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Topic: Poll: iPhone, Android or Windows Phone? (Read 1461 times)

legendary
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Okey Dokey Lokey
January 30, 2013, 09:10:42 AM
#15
I have an Android. I want an iPhone. Better apps for professional disciplines and less freezing up.
Dude....
Omfg
newbie
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January 30, 2013, 08:31:26 AM
#14
Iphone  Cheesy
legendary
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January 27, 2013, 09:21:34 PM
#13
I run a blackberry os 7 phone and will probably stay with blackberry when they roll out Os 10 in my area.
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January 27, 2013, 04:57:08 PM
#12
From personal experience, I can tell you developing for Android is a lot easier than the process iOS/Apple puts you through.
Also from the Android perspective, being able to do ad-hoc distributions for testing is as easy as emailing your .apk to the person you want to test it, or hosting it on a fileshare service.

I also prefer an environment where applications have a common store and aren't "siloed" from other apps or the underlying OS functionality. For those reasons and more, I think the balance is shifting to Android globally.


The "siloing" of apps on Windows phone is one of the huge advantages with it.
Sure, writing apps for android is easier, but it is also more prone to errors and susceptible to hacks/attacks/etc.

Remember when Windows finally introduced memory protection (virtual memory, where each process has its own virtual memory area is is unable to write to another process memory range) back in the mid -90's. It was frowned upon by some developers but now we can all agree that it was a step forward.

Now, finally Microsoft are isolating the other key aspects of a process (we had cpu and memory and now we get storage and network, and a few more twirks).

This advance will solve a lot of problems that we today solve with virtual machines (talking servers here), which require that we run an additional full OS instance for each application/WM we have.


Well that was two two hour lectures condensed into 5 sentences.
Bottom line is, Android/Linux will follow and if it doesnt it will perish within 10 years.


/GoK


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January 26, 2013, 07:07:58 PM
#11
Please add MeeGo / Maemo!  Cheesy

done! Grin
legendary
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January 26, 2013, 06:41:58 PM
#10
From personal experience, I can tell you developing for Android is a lot easier than the process iOS/Apple puts you through.
Also from the Android perspective, being able to do ad-hoc distributions for testing is as easy as emailing your .apk to the person you want to test it, or hosting it on a fileshare service.

I also prefer an environment where applications have a common store and aren't "siloed" from other apps or the underlying OS functionality. For those reasons and more, I think the balance is shifting to Android globally.
legendary
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Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
January 26, 2013, 06:04:35 PM
#9
Please add MeeGo / Maemo!  Cheesy
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
January 26, 2013, 06:03:47 PM
#8
Android
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January 26, 2013, 04:49:23 PM
#7
Windows phone 8

Just had to toss that in here.
(Got an HTC 8s myself)

you're right...I forgot.. poll fixed Smiley
thanks!
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January 26, 2013, 04:12:49 PM
#6
Windows phone 8

Just had to toss that in here.
(Got an HTC 8s myself)
Vod
legendary
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Licking my boob since 1970
January 26, 2013, 03:56:47 PM
#5
Apple is good for people who don't understand technology and don't need too much customization.  It just works.

Android is good for people who like to have more control over their phones.
legendary
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January 26, 2013, 02:15:36 PM
#4
Android, have Galaxy S2.
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January 26, 2013, 01:28:22 PM
#3
Android because its way more customization. Currently own the Galaxy Note and I am in love with it!
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January 26, 2013, 01:25:47 PM
#2
I have an Android. I want an iPhone. Better apps for professional disciplines and less freezing up.
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January 26, 2013, 12:29:45 PM
#1
I'm just curious to see people's preferences.

Smiley

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