Alright, back on the fence we go...

As the entire Internet must know by now, I'm trying to decide between the iPhone 4 and Nexus One. I like Android, but I don't like the Nexus One as much. I don't like iOS as much, but I like iPhone. Ah, software-hardware integration.

I like Android. I like Froyo. I like having every feature Android offers. Everything feature in Android is baked in, but the iPhone needs jailbreakers to provide them, often at a cost. Jailbreaking is infinitely more difficult than unlocking the N1 bootloader, and I prefer having the internet as a portal as opposed to Cydia. As impressive as Cydia is for iOS, it's slower than having something like xda-developers or Google to look for good apps. Plus, it's real quick and simple to install apps. Mind you, I admire what Jay Freeman and the iphone-dev team have done with what Apple gave them in iOS, but I think what Google allows is simply better. USB Debug mode, allowing installation of non-Market apps, these options are priceless for smartphone owners.

I like the iPhone hardware, much like I liked the MacBook. I'm not particularly partial to iOS or OSX, but I don't mind them. I really like Windows 7 and Android, so what is a brother to do? The N1's screen is slow and laggy. Typing can be quicker, but it's finicky and temperamental. I truly adore the Android keyboard's autocorrect. I didn't really try any of the custom keyboards, but they're probably great. I couldn't get Swype to work, but I didn't try too hard either. Nevertheless, the overall performance and integration of the touchscreens with their underlying software is what matters. I don't know what it is with the N1 and Android 2.2 FRF91 MCR, but it's laggy. I don't like iOS as much because of what we have to deal with in the 21st century, but I can text my baby much easier.

I wonder if I'll miss Android too much if I go back to the iPhone. The iPhone uses an ARM processor, right? Someone please get Android on iPhone 4. I'd gladly pay for that. Maybe I should donate a bit.