Interestingly enough, I find that WebOS (the OS used on the “not so new anymore” Palm Pre and upcoming Palm Pixie) is a better user experience than Android (both 1.6 and 2.0).

It’s a good balance between the power user and the casual user and just more intuitive. While getting one of my phones changed at a Sprint store, I had some time to compare the two phone OS systems and I just found WebOS to be easier to use, to navigate and much faster in terms of response.

The iPhone UI is probably the most intuitive but the advantage Android has over it (and WebOS) is all the carriers will have one or more phones that run it. What I find amazing is that the iPhone is only on one carrier yet almost everyone recognizes it and if you take any sample of 10 people anywhere, at least one will have an iPhone (the other is probably a Blackberry). Like Apple or not… they have done a very good job of penetrating a very crowded mobile phone market.

Yeah, I agree with your assessment of WebOS.  Its very fluid because they threw in some high end hardware in there.  The layout is also nice and intuitive.  It had the Iphone’s 3GS same chip months before the 3GS.  The current android phones do not yet utilize as powerful chips.  Those are coming soon though.

The WebOS is just slightly behind in variety of available apps.  Its tough for devs to make the jump to WebOS too because it just looks like the next arms race is android vs. apple.  They go where the potential customers are.  But if your phone is used in a “strictly business” context, the Pre is awsome.

MojoJD - 16 November 2009 07:03 PM

I dont know if you’ve seen the commercials but T-mobile finally rolled out that super cheap all inclusive plan that I mentioned in another/earlier post.  49.99 for everything… and I thought Sprint’s plan for 99.99 was very reasonable.  Something like 79.99 for a family unlimited.

The TMob 49.99 Unlimited plan is just for voice, if you want unlimited voice+text+data that’s 79.99 (still cheaper than Sprint’s 99.99 Simply Everything plan).

Are there websites that show how well the service is in each area, by carrier?  My boyfriend has all but flushed his Sprint Palm Pro down the toilet due to the lack of service here.