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How smart is YOUR phone?

In my search for the ultimate smart phone, I've run the gauntlet. I started with a Blackberry Pearl, then two different iPhones, then the G1, then on to an HTC Snap. So I've used RIM's Blackberry OS, iPhone OS, Android and Windows Mobile.

As long as the hardware is acceptable, then it all boils down to OS for me. BB OS was trash. iPhone OS was great but i got bored after a while. WinMo was absolute garbage. Android was great. I really loved the G1 but I was sick of T-Mobile raping me and terrorizing my service.

I just purchased a Samsung Moment on Sprint. I love it. Honestly the only complaint I have is that the physical keyboard is almost too expansive. I am coming from the HTC Snap, which is a candybar form factor, so I got used to a cramped Qwerty. The Moment's keyboard is HUGE in comparison, even to the G1. Actually, I forgot how nice a virtual keyboard is. When I had a G1, Android didn't yet have a virtual keyboard, so it's been since my last iPhone that I'd used one. I'm faster typing on the virtual keys than on the physical, but that will probably even out as I get used to the size of the Moment's keyboard.

I also bought a 64 GB iPod Touch, so I have an iPhone OS device too. (In case you're confused, the iPhone and iPod Touch both run iPhone OS). The iPhone(s) that I had were the original launch versions, and the upgrades Apple have done really shine through. The screen seems sharper, could be my imagination, and the thing runs super friggin' fast. I was playing 3d Mini Golf Challenge and the graphics looked fantastic and smooth like butta!

The thing I hated most about WinMo was it's App system. At first there was no app store to speak of, so dl'ing apps was a chore! It was the same for BB OS. Then Microsoft brought out the Marketplace, and it was still lacking. I may have had a better experience if I was using a Pro (read touchscreen) device, but I had Standard (non-touch) and the works were sticky at best.

All in all, I feel like I have the best of both worlds now. An Android powered phone, and an iPhone OS powered PMP. I'm going a little app crazy, dl'ing apps on both devices but I couldn't be happier.