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1. ASathin8R

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   03/17, 08:08am | report spam | close reply

   Android vs iPhone

   Android: an OS from a company that can't design its own hardware, for hardware companies that can't design their own OS.
   
   iPhone designed by Apple. iOS designed by Apple.
   
   Nuff said.

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1. Dace

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   03/17, 08:23am | report spam | close reply

   Dont like the new slogan

   "If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have an iPhone" ??? Thanks for stating the obvious
   
   I'm assuming they meant there is only 1 iPhone, accept no substitutes. Would have been better if they had just said "If you don't have an iPhone then you're missing out". Then again, they get to repeat "iPhone" in the slogan they went with and repetition always works to get into peoples heads.

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1. bobolicious

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   03/17, 08:43am | report spam | close reply

   kindle is on iphone too

   so that criticism would seem moot?

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1. koolkid1976

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   03/17, 09:02am | report spam | close reply

   Re: Don't like the new slogan

   I like the new slogan. They are saying there is so much you are missing out on by not having an iPhone, that it could take a while to list them all. So if you don't have an iPhone, you might as well just end the conversation there..."you don't have an iPhone."

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1. Cronocide

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   03/17, 09:22am | report spam | close reply

   I don't have an iPhone...

   8. ( Sad day.

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1. DerekMorr

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   03/17, 09:35am | report spam | (3 replies) close | reply

   What curious ads

   Hmm. This is a curious set of examples from Apple. Most of the apps they showed have Android versions. In the first ad, on the first page of the App Store (at 0:06) we see these apps:
   
   Evernote - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote
   Twitter - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twitter.android
   NYTimes - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nytimes.android
   Epicurious - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.epicurious
   Cut the Rope - No Android version (but one is in the works) - http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/01/cut-the-rope-for-android-nearing-release-preview-goes-live/
   
   On the second page (0:07) we see these apps:
   
   TripAdvisor - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tripadvisor.tripadvisor
   Booking.com - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.booking
   Urbanspoon - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.urbanspoon
   Southwest Airlines - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.southwestairlines.mobile
   Room 77 Hotel Room Search - Android version in the works - http://www.room77.com/blog/?p=10
   
   As they scroll through the list, you can see these apps:
   
   OpenTable - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opentable
   Kayak - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kayak.android
   Cheap Gas! - No Android version; but there is GasBuddy - https://market.android.com/details?id=gbis.gbandroid
   American Airlines - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aa.android
   Orbitz - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.orbitz
   Wifi Finder - no Android version, but there are several equivalents
   Fly Delta - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.delta.mobile.android
   TripIt - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tripit
   NyTimes The Scoop NYC - No Android Version
   
   They also show these apps
   
   Ebay Fashion - No Android Version (although I'm not sure how this differs from the regular ebay app)
   Chase - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chase.sig.android
   Whole Foods Market Recipes - No Android Version, but there is a mobile web site that works well - http://m.wholefoodsmarket.com/
   Economist - No Android version yet; a tablet version is under development - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2QpdgT4Rok
   Starbucks Card Mobile - A third-party version - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.birbeck.starbuckscard
   IMDB - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.imdb.mobile
   
   Regarding the other ads, Android users have a variety of music player apps to use. I use DoubleTwist with AirSync, which syncs my music from my laptop to my phone over the wireless network in my house. It even syncs my iTunes playlists, which is very handy. For books, Android users have the Kindle, Nook, and Google Books apps (as well as several others).
   
   Sorry, Apple, but I'm calling shenanigans on this. Android users don't live in some poor impoverished app ecosystem. These ads just smack of desperation.

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1. J2-Droid

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   03/17, 10:00am | report spam | (3 replies) close | reply

   Wait, I don't have an iPhone either.

   But my Android does every that the iPhone does in those three TV ads and the Delta app has a higher rating.
   
   I might not have an iPhone but I know that Android is powerful enough to run on just about any mildly compatible hardware, even the iPhone. And I have the satisfaction and piece of mind knowing that Google is not raping their publishers.

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1. mqualben

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   03/17, 10:36am | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   Android mixed bag

   My Android-based phone is inexpensive but sloppy. Most apps that I've quit still run as background processes. Horrible battery life. It won't connect to the web outside of WiFi until I disable and re-enable the setting for "Data on Mobile Networks." The built-in music player sucks, but there are decent 3rd-party players out there. I miss iOS's text editing...handles to drag the selection, magnifying glass, Cut/Copy/Paste menu right above the text selection...lacking in Android. The display kept going to sleep while loading web pages. I'm a patient nerd who can fix some of these issues and put up with the others, but prefer using my good ol' iPod touch for surfing on the toilet. If/when I can double my monthly cell phone budget, I'll get an iPhone.

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1. aussiearn

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   03/17, 10:42am | report spam | close reply

   I Like it :-)

   Nice tone, shows off what the iPhone can do very easily, and suggests the obvious that Android, as a Windows PC, has to be managed more.... enough said!

