Well The Motorola Xoom pwns every tablet in existence, the infographic also shows how much the iPad lacks
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oronte
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Blackberry has like a few thousand apps I only ever needed 3-5 (and they're good ones). Since I've been on Android I've downloaded dozens of apps - I still only use 3-5 apps. I don't get the 'my application store is bigger than yours' argument. People who live in reality only ever use a few apps and as long as they're good ones who cares how many total apps are out there?
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Well I'm glad you've found a device which serves your needs.
Rofl. Seriously talking out your ass now. The iphone can't even multitask, how is that "more geared towards apps"??
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The iPhone can't multitask - you're talking out your ass. It's always multitasked! Mail, iPod and Safari run in the background on the original iPhone 2G. And since the 4.0 software update there's been 3rd party multitasking. What isn't supported is background daemons like in Android, if that's what you mean.
What I meant by being more geared towards apps is this: The first thing you see on the iPhone screen, is apps. There's nothing else. The first thing you see on an Android homescreen, is widgets. You have to pull up a menu for Apps. Apple have been focused from the beginning on making the iPhone completely centred around apps.
What I meant by being more geared towards apps is this: The first thing you see on the iPhone screen, is apps. There's nothing else. The first thing you see on an Android homescreen, is widgets. You have to pull up a menu for Apps. Apple have been focused from the beginning on making the iPhone completely centred around apps.
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Pretty much, yeah.
So can you seriously view those large files on an Android? Because then I'm impressed. Maybe they got John Carmack to code in megatexture technology or something!
HapticSimian
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On the homescreen you can put widgets, apps (arranged how you like, not iphones autoarrange), shortcuts (to dial/sms a person, site bookmark, dropbox folder, gmail label, latitude contact, mailbox, contacts screen, playlist, any of the phones settings, etc) and folders (you can organise stuff like the stuff mentioned in shortcuts into folders). On the iphone homescreen you basically just have the apps menu. Also, I could probably find a launcher that will dumb my phone down and just have an apps menu as the homescreen.
Ja my Motorola V360 (2005) did that, where as my HTC S310 (2006) (bottom of the range WinMo 5 phone) had true multitasking, iPhone came out near the end of 2007...
LOL
true story
I couldn't care less about the whole Apple vs. the World debate, but the comment early on from an IPhan that Apple invented the mp3 player just cracked me up
yep that definitely is a winner
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I couldn't care less about the whole Apple vs. the World debate, but the comment early on from an IPhan that Apple invented the mp3 player just cracked me up
Ja, these Flame Bait articles really bring out some amusing characters. Actually I think Apple Fanboys are the most voracious of any sort.
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Disagree. Apple fans are fully aware of how constrained their platform is. Of course Android is more open, fully customizable, has widgets etc etc. Look at Pegasus, Android is clearly a better choice for him. I tried and I just could load a collosal JPEG onto my iPod Touch. Point to Android there.
Android and iOS are both great platforms - they're the clear leaders in the smartphone scene. (aside - it's a real pity WebOS never took off)
Android fanbois are the most voracious. They hype up Android so much it's just ridiculous. One of the oft repeated statements - this is totally crazy - Apple is evil. Jeez, talk about over-exaggeration. People who throw acid on women - that's evil. Terrorist plane hijackers - that's evil.
Controlling a platform which you invented - that's not evil. They're control-freaks fine, I agree. But that doesn't make them evil. I mean, as much as I dislike Microsoft, and I really don't sympathise with MS at all, but I don't think they're evil.
clasqm
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Nothing easier. Just fire up Safari and point it to your favourite flesh pedlar. You can even put an icon on the homescreen for one-touch access.
Rouxenator
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You have to wait for apple to bring out the iPon then, its more penetrating than the iPad.
killadoob
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I thought it was a well written article and very true, the ipad was not even the first of it's kind yet everyone makes out like it's revolutionary.
Good article, if you are an apply fan boy you won't enjoy it. Galaxy tablet looks epic
. I am waiting for the blackberry tablet though should also be nice.clasqm
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My Sony Ericsson X10 Mini still has Android 1.6 on it! This is something the Fandroids don't like to face up to: An Android OS update requires the full cooperation of Google, the handset maker and your cellular provider. Walled garden, much?
I carry the X10 Mini AND an iPod Touch. The Mini is just a phone and at times serves as a portable hotspot, using the excellent Barnacle app. The combination works well. But going to Barnacle's website was a rude introduction to the reality of the Android world. Here is a list of phones tested and known to work with the app. On the forums there are posts about workarounds to make unsupported handsets sort of work, and then there is a list of handsets that definitely don't work with the app.
iOS is not entirely immune to such problems - if you are still running iOS 3.x then more and more of Lonely Planet's city guides won't install because they need 4.x features to run. Still, compared to the Android chaos it is simplicity itself.
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Good point clasqm, I think that is why Nokia was weary of going Android and why WP7 might just be a success story for them. On the topic of why MyBB allows fanbois to stick it to each other - because its fun. Trolling is not a bad thing and fanboi flame fests are fun! The only people that complain about is the ones that suck it at. I am a troll master so for me its always fun.