Nothing Wrong With The Smartphone
Regular readers of my Keener Living Blog know that I am toying with the idea of getting another phone, in addition to my T-Mobile Dash: an iPhone or a BlackBerry.
Some of you have probably read my articles along those lines and have wondered if I am a "defector."
Well, a couple of points of clarification are in order:
- I actually am very happy with my Dash. My writeup of my first impressions of it, and my upgrade of it to WM6, are both available in my articles here at Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine. These articles have very positive points of view because the Dash is a rock-solid device and it meets all of my needs.
- I am a gadget-aholic: anytime a new gadget comes out, my mouth waters until I either get it or, with some difficulty, convince myself that I don't need it and that my money is better spent. (This is easier to do now that I am retired and don't have the income level I did before retirement.)
- If I do get another phone, I am stuck with a 2-year contract on it, and can you imagine all the better phones that are going to come out within the next 2 years? For example, just today Jack Cook wrote over at Mobility Site that Cingular 8925 Trumps iPhone. He just might be right, and I could be well-served to wait a couple of months until they actually come out, and evaluate the 8925 as an option. (I do kinda miss a touch screen, although I manage OK without it.)
Of course, I'll go on tempting myself about getting an iPhone, and I will keep wondering about how nice the super email features of a BlackBerry are, because geeks do that kind of thing: even old geeks. Heck, I am actually planning on posting on the subject on my Keener Living Blog again tomorrow or the next day.
But, if I do wind up getting an iPhone or BlackBerry, it won't be because the Smartphone is not good enough for me. Like all of you, I'd like to see improvements here and there, but that could be said (and is being said) of the iPhone and BlackBerry, too.
Just thought I'd clarify.
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Well, I don't think a WM user / fanatic is a "defector", should he / she want to get an iPhone - I want to get one myself :) It's completely another question whether I would use it at all - currently, I'm pretty much happy with my cheapo HTC Oxygen (s310) smartphone because it's my only Windows Mobile device to record calls flawlessly (I have several other Windows Mobile devices, but none of them is able to do the same.)
And, after all, not even Microsoft frown upon their co-workers having switched to iPhone :)
I have never seen it as an iPhone against Windows Mobile competition. If a current Windows Mobile user also uses an Apple iPhone then I do not see it as a bad thing. I would have some comments if the user switched completely from using a Windows Mobile device to using an iPhone exclusively though. . .
I use my i-Mate JasJar almost 90% of the time compared to my other Windows Mobile devices but I do not use the phone feature. I find it too awkward to accept and place calls on it.
My phone of choice currently is the Audiovox Smartphone. If I needed a new phone, I would not consider the iPhone but if I needed a phone and a music player then I would consider the iphone to replace my audiovox Smartphone which is currently used as a phone only. No applications or MP3 stored on it. My JasJar is used for computing and music purposes.
This means I carry 2 devices. In the end, regardless of if a current Windows Mobile user also uses an Apple iPhone, I would not consider this person as someone that has defected in anyway. Just someone that uses an iPhone as a phone. Until the iPhone becomes a device that accepts third party applications, I do not see it anywhere close to being a replacement for a Windows Mobile or a Microsoft Smartphone replacement.
Tom, a good point.