Squirt that zune over this way, please good people.

Envy? Looks like Mac Envy.. But hey, I could always use a Linux notebook...

Pick me coach!

Pick me coach!

So, I got to see one of these yesterday. A guy on my train coming back from NY had one that he'd just picked up from VzW. He heard me talking to someone on the phone about skipping the iphone and waiting for something new & cool with android on it, and let me have a peek. It's a neat device - very unusual for a Verizon Wireless device - where devices are usually dumbed down, locked up and have that absolutely awful "red" UI.

Felt very solid. I'm not about to give up my AT&T service that gets direct billed to work in favor of something I'll have to itemize and expense though.

I don't get it.

So, if I've got a Mifi, charging or not, why would I want to use it as a USB modem? Why on earth wouldn't I just charge it and use it as a wifi router???

This really sounds like a solution in search of a problem...

I don't get it.

So, if I've got a Mifi, charging or not, why would I want to use it as a USB modem? Why on earth wouldn't I just charge it and use it as a wifi router???

This really sounds like a solution in search of a problem...

@kev

By GPS locked, I believe he's referring to the situation on many VzW devices, where the GPS is locked so it only works with VZNavigator, a crappy $10/mo service.

He certainly could have worded it better, but I'd happen to agree with his sentiments..

It's largely dependent on the type of phone users you're around.

If it's business types, the vast majority of what I see are BB, S60 and Win Mobile. iPhone users in the business world are a distant 3rd or 4th. BB and S60 are the kings there. The business iPhone users I know have a big love/hate relationship with their phones. They love the functionality, but HATE being hamstrung by terrible battery life. You shouldn't have to charge your phone during the business day. I could even live with daily charging, but if it can't make it from when I leave home until I'm back in the evening, what good is the thing? My cube neighbor has one and has to plug in by 2pm each day. That's definitely a step forward from when I spent 24 hours as the owner of an iPhone 3G - I got 2 hours of battery life from full charge before I had a third left. I go 2 days between charges on my Nokia E71 - using ActiveSync set to Push between 8a-6p, and every hour outside that window, plus web browsing and the occasional trip into Google Maps.

Besides, your anecdotal experience doesn't change the fact that S60 powers about 40% of all smartphones worldwide.

Over the next 2-3 years, Symbian's dominance will start to fall, as Nokia seems to be moving to Maemo, and there's also the Android army ever on the march forward.

Are you kidding me? They left out the most popular smartphone OS in the world, and this is supposed to be a valid study? No Nokia/S60 phones included in the results? While

Completely flawed study. Flawed at the most basic level.