Tuesday, February 21, 2012

It took a while, but I've finally got my new phone working pretty much as I want it. The only thing that really still bugs me is that Android phones, at least the ones from Virgin Mobile, come with a severely limited amount of memory. It's hard to put very many apps on them without running out of memory and causing the thing to stop getting emails, etc. It's pitiful. VM puts a number of apps on it that I don't want or need, and they cannot be removed, making the lack of memory even more onerous. The iPhone doesn't have this problem (I wish I could afford one).

The Android OS is OK. Nothing to write home about. It does the job, but it's not very elegant. Some of the apps I've bought don't show up on the home page and I don't have a clue as to why this is. I've had to go in and use an app to put them into folders so they will show up there and I can use them. Annoying.

I could leave the iPod touch at home most of the time if the same apps were available for the Android OS. The three I miss the most are Maltin's Movie Guide, Geosphere, and MotionX GPS.

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