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misslindadeeAug 6, 2010
Interesting....
misslindadeeAug 6, 2010
because Android may take over from iPhones!
(I like the extra battery feature)
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
why do you even bother posting? we all know you and your "friends" game the system. no need to pretend to be a real user.
tyg10Aug 6, 2010
Android is coming up strong. I wonder if it will beat the tar out of iPhone when all is said and done?
meninostongueAug 6, 2010
I think it'll be more like the desktop OS situation with Apple and Microsoft. Apple will probably sell more than any individual brand of Android, but Android overall will be bigger as the sum of all brands. Despite Android starting as a reaction to iOS, in a few years, they'll both be old enough that the age difference matters less and they'll continue to push each other to innovate.
Fortunately, both are very good, and offer different approaches to their product rather than huge differences in functionality.
chingy1788Aug 6, 2010
Actually Android started before the iPhone released
Google bought Android in 2005 from a company called Android Inc apparently co-founded by an old Apple engineer
mabakerbrakerAug 6, 2010
Android started to INNOVATE? Give me a f**king break. How old are you? 13?
Android copied the HELL out of Symbian, fanboii and implemented some features that Symbian had in 2003.
And once Apple released the iPhone Google COMPLETELY revamped their prototypes to copy the iPhone.
Check the facts and don’t spread FUD.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
strictneinAug 6, 2010
@mabakbkbkbk: remove the stick
mabakerbrakerAug 6, 2010
Truth hurts, ain’t it.
meninostongueAug 6, 2010
Exactly what kind of "fanboii" am I, Apple or Android? I referred to both companies in that sentence. It must take a special kind of paranoia to see something so offensively one sided in a 100% balanced statement.
Now, on to the "substance" of your rant. Regardless of if they ripped the code from Symbian wholesale (honestly, I'm not that big of a phone geek to know), the software has changed and matured since its inception. Both companies have refined their interfaces, features, etc. in the few years that they have been in their current incarnations. MacOS originally took ideas from Xerox and Windows, in turn, took from Apple. Both OSes are now so far beyond those beginnings with totally new code, interfaces, features, capabilities, etc., that they can be appreciated as original entities by any reasonable person.
Picasso wasn't the first cubist painter. Mozart wasn't the first classical composer. Shakespeare wasn't the first play write. All started out with the influences and ideas of people before them and made it into something original. The same is true with everything you enjoy from arts to food to booze to engineering, and yes, to technology. It's not worth getting so angry over it.
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
@mabakbkbkbk - Whats wrong with you? Your supposed to start every comment with "google drone" and end with...well I quit after the first few words
chris4404Aug 6, 2010
I love Android but it's not for everyone. For lack of a better term they'd need to "dumb it down" to make it more appealing to a wider group of users. I hope they don't but in it's current state not everyone gets it.
I want the one with the more GB's.
solkreAug 6, 2010
I don't care.
hotrats76Aug 6, 2010
WOW, not everyone gets it? Smug much.. You just like feeling smarter than others huh? Android is not that complicated.. Both my parents are rocking HTC incredibles, only because they refuse to leave verizon and there is no iPhone yet. And they are not techie people, but the both really like their Android powered phones. .They get it.. Touch it and it does something.. ITS NOT THAT f**kING HARD.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
snaxieAug 6, 2010
Dude my sister can barely operate a Nintento Wii and she has no troubles with her Evo. Dumb it down? What?? Where the hell does this "android is hard" s**t come from??
scuba7183Aug 6, 2010
Easy there, killer
liltbrockieAug 6, 2010
Dumb it down? What so maybe a foetus could use it? Seriously its not that hard to use jesus.
mantherAug 6, 2010
I've got an android phone, and I had an iPod touch, and I don't have any idea why you would say someone could use one but not the other. HotRats may have been over the top, but he's absolutely right. Touch it and it does something, it's pretty simple. Anyone who would have an issue with one would have the same issues with both, and it would likely because they didn't want to touch something they shouldn't and break it.......they'd need a quick little tutorial from a friend no matter which device they chose...
