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Re:Brad Feld ditches his iPhone by stanleydrew on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:11PM (#1366044)
The problem is that very rarely is a platform "unequivocally" better than another. If you're waiting for that expect to wait a long time. We have to make subjective assessments. Loyalty is one of those subjective things. I don't think we are fools for it. In fact it seems like you are pretty loyal to Apple.
Re:Brad Feld ditches his iPhone by halostatue on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:51PM (#1366107)
I'm not loyal to Apple, though.

Yes, I currently am heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem with an iPod touch, iPhone, iMac, iPad, and a few other devices floating around.

Yes, I could be charitably called an Apple fan-boy at this point.

No, I won't stay with Apple if their build quality and/or experience quality goes down and someone has a viable alternative.

I don't have the money to throw around on lots of different devices, so I need to figure out what I'm going to buy that's going to last me 2 - 5 years (depending on the product and purpose). Right now, that's Apple.

When I'm ready to replace? We'll see then what the answer is. Five years ago, my answer wasn't Apple (it was leaning toward it, and the switch to Intel made it easier, but it wasn't there yet). Five years from now, my answer may or may not be Apple. It's up to Apple to convince me that they remain better than their competitors for me to stay.

Re:Brad Feld ditches his iPhone by megablast on Thursday May 20, 2010 @11:18PM (#1366273)
When Palm OS came out, it was better than the others (which I guess were those old e-diaries). When Windows CE came out, it was better than Palm. When iPhone OS came out, it was better than anything else that was out there.

Now, things are a lot harder. iPhone is still great, Android is doing really well, clearly catching up. Palm Webos is also good, and Windows Mobile 7 would probably be a worthy contender when it appears. BB is getting more consumer friendly, and Nokia have some great OS as well. Looking at Mobile OS, it seems you are right now, but in the past it was a lot easier.

Re:Brad Feld ditches his iPhone by X-Istence on Friday May 21, 2010 @02:50AM (#1366616)
No copy and paste on the Windows Mobile 7? What kind of worthless device is that!

/joke