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FutureLawyer on Wrong Side of iPhone vs. Droid Debate Too

By J. Benjamin Stevens on Posted in iPhone

As you may recall, FutureLawyer (Rick Georges) and The Mac Lawyer (Ben Stevens) went head-to-head in the March 2008 ABA Journal (Mac v. PC).  By all accounts, the fight had to be stopped early – with Mac being declared the unanimous victor.  Hip hip hooray!

Now, FutureLawyer seems to be itching for another fight, as he blogged earlier this month "iPhones Are For Sissies".  He actually wrote, "This thing feels like a man’s phone, and makes the iPhone experience feel more suited to a latte drinking, girly man, fashion conscious wimp."  Ouch – big talk from the PC guy.

However, he then quickly loses credibility by stating, "Trust me, there are, and are going to be, more open source Android apps than you will ever be able to read about."  Trust me? Really?  I guess FutureLawyer hasn’t seen "Broken Promises", the latest Apple commercial which (correctly) mocks PC’s plea to "trust me" that Windows 7 won’t have any of the problems that the prior Windows OS had.

I didn’t know that anyone legitimately doubted that the iPhone changed the cell phone forever.  I realize that some people like it more than others, but to say it’s akin to a "latte drinking, girly man, fashion conscious wimp" – give me a break!  The iPhone put a computer in its users’ pockets and the App Store introduced countless new ways to increase users’ productivity.  Trust you?  No way, my bespectacled friend.

  • Liam

    The mere fact Futurelawyer resorts to petty insults shows his argument is lost. As a lawyer you’d think he’d know that, in effect he has done what litigants in person do: play the man not the ball.

  • http://lawdevnull.com/ TDot

    I’ve had -0- interest in a touchscreen phone up until the iPhone 3GS debuted.
    I’ve had -0- interest in a Droid up until… well… I still have -0- interest in a Droid.
    I’ll trust the market on this one. In 2 years there are 21M+ iPhones out there. Even as a VZW customer (who is sticking with his BB9630 b/c apparently the iPhone doesn’t tether yet), I doubt the Droid will get anywhere near that level of reception.

  • The Darkened Chaotic Adversary of the Sublime

    I first had a BB and then switched to the Storm, which was a disaster, but got me hooked on touch screen. Then I got my iPhone and was sold. I have since seen 4 or 5 other attorneys telling me the same story about how they saw what I could on the iPhone and switch. I don’t see that happening with the Droid. but I will wait to see.

  • Nancy Netiquette

    I love my iPhone, but I am delighted to see some excellent competition. The better the Droid, the better the next iPhone.
    I also love my new BlackBerry 9700 Bold. Nothing like unlimited tethering on T-Mobile for no extra charge. Are you listening AT&T?

  • http://www.tkdennis.com Trevor K Dennis

    The problem with Android is the fact that in the end it’s going to be stretched just like Windows is stretched today. One OS trying to meet the needs of countless mobile handsets, while the iPhone will have just a few similar hardware sets in mind. This fact alone makes the iPhone infinitely more secure than the Android platforms.
    Open Source is not always better.
    I love your site by the way.

  • http://lawpracticematters.com Erik Mazzone

    Hey! I like lattes.
    Don’t dis the star child.