Posts Filed Under ‘iPhone’
Best Ways to Get Gmail on Your Phone
April 8th, 2009, 1 comment
Yesterday Google rolled out some impressive changes to the Gmail mobile webapp that makes checking your email in your phone's web browser an actually-attractive option. No small feat. So this morning over at Lifehacker I broke down what Gmail features you get in a mail client versus the webapp on your iPhone or Android handset.
March 18th, 2009, 6 comments
Apple made some exciting announcements about what's coming down the pipe for the iPhone this summer, so over at Lifehacker this morning I took at look at seeing how it all stacks up against Google's Android.
Overall I'm still a happy Android user, but I'll give it to Apple: the application potential and accessory control is looking really good. If they nail push notifications, iPhone 3.0 will be a really big deal. Check out the full article: Android Versus iPhone 3.0: The Showdown.
iPhone 3.0 Gets Copy and Paste and Then Some
March 17th, 2009, 6 comments
Apple's finally caving and adding basics like copy and paste and proper MMS support to the iPhone operating system's third iteration, they announced today, plus a few other interesting goodies which catch it up to Android and then some. The iPhone still won't run background processes like Android can, but if they implement push notifications well maybe they won't have to. Yay for innovation and competition that leads to better products.
February 6th, 2009, 38 comments
Last October I was lucky enough to get my paws on the first-ever Android smartphone, the HTC G1, and review it for Lifehacker the day it was released to the public. I'd had the phone for only a week to do my review, but in the process I fell in love with Android and its available applications, even at that early stage.
Still, with 14 months left on my iPhone's two-year contract with AT&T, I didn't want to pay a termination fee to switch to a new phone on a different carrier. But my Android lust grew deeper, so I took the plunge and tried unlocking a G1 to work with my iPhone's AT&T SIM card. I got a G1 from a friend for a decent price, paid 25 bucks for an unlock code, and it worked! No need to leave AT&T, but I still get Android goodness. If you're interested in doing the same, here's how I did it.
February 5th, 2009, 28 comments
Several people have asked why I switched from the iPhone to a G1 running Android. My reasons are both practical and philosophical.
The practical ones:
- I'm a heavy Gmail user, and Android offers up-to-the-second push Gmail, and a Gmail interface that far surpasses Mail on the iPhone. Reading, searching, labeling, and otherwise processing my email is the most important thing I need to do on my smartphone besides make calls, and it's simply easier in Android.
- Android lets me manage my contacts in one place: Gmail, and syncs them automatically to my phone. No more local address book!
- Android is better than the iPhone software in a few ways: it's way more customizable, it offers copy and paste, the pull-down "window shade" is a better notification mechanism, and in general it gives you that feeling that you're in control of every setting.
- Android doesn't run Safari, but it will likely run Chrome someday.
- I love the trackball on the G1 for scrolling and clicking. From an economy-of-motion standpoint, it's a way more efficient way to interact with the device than swiping and tapping the screen. The snap-out keyboard is sweet, too.
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