I'm a proud WebOS user, though I'm getting mildly jaded at the delays in the Pre3 and the fact that it's still not entirely clear if Sprint will have it. My (launch-weekend) Pre- is getting pretty old and tired, and I'm considering picking up a Nexus S if there isn't some more Pre3 news soon.
Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?
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Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?
#22iPhone: Frankly, originally purchased because that's what the c-level people at an old job had. But, beyond that I just want my phone to be simple - UX/UI, updates, etc. and I'm a sucker for great design.
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#23Obviously I do not belong to the "early-adopting crowd": I do not own a smartphone. Why? Because I find the 80 dollars per month too high price to pay for something(access to the internet) that I have almost everywhere I spent my time: work, home, bookstores. Even though I am seriously tempted everyday to get an iPhone.
you can have a smartphone without a data plan, just connect to wifi networks at your work, home, bookstores
At all these places I have a computer with me
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#24Still like WebOS for pure UE. Now on a Nexus S and mostly happy except for atrocious battery life. Was on iPhone for a few months but couldn't stand the lack of multitasking and crappy notifications.
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#25I'm a proud WebOS user, though I'm getting mildly jaded at the delays in the Pre3 and the fact that it's still not entirely clear if Sprint will have it. My (launch-weekend) Pre- is getting pretty old and tired, and I'm considering picking up a Nexus S if there isn't some more Pre3 news soon.
Pre 2 and Touchpad owner here. I, for one, am not waiting for Pre 3 because I am pretty happy with my Pre 2 as it is. And I have doubts whether HP cares about phones at all anyway.
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#26A relative recently purchased a Samsung WP7 phone. I was highly skeptical until I spent a few minutes playing around with it.
The UX experience (design, speed) was about as smooth as my iPhone, smoother than Android devices I've played with.
Right now there are not enough apps for WP7 to make it interesting to me, but if MSFT can get devs in large numbers to develop for the platform, then Apple will have to watch out. Historically, MSFT is good at making programmers develop for their platform, so the next couple of years should be interesting.
EDIT: The relative bought the WP7 device because it was much cheaper than an iPhone.
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#27Obviously I do not belong to the "early-adopting crowd": I do not own a smartphone. Why? Because I find the 80 dollars per month too high price to pay for something(access to the internet) that I have almost everywhere I spent my time: work, home, bookstores. Even though I am seriously tempted everyday to get an iPhone.
I would be with you, but Virgin got me on their $25 / month unlimited data, 300 minutes plan. I hardly talk on my phone, but being able to tether from anywhere has been a big win.
Now I think they charge $35 / month for the same plan.
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#28Macs are nice now if you can spend someone else's money (like I did), but iOS policies are a direct threat to the independence of our profession, and I doubt anyone's ever going to pay me enough to hold my nose and contribute to that dystopia. Also not eager to get locked into an unmanaged language everyone else dismissed decades ago.
I've been meaning to get an Android from a vendor with a good attitude about CyanogenMod, but they keep announcing new models before I finish my homework on the current ones. My POS featurephone ("powered by Java ... please wait") is bearable for the moment.
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#29Blackberry gave me free sampleth
Re: Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?
#30Macs are nice now if you can spend someone else's money (like I did), but iOS policies are a direct threat to the independence of our profession, and I doubt anyone's ever going to pay me enough to hold my nose and contribute to that dystopia. Also not eager to get locked into an unmanaged language everyone else dismissed decades ago. I've been meaning to get an Android from a vendor with a good attitude about Cyanog…
>> iOS policies are a direct threat to the independence of our profession
And have also granted thousands entry into this profession by creating a few billion dollars in wealth.