Ok - so 6 weeks is awhile. I'm glad we got THAT straightened out.
Any idea how long Android has been doing OTA?
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Ok - so 6 weeks is awhile. I'm glad we got THAT straightened out.
Any idea how long Android has been doing OTA?
If you are tired of these patent lawsuits, remember who started it first.
EXACTLY! Apple has too much money to spend on lawsuits.
What are you talking about? You say it wasn't originally a smart phone because it didn't have an app store? In that case, blackberry was never a smart phone originally because it did not allow installation of apps. But wait i am pretty sure EVERYONE called a blackberry a smartphone... Once again, just because you don't think one way doesn't mean everyone else should think you're way.
If 90% of people thing of something one way, then it is the right way for all intents and purposes. The other 10%, including you, are wrong. That's the way it is.
OTA apps from the web browser rolled out with Froyo I believe, so sometime last year?
OTA OS updates have been there from the start.
And then claiming it was all their work to start with and start labeling others as copiers only. It's a shame other companies don't stoop so low.
Even so (I admit I don't buy apps often anymore, if ever), it's still not as convenient as Android's web solution. It still either requires you be on the device, or a device registered the same account or have a computer with iTunes and be signed in to your account.
Android Market requires a web browser. Any old web browser will do.
What claim ? Kindle doesn't have apps for one, and for the other, I made no claim other than this was better than what Apple had or even has right now. It's more convenient.
But keep spinning.
Not entirely true, in my company there are a few Android fan. They can sure afford iPhones, they just prefer Android. Just like some nerds prefer Linux.
But I guess they might be a minority.
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Forever. Duh.
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Forever. Duh.
Nope, I said it wasn't a smartphone for many reasons, including 1 of those being you couldn't write applications for it.
My Sony Ericsson T610 from 2002 had a SDK, a phone emulator and could run 3rd party J2ME and Symbian titles.
We're so proud of you. You know many of these features have also been on iOS for jail break people.
Can't you just use what you like and not put down the others? I use iOS because I love it. Does what I need and I love everything that goes with being an Apple customers. Which is way more than just a few flashy features in the OS. But I don't think Android is bad.... I do think it's a great option... but not an option I want to take.
I think you need to validate yourself or something and it's why it's so important to you (or anyone here) to feel the need to make comparisons and claims. There are always pros and cons to both side.
This whole thread is just getting pathetic. Why does every thread need to turn into a bunch of spew???? I guess when people got nothing valuable to contribute they revert to spewing junk?
No, for the ump-tenth time Apple didn't invent the PDA . . . or should I say the actual type of device known as the PDA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDA
True, but those same features were offered for those that jailbroke because they were in many other handsets for years. Not having OTA updates and syncing of even small kb in size files was tragic on a device as awesome as the first iPhone.
By your logic, Macrumors should have the following tabs :
- iPhone rumors
- Adobe news
- Android news
- Mac device spottings
- Mac device announcements
- Mac device reviews
- iOS device spottings/parts
- iOS device announcements
- iOS device reviews
- Steve Jobs' health
- Steve Jobs related news.
- Apple financial news
- Apple lawsuit news
- iCloud and or Cloud related stuff (something I would gladly ignore)
- iTunes news
- Music Industry news
The tab list would be endless. Front Page, Mac Blog and iOS blog are good enough. Not everything is going to interest everyone and ignoring the stories that don't interest you is a perfectly acceptable solution. The multitude of tabs for every category imaginable is clearly not.
Hum, are you comparing news headlines to organizing data ? I like all my useful data organized. Headlines I can skim over.
What is this iCloud thing you're talking about ?
He should ? That's what Apple does after all when they do come up with something new and innovative.
And then they cry when it gets copied.
As I said, if 90% of people want it that way, which is what is happening with the patent stories, then yes it makes sense to put a tab for it. It is all about demand. Unfortunately your opinion isn't in high demand, and the other tabs you mentioned haven't had a demand so there would be no point in making them. You're way is not EVERYONE'S way.
Where did you get this 90% figure ? I saw like 3-5 people whining about it and that's it.
i laugh at all of these comments. WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH??
Companies sue each other ALL THE TIME. It's business, hardly newsworthy. You guys act as if apple is plotting against humanity. geez.
Companies sue each other ALL THE TIME. It's business, hardly newsworthy. You guys act as if apple is plotting against humanity. geez.
Why do you care so much that you need to post about it and read all these comments ?
A smartphone doesn't have any certain things that make it a smartphone. It's a name thrown out for sales. There are flip phone smart phones even. Really all a smart phone is is a phone that does more then what a normal phone does. Back in 1998 there really wasn't much you could do with phones other than change the nokia color casings so once phones started to be able to do more things, they branded them as smart phones. So yes, when the iPhone was released it was a smart phone. Just because you didn't think that it was doesn't mean it wasn't.
I have to agree that all these threads are turning into crap. And it's because of posters LIKE YOU who feel the need to do so. I seriously don't understand why it's so hard to get along.Why do you care so much that you need to post about it and read all these comments ?
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Question: why are you here besides to troll? I never said it was innovative, and I honestly don't care if Android had it first. If you really think it's THAT important to scream "I'm #1!", then woop-de-doo.
Then why do you care when Android gets something that iOS had first?
Great! But shouldn't we discuss who innovates and who copies, as usual, and who had this kind of feature first?
ok maybe 90% was a thrown out number, BUT when the first couple of posts are specifically about not wanting to read the patent posts then yes there is a demand for it.
Why do you care so much that you need to post about it and read all these comments ?
ok, i didn't read ALL of the comments