Well, I finally broke down and bought a 21st Century cell phone: the Nexus S . I’ve had a love/hate relationship with cell phones since I’ve had one; $dayjob++1 puts demands on my accessibility that (I think) will be well-served by this device.
My previous phone was one of those LG Lotus Elites, a flip phone, with the tiniest keyboard imaginable; flipping it open to take a call inevitably led to my turning on the camera, speaker, or heaven knows what else. Dinky keys, easily fat fingered, are no good for me. Plus, I thought the LG looked girly2.
So, I decided to get a real phone. Android devices, like my Samsung Galaxy Tab, are easy to use and feature rich. I’ve had the Tab for 4-5 months now; for casual use, it has replaced my usually powered-up laptop. The Android market has apps to do things I didn’t even know I needed to have done. The Tab and I have become great buds, and it goes where I go.
So, being sold on Android, it was a short leap to the Nexus S. I’m discovering that I want to keep information so that it can be accessed from anywhere, from a variety of devices. The Nexus S delivers that; had I not succumbed to the Google “No Evil” cloud, this would have been a harder sell. As it is, the Nexus, the Tab, and all the laptops I have, get the same access to calendars, contacts, etc., etc. Add to that that Sprint, my cell/data carrier, enables using one’s cell number as a Google Voice number, and the cake was duly iced.
So, I have a boatload of applications on the Nexus:
- RSA Token for work.
- Secure EAS, for work email.
- A decent CIDR calculator.
- MyCast for weather; best weather app I’ve seen.
- The general Google lineup – Gmail, Reader, Voice, Talk, and the like.
And, in a pinch, I can make a phone call.
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