A New World

All of my tech life I have been a Microsoft guy.  I mean let's face it; they support about 91% of the world's desktop computer workspace.  All of my computers, and even phones, that I have purchased have been Microsoft products.  When I first bought a Smartphone it was a Palm 700W, meaning a Windows phone.  I have since had a Blackberry and a Droid and now I have moved to the iPhone... and if you know me or my history this should come as a surprise.

I was not unhappy with my Droid but it had a bug.  When the latest release, Gingerbread, came out it would not illuminate the built-in keyboard on a consistent basis.  I researched this extensively to find out it was a bug in the latest release.  Well this bug drove me crazy.  You can't exactly type a text or email at night if you can't see the keyboard.  Verizon gave me the option of replacing it and I moved over to the dark side, THE iPHONE.

I hated to do this because I love my Windows platform but I felt like a change needed to be made.  After all, Windows phones were not selling and Blackberry has basically died.  Most of my friends have iPhones, as does my family, but I still resisted until two weeks ago.  Right out of the box it was easier.  The argument from Droid geeks is that the Droid is so customizable.  Yes, this is true however you don't need to customize the iPhone.  Why install a new browser when the first one is so much better?  I don't need another email client, this one just works.

The iPhone 4S is a 3G phone and so was my Droid but the iPhone is much faster.  It is more responsive in every area.  I turned off airplane mode and right away it found new emails.  This was a painful process with the Droid.  What about the battery?  The iPhone kills the Droid and any Droid user will tell you that.  Over the Christmas holiday I hardly received any emails, texts, or phone calls.  I left the phone alone and it went for almost 4 days on standby.  Let's see a Droid do that.

For all of you Droid users, don't think about it just swap.  For the Blackberry guys, the browser alone is worth the move.  The only thing not so great is the maps.  The Droid phone is much better for maps, however that is a small price to pay.

I don't know what is next.  I don't expect an iMac on my desk anytime soon but the iPhone is great.