chris4404Aug 6, 2010
I didn't mean it as a jab at anyone, I have an EVO and love it. In my experience out of BlackBerry, iOS and Android, Android's the hardest for people to jump into. What's a widget? Task Killer? It's just not out of the box as easy as the others.
liltbrockieAug 6, 2010
lol shut up you ignoramus.
mantherAug 6, 2010
LOL. If you don't know what a task killer or a widget are, then you simply won't use one... It's not like you're really missing out on much...especially if you don't know what you're missing out on....
And let's be really honest here, if you're taking an android device and not using the features that you don't know how to use, and you're comparing THAT to the blackberry or iOS, then I'd think it's pretty safe to say that android IS for everyone, and simply concede that not everyone will use/understand the full power of it...
zelgadissAug 7, 2010
Personally I think Android needs more polish.
Tried the Galaxy S a while back. It was a no go.
Now I have never used an iPhone before but I did own an iPod touch, so it might have tainted my experience quite a bit.
Among all the annoyances, some valid some because I wasn't used to it, the f**ked-up-ness of Android's text selection/cut/copy/paste was the last straw for me.
I ordered an iPhone 4.
Maybe my next phone I will give it another shot.
aronwyrthAug 6, 2010
A lot of that will depend upon whether or not Apple is able to move beyond AT&T to include other carriers. If they do, the competition will then, and ONLY then, be based upon customer choice of platform. Apple missed an early opportunity by tying themselves to only one carrier, and if they can't expand, then Android will surely prevail, at least as far as number of phones is concerned.
On the other hand, Apple has never really concerned itself with being the biggest of anything, and as long as the brand itself remains strong - which is very likely - they will probably be quite happy in the number two or three spot. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
paradigmxAug 6, 2010
If yer not 1st, yer last...
jb4062Aug 6, 2010
Even if there was an iphone for all of the carriers I would still get an android phone.
The reason? Quite simply choice. I'm not stuck with the same form factor with the same hardware feature set with the same options. If I want a keyboard, I can get that, if I want a large screen, I can get that, if I want an iphone clone I can even get that. Why would I limit myself for no reason at all.
kazbaedenAug 6, 2010
Even in countries where the iPhone is available on multiple carriers android is growing at similarly astounding rates.
lodcrappoAug 6, 2010
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lukas88Aug 6, 2010
I think it will always come down to personal preference. Both are amazing devices. I know which one I would pick, but someone picking the other definitely is not a sign of poor judgment.
cowboy1015Aug 6, 2010
This is stupid.
Android is an OS. iPhone is a phone.
There's a lot of phone using Android.
There's only one phone using iOS.
orbishAug 6, 2010
That's because I put a new ROM on my droid once or twice a week.
kangouliusAug 6, 2010
dominate! Android FTW!
t2afAug 6, 2010
I hate that picture of Schmidt with that smug look on his face. I want to punch him. Facially
kangouliusAug 6, 2010
LOL! I feel stalked!
t2afAug 6, 2010
:D
nickkukAug 6, 2010
I think Eric Schmidt comes across as much more friendly and personable than megalomaniac Steve Jobs.
snaxieAug 6, 2010
That's a lot of people using mobile porn apps!
- Steve Jobs
captininsanityAug 6, 2010
That's a lot of people using their internet on their laptop!
- AT&T
or3nAug 6, 2010
But my iPhone is great! It's okay that I don't get reception in San Francisco. I don't need to make ca
fxpookyAug 6, 2010
This is in contrast to the 3 iPhones a week being activated in Canada... because that's all that gets shipped there, apparently.
leamancAug 6, 2010
I just don't see that many Android phones around. Are these activations counting re-installations of the OS?
