For over a year now, I have had a love/hate relationship with the Apple iPhone. Basically the short and skinny of it is that I love the apps, tolerate the Apple restrictions, and hate the network (AT&T). The phone itself, is “fine,” but over a year later, I do miss using a real QWERTY keyboard. Unless you are built like a skeleton, typing on it is a challenge.

But even I would have to admit that this Newsweek article opened up a whole new can of worms with regard to the upcoming Android update that is expected to rock the iPhone’s world.

Look, I like both platforms a lot. Compared to everything else, they are basically “it.” But the fact of the matter is that Android is still playing heavy catchup with games that don’t work, and no ability to watch TV or movies. Obviously this is expected to be addressed by the release of Google TV, but it’s a ways off before coming to anyone’s phone, I suspect. Hence, Android is playing catchup.

If Android stays on course, I see it becoming a serious threat to the iPhone, no question about that. Today, however, I don’t think this is the case based on options and functions just yet. Perhaps in pure numbers, but not in content.

So if you are looking to jump ship to Android, awesome. Looks like it finally has access to the Kindle app… something the iPhone has had forever. I look forward to re-checking out Android next summer. I believe it will be awesome at that point.

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