Android is going to be the dominant force of the future in cell phones. It will be interesting to see how Windows Phone 7 fares, and how Android and Symbian/Meego (Nokia) battle it out worldwide (Nokia completely dominates cell phones outside the US, selling 260,000+ smartphones EACH DAY, not to mention 700,000-800,000 feature phones daily, too).
I love my Droid!
Android is unquestionably the dominant OS in the US, and gaining quickly worldwide. Open platforms and multiple hardware vendors once again trounce the locked-in/single-source approach.
Apple can fix that overnight by ending the exclusive relationship with AT&T.
All of my siblings have one. My wife is getting one.
I’m waiting for a wi-fi Galaxy S Tablet, but I’m going WP7 for my phone.
btw, stand byy for a parade of excuses form the you-know-who fans.
“BOGOs!”
“Not one sells more than the iPhone!”
“Apple makes more money when I buy one!”
“People dont know yet how bad they are!”
“No one is getting one because of Android!”
“iPhone is only on AT&T..WAH!”
blah blah blah!
There is extremely strong competition. Apple is selling as many iPhones as can be produced. The whole market is growing, but Android is capturing most of that growth, mainly due to having low- and high-end phones, and being available on every carrier from most manufacturers. The premium iPhone will never get the same volume as the collection of Android phones costing $0-$49 (and with the free phone deals as I got). RIM is going to have problems and follow Microsoft if they can’t pull something off soon. Inertia will only carry RIM so far.
Symbian is dead. Like RIM, current sales are an inertia thing.
With this crowded market, and with NOTHING special to bring to the game relative to the other players (in fact, it’s behind), Microsoft is going to have to rely on corporate muscle and patent threats to push Windows Phone 7. That’s why the timing of the patent lawsuit against the only major Android vendor that isn’t a WP7 release partner (Motorola) just before the WP7 release — everybody get in line or else.
What I wonder from you specifically, is with the advent of WP7 will the lack of removable SD cards or multitasking suddenly not be a problem in your opinion?
Probably going to be a strong competitor to Palm's WebOS. ;-)
I just discovered that Microsoft is not supporting THEIR OWN Windows Mobile smartphones in the 64 bit version of Windows 7, with Outlook 2010. That is, no ActiveSync type functionality.
Anyone know if Android can sync up with Outlook 2010 under Win7 64?
Well my daughter is none too happy with her Android. She switched from a Blackberry to a Motorola with Android. Some how she mus downloaded an app with a virus. The virus sent emails from her contacts list.
I'm on the hunt for a phone but will be waiting a few months before I make a decision on which smartphone to buy. A couple of the Android phones look very pretty - and useful. iPhone has been (and still is) the standard and will make my shortlist. I've almost ruled any Symbian phone off my list now. I really like what I've seen about the Windows Phone 7.
If I had to make my choice in the next 6 weeks, WP7 phone would win mainly due to its Office, Zune, and Live integration - but the hardware is rather important too. That said, I'm not committed to any new phone hardware or OS so I might just hang onto my 4-year-old hand-me-down Moto Razor as long as it continues to work.
Love my Sprint EVO
Android if fine..but mother@#$%^&g Motorola Droid sucks. I’ve not even had it a year and I only get five hours on a charge even after continually forcing apps to quit.
Sucks balls.