@John 104
"right. Because all the other smart phones and PDAs that were out in the previous 10 years were completely incapable of doing anything.... Yes, you are a fanboi."
The only apple device I own is an iPhone and the only reason I bought it was because I wanted a better data allowance than I could get with my usual nokia selection. After my iPhone contract expires I will be going after some form of Android based device, depending on what is available at the time because it is as equally capable and usable as the iPhone
I have always found older model smart phones to be slow and cumbersome with a bad UI, the only thing i ended up using my old nokia for was the GPS and below-par web browsing, on the upside all the button mashing to get through the user interface did help my texting speed.
I have had PDAs before but never liked them as much as I should because the touch interfaces to them were too problematic, the styli were always too small and toothpick like (I have big hands) and trying to touch the screen directly was also an issue in does it recognise correctly where I touched (did I mention I have big hands). The next issue was the handwriting recognition was poor, even when I sat back and tried to teach it my writing style.
All in all, in my experience the iPhone is the first device I have used that fits in my pocket, has a decent browsing experience, can run custom apps, is easy to navigate and use the UI, looks good and has some decent CPU power to boot. If that makes me a fanboi then so be it but as mentioned before, Android can do what the iPhone can and has the benefit of not being under the iron grip of Steve Jobs.
*Flames, cos I waved the fanboi flag... then burned it!