Out of the Blue

Our first cookout of the season was a big success, though the asparagus was a little tough, odd as it is usually foolproof. MrsBlue dug the lamb in particular, apparently it is one of her favorite things, which has us both wondering how last night could have been the first time we've had it in close to 17 years living together. That mystery aside, it won't be so long before the next time, as one of these days I'll make us a rack of lamb, since I dig a good lamb chop.

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Quboid wrote on May 31, 2011, 10:35:
Do you have a smartphone Blue? I was idly wonder what your thoughts on them, and on gaming on them, are.

I don't know about Blue, but...

I've used both iPhones and Google-Android phones.

Both are excellent smart phones, and both do different things better than the other.

iPhone
The iPhone has a more "finished" UI. For example, selecting numbers/months/web-selections has a nice feel on the iPhone, like flipping through a rolodex. While Google has an up/down arrow, kind of old-school selection. The Calendar is nicer on the iPhone. Etc.

The app-store has some more polished apps on there. I'm less afraid of picking up some spy-app or fake bank-app on there as they try to review "some" of the stuff that goes there.

It integrates well with iTunes, and doesn't take too much setting up to integrate with GMail, Google Voice, etc.

All in all, it's a very solid phone.



Google
Voice Integration is "Da Bomb." Want to send a text-message, the Google phones will transcribe your voice pretty darn well. Pretty much and text-field is a voice-transcribable field.

More open, and more apps on the app store. It's a double-edged sword, it's more open about what you can do or install, but there's no review so be careful.

Animated desktop wallpaper, it's a nice touch.

Widgets are great. Granted you probably don't want a ton of them, but it's nice to get a quick look at the weather and top news, or disable certain radios on the phone, without having to jump into an app.

Google Voice is more native. iPhone's GVoice is an app that can run in the background if you remember, but Google Voice is built into the Android. Get a text, call, whatever and you know about it. Meanwhile you can set the PHONE to make all outgoing calls through GVoice (or all International calls, or prompt you each time).




For gaming, I've only done some stuff: angry birds, an asteroid-type game, etc. They're alright, but they tend to drain the battery fast so I wouldn't play for too long unless you have a charger nearby.


Which one do I like more? It's a tough call. I have an older Nexus One lying around that I sometimes swap to, but the battery is toast so I can't use it long.

Depending on what I want to do, sometimes I prefer one phone over the other. I normally use the iPhone, but if I think I'm going to do a lot of texting or what-not I prefer Google. It's really like a "what kind of mood am I in" type of question.

This comment was edited on May 31, 2011, 16:41.
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