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as an android customer I am pretty glad I had the choice to buy the device I wanted to buy, instead of the one you wanted me to buy
by daleharvey 14y ago
as an android customer I am pretty glad I had the choice to buy the device I wanted to buy, instead of the one you wanted me to buy
- hahainternet 14y agoI've commented on this before, but I am a soft keyboard hater. I have a hard keyboard on my phone and tablet, and won't buy a device without the option. I'm incredibly glad that Android doesn't go with the dogmatic 'our choice is the best choice' approach. It means I can use things as I want them, not as Google wants me to. I can't agree with you enough.
- vitriolix 14y agoprecisely. people like choice. some designers wish it weren't so, that we would just all get in line with their "one true design", but people like choice. that's why there are dozens to hundreds of models of tv, car, dishwasher, shaver, ice cream maker, flashlight, battery, dvd player, chocolate bar, and yes, smart phone. this whole "fragmentation is a problem" argument falls on this one point alone. fragmentation isn't a problem, its a fact. as a pro android dev for a few years now, android is resoundingly the best sdk/os that I've ever used for mitigating such an insanely diverse set of hardware (tv, watch, dumb phone, smartphone, tablet, laptop, no problem)