What is now an obsession started back when I was an intern. Little did I know that 4 years later I would not be able to live without a 'smartphone', data, and texting plan. Who in their right mind buys a $555(device, overnight shipping, tax) phone? who? A nerd, that's who.
I currently run a HTC Nexus One, AKA Google
Let's travel through history of the phones that I've used.
My first phone ever! Nokia 3320 from AT&T in 2002 when I was in high school. Opinion? meh it was my first phone, how could i ever complain?? .... hmm yeh horrible battery life and heavy.
up next the Sony Ericsson t610 from T-Mobile. oooOOooo color screen! It was light, small and had a joystick. 2003-5ish?
getting a little bit courageous huh? Sony W550i with AT&T. 2005. Orange was the stock shell color although you could switch it out to navy blue. it was a swivel phone that would pivot out from the base to reveal the number pad. it was also color! I thought I'd use the music function, but i really didn't. Seems that would be a theme, never really using music capabilities of my phones.... why? battery life or poor user interfaces (UI).
Internship... jumping into the smart phone rabbit hole. 2006. HTC Wizard with AT&T AKA 8100. At first I was like wow this phone is nice but really it was so heavy/bulky that it was a turn off. Windows mobile 5, blahhhhh. stylus oooo cool, no not really, inconvenient.
by now I have become the 'cell phone guy' at work... here we gooooooo! 2007. HTC TyTN AT&T AKA 8525. this was an upgrade from the Wizard but it was still bulky and slow. the form factor and sliding mechanism was improved to make a more solid feel. winMo stilll blah.
/*this is where it all gets a little bit crazy i dont know exactly when i had them but it was definitely in the 2007-2008 timeframe....
Samsung blackjack AT&T. winMo candy bar with optional extended battery for a full day's worth of work. solid business phone. it 'got the job done' one of my favorite phones.
Pantech Duo AT&T great concept, slide out qwerty and a slide UP key pad. it was just that... conceptually it was great but the sliding felt cheap and though the phone was light.. i would have given up some more weight to have more solid feel and more battery life.
Samsung Blackjack 2 AT&T. one of my favorite phone just got better. better screen, sleek form factor and winMo 6. good job winMo we're getting there but just quite there yet. solid phone, still business-y.
Samsung ACE Sprint AKA CDMA version of the Samsung blackjack (1). it was like i was going back in time. Luckily i was just testing this phone. it didnt impress me like when I first had the Samsung blackjack 1. boring...
Apple iphone ( 2g ) AT&T. what can i say? it's the iphone. the game changer. the first really thought out touch screen only phone. The elements of the UI and the ability for it to respond to touch with tolerances for error are absolutely amazing. it's a capacitive multi-touch screen, something that will be a standard for years to come.
HTC Touch Pro Sprint (and I had the AT&T version, Fuze). SenseUI!!!!! senseUI is a great concept to turn a not-so-good-mobileOS ( winMo) into something better, almost a totally different experience. form factor was like a mini brick that looked sleek. problem was the hardware was slow and could not keep up with smooth animation or interaction. bleh. it got old really quick.
*/ ... now the memory isnt as fuzzy... so right after the touch pro Sprint... i had the....
Palm Treo Pro Sprint 2009.... for about a week or so to hold me over for what? stay tuned. winMo 6.1. absolutely solid phone. it impressed me like the blackjack1 did. it was fast enough , battery life was good and sleek. just don't ask too much from it and it will work hard for you. business recommended. too bad palm is moving to a different direction for mobile OS's
Palm Pre Sprint Sept 2009. great phone, okay execution, form factor great concept but poor sliding, hardware definitely under powered/sized. This is by far the best mobile OS i've used so far, it's still growing but it's potential is much better than current winMo 6.5 ( more on winMo later), and Andriod 2.1 ( more later). it can do true multi tasking and how it handles notifications is great. The use of the "cards" UI is great but to truly grow they'll need to able to find a way to manage the 'cards'. while you can zoom out to view all the cards better i'll assume there is a better way ( perhaps HTC SenseUI's "helicopter view" in the Android Desire). Also palm is the under dog, i'm rooting for them. everyone wants to see success but not a monopoly ( nudge nudge android and iphoneOS)
*** current phone as of March 2010 ***
HTC Nexus One ( Google phone) T-mobile . 3.7 AMOLED capacitive multi touch screen with 1ghz snap dragon processor. dual mics for noise canceling. 5mp cam with auto focus. AndroidOS 2.1. it's a great phone, fast decent battery life considering all that it can do. but push it hard and u'd be lucky to get 5 hours worth. it can last all day( work day) with just 3 push mail accounts, reading with minimal responding. be sure to charge at the end of the day or have your car charger ready... as you should with any high end smart phone.
My ideal phone? palm's webOS on either the nexusOne's hardware or the HTC HD2 hardware.
HD2
but for now i'll wait for the next best thing andriodOS on the HD2 hardware.... HTC EVO 4g.. i'm waiting for the GSM version although i'll admit 4.3 inch screen would be a bit big in your pocket. perhaps a 4inch screen would be perfect.... for now.
HTC EVO 4g Sprint
iphone 4g where are u ?( coming in june?) windows phone series 7 needs to come out, now.. to stay relevant. ( coming this 2010 holidays?) i'd like some zune integration with my phone...
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