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Mobile phones - what to chose going forward?
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Problem is that Mobile phone choice comes down to what kind of user you are. Do you just want it to work out of the box and could care less about tinkering with it? If so iPhone is probably for you. If you like to tinker and change things to your liking then Android may be the way to go. Need to figure out what you need it to do and make your decision based on that.
Things I see wrong with iPhone:
No replaceable battery
Locked down eco-system
One size fits all
Problems with Android:
Some models don't get firmware upgrades in a timely manner
With so many different screen sizes and options not all apps work well on all phones
I have an android phone but I like to tinker with mine and personalize it. But the choice has to be yours depending on what you need and want it to do. So many variable. Do you want it to be able to use adobe flash, do you want to be able to increase it's storage size with inexpensive SD Cards, do you need a GPS Navigation program that can run without a data connection? These are some of the reasons I chose android, but the iPhone has more and sometimes better apps. Nothing wrong with either choice as long as it meets your needs.
I suggest checking some of the smart phone forums and these discussions go on all the time there.
Things I see wrong with iPhone:
No replaceable battery
Locked down eco-system
One size fits all
Problems with Android:
Some models don't get firmware upgrades in a timely manner
With so many different screen sizes and options not all apps work well on all phones
I have an android phone but I like to tinker with mine and personalize it. But the choice has to be yours depending on what you need and want it to do. So many variable. Do you want it to be able to use adobe flash, do you want to be able to increase it's storage size with inexpensive SD Cards, do you need a GPS Navigation program that can run without a data connection? These are some of the reasons I chose android, but the iPhone has more and sometimes better apps. Nothing wrong with either choice as long as it meets your needs.
I suggest checking some of the smart phone forums and these discussions go on all the time there.
I just repost from the other thread
I think you will need to separate the personal use and the business use.
strictly business I am still hooked on Blackberry, simple reason is security and not a lot of games and sh!t for it which is what you really do not need for a business environment phone. If you want to play games during busines hours take a day off and play a real game on a gaming PC with a 29" screen in front of you not a 4" screen in a parking lot or at a coffee house.
I know that a lot of people say that the Blackberry is going to die but so far most government agencies and banks use it for the security reason and that won't change any time soon, they just lost a big market share for all the personal yuppies that went over to the iphones as that was the trendy thing to do.
If Blackberry wants to catch up then they should bring out a dual SIM card phone so that you can have your personal number and your business number on the same device without having to carry 2 phones or use your business number for personal use or vice versa.
personal even with a little bit of business I prefer the Android platform, not much more to say about that except that you do not use proprietary Apple or BB software to manage it.
no way is for me the iphone, reason is that you have to have the itunes to manage and the security is not high on these devices mostly because a lot of users don't even activate their code for accessing the iphones (because they can leave it that way) but that means you lose the thing and anybody can, without even hacking it, access your files and settings on the phone. Iphones where a great toy when it came out but has since surpassed by Android toys that run on openly available tools and do not require the Apple proprietary software to administer it.
The BYOD everybody is talking about will get changed with some other slogan of the day in a couple of years as that is about teh lifespan of these things and by then there might be something else on the top of the must-have devices for the modern person.
I am old fashioned and paranoid and if security is not there then I don't want to have anything to do with it for my business even if that means that people look at me like I am a relict of the cold war (which I am, LOL) but I am sure that if I lose my phone nobody will take it and goo through my emails and contacts or even pictures and make use of it.
Btw. I also own an iphone (just to say that I am not one of these I_hate_anything_iphone guys) which I use strictly for personal use, password protected (as good as that actually protects it) and without business email or business information on it and I use it for its purpose, a nice toy.
Joe W.
FHandw, ACSS (SME), ACIS (SME)
Give a tech a solution and he will be back tomorrow to ask you the next question, teach a tech how to read the manual and he will be able to solve the problems for a life time.
I think you will need to separate the personal use and the business use.
strictly business I am still hooked on Blackberry, simple reason is security and not a lot of games and sh!t for it which is what you really do not need for a business environment phone. If you want to play games during busines hours take a day off and play a real game on a gaming PC with a 29" screen in front of you not a 4" screen in a parking lot or at a coffee house.
I know that a lot of people say that the Blackberry is going to die but so far most government agencies and banks use it for the security reason and that won't change any time soon, they just lost a big market share for all the personal yuppies that went over to the iphones as that was the trendy thing to do.
If Blackberry wants to catch up then they should bring out a dual SIM card phone so that you can have your personal number and your business number on the same device without having to carry 2 phones or use your business number for personal use or vice versa.
personal even with a little bit of business I prefer the Android platform, not much more to say about that except that you do not use proprietary Apple or BB software to manage it.
no way is for me the iphone, reason is that you have to have the itunes to manage and the security is not high on these devices mostly because a lot of users don't even activate their code for accessing the iphones (because they can leave it that way) but that means you lose the thing and anybody can, without even hacking it, access your files and settings on the phone. Iphones where a great toy when it came out but has since surpassed by Android toys that run on openly available tools and do not require the Apple proprietary software to administer it.
The BYOD everybody is talking about will get changed with some other slogan of the day in a couple of years as that is about teh lifespan of these things and by then there might be something else on the top of the must-have devices for the modern person.
I am old fashioned and paranoid and if security is not there then I don't want to have anything to do with it for my business even if that means that people look at me like I am a relict of the cold war (which I am, LOL) but I am sure that if I lose my phone nobody will take it and goo through my emails and contacts or even pictures and make use of it.
Btw. I also own an iphone (just to say that I am not one of these I_hate_anything_iphone guys) which I use strictly for personal use, password protected (as good as that actually protects it) and without business email or business information on it and I use it for its purpose, a nice toy.
Joe W.
FHandw, ACSS (SME), ACIS (SME)
Give a tech a solution and he will be back tomorrow to ask you the next question, teach a tech how to read the manual and he will be able to solve the problems for a life time.
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