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iOS vs android
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: Slysoft on November 08, 2012, 03:23:43 AM ---"finely tuned ecosystem"
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Only hipsters would use a word like that when talking about inanimate object. Should have called him a faggot as soon as he mentioned that phrase and be done with it.
MyonMyon:
--- Quote from: lapa321 on November 08, 2012, 03:50:09 AM ---A file system. Everything i find android useful for is centered around that. From being able to use memory cards, to creating sub folders to organize your work files, to being able to drag and drop files into it over the network, and all the apps can access them as easily as a windows application does on the desktop harddrive.
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This 1000 times. I find it outrageous that you cannot even move a file to/from your phone without a specific iProgram. With android? Just plug it to your computer and open the folder like any other external HDD/USB drive.
Bob2004:
See, you guys complain about Android being a hassle to set up compared to iOS, but for most people there is no real setup for Android. When I first got my HTC Desire, I booted it up, there was a quick first time setup thing where I could enter the details of my Google account to sync with it, and that was it. Everything just worked out of the box - phone, maps, internet, contacts, the lot. No problems at all. Compared to my friends with iPhones who are constantly having problems - for example discovering that all the maps/GPS had been rendered totally useless overnight (the town I lived in had vanished from the map, while the next town over had mysteriously moved to Scotland).
Android is definitely better for the more tech-savvy user than iOS, because of the potential for modding and tweaking, but for most ordinary users it isn't really all that much different to iOS in terms of complexity. Maybe a tad more complex, but not significantly so.
Saras:
I still say that androids biggest strength is both it's biggest weakness. The fact that it runs on anything starting from a watch to some stupid 20 inch tablet means that the apps don't look good on either.
Slysoft:
You could say the same thing about iphone vs ipad. The devs would have to make a different version for each screen resolution, which is no different than on android.
As far as android's problems vs iOS's, I'd have to say that older versions of android were not exactly up to par with ios as far as polish goes, but 4.0+ has really leveled the playing field. Personally I think the iphone's UI looks stupid but that's just an opinion.
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