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- FirstOne1, on 06/12/2009, -4/+25pre greater than the iphone?
- GMofOLC, on 06/13/2009, -0/+19Why do the makers of Android phones refuse to put headphone jacks on their phones?
- pika2000, on 06/13/2009, -1/+19Will people every buy a PC that is locked to a specific ISP like Comcast? Probably not. Yet locked cellphones is still the mainstream in the US. Its mind boggling that the idea of having an unlocked cellphone and the freedom to choose a plan/wireless provider is so foreign to US consumers. It's even more mind boggling that people actually love paying money for a locked cellphone, without being allowed to unlock it even after the so-called "subsidy" contract is finished.
- weeFred, on 06/13/2009, -1/+17Isn't it a bit biased having itunes sync as one of the features?
- jordn, on 06/13/2009, -3/+16Why the hell is 'iTunes Sync' even a catagory on that list of comparisons? It just seems like a cheap attempt to give the iPhone more brownie points on their lame, biased 'guide'.
Buried. - opitica, on 06/13/2009, -1/+13HEY! where the ***** is the nike+ integration row!
- bfogarty27, on 06/13/2009, -9/+20um no windows mobile at all??
i have a touch pro and the touch pro 2 just came out that should definetly be in the running as it destroys just about anything - BlueCadenza, on 06/13/2009, -0/+9Xperia X1 kicks the crap out of all those phones except the iPhone (in the field of apps). Screen with 800x480 resolution (the density of more than two iphone screens put together), MicroSD (64 GB cards are coming out, so a huge win there), quad-band, touch-to-focus, hardware gps, FM radio, Java and 3d game support, hardware keyboard, and interface that that totally owns. And its been out since October of last year. Problem is you can only buy it unsubsidized...people already complain about 200$ phones.
- meghalc, on 06/13/2009, -3/+11oh wtf|! The ***** touch pro 2 beats the living ***** out of the storm and they pick that ***** to compare against???
They also ***** up tmobiles monthly minimum..you can get way more minutes than 300 for that much money plus data plan!!! - whatit, on 06/13/2009, -2/+10Where is the nokia n97 in all of this?
- drstock, on 06/13/2009, -2/+10I have both and iphone and a G2 (or google ion as the developer version is called) and I'm liking the G2 more and more. The sdk for cupcake is really good compared to the awful iphone sdk. The only thing I really miss is multitouch.
- zerod, on 06/13/2009, -0/+7i want android on the palm pre.
- SpiderTeets, on 06/12/2009, -19/+26pre > iphone > G2 > storm; easy.
android needs to kick it up a notch and someone needs to produce a refined G1 type hardware so that the little guy can compete against some of these others. - firesights, on 06/13/2009, -1/+7As good as the GS looks, I wonder if between now and next year someone will not have already bridged the gap. It's not a revolutionary phone like the original iPhone was and it's even less of a set up from the iPhone 3G. There is really nothing spectacular about it that the other iPhones haven't brought to the table already, especially considering that jailbreaking has already given many of the benefits of the highly touted 3.0 software.
The door is now open for competitors. Although of the ones listed here, only the G2 looks like it really has a chance at overtaking the iPhone. The Storm shouldn't even be listed, it's not even the best Blackberry available.
As of now though, I still think the iPhone is a bit better. The Pre is good, but it remains to see if the support will be there. Just like a gaming console, a smartphone needs extras that you can download to utilize it to it's full potential. - winterspan, on 06/13/2009, -1/+7I completely agree with mobile data prices being too high, especially tethering costs and costs of laptop 3G broadband,
However, I hate how everyone always disparages the iPhone saying contract is too expensive, is a rip-off, etc. This issue of mandatory data plans is far from an issue exclusive to the iPhone. Any Blackberry model you buy from Verizon or AT&T (and I'd imagine sprint as well) requires a *mandatory* data plan at $30 month. And Verizon -- I can't vouch for AT&T or Sprint --- now requires a data plan to buy *ANY SMARTPHONE*, not just Blackberry models. I think people got the wrong idea because Apple tried to simplify the issue with special iPhone-specific monthly plans which were really just AT&T's normal minute packages and a $30 data plan added on top. - ldog, on 06/13/2009, -0/+6Multi touch works in the browser on my rooted G1.
