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Google glass looks pretty cool. Hope we have Boba Fett hemets soon too with all the realworld showing up on our HUD like Ironman and Samus Aran etc etc.

Remember when people were worried about computers taking over mankind? Well it seems we're pretty happy to meet them half way nowdays.


Between Galaxy S4 (I don't think it's actually been released yet) and iPhone I'd go Galaxy (I have S3)

Apparently, you have been assimilated! 
  

A few random thoughts: I doubt I will use my phone for music apps other than a playback device i.e. iTunes but you never know. I hate the iphone battery deal and proprietary b.s. I'm not a tweaker kind of guy but I may want to noodle around with a few options. I'm still a month out on the upgrade so I have lots of time to decide.

Rocky

Truth is:  I've got a dozen, maybe two dozen of these, "precious prized apps," that I've paid for, and I am not using them at all.  Well over 18 months ago, I said to myself, "that's it, I've bought a lot of apps, and the only ones getting any use are freeware, so I am not buying anymore."  Its like those gumball machines, you put a quarter in, and you get nothing but a crappy gumball, but alas, its only a quarter, so what do you care?  its the same thing with apps, they are like a $1, maybe $2, sometimes $5, but you hardly notice till you've bought near 30, and you only use facebook, and your internet browser..   

I use google maps a lot, but same idea.. "free app."

So that is why, I am so interested in the Nokia.  

1.  Funky colors.  "yeah."

2.  Every Lumia 920 review says, "built like a tank."

3.  I'm just as locked into windows, as I am to ios, so it really makes no diff which os is my phone, and one could argue I am even more locked into windows than ios, with the exception of all these silly ios payware apps I've wasted $ on.

4.  The camera, the chipset, the memory, and I have a good mind to think the call/voice clarity on the nokia are going to destroy samsung and apple.

I have owned 3 Galaxy's and currently use the Note II. I'd say the Galaxy over the iPhone, but I'd take an iPad over any other tablet.

My daughters have the iphone 4 and love them.

I opted for the S3 and have not been disappointed. I previously had the Droid Eris and hated it. So staying on the android system was iffy for me. But I did go with the S3 and have not regretted it. 

Good battery life, nice large screen, 32G of total storage, tons of apps and they all work, really fast compared to the old Eris, and easy on data with my wi-fi connection in the house. 

The voice recognition software in it is "da bomb" ...and is my favorite way to text and many other things that require me to type. 

The GPS is amazing.  It finds places that are new businesses, and gets me there. My old GPS in the truck works fine but doesn't have this level of sophistication..... and the old one needs a map update @ $70/per......  I used my phone on my recent jaunt to Texas. 

It also has built in tethering and hotspot which is handy for out of town computer usage. No open hotel networks are needed anymore. 

lots of other cool features but look for yourself and see what you need. 

Between the 2 I think the S3 is the better one.  JMHO

I've been reading reviews of the new HTC One and am seriously considering ditching my beloved iPhone for it...what a tasty piece of kit. It's a big step to switch OS's though especially when you have so much invested in one and rely on it every day. 

My wife has an iPhone, I have a Galaxy S3.

I absolutely hate the iPhone. But I only dislike the S3.

bitflipper


My wife has an iPhone, I have a Galaxy S3.

I absolutely hate the iPhone. But I only dislike the S3.

 
 
 
 
 
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LOL I loved that. The Galaxy's really are a better phone for GPS and stuff like that, anyone remember hearing about apple maps? I drove to Texas for SXSW last year and tried out Apple Maps twice. Both times we were lead in a wrong direction, one of which was literally into the middle of the Grand Canyon.

I concur, "Apple Maps is completely useless."   When I ios 6 came, I promptly updated my phone and was not happy with the fact that Apple gave no choice:  When they removed the old Google Maps app, and replaced with the Apple Maps.

GPS in a phone is very important to me.  I run my own business, and I visit many of my clients in their home, or at the businesses they own/run.  This is common courtesy in the business that I am in.
It just so happened the week ios 6 came was one of my busier moments, and I had to drive to Miami several times that week, and I got completely lost several times that week, and had to find my way using the Safari Browser and the mobile version of Google Maps.  

This is really one of these cases, where an app works better then a website.  I haven't used Apple Maps since, and most likely will not  ever use it in the future.

GPS in a phone is very important to me.  Another reason I am so interested in the Lumia 920.  Apparently the Nokia Maps are great, and the way Microsoft has setup their mobile os is so neat.  

Maybe Win 8 wasn't such a smashing success on the desktops, laptops, and all.  But I think as a mobile os, fuddy duddy microsoft, has become the new cool kid on the block.