I just got done reading this article that Dan Cohen posted over at Gear Diary, and the similarities of my own mobile device journey are scary. Dan has been an admitted Apple fanboy and iPhone user. Though recently, he has been seeing more and more of the dark side of Apple’s bubble of control over their App Store and how they deal with developers.

Like Dan, I have been going through the same journey. Every pointless App Store rejection or app that Apple yanks from the App Store makes me less and less likely to ever buy an app from them again. I use a MacBook as my main computer, and I don’t think I could use anything else. But, I am far from an Apple fanboy…I use their products, but don’t drink the Kool-aid.

I have used all of the various iPhone models. I have used multiple Palm Pre’s. I have tried out the BlackBerry Bold and I have a BlackBerry Curve for software testing. I have a Nokia E71 that still gets some airtime when I need a nearly-indestructible phone. I have various Windows Mobile phones that get less and less air time as I lose almost all interest in what Microsoft is doing in the mobile space these days.

So, where has my journey ended? Well, I will talk more about that later, but it has paused on a device that I was completely excited about when it was announced, yet when the reviews started pouring in, I quickly lost all interest. That is, until last week…

Any guesses as to what my latest phone is?

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