App Store vs. Android on Steroids

It's official. The iPhone is God's greatest gift to humanity, and the greatest thing about the iPhone is the App Store. If any of you have seen what HTC has done with Google's Android platform, you've seen how close HTC is to matching the touted iPhone interface. I have only seen HTC's very intriguing demo, but it's even possible that their Sense interface and their core applications (I love the Footprints app) are better. They may even have better hardware.


HTC Hero with the new Sense interface (pic from HTC)

What HTC or Android does not have right now is the App Store. Their version, called "Android Market", appears to have only a few hundred apps (not verified). I honestly can't tell how amazing these apps are. On the other hand, the Apple App Store has tens of thousands of apps, and I love a bunch of them. Also, with iPhones becoming so ubiquitous and with all the developer support Apple is getting, it does not look like the App Store will run out of great apps soon.

How to Win an iPhone

I am now officially an Apple fanboy and a proud owner of an iPhone 3G. And I didn't have to pay for it. I got it last night from a company raffle. Like all other fanboys, the first thing I did this morning was run to the nearby "Apple" store called "Youth" (no real Apple Stores here in Taipei) and bought some nice accessories. Now my iPhone looks even more amazing.

I will likely mourn my new Nokia, which replaced my four-year old other Nokia, but I'm not at all sad I got a free iPhone. Also, I might start blogging soon (from my iPhone) about how Microsoft sucks and why Jobs is a god. Please watch out for the new me.