Not trying to be snarky here, but I do IT for living, support a lot of people, and know a lot of other tech people, but I can count on one hand the folks I know with an Android phone.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
trifoldAug 6, 2010
But you probably know a lot of people who just upgraded to an "internet phone" or "smartphone" or similar. Android's reaching the point where it's on so many devices, a lot of people who want an "iPhone-type phone" with their current carrier end up with Android phones. Do they know they have "Android" phones? Probably not. But it's become simple and easy enough to use for the average everyday non-tech user, and really that's all that matters to the end user (just ask Apple).
showri01Aug 6, 2010
I think a lot of ppl just assume that the only smartphones out there with the Android OS is the Droid series. Either that or they just assume that the Android OS is called Droid OS. I have an HTC Evo and about 50% of the ppl who see me using it ask if it's one of those Droids. When I tell them that it is an Evo but it too has the Android OS like a Droid they tend to nod and walk away.
subductionAug 6, 2010
In a related story:
One Digg User's Personal Experience Differs, Global Statistics Cast into Doubt.
mabakerbrakerAug 6, 2010
That’s why the ppl using android are only posting s**t on digg. Average age: 13.
They even can’t acknowledge that they do NOT have full hardware access to their phones and that there are features blatantly copied from Symbian.
FUD is what digg’s google drones are all about.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jeemboAug 6, 2010
Settle down, Steve Jobs.
trifoldAug 6, 2010
u mad
subductionAug 6, 2010
Every day that I am making clear calls, reading books on Kindle for Android, playing games, watching a movie, tracking my expenses, making shopping lists, entering text faster using Swype, and doing all that in full sun on the Super-AMOLED screen on my Samsung Galaxy S I lament not having "full hardware access."
Woe is me.
mantherAug 6, 2010
Keep in mind there's a 'phone cycle' to account for. If all of your friends were toting around new phones a year ago, they likely have 6-12 more months before they can get an upgrade... A year ago the only real Android offerings were the DROID and Eris, and if your friends really are tech people like you say, then they, like myself, know better than to snag the first release, because in a couple of months there's going to be a much better option available. Personally, I managed to snag a used Eris for dirt cheap, and I'll use that until my contract runs out in a couple of months so that I won't even have to settle for the best phone on my carrier, I'll be able to get the best phone out there and switch to a cheaper carrier if I have to... If I hadn't found the Android phone so cheap, I'd still be using my old BB Curve...
lukas88Aug 6, 2010
Activations are a one time thing you do with the service provider, Mr. IT.
silentjAug 6, 2010
Sorry, a lot of those activations were mine. Keep having to re-flash the OS on my droid after unsuccessful update attempts...
dadumtishAug 6, 2010
Typical google fanboys. the iphone is the better phone. It is more beautiful, easier to use and more reliable (ALL phones have antenna issues morons.)
java5isfluffAug 6, 2010
Ah..nevermind. Not worth it.
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
C+ effort.
dadumtishAug 6, 2010
I'll keep workin on it.
tills13Aug 6, 2010
Apples to oranges, actually. Android is an operating system whereas iPhone is a device. Typical Apple fanatic response.
Anyways, in response to your asshatery, I have a few counter points.
1. "It is more beautiful" - Beauty is subjective. What you think is gorgeous looks like a grid of buttons to me. To each their own, I guess.
2. "Easier to use" - I'll give you this one. Though I'm a fan of buttons. You know, the things you need to access application menus and whatnot?
3. "More reliable" - In doing what? Making phone calls? I think not. Sending email? Nope. Browsing the web? Nope. Service? Nope.
4. Antennegation on that scale isn't present on any other device. Touching it in the right spot should not create a loss of service. There's a difference between a short and impeding the signal.
5. One man's experiences does not mean that this experience is shared by everyone. Besides, even Android users admit that the Hero is a s**tty device now.
