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Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by jonknee »

Ionic_Walrus wrote: post #20

Why do you want to use your phone as a wifi hotspot ? It'll drain the battery. The telco's in the US are the worst of the lot. Android and iPhone are 2 great platforms, Im happy that both are here.

> Why do you want to use your phone as a wifi hotspot? It'll drain the battery.

To have internet access on your laptop when no other source is available... 3G isn't the fastest, but it's secure and available pretty much wherever you are. As for the battery just plug it into the laptop or because you're using an Android phone, pop in your spare battery after you've gotten your work done.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by tyohn »

You know what I kind of like about this post? - before such a post on YC would have been bashed by Apple fan boys... but now after Apple's policy pigeon holed and alienated developers - I'm starting to see a real conversation about some of Apple's issues...

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by hboon »

Ionic_Walrus wrote: post #20

Why do you want to use your phone as a wifi hotspot ? It'll drain the battery. The telco's in the US are the worst of the lot. Android and iPhone are 2 great platforms, Im happy that both are here.

I'd love to tether my phone, which I have a data plan for to my iPad (wifi-only). I don't bring my iPad out that much, that long, but when I do, occasionally, it will be great to have internet access when I want to.

If I wasn't an iPhone app developer, I would mostly likely switch to an Android phone in a blink of an eye. And I have an Android G1 dev phone.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by barake »

noelchurchill wrote: post #18

Does this also mean that Android is destined to be as disliked as Windows, with all the problems that come along with being compatible with some many devices from so many different manufacturers?

Handset makers such as HTC and Motorola check that Android works as it should, and fix anything broken before releasing updates to users. Carriers may also be involved in this process. Also there are much fewer hardware combos to support.

Windows PCs would work better if Dell (or whoever) made sure every update worked 100% and you couldn't install new components after purchase. As things stand now it is impossible to test Windows updates on even a fraction of the hardware configurations out there.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by wolfish »

edw519 wrote: post #10

1980: CPM on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 1990: DOS on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 2000: Windows on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 2010: Android on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price.

When I bought my first Macbook Pro a few years ago, I purchased it for the hardware and intended to use it to run Windows in Bootcamp. After spending a little time with OS X I came to appreciate it and I now use it exclusively. But my favorite thing about it is the UNIX like underpinning. Which in a sense makes it less locked down than Windows.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by kylemathews »

mortenjorck wrote: post #21
rimantas wrote: post #14

It would be interesting to see how he will write about coming back to iPhone when he realizes there are things more important than Flash. Comments how Apple is chasing Google because of something Android will do is also amusing.

All he talks about in the article is features. Is the day-to-day user experience in Froyo good enough to actually compete with the iPhone yet? Is it no longer necessary to run third-party utilities to keep the system in order? I want Android to get to this level of maturity to keep Apple on its toes, but I've yet to see any evidence Google is there yet.

It never was necessary to run third-party utilities to keep the system in order. I assume you're referring to the Advanced Task Killer app. See this forum post for example: http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/18334-task-killer-ap...

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by tvon »

edw519 wrote: post #10

1980: CPM on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 1990: DOS on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 2000: Windows on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price. 2010: Android on your choice of hardware or lock into Apple hardware & software at a higher price.

Isn't that a conveniently simplistic way of looking at the past 30 years of Apple?

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by eavc »

noelchurchill wrote: post #18

Does this also mean that Android is destined to be as disliked as Windows, with all the problems that come along with being compatible with some many devices from so many different manufacturers?

Windows is not nearly as disliked as some thing it is.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android

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Post by Tichy »

rimantas wrote: post #14

It would be interesting to see how he will write about coming back to iPhone when he realizes there are things more important than Flash. Comments how Apple is chasing Google because of something Android will do is also amusing.

What are the compelling reasons to go back to the iPhone?
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