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poldy wrote:
> In article <ddifq5t9ni2lt3s9bjgqom951nerroiqrr@4ax.com>,
>  "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <lynxer@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> My wife uses an iPhone (same account) and I am not happy with it for a
>> number of reasons.  Thus, I am looking at alternatives to the iPhone,
>> with the Blackberry being currently the "leader" on my list.
>>
>> I need the device for the following uses:
>>
>> 1. Phone
>> 2. PDA (calendar, addressbook)
>> 3. Ability to send and receive e-mail.
>> 4. Occasional Web access, including access to Google or other such
>> sources.
>> 5. GPS would be nice but not necessary as I have a freestanding GPS
>> for my car.
> 
> AT&T should have Android phones and probably will get the Windows phones 
> too later this year.
> 
> For web use and software support, iPhone and Android are ahead of 
> Blackberry, which is suppose to get a Webkit-based browser in the future.
> 
> There are also other uses of GPS than simply turn-by-turn driving 
> instructions.  GPS in these smart phones have set off some innovation by 
> application developers to use the GPS for things like local restaurant 
> and services listings/reviews and other features which your PND won't 
> offer.

I'm a big fan of Android and like the thinking behind it and of course 
it will do everything he wants (and more that he may like once he has 
it).  I think Android eventually will own smartphone the market mainly 
because it is open source so anybody can play.  The latter is not true 
of the platforms.  I even have some apps on the market.

Supposedly AT&T is to start offering Android phones sooner than later 
but perusing the site I don't see any yet.

And there is a rumor that Palm may go Android to save its ass.

Android is fairly new as it only started to open up once Sprint and 
Verizon added it to their lineup. It is a rapidly growing platform.

It is also poised for data only smartphones as the data plan ontop of 
voice is a showstopper for many adding usually $30 to their plan.  Just 
do VoIP on a data phone and it may be that Verizon is seeing that 
writing on the wall.  I had all of 33 minutes of voice last month and 
almost 1/2 GB of data. Just not a phone user.

Now if Verizon/HTC would just update my Eris to 2.1!