iPhone = Mac 2.0. By Jean-Louis Gassée There are two ways to interpret the equation above. Doomsayers will sing the licensing blues. By refusing to license the operating system—iOS, in this case—the iPhone will drown in a sea of Android smartphones. We’ve seen it before: Apple is repeating the mistake that allowed Windows clones to scuttle the Mac. Others, such as yours truly, see the iPhone—or, more properly, its pole position in the smartphone race—as a perfect illustration of lessons learned from the Mac’s struggle to find breathing room in the PC industry. We know how the first reading of the equation continues.
The iPhone is equally promising and, the argument goes, just as equally destined to a marginal role. This is a resilient meme, one that gives rise to regular kommentariat pieces predicting trouble for Jobs and his company. Unsurprisingly, others tore the “closed = marginalization” formula apart. I have my own set of questions about the Mac’s “failure”. Second, there is the Mac’s rebirth. iPhone 4 vs Nexus S: Which smartphone is right for you? | Betanews. Six months after moving to Apple's smartphone, I'm back on Android. On December 17, I bought the Samsung-made Google Nexus S from my local Best Buy. Days later, my iPhone 4 sold on eBay for $575, which will cover my early termination fee with AT&T and some of the new phone's cost. Like any other tech purchase, I did research beforehand but couldn't find what I most wanted: iPhone comparison to Nexus S reviews -- Apple's flagship smartphone to Google's superphone.
After nearly two weeks using Nexus S, I'm ready to offer some experiential comparisons for other shoppers. To be clear, I wasn't dissatisfied with iPhone 4. An iPhone 4 Divorce My software breakup started months earlier, when my 89 year-old father-in-law switched to iPhone 4. Other things bugged me. In June, I switched to iPhone 4 from Nexus One, which my wife still uses. Google Nexus S side view showing curvy screen Some reasons why Nexus S appealed to me compared to iPhone 4: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How Do the Phones Compare? iPhone 4. 2011: The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women, Children, And iPhone Users.
The top headlines today got me thinking back to 2008. Back then, I was writing for VentureBeat, and we used to talk quite a bit internally about iPhone versus Android. Yes, even back then it was a hot debate. And yes, back then, I was obviously in the iPhone camp. And this annoyed those who saw the promise of Android. And so Fortune’s headline today that “2011 will be the year Android explodes“, has been a long time coming. Some, like venture capitalist Fred Wilson, think this expansion of Android is great news — for entrepreneurs and VCs, in particular. When I write about the iPhone or Android and the fandroids come out in full force, people often ask if this angers or annoys me. If there was an Android phone out there that I thought was better than the iPhone, I would use it. So on one hand, the news that Android is going to explode in the market in 2011 actually gives me hope. The iPhone changed the game.
But. The flip-side to this Android domination is what we’re already seeing. Leveling Up Life - The yafla Technology Blog - The Biggest Lie That Ever Was Told. Will 2011 See App Makers Thinking Android-First? One Developer Thinks It?s Possible. Over the weekend, there was a ton of talk about 2011 being the year in which Android “explodes” onto the market. You could argue that 2010 was already that year, but plenty of numbers indicate that 2011 will be much bigger for the platform.
But despite Android as a whole already outselling the iPhone, there’s little debate that amongst developers, iOS is still the platform you develop for first. But this could change as well in 2011, at least according to one developer. And it’s significant because he’s been an iPhone-first guy up until now. Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Alphonso Labs, the development house behind the popular Pulse news reader app.
Pulse started as an iPad app first, then expanded to the iPhone, then came to Android. “A few interesting things have happened on Android recently,” he continues. I) Revamp of the Android store: Initially, News was bundled into “news & weather” category, which was dominated by weather apps.