I get emails pushed from MS Exchange, from Gmail, and from a throwaway Yahoo account I send spam to. The default mail tools work well, and there are aftermarket mail programs that can expand and let you further tweak functionality. I have my phone set to notify me whenever I get a mail from one of my Gmail accounts. NitroDesk is set to retreive mail without notifying me.
You shouldn't have to jump through as many hoops to make mail work the way you want it to on Android.
There are a number of pages out there with instructions on syncing your iPad through Google's tools...but I've never done it myself. Enough people pull it off that it shouldn't be all that bad.
- syncing: Will I now be forced to use Google for my calendar, etc.? The one great thing about the iPhone is that my contacts and calendar auto-update whether I make changes in my phone, my iPad, or on my computer.
Not to be the paranoid guy or anything, but as an iPhone user this has me concerned...
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/1374...ata-on-you.htm
What do you guys say about the tracking done by Apple? I know we sign agreements to it, etc, etc. However, I don't know how cool I am with the fact that they believe they must have a directory of everywhere I have been. Reading about it has had me considering switching away now that my contract is about up.
I find it very disturbing that law enforcement has known about this for so long.
#RESIST
Rumors of a physical keyboard in the iPhone5 seem to be dying away.
It looks like a Droid 2 is in my immediate future unless one of you guys tells me, "Wait, there is the even better android phone coming out next month..."
If Todd gets a Droid, we'll make sure he gets tethering, rooted, etc...
#RESIST
This.
I tend to be partial to HTC phones since they tend to be the most hack-friendly. But I also like to tinker, so that's not for everybody. The Droids are nice and Samsung's phones are incredibly popular (though I don't care for the AMOLED screens, personally). Lots of good options either way.
OK, I should have asked a more specific question.
Is anyone aware of an upcoming android phone with physical keyboard worthy of serious consideration to rival the Droid 2?