[darkwater]

> First Android releases weren't bad at all. I'd say the UI was more 'classic'

Maybe in your test labs, but on real HW it was sluggish, laggy and barely usable. Source: I owned the original Samsung Galaxy and tried some friend's HTC Magic and they were horrible. The first real good Android phone, perf wise, was IME the Galaxy S II.

[mike_hearn]

I owned an HTC G1 and was happy enough with it. Smartphones are judged on far more than just UI latency.

[darkwater]

That's why I owned Android phones ever since, but know with Google closing the system, it's losing what made it special.