Yesterday, after several months of research and deliberation, I finally decided to take the plunge and switch from my iPhone 3GS to the Samsung Infuse Android phone running Froyo (2.2).
So far, I really like it. There are only three things I miss from the iPhone and its OS: The hardware switch to set the phone to "silent" mode, the ability to swipe to delete something from a list, and the Visual Voice Mail feature. And all but the voice mail are just an added step to accomplish. I'm fairly certain that if I look around, I'll also find a few apps that do something similar to VVM also.
The skin over Froyo on the Infuse is minimal, which alleviates one of my complaints about Android phones in general. And, if I want, I can always root it and install a custom ROM with either Froyo or Gingerbread.
Oh, another nice thing? Flash 10.1. Yeah, that's right: I can finally use Flash on my phone! And with a 4.5" AmoLED screen, it's a really nice thing to do.
Android has matured to the point where the app selection is on par with that for the iPhone, and most everything I used on the iPhone is available on the Android as well. With a beefier processor, expandable storage, user-replaceable batteries, and so on, I find I'm not regretting the change one bit.
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