Sunday, August 17, 2008

Forget the jet pack; where's my Android phone?

Because I am a big Unix/Mac OS X geek, everyone assumes I have an iPhone. They are shocked when I say I'm not interested in purchasing one. There's nothing spectacularly wrong with the iPhone-- but it is locked down to AT&T's mobile network. I've spent time and effort unlocking my current GSM phone for use when I travel in foreign countries, so upgrading to another vendor-locked phone seems like a big step back to me.

But, I'm curious to see 2008 Q4 will bring with the new "Android phones." I'm not 100% sold on buying one yet, but if there's an unlocked quad-band GSM with a qwerty keyboard and a camera in the mix somewhere, I'd seriously consider it.

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