What device brought you to Android?

[Jared DiPane]

Lately there have been a lot of interesting reads on people converting from one device to another. The folks at CIO just posted an interesting read about various users perspectives on the change and what made them do it.

Got me thinking, would love to hear where you guys came from, what made you make the change, and if you are truly happy with the decision. Are you riding solo with your Android device, or are you doubling up with another device for work or personal reasons?

So, lets hear it guys!

 

[mclarryjr]

I came from BB after many years of thinking that BB ruled. I decided to change because I wanting a touch screen phone and not the S2, better browser, and new UI. At first I was going back and forth between the upcoming Moto Droid and the iphone. After deciding I didn't want to leave Verizon I went there on the day the Moto Droid came out and ended up picking one up. I was very happy with my new toy and the only complaint I had was the physical keyboard and the size of the phone so I had to get the Dinc once it was released. Now I don't think I would ever own another device beside an Android phone for a ton of reasons.

 

[Prof-KOS]

I had a Samsung dumbphone flip phone prior to my first Android experience. I actually had my heart set on a Palm Pre at first, but it took almost six months to come to Canada and is still only available on one carrier (not my own). In Canada cell contracts are pretty bad, so to change it would have cost about $460 in ETF so to hell with that. I ended up getting a Motorola Milestone from Telus when it launched thinking I was getting a premier Android device, but sadly it really was a bastardized version of the Droid. After a long complaint to Motorola, they bought the phone back from me and I got my Nexus One. I haven't looked back. Incidentally I will never buy a subsidized phone again after all this as well.

 

[jsaren]

I had BB storm version 1 biggest "POS". Then I wanted to give iphone 4 a whirl had it a week hated it. Then I came back to big red got the "X" and never looked back

 

[dmnall]

I was a BB fan until they kept making the newer models with a tiny keyboard after they made a great sized phone with the Bold 9000 *KB was perfect*. I switched the day the Captivate came out and I am not looking back! Even the Torch was nothing special it gave me a headache to play with that phone!

Cheers,
Charlie

 

[lornaevo]

I had a bunch of bb before jumping on the hero. It was the only worthy android on Sprint. Quickly jumped on the Evo.

 

[ilyaamex]

I came to Android after many years with blackberry too, it did all I needed it to do and I knew all the tricks and shortcuts like the back of my hand. So it was convenient. But the way the company has been developing turned me off. Constant device updates and little actual progress comparing to the competition.
Never liked Apple, their policies and being forced to have my life revolve around itunes. So Android, Sprint evo in particular, here I am. So far everything is great. Huge improvement over blackberry.

 

[Mike20PR]

My first Android device was *drumroll*

HTC Vogue!!!!!

The android vogue port was what made me crave it, it was so much better than winmo and it was almost 100% stable so I ran it full time for a while... my first native android was the htc hero since sprint was a little behind bringing droidds to their network. After that I went through a Moment, EVO, and finally Epic!!!

What worries me about android is that the platform is growing too much apart than just a premium smartphone line, with all the different shapes, sizes, low/high res screens, cpu's, OS versions, skins, etc. Its hard to develop a smooth operating ecosystem with all this fragmentation and even cheap chineese knockoffs can run this OS, so IMHO ist not looking so premium besides what hardware its running... honestly, its becoming more than a featurephone OS on all kinds of different hardware since something new popps out every 3 days... unlike Apple and what Microsoft seems to be doing to WP7 that looks like a tighter control over their OS and how updates, development, hardware is handled. I just don't want Android to get out of control and suffer the fate Windows Mobile went through...

 

[thekarens]

I have carrier loyalty, but no phone loyalty so I've had most everything. The Evo is what brought me to Android and is by far my favorite phone so far.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

I came from a Palm Pre, good phone. It did what I wanted it to do for the time I had it. I just wanted to try Android, and I plan on doing the same thing for WP7 and jumping back into WebOS eventually.

 

[packerbacker]

My family's been with Verizon for many years. I had an LG Dare in March when my brother wanted a Droid. We had a 2 for 1 deal, so I got one, too. The Droid was my first Smartphone, and I loved it, but I had horrible luck with those damn things (and I didn't even try to root them or anything). I liked my Dare, but it wasn't until I got that first Smartphone that I realized I'm never going back!

 

[zirkwander]

I used to love BB, although I'm still using my Bold 9000. The BB has so many negative issues in it: memory leaks, not so good battery life. Experiencing these things for the last 5 months made me look for another phone.

I was looking at entry level Android units and was actually have my eyes set at SE x10 Mini Pro and Samsung Galaxy 5 i5500. I got the latter, well, since it's running the most recent version and is more likely to have a Froyo update than the Mini Pro.

Only gripe I have with the i5500 is the low support it gets, specially here considering that all Android units here have their own thread and thus getting a lot of support from respective users. Moto FlipOut has its own thread then why not the Samsung Galaxy 5?

 

[rem_kujawa]

EVO

 

[jrem]

Smashed the screen on my Centro so I got a BB Curve. It was pretty good for texting/email but web browsing with the rollerball was pretty frustrating. Opera made it tolerable, but when the EVO became available I was all over it.

I won't be looking back.

 

[li2327]

My first Android was the G1 when it first came out. I've had the mytouch, eris, droid, and now that I'm back on tmobile I have the mytouch slide. I love android and no matter what platform I switch to, I come back to android.

 

[squane123]

Not quite there yet

I just received possible terrible news this morning. First off let me start by saying I am Black Berry Addict, with that said Verizon just cancelled the new Storm refresh. Now I have a Storm 1, I refuse to get something outdated so the Storm 2 is out of the question. I refuse to get something other than touch Screen, so all other BB are out. Oh, and I refuse to leave Verizon, so no going to AT & T for the Torch. What does that leave??? Nothing at all for me, so my contract is up in 4 days and I think I have no choice but to jump ship. Ok, so within verizon what are my options?? This is a huge leap for me since all I have known is BB. Thanks for the help.

 

[scrufton]

I went from a BB to the hero and now the epic. Very happy so far.

 

[anon(19758)]

Squane: if you want a physical keyboard and a touch screen, get a droid 2. If you want all-touch, get the droid x or droid incredible. Avoid the Fascinate. My old coworker works in vzw sales, and he avoids selling them because his customers have been having issues.
The x is my first non-bb smartphone, and I don't miss bb at all. One thing (that I was guilty of): do NOT obsess over open memory like we had to on bb. Android handles it. Don't worry. I promise. If your device feels sluggish, shut it off and back on. It will be fine

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