Its funny how Android 2.3 still only support 1 core in many apps like the default web browser. Yes. Android 4 is around the corner and will fix it. But it will also show the flaw with the Android model. It will take month before the vendors have their own version of Android 4 ready. Some phones won't even get the upgrade since their vendors does not care. (Google have fixed this problem partly by signing agreement that vendors needs to support their phones for 18 month. Compare that to Apple that still support 3Gs with software updates. 3Gs will have had a software lifetime of over 3 years)
The last 9 month that have been Android makers selling point. "we have dual core". Then when you looked at benchmarks, the Tegra2 only outscored Iphone4 by 3-8%.
Samsung Galaxy II is the best Android phone today. If Apple did not have a better device I would buy it.
But...
Android can never be as fast as iOS since Google does not control the graphical layer. They can never use SIMD/GPU acceleration. (like Apple does with video stabilization 1080P Iphone4S and iMovie compression).
The only thing Android have is "openness". Anyone can buy a mobile platform from an OEM and release its own phone with Android + you can have many app stores + racist apps + porn apps.
Many does not want racist apps, porn apps and many stores. They just want it to work with a great engineered mobile phone.
Would iOS experience be better if Apple licensed out iOS and everybody made iOS phones? I don't think so.
Microsoft have not managed to make a stabile version of their operating system for 30 years. Its impossible since there are over 300 million different ways to configure a PC. That is the reason why real computers have hardware and software from the same vendor. That guarantees that it work. Some with phones. The optimization by controlling the platform far outweigh "openness".
I agree. I really doubt that without one phone you can keep it stable. Android does have way too many phones. They're penetrating hard and fast.....but it kind of leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth as there is no stabablity. One issue with "stabalizing" is some makers are gonna be very upset.
One way to stabalize the platform (I think) is for Google to release a Nexus, and ALL phones have to meet that requirements for the year at least. That way, all apps that year will be compatible guaranteed. Or they could have certain "tiers" (1/2/3) and a minimum for each tier. But I digress, whatever works for google.
Even a manufactrer can't get their on line right. Case in point, the Samsung Galaxy S series. Oh, but THIS one has a keyboard.....this one DOESN'T have it. The Galaxy S International Version is the best thing I can think of right now....but Sammy seems to want to differentiate on each carrier.
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The last 9 month that have been Android makers selling point. "we have dual core". Then when you looked at benchmarks, the Tegra2 only outscored Iphone4 by 3-8%.
Samsung Galaxy II is the best Android phone today. If Apple did not have a better device I would buy it.
But...
Android can never be as fast as iOS since Google does not control the graphical layer. They can never use SIMD/GPU acceleration. (like Apple does with video stabilization 1080P Iphone4S and iMovie compression).
The only thing Android have is "openness". Anyone can buy a mobile platform from an OEM and release its own phone with Android + you can have many app stores + racist apps + porn apps.
Many does not want racist apps, porn apps and many stores. They just want it to work with a great engineered mobile phone.
Would iOS experience be better if Apple licensed out iOS and everybody made iOS phones? I don't think so.
Microsoft have not managed to make a stabile version of their operating system for 30 years. Its impossible since there are over 300 million different ways to configure a PC. That is the reason why real computers have hardware and software from the same vendor. That guarantees that it work. Some with phones. The optimization by controlling the platform far outweigh "openness".
I agree. I really doubt that without one phone you can keep it stable. Android does have way too many phones. They're penetrating hard and fast.....but it kind of leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth as there is no stabablity. One issue with "stabalizing" is some makers are gonna be very upset.
One way to stabalize the platform (I think) is for Google to release a Nexus, and ALL phones have to meet that requirements for the year at least. That way, all apps that year will be compatible guaranteed. Or they could have certain "tiers" (1/2/3) and a minimum for each tier. But I digress, whatever works for google.
Even a manufactrer can't get their on line right. Case in point, the Samsung Galaxy S series. Oh, but THIS one has a keyboard.....this one DOESN'T have it. The Galaxy S International Version is the best thing I can think of right now....but Sammy seems to want to differentiate on each carrier.