Kristján Atli: You’re not the first to ask. I might have to explain in more detail in a separate post but it mainly has to do with the “true” multitasking and the top status bar which gives you access to the notifications and currently running apps.

Magga Dóra: Glad to hear that it resonates and that I’m not alone.

Hjalti: Takk! It’s sometimes difficult to figure out whether my likes and dislikes should be attributed to Android or to HTC’s UI layer.

I use a mac so the integration with desktop is non-existant at the moment for me, but I hardly notice because of the connection with the cloud. Having worked in IM and on presence management I llllove it when gTalk routes my messages to my phone when I’m away from my computer!

Being in Iceland I very much prefer the Android market over the App Store because of the hassle of creating accounts for Icelanders (why do I need to have an address in an approved country to download a free app?? And why oh why does the App store prompt you for password for every purchase – even the free ones? Why can’t I store my password?).

I also love that my Spica is a phone – I don’t have to browse for the “phoneapp” to make a call.

One thing that I have just discovered is that my data usage doubled with the switch to Android.

This may be because I use the phone differently, although I hadn’t noticed that much of a difference. If you had asked me I would have estimated a slight increase in data use, but not double. I am very careful about disabling all automatic synch and such and using wifi access.

Three other explanations spring to mind:
1)There is a weird bug with my Android which forces me to restart it regularly. When I do this many apps default to synching and if I forget to turn it off then data usage surges.

2)The connection with the cloud is showing up on my data usage.

3)The iPhone is better at picking up on available wifis and using those over the GPRS/3G connection. Anyone heard of this?

In the transition I made a conscious decision of splitting my iPod usage away from my phone so I have all my music on an iPod Touch that I carry with me. This is because I manage my music library on iTunes and I wanted to keep it that way.

But as you say – what I’ll pick next I have no idea. I have not developed a preference yet.

Could you explain that a bit better? How is it more powerful? Is it only about the notifications, which are bad on an iPhone compared to Android? Or is it more than that?

Getur stillt það alveg í böku og það er mikið betra og ekki eins Choppy eins og HTC Sense gluggarnir.

lol. That got me crackin!

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