The hardware is there. Not sure why it's not officially used. - kotatsu, on 06/13/2009, -2/+8I wouldn't say so, for one main reason - APPS. I love my iPhone apps and the pre simply can't compete, and probably never will be able to.
- weeFred, on 06/13/2009, -0/+6The Samsung Galaxy has a headphone jack. It's only the HTC android phones which don't have headphone jacks so far.
- iamacyborg, on 06/13/2009, -2/+7I would say at this time, the iPhone beats the Android, which is what I have and I develop for. This is because there are better iPhone apps out right now.
However, I think that in the long run Android will win out. Android is a much more ambitious project than the iPhone; since an iPhone is tethered to specific system specs which the Android must run on many different types of hardware. I think that initially this attracts developers to the iPhone system which is (I would guess) easier to program for since you don't have to worry about your software operating on an unknown device. When the Android OS becomes more ubiquitous though, many more developers will be attracted to it.
Also, Google rather kicks ass at "throwing out" a fairly unrefined product and then incrementally improving the ***** out of it based on customer feedback. If you thought the leap forward between Android 1.0 and 1.5 was impressive... I can't wait to see where the OS is a year or two from now.
I don't know anything about the blackberry or the pre. - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -2/+7I'm getting a Razr.
- Twinnie, on 06/13/2009, -1/+6I was just thinking that exactly, why not have it as "Sync with anything other than iTunes" instead?
That'd turn the:
Yes, Yes, Partial, No, No
into
No, No, Yes, Yes, Yes.
And why would anyone who knows about computers want to use iTunes? - hazard99, on 06/13/2009, -2/+7I have a Symbian phone. I hate it with a passion.
- Napiertt, on 06/13/2009, -1/+6A "smart" phone that can't multitask. Wow!
- opitica, on 06/13/2009, -0/+5iphone is the whole package, hardware and os, whereas android is just the os. while according to your speculation android will win out, the phones associated with them probably wont. brand loyalty with apple is sickening while people who would use android would probably recognize and pursue a superior product, regardless of brand, once it came out.
- evil-doer, on 06/13/2009, -1/+6you do have a very valid point, but you didnt present it very well.
- BlueCadenza, on 06/13/2009, -2/+7The touch pro freakin' owns. Problem is, the HTC WM line is in a niche market in the US and is much more popular overseas.
Windows Mobile has an app for everything (things people ooh and ahh today are a yawn to people who've been using the platform for years), but Microsoft really screwed up in not making the Mobile Marketplace easier to use for people seeing as its been around for almost a decade, it wasn't marketed well and just wasn't used very much. Good thing is they're working on a refresh on their store, and with the touch pro 2 coming to t-mobile we might see it get kicked back into the mainstream. - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -1/+5@kotatsu
Yes the app's on the iphone are obviously better because their is ten's of thousands more currently because it has been out for 2 years..... Yet the ability to write app's for WebOS using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript is a HUGE advantage over the iphone. So I wouldn't be suprised if the palm pre in 3-4 months started gaining many thousands of app's a month gaining, fast on the iphone. Not to mention that 95-97% of the apps on the iphone are completely useless. A fart app won't impress any potential phone buyer. All major app's the iphone has will most likely be on the pre within 3 months. - scoottie, on 06/13/2009, -0/+4This is missing several top smart phones, like the Samsung Jack, Nokia E71, BlackBerry Bold, to be called a best of the best. This more like 5 phones used by Gizmodo people compared against each other.
- weeFred, on 06/13/2009, -0/+4I think they were looking to make it easier for web developers to cross over to Pre development, the apps are written in html/css/javascript after all.
- rockstar1o9, on 06/13/2009, -1/+5How's the browser on the Pre?
So far nothing I've used has come close to Safari. - teamgwho, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3using verizon is like dating a realllllly ugly rich woman. they have the best network but the worst phones.
