Comments on: Picking the Best Mobile OS for You http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anne 2.1 » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-13 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56322 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:33:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56322 [...] Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Picking the Best Mobile OS for You « I so need this… I am so ignorant when it comes to mobile options. Thanks Judi. (tags: mobile wwd) [...]

]]> By: Jim Phillips http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56321 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:07:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56321 Although I’d love to say I used a Linux powered phone, I’ll be switching to the iPhone when it is available.

I’ve discovered through the years that all I really need from a mobile device is a decent web browser, address book and calendar that can be synchronized to my laptop, and the ability to share it’s Internet connection with my laptop for when I can’t get WiFi. Multimedia and text messaging functionality are a bonus that I know I’ll use but don’t absolutely need. And since I’ll soon be switching to a Mac Book Pro, the fact that the iPhone is made to work with a Mac just makes the decision that much simpler.

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Maybe Your Phone Doesn’t Need to Be Smart « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56320 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:42:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56320 [...] the cheapest I could get that had a display screen on the outside — I greatly appreciate Judi’s guide to the different mobile operating systems. I keep thinking I need a better phone, but I don’t want to commit to one or pay for one or [...]

]]> By: Brad Linder http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56319 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:58:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56319 I’m with Nicola. Convergence is overrated — of course that probably has a lot to do with my work lifestyle. I spend most of my time in the office, and when I’m in the field all I really need in a mobile phone is the ability to make phone calls.

I use a Windows Mobile PDA with a nice 3.7 inch screen for my appointments, contacts, taking notes on the go, shopping lists, reading the paper (through RSS feeds synchronized with my desktop), listening to music/podcasts, and even playing games and watching movies.

I don’t need my phone to do any of those things. I just need it to have a long battery life and to fit in my pocket.

Not to say it wouldn’t be nice to be able to check my email or mapquest on the go. But it’s not worth an extra $30-70 a month for a data plan to do that.

]]> By: Nicola Larosa http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56318 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:52:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56318 Convergence is not all that is cracked up to be: sometimes it’s better having two different devices, each with different strengths, as elucidated here:

The Nokia N800 and Semi-Convergence
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Semi-Convergence_Can_you_have_your_cake_and_eat_it_with_the_Nokia_N800.php

Try a Nokia N800, or 770, and you’ll never go back to a small screen. :-)

]]> By: Jon http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56317 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:56:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56317 I started using a Palm a long time ago, then a Windows PDA but nothing for a few years. They were all too slow and clunky.

Now the iPhone, is another matter entirely and I cannot wait to get one :-)

]]> By: ajaxus http://gigaom.com/collaboration/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56316 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:27:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/13/picking-the-best-mobile-os-for-you/#comment-56316 As a developer point of view, I would go for Windows Mobile as I am pretty familiar with it. Of course writting mobile applications is different story, main development route, deploying and testing are very common.

WM is widely supported by various phones so it gives you actually chance to pick something nice.

My second option will be Symbian!

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