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By: zaztzz

zaztzz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:50:09 +0000

For me, usefulness is still the most important. I’ll buy an iPhone to play, but I’ll still go back to win-mobile for serious use.

Besides, I have already paid for a few dozens app bought over the last 6 years on win-mobile, I’m not going to spend money to get new ones since they still work well for me!

By: zeitarbeit

zeitarbeit — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:47:51 +0000

I own 2 of them.

By: Giochi iPhone

Giochi iPhone — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:05 +0000

I’m a proud iPhone 3GS owner and I love it.
Anyway, I had the opportunity to try out Android last week, and I was impressed. I hadn’t previously even used the thing, but a coworker has the G1 and I thought that overall it was an impressive system.

By: Jeremy Chone

Jeremy Chone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:12:02 +0000

@Edwin

Yes, I am a windows person but I try to be as objective and pragmatic as possible(i.e. I am an iPod/iTunes user and not a Zune one ;). But the closeness of the iPhone market creates some unfortunate side effects such as the lack of tethering for almost a year now. I have tethering with ATTW for over two years now (so nice to not have to hunt for hotspot anymore). Not sure if it was ATTW or iPhone limitation, but it was interesting to see Apple removing an useful tethering application from their store. In a way, iPhone users are double-locked now, first by the service provider (nothing new there) and second by their new device/OS/Application vendor (i.e. Apple). iPhone users can only access what Apple and their service provider want them to (kind of scary)

On the developer side, I am still stunt that developers are OK to have Apple dictating what can or cannot go in the iPhone. Controlling the iStore is ok, but requiring an application to be in the iStore to be installable goes against the law of free computing (to say the least ;). Granted iStore is a good and lucrative market place (hence the above score), but at what cost… to have your application judged useless or not good enough by some Apple gods? You spend couple months developing your application, and 6 fighting to get it on iStore?

I think that Apple has successfully created a distortion field around itself that prevent its users to see natural light (because Apple’s lightning is so much better) and the market to objectively criticize them ;).

Product quality should not be a substitute to user’s freedom… in my opinion ;)

But again, I am not disagreeing that the iPhone is a reasoning success and this was probably a result of these strategic decisions. As a user, I will try to resist as long as the competitors provide some value added (i.e. Tethering, Open Platform), but I do not to exclude that one day, I might be jumping to the “light-side” as well.

Note to myself: Now, I think that I really blew my chances to get an iPhone application on iStore… might be another reason why developers do not criticize Apple too much.

By: Jeremy Chone

Jeremy Chone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:07:33 +0000

@Vivian

Thank for the link, I will add the link to the post.

By: Vivian Li

Vivian Li — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:05:01 +0000

Jeremy:

Long time no see. Just want to correct there is a market place for Android:
http://market.android.com/publish/

By: Edwin Khodabakchian

Edwin Khodabakchian — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52:22 +0000

I can tell from the pie charts and table comparison that you are a windows person :-) The numbers talk by themselves: the iphone is the only real solution if you want a phone that is well integrated with the internet. That is in my experience why people love their iphone. You are right about walled garden (it sux that you can not have your own javascript interpreter running on the iphone) but I think that they opened it enough for 99% of people not to care. Even developers seems to be OK with walled garden because there is a well thought out distribution and monetization strategy in place). Time to go back a macbook pro and an iphone!

By: Jeremy Chone

Jeremy Chone — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:59:45 +0000

@Pierre, Yes, I am not [yet] a big Apple fan. I admire Apple and Steve Jobs though, but I do not like their wall garden approach. I prefer a lesser product and a greater ecosystem than the opposite.

I am actually amazed by the lack of revolt about Apple total control over what can or cannot be installed on the iPhone. (I must be missing something). I think that Apple was the only company capable to lure the industry toward this kind of practice.

Nevertheless, I confess, they know how to make good [closed] products!

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:51:39 +0000

You have not changed Jeremy – not a big fan of Apple !
At the end of the day, isn’t there an other factor which I call ease of use… And Apple is again the big winner, although I have not put my hands on an Android device… all I know is that using an HTC device with WM on it for work is real painful…

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3g unlock — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:54:43 +0000

I have used all three types of phones and handsdown I feel that the Iphone is the clear winner..

Not only functionality wise, but cmon it looks soo much cooler as well

By: Flüge Miami

Flüge Miami — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:32:41 +0000

as a normal user glad to know that the winner is i-phone. The reason is that i have bought an i-phone for a week and satisfied with its funntions and design. :)