Bingo! I just like having a hardware button that takes me straight back to the last thing I was doing without having to initialize some type of "task manager" mode & then choose the app I want to return to. Just fewer presses, that's all.
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Root Why do you like Android? (Not an apple hate thread. C'mon guys :p)
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Bingo! I just like having a hardware button that takes me straight back to the last thing I was doing without having to initialize some type of "task manager" mode & then choose the app I want to return to. Just fewer presses, that's all.
ben1122a
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Exactly. And because I do everything else on my phone so I can watch videos and do everything else at the same time
whohasaquestio
Newbie
I don't see the merit of using two phones simultaneously. But if you can, that's more power to you.
I don't see the merit of using two phones simultaneously. But if you can, that's more power to you.
The iPod Touch is not a phone. My assumption is that he's watching YT videos on the iPod Touch so that it doesn't drain the batteries on the MT. I've watched a few videos on the MT and it drains the battery in no time.
OverByter
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C'mon, if nothing else the Intercept was the first Android phone available on prepaid and taught me a great deal of tricks and patience. With JosephMothers UD6 rom and kernel it was actually usable. And remarkably for Virgin they actually pushed the FroYo update to the phone.
connorallen
Newbie
With Android most everything is free. With Apple you have to pay for almost everything. I have a Motorola Triumph running Miui. For me, it does everything I need it to do. If I could improve one thing it would be the data speed. In todays world 3g is too slow. But I can deal with it, I don't use data all that much.
When people ask me if they should buy an Android or an Iphone, I tell them if you just want it to work, than buy the Iphone. If you like to tinker than buy the Android
When people ask me if they should buy an Android or an Iphone, I tell them if you just want it to work, than buy the Iphone. If you like to tinker than buy the Android
I prefer android over ios for many of the same reasons that I prefer windows over os x. Basically, I find that android does what I want it to do, but more often than not with ios, I find that you have to do what it wants you to do. I appreciate the attention to detail and cleanness of ios, but I just love the freedom and customizability of android. I love that i get to choose my own keyboard, I love that i can easily drag and drop files onto my device, I love that I have widgets and love that I can pretty much customize every aspect of my device how I want it. I can play any music or video file type on my android, but not an ios device.
I do thing apple devices have really nice hardware though and that they tend to get some better apps or just get apps faster. Generally though that is because apple sues anyone who comes close to copying their hardware and the itunes app store has just been around longer.
I do thing apple devices have really nice hardware though and that they tend to get some better apps or just get apps faster. Generally though that is because apple sues anyone who comes close to copying their hardware and the itunes app store has just been around longer.
In my opinion, Google made Android as not an open source. It looks like open source because it is based on Linux. A lot of people are familiar with Linux file structures and it's source. Therefore, people started to look into Android and start taking it apart to make it look like an open source. That is one of the reason, I think, that Google or any other manufactures does not release their information to general public. As Android being based on Linux, it's very easy to pull out and modify it doesn't necessarily mean it should be considered open source.
On the other hand, Apple was very secretive about their devices since the beginning and they kept their idea consistent. After all, something that is consistently improving always wins over approval of public when compared to something drastically changing without its consistency. If you ask Apple users, they will emphasize on one update and make a huge deal about it. Why? Because they feel it as improvement and they are experiencing it. For us Android users, we have great improvements but we cannot experience it because it was drastic. It happened relatively overnight without any warnings. Users were not the top priority. It's like Google and other Android phone manufactures are telling us, if you want the improvement, then you have to buy the latest thing. That is the real downsize of Android. Apple would try to upgrade their oldest machine to latest software if possible until it becomes unseable.
The difference is that iOS is made more for average users and Android seems to aim for users who will want the next best thing at no matter what the cost is. To be honest, Android is not a complicated device. Yes, it was a big flaw in 2.1 but after Froyo and up, it was a stable OS. Average user would have not as many problem with the device as they would not do anything more than text, talk and maybe play some angry bird. This doesn't suit us. We are the community that wants the latest upgrade possible. So, we are constantly tweaking the device. That creates more bugs which causes us more frustration.
