By the way it was shown that all smart phone suffer signal attenuation. And
the iphone dropping calls is a combination of antenna location and service
provider (namely AT&T) All the verizon iphones have the same signal problem,
but dont drop calls!!!

In the states everyone knows verizon network is better and more stable than
AT&T even before the iphone simillar situations would come about with te
same model phone on bothe networks. for example  i remember when i had 2
blackerries and visited chicago. My verizon bb would drop ro the lowest
network but still hold calls while my at&t blackberry would stay on 3g but
drop calls regardless

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:

> No, Android is just software. It is basically a Linux distro in the
> same way SUSE or Ubuntu etc are. It uses a customised Linux kernel, as
> other distros do, and then contains other software that is mainly but
> not solely Free software.
>
> Devices running Android are as much Linux devices as say a laptop
> running Ubuntu is a Linux device.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 29 July 2011 13:33, Cavin Aaron <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Just wondering,
> > is Android a linux device
> > ________________________________
> > From: Tim Schofield <[email protected]>
> > To: Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Fri, July 29, 2011 7:10:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Phone Wars: Android vs iPhone
> >
> > On 29 July 2011 12:03, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Tim Schofield wrote thus on 7/29/11 1:43 PM:
> >>> On 29 July 2011 11:36, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> Richard Obore wrote thus on 7/29/11 1:19 PM:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>> Do you guys agree?
> >>>>
> >>>> Nope.
> >>>>
> >>>> He's speaking from a geek's viewpoint (about 2% of iphone buyers).
> >>>> The non-geeky 98% do not care. The iphone is just super cool. (And
> >>>> therefore superior, since android targets the same buyer)
> >>>
> >>> Hmmm, I'm not sure super cool is a good reason to buy a phone, super
> >>> cool is just marketing hype.
> >>>
> >>> What about the ability to make a phone call while holding the phone in
> >>> any way that the user wants to?
> >>
> >> With that 'little problem', they still bought it in drones :)
> >>
> >
> > Yes, I know. The guy is a marketing genius. I don't think anyone else
> > in the world could have managed to convince so many people that a
> > phone that could only make calls if you held it in a certain way was
> > super cool. Its no wonder that apples share price takes a nose dive
> > every time he has to go on sick leave.
> >
> > Wish I had his marketing skills.
> >
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