Preferably Android OS. Really, I'm not looking for a toy to play games on or anything like that. I just need something that I can video conference on that isn't incompatible with Apple products. Something that is stable and won't crash. I'm not really app happy either. Also, nothing that is so big that I can't put it in the inside pocket of a blazer or something. I'm not going to be on here so much here in the coming months and so still want to check in to see what is what. So something that works well with the web site too.
What works? Any ideas?
I don't follow the latest trends with phones mainly because I could give a rat's left testicle about them. However, my admittedly aging understanding is that Android is a security nightmare. Perhaps they have corrected the problems since I became privy to this fact, so don't go by what I write here - I mention it only in case you are not up to date on such matters and were unaware of the issue. If you know about all that, then never mind.
That said, my far more recent understanding is that Blackberry is still the undisputed king of security. If security is a high priority for you, Blackberry might be the way to go.
While I have a MacBook, I find myself liking both Apple and its products less and less with time. It is not the same company, that is for sure. They are in the middle of a great big clusterfuck with "apple pay". Apparently it is an avenue broad and inviting for hackers. To make matters worse, Apple is attempting to blame the CC companies for the security failure, but they lie. The problem lies in how CCs are added to a phone, the security for which is literally nonexistent, as in absolutely ZERO. So what's happening is the ID thieves are buying cracked phones, adding stolen CCs to them, buying tons of shit in YOUR name, and ditching the hardware. Rinse, repeat. And all the while Apple is saying "nothing to see here, move along." Screw those bastards.
But I digress.
Done the iphone thing - hated it. I am no Luddite, but this phone-insanity disease is something for which I have less than zero interest. I have no desire to surf from my phone. None. I find the activity penultimately lame and a complete waste of time. If you cannot get through your days without surfing and texting on your phone, methinks the greater mercy would be to go home and shoot out your own ghost because you've lost all connection to actual living. YMMV.
The only thing for which I find a cell phone useful is making calls. That's it. Steve Jobs, I am sure, never figured on people like myself.