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1. Inkling

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   03/17, 10:55am | report spam | close reply

   Mean and muddled policies

   I have two iPhones, but I also wonder what apps Apple's likely to yank from them come July. Will it be Netflix or the Kindle app? Or will Apple concentrate on smaller publishing or subscription services that I might happen to like? Who knows? Apple isn't saying and even after the dust on on the current uncertainty settles, we still don't know Apple's future moves will be. Apple's somewhat justified mania about product secrecy has mutated into a bizarre secrecy about app approval policies. The policies themselves are bad, and secrecy makes them even worse.
   
   One thing is certain. If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have to fret over Apple's mean-spirited and muddled app approval policies.

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1. JuanGuapo

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   03/17, 11:16am | report spam | close reply

   Smug Alert

   As a fellow iPhone owner (3G then iP4), I really dislike this type of marketing....the smugness is stifling, and I don't want to be associated with it.

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1. ggirton

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   03/17, 11:23am | report spam | close reply

   A pre-emptive move

   Apple is trying to set the conversation on Apple's terms, getting ready for the 4G phone competition from the others.

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1. wrenchy

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   03/17, 11:31am | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   re:I don't have an iPhone either...

   
   I don't have an iPhone.

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1. cmoney

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   03/17, 11:31am | report spam | close reply

   Android is janky

   No question about that. The first impression you get is sometimes choppy scrolling and that's on one of the fastest Android phones, the Atrix. So it immediately feels worse than iOS. Copy/paste is hackish and inconsistent. Has the feel of an amateurish jailbreak implementation. The default mail app is possibly one of the worst apps I've ever seen on any platform out of all apps (it's almost like Google handicapped it to make their Gmail app feel better).
    
   BUT!
    
   Android does let you do more solely because you're not as locked in as on iOS. I love being able to download music to my main library without syncing or going through iTunes Music Store. So I can download music from Amazon, eMusic, or my friends' blogs. And I can scrobble what I'm listening to last.fm.
    
   I can read my Sony ebooks now since Apple famously blocked that app.
    
   Widgets actually are pretty useful, it means fewer clicks to get things done or scan info as it comes in.
    
   File transfers via bluetooth. Printing images to BT printers. Auto wifi sync when I get home. Yay for real multitasking. (My battery life is exactly the same as on my IIIGS.) And the list really does go on.
    
   As others have pointed out above, the problem with using apps as your selling point is that developers are free to port those apps to any platform they want. And Android development has a lower barrier to entry than iOS does.
    
   Also I've found that the utility type apps that Apple is promoting are the very ones that are being ported to Android on a daily basis. It's the content-based apps that are seemingly currently Apple exclusives. Those are things like Hulu, Netflix, any of the magazine type apps out there, etc.
    
   The fact that there is no real iPad competitor is a big reason why these apps aren't on Android yet. Once the Android tablet market gets more established, I see the many of these apps coming over to Android as well.
    
   In the end, iOS does about 70% of what I want to do on a daily basis. It does that 70% exceedingly well, it gets out of your way and just feels right. But Android fills 95% of my daily needs even though it can sometimes be a hassle to get those easier tasks done. It's a trade off I'm willing to make at least at the phone level; my iPad still comes along for the ride.

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1. SwissMac

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   03/17, 11:49am | report spam | close reply

   Good ads

   I like the ads - the apps they show are not the point, they are just used to show one touch find and install is so easy on the iPhone - and to intimate that not all touchphones are iPhones - some are less easy for non-geeks. That's the point of the iPhone, it's the first non-geek phone.
   
   They also get across well the USPs of the iphone, the largest music store, the largest App store, and the ease of use.
   

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1. Flying Meat

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   03/17, 12:17pm | report spam | close reply

   I could have sworn

   These were AT&T ads. I hope so, because they are really bad ads.
   
   Totally looked like "If you don't have an iPhone, you're a looser." I don't like the concept at all, and think it will do more harm than good.

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1. coffeetime

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   03/17, 12:43pm | report spam | (2 replies) close | reply

   From reading...

   what Android phone owners had to say on the above, it sounds so extra steps in the things you do on Android. I prefer ease of use (out of the box) and without trying to hunt for a good music player etc. Android sounds so a la carte and it's good for the geek who loves to tinker and customize it to their technical satisfaction.

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1. squirrellydw

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   03/17, 02:10pm | report spam | close reply

   Android sucks

   Android sucks, it is constantly crashing, force close, won't connect half the time to the net. I know I have one and it will be my last one, bring on the iPhone 5. Plus google is evil, they are tracking everything you do.

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1. facebook_Justin

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   03/17, 03:32pm | report spam | close reply

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   If you don't have an iPhone you have a huge variety of annoying Flash ads playing 24/7 that cause your browser to crash and have a huge selection of viruses that can hurt your "phone".