I have been on the hunt for some time now, looking for a new smartphone that is as powerful and functional as the iPhone and not an iPhone! Let’s face it – it’s not as easy as it might seem. The one feature that is really important to me is accessing the web. Video camera would also be cool to have. I currently own the iPhone 3G; web is great but no video recording.

It seem that a Google Android phone would be the way to go. In particular, I like the Motorola Droid (called Milestone in Canada). But I’m a little scared. Abandoning my iPhone 3G just three weeks away from launch of the iPhone 4 (Canada: end of July) seems a bit suicidal. Starting a new 2 or 3 years contract with a non-Apple phone? Whouaah!

Now, I hear Android OS 2.2 is coming very soon, so that sounds interesting. I think I’ll hold on to my iPhone 3G until the end of the summer. Frankly, that antenna story with iPhone 4 kind of threw me off too. The way Apple handled the situation; I didn’t like it. Then again, according to reviews all over the web, in terms of feature, performance, ease of use and “everything else” the iPhone 4 is still the one to beat.