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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Android phone rocks

Recently I upgraded my worn Blackberry Curve to a new Samsung Captivate from AT&T.  Here are a list of positives and negatives based on my initial use.

The Good
  1. Android rocks.  I can't wait for 3.0
  2. No iTunes to synch with!  (I hate iTunes)
  3. Brighter than my Wife's iPhone.

The Bad
  1. I respect the Samsung design aesthetic, but the smooth symmetric thing is taken too far.
    1. The menu, home, return and search buttons should have some sort of raised nipple like the home keys on your keyboard to let you know that your finger is placed correctly.
    2. Because of the symmetric look of the phone across the vertical axis, I find that half the time I am holding the phone upside down.  With my black berry I could position the phone for use without looking.
    3. The buttons for the ringer volume end up being placed in the wrong position for horizontal usage. I find my finders accidentally pressing them as I use the application.
  2. Tasks don't shutdown automatically, so I have to use ATK to zap 'em.
  3. If I don't use ATK then the battery gets drained fairly quickly.
 The Ugly
  1. AT&T bloatware that I will never use, that cannot be removed. uggghh.  
I am very impressed by this phone.  I think it was a steal through Target Mobile.  I got mine for $49 when the AT&T store had it online for $199.  I can't wait to dive deeper in to the app store and see what goodies are waiting.

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