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That is great for you, but for 99% of the rest of the planet that doesn't give a flying f* about open source or couldn't care less about hacking a phone, the fr
by lr 16y ago
That is great for you, but for 99% of the rest of the planet that doesn't give a flying f* about open source or couldn't care less about hacking a phone, the fragmentation of the Android market is only going to piss them off when they eventually encounter the day where their friends can do some cool thing on their Android phones, and they can't. With the iPhone the path of progression from one phone to another is simple and clear. Not the case with Android.
- krschultz 16y agoUh, there are obvious differences between different versions of the iPhone and/or iPod Touch that lead to new version envy. Otherwise why would anyone upgrade?
- kyleslattery 16y agoThe thing is though--if you go into a store and by an iPhone, you're guaranteed to have the newest version. If you go and buy an Android phone, you never quite know what you're getting.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoUnless you go into the store and buy the $99 old model?
- bretthoerner 16y agoThey still sell the 3G. And that's kind of a tautology. You're tied to one manufacturer and one carrier. I can walk into the Verizon store and purchase the most expensive HTC phone and I know that I have the latest HTC on Verizon just like you know you have the latest Apple device on AT&T. A lack of choice doesn't mean you automatically have something better in your hands.
- macrael 16y agoActually, they sell the 3GS which is a year old and is running iOS4. So there is a difference in the way that the two operating systems are being adopted.
- kyleslattery 16y agoSorry, I should have been clearer: you can't buy an iPhone that isn't running iOS 4. Yes, it may be older hardware, but you're guaranteed to have the newest version of the software.
- kissickas 16y agoWhich, ironically, completely crashes my iPhone 3. Thankfully, downgrading is still an option.
- iuytfrdsfgh 16y ago99% of the market for smart phones, before the iPhone were corporate customers. We do care about what our users can install on OUR phones, we also don't want to only be able to install OUR software on OUR phones for OUR users with Steve Job's permission.
- bruceboughton 16y agoCorporate customers can side load apps on iOs now. Company handsets no longer make up 99% of smartphone, if at all they ever did.
- WildUtah 16y agoApple's corporate side-load program requires you to prove that you have 250 employees. Running a local service company with 120 employees? Sorry, you're too small to qualify for side-loading. Build your custom competitive advantage apps and load them into the iTunes store for everyone or go without.
- zamfi 16y agoI couldn't believe this when I read your post, but it turns out there is a minimum employee count requirement, and it's now 500 employees. Just wow. Now, to be fair, the non-enterprise developer program lets you distribute your app to 100 devices too, but you need to pre-enter those devices's IDs beforehand. There's no way to hit between 100-500 devices.
- statictype 16y agoIf you want to install on more than 100 devices, it might be cheap to just buy a second SDK license. But yeah, beyond that its probably less painful to just submit your app to the app store.
- jrockway 16y agoYes, exactly. With Android, they can be upset, do a Google search, and have the same software as their friends. With iOS, they're out $600 for a new phone, sorry.