[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] welchertc:
Basically, the only thing I am intrigued by on the new iPad is the display. Other than that, it's still running a piece of ****e, gimped OS. About the only instance where I would prefer the new iPad over a decent Android tablet is using it as a high res digital photo frame. Other than that, gimme that galaxy note 10.1. =]

Back on topic, I switched to Android from an iPhone 3g. Since switching to my Captivate from that, I have kept a watchful eye over the iPhone, as I have continued on to my Infuse, and now my Note. Android, imho, jumped ahead of apple around the time I got my Captivate. It was the time of the evo, the nexus one, and all of the great phones coming out after the og Droid had secured a decent foothold for Android to build on. Since then, Android has been ahead of iOS features wise. In order for me to switch back to iOS, it would take a hell of a lot from apple, but with their history of incremental upgrades, I don't see them putting out an iPhone that would warrant a switch back anytime soon. So here are the things I definitely don't miss, because I can't think of anything that I do miss:

Screen size. 3.5" hasn't cut it for multimedia consumption and reading purposes for quite a while now. My 4" Captivate even feels too small. "well get an iPad then..." Yeah, because spending 2-300 on my phone and 600 on a tablet is what I want to do instead of one phone for 150 that can do more than both of those and fit in my pocket. Get with the times apple, go big or go home. 5.3" is more than pocketable enough for probably 80% of the people out there who don't carry a purse, and in a time where multimedia on the go is more and more prevalent, bigger is better. What good is a retina display if you have to hold it 8 inches from your face to play a game, and even then your fingers cover half of it?

The locked grid of icons. I absolutely despised having to fill my screens left to right, row by row from top to bottom. Android gave me the freedom to arrange things how I wanted. Even with folders I would end up with at least two rows of stuff in addition to the dock on an iPhone, not to mention that the two rows are at the top of the screen. With Android, I keep two rows at the bottom of the screen and no dock, then double tap to get to the rest of my apps that are less used. Looks and works so much better than two rows of folders along the top of the screen.

The lack of widgets. I'm not a widget whore, but ever since my Captivate, I've always had I nice looking clock widget in the middle of my homescreen that brings me to my alarms when clicked on. I know some of the icons are live on iOS, but it's just not the same. If I cared more about weather, there's a plethora of weather widgets. Widgets ate awesome because they provide so much info without the need to launch an app, one glaring fault of iOS.

The lack of flash. they can argue all they want that html5 is the future of online media etc, and I would probably agree, but why the hell not support flash while it still reigns supreme? "it kills battery life..." Well yeah, but that's my issue, not theirs. At least give me the option to use it natively without having to use some browser that has a half assed work around for video, and maybe a switch to turn it off if you don't want to use it.

The lack of different keyboards. I love messing around with different keyboards, and you can try out basically all of them on a bone stock Android, because they are available right in the market. About the only thing I miss about the iPhones text entry is the magnifying glass over the cursor. But then again, it's only about as big as it is on my Note without the magnifying glass. And most text entry is accurate enough on Android for me to not need much correction, and therefore it's a moot point. I also hated how you had to go to a separate page of the keyboard for punctuation. Ugh. So tedious. Long pressing or Swyping from punctuation to the space bar is leaps and bounds better.