Last weekend I bought a new phone, a HTC Hero. I’ve been a long time Unix and Linux user to the thought of using a phone based on Linux had quite an appeal for me. The title of this post sums up my feeling about this phone, and Android in particular, Apple should be worried, very worried.
It’s not just me saying this, Gartner also believes this and state that Android will become the second most popular smart phone operating system by 2012. Considering that there are due to be up to 50 Android phones on the market by the end of 2010, consumers are going to have a far greater choice of touch screen handset which means far greater competition for the iPhone.
There has to be something rather cool about a phone that asks you for your Google, Flickr, Twitter and Facebook account details when you switch it on. Integration with Google services is seamless, automatic syncing with your contacts, email and calendar.
Phones like this are becoming something different and I don’t really feel they should be called either a phone or smartphone any more, they are more than just a PDA too, and close to being a laptop/netbook, with so much computing power and possibilities in the palm of your hand they deserved to be classed as something new, any suggestions?
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