Nice post from daring fireball about the difference between the low end android phones and the high end android phones. The samsung charge is verizons new 4g LTE phone.
Why Ben Duchac’s Mom Bought an Android, Returned It, and Got an iPhone<http://www.betabeat.com/2011/07/29/why-my-mom-bought-an-android-returned-it-and-got-an-iphone/> [edit] a story from an Android fan (and happy user of an HTC Incredible) who helped his mom buy a new Samsung Charge from Verizon, and, well, it didn’t go well at all: Seeing the basically useless state of the phone on initial boot, I told my mother that I’d take the phone for an hour or so and give it back to her “cleaned up.” I deleted apps. I configured notifications. I set up accounts. None of it was easy, and every step of the way I ran into really bizarre problems. The elegant Google widgets that come with stock Android were stripped out of the phone. The camera app, besides looking like it had been designed in 1995, just wouldn’t rotate when I turned the phone on its side. Apps that worked on my Droid Incredible crashed as soon as I opened them on the Charge. After about an hour of poking and prodding the battery had dropped from 95% to 50%. Completely frustrated, I turned to the internet, where confused users were posting questions with titles like “Should my battery last more than 6 hours?” and “I think my phone is broken…” (Duchac, by the way, is a talented photographer <http://www.benduchac.com/> .) On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Francis M <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what's been bothering me about this thread. Android vs. iPhone. > Shdn't that be Android vs. IOS? > > Apple's been concentrating on 1 phone brand that's grown from strength 2 > strength. > > Google has been concentrating on the mobile OS (Android) whose exponential > growth is truly amazing. Saying that FOSS doesn't scale well 4 biz may pop > some navels, but if U think about it; > > Security: The repeated malware infiltrations in the pre-Android 2.1 market > led 2 lots of leaked private data and so on. Google has had to curtail some > freedoms. (insert anger bouts) > > Open Source: If U release all the code, then M$, Apple et. al. Just sneak a > peek, do U one better (or jst copy & paste) and then force the world 2 pay. > (Android swipe...) > > Profit: Devs, marketing guys, hardware and bandwidth costs a lot at > Google's level. Some one has 2 pay for all that. Yes (approx.) 90% of > Google's offerings is under the freemium model, but their time & investment > has 2 be financially viable 4 continued biz & more free stuff. The 10% is > leveraged 2 make a 'killing'. > > Patents: Either U hv the patents or U pay to use them. U might attempt 2 > patent FOSS, but I'll leave that 2 ur imagination. > > Hardware: Either Google does its own phone hardware (like Apple) or it has > 2 tight-mark hardware partners (HTC, Motorola...) set strict rules for use > of Android (2 avoid fragmentation and related issues) again leading 2 loss > of freedom & choice. > > It's a long list of options, but its interesting to see the way Google's > played it out, balancing the zealot's vision of FOSS while keeping the > utopic users of software continually engaged. > > FOSS: Freedom as in choice 2 tinker with what I want when I want 2... > > Francis, > www.simusync.com > GridWorX Ltd > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected]: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:57:31 > To: Uganda Linux User Group<[email protected]> > Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Android vs iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > _______________________________________________ > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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