Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
I am sitting in a BA first lounge at LHR. I have connected a BB, an iPhone and an old HTC TyTN successfully to the WiFi. The only thing that wont connect is my relatively new Android phone. The is the first out of the US trip I have taken it on. The version I bought basically wouldnt do exchange mail. I had to by a $20 program for mail. It is okay with that but I think the free iPhone mail is better. Browsers are about the same. Programs, or apps, on the iPhone are almost universally better than on Android. I have given up on some. From what I can tell I cant even back the thing up without rooting it which is frankly absolutely nuts.
I would say that unless your goal is to get a phone that you can reload the OS and so forth, iPhone is far and away better than Android. THe exception to that would be if you are in a Googlecentric world. It probably integrates a bit better there.
At least I have a good slug of JW Blue to console me.
FWIW, I've never had any issues with Exchange or connectivity with a standard Droid X, and I'd strongly disagree with your statement regarding the apps on the phone, but that could be chalked up to what we're using specifically. I liked my iPhone 3G until the battery quit holding charge, at which point the phone was a paperweight. I have yet to be unhappy with the X (with about 15 months of use).
Realistically, one of the biggest benefits to me in initially going to an android phone was the navigation. It was horrific on the old iPhones, and has been absolutely fantastic on the X (free turn-by-turn, with audio, as opposed to what was basically a print-out from google maps on the iPhone).