Yesterday, I posted the beginning of this discussion on TIPB (my favorite iPhone Blog), over at http://exechobo.blogspot.com The author, Rene Ritchie set off a big discussion there, and in our mini ExecHobo world, we had one too. Good discussion, really. It is hard to separated defensiveness from disagreement about anything, and phones seem to bring out the beast that kids used to reserve for arguing about ball players. Larry Czonka or John Riggins? Here is part two of the issue, and you should read the comments. It is on an iPhone blog, but that's OK, TIPB does a good job of respecting its sister sites for Blackberry and Android.
When I look at Android, I see some really cool ideas that turn into some great functions, like being able to use the status bar to check things, and my all time favorite- being able to toggle on and off Bluetooth (Steve! You are pissin me off!!). I also believe it has more power than an iPhone to become my own computer.
And don't kid yourself, the iPhone apps do not expand its function like an Android can. Unless you jailbreak. But they do work really, really well with the whole thing. An Apple obsession I like.
I always seek function over usability, so it surprises me to be a fan of iPhone first. But in that is my discovery of the limits of my inner geek- its gotta work. I am a user of tools and toys, not one who gets into the "hows" of these gadgets. It is enough for me that it "does". What do you think?
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