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Android Gaining Momentum Among Future Smartphone Buyers
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this survey, like so much else I see in the press about "smart phones" is so ridiculous. Somehow, the press has decided that this is a three-way race between the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre, and they totally ignore the fact that Symbian OS smart phones sell more than all the other three combined. And I've yet to actually seen an Android phone in use, and haven't seen a Palm since last spotting a Treo almost 10 years ago.
Having now used my iPhone for several months, I'm increasingly inclined to go back to my Nokia N97. A lot of other people never switched -- the press needs to report on what people are actually using, not reflect their own preferences/prejudices.
Having now used my iPhone for several months, I'm increasingly inclined to go back to my Nokia N97. A lot of other people never switched -- the press needs to report on what people are actually using, not reflect their own preferences/prejudices.
For that matter, none of these surveys matter once you're talking about your own group of friends and family. For example:
One of my sons got an iPhone for himself and an iPhone for his wife.
Another son also got an iPhone.
My son-in-law got a Palm Pre for himself and a Pixi for his wife.
One of my brothers got a Droid for himself and an Eris for his wife.
One of my brothers got a WM phone for himself and a dumb phone for his wife.
One of my brothers got a Blackberry for himself and a BB for his wife.
One of my brothers could care less and he and his wife have dumb phones.
My friends have a mixture like above as well.
The main theme I see is that husband and wife tend to get the same type, at least around me.
One of my sons got an iPhone for himself and an iPhone for his wife.
Another son also got an iPhone.
My son-in-law got a Palm Pre for himself and a Pixi for his wife.
One of my brothers got a Droid for himself and an Eris for his wife.
One of my brothers got a WM phone for himself and a dumb phone for his wife.
One of my brothers got a Blackberry for himself and a BB for his wife.
One of my brothers could care less and he and his wife have dumb phones.
My friends have a mixture like above as well.
The main theme I see is that husband and wife tend to get the same type, at least around me.
In my observation, husbands are usually the ones who choose the phones for themselves and the wifes and they tend to use a single brand (it's easy to maintain them this way
)It depends on how oyu look at this. One may say that the latter two do not have much to lose anyway
One thing I am sure of... I would go with my G1 over any iPhone and that thing is already old. N1 should be here any minute and I just can't wait.
On my G1 I can tether my MBP while listening to streaming audio and go and check any other app/thing I want to while all other processes are working.
I remember on my iPhone 3G when I had to restart every app just because I needed to switch back to my notepad for a fraction of a second.
iPhone just sucks. Seriously. It's a nice iPod with phone options but it ain't smart for sure.
"...one thing at a time my young padawan or you will get confused..."
On my G1 I can tether my MBP while listening to streaming audio and go and check any other app/thing I want to while all other processes are working.
I remember on my iPhone 3G when I had to restart every app just because I needed to switch back to my notepad for a fraction of a second.
iPhone just sucks. Seriously. It's a nice iPod with phone options but it ain't smart for sure.
"...one thing at a time my young padawan or you will get confused..."
I agree that Multitasking is a great feature (the reason I switched from the iPhone) but I bet the common man or woman wouldn't care for it.
I'm waiting for Google to ship my Nexus one. Can't wait!
Common people don't care till they find out that all this annoying routines they need to go through using their "smartphone" can vanish in an instance if they switch to a different manufacturer.
Also ATT plans. They are raving the $69 unlimited (you have to add data + text). Well I go for $85 (tax included) all unlimited (voice, data and text) on T-mobile.
Seriously I can not find any other explanation besides "I love apple and I could care less if their product sucks" to get that phone. When the hype settles, a normal, conscious human being should understand that overpaying for a literally crappier product isn't something you want to do and yet they go for it and defend it like a mother defends a child lol. That is the fanboi phenomenon and man apple are kings in making that work.
Don't under estimate some of the people out there!
When the app store first opened we had one guy at work running around showing us some virtual stapler app...
He showed me as he tapped the screen and I think every 10 presses it made a different sound. Then he pulled out the virtual bubble wrap app where you had to tap the bubble wrap to pop it and he was as pleased as a pig in ***** and thought it was the best thing ever. Me? I'm only happy when I can FTP at will to my webspace and my computers to download/upload files whilst streaming music via last.fm and browsing the web with my favourite twitter client (Seesmic) and instant messaging app running in the background and not having to shut all that down just to receive an SMS or email!