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Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by bane »

asiekierka wrote: post #20
phaer wrote: post #5

Serious question: Why bother? Why is there such an interest in using a very closed system in a way the vendor does not support if there are (more) open alternatives? Is it because you are forced to use an iPhone by external factors, like your employer? Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others? Is it just your personal preference? I really don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I percei…

Android still lacks a high-quality tablet software ecosystem.

Android tablet software is the same as the phone software. The software should be written to automatically handle different screen sizes, orientations and aspect ratios as needed in a single bundle.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by glhaynes »

gcb0 wrote: post #56
erifneerg wrote: post #18

> Jailbreaking is also critical to ensuring that the disabled are able to use their mobile devices as easily as possible. This reason, while good and noble, feels really wonky. From what i understand, iOS's accessibility has much miles better then Android's accessibility options. If their main motives is to give a better mobile experience to people with special needs, maybe focusing on implementing these improvements…

That was true on Android 2.3.. Things are inverted now. But anyone with visual disability will still have to scavenge for a phone with actual buttons. And good luck with that...

Everything I've ever heard, including in this thread, says that iOS and its apps are still way ahead of Android and its apps in accessibility. I'm not very personally familiar with the accessibility on either so I can't say, but I'd be surprised if this has changed as radically as you say.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by bane »

mortenjorck wrote: post #55
phaer wrote: post #5

Serious question: Why bother? Why is there such an interest in using a very closed system in a way the vendor does not support if there are (more) open alternatives? Is it because you are forced to use an iPhone by external factors, like your employer? Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others? Is it just your personal preference? I really don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I percei…

While there’s still about zero percent chance of it happening in the near term, I have to think that long-term, Apple will port Gatekeeper to iOS. It’s a near-ideal balance of security on OS X: Non-technical users can stay in the walled garden of the Mac App Store, semi-technical users can allow signed binaries, and power users can run whatever they want. I work in the mobile healthcare space, and right now, we’re st…

To be honest, in custom software spaces like yours, I'm surprised that iOS was ever a platform of consideration.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by nileshtrivedi »

phaer wrote: post #5

Serious question: Why bother? Why is there such an interest in using a very closed system in a way the vendor does not support if there are (more) open alternatives? Is it because you are forced to use an iPhone by external factors, like your employer? Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others? Is it just your personal preference? I really don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I percei…

> Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others?

Yes, this one for me. Audio latency and all the music making apps that iOS has.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by charleslmunger »

comex wrote: post #30
phaer wrote: post #5

Serious question: Why bother? Why is there such an interest in using a very closed system in a way the vendor does not support if there are (more) open alternatives? Is it because you are forced to use an iPhone by external factors, like your employer? Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others? Is it just your personal preference? I really don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I percei…

I had to switch from an iPhone to a Galaxy S4 for a trip recently. Though there were some upsides, I lost count of how many points of inferiority and annoyance I noted while using it. I'm more than a little biased, but if I can have both what I perceive as a far better phone and openness, I don't want to settle for one or the other. Then again, I haven't used a jailbreak for anything significant in a long time, so fo…

TouchWiz is terrible. It's bloated, riddled with security holes, and doesn't follow the android UI guidelines. Users with TouchWiz are missing out on the the majority of design improvements android has had in the last 3 years.

Try out an AOSP based build (maybe the ROM from the google play edition?) on your phone. It's like night and day.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by nileshtrivedi »

phaer wrote: post #5

Serious question: Why bother? Why is there such an interest in using a very closed system in a way the vendor does not support if there are (more) open alternatives? Is it because you are forced to use an iPhone by external factors, like your employer? Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others? Is it just your personal preference? I really don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I percei…

> Are there critical features missing from Android and all the others?

Yes, this one applies for me. Low-latency audio and all the music making apps that iOS has.

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by chrisoverzero »

jser wrote: post #17
SmileyKeith wrote: post #3

Personally I've found the reasons to jailbreak have decreased more and more over time. A perfect example for me is Control Center replacing what I used SBSettings for.

I jailbreak for tethering and running wifi-only apps on cellular.

What will you do when your cellular provider finds out?

Re: Is iOS7 jailbroken yet?

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Post by ef4 »

bane wrote: post #63
mortenjorck wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While there’s still about zero percent chance of it happening in the near term, I have to think that long-term, Apple will port Gatekeeper to iOS. It’s a near-ideal balance of security on OS X: Non-technical users can stay in the walled garden of the Mac App Store, semi-technical users can allow signed binaries, and power users can run whatever they want. I work in the mobile healthcare space, and right now, we’re st…

To be honest, in custom software spaces like yours, I'm surprised that iOS was ever a platform of consideration.

I also make mobile medical software. When we evaluated potential tablets three years ago, all the available android tablets were pretty terrible. Especially since we wanted to prevent long-term lock-in by writing most of our application as Javascript / HTML5. iPad was very far ahead in Javascript & HTML rendering performance.

Android seems to have caught up quite a bit, but now we have momentum behind iOS. We could switch without too much difficulty, but we're in no rush to start supporting a second platform.

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