Mobile blogging using Android

I finally give in. After years of not using a hand­held device, I got one 2 days ago

It’s an Android device, the Sam­sung Ace. Looks a lot like the iPhone 4.

It comes in 2 col­ors: black or white back cover. Yes there’s white, an elu­sive color for the iPhone.

Today the iPhone 4 will be avail­able in Sin­ga­pore and some other countries.

I did use the iPad for a day a cou­ple of days back. Didn’t like it very much.

I have to crate an account with Apple and pro­vide my credit card details. Can’t I just sign-up first, then when I’m com­fort­able, buy the apps later?

Unlike Android Mar­ket place, there is no need to pro­vide any credit card details until you’re ready to buy. I pre­fer that kind of arrangement.

I real­ized that Apple prod­ucts are more for con­sump­tion not really for cre­at­ing of content.

iPad & iPhone have only one method of enter­ing text; the basic QWERTY key­board. Right now I’m enter­ing the text using Swype.

It’s so much eas­ier and after awhile you’ll get use to it. All I need to do is sim­ply move my fin­ger across the keypad.

It’s like the last hand­held I used; the Sony Clie.

The installing of files and apps are so easy. For files like pdf and MP3, it’s a sim­ple copy to the exter­nal SD card using Win­dows file man­ager. No need to fire up a ded­i­cated software.

That’s my brief ini­tial report on the Android. Later I’ll be writ­ing more on the tech­ni­cal aspects of the OS as well as the phone and the apps that I find useful.