I have used both, and frankly I loved the HTC Hero but the battery life was next to useless. I find the iPhone a bit more refined, apps work better and I can get two days out of it.

So let the battle begin - Fight!

iphone without a doubt

most user friendly touchscreen phone i have ever used and shedloads of apps

played with the sony x10 on the weekend...not a fan

Edited 29 April, 201016 yr by vRShafz

Looked at both extensively and in the end went for Android (Desire). It was a close call but in the end the gorgeous screen, flash support, fast processor, multi tasking and rapidly expanding apps base, that swung it for me. I don’t think that there is much between them, but for the me, the Desire at least, is better than the 3GS. Probably the 4.0 will be tip the balance back to the iphone?

HTC desire, is that the HTC branded Nexus One? Or is it the Aluminum HTC?

Alu one is the Legend. Desire is 'like' a Nexus One, but not the same inside or out. Same processor + screen.

Having had an iTouch for two years or so, I much prefer Android to the Apple interface. Widgets alone swing it.

Alu one is the Legend. Desire is 'like' a Nexus One, but not the same inside or out. Same processor + screen.

The desire has exactly the same innards as the nexus one. They share the same snapdragon chipset. The desire has slightly more RAM though I believe.

I have been an avid Android user for 18 months now. I have used an iPhone several times but never really got on with it tbh and much prefer Android in general.

Phil

Have just and I mean Just got a HTC Desire and I am loving it at the moment, I am sure the battery will last longer if I actually manage to put it down now and again:giggle:

Have just and I mean Just got a HTC Desire and I am loving it at the moment, I am sure the battery will last longer if I actually manage to put it down now and again:giggle:

Grrrr... I have to wait a bit longer for mine! Contract ends on saturday!

Phil

I just killed my battery with an hour or two of playing ‘Fish Food’

Well i have Angry Birds and Rock Band that kills my batt!

As an Owner of an iPhone 2G / 3G / 3GS and now a HTC Desire .............. Android, it's a fantastic phone and can multitask to

Ok, I'm going to ask a silly question, how does Android multitask? What 2 things do you do at the same time? Can someone explain what they mean?

Ok, I'm going to ask a silly question, how does Android multitask? What 2 things do you do at the same time? Can someone explain what they mean?

it means you can have MSN messenger running in the back ground so you can play a game and still recieve MSN messages.

The iPhone cant multi task, infact its one of the requierments for any of the apps is that when the home button is pressed it closes the app.

Edited 29 April, 201016 yr by Pot Of jam

it means you can have MSN messenger running in the back ground so you can play a game and still recieve MSN messages.

The iPhone cant multi task, infact its one of the requierments for any of the apps is that when the home button is pressed it closes the app.

If I'm honest I really don't see what I'm benefitting form

I have an iPhone 3G 16gb and also a SE Xperia X10. To put it bluntly, I wish I hadn't got the Xperia, its poo.

Hmm - I thought there was some difference in 3D chips or summut... but maybe not.

Multitasking is useful, for widgets and stuff like MSN and skype.

After five minutes in front of a Mac I'm on the verge of insanity, so Apple is out of the question- plus, of course, that I have a well developed tendency for reversed brand snobbery which also explains my choice of car

Android newbie, and the phone in itself works great, but it's irritating to find that big brother Google's taking after the disgusting Microsoft culture, deciding for you that a number of apps/programs should begin to run at startup and no way to disable them permanently (well, I guess that it can be done at one's peril if one starts to fiddle with the OS but haven't got that far yet) I don't use gmail, I rarely use google maps, I can't see the point with "footprints' - WTF should those gadgets start?

Weird thing is, we are a Mac houshold, 3 x MBP's.

But I didnt want an iPhone.

Guess I an just drawn to Unix-y things.

Edited 30 April, 201016 yr by foo

After five minutes in front of a Mac I'm on the verge of insanity, so Apple is out of the question- plus, of course, that I have a well developed tendency for reversed brand snobbery which also explains my choice of car

Android newbie, and the phone in itself works great, but it's irritating to find that big brother Google's taking after the disgusting Microsoft culture, deciding for you that a number of apps/programs should begin to run at startup and no way to disable them permanently (well, I guess that it can be done at one's peril if one starts to fiddle with the OS but haven't got that far yet) I don't use gmail, I rarely use google maps, I can't see the point with "footprints' - WTF should those gadgets start?

Just delete the widgets (press unwanted widget, hold it, slide it to 'remove') you don't want from any of your 7 homepages. Should put a stop to that. You can always put them back later if you need to.

Simples

As to the OP, I think most of us android users are biased because we have HTCs - they are mint. My wife's android Motorola DEXT/CLIQ is poo in comparison.

Just delete the widgets (press unwanted widget, hold it, slide it to 'remove') you don't want from any of your 7 homepages. Should put a stop to that.

Wish it was that simple :(

Don't have any of those widgets on the homepage, doesn't matter. They start all the same. Google of course imagines that every Android user wants to constantly update/sync all possible google applications. So all of these are running somewhere in the background. At least I can shut down the sync process permanently, thank God. I can close the apps via the program manager (forced shutdown) but they'll start afresh the next time I switch off/on the phone.

OK, they're probably consuming just a tiny bit of memory being stand by rather than active, so no big deal. It's the principle. As I said, MS 'culture'.

On my Hero, I have the 'TaskPanel' app. On there, you can add things to 'auto kill', so it closes them down, rather than minimise or I think block them all together. It's basiclly like task manager on Windows, and lets you close down unwanted apps and what-not. Quite useful as it can be made to run every 30minutes and close anything that's not being used, saving on CPU useage and battery.

Using it, when my phone starts it has 76mb free RAM, when I kill all the crap, it has 93mb left (with music player and messages still open).

Might be worth trying.

Wish it was that simple :(

Don't have any of those widgets on the homepage, doesn't matter. They start all the same. Google of course imagines that every Android user wants to constantly update/sync all possible google applications. So all of these are running somewhere in the background. At least I can shut down the sync process permanently, thank God. I can close the apps via the program manager (forced shutdown) but they'll start afresh the next time I switch off/on the phone.

OK, they're probably consuming just a tiny bit of memory being stand by rather than active, so no big deal. It's the principle. As I said, MS 'culture'.

To be fair, Google provide a platform, which has things turned on (as is their perogative as the benefactors of the platform), the phone supplier is able to turn them off if they wish.

Footprints is an HTC app, so it is HTC that chose to autostart that, certainly the android SDK emulator does not have it.

As a gmail/iCal user androids google integration suits me fine.

I have a Moto DEXT. It isn't poo. Got it boxed up ATM as am using my LG In Touch Max again.

To be fair, Google provide a platform, which has things turned on (as is their perogative as the benefactors of the platform), the phone supplier is able to turn them off if they wish....

Point taken, but I still prefer being allowed to turn on apps when wanted rather than turning autostarted apps off when unwanted

@ TriggerFish: will take a look at TaskPanel, thanks for the tip.

Edited 30 April, 201016 yr by swedishskoda

Tech minded = Android

Fashion accessory = Apple..

Anything I can think of on the phone it has an app for.. I like how its very community minded in the way that its open source, its the way forward for innovation. This is what humanity is supposed to be geared towards, not showboating fashion accessory which is overpriced for what it is purely because of branding.

I detest stupid Ipod connections and itunes branding, so restricting and forceful. If you buy one thing you must buy everything else of apples to get the most out of it.. its just bad ethics. Clever I'll give them that but bad..

Edited 30 April, 201016 yr by JLneonhug