Firstly. I'm not trying to start or fan a flame war on phones. I use LiveCode because it supports all platforms.
On Oct 4, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Pete wrote: > My wife and I just upgraded our phones (with Verizon). We each had a Droid > Eris and I have to say they sucked. > > I upgraded to an HTC Incredible and my wife got an iPhone 4. I am extremely > happy with my Incredible - it is a huge advance over the Eris in every way. > I have had it for about a month now and have NEVER had to reboot it. Glad to hear that. > > I'm interested in the comment about malware, lack of controls and poor > security. Any more info available? Malware: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/23/mcafee.shows.android.facing.huge.spike.in.malware/ Encryption: Honeycomb is the first Android OS to provide built in encryption and I don't believe any Android phones are running it yet. The iPhone has always had encryption built in with the 3GS and 4 done in hardware. The openness that people like about Android lets you anything from anywhere so there is very little vetting of software. As far as I know this cannot be disabled. Check the Malware and Security section in the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) > Because I'd like to be aware of > problems in those areas so I can take steps to prevent them. Don't Jail Break your phone. I can't believe the number of people who complain about iPhone security on JailBroken phones where the purpose of breaking them is to bypass the security. > I've already > installed an anti-virus app. And let's not forget the hoo hah a couple of > months ago regarding the file of location info that Apple secretly collected > on the iPhone That file was a mistake, was never uploaded to Apple and has since been removed. Google has more problems in this area. Read more in the wikipedia entry on Privacy. > > There are two huge advantages to the Incredible for me - Goggle Navigation > and being able to seamlessly and wirelessly sync my phone calendar and > address book with my Apple desktop out of the box. > > My wife is equally happy with her iPhone. I think it comes down to what > sort of user you are ( yes :"user", these are computers that happen to make > phone calls). > > My wife is not a computer expert and like most Apple products, the iPhone is > very simple to set up and use for the simple, everyday stuff. I have a > computer background and like to set up a phone the way I want it to be, not > the way the manufacturer thinks it should be. Plus, no matter how good > Apple products are, I hate the business practices they have adopted over the > last couple of years. > > Pete > Molly's Revenge _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
