Android is losing the smartphone war!

[Killermachine252]

Apple fanboy much? As I've been reading through the posts, its been turning into less of a discussion and more of a post anything I can to make myself correct even if it has the tiniest bit of relevance to the actual topic itself, as well as a sales campaign Everyone has their own personal preferences for the type of smartphone they like as they have specific features that appeal to them more than the other, its as simple as that. Now can't we just get along? lol

Oh, and I haven't caught the smartphone fever as of yet as I'm stuck with my old Motorola flip phone xD If by any chance I do in the near future, I'd prolly get myself a Blackberry It'd go absolutely well with my Playbook tablet

[ant1th3s1s]

also taking news posts from a local south african news source seems like your grasping at straws

From the person quoting random Portuguese and Estonian sources, that's the pot calling the kettle black.

On topic - I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS4 recently and it's crashing constantly ever since. I can't go 5 mins without SpringBoard apologising for the inconvience and I regret not sticking with iOS3. I may be an Apple advocate, but they're not immune to stonewalling the O/S upgrade path either.

That said, Android phones feel like plastic junk with a clumsy, laggy, clunky O/S in comparison, so my next phone purchase will definitely be an iPhone 5.

[ApplePope]

Now you're seriously bordering on stupid.

Yes. You CAN get custom skins and cases for Android phones.

WTF is wrong with you? Now you're just throwing random shit out there just to get your point across.

Total & complete ignorance at its finest.

You need to calm down, seriously. I only posted that as a joke, it might not be a funny joke but still.

WTF is wrong with you?

I think you might have some problems, but luckily i found some online help for you
Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You

Or is it wrong of me to assume you have some mental health problems? Would that be ignorant of me? Oh well.

[Vulgar]

I think you might have some problems, but luckily i found some online help for you
Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You

Or is it wrong of me to assume you have some mental health problems? Would that be ignorant of me? Oh well.

I think you might have some problems, but luckily i found some online help for you
Fixation (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or is it wrong of me to assume you sleep at night with your Iphone under your pillow? Or that you post Smartphone fanboyism on a PS3 trophy website? (Even if it is a fact). Oh well.

[ApplePope]

I think you might have some problems, but luckily i found some online help for you
Fixation (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or is it wrong of me to assume you sleep at night with your Iphone under your pillow?

If you were going to recommend help to me it could have at least been an online course or something, how am i going to get better with a wikipedia article??

[Vulgar]

If you were going to recommend help to me it could have at least been an online course or something, how am i going to get better with a wikipedia article??

It was just to give you a general idea of where to start. You're more than welcome to Google it, provided you have the mental capacity.

Besides I don't care about you enough to spoon feed information to you.

[Kal]

[Nagflar]

Tech lovers who try to get the 'best' smartphone out there, because they think that the more shit the phone can do, the better it is.

[DaRe_xLw]

Tech lovers who try to get the 'best' smartphone out there, because they think that the more shit the phone can do, the better it is.

I remember when the main purpose of a phone used to be for making phone calls for communication.

[Nagflar]

I remember when the main purpose of a phone used to be for making phone calls for communication.

Yeah, me too! hence why my phone sucks in the technical department, but it works for sending/receiveing calls and messages, so why should I complain?

[SolDethgard]

Yes he was Fantastic Four's arch-villian. I didn't care for the book save for when Doom was in it. He made that book interesting to me.

[Gauss]

These android phones being denied 4.0 are sometimes only 6 months- 1 year old, think about those very unhappy Galaxy S and Nexus One users

So your cutoff for a useable phone is a year then? Its ok to deny after a year? Seems kind of arbitrary and stupid to me to have a cut-off point like that.

You're either ok with a cut-off point for a family of products or you aren't.

EDIT: NVM, ICS not coming to Nexus One officially, its a 3rd party port.

Either way I find this a crappy point anyway, it doesn't influence app development in terms of BC because the runtime environment isn't changing. Its just adding new features, atleast up-to ICS... I haven't diddled around with ICS yet.

Oh i thought siri was using Nuances voice command engine?
Siri, Do You Use Nuance Technology? Siri: I’m Sorry, I Can’t Answer That. | TechCrunch

I also thought that when Vlingo was bought out by Nuance they switched Vlingo over to Nuances engine as well? maybe I'm wrong
Nuance gobbles up Vlingo, yearns to transcribe its own announcement -- Engadget

Vlingo is owned by Nuance now, they weren't in 2008, and actually the buyout came out of a desire to stop the legal battle over Vlingo vs. Nuance tech.

