1) Where are the independent reports which show that this obscure Keyboard is any better than anything else on the market.
eWeek: "I found my typing speed improved 10 to 20 percent, with improved accuracy"
Ars technica: “After spending two weeks with the Swype software, I never want to go back to using a regular touchscreen keyboard. It is a shockingly effective input system that tangibly increases typing speed and accuracy.
Gizmodo "...Swype. It is, without a doubt, the best way to enter text onto this phone" ... "Swype has been my favorite way to type on an Android phone"
Associated Press "Swype alone is almost a good enough reason to get a Galaxy S phone. "
The Street "Apple did wonders with the touchscreen, but Swype makes it more useful for those among us who like to type".
Regardless what "the independent reports" say, an Android user can decide whether the Swype is a better method. iPhone user does not have that choice.
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2) What alternatives are on the Android market to the apps I mentioned.
iMovie alternatives: VidTrim, Clesh, JC Video studio Pro
GarageBand: ReLoop Music Sequencer, Musical Lite, RockOut, Hit It!, HS Tempo
Pages: do I even have to mention Android office productivity and word processing apps? DocumentstoGo, QuickOffice... Many... some even can sync with Google Docs.
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The need for batteries in point 2) derails point 1). Bascially all people need is a power supply to keep a phone going, and that available in work, trains, planes, coffee houses, and so on. The only issue with non-replacable batteries is when the battery gets old.
Nope. You can't get power in plane economy class, and none on the bus. Coffee house? Good luck looking for outlet. How about picnic, biking or hiking? Or sitting all day on a meeting?
We have no idea what the RAM size is going to be, the rest are personal preferences - the 4G phone would be useless outside about 2% of the US .
4g coverage is already available in all large US cities. Smart phone users concentrated in large cities and metro areas, which is far beyond 2% of the US smart phone users. I live in Chicago: I have excellent 4G coverage reaching 10mbs. Where do you live?
Same design, dual-band Wi-Fi, better battery, dual-protocol chip for one model on any carrier, maybe an 8MP camera (idiotic, but hey)...
What does this even mean? What does this have to do with anything?
Because it isn't needed.
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
As I've stated, it's currently worthless, a battery sucker, and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
Everyhing iPhone lacks is worthless, isn't needed, idiotic and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
These speeds Android users enjoyed since 2010. iPhone users have to wait until summer 2012? Or even later?
4G is the dots. The red is 3G. My point stands.
Enjoy moving to one of areas of these LTE cities that does actually have coverage. And enjoy your 2GB data plan on LTE, too. For the other three hundred million people who don't want to have to move to get coverage, we'll just wait for the network to exist where we live and get by with our embarrassingly outdated, long-battery-life iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
Enjoy moving to one of areas of these LTE cities that does actually have coverage. And enjoy your 2GB data plan on LTE, too. For the other three hundred million people who don't want to have to move to get coverage, we'll just wait for the network to exist where we live and get by with our embarrassingly outdated, long-battery-life iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
The dots represent largest US metro areas with 1/3 of US population as of end of 2010. By the end of 2011 the coverage will be even higher.
And I have no limit on my data plan: I just pay flat $10 extra for the unlimited 4G plan.
They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
But when Steve puts out specs for a new iPhone its a-okay.
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances. If the specs were not so important, nobody would be upgrading from one phone to another. People wont simply change their phones based on aesthetics alone, too.
But when Steve puts out specs for a new iPhone its a-okay.
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances. If the specs were not so important, nobody would be upgrading from one phone to another. People wont simply change their phones based on aesthetics alone, too.
Double standard.
Only to the extent that it's necessary for the newest software features to run smoothly and efficiently (read: for the latest software to provide the same user experience we've grown to expect from the previous generation.) Go find me an iPhone forum where users are drooling and clamoring for a dual core CPU the way the fandroids have been for months.
If iOS 4 ran fine on the 3GS's processor, and there was no battery life gain by moving to the more efficient A4 in the iPhone 4, then I guarantee you most iPhone 3GS owners wouldn't have upgraded. But the fact of the matter is the iPhone 4 is built to run iOS4 better than the 3GS, and the hardware changes made the phone more reliable, extended the battery, and increased talk time (it is a phone after all). THAT is why people upgraded.
