i smell the flame bait ... won't take it though :-) the only thing that i think we should all remember is that google is not the nice guy giving us a good mobile platform for free without pushing its own agenda. the apple evil google good thing is going to end well.
... i simply use what works best for me at the time - which is why i am still on apple stuff but who knows what i'll be using in say 3 years from now. cheers lenz On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Dave Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lenz, > > On 04/08/10 11:28, lenz wrote: >> hi, >> >> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Dave Lane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> stunning performance and latest open source Android Linux goodness. >> >> this comes up again and again ... and is the main thing to bash the >> iPhone. to get the open source version of your latest android you >> actually have to wait for your lovely carrier to authorise it and >> patch it with what ever restrictions he likes to put in place ... or >> you are back to the iPhone version of jail breaking it and flashing it >> with your own version of the open source goodness. i don't really see >> what i gain from a users perspective. open source for the sake of it? >> maybe i miss something though ... > > Heh heh. Yeah, most of the handset vendors do somewhat user-hostile > things to their phones in the name of "consistency of experience", > "supportability", etc. but ultimately it comes down to the fact that, > unlike the iPhone, which has a core operating system that is not > available for anyone to use or learn about, the Android OS *is* Linux. > > If you do a few seconds browsing on the web, you'll find that there is a > variant of the Android OS for every set of user requirements out > there... the average user might never have any interest in changing from > the default one provided with the phone (or upgrades pushed out by the > provider)... but for those who *do* want to explore, play, develop, the > possibilities are huge and exciting. Moreover, the innovations those > people develop get rolled back into future versions of Android for > everyone's benefit. > > It may be a rabble and there might be a lot of so-called > fragmentation... but Android is moving forward at a blistering rate, and > will leave the iPhone in the dust. Guaranteed. The handset providers > simply try to take a "best of" collection of Android capabilities to > provide their users with a good, stable phone when they buy it. Android > has already blown past the iPhone in the US market. RIM's Blackberry is > now in its sights. > > Apple's making a huge profit on the iPhone, and bully for them... but > surely the people buying them have to feel stung that they're clearly > paying a premium for a phone that's no better (and in some cases not as > good) than the less costly, more extensible Android. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- > Dave Lane, Egressive Ltd [email protected] m +64212298147 p +6439633733 > http://egressive.com Free/OpenSourceSoftware: because to share is human > Only use Open Standards - w3.org, Drupal powers communities - drupal.org > Effusion Group http://effusiongroup.com Software Patents kill innovation > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- twitter: @norbu09 current project: iWantMyName.com painless domain registration (finally) -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
