I completely agree with you. It is true that there is a learning curve that comes with the Os but once oyu catch up to everyone else your golden. Andriod very good when it comes to work. I use it for my job all the time. I am a network engineer. I use my andriod pretty much for everything. I can do everything I need to do on my andriod with out a hassle at all. Granted that apple can probably do the same but I need the speed that the andriod provides over the a lower specked Iphone
And also when I do finally get an upgraded phone or a update for the OS I would like to see noticeable changes. The iPhone pretty much is the same thing OVER AND OVER. There might be a few changes but still it hasn't really changed where as the android is constantly evolving into something better.
I'm a network engineer too and I see no reason as to what you could possibly be doing with an Android platform that you can't already do on the iPhone, I totally disagree that Android is faster purely on the basis that Android was designed as I've said and others, to go across a broad spectrum of hardware that sounds great but in fact it's complete rubbish, because at it's roots they have to develop the software at the hardwares most common highest user base, if droid was designed to work with specific hardware then it would be a much a faster utilised OS, iOS is designed to work on specific hardware and so far has proven a much more stable platform to work with, and so far the only OS that supports better photo management, document management, Proxy support, iTunes, citrix Xenapp(droid has xenapp but it simply doesn't work as well).
Why do you think iPad's are the number one choice for schools/education and not droid tablets?
More apps for education that work due to being specifically programed for iOS hardware and more stringent app store filtering, less issues with Xenapp, an actual licensing program that means developers don't get screwed out of money from multiple devices one account issues.
In fact one establishment I worked in openly admitted that droid tablets was the worst decision they had ever made and now have about 150 of them sitting in a cupboard somewhere not being used while the iPads take over, and supposedly the droid tablet has better specs than the iPad 2 but because it's not utilised to work with the spec's of the tablet it's a slower less user friendly platform that fails to work with Xenapp and other apps in the store.
If it's not broke don't fix it is what I say, the very issue with droid is it's trying to look fancy with widgets, but we all know from Windows vista how that turns out, and I'm sorry you can't use the 'it's always the same" argument with iOS if it does everything and more that droid can do then why should it look different every time you update? Why should users have to relearn how to reuse their phone or their tablet?
Once you open an app your not looking at the home screen you looking at a bit of software UI, that UI is hardly going to look any different from droid to iOS.
Granted the phones specs should be better when you upgrade but your not just purchasing the hardware with iPhones your purchasing iOS too and not some freely available linux distribution they have just bunged on to the hardware.
I'm not denying some android devices are good though I do like the HTC droid phones and the LG nexus looks great too, and to be honest so does this phone, but I won't get them because everything I have at home syncs correctly and works with my iPhone, even my windows PC picks up all of my photo streams and it works, without any effort it just works, something that droid has never been able to achieve without issue in my opinion and personal experience.
Why should users of phones have to have tech knowledge to use their phones for it's desired purpose? That's what I say user friendliness and stability is key as a technology nation we have to move on from whats holding us down and that's peoples opinion of technology that it's slow doesn't work and this stops people from buying into it, it should just work.
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