- opitica, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3i dont know why you would get dugg down. you presented a great argument and i checked it out. it looks beautiful and fully functional smart phone. i wish they would market it better.
- weeFred, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Why did they compare the HTC Magic instead of the Samsung Galaxy? The Galaxy would win hands down.
- alwaysnomadic, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Stuck at the border.
- derektherock42, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3Okay, I can understand having an iPhone preference, but in what insane asylum is iPhone 3G considered better than 3GS? It's not even a matter of opinion, the 3GS is technologically superior.
- ldog, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3They might as well have just focused on the hardware and written a palm os emulator on android for legacy apps. Not sure yet what the benefit of their WebOS is. Sure they get control of the platform, but it's not technically superior and it comes with a huge development and maintenance cost to them.
- evil-doer, on 06/13/2009, -0/+3if youre thinking about an android phone or any smart phone at all id wait a month or two. both samsung and motorola are bringing out android phones in the next couple of months which should have better features/battery than the original htc models. theres more from other companies later in the year too.
- lydiasky, on 06/12/2009, -3/+5The price does make it a bit more appealing than the iPhone. But it's hard to compare the two - different providers, different interface. I think that the Pre is a big improvement to the collection of phones on Sprint. The Instinct was a big flop while the HTC phones are nice but not the latest.
- darkened, on 06/13/2009, -1/+3Everything I read about the T-Mobile G2 just makes it look like complete garbage compared to my G1. I'm so glad I bought my G1 the day it came out.
- weeFred, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2Some of the things I think will be possible in Android 2.0.
GPS car navigation - With the text to speech/speech to text APIs in 2.0 it wouldn't be that difficult to integrate this with google maps and have driving instructions spoken.
Universal translator - Speech to text/speech to text/Google translate APIs were all demo'd at I/O so it should be possible to capture speech convert to text, translate and then output as speech again. I think Google will need to improve their non english speech recognition for this to happen though. - gabn, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2patents
I have a final released G2 or HTC Magic. it shipped with a 8 GB sd card in Australia.... really enjoying it but i don't have any of the others so i can't compare.. except it has less hype that iphone or pre - hooyeah123, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2how about the Nokia E63-2 ? a unlocked smartphone for $150
Nokia E63-2 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera,
3G, Wi-Fi, Media Player, MicroSD Slot--
skypeable via wifi sounds like a winner to me. - inactive, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2Looks sexy. If it can handle everything my iphone handles I might not upgrade to the next years iphone.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2The weird thing is that there IS a law against this...locking phones. I know the Bush administration wouldn't do anything that could upset a bribe, er business campaign contributor, but maybe this is something the NEW DoJ should look into yes?
- aristotle0dude, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Wow, so you can open binary data with a plugin. How does it render the web? You know, HTML, CSS and gifs/jpegs/png?
- ammundsen, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2The Apple App Store works well in part because Apple has already gotten you signed up with iTunes before you even buy their phone. They have your credit card on file. And, most importantly, you have probably already bought at least a song or two for $0.99. In other words people are ready and willing to spend a small amount of money on something in the Apple world. This gives the developer a much greater chance of getting some money for his efforts. And who isnt motivated by the chance of financial reward?
And, the iPhone is much more of an entertainment device. A sad comment on humanity, but the average person is much more willing to spend a few dollars on a fart app to make them laugh than something that actually increases their productivity. - shrapnel09, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2LogMeIn is the one app I'm interested to see if it goes to the Pre. Right now that's the only thing making me consider the iPhone.
- derektherock42, on 06/13/2009, -0/+2@DESX I still think developers are going to flock to iPhone since Apple's touting their billionth app sale in the App Store's 9 months of existence. Some of the developers on iPhone have literally made millions off of their apps. Nobody would pass up that opportunity to a phone with a total of 18 apps, most of which are on iPhone anyway.
- MattBD, on 06/13/2009, -2/+4Wow. At least AppleMacStud makes some attempt to justify his position rather than comes out with ***** like that.
- sprash, on 06/13/2009, -2/+4Compared to the iPhone the Android browser appears very sluggish to me. Also the lack of the "Pinch" for zooming makes things unnecessary complicated.
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