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Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
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Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
I paid 0.20€ for my Motorola Atrix, one month ago. It comes with the same data plan as the iPhone. It was high-end last january.
And the iPhone 3GS is now free on contract too... You really can't compare the two. The top-of-the-line Android phones are competing with the top-of-the-line iPhone, and they are roughly the same price.
Roughly the same price? To make that statement you'd have to compare prices without contracts (which are generally more expensive than just buying the phone with one big moneydrop).
I've done that and the iPhone costs 200 [currency] more than highend Androids like the SG2. You can almost get 3 Nexus S for the price of 1 iPhone 4S and the 3GS - while much older than the Nexus S - still sells for 100 [currency] more ...
iPhones aren't cheap and maybe people are buying Android because it works and doesn't empty their pockets this much ;-)
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
They aren't basing it off of UI as much as form-factor... and that is hardly superficial.
Nor, as was pointed out, is it an Apple invention. You could just as easily claim that Apple and Google ripped off the LG Prada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada_(KE850)
Or claim that all of them ripped off Neonode
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#94I've you an Android phone and an iPad and as much as I love the iPad it's really primitive in some obvious ways...
1. They keyboard is awful + no real differentiation between caps on or off. Accessing the numbers and punctuation is horrible. Hold down . or , and you get something completely different to what's on the key face.
2. A complete lack of integration between apps which becomes most painful when you want to share between apps e.g. tweet a webpage, save something to readitlater etc.
3. Lack of back and menu buttons leading to the ridiculous UI convention of have buttons in the title bars.
A few changes could make iOS much better.
Oh a version of Chrome instead of Safari would be nice too.
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#95I feel like you would need to wait and compare iOS 5 to ice cream sandwich for it to be an accurate comparison.
Exactly. ICS is going to be a major "polish" release for Android. I'm looking forward to next week's announcement.
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#96I am trying to do the same thing as this guy. I have and iPhone 4 and got a Nexus S (on the cheap!) to try out Android.
Some Good things: - Widgets are better than I thought.
- The standard key board with the spelling suggests is better than the iOS keyboard.
- Pending notifications show up in the notification bar.
- Having the standard set of buttons is a good idea.
- The scrolling background as you swipe between screens is a nice touch.
- Better integration with Google services.
- More useful navigation & location software out of the box. Maps, Navigation, Places.
But I find that it is really quite hard to be really objective. All the features they get right are poisoned by their poor UI.
- Icons and widgets don't rearrange themselves when you move them.
- Inconsistent use of the standard 4 buttons. Google themselves don't use them consistently. Their functionality is duplicated all over with software buttons.
- The stock camera app is really kinda ugly. There was no after thought at all.
- All the animations just suck and there is lag everywhere.
- On the Nexus S, they squished up the 4 standard buttons for some reason. The Home icons looks more like an up arrow than a house. They seriously did not think to redo the buttons?
- Outdoors the 4 standard buttons are quite dim. You can hardly see them. Why is this not connected to the light sensor?
iOS really spoils you. It is missing features I would like, but what is there is quite polished. I find that this really colours my view. [Edited for formatting]
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#97I played with ListActivity for about two days....The experience was so bad when compared to UITableView that I instantly quit android dev and am back to iOS. Afterall as developers what we really want is to give all our users a really awesome experience....I am sorry to say this but in terms of the ability to make something awesome (as an individual developer) that users will love to play with, Android does not hold…
What was the problem?
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#98I develop apps for both iPhone and Android. I stopped carrying my iPhone for personal use, and use my Droid Bionic full time. Here are the 3 reasons why. 1. Google Maps, and navigation. If you're actually driving places, google maps is an amazing godsend. If you're taking mass transit, it blows the doors off what's on the iPhone. Ever get on a bus with your iphone, and have it vibrate in your pants when the next bus…
"Google Mail. Google's gmail app UI is awesome."
Sigh, I can't use the default GMail app and instead have to use Samsung's inferior "Email" app. Why? Google for some reason will not let me add mutliple GMail accounts, and so I'm stuck with the one I initially registered - my silly-named account from my teenage years, which I no longer use to receive email. Apparently lots of people have the same problem, with no sign of a fix from Google.
Other than that, I like Android. Tried using my friends iTouch and it felt amazingly crippled.
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#99I'm not sure what he's talking about regarding the Android web browser. In my experience, it's been essentially the same as the Mobile Safari in terms of experience.
As a web developer, the Android web browser is now a constant nemesis for me. It's painfully slow and it doesn't adhere to HTML5 standards worth a damn.
iOS5's mobile safari works just like regular Safari, Android's browser, I don't know what it works like, but it certainly is the first thing I'd replace when I got an Android phone.
Re: Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
#100I develop apps for both iPhone and Android. I stopped carrying my iPhone for personal use, and use my Droid Bionic full time. Here are the 3 reasons why. 1. Google Maps, and navigation. If you're actually driving places, google maps is an amazing godsend. If you're taking mass transit, it blows the doors off what's on the iPhone. Ever get on a bus with your iphone, and have it vibrate in your pants when the next bus…
"Google Mail. Google's gmail app UI is awesome." Sigh, I can't use the default GMail app and instead have to use Samsung's inferior "Email" app. Why? Google for some reason will not let me add mutliple GMail accounts, and so I'm stuck with the one I initially registered - my silly-named account from my teenage years, which I no longer use to receive email. Apparently lots of people have the same problem, with no sign…
Google for some reason will not let me add mutliple GMail accounts
Are you sure? Because I have 2, and it handles them beautifully. I can switch accounts in Gmail with one tap, and - mirabile dictu - appointments from both calendars are perfectly collated into one agenda. for things like YouTube or other sign-in services, I get to choose which account I want to use. So on YT I use my personal account, in Reader I use my work/study one.