I'm back in Shanghai after five weeks in San Francisco (Go, Giants!), and catching up on loose ends.

Just wanted to thank ChinaV and Chinabiker for their extremely well-informed responses to my question about the Android platform vs iPhone. Given the intensity of the rivalry, and the rapid rate of innovation on both sides, I'm going to try to squeeze another 6-12 months out of my ancient 2g iPhone before taking the next step. I like so much of what's going on in open-source, especially with GPS and mapping but also other areas like web collaboration (I've just started using google calendar), and would really like to have the best of both worlds -- the reliability and relative simplicity of the closed Apple ecosystem and the giddy, untethered/independent innovation of Android.

The clock is ticking on my prehistoric 2g iPhone: the jailbreak community has all but stopped supporting it with upgrades to keep it jailbroken and unlocked as the iPhone firmware and iTunes platform evolve. sheesh.

thanks to all!