You're also blurring the issue on upgrades. Not everyone upgrades because they have an erection for the new hardware like Android users do. Check the fansites if you want to challenge me on this. Fandroids repeatedly break contracts or pay full retail for the newest phone because it's got a couple megahertz faster processor, more ram, or a screen .1 inches bigger than the previous one.
There's no double standard here. iPhone owners care about the OS and the user experience it provides, not the hardware. That's absolutely not the case with android.
There's no double standard here. iPhone owners care about the OS and the user experience it provides, not the hardware. That's absolutely not the case with android.
You missed the bit about us caring about how gosh-darned pretty the hardware is! Apple users are far more into the design of the object than most folk.
4g coverage is already available in all large US cities. Smart phone users concentrated in large cities and metro areas, which is far beyond 2% of the US smart phone users. I live in Chicago: I have excellent 4G coverage reaching 10mbs.
The dots represent largest US metro areas with 1/3 of US population as of end of 2010. By the end of 2011 the coverage will be even higher.
No, I don't give a frick about the "end of whenever". You want an LTE iPhone now? Then you talk about LTE networks NOW.
I also don't care about population. That's not what 'network' means. Right now we only have hotspots. Leave those hotspots, even to go to the suburbs, and you'll lose it. Not a network at all.
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And I have no limit on my data plan: I just pay flat $10 extra for the unlimited 4G plan.
Enjoy. That'll end the second an actual network exists.
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances.
3G actually doesn't run the same iOS versions, it won't run iOS-5. The 3GS and the 4 both will though, which is of course better than HTC can promise you.
They have declared that the HTC Desire will not get support for Gingerbread - head over to The Register if you want to see hundreds of fandroids beating their breasts and declaring future devotion to samsung.
That kind of defines the difference in attitude - HTC has many different phones with different hardware, all available at once - and doesn't bother to provide more than cursory software support. Apple maintains a small number of hardware platforms and keeps software support for them for as long as is possible.
Also there is a fundamental difference between talking about performance versus spec. iPhone users don't look at the mAh of their batteries, they look at the battery life. They don't look at how many GHz their processor is, they look at how responsive apps are. I have no idea how much non-Flash RAM my iphone has, it's not relevant to me so long as the performance feels good.
3G actually doesn't run the same iOS versions, it won't run iOS-5. The 3GS and the 4 both will though, which is of course better than HTC can promise you.
One of the nicest things about the iPhone OS is that you can count on software updates for the same amount of time for every device.
1st iPhone (iPod touch): iPhone OS 1, 2, and 3.
iPhone 3G (2nd gen iPod touch): iPhone OS 2, 3, and iOS 4.
iPhone 3GS (3rd gen iPod touch): iPhone OS 3, iOS 4 and iOS 5.
iPhone 4 (4th gen iPod touch): iOS 4, 5, and 6.
iPad: iPhone OS 3, iOS 4, and iOS 5.
iPad 2: iOS 4, 5, and 6.
And in the future, this should still hold.
iPhone 5 (5th gen iPod touch): iOS 5, 6, and 7.
iPad 3: iOS 5, 6, and 7.
No Froyo, no Honeycomb, no Ice Cream Sandwich. No buying a new device that can't run an OS released two months later.
Your device's generation number plus two equals your future software updates. Simple!
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1) Where are the independent reports which show that this obscure Keyboard is any better than anything else on the market.
eWeek: "I found my typing speed improved 10 to 20 percent, with improved accuracy"
Ars technica: “After spending two weeks with the Swype software, I never want to go back to using a regular touchscreen keyboard. It is a shockingly effective input system that tangibly increases typing speed and accuracy.
Gizmodo "...Swype. It is, without a doubt, the best way to enter text onto this phone" ... "Swype has been my favorite way to type on an Android phone"
Associated Press "Swype alone is almost a good enough reason to get a Galaxy S phone. "
The Street "Apple did wonders with the touchscreen, but Swype makes it more useful for those among us who like to type".