6. "More talented developers" - Oh, you mean like those behind DropBox, Shazam, Angry Birds, Facebook, Google Services, Twitter, Digg, Epicurious, Engadget, PayPal, SlingBox, Hulu, YouTube, etc? You're right, Android has very few truly awesome applications - but ALL of iOS's good apps are also on Android.
bigoakAug 6, 2010
My wife has had hers for months. She still uses my iPhone when we are together. She refers to the Android as "that phone".
kamtsaAug 6, 2010
@bigoak, if you don't want her to refer to you as "that husband" get her an iPhone.
bigoakAug 6, 2010
She won't leave Verizon. What can I do? AT&T coverage isn't nearly as good, but I can live with that. She can't
startsomething7Aug 6, 2010
My wife had her Iphone for months. Then we choose Android. Choose a Carrier. Then choose any app we wanted to download. She refers to the Iphone as "That phone".
bigoakAug 6, 2010
Well, if you have a mac and I do, iphone is the more logical and integrated choice.
dayal911Aug 6, 2010
you're wife's the greatest
buzzfriendlyAug 6, 2010
then get her an iPhone. Choice is a beautiful thing.
dayal911Aug 6, 2010
you're wife's a whore
bigoakAug 6, 2010
You are a moron. I see that from your poor use of the English language. You actually wrote "You are wife's a whore." And you made wife possessive instead of using the contraction to mean "your wife is."
I think from your insensitive trolling comments we all know everything we need to about you, but thanks for verifying the fact with your idiotic use of language and lack of any satire or cleverness.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dayal911Aug 6, 2010
I think that from your insensitive trolling comments, we all know everything we need to know about you.......
Fixed.
dayal911Aug 6, 2010
i can see i hit a sore spot. your wife must truly be a whore. It's quite obvious, such an insecure guy like yourself could only get a whore anyways.
How many languages do you speak? Let me guess, just one language fluently. Good job. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ronnisrAug 7, 2010
Android clearly isn't for everybody, neither is iPhone.
zomgflamerAug 6, 2010
do you guys get new phones every month?
torreyjsAug 6, 2010
Apple fanboys are strong in this thread trying to be free viral marketers for Steve Jobs. Pathetic.
spawn2105Aug 6, 2010
As a neutral observer that is considering both iPhone 4 and an Android phone as my next purchase, i can tell you that its pretty even. Bunch of anti iphone comments getting burried while pro iphone comments get bumped, same as with anti- / pro- android comments Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
waspbrAug 6, 2010
that is the beauty of the cult mentality, they do the work without getting paid. Actually quite the opposite they are more than happy to give their money away and then go about doing their cult's bidding
mabakerbrakerAug 6, 2010
Schmidt’s bank account will explode from the amount of cash he’s getting off these poor drones s**tty phones.
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
LOL YEAH DUDE
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
@mabakbkbkbk - your off your game today man. Lets go back to the good old times where every sentence starts of with "google drones" and had atleast 15 iFan links
captainm4dAug 6, 2010
I just got an Android the other day, and I'm loving it.
princeamorAug 6, 2010
I envy you.
r3ap3rAug 7, 2010
As do I. The only thing stopping me from having and Android is that by the time one gets to Canada it's obsolete and I want another. For now I have an iPhone and considering that's it's already paid off and does for the most part what I need, I'm temporarily happy with what I have. Not to mention my contract with Rogers. I cannot wait until the day comes when I can completely drop Apple out of my life. I hope that day is near.
locondcocoAug 6, 2010
Can we just stop all the "my phone is better than yours!" banter and admit that its we, the consumer, that wins out with this nice healthy competition?
dolomite808Aug 6, 2010
Agreed.
Also, coke is better than pepsi. f**k pepsi.
chingy1788Aug 6, 2010
nooo pepsi is better than coke!!! simply because I like pepsi more than coke
1platypusAug 6, 2010
f**k you... You stupid Coke fanboy.
Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
If by coke you mean cocaine then yes
aplusjimagesAug 6, 2010
Twilights better than Coke.
Closed AccountAug 7, 2010
Coke > Pepsi
kamtsaAug 6, 2010
I am glad to see that openness wins.
Next, let me get rid of operator's and hardware vendors crapware. I am sure that Sprint Nascar is a great app but I don't want it on my Evo. Same goes for HTC Sense.
shawn4168Aug 6, 2010
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Closed AccountAug 6, 2010
I agree. I've tried stock Android ROMs on my HTC, out of curiosity, and everything feels clunky and lacking something.
It's a shame that Sense can get in the way of updates (though HTC did get a Desire update out about a month after the Nexus, for 2.2) but I like having Sense.
ethana2Aug 6, 2010
The UI itself is nice. The calendar, phone, and music apps are garbage.
bbtwebAug 6, 2010
75 million vs. 62 million. Sounds to me like both are winning... but what do I know, I just read the article.
haleonearthAug 7, 2010
"openness," riiiiiiight.
automatikAug 6, 2010
i'm an android supporter by default. especially after all those commercials painting apple as 'harmless' and 'hip'- when in fact they have far outdone EVEN microsoft in the cutthroat biz practices dept.
the fact that the term 'jailbreak' has entered into the mainstream lexicon speaks volumes about what kind of company apple really is.
nickkukAug 6, 2010
Me too, I was never bothered about Apple, but since they started their silly "magical" and "revolutionary" adverts which are just pure bulls**t I always enjoy it when Apple products are proven to be less than perfect magical devices.
zelgadissAug 7, 2010
Whoever took over Apple's recent marketing, honestly should be fired.
When did hooting your own horn become good marketing?
Just tell us the features of your product in a clear manner.
We will decide if it's "magical" and "revolutionary".
tolljumperAug 6, 2010
Same thing happen to apple in the 90's. Mac was a revolutionary product but it cost way too much, and it was entirely closed off and difficult to develop for. Other companies just copied it and developers flocked to the alternative. Its amazing, it is history repeating itself.
cosmicvAug 6, 2010
Finally a comment that I would have made. Your right, Apple has made the same stupid mistake now it made then... Not being being able to upgrade the SDRAM in the phone? Are you seriously that stupid Apple?
zelgadissAug 7, 2010
Well Apple might have actually came little ahead in development this time round.
iPhones have relatively few hardware configs, this helps when developers write "intensive" apps like games, as they can write to the metal.
Apple's App Store is available world wide, both free and paid apps available, this certain helps distribution. Google's mishandling of the Android market is really hurting the platform.
On the downside we have a walled garden and inconsistent policy when it comes to what is considered an acceptable app. Most developers don't run into any issues but when they do I imagine it would be quite a bitch.
That and you have to pay for a developer's licence.
i4ybridAug 6, 2010
I'm taking this data with a grain of salt. Couldn't it be that a lot of people are just wiping/rooting their phones?
lodcrappoAug 6, 2010
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i4ybridAug 6, 2010
First of all, I'm a proud owner of a MT3G running Cyanogen. So please, defer your fanboyish hate somewhere else.
I looked up the AdMob metrics, and whether you choose to believe it or not, they say in April 2010, there were 11.6 million unique Android phones. With 200,000 android phone activations per day, even if we take a pessimistic view that 100,000 of those 200,000 are people with existing android phones getting new ones, that means every ten days, the Android population increases by about 6% - 9% (if you're estimating the current android population is at 15 million to 11 million)Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
lodcrappoAug 7, 2010
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yaazzAug 6, 2010
Too bad the default android skin is so ugly. Reminds me of Ubuntu Linux.
