I agree with daniel. The top of the line android phones are comparable to iphones and in some cases are better than iphones hardware wise. Those dual core tegras really scream with power and ofcourse top of the line android phones also have graphics comparable to iphone retina display or better.
But unfortunately here in the states getting a top of the line android phone is always more expensive than getting an iphone. When verison releases their newest androids they always cost betweent $199 and $299 with a 2 year contract. Iphone always costs $199 with a new 2 year contract On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Okalany Daniel < [email protected]> wrote: > Most issues I experience with android, are with the hardware itself. Really > wish I could buy an iPhone and install android on it. The key annoyances, > are: > - I need to know what speed my processor is and other hardware, so when > Need > for speed plays sluggish, I'm like "Oh, I wish I had a droid with a tegra > graphics card" (this is after I've downloaded and installed the game from > the android market. > - Internal storage, some mid-range Androids come with internal storage as > little as 180Mb, I think this includes space for the OS itself. This is a > recipe for things like incoming message rejected, you have no space. Even > if > your 8Gb memory card is empty. > > So it's not a surprise that iPhones have better user experience, because > all > iPhones usually have the *best* hardware at the time of release. > > So depending on the android (I haven't used anything like the Motorola > Atrix), I think top level android offers a similar (Probably better) > Experience than a similar iPhone. > > Daniel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Paul Bagyenda > Sent: 29 July 2011 03:02 PM > To: Uganda Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [LUG] [OT] Android dirty little secret: Shipping #s strong, > returns 30 - 40% > > And yet overall the IOS user experience is, in my limited experience, > better. This guy provides some additional insight: > http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2008/11/six-million-dollar-libc.html > On Jul 29, 2011, at 07:33, Tim Schofield wrote: > > > They didn't develop it from scratch, its derived from the BSD C > > library. It has a much smaller footprint than the gnu library, and is > > designed for cpu's that run at slower speeds, making it much better > > for mobile devices than the GNU library that ios uses. > > > > > > On 29 July 2011 12:27, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am duly educated again, for which I am grateful! Still, developing > their own libc must surely have had to do with licensing? > >> > >> Since I do not own an iPhone or iPad I suppose I may escape the "fan > boy" > tag. Computers have to work well. And I suppose after a while one stops > caring about the wars... > >> > >> On the server side, Linux forever. On the PC/laptop side, SJ wins > (though > I've seen Ubuntu installs lately that look and work pretty well). Android > vs > iPhone, the latter seems to me slightly ahead, but then the speed at which > Android has improved is truly impressive. > >> > >> A Linux use since kernel version 0.9! > >> > >> > >> On Jul 29, 2011, at 06:48, Tim Schofield wrote: > >> > >>> Yes but bionic libc is open source, which is not really lock down is > it? > >>> > >>> What have all you apple fan boys got against Linux?? > >>> > >>> Come over to open source guys, once you've tried it you will never > >>> want to go back :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 29 July 2011 11:42, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> I had doubted you re GNU libc not being included in Android. But it > >>>> appears you are right: http://thoth.eng.temple.edu/?p=139 > >>>> That is a lot of work to do to avoid publishing the source code! Even > famous-for-lock-down Apple includes GNU libc. > >>>> > >>>> P. > >>>> > >>>> On Jul 29, 2011, at 01:59, Dan Carpenter wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Android only uses the Linux kernel. They threw out everything > >>>>> else about linux, like the gnu C library and every linux program. > >>>>> They wrote their own replacements for that which are licensed > >>>>> under the Apache license. > >>>>> > >>>>> The Apache license doesn't require people to pass along the software. > >>>>> > >>>>> The most recent version of Android, Honeycomb, was announced in > >>>>> May this year. It's not used on phones, only on tablets. Google > >>>>> is not going to release the source for it. > >>>>> > >>>>> Google is going to release the source for the next version "Ice > >>>>> Cream Sandwich" which merges the phone and the tablet software. > >>>>> It's going to be released later this year. > >>>>> > >>>>> But for all the Android products, they do have to share the kernel > >>>>> sourse. > >>>>> > >>>>> regards, > >>>>> dan carpenter > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >>>>> > >>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > >>>>> [email protected] Mailing list archives: > >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >>>>> > >>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > >>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>>>> > >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). 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