable device than the iPhone was.  

I can put whatever files on it however I please.  I can install apps that come from wherever without requiring Apple's blessing.  It is easy to use it as a mass storage device for any of my PCs.  Almost all of the high quality apps I care about  (e.g., DropBox, EverNote, Google Maps,  Kindle, XM online) are available on the Android market.

I just wish my carrier had an Android phone with a "real" keyboard.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

I like my Casio Gzone.

I like my iPod Touch too, but won't consider an iPhone or Android phone unless they ruggedize them the way the Gzone is.

It's one thing if you are in trouble somewhere and can't play music or browse the web; quite another if you can't call to let someone know you need help.

Magellan has made this for a number of years now, but few people are aware of it.  Practically indestructible, water proof, has built-in gps receiver and internal battery to extend the usage of iphone's/ipod's battery.
http://www1.magellangps.com/toughcase/

 

[GhostFist]

OtterBox makes dust proof water/shock resistant cases for pretty much any device. Joiner brought up a phone that comes stock water resistant, shock/ slash proof, it's an android.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Otterbox is really good, not waterproof though.  If you don't want the gps, extra battery = bulk + you're careful about water getting to the phone, then Otterbox would be the better choice.

 

[NuggyBuggy]

Why would someone get an iPhone instead of an Android?  For me there'd be only one reason.  I have an Apple computer and use Apple's address book software & calendar software, and I'm probably going to start using Apple's email software soon.  Information added to a contact list, a calendar or an email on an iPhone could be "synched" with my home computer.  Can Android phones do the same?  I guess "where there's a will, there's a way," but how many extra steps would there be?

One of the things I love about my Android phone is how email, calendars and contacts are all synced with my Gmail account.  This gets done more or less automatically.  Obviously, that's only a benefit if you use Gmail.

If the HTC Desire Z had been available a month or two earlier, I think I would have bought that phone.  Real keyboard and Android - I'd be in heaven.