One last parting shot...
Coincident to my posting my Goodbye Android piece, I received a response from a post on the Motorola Owner's Forum regarding my complaint a few days ago about laggy apps and memory issues. The answer I received is paraphrased as follows:
"The Motorola Backflip is a no different than a personal computer in that it needs to be periodically restarted to keep it running efficiently. We recommend turning the phone off each day for several minutes before restarting it (this will also re-connect the phone to AT&T's towers for improved cell reception). Also, like a computer, the phone should be hard reset at least once per week. You can perform this operation by powering off your phone, removing the battery and waiting 5-10 minutes before putting the battery back in and starting up the phone..."
Really? Do any of you do this with your PC's? I never even turn my Netbook or work laptop off - at best, they sleep. Also, I'm pretty sure that if I took the back cover of the phone off every couple of days and removed and replaced the battery, eventually the cover would no longer stay on and the battery would fall out, as the back cover is not on very tightly to begin with on the Backflip.
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My brother in law tried the Evo 4G and his experience (plus what I have read from others) has shown me that the Evo and many other Android phones are just not ready for real-world use yet. He was lucky to get 4 hours of battery life out of his Evo and that is simply a deal breaker for anyone that isn't sitting in an office all day. I watched him open Task Killer several times a day and just shake his head as he killed errant apps that he never wanted to start in the first place. I'm sure with some digging we could have disabled most of these apps but I am flabbergasted that these phones are not easier to configure or intuitive for the average user. He has since returned the phone to Sprint, which I suspect is the case for many of the Evo early adopters. I wonder if Sprint is now regretting the 30 day trial policy?
So I'm sticking with the iPhone for one more product cycle. Even though I'm completely familiar with the platform by now, I still dig it. Its a great phone, despite the shockingly easy to replicate issue with the hand position signal loss. I myself probably would have never noticed that issue because I bought it with the awesome bumper which I leave on 90% of the time. Even with the bumper off it still seems to have better reception quality than my 3G. The phone is fast as hell, the display is awesome and I love that I finally have a good camera/camcorder in my pocket at all times.
I have my own technology consulting practice here in Ventura and Santa Barbara, so I'm in the field all day and the iPhones combined with an Exchange server have worked out beautifully for my work.
You have inspired me to possibly start my own technology blog. Its great to hear from you via this blog. Keep up the good work!
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