Originally Posted by
BonzoESC
This is true. When I upgraded from the original iPhone to 3GS, everything carried over. Apps, app state, recent calls, text messages, the digits that were on-screen on the calculator, and even the stopwatch I started as an experiment kept going from where it was.
And with iCloud and iOS 5 from earlier today, I fully expect that my iPhone 4S upgrade won't even require plugging in to sync, since it backs up and restores online instead of to my computer.
In contrast, I was trying to fix a problem on my Nexus One (Android), and I was halfway through the (incredibly difficult) process of restoring it to factory condition before I realized I didn't have backups. All my mail and contacts are synced, but I lost all the text messages, apps (I have no idea what I had installed, and Google only remembers the paid ones), and app data.
Fantastic! That's exactly what I was hoping for. I can't count the number of times that I lost all of my apps because I got tired of re-installing them after every major BB crash.
My iPhone is set to arrive tomorrow and I expect to spend a good part of the weekend learning the ins and outs, getting my apps in order and transferring all of my passwords over to the new phone. But, I am hoping it will be the last time I have to worry about all of that.
Originally Posted by
njx9
Sorry to snip, but what?
It's 4 steps. They may not make much intuitive sense, but they're hardly difficult.
I am not sure about the exact sequence of steps, but I have been told it is not all that easy to get to pre-crash state. Both my brother and my employee also said that it was difficult to get their Android back up to where it was before the they were hacked and my employee in particular is pretty tech savvy.
I am not an anti-Android guy by any means, I actually like the open nature of the OS and some of the hardware specs of many of their devices. Granted this is just two people, but I think that for a lot of people out there what may seem simple for many may not be simple for them. And if it is, going through the steps to get all of their apps back may take more time than they are willing to spend.
Again, their biggest gripes were the steps that were necessary to get their Android phone back up to "pre-crash state" (SMS, missed calls, apps, etc.)
Originally Posted by
typical
If RIM release BBM for Android, I think I'd jump that way. (Currently tempted by the Nokia E6 instead.)
However, is there any Android device with a) a decent QWERTY keyboard (not soft - no matter how much I like swype) and b) no compatibility issues with Android marketplace apps due to screen shape/resolution?
I liked the Droid Pro keyboard, and considered that early on, but since I have never owned one, I am not sure about your second requirement.
While nothing can match the BB keyboard, especially the new Bold 9930, the Droid Pro was the closest I found. The only drawback was that the hardware specs were way behind the current offerings from Samsung, Motorola and HTC.