Comments on: Verizon’s Negative iPhone Campaign: iPhone vs Android

By: diem

diem — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:42:09 +0000

The only big deal here is the multi-tasking; all other issues are irrelevant (a phone will *never* be a good camera, jailbreaking = customisation, and I'd rather have a smaller form factor than an user-interchangeable battery; just how often does one need to change the battery anyway?).

Multi-tasking however is (to me) more of an issue. Yeah sure we can use Backgrounder to keep the apps in memory, but task switching is clunky – we need an app that offers the equivalent to Apple-Tab (Mac) or Alt-Tab (Windows). Palm Pre has this built in. Then it'll come down to RAM – if I run more than 5 or 6 apps at a time then I start to run low (obv. this depends on which apps) but I wonder how Pre or Android perform in this regard?

And no open development? My honest opinion is that this is a good thing in terms of limiting the chances that poor software will crash my phone! Open source is all very well on a desktop, but my mobile computing solution has to be rock-solid and I'm more than happy to have Apple vet the official apps, whilst regarding those on Cydia I am rigorously careful to research opinion online and back up before I try a new one or an update to an existing one.

By: diem

diem — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:09 +0000

By: Dusty

Dusty — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:07:35 +0000

I like, its so true! lol

By: djelimon

djelimon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:42:11 +0000

I'm not buying another phone at least until this contract I have now expires which is another 2.5 years. At that point who knows how things will be?

Open development platform is a big deal though. If the iPhone had that would we need all this jailbreak drama?

By: ifokust

ifokust — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:44:39 +0000

My takes is….so what? Those who like the android platform will buy devices that use it. Who knows, maybe one day I'll give one of them a shot but for now I'm happy with my iPhone. Apple doesn't expect or plan to capture 100% of the market, nor should they. Competition is good for everyone. Different phones, features, platforms, services…. we'll all go with whichever suits our needs and styles closest.

I'll admit, if anything were to happen to my 3GS the HTC Hero might be my next smartphone; I like the look of it.