Thread: Should I just get an iPhone?
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gerbick
2009-06-24 , 18:31
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Originally Posted by johnkzin View Post
My recommendation:

Investigate Android. Either the G1 on T-Mobile, or the upcoming Lancaster on AT&T (assuming you're in the US). Good finger friendly GUI, much more open application ecosystem (you can bypass the regulated market completely), it multi-tasks, and those two devices have real keyboards. The only drawback, IMO, is that the Linux layer isn't open, so you have to hack it to get thing like tethering.

Until there's a Maemo Phone, it's the only platform I'll touch these days.
HTC Hero is a much better option. The need for a physical keyboard is probably not an issue if you're already considering an iPhone to begin with.

The G1, you have to overclock it to get decent results. You have to hack it to enable tethering. I think the OP was talking from a non-programmer/hacker mentality - again, thus the iPhone option.

Honestly, that's a major problem. We all know that if there's a will, there's a way to get most, if not all of the stuff onto the platform of our choice.

However, to most consumers; they're not going to invest the time into it. Nor do they care about doing things that involve hacking nor extending their purchase.

The ecosystem for Android is much better than Maemo presently.