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Re: Standing Up For Android

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe Nokia might be interesting for you. I suppose they still ship free offline navigation with their newer phones. (Google Maps requires an online connection, although by now you can apparently cache some small parts of the map in advance).

Actually you can easily cache big parts of the map in advance now. I live in a really big city (São Paulo) and I pre-cached it entirely.

Good to know, thanks!

Re: Standing Up For Android

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As an iOS developer I totally empathize with marco and even I have decided that I will never touch android.Here is why? (Note : Like most personal reasons these are more emotional than logical.Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time.) 1)The most important reason is that it is simply not a toy I want to play with.If developer X made a million dollars making app xyz then good for him.I dont really…

> Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time.

As such, I found reading your comment was a complete waste of time as well.

Re: Standing Up For Android

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post #72

As an iOS developer I totally empathize with marco and even I have decided that I will never touch android.Here is why? (Note : Like most personal reasons these are more emotional than logical.Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time.) 1)The most important reason is that it is simply not a toy I want to play with.If developer X made a million dollars making app xyz then good for him.I dont really…

> Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time. As such, I found reading your comment was a complete waste of time as well.

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Re: Standing Up For Android

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post #72

As an iOS developer I totally empathize with marco and even I have decided that I will never touch android.Here is why? (Note : Like most personal reasons these are more emotional than logical.Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time.) 1)The most important reason is that it is simply not a toy I want to play with.If developer X made a million dollars making app xyz then good for him.I dont really…

> Trying to logically argue with me on this is a waste of time. As such, I found reading your comment was a complete waste of time as well.

I was just giving my objective and honest personal opinion about Android...Whether any value can be gained from it depends on the person reading it.

What can be said for certain is that there is definitely no value to be gained from your comment...:)..peace!

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