One thing that the same name across carriers will accomplish, is the availability of aftermarket access at multiple retailers.
Apple products (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) have Apple and other accessories EVERYWHERE. Pick the wrong android or non Apple phone and good luck finding aftermarket accessories.
One minor error: new Android devices typically come with last year's dessert named OS.
Consider this timeline
May 2010 - Android 2.2 released
December 2010 - Android 2.3 released
August 2011 - Samsung introduces a brand new phone running Android 2.2.
There is something incredibly wrong when a brand new device cannot be made to work with an 8 month old OS and instead has to ship with a 15 month old one.
Said phone is still available at your local Best Buy and still running 2.2.
"There is something incredible wrong" when Apple coming up with iOS features available on Android for ages. Some of these features are still unavailable in iOS:
Copy/paste, true multitasking, notifications, tethering, voice command, USB storage, wireless OS updates, Turn-by-turn voice navigation, NFC, Face unlock, Wi-Fi Direct, cloud backup/sync, widgets, Java MIDP emulator, background processes, Swype keyboard, resolution independent UI (handles many screen sizes/resolutions/ratios)
"There is something incredible wrong" when Apple coming up with iOS features available on Android for ages. Some of these features are still unavailable in iOS:
<span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, default;line-height:17px;">Each time Apple releases new iOS version, it's already obsolete.</span>
Why can't the mods ban people who are clearly trolling by constantly hijacking threads by posting false data?
I don't see how this is anything new. Outside of the US, company's sell the exact same phone and exact same name on all networks. Its just due to the US's fragmentation that this never happened in the US, and un-surprisingly Samsung has had to make 4 variants for the US, yet they have 1 version for the ROW.
Well it isn't. Your link is from 2010, maybe that's why you'd reach this conclusion.
Background tasks in Android aren't necessarily suspended, they continue using CPU cycles as needed. There are also Services, which, once started, display an icon in the status bar and run all the time (GrooVe IP is one such app that I use constantly).
Android has always had some services that could be accessed by voice.
Android also had some level of copy/cut/paste before the iPhone but it was mediocre and is still mediocre compared to what did out of the gate. Being a "me first" feature isn't as important as being a well done and complete feature. Being able to check off a rudimentary spec sheet item means nothing if the feature isn't implemented well.
Being a "me first" feature isn't as important as being a well done and complete feature. Being able to check off a rudimentary spec sheet item means nothing if the feature isn't implemented well.
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One thing that the same name across carriers will accomplish, is the availability of aftermarket access at multiple retailers.
Apple products (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) have Apple and other accessories EVERYWHERE. Pick the wrong android or non Apple phone and good luck finding aftermarket accessories.
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Originally Posted by Bregalad
One minor error: new Android devices typically come with last year's dessert named OS.
Consider this timeline
May 2010 - Android 2.2 released
December 2010 - Android 2.3 released
August 2011 - Samsung introduces a brand new phone running Android 2.2.
There is something incredibly wrong when a brand new device cannot be made to work with an 8 month old OS and instead has to ship with a 15 month old one.
Said phone is still available at your local Best Buy and still running 2.2.
"There is something incredible wrong" when Apple coming up with iOS features available on Android for ages. Some of these features are still unavailable in iOS:
Copy/paste, true multitasking, notifications, tethering, voice command, USB storage, wireless OS updates, Turn-by-turn voice navigation, NFC, Face unlock, Wi-Fi Direct, cloud backup/sync, widgets, Java MIDP emulator, background processes, Swype keyboard, resolution independent UI (handles many screen sizes/resolutions/ratios)
"Samsung has yet to announce a launch date for the Galaxy S III in the U.S."
Samsung's huge victory: Galaxy S3 launching on all major US carriers, including Verizon
Why can't the mods ban people who are clearly trolling by constantly hijacking threads by posting false data?
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
Why can't the mods ban people who are clearly trolling by constantly hijacking threads by posting false data?
We do. Just report the posts in question and we'll take a gander.
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So designed by "Humans" and "Inspired By Nature" would be a contradiction in your mind.
Right, because humans are obviously unnatural... /s
Another android doorstop.
I don't see how this is anything new. Outside of the US, company's sell the exact same phone and exact same name on all networks. Its just due to the US's fragmentation that this never happened in the US, and un-surprisingly Samsung has had to make 4 variants for the US, yet they have 1 version for the ROW.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
Why can't the mods ban people who are clearly trolling by constantly hijacking threads by posting false data?
What parts did you think were false?
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Originally Posted by fredaroony
What parts did you think were false?
The second you talk about "true multitasking", something is wrong somewhere.
"Background processes" is a lie. And I don't recall when voice commands came to Android, care to remind me?
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
The second you talk about "true multitasking", something is wrong somewhere.
"Background processes" is a lie. And I don't recall when voice commands came to Android, care to remind me?
Ok, I understand Android simply suspends the app similar to the way iOS does.
Looks like it does have voice commands http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/
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Originally Posted by fredaroony
Ok, I understand Android simply suspends the app similar to the way iOS does.
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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic... Anyway, here's a link suggesting that Android does multitasking differently from iOS:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/112013-how-multitasking-works-on-android-and-ios
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Originally Posted by DrDoppio
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic... Anyway, here's a link suggesting that Android does multitasking differently from iOS:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/112013-how-multitasking-works-on-android-and-ios
Wasn't being sarcastic at all, just the way I read it from this http://www.pcworld.com/article/194350/apple_iphone_vs_android_multitasking_a_comparison.html
Seems fairly similar in approach.
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Originally Posted by fredaroony
Wasn't being sarcastic at all, just the way I read it from this http://www.pcworld.com/article/194350/apple_iphone_vs_android_multitasking_a_comparison.html
Seems fairly similar in approach.
Well it isn't. Your link is from 2010, maybe that's why you'd reach this conclusion.
Background tasks in Android aren't necessarily suspended, they continue using CPU cycles as needed. There are also Services, which, once started, display an icon in the status bar and run all the time (GrooVe IP is one such app that I use constantly).
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
August of 2010...
http://phandroid.com/2010/08/12/google-launches-voice-actions-for-android/
When did voice commands come to iOS?
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
When did voice commands come to iOS?
2009 or earlier. I can't remember which iPhone they came on. Remember the simple commands? That blue screen with the examples flying back and forth?
It was based on the stuff that had come on the 3rd gen iPod shuffle (or maybe the other way around).
Android has always had some services that could be accessed by voice.
Android also had some level of copy/cut/paste before the iPhone but it was mediocre and is still mediocre compared to what did out of the gate. Being a "me first" feature isn't as important as being a well done and complete feature. Being able to check off a rudimentary spec sheet item means nothing if the feature isn't implemented well.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
Being a "me first" feature isn't as important as being a well done and complete feature. Being able to check off a rudimentary spec sheet item means nothing if the feature isn't implemented well.
I completely agree.