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Competition is good. One small nit to pick -- The iPhone is capable of multitasking. It does it now. They just don't allow every app to do it. Battery life is b

by bcl 17y ago

Competition is good. One small nit to pick -- The iPhone is capable of multitasking. It does it now. They just don't allow every app to do it. Battery life is bad enough as it is. I wonder how Droid's battery drain will compare. Also remember that most customers aren't geeks. They don't care if you can ssh and port forward from their phone.

spot 17y ago
there are all kinds of customers. android's true strength is that it's not tied to one brand, one manufacturer, one feature-set, and one network. iphone's multitasking is hobbled. with my G1 i can run mytracks and go jogging, taking calls, photos, and using the web browser along the way. when i get home i get a map of my route with time/elevation/speed data. and that's without any privileged api.
- hackoder 17y ago
  Exactly. This is android's strength. It does everything the iPhone does, but more. It gives devs and users more power, IF NEEDED. If you want, you can build the same user-friendly, no complex-options kinda apps. And if you want, you can build apps to please the geek crowd too. Its the perfect mixture of iPhone and windows mobile.
- netsp 17y ago
  I'm going to nitpick. Adroid's strategy is that it's not tied to one brand, one manufacturer, one feature-set, and one network. Time will tell if it is a strength. Apple has not launched an Iphone strategy that is the opposite by chance. It is deliberate.
natrius 17y ago
I like to think that I'm capable enough to select which applications to run at the same time to do what I want without sacrificing too much battery life. Customers do/will care when their friends show them what they can do with Google Voice that they'll never be able to do on their iPhone.
- j79 17y ago
  Two ways to look at that: 1. Apple hasn't had any real competition up to this point. When customers start seeing Google Voice on other phones, the demand will force Apple to rethink their approval policy. Google Voice may not be on the iPhone yet, but saying it will never be on the iPhone is a stretch. 2. Some customers may respond, "Sure, Google Voice is cool...but can your phone do this?", and then have a conversation with you in an auto-tuned voice using an iPhone app (of course, no one would blame you for smacking them...but there is a segment of iPhone users who will stick with the iPhone purely for the apps...) Of course, Android's market share may get to the point where developers will be happy working on two platforms (or shifting primarily to Android and it's range of devices...)
ygd_coder 17y ago
We can SSH in to it!?

by bcl 17y ago

spot 17y ago

there are all kinds of customers. android's true strength is that it's not tied to one brand, one manufacturer, one feature-set, and one network. iphone's multitasking is hobbled. with my G1 i can run mytracks and go jogging, taking calls, photos, and using the web browser along the way. when i get home i get a map of my route with time/elevation/speed data. and that's without any privileged api.

hackoder 17y ago
Exactly. This is android's strength. It does everything the iPhone does, but more. It gives devs and users more power, IF NEEDED. If you want, you can build the same user-friendly, no complex-options kinda apps. And if you want, you can build apps to please the geek crowd too. Its the perfect mixture of iPhone and windows mobile.
netsp 17y ago
I'm going to nitpick. Adroid's strategy is that it's not tied to one brand, one manufacturer, one feature-set, and one network. Time will tell if it is a strength. Apple has not launched an Iphone strategy that is the opposite by chance. It is deliberate.

natrius 17y ago

I like to think that I'm capable enough to select which applications to run at the same time to do what I want without sacrificing too much battery life. Customers do/will care when their friends show them what they can do with Google Voice that they'll never be able to do on their iPhone.

j79 17y ago
Two ways to look at that: 1. Apple hasn't had any real competition up to this point. When customers start seeing Google Voice on other phones, the demand will force Apple to rethink their approval policy. Google Voice may not be on the iPhone yet, but saying it will never be on the iPhone is a stretch. 2. Some customers may respond, "Sure, Google Voice is cool...but can your phone do this?", and then have a conversation with you in an auto-tuned voice using an iPhone app (of course, no one would blame you for smacking them...but there is a segment of iPhone users who will stick with the iPhone purely for the apps...) Of course, Android's market share may get to the point where developers will be happy working on two platforms (or shifting primarily to Android and it's range of devices...)

ygd_coder 17y ago

We can SSH in to it!?