ince Droid is days away from getting launched, we might as well go out and compare it to the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre, as far as the total cost in concerned. The duel between handsets and their prices easily turns into a duel of carriers, a three way competition between Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.

The folks of BillShrink have provided the excellent comparison table below:

Turns out that the Droid and iPhone 3GS cost the exact same price in the long run, while the Pre is cheaper, although it has its drawbacks (fewer apps, less internal memory, no voice commands). Meanwhile, getting the Moto Verizon Droid with an unlimited plan will mean paying $3,799 over a 2 year period, but this handset has some strong points, to be honest.

For example, Droid outperforms the iPhone 3GS and Pre when it comes to talk time, camera quality and multitasking.

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Though myTouch 3G according to some analyst is an effort too little too late when compared to Apple iPhone 3GS but still T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G loaded with Google Android can kick Apple’s butt.
By rejecting the Google voice app from iTunes App store, Apple gave T-Mobile myTouch 3G a boost as Google Voice App which can run on myTouch 3G, can make a difference for customers looking for phone with Google Voice.

The myTouch 3G was formerly known as the HTC Magic, will eventually replace T-Mobile’s G1 Android phone, which has had sales of more than one million. Unlike the Palm Pre, but like the Apple iPhone 3G S, the myTouch 3G won’t have a keyboard. It also looks similar to the iPhone. The iPhone 3G S has more memory than the My Touch 3G. Feature wise both phones have all the latest smartphone functionality.

When it comes to price factor, iPhone is a clear winner as the price options for the myTouch 3G is not attractive. The new phone comes in at $199 (same as the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre) with a two-year T-Mobile contract. But for $199 you only get a myTouch 3G with a 4GB memory card (microSD, user-upgradable up to 16GB), while for the same price you can grab a brand-new iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre with either 16GB or 8GB (Pre) of storage.

It will take some time for Google to provide the number of Apps to the Android operated phones as compared to the 65000 apps available right now for iPhone 3GS on iTunes Store.

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Google’s redesigned mobile Gmail site for iPhone and Android is live and it seems better than the original in every way: It’s faster, more app-like, and has an improved user interface.

It moves a lot faster between pages that don’t require fresh data because it uses database storage on the iPhone and Android’s built-in Google Gears implementation, which supposedly makes it work better on a slow connection besides giving it some offline powers. Search and loading emails from the main screen isn’t necessarily quicker, but picking contacts and opening particular messages within a thread—yes, threaded conversations work just like real Gmail now—is definitely quicker. You can also get to other Google apps (like your calendar, which is improved now too) in a snap.

It feels more like an app with the sunburst style progress spinner anytime you need to load stuff, and a button for “load more messages” at the bottom that responds nearly instantly, rather than having to load a whole new web page. Search is no longer shoved at the bottom of the window, there’s an actual button for it on top (which is great since the reason I fired up the Gmail site was for search).

There’s a “floaty bar” that follows you down as you scroll with functions like delete, archive and report spam. The new UI feels a bit more finger friendly, and it uses Gmail’s newer color scheme, with a grayer blue and more subtle colors that makes it more readable, too.

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If you’re anxiously waiting to try out the upcoming T-Mobile G1 handset powered by Google’s Android platform then you should head on over to a dedicated T-Mobile G1 web portal where you can virtually try out the handset and some of the features through an online emulator. It allows you to rotate the new G1 360 degrees to get a really good look at all angles of this device. The 360 allows you to slide the screen up to reveal the full Qwerty keyboard.

