Apple's first iPhone 4 fail

[toasty]

i'm not very knowledgeable about the appstore since i've never used it but a few things that come to mind:

browsers - afaik, until recently you couldn't use anything but safari on an iphone (?) and i'm quite sure android has the upper hand in choice still

is there any app to overclock the iphone, like setcpu etc. for android?

how about emulators? i know apple used to say no to those, is this still the case?

Probably fair points.

Actually, you can run opera on an iPhone and a quick search of the app store revealed a number of other browsers that are available as well. Android probably does have a more competitive marketplace for browsers, but part of the reason for that is that Safari actually works pretty well on an iPhone/iPod Touch.

Not seeing anything to overclock an iPhone. Then again, Apple is pretty picky about what it allows in the market, and if it won't run smoothly on stock hardware, it probably isn't going to get approved, so there's not as much of a need for that as there is on an Android phone where, as those of us with older phones are well aware, processor speed can have a big impact upon your experience.

Not seeing anything of consequence regarding emulators.

With all of that said, though, my overarching point is that by and large, the selection of apps on the Android market and the Apple App Store is quite similar, if you need to accomplish something, there's probably "an App for that" regardless of which platform you're using, and Apple's finicky approval process and the utter dominion it exerts over developers hasn't really resulted in an absence of choice for most things. I still stand by that.

 

[mrspeedmaster]

Are any of them PORN, or just adult-themed?

I didn't download any of the apps but does this description constitute as porn:

Best nude XXX photography, exotic, naked videos, erotic topless porn pix
Sex, breasts,tits,teens.....

source: one of the apps on the list.

Someone mentioned the other app store.
The 100@% porn appstore is called Mikandi

If you guys don't think this is a problem, you have to realize many companies like Disney (I know S Jobs is on the board) won't make apps for Android for these reasons.

 

[toasty]

I wasn't referring to the market specifically, I was just referring to the general availability of porn-related apps. There's a whole separate market devoted to porn, as I recall, although I don't remember the name of it. mini-something, perhaps?

The 100@% porn appstore is called Mikandi

Yeah, that's what I was thinking of. I got the first two letters right, at least!

 

[Demache]

I didn't download any of the apps but does this description constitute as porn:


source: one of the apps on the list.

Someone mentioned the other app store.
The 100@% porn appstore is called Mikandi

If you guys don't think this is a problem, you have to realize many companies like Disney (I know S Jobs is on the board) won't make apps for Android for these reasons.

Disney better take their site off the internet, because you can use that to get porn as well.

Kidding aside, that has got to be some ridiculous logic there in my opinion, but you know what, I'm just a stoopid 18 year old, what do I know?

Unfortunately, for people like you, fail to realize that a open market is just that. And when you have an open anything, porn is naturally going to happen. You know why? Its the internet. And that's that.

Something Google could do, that makes everyone happy, is maybe have an adult section, so all the adult oriented apps get their own section independent from other results. People get their porn apps, and parents stop complaining, and everyone is happy.

 

[byteware]

"Adult escorts" and "Bangbus girls" is not porn? I mean, everyone knows what bangbus girls are.

There is no denying, Google needs to clean house.

Why would Google need to clean house? Create an adults area, but beyond that... I don't think they should be censoring content

As a parent, I would be shocked to see that list from just doing a simple search for "Photography" I don't want my children being able to download apps that help me find hookers in my area.

Definitely needs to be an adult themed area that has restricted access. I do agree.

This isn't isolated, I can probably come up with more search examples with different results that give access to illegal content as well.
How does Google get away with letting people put out "50-cent ringtones" and other copyrighted rip-offs. I see a gazillion ringtones from different music artists that are clearly not produced by the record holder.

A bunch of reasons:

1) It's not illegal.

2) Studios like for you to have the 50 cent ringtone as long as it wasn't purchased from someone else. (any time someone hears the song, it's that much more likely they will BUY the song).

Don't believe me, do a search for "NorthStart" , "Androidz", "Axe Studio" Spam. Spam. Spammed apps littered throughout the marketplace.

Spam? I actually like the fail blog and Demotivator apps by Androidz. I dont' know what you consider those Spam.

The very first day I got an Android device and my 1st 20 minute impression was "What the hell is wrong with the marketplace, 80% of it is wallpapers, ringtones, photo images that are clearly not legal. 10 out of 100 results are fetish apps of Japanese anime starlets. WTF"

I really have to question what you were looking for, because I haven't run into that problem...ever. I don't even think I've ever seen a fetish app in the marketplace....

 

[byteware]

Are any of them PORN, or just adult-themed?

They appear to be adult-themed. I haven't actually found any app in the market with actual porn.

 

[byteware]

I didn't download any of the apps but does this description constitute as porn:

Best nude XXX photography, exotic, naked videos, erotic topless porn pix
Sex, breasts,tits,teens.....

