As you probably know, the Android SDK has been released. If you haven't already, make sure you watch all of the videos on: http://code.google.com/android/
I have been window shopping for PDA's lately. All but the very worst physical interfaces (mice, keyboards, screen size, etc.) are sufficient for my needs. The problem comes from the software end. Like Sugar, the software just fails to be able to handle tasks in a way that I find useful, the worst software being the most essential software for my needs: the web browsers. The closest thing out there to what I need is that ultimate failure known as the iPhone (compare $15 extra per month for unlimited web data from Sprint, to the $60 per month minimum from AT&T: all SKD postponement and objective C dependency aside, the iPhone is not an economically sustainable option, like most other Mac products.)
Laptops with their hinges, hard drives and wide flat builds have too fragile of a feel for me to feel safe in investing in. I also need web/cloud access that I can get as easily and dependably as I get cell phone voice service, so that I can quickly and regularly review and modify web content while commuting or while being paid to do something completely unrelated. I suspect my job-hopping, boot-strapping, trash-talking life style is not that different from the "average" cloud user of the future, and I believe Android is the gateway to that future.
-BFGalbraith
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Posting that I love Apple. In the case of the iPhone I love the machine itself, but the mandatory contract with AT&T nullifies the elegance of the whole deal. I want to feel that I paid a finite amount (don't mind if its high) and got this cool and functional device. For a device to have a mandatory monthly bill after purchase of the object is very unappealing to me.
I only want to connect through Wi-Fi, or a future free 700Mhz node. A mandatory contract with a cell phone provider is much a like a mandatory contract to date only Steve Ballmer, extremely uninterested.
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