One that can multitask and is not limited by a capricious individual like Jobs.
This was about the proximity sensor, but you turned it into an iPhone debate... Thanks.
You're just full of fanboiism. If we wanted to talk about multitasking, Symbian is the way to go.
Android and Apple are limited in many ways. You talk about Apple not being able to multitask, but the new OS 4.0 covers almost everything. Yes it's a pseudo multitask, but still. Android is not full blown multitasking either. We all know this already.
Symbian is the one where you can just start opening apps like mad. Android will unload apps as the memory manager sees fit and sometimes you're loading it from a full start. Symbian is the one where you can open and close. I actually prefer a multitasking solution closer to a blend of Symbian Android an iPhone. I like the push notifications from iPhone and it seems Google is taking that route with Froyo. You can laugh at how that's pseudo multitasking, but it clearly has benefits. At the same time users should be given full privileges like in Symbian to open 200 apps at a time if they want. Multitasking on WebOS is probably the best although we can probably all admit Palm devices are built like cheap plastic toys.
Look, this wasn't even the issue. You turned it into an iPhone and Android debate. I pointed out that the Milestone isn't perfect in the proximity sensor. I rarely had this problem with an iPhone, nor did I have this problem with a Nexus One.
Your failure to recognize that this device HAS issues is your weakness. I recognize the iPhone problems. Do I still have a 3GS? Nope. Why did I switch to a Milestone then? Why did I also buy a Nexus One and in the end return it? I would love an unlocked bootloader and custom ROMs that the MIlestone today still cannot handle. But why?
I recognized the MIlestone's superior build, superior RF over the N1, and even though it's slow as hell (somewhat mitigated by the new Milestone overclock module), it's a good all around phone.
I also recognize that the Android App store is absolute trash. 2 years later we're still getting apps that look like ASS. Sure they can run well at times, but the quality control seems to be lacking.
when I had an iPod Touch and 3GS I used to surf TouchArcade everyday. Those games made me drool. Yes I understand the idiotic 320x480 resolution of the iPhone, but are you serious we can't get some better games? Tap Tap revenge debuted within a month of the App Store. What do we ahve on Android? Guitar Hero 5 which is pales in comparison. Or even our unit converter. ConvertBot for the iPhone was amazing and that came out over a year ago....
You obviously have some issues taking some flak about the Milestone. It's my main device today and I like it, but to ignore the downsides of it would mean you're a pure fanboy.