How to switch from an Android phone for the iPhone-PC Magazine

About Android? Here is how to switch from Google's mobile OS to Apple's mobile OS as smoothly as possible.

While there is an army of excellent Android phones now, there was not always the case. Early models were sluggish, inelegant and defective. For comparison, the iPhone from the beginning was a shining example of a beautiful design and an excellent experience. Today, but the platforms budgetary procedure, it shall be open on equal terms. But for many, the iPhone 4 still draws with its classic design and unparalleled user interface. Apple's massive third-party app catalog contains hundreds of thousands of applications to amp up your smartphone experience, and the iPhone still contains the best iPod ever made. There is much to suffer.

And now, the iPhone 4 is available on both Verizon and AT&T, complete with mobile hotspot capability, it is much more tempting to switch. Thinking to make the transition? This wizard will help to ensure that the transition from Google's ecosystems to Apple is as smooth as possible:

Get ready for your iPhone

Use Google Sync. If you have committed some or all of your digital life to Google services, like Gmail, contacts, and calendar, you can still synchronize them with the iPhone using the free Google Sync. Skip Apple MobileMe service; It is too expensive for what it does, and I think it is still somewhat unreliable.

Centralize your media in iTunes. Love it or hate it, iTunes is still the dominant app for listening to music on PC and Mac. iTunes makes it fun to collect, organize, and play your media. It is also a great music and video store, and it is perfect for browsing, iPhone's huge third-party app store. Some find iTunes clunky and dissuasive, but it causes the task.

Easy-to-USB cable pain. Unlike on Android, you must regularly connect your iPhone to a PC to get software updates. There is no way around this, and the iPhone user aproprietary cable. Make the process easier by picking up a small desk dock, keeps the ugly wires out of sight, and makes it super-easy to pop iPhone in and out.

Cradle the phone in a case. If you hold the iPhone 4 in a certain way with the fingers are placed in a specific position, you will degrade the phone reception. No matter what. Millions of people already go around with the iPhone 4s. Most do not seem to care. Any protective clothing or bumper will solve the problem, so get one and make calls with confidence and keep your phone protected delicate at the same time.

When you have your iPhone

Learn UI. The IPhone is missing function keys and a message line. Instead a swipe you between multiple menu bars, which contain icons for everything you want to do. A single button at the bottom when you return to the home screen; hold down the CTRL key, and you can move icons around or in folders. Multitasking is done automatically in the background; You can kill individual tasks by bringing up on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, but you need. Messages pop up in front and center, which is slightly annoying, but mitigated by how you don't get nearly as many people as you do with Android phones. Don't forget to metal balls in beautiful lack of bloatware.

Dive in the App Store. In our opinion, is the best reason to switch to the iPhone App Store. Android market can obtain, but as a general rule, there are better apps in all major categories in the App Store. You can find many more games, plus useful apps like Netflix, which you can't get on Android and apps tend to appear on the iPhone first before the other platforms. Most of this is, in fact, down to the economy, as opposed to a religious war between the two platforms (although some are due to competing DRM standards). It is just easier for iPhone developers to sell apps and get paid. There are also far fewer hardware inventory items to worry about with the iPhone, which significantly reduces the development and QA time. In both cases, you can win.

Enjoy seamless, stable OS updates. Android OS revisions was a huge mess over time, as different phone manufacturers and wireless carriers delayed updates for several months. In the meantime, get all the iPhones free updates with major new features at regular intervals. It was not until recently, the very first iPhones began to lose out on some promised updates, but even they are still updated on a regular basis. Better yet, have almost all of Apple's iOS updates been stable out of the box.

Buy a GPS navigation app cheaply. The IPhone does not come with free voice-activated navigation. Airlines TeleNav-powered apps are expensive $ 10 per month. You can find a better deal in the Navigon MobileNavigator for the iPhone, TomTom or Magellan RoadMate, are all one-time purchases work forever. All three companies also run regular sale, especially if you don't buy a version that only contains U.S. maps. For more information, see our guidance on buying GPS navigation apps.

Jailbreaking questions. Jailbreaking is not recommended, as a rule, because it could brick your iPhone and lead to any kind of warranty-related issues. But the FCC has declared it legal, many iPhone owners do so, and some swear it is the only way to run certain types of apps, Apple does not like, such as retro game emulators. If you are a heavy tinkerer, you can investigate the matter. Or just stay with Android, which is much more user friendly to the US interference.

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