Regardless what "the independent reports" say, an Android user can decide whether the Swype is a better method. iPhone user does not have that choice.
2) What alternatives are on the Android market to the apps I mentioned.
iMovie alternatives: VidTrim, Clesh, JC Video studio Pro
GarageBand: ReLoop Music Sequencer, Musical Lite, RockOut, Hit It!, HS Tempo
Pages: do I even have to mention Android office productivity and word processing apps? DocumentstoGo, QuickOffice... Many... some even can sync with Google Docs.
The need for batteries in point 2) derails point 1). Bascially all people need is a power supply to keep a phone going, and that available in work, trains, planes, coffee houses, and so on. The only issue with non-replacable batteries is when the battery gets old.
Nope. You can't get power in plane economy class, and none on the bus. Coffee house? Good luck looking for outlet. How about picnic, biking or hiking? Or sitting all day on a meeting?
We have no idea what the RAM size is going to be, the rest are personal preferences - the 4G phone would be useless outside about 2% of the US .
4g coverage is already available in all large US cities. Smart phone users concentrated in large cities and metro areas, which is far beyond 2% of the US smart phone users. I live in Chicago: I have excellent 4G coverage reaching 10mbs. Where do you live?
Same design, dual-band Wi-Fi, better battery, dual-protocol chip for one model on any carrier, maybe an 8MP camera (idiotic, but hey)...
What does this even mean? What does this have to do with anything?
Because it isn't needed.
You do know what an AMOLED is, right? Apparently not. And you also apparently don't know how bad they are at everything at which the iPhone's screen currently excels.
As I've stated, it's currently worthless, a battery sucker, and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
Everyhing iPhone lacks is worthless, isn't needed, idiotic and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
4g coverage is already available in all large US cities.
That's in NO WAY 4G. You've fallen for AT&T's crap. You're lost.
Why'd you remove the map? Realize that AT&T is pandering 3G as 4G?
Everyhing iPhone lacks is worthless, isn't needed, idiotic and next to unavailable anywhere on any carrier on the planet.
Show me one country with an LTE network and I'll take it all back. Not hotspots in cities. A network.
Show me one country with an LTE network and I'll take it all back. Not hotspots in cities. A network.
Vatican City
That's in NO WAY 4G. You've fallen for AT&T's crap. You're lost.
Why'd you remove the map? Realize that AT&T is pandering 3G as 4G?
Show me one country with an LTE network and I'll take it all back. Not hotspots in cities. A network.
Yes, that was an old map. Does this look to you like "hotspots in cities" or 4g network between cities and even between states?
T-Mobile 4g in LA:
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt on 4G LTE in Atlanta:
AT&T's HSPA+ in Atlanta:
Sprint EVO 4g in NY back in 2010:
These speeds Android users enjoyed since 2010. iPhone users have to wait until summer 2012? Or even later?
These speeds Android users enjoyed since 2010. iPhone users have to wait until summer 2012? Or even later?
4G is the dots. The red is 3G. My point stands.
Enjoy moving to one of areas of these LTE cities that does actually have coverage. And enjoy your 2GB data plan on LTE, too. For the other three hundred million people who don't want to have to move to get coverage, we'll just wait for the network to exist where we live and get by with our embarrassingly outdated, long-battery-life iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
4G is the dots. The red is 3G. My point stands.
Enjoy moving to one of areas of these LTE cities that does actually have coverage. And enjoy your 2GB data plan on LTE, too. For the other three hundred million people who don't want to have to move to get coverage, we'll just wait for the network to exist where we live and get by with our embarrassingly outdated, long-battery-life iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
The dots represent largest US metro areas with 1/3 of US population as of end of 2010. By the end of 2011 the coverage will be even higher.
And I have no limit on my data plan: I just pay flat $10 extra for the unlimited 4G plan.
They spend more time trying to figure out how to cram more overpowered hardware into a phone than they do thinking about improving the user experience.
But when Steve puts out specs for a new iPhone its a-okay.
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances. If the specs were not so important, nobody would be upgrading from one phone to another. People wont simply change their phones based on aesthetics alone, too.
Double standard.
