Galaxy S Captivate -- A Great Phone and Android Too!

After having a Windows Mobile phone for a number of years, I broke down and purchased my first Android phone in July.  I originally wanted to get the Dell Streak, but that turned out to be such a disaster that I ended up getting the Galaxy S from AT&T -- The Captivate.  And what a purchase it has been.  My wife has an iPhone and I have an iPod Touch (both great devices).  I have enjoyed my Windows Mobile phone (a Samsung Epix) until I upgraded it to WM 6.5, but Android has to be the best phone experience I have ever had.  Very fast (a 1Ghz processor), a very clear screen and all the apps a person could ask for.  And unlike my iPod Touch, every thing I have tried to do I have been able to pretty much do for free on my Galaxy S -- such as install and read Office Documents or PDF documents.  It has been wonderful.

The phone dialer is big and clear for us "older" folks and easy to see.  I've not had any issues with trying to dial. The dialing screen is very functional.  I assume that all the Android phones are this way as this is my first experience with Android.
I have my contacts and calender entries stored on a domain that Google hosts for me.  It was pretty simple to get the information setup to pull this data down to the phone and be up and running in a few minutes.  This of course was also my only issue with the phone since the contacts stored on the "cloud" didn't have a way to have custom ringtones set for them.  But again, as I said earlier, I have been able to always find a solution on Android.  I guess that will make for a series of additional posts about apps I have running on my phone like Ringo Lite (set custom ringtones) and others that I have found.
So, if you are looking for a new phone and would like to try out Android be sure to look at the Samsung Galaxy S line.  Pretty much every carrier has one at the moment.  I was able to save $50 on mine by purchasing it at Walmart.  It also should be getting Froyo in the next month or so according to all the current news.  I think you will be very happy with this phone.