Moving Slowly tho
I've been pondering a new phone.
I currently use a Sprint Touch with a custom built 6.5 WinMo rom courtesy of ppcgeeks.com. It's pretty nice but I've been considering a Pre running WebOS. While waiting for the Pre to hit the shelves, I thought I'd give Android a try for a day.
It held up surprisingly well. But at the end of the day I was glad to get back to my three or four choices of soft keyboards, better ringtones, more applications and Opera. The Android felt like Ubuntu. It did all the basics, but just wasn't snazzy. several co-workers have iPhones. I can't imagine anyone coming over to me asking, "Is that Android? Ooooooo!"
The one thing I like about Android is the "sync with the cloud" concept. I've been using WinMo steadily for years and years. I've always cut the ActiveSync cord. The only reason I have ActiveSync on my PC (yes... it's a PC) is to flash the ROM on the phone. My Contacts, ToDo items, Calendar and email are in the cloud (Exchange, RememberTheMilk and Google). I also connect to GMail with IMAP.
I also want to download apps, MP3 files and eBooks from the Internet as well. If Android is headed there - great! But right now, I'm not sure that Google isn't going to shunt it off to one side.
- Dan
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