The G1 emulator is very functional and fun to play with. The guide tab gives you 4 different options for viewing how the hardware of the G1 works. The first demonstrates how the screen slides up for use of the keyboard. The battery removal shows just how the back of the device is taken off to reveal the battery. Sim Card Insertion shows that in order to replace the Sim Card you must first remove the battery. However you do not have to remove the battery to insert or remove the MicroSD card. This makes accidentally loosing the card a lot easier and opens the opportunity of getting dirt inside the slot.Unfortunately, it’s not 100% accurate, given it shows their HSDPA network is actually available something that won’t be true for a very significant number of people who buy the next-gen handset. But it does give you the general feel of the device for those interested. Have fun and remember to order your G1, brown, black or white

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Okay, I own an iPhone but I am interested in Google’s Android OS and the phones that will come out with that operating system on it… Just thought I’d take a look feature by feature and see how we stand…

2.Apps

Both platforms promise tons of applications, both platforms promise to deliver them wirelessly via online stores. The difference here lies in the “open” system versus the moderated system that Apple currently has, where they supposedly hand-review each item before approving it for Apple store use. Also, Apple is renowned for helping developers improve their code before release date. Some would say that an open environment is better, but I have to beg to differ. There is already so much crap on the iTunes App store and it is getting in the way of finding the gems that are there. Apple also tries to make sure that no malicious code makes it into any app store application, and also apparently has a fail safe to remotely stop malicious apps in their tracks. Time will tell on this point, and we will see whether the “free for all” Google store will be better than the moderated Apple app store… so since it is unfair to judge Google’s store before its release, I have to give this one a tie.

Winner: As of right now, Apple. But I am calling it a TIE to give Google a chance to release the store before we judge it. It might kick ass!

3.Keyboard

This one is a toughie, I was annoyed at the iPhone’s onscreen keyboard until I actually used it. Now I realize that the auto correct feature actually works pretty well and I can type almost as fast as I can on my laptop. The Android phones featured so far have pull out keyboards, which in my own personal experience are just another plastic made in China piece of hardware that will eventually break on you. This one is personal preference, and my own personal preference before using the multi-touch keyboard WAS a physical keyboard and I changed my mind quite quickly. I have to give this one a tie as it lies in personal preference, and even then… my own preference leaned towards the onscreen keyboard as it removed a lot of little plastic pieces and hardware that could fuck up… the iPhone has no keyboard and therefore no keyboard failures are possible. I split coffee on a crackberry once, no more keyboard functioning… did it on my iPhone too… keyboard still works…

Winner: Tie.

4.Flash

Although Android fanboys claim Android will have flash, I don’t see it mentioned ANYWHERE as being a reality. Neither platform has flash, and Steve Jobs himself said there was no flash on the iphone because the hardware couldn’t handle full flash and they did’t want a crippled flash that might or might not play flash correctly.

Winner: Tie (Neither)

5. Format Support

The iPhone supports viewing of many document formats, the Android will probably be restricted by the same licensing issues that plague iPhone, so who knows when you will be able to open and edit excel and word files on either?

Winner: Tie

6. PUSH Apps

Apps that can “push” information to your phone. As of currently, the iPhone doesn’t have any 3rd party apps that push info to your phone (My Facebook app wont automatically update it’s Messages in your inbox number on the icon until I actually open it and connect)… Soon though many apps will be able to do this on the iPhone. Nothing is promised yet for Android. As of now, Email, Contacts and Bookmarks from my Safari are pushed directly to my phone within 15 minutes or less of me typing them into my home computer (and vice versa)… Within 5 minutes of activating my new iPhone, I had all my contacts, email and bookmarks wirelessly synced to my iPhone before I left the shopping mall.

Winner: iPhone.

7.Variety Of Phones

Google Android will be available on many phones. Though variety is nice, the lack of standards for hardware makes it impossible for an app developer to count on the fact that a phone has a joystick, or an accelerometer,, or even bluetooth…which will probably make app developers make apps geared towards the lowest common denominator.. I mean, would you make an app that was usable by only 20% of Android phones (which had an acceleromoter or multitouch) or for 100% of Android phones? The iPhone’s standard hardware makes it so that all apps work on all iPhones. At the same time, Apple is known for adding more and more features and I’m sure the 3rd Generation iPhones will have hardware that will make some of the newer apps not compatible with the first 2 iterations of the iPhone. At the same time,the fact that there are multiple manufacturers making different Android phones with different hardware (hopefully a good mp3 player and a headphone jack will appear in future models) gives the advantage clearly to Android…more competition, more variety is good.

Winner: Android

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