I know this from experience because my mom has Galaxy S2 and she is still using the ROM that came with it when it came out. She is able to do everything she wants on it and there is no complain from her. She is a technology impaired person and she can do things like watching video, Facebook, surfing the net, looking up on the map, etc. easily and efficiently. Would she choose iOS? Yes. But for her, it doesn't make any differences. On the other hand, I have Triumph. It came with 2.2. I don't like to use it normally. I mess with it. I flash new ROMs. I install new things. I wipe and format partition constantly. My phone doesn't look the same each day. For me, not being able to upgrade doesn't suit me at all. Would I choose iOS? Hell no. Why? Because I don't like things being the same forever. Yes. iOS gets upgraded. But look at iPhone 4 and iPhone 5. Any major changes? Look the same. Feel the same. What is the point for $800 machine?
In the end, it's all just user preferences. For an average user, iPhone will easily win over. For someone who is curious about technology, Android will easily win over. A few bugs don't bother us. We know we will deal with it and eventually make it better. We just don't know when. For average user, if something doesn't work, they will get bothered by it and they will leave it to find something that works for their average use. If iPhone has HDMI and if it doesn't work, average user will make huge deal. For use, we just simply ignore it.
So, for me, I would choose Android over iPhone. If I were to ever get an iPhone, that is only to keep something stable backup.
On the other hand, Apple was very secretive about their devices since the beginning and they kept their idea consistent. After all, something that is consistently improving always wins over approval of public when compared to something drastically changing without its consistency. If you ask Apple users, they will emphasize on one update and make a huge deal about it. Why? Because they feel it as improvement and they are experiencing it. For us Android users, we have great improvements but we cannot experience it because it was drastic. It happened relatively overnight without any warnings. Users were not the top priority. It's like Google and other Android phone manufactures are telling us, if you want the improvement, then you have to buy the latest thing. That is the real downsize of Android. Apple would try to upgrade their oldest machine to latest software if possible until it becomes unseable.
The difference is that iOS is made more for average users and Android seems to aim for users who will want the next best thing at no matter what the cost is. To be honest, Android is not a complicated device. Yes, it was a big flaw in 2.1 but after Froyo and up, it was a stable OS. Average user would have not as many problem with the device as they would not do anything more than text, talk and maybe play some angry bird. This doesn't suit us. We are the community that wants the latest upgrade possible. So, we are constantly tweaking the device. That creates more bugs which causes us more frustration.
I know this from experience because my mom has Galaxy S2 and she is still using the ROM that came with it when it came out. She is able to do everything she wants on it and there is no complain from her. She is a technology impaired person and she can do things like watching video, Facebook, surfing the net, looking up on the map, etc. easily and efficiently. Would she choose iOS? Yes. But for her, it doesn't make any differences. On the other hand, I have Triumph. It came with 2.2. I don't like to use it normally. I mess with it. I flash new ROMs. I install new things. I wipe and format partition constantly. My phone doesn't look the same each day. For me, not being able to upgrade doesn't suit me at all. Would I choose iOS? Hell no. Why? Because I don't like things being the same forever. Yes. iOS gets upgraded. But look at iPhone 4 and iPhone 5. Any major changes? Look the same. Feel the same. What is the point for $800 machine?
In the end, it's all just user preferences. For an average user, iPhone will easily win over. For someone who is curious about technology, Android will easily win over. A few bugs don't bother us. We know we will deal with it and eventually make it better. We just don't know when. For average user, if something doesn't work, they will get bothered by it and they will leave it to find something that works for their average use. If iPhone has HDMI and if it doesn't work, average user will make huge deal. For use, we just simply ignore it.
So, for me, I would choose Android over iPhone. If I were to ever get an iPhone, that is only to keep something stable backup.
heyhaymayj
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I have to say I agree with mostly everyone else. The MT is my second Android device. I started out with an HTC.
Before I was using VM, I was with Verizon on one of the first windows phones, a Kin TwoM. I loved that phone so much and I was sad to have to leave Verizon and let it go even though the phone itself was dying just a few months after I had bought it. I loved it's interface and it's uniqueness so so much.
Now that I have my Android, I have to say that I love it more than my old Microsoft Windows phone. It's just as unique and quirky. I can customize it in a million ways. I AM OBSESSED WITH LAUNCHERS. Yes. And widgets. I love showing off to all my Apple user friends how I can make my Android look and act (mostly) like an iPhone 5 with some very simple tools, like those launchers I mentioned. Or, I can even customize it to look almost exactly like my old Kin that I loved so much.