That was from the lingerie girls app. It's a description so that people looking for porn will see this app, and hopefully purchase. It is not, as far as I can tell, porn.

If you guys don't think this is a problem, you have to realize many companies like Disney (I know S Jobs is on the board) won't make apps for Android for these reasons.

Disney will go where the money is. More people in the US will have android phones than iPhones, and regardless of whether or not SJ likes it, Disney has to do what's best for Disney, not Apple.

 

[toasty]

A bunch of reasons:

1) It's not illegal.

2) Studios like for you to have the 50 cent ringtone as long as it wasn't purchased from someone else. (any time someone hears the song, it's that much more likely they will BUY the song).

You could be right about why a studio might not want to press the issue, but you're just wrong about the legality of it. Of course it's improper -- misappropriation, copyright infringement, pick your theory.

 

[IOWA]

Oh no not missing disney apps! Because every 9 year old needs a smartphone!

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[mrspeedmaster]

1) It's not illegal.
2) Studios like for you to have the 50 cent ringtone as long as it wasn't purchased from someone else. (any time someone hears the song, it's that much more likely they will BUY the song).

It is clearly illegal.
Lady Gaga ringtone from "Droidventures" sells for $1.99
This is 100% clearly not authorized by the studio. It is being sold by some kid in New Jersey (I did A WHOIS on this outfit).

I really have to question what you were looking for, because I haven't run into that problem...ever. I don't even think I've ever seen a fetish app in the marketplace....

Ad homenium arguments aside.

The 1st thing I looked for was an Asian calendar when I got my phone.
95 out of 100 in the results for "asian" turned out to be fetish apps.
I can give more examples.

Simple search for "e-book" gives me descriptive books on sodomy.

Another search for "television" yielded more illegal content.

 

[mrqs]

Not seeing anything to overclock an iPhone. Then again, Apple is pretty picky about what it allows in the market, and if it won't run smoothly on stock hardware, it probably isn't going to get approved, so there's not as much of a need for that as there is on an Android phone where, as those of us with older phones are well aware, processor speed can have a big impact upon your experience.

i'd think there were games and such made with the 3g/3gs in mind that didn't work on the original
and with iphone 4 coming 'round with improved hardware, there's sure to be stuff that'll struggle to run on the older models
plus it's not just overclocking - people use the software to underclock as well, to conserve the battery

Not seeing anything of consequence regarding emulators.

what do you mean by that? that emulators don't bring anything significant to the table?
i'm pretty sure with the nes, snes, gameboy and whatnot emulators (not to mention dosbox) you can get more games than there are native ones for android and iphone combined

 

[toasty]

what do you mean by that? that emulators don't bring anything significant to the table?
i'm pretty sure with the nes, snes, gameboy and whatnot emulators (not to mention dosbox) you can get more games than there are native ones for android and iphone combined

No, I LOVE emulators. I have a 62" TV at home hooked up to a dedicated computer for MAME, Daphne, etc. with a SlikStik control panel that I use for playing classic arcade and console games. I'm all in when it comes to the merit of emulators. I meant when I looked on Apple's App Store, I didn't see anything on there that looked like it was worth a damn, i.e., you're right, that's another category of mobile apps that really only exists on Android.

 

[IOWA]

Emulators put android on a whole different playing field of mobile gaming than ip4. What would be nice, is if nintendo/sony made emulators for ds/psp and released downloadable titles for them. I know, won't happen, but it would be nice

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[toasty]

Emulators put android on a whole different playing field of mobile gaming than ip4. What would be nice, is if nintendo/sony made emulators for ds/psp and released downloadable titles for them. I know, won't happen, but it would be nice

I dunno. Again, this is coming from the standpoint of someone that loves emulators, but I find the experience of playing on a handheld device to be a bit hollow because the hardware is a big part of the fun. Particularly on a touchscreen, I'd much prefer to play something current that has a control scheme designed for a touchscreen than a classic game that is shoehorned onto modern hardware. Yes, it adds a lot of raw numbers in terms of games available, but not a lot in terms of the gaming experience on the platform.

Just my preference, though, to each their own.

 

[IOWA]

Emulators put android on a whole different playing field of mobile gaming than ip4. What would be nice, is if nintendo/sony made emulators for ds/psp

I dunno. Again, this is coming from the standpoint of someone that loves emulators, but I find the experience of playing on a handheld device to be a bit hollow because the hardware is a big part of the fun. Particularly on a touchscreen, I'd much prefer to play something current that has a control scheme designed for a touchscreen than a classic game that is shoehorned onto modern hardware. Yes, it adds a lot of raw numbers in terms of games available, but not a lot in terms of the gaming experience on the platform.

Just my preference, though, to each their own.

Playing games on my moment is easy & fun. Hardware qwerty rocks. I just finished up duke3d atomic

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