Freedom and flexibility are inversely proportional to stability and simplicity. Android has too many cooks; it suffers from the fractured nature of having so many different user interfaces, versions utilized (my dad's crappy Moto Backflip still uses ver. 1.6), and no central quality screening of apps. I permanently turned off all of the push functions on my iPhone with one toggle and solved my battery issues (and could have easily set up individual push rules for each app if desired). I'm probably just one of the fortunate ones, but I really don't have any reception issues with ATT. The only dead areas I hit are spots in my hospital where the cell repeaters don't reach. I've had no issues with dropped calls, either. I have no love for ATT, but they aren't any worse than any other cell company I've dealt with. You want bad customer service, deal with Comcast. They truly set the gold standard. I guess this makes me a bigger Apple shill than Ed, but for my needs Android just isn't there yet. Most of the handsets feel cheap and plastic-y, and the OS/interface feels jittery and beta-ish when I've played with it. The benefits of the handsets haven't been of value to me yet; I don't need an HDMI out or FM radio. I have more onboard memory than I can use, I don't need a micro USB slot. The biggest boon to me as a consumer is that they have forced a greater pace of innovation. Competition is good for all of us.
Sent from my iPad On Sep 30, 2010, at 2:41 PM, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://zd.net/bKqX7E > > Hey, Dr. Jen & Serv, do you have to constantly babysit your Droid X? > I do have to agree with him about the heat issue. My Droid 1 gets super > hot sometimes and it's rather annoying. > > -- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > ----- > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > Merlin Mann > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
