Poll: Which smartphone platform do you own and use mainly?

WP7. The design really grabbed me when I saw it. I like the way the live tiles function and the app selection is fine by me as I don't really go on the marketplace looking for a lot of apps. Even though i'm using a Mac for my desktop I really like the Zune/Zune Pass and it works well with the phone. The integration with social networks on the people hub is pretty nice and it will get better with Mango. With that said I am really looking forward to seeing the Pre3 and enhancements to WebOS.

Obviously I do not belong to the "early-adopting crowd": I do not own a smartphone. Why? Because I find the 80 dollars per month too high price to pay for something(access to the internet) that I have almost everywhere I spent my time: work, home, bookstores. Even though I am seriously tempted everyday to get an iPhone.

I use an iPhone but, like zmonkeyz, I'll get a pre3 if the hardware turns out to be up to scratch. I tried 2 original Pre units but returned both because of hardware problems.

I have an Android phone and recently bought an iPad. After experiencing both platforms I think I'll be buying an iPhone 5 next.

If I we're going to do android again I'd get a phone where I could install stock android (like the Nexus S).

Oh also, I really hope WP7 doesn't take off. The new wave of smart phones run webkit almost exclusively right now and I'd like it to stay that way.

Don't use one. (Shouldn't this be one of the options as well?) (Disclaimer: I've also never owned one.)

Half of my reasoning is specific to the various platforms. I don't want to use an iPhone because of Apple's usual obsessively controlling policies. WP7 is probably not good at all (judging - I'll admit - mainly from its popularity). Blackberry and Symbian just aren't hip. Maemo/Meego is too hip. I've never even /heard/ of Bada. Android ... Android would be my choice, if I had to pick a platform - but I've played with several Android devices, and they feel slow. Laggy. With the better ones, it's not really noticable except as a slight feeling of discomfort. It's as though I'm fighting with the phone, just a little bit, to get it to do what I want. And it wrecks the experience. (IIRC iPhones were like this too a few years back. Some Android vendors will figure it out, eventually.)

The other half of reasoning is that I can't imagine what I would use it for. I hate reading on the small screen. I find 98% of all games incredibly boring (the other 2% are only mildly boring). I hate the idea of being constantly tied to the rest of the world via an electronic leash. I don't like cellphones! Pesky things, always buzzing at you when you're trying to get something done.... (I keep mine off most of the time.) Most importantly, everything I use my computer for involves either typing or fully exploiting every last square inch of real-estate my screen has. Smartphones are only good for consuming information, and at a slow rate at that.

Main reason I have an iphone and would probably continue with them as long as they stay reasonably close to state of the art is that app eco system. Pretty much every company I see with develop for iphone first and then maybe Android later if they are successful enough. Despite not being the biggest user of apps I know if something new and interesting comes out I'll most likely be able to take advantage of that.

WP7. I previously had an android and it just felt like a chinese iphone clone. This feels different and great.

BlackBerry - got started on the platform when I was given a series of them at Big Companies, and stay with them for the keyboard and BlackBerry Messenger.

I voted Android, which I used when cash flow was better, and I intend to go back when cash flow improves.

To answer your question as to why I don't [currently] use a smart phone, the phone plan plus data plan is not currently worth the opportunity cost for me. Currently using an old Palm Centro without a data plan.

I do miss my Epic.

I don't use a smartphone, just to save money.

I don't have a smartphone. I have a Samsung "feature phone." The only features I use are the phone, SMS, voicemail, contacts list, clock, and alarm clock. There are other features, but I never use them. It costs me $16.80 per month, including tax.

If I travelled more or worked away from home, I might find use for a smartphone.

I own an iPad and 3 iPhones, but I dont use one as my mobile phone. I use a stupid cheap heap of junk that works brilliantly to make and receive phone calls and text messages.

At the end of the day, all smart phones usually add is another distraction.

I have an iPhone because my family's company pays for it. If it didn't, I doubt I'd have a smartphone. We all got iPhones because we're using Macs (I started that trend with a PowerBook in 2004).

I don't currently own a smartphone, but I develop industrial Android apps for tablets.

I have a WP7. Owned an iPhone for 3 years then switched to Android last October. Switched to WP7 2 months later. Really, really enjoy my Samsung Focus. My biggest complaint with the phone is the browser font rendering can be pretty bad in portrait if the webpages are > ~800px wide, but supposedly the Mango update is going to be a big IE update so hopefully that gets fixed.

I'm a proud WebOS user, though I'm getting mildly jaded at the delays in the Pre3 and the fact that it's still not entirely clear if Sprint will have it. My (launch-weekend) Pre- is getting pretty old and tired, and I'm considering picking up a Nexus S if there isn't some more Pre3 news soon.

iPhone: Frankly, originally purchased because that's what the c-level people at an old job had. But, beyond that I just want my phone to be simple - UX/UI, updates, etc. and I'm a sucker for great design.

Still like WebOS for pure UE. Now on a Nexus S and mostly happy except for atrocious battery life. Was on iPhone for a few months but couldn't stand the lack of multitasking and crappy notifications.

A relative recently purchased a Samsung WP7 phone. I was highly skeptical until I spent a few minutes playing around with it.

The UX experience (design, speed) was about as smooth as my iPhone, smoother than Android devices I've played with.

Right now there are not enough apps for WP7 to make it interesting to me, but if MSFT can get devs in large numbers to develop for the platform, then Apple will have to watch out. Historically, MSFT is good at making programmers develop for their platform, so the next couple of years should be interesting.

EDIT: The relative bought the WP7 device because it was much cheaper than an iPhone.

Macs are nice now if you can spend someone else's money (like I did), but iOS policies are a direct threat to the independence of our profession, and I doubt anyone's ever going to pay me enough to hold my nose and contribute to that dystopia. Also not eager to get locked into an unmanaged language everyone else dismissed decades ago.

I've been meaning to get an Android from a vendor with a good attitude about CyanogenMod, but they keep announcing new models before I finish my homework on the current ones. My POS featurephone ("powered by Java ... please wait") is bearable for the moment.

Blackberry gave me free sampleth

No other phone has feature parity with my four years old symbian phone. It has a physical Ctrl key for use in putty (sadly, no Meta).

But apart fron that, yeah, Nokia can't program their way out of a paper bag.

I have an iPhone4 and WP7. Switched completely to WP7. On the iPhone always looking for an app. On WP7 everything just works, hardly need any apps. There still needs to be a few things created, instagram for one. But most major apps there more will come.

Had an Android (1.6) for a year. After the initial excitement wore out (a week), I could barely answer a phone call since the interface bugged out everytime. The battery wouldn't last for a work day, and every app froze/crashed randomly (including contacts, phone app, and other system apps). The only good experience was MotoBlur syncing perfectly all my profiles, yet it's interface was just as crappy.

I already had a MBP and an iPod/iPad so wanted to balance things out and experiment with development. It was a terrible idea - I'm infinitely happy with my iPhone 4 now.