Hopefully google takes some cues from HTC's Sense UI and makes android look a little nicer! Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ethana2Aug 6, 2010
We've changed our theme. The font, the colors, logo, etc. We're doing the sound theme next. Google should learn from Sense. The home screen navigation is nice. That doesn't change that I should be able to uninstall or disable it. ..And please, it's "Ubuntu". Linux happens to be the kernel we use right now and in the foreseeable future, but we've gone to great lengths to remove it from our brand due to the different priorities held by those who have historically used and advocated it. For example, if you search the main page at http://www.ubuntu.com for "linux", you will not find it once. Removing "linux" from Ubuntu' motto would have raised a geek outcry. ....Effectively retiring the motto avoided this elegantly.
We will do what it takes to fix bug number one.
yaazzAug 6, 2010
I am confused, you represent google? You represent Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is great, its a linux distro that has all the cmd tools I need out of the box.
Android is great, its an embedded system OS that does it's job very well.
Both are pretty ugly. Ubuntu is a little better with its new UI but still not great.
fogozitoAug 6, 2010
i used the iphone 2g and then the 3g im not gonna lie it was awesome when it first come out but i eventually i got tired of it,i changed to a blackberry and it was an awful experience, then i bought a SE X1 with winmo 6.5 and that was another awful experience and finally i ended with a motorola dext(cliq) the first experience was lame with the stock firmware 1.6 but the communty did a nice job porting the phone to 2.1 and my experience is now awesome , is not the fastest and the pretiest phone but it gets the job done and i dont have to deal with itunes, i can use my phone as usb drive (native) and another details. my Girlfriend changed from an iphone 3gs to a SE xperia 10 and he loves the new phone , she loves the home screen, the awesome camera with flash and the big screen, now she just drags her music to the music folder and she is good to go.
speede06Aug 6, 2010
If HTC would crank out the EVOs faster it would be higher than that
ontainAug 6, 2010
got mine today. sprint store was selling out of them very fast.
jerky1312Aug 6, 2010
I heard Sprint staff aren't allowed to purchase the EVO (maybe with a discount), because they didn't have enough for customers.
shaba1Aug 6, 2010
Now go ahead and make the app store better, cos it sucks now
strictneinAug 6, 2010
I think I've found a group more annoying than Apple fanboys: Android fanboys.
Apple fanboys are like cute little kids who think their daddy could beat up your daddy and that their mommy is the bestest mommy ever!
Androids fanboys are just a-holes.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mrmephistoxAug 6, 2010
Just a sign of effective marketing on Verizon's part.
byobyobAug 6, 2010
Has there been any progress on cracking the Motorola bootloader? I'd love to get a Droid X, but if it's never going to get cracked, I think I'll pass...
daveswAug 6, 2010
200,000 Android activations a day === and yet ZERO revenue for Google.
FAIL
ronnisrAug 7, 2010
You clearly have no clue at all, Google is already has plenty of money coming in from Android. But mainly its all about doing what they do best on mobile devices as well. Sometimes you need to invest both money and time to make the income later on. And if Android keeps doing as it does now then Google will make a lot of money from it. Hope your parents didn't invest to much money schooling/educating you cause that would be a FAIL.
whoreableAug 7, 2010
You obviously don't know s**t about Google.
ronnisrAug 7, 2010
And you do?, thinking money doesn't matter for Google (few comments down). Google expect to make a lot of ads money on Android. They actually expect to make as much as 10 billion per year. But just walk around and think Google is making Android as a kind of charity to the manufactures and users.
blatsekAug 7, 2010
They make money indirectly through ads.
whoreableAug 7, 2010
because money is the only thing that matters?
ronnisrAug 7, 2010
Google is a business so i'm pretty sure that it matters for them.
daveswAug 6, 2010
Android phones are just CHEAP imitation of the iPhone.
mweatherAug 11, 2010
Yes, they're like iPhones, but less expensive. Nice burn.
delpradoAug 6, 2010
I was one of the 200,000 on July 3, 2010 - the day I joined the Android (and Smartphone) world
tao52nycAug 7, 2010
running 10000 different OS'es