People don't use email for personal communication as much in my group of friends. Hell, I don't even have anyone's email address. Text messaging is faster and more convenient. Why are you knocking a technology because you don't like it??
Widgets and multitasking do not result in low battery life for phones. Who are you to say that widgets aren't useful for someone else?
Google developed Android.... it didn't purchase it. Someone else correct me if I'm wrong. And most people who use Android have and continue to use iOS via iPods and iPads.... Why do you think people are as closed off as you when it comes to diversifying brands? It is good to use many brands to form a better opinion of technology. Obviously you haven't used Windows in the last few years if you think that people assume crashing computers is a major part in their computer usage...
You make some really strange assumptions about millions of people here. Maybe you should step back and try to open your mind a little bit. I don't worship Apple for everything they do, I just recognize when they do a good job. In some instances it is more obvious than others but in some cases other companies are succeeding where Apple fails.
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Google bought Android from a company as mentioned above by someone.
Multitasking does result in lower battery life. It's simple math, multiple apps running in background at same time means you consume more power. Just like more cylinders in cars consume more gasoline. Or more shower heads in your house consume more water overall. Idk about widgets because that's more complicated than multitasking in terms of power consumption. Some are just widgets to toggle settings like bluetooth, wifi, etc. Some consume data which requires more power. Apple's multitasking method is not true multitasking. It's very similar to the concept of computer RAM. And only certain services can be multitasked (audio for example) and no more than one app is running at a time.
Also, text messaging IS email. On the front end, it looks and feels different but in the back end, it's the email protocol. Every phone number is an email address (i.e. 123-456-7891@verizon.com). The only difference is that text messaging is email with many features disabled. You can't send certain files (word docs, powerpoint, etc.) through text but you can through email. And text only works through cellphones (albeit there are some websites or smartphone apps that send text messages) versus email working on a multitude of devices (laptop, desktop, etc.).
Email is still used widely for businesses. It's more featured and there are many client software for it. And generally, it's free like Gmail or Yahoo or Hotmail. Text messaging is essentially the same thing but it's more popular for social communication. I wouldn't use email when I ask my friends where they are or if they want to hang out. Not all of them have smartphones or email-enabled phones or even data plans. But every phone made in the last decade or so has text messaging abilities. It's the same technology but tailored to fit different situations.
