Slate: Five years ago, after waiting in line at the Apple Store for much of the day, I finally got my hands on the first iPhone. I rushed home, plugged it into iTunes, signed my life away to Apple, and activated service with AT&T. As I swiped and multi-touched over the next few hours, I felt the modern world come into focus.
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And I ompletely agree
the company are now relying on old ideas and law suits.
after the first iphone which was awesome coz the closest competition was a nokia with symbian software. but since android, windows mobile etc...apple is now nothing more than an option.
I always swear by Cyanogen modded droids.
Plus iOS is a hell of a lot more stable and safe than Android.
guess you havent heard of the "transfer" feature on android devices.
it allows you to basically copy every single contact/message/calendar appointment/etc from you old smartphone to your android via bluetooth.
about it being more stable, i been rocking froyo and gingerbread <both stock and cooked roms> as well as ICS and they all worked perfectly fine.
It's a hell of a lot easier than Android, which varies from vendor to vendor in terms of software support and stability.
the thing with your apple backup is that you stuck on an iphone. the android backup you can move from any smartphone to android with minimal effort. however to transfer all data from nokia/BB to iphone for example you have to do a lot more work than you would to a Droid.
i understand what you mean about the apps. that is pretty cool. but the android market keeps track of all the apps you ever downloaded so u can just redownload them. nothing major.