Oh yes, I finally gave up my iPhone 3G to upgrade, not to an Apple iPhone 4, but to a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 powered by Google’s Android, as far as I’m concerned, it’s an -almost- perfect smart phone beating the Apple’s offering in -almost- everything.
Notice I used the word -almost- twice, this doesn’t mean it can’t -become- perfect, the potential is definitely there.
Having an Apple MacBook Pro, an iPhone and iPod Touch, 1st Gen, 2nd Gen and 4th Gen in the household, oh and I almost forgot, an Apple iPod Shuffle as well, it would be natural to upgrade my iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4, specially after skipping the 3GS, that in itself required much patience from my side, nevertheless, I started researching, not underestimating devices running Palm WebOS, Windows Mobile 7, Blackberry, Nokia (Symbian) and of course the mighty Android.
I loved Palm, I used to have a Palm Treo 650 smart phone, so many apps available since the days of Palm Pilot in the 90s, but I think on a strategic front, Palm made too many bad decisions, now owned by HP, it remains to be seen how far WebOS will go. Nokia, Windows and Blackberry OSs though having their own app markets, I just don’t foresee that they’ll be anywhere near Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android in terms of software applications. Let’s face it, people are having much higher expectations of their smart phones.
I’ll write in more details about my choice in future articles, but before I do that, allow me to let you know where I got the best PAYG (Pay As You Go) deal for Samsung Galaxy S here in the UK. Just pop in to any 3 store and get one for less than £390.00, and as a bonus, you’ll also get a free 3 (Three) Sim card, opening the world of Skype on 3G at no extra cost for life.