I've had experience with Apple products. For years, I used Apple as my main MP3 player choice. I never have used an iPhone but I do have an iTouch. To be quite honest, I hate the thing. When I got my Kin I started using that as my music player instead. Reasons being, iPods always seem to have issues (at least for me) with connecting to their own software - iTunes! These days, I'm LUCKY if I can get my iPod to detect on iTunes. My computer detects it, my USB cables and ports work just fine. Why iTunes is so defective, I just don't understand. I know many have mentioned the flexibility in upgrading. But I haven't had any upgrades done on my iTouch in at least a year. In fact, more than half the apps in the store don't even work for me anymore. I'm not "allowed" to use them or download them - even apps I PAID FOR. I have an older iTouch; one that's not even really all that old. It's only around 2 yrs old. And I find it really unfair that I can't use some of the most simple apps available in the store.
But I can use just about anything I want to use on an Android NO MATTER how old it is and I can upgrade it on my own with the help of custom ROMs that are far superior, imo, to any of Apple's upgrades. Apple also seems to be very slow coming with their upgrades. I remember just a few yrs ago, having cell phones with 10MP cameras built in, but the iTouch did not even have this feature yet. Many people seem to think that Apple is the one who brought on the touch screen phenomenon but that's just not true at all. Smartphones were there first. A lot of people believe that Apple is extremely innovative but I have to disagree. In a battle between Linux vs. Apple - Linux seems to always be there first.
The last thing I would say is that I hate Apple's limited storage options. With my Android, I can have a whole slew of SD cards in different sizes and just switch them out to fit my needs. But with Apple, I often have run out of space in the past and so then I would have to go delete things off of it.
All in all, I'm not hating on Apple. I've used their products myself and enjoyed them to a certain degree. Apple is very user friendly and easy to understand. But I just enjoy using Android A LOT more and I like messing with it. Honest to god, I can spend hours messing with my Android changing things around. Android challenges me and gives me a lot of freedom to do what I want with it, while in comparison Apple is quite restricting.
Before I was using VM, I was with Verizon on one of the first windows phones, a Kin TwoM. I loved that phone so much and I was sad to have to leave Verizon and let it go even though the phone itself was dying just a few months after I had bought it. I loved it's interface and it's uniqueness so so much.
Now that I have my Android, I have to say that I love it more than my old Microsoft Windows phone. It's just as unique and quirky. I can customize it in a million ways. I AM OBSESSED WITH LAUNCHERS. Yes. And widgets. I love showing off to all my Apple user friends how I can make my Android look and act (mostly) like an iPhone 5 with some very simple tools, like those launchers I mentioned. Or, I can even customize it to look almost exactly like my old Kin that I loved so much.
I've had experience with Apple products. For years, I used Apple as my main MP3 player choice. I never have used an iPhone but I do have an iTouch. To be quite honest, I hate the thing. When I got my Kin I started using that as my music player instead. Reasons being, iPods always seem to have issues (at least for me) with connecting to their own software - iTunes! These days, I'm LUCKY if I can get my iPod to detect on iTunes. My computer detects it, my USB cables and ports work just fine. Why iTunes is so defective, I just don't understand. I know many have mentioned the flexibility in upgrading. But I haven't had any upgrades done on my iTouch in at least a year. In fact, more than half the apps in the store don't even work for me anymore. I'm not "allowed" to use them or download them - even apps I PAID FOR. I have an older iTouch; one that's not even really all that old. It's only around 2 yrs old. And I find it really unfair that I can't use some of the most simple apps available in the store.
But I can use just about anything I want to use on an Android NO MATTER how old it is and I can upgrade it on my own with the help of custom ROMs that are far superior, imo, to any of Apple's upgrades. Apple also seems to be very slow coming with their upgrades. I remember just a few yrs ago, having cell phones with 10MP cameras built in, but the iTouch did not even have this feature yet. Many people seem to think that Apple is the one who brought on the touch screen phenomenon but that's just not true at all. Smartphones were there first. A lot of people believe that Apple is extremely innovative but I have to disagree. In a battle between Linux vs. Apple - Linux seems to always be there first.
The last thing I would say is that I hate Apple's limited storage options. With my Android, I can have a whole slew of SD cards in different sizes and just switch them out to fit my needs. But with Apple, I often have run out of space in the past and so then I would have to go delete things off of it.
All in all, I'm not hating on Apple. I've used their products myself and enjoyed them to a certain degree. Apple is very user friendly and easy to understand. But I just enjoy using Android A LOT more and I like messing with it. Honest to god, I can spend hours messing with my Android changing things around. Android challenges me and gives me a lot of freedom to do what I want with it, while in comparison Apple is quite restricting.