OK .. I'm likely to buy an Android phone, but I confess I'm confused by the differences between the handset manufacturers.
They all attempt to have somehow "improved" on the core Google software. And some/most of the phones are locked and/or require jailbreaking to do do fairly standard things. But I thought the whole point of android was being open, right? And there are radically different reports on battery life that I don't seem to be able to parse having to do with "task management", "notifications", and other things. So I'm confused and there isn't a lot of help on the web. I decided to simply reduce the choice to the carrier I prefer, TMobile. These are the androids they offer (on contract) of interest: $260 HTC Amaze $230 Samsung Galaxy S 2 $199 HTC Sensation 4G $100 Samsung Galaxy S $100 T-Mobile G2x Free T-Mobile myTouch 4G Do any of us use one of these phones? Or something close? Any recommendations? Possibly other androids I should consider? How to tame them? Sorry to obsess about phones, but god, this stuff is confusing! I should blog post on the differences in cellular tech and protocols, carriers (Verizon, ATT) ripping folks off, and so on. Thanks! -- Owen
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