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I agree with the parent - the one thing the iPhone has going for it is a _consistent_ platform, which allows developers to design the user experience around a h
by jamroom 17y ago
I agree with the parent - the one thing the iPhone has going for it is a _consistent_ platform, which allows developers to design the user experience around a hardware set that is pretty much standardized. I highly doubt the 18 phones that Android will be on come year end will all have standardized on things like screen resolution, touch features, hard/soft keyboard, etc, and so we'll see a fractured user (and developer) experience. I'm certain that Android will be a wild success, much like other mobile phone OS's before the iPhone were successful, but I don't think it will take off like the iPhone has.
The comparison to trying to be the "windows" of the mobile phone was right on (in my opinion).
- davidw 17y agoExcept that Google's monopolies, if they exist, are elsewhere. You get the source code to the whole OS and system - how cool is that for a hacker? So it's sort of like Windows+Linux. I'm waiting for this second generation of hardware to come out and then jumping (from Nokia). Android gives you way more than J2ME, and is definitely nicer to work with than Symbian (from everything I've heard - I've never used the C++ stuff). iPhones are nice, but being a 'hacker', I want open and accessible.
- procrastitron 17y agoI don't think it needs to be a black and white thing where either you are stuck with a single vendor or the user experience goes to hell. There is a middle ground between anarchy and dictatorship.