Where Are The Wise Men?

Mike's Ramblings

On Android

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I recently put my stake in the ground on the side of Android and, while I'm not quite up to my first month in usage yet, I can't think that the iPhone would be better than this. If you are an iPod user, you won't like having magical iTunes sync for music. But you can manually copy the files over and, if you don't like doing that, [there are apps][] [that do it for you.][]

I just got back from a trip and the GPS capabilities of our Android drive-by-drive directions were spot-on. Need to find a gas station? Literally hit the button and ask it.

I seriously couldn't ask for a better phone.

My wife likes her keyboard on her droid, but she also likes how much lighter my phone is than hers. I thought I would be annoyed by the Incredible's keyboard but I have gotten used to it. Or, rather, it's gotten used to me -- I now have a number of words added in and now it is smarter about spelling decisions.

screen when you are in direct sunlight (this is a big deal while geocaching) and sometimes it can be real slow when I turn it sideways. That especially happens when I'm typing something in and decide that I want to two-hand type, so I turn it. The screen generally does not rotate with it.

But the value and the usefulness of the phone outweighs all of them. I can't think I would like an iPhone more than this.