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I wrote about this when the N1 came out; what it came down to was that fit and finish were significant issues (why won't apps move aside when re-arranging them
by jfb 16y ago
I wrote about this when the N1 came out; what it came down to was that fit and finish were significant issues (why won't apps move aside when re-arranging them on the screen?), but for me, the dealbreaker was that you really can't take advantage of Android without buying into the whole Google ecosystem, and I'd recently opted out of the Google ecosystem.
I use my phone as an extension of my computer, not a portal into the cloud, so the metaphor was never a good fit for me. I certainly think that there were plenty of good things about the N1 and Froyo (although I hated that stupid trackball, the notifications and maps on Froyo were enormously better then their equivalents on iOS), and if you're not already locked into a way of interacting with your phone, that there's not a lot of functional daylight between vanilla Android and iOS at this point.
I am curious to see what WP7 turns into. They have some wiggle room and may just surprise.
EDIT: On the off chance anybody's interested:
http://homonculus.net/tags/phones.html http://homonculus.net/tags/phones.html
- martythemaniak 16y agoWell, that's actually true for all major smartphones - Android is an extension of Google's cloud, iPhone is an extension of your PC's iTunes, BlackBerry is an extension of your corporate BES/Outlook server etc. Android, while incomplete, is the model which all others will have to switch to eventually. I mean, imagine using iTunes v15 on your PC as your personal email/contacts/media hub in 2016. Seems pretty ridiculous to me. In fact, it seems ridiculous to me in 2011. The interesting thing about Android (the Nexus lines in particular) is that it is the only major OS that gives you the option of using it without any attachments through ASOP. CyanogenMod and others let you use Android without any google things, something which none of the others will let you do.
- jfb 16y ago"I mean, imagine using iTunes v15 on your PC as your personal email/contacts/media hub in 2016. Seems pretty ridiculous to me. In fact, it seems ridiculous to me in 2011." No argument here. And I think you're right about the convergence -- holdouts like me will just have to learn to cope. All I want is someone to sell me the service, not rely on data mining and ad impressions.
- martythemaniak 16y agoWell, there are options out there now. If you want an unattached smartphone, a Nexus S with CyanogenMod will get you a great smartphone with a modern OS and no googly attachments. OTOH, if you're distrustful of Google's ad model, you can get a blackberry and sign up for a hosted BES, which will give you all the benefits corp users have for like $10/month.