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	<title>Comments on: How I Learned To Quit Apple And Love Android</title>
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		<title>By: Hari Seldon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hari Seldon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your point seems more like a philosophical stance than anything else. It&#039;s as if the very idea of an &quot;open&quot; operating system is what appeals to you rather than practical issues. 

Maybe it&#039;s just me, but I think the iPhone is just about perfect, the apps in the app store increasingly seem to cover just about every possibility and the fact that Apple is the gatekeeper strikes me as a good thing. Maybe If I was a developer I would care about particular apps being rejected by Apple, but I&#039;m not and I&#039;ve got to say most people just don&#039;t care.

And I&#039;m sorry, but on what planet does Android outclass iPhone? Often in these situations I would end up saying it all down to taste, but honestly Android in it&#039;s current state is completely outclassed by the iPhone.

I&#039;m a big fan of Google and I wish Android well, but I just don&#039;t see it as competition to Apple, the real target is Windows Mobile and Symbian whose days are definitely numbered.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your point seems more like a philosophical stance than anything else. It&#8217;s as if the very idea of an &#8220;open&#8221; operating system is what appeals to you rather than practical issues. </p>
<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but I think the iPhone is just about perfect, the apps in the app store increasingly seem to cover just about every possibility and the fact that Apple is the gatekeeper strikes me as a good thing. Maybe If I was a developer I would care about particular apps being rejected by Apple, but I&#8217;m not and I&#8217;ve got to say most people just don&#8217;t care.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m sorry, but on what planet does Android outclass iPhone? Often in these situations I would end up saying it all down to taste, but honestly Android in it&#8217;s current state is completely outclassed by the iPhone.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of Google and I wish Android well, but I just don&#8217;t see it as competition to Apple, the real target is Windows Mobile and Symbian whose days are definitely numbered.</p>
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		<title>By: Doug Petrosky</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doug Petrosky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could you put one concrete piece of data in this post? 

Oh the unlimited nature of open source shall overcome all!!!!

Did it overcome purchasing music over the cell network?
Did it overcome tethering?
Did it overcome flash?
How about VOIP over cellular? 

What has android/google allowed that apple denied? Jail breaking? Nope!! just squashed that....I wonder why, a company with a totally open OS would squash Jail breaking? Hmmmm

I hate sounding like this because I actually see some great things coming from android in the future but seriously! These devices have a 2 year life and looking at what each can provide over the next 2 years, I&#039;ve got to say that the iPhone looks to have the advantage. 

Some plusses I see: Better development environment, and a head start in development as well as more developers. A huge established support system (iTunes). Better wireless sync abilities and better integration with desktop applications. Better support for corporate email and VPN. A better interface to it&#039;s browser, and other media (pinch zoom). Smaller and lighter with better battery life.

For android, they have a newer version of Google Maps, which should ship in a week or so for the iPhone, a compass, a physical keyboard,  and a lot of hope. 

Or, maybe there&#039;s more? TELL US!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could you put one concrete piece of data in this post? </p>
<p>Oh the unlimited nature of open source shall overcome all!!!!</p>
<p>Did it overcome purchasing music over the cell network?<br />
Did it overcome tethering?<br />
Did it overcome flash?<br />
How about VOIP over cellular? </p>
<p>What has android/google allowed that apple denied? Jail breaking? Nope!! just squashed that&#8230;.I wonder why, a company with a totally open OS would squash Jail breaking? Hmmmm</p>
<p>I hate sounding like this because I actually see some great things coming from android in the future but seriously! These devices have a 2 year life and looking at what each can provide over the next 2 years, I&#8217;ve got to say that the iPhone looks to have the advantage. </p>
<p>Some plusses I see: Better development environment, and a head start in development as well as more developers. A huge established support system (iTunes). Better wireless sync abilities and better integration with desktop applications. Better support for corporate email and VPN. A better interface to it&#8217;s browser, and other media (pinch zoom). Smaller and lighter with better battery life.</p>
<p>For android, they have a newer version of Google Maps, which should ship in a week or so for the iPhone, a compass, a physical keyboard,  and a lot of hope. </p>
<p>Or, maybe there&#8217;s more? TELL US!</p>
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		<title>By: James Bond</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Bond</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not one mention of why, other than an open operating system for app development, your choice is the android. i know there are enough tech people to keep the flame burning for open source android, but at the same time, how many people really care about it?  they want a phone that has top notch UI that&#039;s easy to use.  the iphone isn&#039;t perfect, but it works well &amp; apple keeps close tabs making sure that it stays that way.  everybody kept saying the same of open source linux and it&#039;s suffering from programmers who don&#039;t care about UI and keep on typing their line commands to their geeky hearts content. this is the best attempt so far at &quot;humanizing&quot; linux &amp; i applaud google for it. but big problems: no exchange support, limited office document support, weak multimedia &amp; product design.  i really think you&#039;ll see google clamp down on stupid app stuff, even if it&#039;s minimal to et rid of all the porn apps.  have fun geeking out, i&#039;ll just be back here getting stuff done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not one mention of why, other than an open operating system for app development, your choice is the android. i know there are enough tech people to keep the flame burning for open source android, but at the same time, how many people really care about it?  they want a phone that has top notch UI that&#8217;s easy to use.  the iphone isn&#8217;t perfect, but it works well &amp; apple keeps close tabs making sure that it stays that way.  everybody kept saying the same of open source linux and it&#8217;s suffering from programmers who don&#8217;t care about UI and keep on typing their line commands to their geeky hearts content. this is the best attempt so far at &#8220;humanizing&#8221; linux &amp; i applaud google for it. but big problems: no exchange support, limited office document support, weak multimedia &amp; product design.  i really think you&#8217;ll see google clamp down on stupid app stuff, even if it&#8217;s minimal to et rid of all the porn apps.  have fun geeking out, i&#8217;ll just be back here getting stuff done.</p>
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