With their new iPhone 4 and its iOS 4 software, “Apple’s marketing makes it very clear that iOS delivers multitasking that works, rather than an unrestricted environment where your battery doesn’t anymore,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for RoughlyDrafted. “Strike one at Android.”
“Steve Jobs also articulated on stage the value of creating an integrated product, highlighting both FaceTime and iMovie as integrated applications of the new cameras,” Dilger writes. “Google has no impetus to deliver sophisticated applications of hardware it isn’t selling; it leaves that up to the hardware makers, who are all terrible at software. That’s why, despite having a fancier camera than the 3GS, the Droid was panned for not being able to take decent pictures. Which is why most people want a camera in the first place, as opposed to having bragging rights on hardware specifications. Strike two on Android.”
Dilger writes, “The Nexus One bellyflopped into the same shallow nonsense that Microsoft dove into with the Zune HD: displays that only look really good in candlelit rooms and flashy screen animations that make for a wizzy demo but an unpleasant or at at least non-optimal experience for end users. Both Google and Microsoft are trying to impress the press, not their customers. Incidentally, that’s also why both are championing Adobe Flash rather than explaining to their customers that a beta-level Flash Player is not worth their time or battery. That’s a third strike on Android.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yer out! Back to the copier, er… bench now, Android.
I just visited a ‘Droid fansite, and guess what …
Not a single word about the new iPhone
Silence is golden.
Android – iOS
AdMob – iAd
Put them side by side, the names speak volumes on the approach and creation of the end products of the 2 companies. I hate that Google has now given the word Android a cold, bad rap, obliterating the warmth and humanity exhibited by the fame Star Wars droids.
Thanks Again Danny Boy. Couldn’t have said it better my Friend.
“One true Voice of Reason”
Yeah, but I love calling the nerds ‘fandroids’. They get all bent out of shape over it. Quite funny and telling actually.
@acid
LOL!! “I hate that Google has now given the word Android a cold, bad rap, obliterating the warmth and humanity exhibited by the fame Star Wars droids.”
I am seriously laughing. I’ve never heard anyone mourn the idea of an android being “cold”, or long for a time when they were warm and human. Curse you George Lucas! Androids were designed to be cold and at least semi-inhuman. Give me some Asimov and Heinlein.
I have poor AT&T;coverage at my home. But does that matter as long as I have my Airport Extreme on? IOW Will the iPhone make the connection that way while I’m home? Both in and out?
Thanks
the press, media and online chatter may be all for features, price, “open” standards and ability to do what we want, when we want for FREE…but apple is sticking to it’s guns to deliver an integrated solution for people to use.
having retail stores, solid marketing, economies of scale and solid support (genius bar) make Apple the perfect consumer electronics maker. People aren’t afraid to use their products.
as the Wii showed, the market is MUCH better than the press, media or online electronics geeks.
@ spark
I tip my hat to you sir/madam. Two of my three fav authors. Back when sci-fi was REAL.
But the Android will continue to gain market share.
Each time any of the myriad of of droid builders comes up with a new model with the next fragmented version of their OS, there’s another fire sale of old models at 2 for 1 pricing, and sales volume jumps.
Too bad the bumpkins don’t realize up-front cost of a cellphone is a drop in the bucket compared to two years of contractual commitment chained to a second-rate device.
“But the Android will continue to gain market share.”
AT&T took care of that last week with cheap data plans. Nobody in their sane mind will buy Droid and pay $70 per month if they can get an iPhone for the same money and pay $55 per month. Even BOGO deals don’t look that good; six months into your iPhone use, you’ve already made up the free phone price difference (two phones, two plans, $30 plus tax per month difference).
@ spark
don’t forget Phillip K Dick, author of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”. Come to think of it “Electric Sheep” could be a good description of those who fall for all the Android BS…
@tomL
I agree. But marketshare doesn’t mean crap as Apple has proven with M$.
The droids will end up suffering with snoopware, maleware, viruses and be all the happier for it. Ignorance is bliss. It’s a shame that they don’t realize that Giggle is only after ad revenue as opposed to there ‘utopian open world’.
These are all the folks that are abandoning M$ in droves because they know the party is over. They need a new flag to rally around. Good for them. They need something to believe in.
Just don’t feed the tro…droids.
@Malthus
“Electric Sheep” apt description for fandroids.
Android has cost Google 50% of mobile ad market revenue.
Expensive, to say the least…
I supposed ‘droids’ are not so far off from describing Google automatons, like the way MSFT has been tagged as the Borg.
