Oh, yea, another one.....But hear (read) me out, okay?
I don't know why this is bothering me. I don't really care if Android has more or less market share than the iPhone. Buy and use what you like and don't worry about everyone else, is my philosophy. I'm coming from an iPhone 3g to my Evo. I didn't use the internet much on my old iPhone, because data speeds were just in the toilet. Of course that's Sprint v ATT. The internet experience is just better on my Evo. Even the apps I had on my iphone, I didn't use that much, because they just didn't seem that useful to me. I find myself picking up my Evo much more often.
But, I read on these fora often about how the iPhone iOS is "just more polished" and/or easier to use than Android. Usually spoken in generalities. And while I agree that it is probably easier, I don't completely agree that it's more polished.
Here's an article about the 5 things Google needs to fix:
5 Things Google Still Needs to Fix in Android | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
For the most part, I agree, too. But a lot of that has to do with the market, and it should be easy to fix. On the other hand, I like the Android market better than apple's store. And the things I would like to change about my phone, for the most part, I can. I have three different music players, just to see which one I like better. I changed the keyboard. I got a different gallery app, because the Evo doesn't have built in Picasa integration. I don't even know if you can do stuff like that on a jailbroken iphone, let alone a stock one. (I jailbroke my 3g just to sell it (($210 on ebay btw))
So, I'm running my Evo with Launcher Pro. Even with the Sense launcher, I think the os has plenty of polish. Look at some of the screen shot threads here, and tell me that those don't look polished. I've seen screen shots of jailbroken iphones, and there's really nothing special going on there.
iPhone and Android are totally different beasts, though. With iphone, you just get page after page of little squares. Android has widgets, which are awesome. You know, things are just different in how they do things, and for the most part, it's not that hard to figure it out. I love my Evo and don't miss my iphone at all.
I don't know.....I guess my question is, what do you think is so much more "polished" about the iPhone, specifically? And why do you think we feel the need to stack up to iphone? If anything, Android is far superior. You just have to get used to how things work. To quote the cliche, it's like apples and oranges to me.
Discuss.
I don't know why this is bothering me. I don't really care if Android has more or less market share than the iPhone. Buy and use what you like and don't worry about everyone else, is my philosophy. I'm coming from an iPhone 3g to my Evo. I didn't use the internet much on my old iPhone, because data speeds were just in the toilet. Of course that's Sprint v ATT. The internet experience is just better on my Evo. Even the apps I had on my iphone, I didn't use that much, because they just didn't seem that useful to me. I find myself picking up my Evo much more often.
But, I read on these fora often about how the iPhone iOS is "just more polished" and/or easier to use than Android. Usually spoken in generalities. And while I agree that it is probably easier, I don't completely agree that it's more polished.
Here's an article about the 5 things Google needs to fix:
5 Things Google Still Needs to Fix in Android | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
For the most part, I agree, too. But a lot of that has to do with the market, and it should be easy to fix. On the other hand, I like the Android market better than apple's store. And the things I would like to change about my phone, for the most part, I can. I have three different music players, just to see which one I like better. I changed the keyboard. I got a different gallery app, because the Evo doesn't have built in Picasa integration. I don't even know if you can do stuff like that on a jailbroken iphone, let alone a stock one. (I jailbroke my 3g just to sell it (($210 on ebay btw))
So, I'm running my Evo with Launcher Pro. Even with the Sense launcher, I think the os has plenty of polish. Look at some of the screen shot threads here, and tell me that those don't look polished. I've seen screen shots of jailbroken iphones, and there's really nothing special going on there.
iPhone and Android are totally different beasts, though. With iphone, you just get page after page of little squares. Android has widgets, which are awesome. You know, things are just different in how they do things, and for the most part, it's not that hard to figure it out. I love my Evo and don't miss my iphone at all.
I don't know.....I guess my question is, what do you think is so much more "polished" about the iPhone, specifically? And why do you think we feel the need to stack up to iphone? If anything, Android is far superior. You just have to get used to how things work. To quote the cliche, it's like apples and oranges to me.
Discuss.