You can chooseto use Google for contact management or not. If you have Your own server you can attach that via a number of technologies I prefer android because of the open source half and currently use CyanogenMod because it is built-up from the android opensource. I personally love android for its form function and versatility. I use the Google contacts for mypersonal uses just fine. But for business it would be my own server and likely a funambol or similar technology linking my device. On Oct 22, 2011 3:40 PM, "betty" wrote: > I know this is totally OT but am asking here because you are all -younger > than me and know more about this stuff, and like me, - like the philosophy > of open source. > > Not that either of these choices is open source but here is the question; I > currently use a palm Pre and have used palm for many years. If by next year > someone doesn't pick up webOS I will want to choose between an android and > an iphone. I lean toward android because it is NOT an apple product. But my > son, who is your age, i imagine, has an iphone and says he doesn't trust > google with his contacts etc. > I don't trust anyone but that is beside the point, it is a fact of life of > the internet that there is no real security. Besides what is to trust more > with apple than google? > What part of the argument am i missing here? > Thanks for your input. > > i use my phone in my businesses and personal life. i use it for tracking > for taxes and calendar. i use it when i drive a lot. i am so sad that hp > gave up on web OS. > thank you > > -- > betty i. > www.webcanine.com > information for people > who care for dogs. > > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >