iPhone vs Droid - Interesting

[loskickking23]

Hype......I will stick with my iphone.....I know if I switched I would regret it...I'm not a fan of the keyboard anyway...

 

[Cleverboy]

Well I understand that you feel that the iPhone is a superior device, but don't you think that the Droid is a good alternative for those of us who either cannot get AT&T service or have poor AT&T service?

It's an EXCELLENT alternative.

The only thing you'll hear me dissing the Android phones on is the notion that Google is collecting data on your every movement at all times. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, so I have a hard time caring about the implications of this fact. I believe its just anonymous aggregated cloud data until I hear differently. The last time the government tried to get information from Google, I think they were very upfront about asking for a warrant (unlike some companies).

I'm also understanding the 256MB application limit better, so I'm thinking its not a deal breaker, but it will cause me a lot of grief when it comes to installing and uninstalling large applications that need to link to their data residing on the connected SD card. I'm already nebulous about keep separate backups versions of application data on the iPhone... Android seems more accessible, but also more complicated (I recently installed the latest Wolfenstein 3D version, and Id required me to install the app fresh). I'd just as soon assume everyone is as computer savvy as I am (or more so), and that all of these types of details are trivial, but I'm not particularly sold on that notion. I handed my wife my old iPhone 3G, and used her contract to get her iPhone 3Gs at the discount rate. I'm not sure how many platforms she'll want to follow me through. The iPhone hasn't been too difficult, but its a new universe for her.

I'm hoping the Droid comes out for AT&T (GSM). Maybe I'll be able to stick my iPhone SIM in it and keep it as a backup device. I'd just as soon be first in line for Google innovations, and not have to wait for Apple to program their API into their system... or decide if they want the feature at all.

That said... I'm all about saving time, and the iPhone is by far more time-efficient for me. That's why I've backed away from jail-breaking it. I will always be a gadget geek at heart though. Android really pushes the industry forward.

~ CB

 

[kdarling]

I do not want to deal with wondering how much ROM storage is left for apps and whether I have the right SD card in there for the data for the app that I want to use.

Easy. Just leave the same SD card in, and you'll never have to worry about whether you have the right one or not.

Simultaneous phone/data ability is why GSM (AT&T) is superior to CDMA. (Verizon)

Didn't seem to stop sales of the first iPhone model.

Or for that matter, all the newer ATT sales to people who live where there's either no 3G or only sometimes.

It might be that having solid voice and 3G separately, is better than having dropped calls and flaky 3G together at times.

That said, I'd love the option. The CDMA2000 1X-Advanced standard has just been finalized, with tower cards available mid-2010. If Verizon adopted it, you'd not only get quadruple the number of voice calls per tower, but Simultaneous 1X voice and EVDO data (called "SVDO"). Fingers crossed, even if LTE makes it all moot.

 

[TMar]

Some desktop apps are like that: you need the CD-ROM for clipart etc, unless you have the onboard space to put it.

But I agree... a buyer who's totally clueless about technology, and doesn't intend to learn any, should probably stick with something simplistic like an iPhone for now.



Not at all. What it means, is that it has a level of functionality above what the iPhone provides.

As I noted when it first came out, Apple's design choice of only allowing built-in storage was not motivated so much by making people pay to upgrade (whereas on other phones, you drop in more storage)... but to make life easier for their OS programmers and users.

Removeable storage cards have been a pain for mobile OS's to handle since the beginning. There's no clear and easy way to divide them, although Android is trying.

The user has to have at least some brains involved. Just like owning a stick shift, or a really nice home theatre system. There's no reason to dumb down everything in the world (as they've done in schools to make everyone pass), nor to try to always target the least common denominator user.

Guess I should drop the TB drives and dust off the floppies...

 

[willpower101]

As someone that carries both a Hero and iPhone on a daily basis, I can easily say there is "NO WAY" the soft keyboard of the hero, compares to the one of the iPhone. Try typing with a bunch of apps open and you will wait for the keyboard to catch up.

Second!

Been carrying both for a month. Iphone browsing and keyboard BLOWS Sprint Hero's android out of the water even with htc sense ui.



Au contriare, android's integration with google, contacts, groups, individual contact sms customization, group texts, and background programs like updated google maps, latitude, and locale blow the iphone 3gs out of the water.

Winner? Iphone ui is still 100x better. Android lags and has crap for apps. 6mos to 1 more year of dev before it's ready i'd say. Android is still too green.

 

[Mike2128]

As a user of all 3 iterations of the iPhone, I can honestly say I like the Droid as much, if not better. And yes, I have used it. On screen keyboard is just as good.