Oh, and I'm glad you stumbled onto one piece of the puzzle, but Siri is more than just Nuance, as is Vlingo. If Siri is just Nuance, why would Apple bother paying the guy from SRI who worked with DARPA? And why isn't Nuance suing the shit outta Apple?

Its because Siri isn't just Nuance... Siri is its own iteration that has its own quirks.

On topic - I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS4 recently and it's crashing constantly ever since. I can't go 5 mins without SpringBoard apologising for the inconvience and I regret not sticking with iOS3. I may be an Apple advocate, but they're not immune to stonewalling the O/S upgrade path either..

I'm actually dumping iPhone next upgrade because of this, I know people think Android is clunky but after working with it I enjoy it alot... And my sis's HTC works better than my iPhone.

[Submerge]

Its about time they updated to a new phone, anyway the majority of iPhone users can be using iOS 5 unlike Android users left behind.

I'm sorry but that just killed the whole point of the article you posted.

Android is losing the smartphone race because those with older Androids don't get the latest OS. Oh look, the same is with iPhones! "Well, if people want the latest iOS, they should update to the newest iPhone". Ummmm, wouldn't the same go for Android users as well? Duh!

Meanwhile, Android manufacturers don't limit things that should have been on the phone by default. Like video recording, why does it take 2 generations of phones just to record video? That's just a scum move by Apple, never trust them in giving their clients what's current technology just so they can make sure that they force their customers into buying new hardware 2 years later.

[ApplePope]

I'm sorry but that just killed the whole point of the article you posted.

I admit i probably didn't word that right, i meant you can't really expect a phone that is 3 years old to be able to run the latest software, now compare that to android phone which havn't even been out for 6 months being denied 4.0 ics

[Ac3stralian]

damn, and here i thought that we 'accidently' lost our apple fanboy..... im sad now

[CaptainHowdy72]

Androids are VERY user friendly and open source. crApple is neither
crApple through itunes deletes your music and you NEED it for your ipod, (yes there are others but all suck as well) Android does not
Androids let you the owner see everything in your phone, crApple does not


as soon as people smarten up, (yeah right) and see crApple updates every year with nothing major
I compare this to MW3, (off topic I know)

"I" would rather a Black Berry over ANY crApple product

[ApplePope]

Androids are VERY user friendly

Android more user friendly than iPhone? please explain

crApple through itunes deletes your music and you NEED it for your iPod

What are you doing for this to happen? I sync my iPod and iPhone with iTunes and it has never gone wrong?

as soon as people smarten up, (yeah right) and see crApple updates every year with nothing major
I compare this to MW3, (off topic I know)

The updates for iPhone aren't very major? Just look at the 3GS and the 4 and tell me they are basically the same?


"I" would rather a Black Berry over ANY crApple product[/QUOTE]

Yeah, buy a cheap one made in 2005 they're basically the same as the ones today

damn, and here i thought that we 'accidently' lost our apple fanboy..... ********im sad now

keep dreaming

[PaulHero]

damn, and here i thought that we \\\'accidently\\\' lost our apple fanboy..... im sad now

Now now that is not very nice, i see you are an infidelOh and by the way, Android in my opinion is by far better than the competition. I am getting a new phone and i can choose between iphone 4s or galaxy nexus and i think ill be going with the nexus because it has a fantastic camera.

[ApplePope]

Now now that is not very nice, i see you are an infidelOh and by the way, Android in my opinion is by far better than the competition. I am getting a new phone and i can choose between iphone 4s or galaxy nexus and i think ill be going with the nexus because it has a fantastic camera.

You're choosing the Galaxy Nexus because of the camera? Have you not seen the camera on the 4S?

Your'e comparing a 5mp camera to an 8mp camera? Just buy the 4S you'll be more happy

[PaulHero]

You\'re choosing the Galaxy Nexus because of the camera? Have you not seen the camera on the 4S? Your\'e comparing a 5mp camera to an 8mp camera? Just buy the 4S you\'ll be more happy

Oh i didn\'t know that, i see. hmm ill see