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iPhone = digital oppression

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Just like the PC, Apple innovates and then gets left in the dust by their narrow minded need to control everything. By making their system open source Google, like Microsoft before them with the PC's, will dominate slates, TV's, and smart phones in the future.


The introduction of the iPhone with it's capacitive touch screen and multi-touch interface was a revolution. It made other smart phones look like cheap clunky crap. So for a while they ran the table and where the standard in smart phones. Then they did the same thing with tablets. Other tablets running windows where and are still clunky crap.


That did not last long. As in the past Apple's need to be exclusive and restrictive was tantamount to cutting off their nose to spite their face. The iPhone for a long time could not even send multi media messages. Something the cheapest phones could do. It still won't allow flash viewing, adding more memory or changing the battery. At least they allowed people to write programs for it. Something that tripped them up with the PC. But they still did not learn from that because they want to control any and all content put on the iPhone. You have to go through iTunes to put music on the device. You cannot get content from anywhere other than Apple. Greedy and stupid if you ask me.


I don't even want to go into all the problems I've had with iTunes and sharing music with my family. iTunes won't even let you sync other devices with it. A huge mistake for Apple again. They lost a lot of money with that move as well.


Then into the smart phone void enters the Google Android system. An open source operating system that any smart phone manufacturer can license and use on their devices. So once the other electronics manufacturers could catch up with the technology they had a great OS they could use. You can also adapt it to slate's, TV's, eReaders and any other touch screen interface device. Maybe cars in the future, the possibilities are endless.


So on an Android device you can down load content from anywhere, add memory, change the battery, and customize it anyway you want. So much for Apple, left in the dust again by their own narrow minded need for control.


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Having used Android devices (Nexus One, Evo) I'd take iOS and the iPhone any day of the week. Even rooted, Android can't keep up with itself. Being somewhat knowledgable with cell phone tech, I was able to keep it up and running but when I passed it to my wife because I couldn't stand the lag she couldn't get back to her iPhone quick enough.

I don't want it to seem like I'm an Apple or iPhone "fanboy" because the Misses and I are switching off between the HTC Surround (great phone, btw) and my iPhone 4. Windows Phone 7 is definitely comparable and even surpasses iOS in some aspects, something that can't be said for Android.

So keep your flash, your unorganized springboards, your lag, crashes and mandatory resets. iOS does everything I need it to do and does it elegantly.

Here, you can have your soapbox back. ;)
 
It would be funny if the OP and "lostprophet" turned out to be the same poster trying to start a little controversy on a slow day! LOL

I could respect that, but another iPhone verses Android thread more bordom than I can take!
 
I say we have some fun with it, for example...

If you were being chased by a big, angry dog, which would be better to throw at it?

What about a big angry girlfriend?
 
That's the great thing about options is everyone can get the phone that that are happy with.

Another android/iOS debate though... :( ...

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