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You know, I'm glad there's competition since it keeps pushing Apple forward and bringing new features to the iPhone.  I would absolutely love HDMI output from the iPhone and iPad and the ability to have it be a wireless hotspot so my 3gless iPad can get online when I'm not at home.  But despite what one of my friends said to the contrary, I keep hearing reports of terrible battery life:  http://bit.ly/dk2I5O.  Yes there are days when I wished my 3GS would last a while longer, but that's after a year a use.  These reports of the EVO are for new phones!  And battery life aside, I'm not a huge fan of the EVO's implementation of a front facing camera.  Most average users will have no idea what QiK is let alone be a knowledgeable user of it.  Not sure if you've used Facetime yet, but it's ridiculously easy to use and the market penetration that it will have will KILL the EVO's offering.
 
And as far as Android itself is concerned, sure they have lots of cool features in Froyo, but despite Froyo being release before the EVO ship date, it comes with Android 2.1 oh but you may be able to upgrade in six months....  When Apple release a new OS, as long as I have a phone in the last 2 years (and who doesn't upgrade at least every 2 years these days), the new OS and all the apps for it run perfectly on my old device.  The lag behind the new versions is exactly what IMHO hurts Android the most.  As a result version lag, developers need to worry about their apps running on several versions of the OS on several types of hardware.  This leads the developer to either testing every permutation (likely greatly decreasing their ROI) or saying screw it and only developing on the flavor of the month which leads me to my next point...
 
Yes EVO is the hot phone of the moment, but wait 3 weeks and there'll be another, then another.  I'll be honest I don't keep up on Android phone releases nearly as much as I do an Apple release, but the Droid X and the Droid 2 are both going to be available soon if they're not already.  At that point, the EVO will be kicked to the curb just like last Christmas's Eris (http://bit.ly/9ffxf5) or January's Nexus One (http://bit.ly/aAw8K1).  And then you'll be left out in the cold until the next Android upgrade cycle.
 
And one other benefit that you don't see (yet) on Android phones is that apps that you buy for your phone can be also be used on your tablet.   And no, I'm not talking about running an app pixel doubled.  But several apps that I used on my iPhone are available as Universal apps on the iPad meaning I only have to buy them once!  And speaking of only having to buy things once, I really don't want to repurchase equivalent versions of my current set of apps on another platform.
 
If you still want more reasons on why the EVO is a piece (http://tcrn.ch/c69By6) or why the switch to Android won't be as rosy as you imagine (http://bit.ly/c8ouCi), read around.  I'm not the only one that feels this way.
 
Don't get me wrong, I think that the now infamous antenna issue is something be concerned about, but that's not because that I think I will drop more calls since if you're in a strong signal area, you likely won't experience anything (http://bit.ly/bJdlb3).  Rather, I think it's a concern because it's been a PR nightmare for Apple.  Really to suggest that customers bear the cost of a fix with essentially a $30 Live Strong bracelet (http://bit.ly/dp1Z7B) is just ridiculous.  With that said, Apple if you could bump me up on the iPhone 4 reservation list, that'd be great!  I'm tired of using my 3GS with its busted screen.
 
Also, if you haven't seen the EVO vs. iPhone YouTube videos yet, you really need to watch them (http://tcrn.ch/9ARJXj), they're absolutely hilarious!  Too bad that Best Buy handled that situation so poorly.  Come to think of it, maybe poor customer service is the norm nowadays....