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    5 Years with an iPhone

    Recently on my podcast, How I Built It, I got to speak to Stephen Hackett. During our chat I was reminded of, and subsequently mentioned, the time Phil Schiller (now an Apple Fellow – congrats Phil!) tweeted a link to my blog with the text, “Joe switched!” It was my most popular blog post up until that point, and remains one of the most popular. In honor of that, I wanted to do a new write up: 5 years with an iPhone.

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    HTC Droid Incredible Initial Thoughts

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    I’ve had the HTC Incredible for a week now and have used it pretty rigorously, testing the battery, speed, voice dialing, etc. Here are my initial thoughts on the device.

    The Good:

    • It’s very thin and light.
    • It’s super fast (compared to the Motorola Droid).
    • Great Camera. It’s also very fast.
    • Interface is very slick.
    • Flash Light App is really cool!
    • It was free from Best Buy.
    • Integrated Facebook, Twitter, & Flickr is cool. My contacts feel more complete.
    • Battery Life is fine.
    • Voice Search seems better on this device.
    • Keyboard is very easy to use in both landscape and portrait.

    The Not So Good:

    • There’s no unified Contacts app. Each of the 4 components (Call History, People, Groups, and Online Directories) are their own apps they you can navigate between.
    • There are a lot of preinstalled apps that I cannot delete.
    • It doesn’t use the official Facebook or Twitter apps.
    • I miss the Favorite Contacts area from the Droid.
    • (this is all android phones) I wish there were a way to hide apps in the apps drawer.

    Overall, I’m very happy with the Incredible so far. It’s much faster than my old phone, the camera is much better with a faster shooting time, and everything feels very slick and cool. I can’t wait to get the dock for it!

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    My Review on the iPad

    A couple of weeks ago I picked up the 16GB 3G iPad as sort of a birthday gift from me to me. It’s something I’ve been contemplating for a while and finally pulled the trigged. I promised quite a few people a review on the device now that I own it and while I didn’t do rigorous testing, I used it in the most common testing environments- my house, other offices, the train, meetings, and using it for travel instead of my laptop. You can see my thoughts after the jump.

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    iPad Demo Thoughts

    I played with an iPad on display at Best Buy today, and I’ve got to say, I don’t hate it. After reading about it, I bashed it for the same reasons I bashed the iPhone/iPod Touch, not to mention that in my not-so-humble opinion, it is an awful ebook reader and won’t hold a candle to the Kindle. See my thoughts after the break.

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