The Object of My Desire
I want a new phone. Who doesn’t right? I have been holding out for a few years now, there has always been something else to spend money on. And more often than not, upgrading to a new phone that is in my list of potential phones requires an increase in monthly spend. The only other option is to buy a phone outright, but we come back to other things to spend money on!
Things might be about to change. Today I learned about a new initiative from Telstra. They have decided that they would like to have 25 consumer reviewers. They are giving away 25 HTC Desires to people who will review the device from the perspective of a normal person. By normal they mean someone who does not review devices like this everyday like the guys a gadget blogs.
The HTC Desire is an alternative the all pervasive iPhone. It runs an Open Source operating system being maintained by Google, called Android. Because it is Open Source, anyone can write an App for the phone and allow people to install it. Every App on the iPhone first has to be vetted by Apple, so if there is anything about the App that they don’t like then you’re out of luck. Sometimes this can be as subjective as the design of the icon.
I have always been an Open Source supporter, installing my first Linux operating system while at Uni back in 1999. This was the early days of Desktop Linux, and it has come a long way since then. A couple of years ago, I introduced my Dad to Ubuntu and he hasn’t looked back since. Having a phone that is Open Source is a much better environment for innovation.
So hopefully I can get my hands on one of these review phones and let you know a whole lot more about it!
Hi CJ, I notice that the time shown on the new “phone”, the phone part now a minor function of the device, is the time shown on analogue watches and clocks when you see them in catalogues!! Best of luck in becoming a Telstra Reviewer. I can think of no-one better. Dad