But when Steve puts out specs for a new iPhone its a-okay.
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances. If the specs were not so important, nobody would be upgrading from one phone to another. People wont simply change their phones based on aesthetics alone, too.
Double standard.
Only to the extent that it's necessary for the newest software features to run smoothly and efficiently (read: for the latest software to provide the same user experience we've grown to expect from the previous generation.) Go find me an iPhone forum where users are drooling and clamoring for a dual core CPU the way the fandroids have been for months.
If iOS 4 ran fine on the 3GS's processor, and there was no battery life gain by moving to the more efficient A4 in the iPhone 4, then I guarantee you most iPhone 3GS owners wouldn't have upgraded. But the fact of the matter is the iPhone 4 is built to run iOS4 better than the 3GS, and the hardware changes made the phone more reliable, extended the battery, and increased talk time (it is a phone after all). THAT is why people upgraded.
You're also blurring the issue on upgrades. Not everyone upgrades because they have an erection for the new hardware like Android users do. Check the fansites if you want to challenge me on this. Fandroids repeatedly break contracts or pay full retail for the newest phone because it's got a couple megahertz faster processor, more ram, or a screen .1 inches bigger than the previous one.
There's no double standard here. iPhone owners care about the OS and the user experience it provides, not the hardware. That's absolutely not the case with android.
There's no double standard here. iPhone owners care about the OS and the user experience it provides, not the hardware. That's absolutely not the case with android.
You missed the bit about us caring about how gosh-darned pretty the hardware is! Apple users are far more into the design of the object than most folk.
The dots represent largest US metro areas with 1/3 of US population as of end of 2010. By the end of 2011 the coverage will be even higher.
No, I don't give a frick about the "end of whenever". You want an LTE iPhone now? Then you talk about LTE networks NOW.
I also don't care about population. That's not what 'network' means. Right now we only have hotspots. Leave those hotspots, even to go to the suburbs, and you'll lose it. Not a network at all.
And I have no limit on my data plan: I just pay flat $10 extra for the unlimited 4G plan.
Enjoy. That'll end the second an actual network exists.
And LOL at "$10 extra".
Tell me, what differentiates one iPhone from another? 3G vs 3Gs vs 4? Exactly, specs. They all run the same iOS versions but have slightly different performances.
3G actually doesn't run the same iOS versions, it won't run iOS-5. The 3GS and the 4 both will though, which is of course better than HTC can promise you.
They have declared that the HTC Desire will not get support for Gingerbread - head over to The Register if you want to see hundreds of fandroids beating their breasts and declaring future devotion to samsung.
That kind of defines the difference in attitude - HTC has many different phones with different hardware, all available at once - and doesn't bother to provide more than cursory software support. Apple maintains a small number of hardware platforms and keeps software support for them for as long as is possible.
Also there is a fundamental difference between talking about performance versus spec. iPhone users don't look at the mAh of their batteries, they look at the battery life. They don't look at how many GHz their processor is, they look at how responsive apps are. I have no idea how much non-Flash RAM my iphone has, it's not relevant to me so long as the performance feels good.
3G actually doesn't run the same iOS versions, it won't run iOS-5. The 3GS and the 4 both will though, which is of course better than HTC can promise you.
One of the nicest things about the iPhone OS is that you can count on software updates for the same amount of time for every device.
1st iPhone (iPod touch): iPhone OS 1, 2, and 3.
iPhone 3G (2nd gen iPod touch): iPhone OS 2, 3, and iOS 4.
iPhone 3GS (3rd gen iPod touch): iPhone OS 3, iOS 4 and iOS 5.
iPhone 4 (4th gen iPod touch): iOS 4, 5, and 6.
iPad: iPhone OS 3, iOS 4, and iOS 5.
iPad 2: iOS 4, 5, and 6.
And in the future, this should still hold.
iPhone 5 (5th gen iPod touch): iOS 5, 6, and 7.
iPad 3: iOS 5, 6, and 7.
No Froyo, no Honeycomb, no Ice Cream Sandwich. No buying a new device that can't run an OS released two months later.
Your device's generation number plus two equals your future software updates. Simple!