iPhones and Android phones are different and each have their pros and cons. I think the openness of Android is more significant than you portray below, but that's just my opinion. I think there are a lot of things you can do because to the openness of Android that you either cannot do on the iPhone or have to jump through quite a few hoops to make it happen. SD card support, accessing phone storage, physical keyboard options, ring tone management, different synthesizer options, switching to different on screen keyboards, widgets, peripheral support, and the list goes on. True these may not be important to everyone, and there may be ways around these limitations, but I think it's up to each user, sighted or blind, to determine how significant these issues are. If this openness wasn't important to some people that you wouldn't have people wanting to exploit vulnerabilities in IOS to jail break their iPhones.
It's also not as clear to me that viruses and malware are not an issue on the iPhone. Malware can get onto a device through means other than just through apps. There have also been instances where Apple has regretted letting apps into the App Store, so I don't know how rigorous Apple's app review process is or that some smart app developer couldn't slip something through. If you Google viruses and the iPhone, you'll see lot of opinions on both sides as to how secure the iPhone is. It's also not clear to me that the only way to create a secure system is by closing it up. Obviously, that limits the points of failure, but having a lot of eyes looking at a code base, such an open OS like Linux, can help keep a lot of programmatic vulnerabilities from existing in the first place. I'm not saying one approach is better than the other. They're just different. Different people will have different opinions, and what will be important to one person won't be important to another. I myself am an iPhone owner, but I just don't see the point in someone using one platform running down the other platform, especially when they don't have experience with the latest and greatest on each platform. On 12/12/12 22:17, James Mannion wrote: > While we can not deny anything is possible, and yes I am sure someone > determined enough could make something like that happen with an > IPhone, they would have to jump through a lot of hoops to do it and to > get the code approved and into the store. What the android fans love > to level against the IPhone is how it is such a closed system and > theirs is so open. Yes, open to malware consistently on the rise So > far as I know there are few things one would likely truly care about > that they do with this "open" system that we do not have a way of > doing. Yes there are a few, they can use more synthesizers for > example. Most of what is sited often though it seems they haven't > chosen to investigate the method of doing on IOS. So the bang for the > buck on that open system is not all that much of a bang I don't think. > > On 12/12/12, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, that happens with Android phones. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13/12/2012, at 15:50, "CD" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> That's what I thought but it's sure on the news lately about how someone >>> bought a ringtone thing and their phones were scamed from this computer >>> who >>> tracked everything they purchased at the mall and everyone they texted >>> to. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Grant Hardy >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:48 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Antivirus software >>> >>> Unless you begin to "hack" your iPhone, in all honesty I wouldn't worry >>> about it and there aren't system-wide antivirus apps designed for the >>> iPhone. They aren't really needed. Since each app is kept in its own >>> sandbox >>> and cannot access anything else on your device aside from specific API >>> hooks >>> (i.e. when an app asks for permission to access your contacts), and since >>> all code is signed and approved by Apple, the chances of malicious code >>> being able to run on your device are very slim. The security model of iOS >>> means that it's just about the most secure type of platform you'll ever >>> see. >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> On 12/12/12, CD <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I've been watching the news and hearing about all of the phone scams >>>> out there. What I would like to know is what antivirus software >>>> should we put on our smart phones? They keep saying to get one but I >>>> have no idea which one to get and how they work. Fortunately I don't >>>> use the web a lot and I only buy apps from the App Store but if anyone >>>> has any info on what to get I would greatly appreciate it. 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