There can be no doubt. After seeing a brief walk-through of Google’s Android platform, I know, with something very close to a 100 percent certainty, that my next mobile is very likely to be an Android. German (US-based) T-Mobile launched their HTC-manufactured G1 yesterday, sporting Google’s brand new, Linux-based Android platform, and I have to tell You: For my purposes this beats the crap out of Apple’s latest iPhone. An absolute must-have if you’re depending on net-based applications in your everyday life, which I do. But I can tell you this, too: I’m in no hurry, since 1) Android-enabled mobiles won’t be available on the Norwegian market until sometime early next year (at the earliest), and 2) I’m not in the habit of buying goodies the minute they’re introduced to same market.
Desirable products are introduced to consumers on a near daily basis, and truth be told, I’m quite happy with my now soon one year old mobile. There are numerous reasons why you shouldn’t frequently renew your gadget armoury. I, for one, simply cannot afford to, and if I did, I’d think twice before polluting our environment with more electronic waste than absolutely necessary.
Of course, you’ll have to weigh the impact on your work-effienecy against all that, and in my case this constitutes a huge improvement, so we’ll just see. Affordable, too, at about USD 179 (in America, of course). As for the improved productivity… What can I say, that hasn’t already been said:
So yes, I think I’m going for an Android mobile, unless something better comes along. But that’s it, isn’t it: Something always does.
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