System and gadget snobbery

You run across it every day. Mac user slams PC user, Android user swears iPhone users are idiots, it just goes on and on.

I use a PC by choice. I have in the past used a Mac, and Amiga and PC. My computer of choice is a PC. If you have an old Amiga, I might want to come over and look lovingly at it, and if you have a Mac and it does what you want, fine by me. But do not sit there and infer I am a mental case for not wanting a Mac.

I didn't like iPods for their proprietary format (yes, I know that's been changed). I preferred (and still do) mp3s that I could listen to on whatever device I wanted to use.

Onto phones/handheld devices. I have never been an 'iPhile'. My Treo (from the earlier 270 thru to the 680) did everything I wanted, was stable and very sturdy. I didn't have to 'jailbreak' it and programs were small, stable, functional and inexpensive. I like/liked my Treo 680 (phone function is having fits, but still works as PDA), but I had to get a new phone. Palm Pre didn't show up here, so I had to do a bit of shopping for something else.

Yeah, the Android is all right, but *shrug* yeah whatever. iPhone.. not a big fan of something that is the adult "Tickle Me Elmo" buying frenzy, but mostly because of having two glass faces (don't care how it's tempered glass.. it's still glass). I got to goof around with one, but wasn't really impressed.

I decided on a W7P, the LG C900 to be exact. Is it perfect? No. Can't stand the default ringtones, and I am not conversant enough with MS SDK to change them. Also, unlike my Treo, I can't use my Audible Audiobooks on it, unless I ummm convince them to be MP3s instead, but I will be one of the beta testers for then W7P Audible players when it's available for testing.


Overall, happy with it, though, especially when I hear/read that there will be a Kindle app for it in the near future.