{"id":3488,"date":"2010-05-21T09:44:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T07:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokao.com\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2010-05-21T09:44:02","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T07:44:02","slug":"why-my-next-phone-it-will-be-an-iphone-4g-and-not-an-android-froyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/21\/why-my-next-phone-it-will-be-an-iphone-4g-and-not-an-android-froyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why my next phone it will be an iPhone 4G and not an Android froyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Wednesday in San Francisco took place the latest Google I\/O conference<\/a>, in principle a conference for developers. Each participant gets a free android phone (well the probably cover the cost of the phone with the fees…).
\nMany people expects this conference to be a consumer goods conference where things are explained in plain english and where they release new products.
\nWell they did announce some interesting stuff: google wave for everybody (this should have a post of its own), new Android 2.2 (froyo) faster than the speed of light apparently, google tv, another attempt to create tv in a box (apple tv, tivo, boxee…), a google web store (is this a fight with apple?) and little about the chrome OS.<\/p>\n

Anyway, why my next phone is going to be an iPhone 4G and not an Android?<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Having migrated all my email to google apps myself (I was hosting it at home with zimbra up to now), I have thought several times that the best next phone for me would be an android based phone. I’m sure there is nothing better for Google apps integration, and I am a heavy user of google apps (mail, calendars, tasks, contacts, docs), but…\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I love my current phone (iPhone 3GS) and even if sometimes I feel tempted to go for more powerful, quick and feature rich phone, such as the nexus one, droid incredible, evo… they are still behind apple’s iPhone in terms of the amount of apps, the simplicity and in terms of sync with google apps, I am pretty happy with exchange for having pushed email, calendars and contact from google, and geetasks app for the tasks.<\/p>\n

Again I am not questioning the fact that android phones might be much better integrated, but, and this is the main reason why I am going to buy an iPhone 4G, and it is something everybody should consider:<\/p>\n

I am not ready to see that my handset is obsolete after a month or two in the market<\/strong>. That there are trillions of handsets so always something newer and better than the one you have.<\/p>\n

Same applies for android OS. They release versions like popcorn.<\/strong> Today you buy a motorola droid with android 2.1 and tomorrow you have the droid incredible and android 2.2.<\/p>\n

With apple this is more reasonable:\u00a0maximum\u00a0one new handset per year, and the releases of updates\u00a0maximum\u00a0every 6 months, but always compatible with old handsets and easy and transparant to update.<\/p>\n

Now you might also argue that android is not policed like apple is. True. That is why I get the most out of my phone by\u00a0jailbraking\u00a0it. No limits: MyWi, SMS confirmation, sbprefs, install apps from ssh…<\/p>\n

My iPhone is my all-in-one gadget it does everything for me: I control the music on the mediacenter computer (windows) with iTunes using remote app, I see and control my IP Camera from anywhere, it is a terrific iPod, I listen and watch netcasts, listen to books, music, constantly!!, Navigon tells me how to get to a place when driving, I check in in places, write comments, check the web, have my email pushed, have my life\u00a0archived\u00a0(mail, bills and so) with evernote, I tweet, I see my webdav server, I can connect my computer with MyWi using 3G, I take quality photos and videos everywhere (I have thousands)… and if now I am going to be able to have skype running in the back with a front camera…<\/p>\n

what else? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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