What was the first Android version you owned and which device?

I was curious when you guys decided to take the jump to owning Android? From the start, iOS was arguably “years” ahead of Android in terms of usability and app availability. So my questions to you:
1) what made you choose Android?
2) which version was that?
3) what device did you own?

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94 MC_Android 01/21/13 10:14 PM

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To start it off, for me:

1) Personally, the choice between iOS and Android at the time for me came down to aesthetics. At the time, iOS was much more polished than Android and it had the definite superior app availability. The HTC Nexus One was just jawdroppingly beautiful. Under all the OS differences, it was the phone that got me.

2) Eclair for a day then Froyo 2.2 OTA

3) Nexus One <3

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66 Teebor 01/22/13 4:28 AM

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1) It wasn’t Apple and it looked like a good OS that was going places. I was also bored of Windows Phone

2) Froyo

3) Galaxy S

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52 kinkate18nic 01/22/13 5:03 AM

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Samsung Galaxy Y with Gingerbread 2.3.6
:D

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82 digvijaya07 01/22/13 10:12 AM

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Sony Xperia U with Gingerbread 2.3.7 then i updated it ICS 4.0.4

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38 chestont 01/22/13 5:26 PM

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1. I chose Android because at the time Sprint’s smartphone choices were Android, Web OS and Blackberry. The Google name had a lot of goodwill with me so I went with that (dodged a bullet there).
2. My first device ran 1.6 (Donut, I think?).
3. CDMA HTC Hero, I still remember marveling at the soft-touch finish, being frustrated with the horrible lag and holding my breath when I tried to root it for the first time.

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78 golfpedaler 01/22/13 8:47 PM

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1) I wasn’t on AT&T, so the iPhone wasn’t an option…long time T-Mobile customer
2) my first device ran Android 1.1 but was quickly upgraded to 1.5
3) G1 baby!! Rooted after about 3 months with CyanogenMod and never looked back

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70 RX-78-7 01/22/13 10:47 PM

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Which ever version the original HTC G1 had. Looking back it was a very bad experience, I’m glad I gave android another shot.

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86 da9el 01/23/13 2:07 AM

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1. I’ve always loved google products like gmail etc… so why not going for android!

2. i started off with 2.1

3. my first device was a htc desire

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98 SGB101 01/23/13 3:04 AM

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1.didnt want can apple product, i hated iTunes, and their drm (at the time)

2. Google 1.0 (wasn’t the most stable)

3.G1, sits in my spares draw. Iirc currently 1.6 on it.

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89 zerosix 01/23/13 4:20 AM

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1) I was choosing between Nokia N900 and Motorola Milestone. I wanted N900, but my gf wanted to go on a vacation. We did so and I had enough money for Motorola. After that, I used it for 2 years.
2) 2.0 with immidiate upgrade to 2.1. The only thing I dislike about early versions of Android – white statusbar:)
3) Milestone.

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61 breckdroid 01/23/13 5:31 PM

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HTC Droid Incredible running Android 2.1 then on to 2.2.

I loved that phone. I still have it in case my primary phone bites the dust.

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68 jenskristian 01/24/13 10:09 AM

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The HTC Magic running Android 1.5 Cupcake.

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35 yurma415 01/24/13 12:01 PM

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1) i’d been a long time iphone owner, but feel that things got especially stale following the iphone 4. i found myself jail breaking my phone to add features i was tired of waiting on apple to add to ios, and i started to find the 3.5″ display cramped as i did more and more with the phone. my wife (girlfriend at the time) and i both switched carriers and i basically cut the choices down to the iphone 4s, the galaxy nexus, and the galaxy s3.

2) ICS 4.0.4

3) Samsung Galaxy S3

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S. CamposGuest 01/24/13 2:05 PM

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1.) I was looking to update to a smartphone, and picked Android.

2.) Eclair version

3.) Samsung S Vibrant

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87 Charlong666 01/24/13 7:20 PM

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1) The commercials for the HTC Hero made it look just so awesome. The way you could customize it and such.
2) 1.5
3) HTC Hero (GSM)

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parithosh JayanthiGuest 01/25/13 12:34 AM

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1) The internet made android look amazing to me !
plus android was the onli good smartphone OS i could afford at the time, iPhone is ridiculously expensive where i live…
2) 1.6
3) Acer Liquid A1

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wilsonGuest 03/24/13 9:10 AM

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My first device was Motorola xt720 such a beautiful phone sadly it sucks… I had froyo then I got the nexus s and I love it. now I have the galaxy note

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46 irishrally 03/25/13 12:39 PM

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ADP1 (Android Dev Phone 1) running Android 1.0, bought directly from Google.

The Neuxs 4 is their third attempt at selling phones directly, ADP1, Nexus One, Nexus 4.

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46 irishrally 03/25/13 12:41 PM

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… my phone before that was a HTC Jam and that was a Windows touchscreen phone with only a cursor pad beneath the screen. Yes, a touchscreen phone before the iPhone was released.

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74 vforvortex 03/26/13 7:18 PM

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1) Under T-mo carrier. I was never a fan of Apple/iOS because it seemed very expensive. I hadnt initialy heard much about Android at the time, besides it being a google phone with touch and physical keyboard which i liked at the time.
2) I bought the G1 in Nov, 2008. It was running Android 1.5.
Kept that running up to Android 2.1 (thanks Cyanogen-Xda) for 2 1/2 years
3) Now i have Htc Sensation, running custom rom Android 4.2.2 until i see what Google shows off at I/O 2013. Possibly the X Phone or wait for Nexus 5 in winter;

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93 aranea 03/27/13 6:55 PM

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1) It wasn’t an apple product. I think that’s enough but if I have to expand it because it offered user friendly experience with latest technology but without the walls put up by apple that tries to tell user what to do rather than giving user the freedom to do what he/she wants.

2)-3) I had the G1. I don’t remember what was the version number for the first release. I got it a few months after the release because I had to wait for my contract to expire.

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