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Anyways, Android.
Blackberry is a dying race that was good for business people.
Windows Mobile was something that never really hit home.
iPhone had it's prime but it's long gone. I hear people switching from iOS to Android every day but I've never heard of one person switching from Android to iOS. Not one person.

Blackberry will remain because it's the only phone system that allows for secured e-mail. A lot of corporate and goverment companies require that additional security.

Where I live, Verizon coverage was far superior to AT&T for a LONG time. About the time they released iPhones on the Verizon market, AT&T's coverage area improved. So, for a long time our market was dominated by Android phones. Once the iPhone became available for everyone, there was a good sized flood to iOS.

I personally stick with Android only because I have a ton of apps from the Amazon app market. But I do own an iPad.

4G Hotspot capabilities (HTC Thunderbolt) + iPad = Amazing

I do miss my keyboard, but I'm starting to get used to the touch screen.

@holymythos: I think you misread what I said. I didn't say one was better than the other, I said I preferred one over the other. Touch screens are actually inferior (to me) for many things. YMMV.

I only use the touch screen stuff on my current android for those things that cannot be done any other way. I can type nearly as fast on my my phone keyboard as I can on the computer keyboard, and that's pretty fast. I can also do it without looking, except for those odds and ends that seem to be in different spots, or must be brought up using one of the function keys.

I have no idea what OS would be on my phone. I do not have a data plan. My phone is only for texting and talking. If I want a computer I use a computer. I like big screens.

Apparently, I will be of no help, but I just felt the need to give my $0.02.

DROID

Ive got an old HTC Tilt that I have rebuilt 3 or four times. Put windows mobile 6.5 on it. Its clunky, fat, heavy and doesnt always work right but it was before data requirements so there is no added monthy cost.

But i've used android and iphones. You get an android if you want to customize things and you get an iphone for the ecosystem. The ecosystem for istuff is how they get you and keep you.

iphone

I have always been "anti-apple", but ever since I got a free iPod Touch from @jumbowoot (btw thank you again!) I have slowly been turning to the "dark side" and loving the functionality of the iPod versus Android!..

And now that Sprint is getting the IPhone 5 this October (about time!), I will be upgrading to it instead of going with the Samsung Galaxy S II.

Blackberry and WindowsMobile are both awful though

Well, I have an Atrix, so Android for me. Part of the reason I got that is the fact that iPhone hardware isn't even in the running compared to my phone, the other is because I hate Apple and went phoneless until various things happened that required I have some method of communication in emergencies.
Either way, anything is better than a company that strings people along with with jokingly poor updates that require a new device, instead of just releasing the full version. Like prescription companies only releasing half of the cure to keep people buying, that is Apple. That, and the only way to get the iOS fully functional is to jailbreak it, which Apple decided was illegal and locked -many- peoples phones, forcing them to buy new ones. Turns out? Not illegal just because Apple said so. :p

@rlapid2112: Ah, you're sweet, but that only makes it less useful. There are some things that really work better if there's a touchscreen. The only application I care about, Kindle, expects it (for example). I had the little trackball on the crackberry, and I find that (at least in the morning) it's tough to be accurate when scrolling through a long list of things; usually my contacts, which number approximately 500. Yes, There are about 500 people that I keep in touch with, more or less (or at least need access to their data).

It won't kill me. Thanks for the thoughtfulness, though.

Android. My new Comet phone is smaller than most iPhones, etc., so it fits in my hand and in my pocket better. Still has a nice big screen, though. I don't use it for accessing the 'net - that's what my computer is for. It's got a great qwerty board for texting and speaker phone mode picks up my voice while I'm cooking and have it laying on the counter nearby, so I can talk to friends while making dinner.

I loved my tiny candy bar type Samsung t509 but it didn't pick up my voice for sh*t, I practically had to yell into it at close range. My Comet is a vast improvement.

No question, BlackBerry hands down. You couldn't pay me to use an iphone. There are some good Android phones, but BBs are/were built for quality and business apps. Apple wants their phone to be a mini game console and Google is so afraid of Apple, they have only marginally improved on ios, which isn't actually that hard to do.