I wish these were around back when I got my MyTouch a few months back.

After seeing the Clapton commercials for the Fender MyTouch Android phone, I finally got to play with one “in-person” during a recent visit to my local T-Mobile store.

I have to say that even despite the faux vernier (yes, that’s “fake wood”), it’s one good looking phone.

And at least, I guess, the “plastic wood” isn’t much of a fire hazard, as compared to carrying a wooden phone in your pocket.

Even the matching “wooden” ear-buds that come with it look incredible.

And it’s probably good they’re “fake wood.”

Splinters in the ears would be a real bummer.

Overall, it’s the coolest looking phone I’ve ever seen (kudos, T-Mobile).

I can’t wait to see how Apple responds (a Les Paul iPhone would be cool?).

I just wish T-Mobile hadn’t made Clapton goof with that cheesy “guitar app” in the commercial. That really seems to cheapen the offering, but alas.

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I have to admit, I’m admiring the turn-by-turn navigation on my Android phone more every day.

I used to have one of those “traditional” GPS units, and it was a pain… I had to subscribe (and pay) to update its database all the time, and it relied on me to know (and enter) the address every time I went anywhere.

Turn-by-turn Navigation on Android is so well integrated into the overall experience, that none of that matters, anymore.

I can speak the name of a client, the App pulls it from my contacts, and I’m off and driving in the blink of an eye.

Better yet, I can speak the name of any business, and it’s loaded with driving instructions before I turn the key.

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I was pleased to read today that the use of Google Apps inside companies of all sizes is really taking off.

The article claims that about 20% of respondents to a study by researcher IDC say Google’s Google offering is widely used in their organization, up from 5.8% a little more than a year and a half ago.

And that has Microsoft’s attention. Read the entire story at USA Today.

Back when the old cell phone started dying on me, and I accepted it was time to upgrade, the first thing that came to mind was, “Now, it’s time to get an iPhone.”

Have to admit, just emotionally, that would have been my first choice.

However, my next door neighbor has one, and complains about the signal in our neighborhood. AT&T isn’t particularly well know for its coverage in San Diego, but it’s especially bad here, in our little “valley,” with no data service, and rarely more than one or two bars of voice signal.

That left me looking for my next choice, and that led me to Android.

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