Apple Makes Old New Again

Not that I'm a total Apple convert-- yet.  I'm on the fence though.  I have a Droid 2 cell phone, an iPad 2 and a Dell desktop.  At work I use a Dell desktop and a Dell laptop.  Can't remember the last time I touched my laptop, though.  But my one Apple device (iPad 2) is my favorite.  Also, when my Verizon contract is up in April 2012 my next phone will undoubtedly be an iPhone.  That's why I, for the first time, was actually excited and paid attention to today's Apple announcement.  As it turns out, my next cell phone will be an iPhone 4S.

I want to elaborate a little bit more, however.  I like my Droid 2.  I have no problems with it.  But iTunes has taken me over.  It's a huge hassle to put music from iTunes onto my Droid.  That won't be the case when I get my iPhone 4S.  In fact, the iCloud is one of the most awesome features I've ever seen.  With the iCloud, I won't have to sync to iTunes via a computer anymore.  Every song, book or app I download will wirelessly sync to all my Apple devices.  That alone is worth it.

So it's not that I think Apple makes better products.  Motorola and Google can compete with no problems.  For me, Apple makes products more useful and much less hassle free.  I don't have any particular attraction to iOSX versus Windows or Android.  I just like the fact that an Apple operating system is creatively productive in comparison.