That sounds like an absolutely horrible idea. :-)

You aren't kidding. $300 for a code editor? What features could this thing have that could possibly be worth that much money?! I read some of the "cool features" like: code navigation, syntax completion, and auto-completions. There are lots of IDEs and editors that are free that have these very same features, so I am at a loss as to why anyone would choose to spend hundreds of dollars for this.

Interesting. I'm going to try this out when I get home. Thanks for the tip. :-)

Everything I have read says that eclair does not support storing apps to the sd card. You have a link for that?

Maybe the iPhone will be a more consistent experience than Android, but it will also be limited in its diversity of hardware, which is an advantage for Google when it comes to market dominance of the Android platform. We've all seen this before with Mac vs Windows on the desktop, just this time it it is happening on mobile devices.

Get the motorola droid (aka sholes). They are going to release it very soon. An official announcement is expected sometime in October. All of the major carriers are going to have android phones and many major manufacturers are betting on the platform, so they can compete with the Iphone. Motorola has 10 android phones planned to launch sometime in 2010. Samsung is releasing the Moment on Sprint's network. The HTC Hero is already being sold on Sprint's network. T-Mobile is all about android with the MyTouch and the Motorola Cliq.

I'm telling you the future is Android. The platform is easier to develop for than the Iphone and the Android Market already has a ton of apps. Both paid and free. Not as many as the Iphone, but eventually the number will get there. Besides, with over 10,000 a lot of the bases have already been covered. :-)

Now the Motorola Droid has some phenomenal specs. - 3.7 screen with 854×480 (16:9 widescreen) capacitive touchscreen - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 Processor - Wi-Fi, EV-DO - 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and video recording - QWERTY Slider, 13.7mm thick - 3.5mm headphone jack - 16GB onboard storage with microSD expansion slot - Android 2.0 'Eclair' - Builtin accelerometer

In addition to the specs, the Droid will come (like many android phones) with all the google applications including Google Voice. If you have a google voice account then you can end up saving a lot of minutes by using it to connect your call instead of going over your minute plan. Blackberries are going to become antiquated very quickly. Android already has connectivity to office applications for checking corporate email. As the platform evolves and the phones saturate the market, I think there will be little else that can really compete with it.

Just my two cents. :-)

Yes everyone is moving to LTE, but Apple should not wait for everyone to upgrade their networks to LTE. As was pointed out it would not be a lot of money for them to roll out on other carriers.

Yes this may force people who can't pay off the network and solve the congestion problem for those who can, but I don't think anyone wants that, except for maybe ATT, so they can improve their profits. A much better solution is to invest in infrastructure and keep the pressure up on the FCC to release more spectrum for mobile devices. In the short term, service will suffer, but for consumers it will be the best long term solution. Innovation is the solution, not pricing people out of the market.

I never said you improve the network by "slapping up cell towers". There is a lot more to telecommunications infrastructure than just the number of cell towers a carrier has or do they not teach that in Michigan? :-)

Apple will be forced to drop that exclusivity deal, once Android starts kicking ass and taking names in 2010. With Sprint and Verizon both rolling out multiple Android phones Apple can't afford to stay tied to a crappy network.

I say ATT needs to improve their network or die. If they can't innovate and build a better network then someone else will step up to the plate. I don't feel sorry for them.

When android phones really start to become ubiquitous on other networks in 2010 those carriers will have to deal with the same issue, but I am willing to bet you that they won't suffer problems like ATT has, because they did things in the proper order, network first and then the phone. I think for ATT it is really about a misappropriation of money. Spend money wisely and invest in infrastructure, then roll out the smartphone.

ATT has had so many complaints with the iPhone that ATT is NOW being forced to invest in infrastructure, the problem is it is going to take a while for the benefits to show up. Hence, we get idiotic ideas like tiered pricing, because users are so upset about the state of the network they are willing to do anything to see service improve.