Is There Life After iPhone? Content creators often find they need to look for alternatives to the iPhone.In mid-December, I bought a
Nokia N96
cell phone from Amazon, and I'm simply in love. While there's no
touchscreen and some usability deficiencies compared to iPhone 3G, the
N96 is good enough where the mobile compares and otherwise beats the
Apple smartphone.
I first bought iPhone 3G on day of sale, July 11, and briefly switched because of dropped calling problems.
But I missed the mobile and returned to using it a couple months back.
For me, iPhone 3G was a lifestyle choice, mainly because of the App Store as killer application. I wanted to be more connected. AP's Mobile News Network made news easily available. Other apps let me easily post to my Facebook, SmugMug photo gallery and Tumblr
Weblog or tweet using Twitterrific. Apple made mobile e-mail super easy
and convenient, so much that I could file away messages from iPhone 3G.
But another way, I felt more disconnected. I'm a journalist, a
creative type. Apple's mobile made consuming content easy, but not
really generating content. The iPhone's digital camera is OK,
but lacks much. There's no video capability and audio recording is
marginal, even using some of the better App Store applications. By
comparison, the Nokia N96 packs a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss
lens and dual-LED flash; there is 640 x 480 video recording at 30fps
and stereo audio.
I asked myself: Do you want to be a content consumer or content
creator? The iPhone 3G was better suited for content consumption, while
the N96 did a little of both—and from the reviews surprisingly well.
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