11-06-2009, 09:21 PM | #11 | |
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Because the iphone has a cult following right now and this is just the first in a long line of Android 2 OS phones that is due out. Apple is the only company making Apple's OS phones aka iphones. Android 2 is being adopted by several companies. There are going to be a lot of Android phones coming out by a bunch of different companies. The phone isn't the iphone killer, it's the OS that will prevail.
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11-06-2009, 09:27 PM | #12 | |
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I use my iPhone so much that the lack of multi-tasking is a real pain. Like when I'm listening to ESPN radio and I want to reply to a text or something.
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11-06-2009, 09:47 PM | #13 |
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I'll wait until the OS is available on a non-slider phone. I can't stand sliders........I don't text much anyway, and slider mechanisms always feel fragile and cheap. Anything plastic that moves is going to break eventually.
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11-06-2009, 09:55 PM | #14 |
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theres no assist spring on the droid. has a very solid feeling to it.
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11-06-2009, 09:58 PM | #15 |
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Trip...what is so awesome about this OS? I don't know anything about it.
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11-06-2009, 10:00 PM | #16 |
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open source, you dont have to wait for mommy to approve of your programs. you should google about the benefits of "rooting" the G1. can do amazing things
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11-06-2009, 10:02 PM | #17 |
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Thanks, that tells me absolutely nothing.
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11-06-2009, 10:03 PM | #18 |
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I played with one for a while this afternoon... pretty cool. I'm not a "smart phone" kinda guy though. Besides, by the time I want one, Samsung will have put one out with a 10 meg camera on it!
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11-06-2009, 10:05 PM | #19 |
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buy an iphone. its shiney
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11-06-2009, 10:05 PM | #20 |
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For the iPhone Apple completely controls the software that can be developed and released on it through the iTunes App store. So if a program competes with another of their or ATT's service or falls outside their moral guidelines then it won't be approved.
The Android OS however is open source so anyone can make and release a program for it. Thereby greatly increasing the freedom of development and creativity that can be used.
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