And the phone search continues. Here are the front runners. Give me your thoughts:
- Nokia N900 (specs)
- Maemo OS: A nice linux OS gets polished. I loved my N800, but was missing the phone. Pretty much a mobile computer. I even used an Apple bluetooth keyboard for some heavy text editing. Could it replace a laptop? GOOD
- T-Mobile: I have had great reception and service with T-Mobile and this would take advantage of 3G (not here yet though). GOOD
- No UMA: My Blackberry has UMA allowing free calling on WiFi, this wouldn’t. BAD
- Motorola CLIQ (specs)
- Android: I haven’t used Android for an extended period of time, but it looks very very nice. GOOD
- T-Mobile, but no UMA: Same service, but no UMA. DRAW
- Apple iPhone
- Gaming: I am increasingly loving playing games on my iPod touch. They are getting better and better. The catalog is expanding, the quality going up, and the price staying low. GOOD
- Syncing: I love the way my iPod syncs, but if I have data service will this matter? DRAW
- ATT: Don’t really like. Enough said. BAD
- Blackberry 9700
- Current system: I like my Blackberry now. I don’t have data, just email and so it has great function, but no flair. Not sure how heavier apps will work, but overall I like it. GOOD
- App Catalog: Not as large as the iPhone and I am not sure that it will take off. I don’t know how to develop for the Blackberry, but from some reading it seems like a more difficult process than developing for the iPhone, Android, or a Linux Platform. BAD
- T-Mobile and UMA: Good service and my free(with Hotspots at home) calls. GOOD.
- Palm Pixi
- WebOS: Again, not an expert here, but it seems promising. GOOD
- Processing Power: From the Engadget read, this seems like a real nice device. GOOD
- Sprint: I haven’t liked my service with Sprint before, but the Everything Data Family Plan is cheap. I mean cheap. Real cheap. Looks like $20/month or more saved. They have 3G here too. Tenative and hesitant GOOD
Time for thoughts. Since only the iPhone has been released and I have time on my contract still I will wait and see, but I really would love to hear what your thoughts are of any of the operating systems or carriers. I will be using it for business and pleasure, even gaming would be cool if any of the platforms ever develop in that way.
