iphone 3Gs or HTC Desire

[dspsyssts]

3...2....1.....and your under

Buy the Apple product! Buy the Apple product! Apple Is best You can not live without Apple....Buy it, live it, love it....

and your back in the room.

Here you go

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_iphone

[lightng]

So you are tired of people who do not tell other people what specific device they should use for their tasks?

I expect you to be a recruiter for the Apple evangelists to hold that point of view.

Anyway I will not be bothered by you or your kind anymore.

I tried using an apple product and I found the nannying and control to be too restrictive for me so now I choose something else.

Have a nice day.

I wasn't having a go at you, Thomas. Actually, I'm not in either camp. I look at each device according to merit and whether it suits my personal needs.

From a user perspective, the HTC desire looks very good - better than the current IPhone offering (I do have an Iphone BTW). Apple will have to raise their game, which they will very shortly. In turn, Apple's competitors will raise their games. Competition is a good thing, and I will be able to cherry pick the very best, whether its Apple or not.

From a developer perspective, Apple is more attractive to me. They have a good model (The App Store) which enables a developer to genuinely profit from creating software which adds value to the platform. I've looked at the android SDK, it looks great, but I can see there being more effort needed to get your software marketed and off the ground. I'd like to know what other people think or if anyone has experience in this field.

Have a good day yourself

[ThomasSoerensen]

I find the Apple anti-evangelists very tiring. They seem to have some kind of complex about Apple being in a superior market position on the computing market.

For every Apple evangelist there is an equal and opposite anti-Apple evangelist.

So you are tired of people who do not tell other people what specific device they should use for their tasks?

I expect you to be a recruiter for the Apple evangelists to hold that point of view.

Anyway I will not be bothered by you or your kind anymore.

I tried using an apple product and I found the nannying and control to be too restrictive for me so now I choose something else.

Have a nice day.

[lightng]

I find the Apple evangelists very tiring. They seem to have some kind of complex about apple being in a inferior market position on the computing market.

I find the Apple anti-evangelists very tiring. They seem to have some kind of complex about Apple being in a superior market position on the computing market.

For every Apple evangelist there is an equal and opposite anti-Apple evangelist.

[ThomasSoerensen]

And then wait for the new Android model - should be about 8 weeks after the iPhone 4G

After that, it'll be a short wait for the next Jobsian device.

Shortly after that, Google will have a new phone out, so you might as well wait for that.

About 10 weeks after that, HTC will have a new one out.

But then, the iPhone 5GS3D will be rumoured to be on it's way, so you might as well wait for that.......

too true

also I believe most of the disadvantages of the iphone will not be solved (Flash, tethering etc)

I will go and have a look at the HTC Desire soon and if it feels right in the hand then I think I will go for that - the easy tethering is a big plus for me.

I also find Apples ambitions of complete control annoying.
Who gives a **** about which programming language was used when writing the application??? Stupid Jobs.


And I look forward to telling the citizen Apple marketing zealots that I had an iphone but chose and android later.

I find the Apple evangelists very tiring. They seem to have some kind of complex about apple being in a inferior market position on the computing market.

[The Wikir Man]

Make no decision now until you have seen the new iPhone.

The difference will be considerable from your current model.

Are you in a rush to change? within the next 12 weeks you will be aware of what the new iPhone will offer and thus will be in a more advantageous position to judge.

And then wait for the new Android model - should be about 8 weeks after the iPhone 4G

After that, it'll be a short wait for the next Jobsian device.

Shortly after that, Google will have a new phone out, so you might as well wait for that.

About 10 weeks after that, HTC will have a new one out.

But then, the iPhone 5GS3D will be rumoured to be on it's way, so you might as well wait for that.......

[dspsyssts]

Make no decision now until you have seen the new iPhone.

The difference will be considerable from your current model.

Are you in a rush to change? within the next 12 weeks you will be aware of what the new iPhone will offer and thus will be in a more advantageous position to judge.

[MikeC1408]

Hope this doesn't come across as biased as I have owned the iPhone 2G & 3G but not the desire.

I would recommend going for the HTC Desire

[The Wikir Man]

I'd go into a shop and see what the desire feels like in your hands.

I love my desire, hated the iPhone though. I use gmail, Google calendar etc and don't really do music on the phone. I also run Linux so itunes isn't an option.

I'm listening to iplayer now, typing this, just flicked to pick up a Google chat and now back to complete this. Oh, and I get flash working out of the box...

[voodooflux]

The iPad was rumoured to be in the UK in April...

officially announced

[The Wikir Man]

Might be worth bearing in mind that the next iteration of the iPhone is rumoured to make an appearance around June.

The iPad was rumoured to be in the UK in April...

[voodooflux]

Might be worth bearing in mind that the next iteration of the iPhone is rumoured to make an appearance around June.

[ThomasSoerensen]

I am soon at the end of my iphone 2G contract.

I an considering moving to a iphone 3Gs or to a HTC Desire.

things I don't like about my current iphone are the speed (will most likely be solved by both new alternatives) and the whole flash Kindergarten fight is a bit annoying - also sometimes when I get a call I am unable to answer it as the phone does not respond to my finger sliding over the virtual slider. That is very annoying.

I do not use my phone to listen to music - mostly use it to call and text and read news on RSS or the web.

I would like , maybe, to have a good navigation app, so I do not need separate gadget for navigation. But it is not a must, I could continue with a standalone navigation with bluetooth to enable handsfree calling while driving.

for email and calendar I use googles services so I expect this will not be an issue on an android phone.

I like an object to feel nice in the hand, and the iphone 3gs seems a bit plasticky - how is the hardware on the Desire?

which phone do you think is the right for me?

the price will be approximately the same