Dude....there is plenty of competition in the cell phone market.... Sent from my iPad 2
On Feb 23, 2012, at 12:26 AM, Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> wrote: > And you can buycl apple to the detriment of competition in cell phone > choices. Congratulations. > On Feb 22, 2012 10:52 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, now this is definitely going to blow out of control. Owning an >> Android phone doesn't make one a power user! And you can jailbreak the >> iphone and get similar abilities. :) >> >> On 2/22/2012 1:47 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: >> >>> Lets get a couple of things straight before this blows out of control. >>> >>> I do think the iphone is a great phone, but just not for me. >>> >>> I had a Galaxy S II and hacked the crap out of it with custom roms and >>> stuff. That gave me a lot of flexibility and what not, but for me there >>> are small niggles about the iphone that piss the living daylight out of >>> me. >>> >>> For example, I like the fact that I can be in the gallery on android, hit >>> the share button and boom, any application that supports this feature is >>> on >>> the share with list, so that includes, gmail, twitter, facebook, path, >>> linkedin, whatever! This behavior is across the system, so I can be in >>> the >>> browser and I can share the page (link) in the same manner. I could be in >>> a third party software and share things any way I want. >>> >>> A very common case for me is using whatsapp, I send pics of my kids to my >>> parents, with the S2, I used to take a pic with the cam app, and right >>> from >>> there say share with and then whatsapp. But with iOS I have to take the >>> pic, then load up whatsapp, click share pic, go to the gallery select the >>> pic and then share it. It works, but it's convoluted for me. >>> >>> Apple only forces you with what they want. Which is e-mail, tweet and >>> print. >>> >>> Another thing which is not consequential to most people is that XDA forums >>> has a vibrant community and there are a lot of homebrew apps that people >>> make. Small utilities and what not. Without going into much details, I >>> can install these apk's in android without any issue. No need for root, I >>> just need to select "install from unknown sources" once on my phone and >>> the >>> rest is easy. >>> >>> Apple? nope, no can do. If it doesn't pass through their validation for >>> their app store, then your only alternative is to go via cydia which >>> requires jailbreak and I don't want to go that route. >>> >>> That being said, my iphone just works, it doesn't hang or crash, it's >>> smooth as butter and the games and graphics and general polish of >>> applications is at least twice as better as the best on android. It's a >>> great phone, but not a phone for a true power user. >>> >>> I do like my iphone, but I do miss android for sure. To exacerbate the >>> problem, my brother in law who has an S2 also installed Cyanogenmod 9 >>> (ICS) >>> on his S2, and I am amazed with ICS. It's amazing!!!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Winterlight<winterlight@** >>> winterlight.org <[email protected]>>wrote: >>> >>> At 09:48 AM 2/22/2012, you wrote: >>>> >>>> Any of you guys have a nexus? I was an android user and I bought an >>>>> iphone >>>>> 4s, and I now miss android phone. >>>>> >>>>> what do you miss about it .... what do you not like about the Iphone >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>
