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I think there's a lack of a Gruber-esque figurehead in the Android community due to mainly to the general fragmentation of the Android system. When each carrier
by tylermac1 13y ago
I think there's a lack of a Gruber-esque figurehead in the Android community due to mainly to the general fragmentation of the Android system. When each carrier has their own flavor of Android and their own device lines, it's hard to get a single bearing on a sole "Android" device. With Apple, you have the iPhone and that's it. Android, you have hundreds and hundreds of varying devices.
- MBCook 13y agoI agree, but it's a sad omission. I really like Gruber, but I would love to see someone in a sort of "Android Advocate" role. From the article: > There is no one on the Android side promoting these values and looking at the Android platform with an eye towards something besides simply parroting the feature set of the new HTC Milky Way Swipe Omega Machine IV Redux. I find this sadly common. I would actually like to know more about Android, but most of the pieces I run across are generic "let's try out some hardware" stories. I see some good analysis when new version of Android come out; but most of the time it's the equivalent to reviews of the new Dell-model-of-the-Week. Even if the "anti-Gruber" were to pick only one brand to discuss (Samsung being an obvious option due to market share), I would enjoy reading someone point out the hits and misses as they try to get the company to improve. Gruber is certainly known as an Apple fan, but he does criticize Apple when they miss the mark.