iPhone, Nexus 1 or HTC Desire? Discuss

[nameandnature]

Dear Lazyweb,

I'm thinking of getting one those shiny smartphone things. Looking at the iPhone, Google Nexus 1 and HTC Desire.

I like the idea of the dual microphone noise cancellation and the voice activation on the N1. The Desire has some sort of funky social networking stuff and a prettier UI that the N1, although there was some muttering on various web forums about HTC being slow at releasing updates (and you don't get the noise cancellation or voice activation).

scribb1e has an iPhone and likes it. I've got a Mac, so everything will probably Just Work. That said, I'm loath to pay them money as they're so tight-fisted about application development, but I'm probably kidding myself when I imagine that I might write something for an Android phone anyway.

Discuss...

Comments

[lisekit.livejournal.com]

I am very happy with my iPhone (3GS) and it does, in the main, "just work" - at least as much as any other phone I've ever had. I've rapidly become very used to having an internet in my pocket and Safari gets a lot of use when I'm out and about. The iPhone interface is very intuitive and usable, and it's surprising just how much you can do with a phone these days.

Darien has decided to abandon his 3G on principle after last week's announcements, though, and he's just waiting for the Desire to come onto O2 contract.

O2 have themselves been good to both of us, btw.

[nameandnature]

Darien has decided to abandon his 3G on principle after last week's announcements

More stuff about restrictive app store policies, or the iPhone OS 4.0 multitasking stuff?

I probably will get some sort of contract, but I think T-Mobile looked best for me: they did the minimum number of minutes per month and unlimited internet. scribb1e's got some sort of "unlimited internet for 1 year" thing with O2 PAYG, though, which might be worth a look.

[scribb1e.livejournal.com]

It's great - it's cost me zero since I bought it because they transferred my old balance and gave me money for my old handset without even taking it away. Haven't nearly used up the money yet. Definitely the cheap way forward I think.

And the apps have actually saved me money so far :-)