@ramifications As well as Android is doing and as nice as it is, I still very highly doubt that Apple is "shaking in its boots." And if you really believe that, you may be drinking more koolaid than the Apple fanboys.
@Pure Calculus If you want to kill anything with Android, better make sure you get TasKiller. LOL. Steve also said this:
"It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager... they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it."
@ramifications: I think if anyone is shaking in their boots, its Microsoft. They have yet to release their new OS, which is giving Android one hell of an amount of time to ramp up market share. And with the numbers Apple and Google will have in terms of handsets and applications by then, I honestly don't see how they will be successful.
It almost seems like it will have the same fate as the Zune. It will probably be fantastic, but will be already buried by boulders by the time it gets relevant (i.e. when all the features they need to implement will get implemented).
I know I'm not switching out of a Pre (assuming they disappear by end of year, and I really hope they don't) until WinPho 7 is out, but I would be lying if Android OS wasn't on the table for my next phone. Holding on to the Pre for me is such a problem after this bad news since I can't justify spending too much on apps (its just perfect that the Catalog opened up in Canada right around the time the death spiral started) and there are quite a few good games that even Android doesn't have that I want to get.
@RabidAppleFanboi #1 paid app: beautiful Widgets #1 free app: Google maps w/ navigation Both of which iPhone users clamour for, yes some people do use 3rd party task killers, but maybe you need to refresh your top app list
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With all the excitement over the Incredible, and previously the Nexus One and Droid, I'm not surprised. I mean I'm getting an Incredible on day one.
Android has truly arrived, no wonder Apple is shaking in its boots and trying to sue HTC.
Android hit the scene and takes the world by storm like a blitzkrieg!
@ramifications As well as Android is doing and as nice as it is, I still very highly doubt that Apple is "shaking in its boots." And if you really believe that, you may be drinking more koolaid than the Apple fanboys.
@ack154 Yeah, they may not be shaking, but their definetly waking up and seeing Android as the major threat it is.
"Google wants to kill the iPhone but we won't let'em!"
- Steve Jobs
@Pure Calculus If you want to kill anything with Android, better make sure you get TasKiller. LOL. Steve also said this:
"It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager... they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it."
TasKiller is the #1 app on Android. They blew it.
@RabidAppleFanboi
apple put a task manager in iphone OS4.0..
o.o
@ramifications: I think if anyone is shaking in their boots, its Microsoft. They have yet to release their new OS, which is giving Android one hell of an amount of time to ramp up market share. And with the numbers Apple and Google will have in terms of handsets and applications by then, I honestly don't see how they will be successful.
It almost seems like it will have the same fate as the Zune. It will probably be fantastic, but will be already buried by boulders by the time it gets relevant (i.e. when all the features they need to implement will get implemented).
I know I'm not switching out of a Pre (assuming they disappear by end of year, and I really hope they don't) until WinPho 7 is out, but I would be lying if Android OS wasn't on the table for my next phone. Holding on to the Pre for me is such a problem after this bad news since I can't justify spending too much on apps (its just perfect that the Catalog opened up in Canada right around the time the death spiral started) and there are quite a few good games that even Android doesn't have that I want to get.
@RabidAppleFanboi
#1 paid app: beautiful Widgets
#1 free app: Google maps w/ navigation
Both of which iPhone users clamour for, yes some people do use 3rd party task killers, but maybe you need to refresh your top app list
@normanb20 I've never actually seen any iphone folks clamoring for these but hey, whatever.
@normanb20 Also, the best mobile web browser on any playform (XScope) is exclusive to Android, and comes in a free version.
@JFK
LOL