Those of you who know me know that I use to be a very die hard fan for Windows Mobile. My first Windows Mobile device wasn’t even Windows Mobile but a Windows CE based HP iPAQ (Even though I owned a Dreamcast before hand but that really doesn’t count).  Throughout the years I’ve stayed fairly dedicated to my Windows Mobile devices from the iPAQ to Samsung Blackjack, to HTC Athena, to HTC Touch Pro and finally the HTC Touch Pro 2. I’ve always enjoyed the amount of control and customization I had with my devices. Sadly Microsoft couldn’t keep up with the times and while Windows Mobile 7 is coming up around the corner Google and Apple have mobile operating systems that are light years ahead, released and proven.

I had to decided where to go from here:

• Stick with Windows Mobile and wait for Windows Phone to come out in hopes that Microsoft got it’s act right.
• Jump over to Android as it’s close to what I am use to but still have to deal with heartaches of the past with Qualcomm (Just randomly search the net for Qualcomm issues with Windows Mobile..it’s not pretty).

• Deny all which I believe in and go down the dark path of the iPhone.

I decided to go down the path of darkness. To be honest once I learned to let go of the customization options and give all control to Apple life was easier to maintain. I haven’t been compelled to flash or check for the newest ROMs for my phone since I have no options besides what are given to me. Granted some items that tie AT&T and Apple together really annoy me, they only other option for me is to see what happens next year. One thing is for certain, I will never fan boi a device or mobile operating system again and  will always keep my options open (What I really meant to say was hey Google.. get Andoird 3,0 out and Nvidia get your Tegra chipset right so the marriage of the 2 will result in my next phone)