“Like Microsoft’s PC conquest, Android is making that familiar push to the lowest common denominator, bolted on everything from cheap phones, eBook readers, to lousy resistive touch tablets,” Reschke writes. “It’s banter that sounds good, but this shallow and dated analysis isn’t accurate.”
Whirly-pop-Apple isn’t going anywhere, not this time around, and there are three major factors as to why:
• Pricing
• Microsoft
• Noise (too many players)
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Ho hum.
Here we go again.
Tell us what we know, whydontcha?
While there will always be the bottom-feeders whose only claim to fame is they cost less than other products (and you get what you pay for, too), the difference between the Apple-Microsoft and Apple-Google battles is that Google can’t compete with Apple on price. Plus, consumers aren’t going to put up with phones that don’t work well. A smartphone is pretty dumb when it can’t do what you want it to do, and get it done easily.
People were wowed by computers when they first became reasonably affordable for the home, and it was “new technology”, so they were willing to put up with some problems. No anymore. People demand that their stuff just works, and if it won’t work, they won’t buy it.
Comparing Android to Windows is analogous to comparing turd to gold. Guess which one is the turd. No, not the one birthed by Microsoft.
“Some critics believe Android is the new Windows, “
Yep, and they are right, a lipstick coated polished turd that will fool, hoodwink, and swindle millions.
’nuff said, case closed.
G@@gle schmoogle!
What-the-hell is a “whirly-pop?”
Wait until more stories come out about folks losing their money because of Google security issues.
Point is – buy an Android and be disappointed.
Buy a Mac or iDevice, and never go back.
My wife has an HTC/Android phone, she hates it. It constantly hangs up on her when she holds it up to talk on it because it doesn’t stop taking inputs from the screen and she bumps the “end call” button with her cheek. It also sucks the battery dry in less than a day, while my iPhone just keeps going.
There is nothing about Android or the devices its installed on that is interesting to me in the least, but competition is a good thing and sometimes someone other than Apple comes up with an original idea that has some merit.
Apple= Prada
Android= Gap
Apple= gourmet – kobe beef hamburger
Android= burger king
Apple= well educated-high class lady you want to spend rest of your life.
Android= cheap slut you met when you were in college
@’Random’: You get today’s snark prize! And it has been an excellent day for snarkiness here at MDN I must say. I feel like a proud professor.
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I just got my daughter a budget andriod phone, the phone came free with a £10 per month contract (iphone was just too expensive). I must admit I’m quite impressed with it the OS is quite easy and fun to use. My daughter loves it.
I’ve had an iphone since it first came out and I’ve got the iphone 4 now so I say this with some experience, I’m probably going to get pelted for this but I would say it’s andriod is on par with the iphone.
‘big blue’ sez: “I’m probably going to get pelted for this but I would say it’s andriod is on par with the iphone.”
You’ve got some heavy justification to provide to back up that statement. I can knock down Android, but I’m interested in exactly what you believe as good as iOS in Android.
Im not so sure anymore. I’m seeing more and more Goople Hemroids phones that iPhones lately. I even had a conversation with a roids user who said to me in all seriousness if my iPhone works like the Android phone. Are you kidding ME!!! people actually believe Android was first and Apple is either copying or had no equivalent! Talk about clueless. The problem is more and more people are just like this guy.
Apple= Prada
Android= Gap
Apple= gourmet – kobe beef hamburger
Android= burger king
Apple= well educated-high class lady you want to spend rest of your life.
Android= cheap slut you met when you were in collegeApple= Prada
Android= Gap
Apple= gourmet – kobe beef hamburger
Android= farm fresh produce
Apple= well educated-high class lady your parents want you to spend rest of your life.
Android= the cool daring chick that travelled and played guitar you met when you were in college but were too SCARED to take a chance with
Not that there’s anyhting wrong with ending up with the pretty good girl in the end, after all, you’re oblivious to what you’re missing out on.
You only wear prada and buy the gourmet foodstuffs so people know you’re better than them -.-, but you’re missing out
anonymous ‘mitch9294’ sez:
“Android= the cool daring chick that travelled and played guitar you met when you were in college but were too SCARED to take a chance with”
I took a chance with her! She became one of my best friends. Do I feel that way about Android? I don’t think so. Another day, another Android. NEXT!
Android: Just another street walker on 8th Avenue.