Depends on the scifi you grow up with or preferred I guess. Robbie the Robot wasn’t so heartless, neither were the androids in Blade Runner. When I type on my iPad I’m reminded of the countless scenes in Star Trek NG where Data manned the helm. He and Spock would have certainly appreciate the iPhone and Macs.
Make no mistake… I will have that new iPhone. But why the one or the other? Gotta admit…. Evo is great for competition despite the two main strikes…carrier and bad battery. Competition is good for business. Now let’s hold hands and sing together. Let’s hope the iPhone delivers longterm because mine is up 95% of it’s life. Testdrive then drink the coolaid.
I used to read this site every day, and then the divisive commentary got old. Admittedly, it is interesting but it just got ridiculous.
There will always be debates about “which platform is better” or “which phone is superior.” But in the end, the different options cater to different desires.
I own a mac, as well as a PC.
I also own a motorola Droid (overclocked, with a custom ROM) AND an iPhone 3GS.
I love prefer my mac to my PC. And I prefer my droid to my iPhone. No Big Deal, right? No, there is always someone who feels the need to be a polarizing asshole (there are plenty on this site), and turn every small issue into some kind of opportunity to make their side seem better.
The usual MDN commentary at the end of this article is plain silly.
“Yer out! Back to the copier, er… bench now, Android.”
Really? Android out? No, it’s not out. And on that point, I do not believe Android will send the iphone to the “bench now.”
Apple has always been able to produce amazing products, that do amazing things. But if Android was such a shitty platform, it would not be growing at the rate that it is. Steve Jobs and his very much brilliant team prefer a more controlled (and therefore reliable) user experience, that oftentimes produces a user experience that is superior to the competitors’ offerings. However, what I am able to do with my Droid is amazing. Regardless of how caught up you may be in this fever that is Apple Fanboyism and Android Fanboyism, each platform OFFERS SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE OTHER. In a world where every single person is inherently unique and different, those people are going to want and desire different things.
Some people will prefer Android, and others will prefer “iOS”– It is as simple as that.
Now, I’m going to leave this website and head on over to Macnn to get my share of apple news, and then enjoy looking at my two Beautiful, Fast, and Elegant devices that are the Moto Droid and Apple iPhone 3GS.
And as a veteran mac user, please stop making us out to be assholes who think we are just better than everything else, to the point where we blindly will criticize everything–It is polarizing, and turns you into the same thing that veteran mac users used to hate. When Windows fanboyism was at it’s peak and Appleheads were the underdogs, everyone wanted to complain about how the windows guys were such pompous assholes….That sentiment comes out like s3men from Lady Gaga’s hidden cave of happiness between her legs every time I read this site.
that is all.
Have a nice day.
Allen,
I was going to rip you a new one but that Lady GaGa comment redeemed you.
But the iphone does not have plastic keyboard..
@Allen
You sound like a real fun guy to be around. Feel free to head on over to Macnn and stay there.
People who log in to complain and then leave are annoying. Here’s an idea:
Don’t visit the site, or if you do, don’t read the MDN take or the comments.
PS – Enjoy your $200+ a month in multiple carrier charges for your cell phones. Also, F&ck;off.
Allen.
Not sure why you needed to say that, must be your own problem, thanks for sharing, bye now.
The camera on the iPhone 4 is amazing! Have you seen the example photos taken on it? http://www.macdaddynews.com/?p=3990 I can’t wait to get one!
@Allen
How would you feel about, if you had spent many years of hard labor to develop a great gadget, only to discover that your good friend and neighbor, that you invited with open arms into you home and family for many years, you showed him proudly your plans for your gadget…. one day STEALS your idea for this gadget and makes the same gadget, but a shitty version of it, to push you out of your market and KILL your gadget???
How would that make you feel?
It isn’t the first time that this has happened to Apple, you know… unfortunately the world is full of a$$holes who have no shame.
@Allen
Take things a little seriously?
Boy! . . . Do I need to remind you guys again?
We want to embrace Android. It is designed to be the “other” OS, replacing Winmo and Symbian. It is worthy, in that respect. Apple will never get, and probably doesn’t even want, 100% of the smartphone market. The Nexus, as I understand it, was just a proof of concept device, with Google never intending to actually enter the smartphone market, itself.
Also, Android should be further impetus for Apple to continue to work to “lead the pack,” with new technology, quality, and ease of use. Competition is good. Good competition is better.