It seems like whenever I write a lengthy blogpost, the posts are motivated by a ‘slap myself in the forehead’ moment after reading a silly or stupid post written by someone else. I promise that in the future I will try to be positive and proactive and not negative and reactive. Okay, I won’t promise, but I will work on it. But until then….
Yesterday I read a silly and overly optimistic post on ZDnet’s, The ToyBox, written by Andrew Nusca, titled “Five Reasons Google Android smartphones will beat iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo.” All I can ask is, “Is he using the same Android phone as me?” As I said in a previous post, “My Take On Android’s First Year,” I like the Android, but it has a long way to go. Google has to get behind it and really market it, if it wants to catch up with the iPhone. In a response to Mr Nusca’s post, here are my Five Reasons Why the Android, May Not Beat the iPhone.
1. The Android Market stinks. (See My Take on Android First Year)
2. Android is improving slowly and when it does, no one knows it’s coming. Last week’s release of Donut Android 1.6 caught many people off guard. Plus there are rumors that the judging of ADC2 had to be wrapped early, because many of the apps entered into the challenge were broken by the new release. It’s a good thing this was just an app contest and not a challenge to put man on Mars.
3. The Android system may be an open OS, but as far as I can tell only boys interested in building Tower Defense games as apps are doing any serious work for the platform. I spent a good part of the last week using the ADC2 judging app on the phone and it was as exciting as watching paint dry. I taught Dreamweaver classes at Emerson College and got better looking stuff in the first week of class from Freshman.
4. Yeah, the Android will run on phones from several manufacturers. So we will have three or four companies, all trying to beat each other in the marketplace using different methods to out sell each other. Sounds like WinMo to me. That really worked.
5. The Android combines the best of what’s out there? All I can say is, Wiki the Tucker, Newton, DeLorean, 3DO, etc. just cuz it’s gooder don’t mean it’s a winner.
In summary, I have to say, once again, I love the Android phone, but Google has to get behind the system and market the hell out of this great phone concept.
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Five Reasons Why the Android, May Not Beat the iPhone
October 8, 2009 in Android, Commentary, Google by admin | 2 comments
It seems like whenever I write a lengthy blogpost, the posts are motivated by a ‘slap myself in the forehead’ moment after reading a silly or stupid post written by someone else. I promise that in the future I will try to be positive and proactive and not negative and reactive. Okay, I won’t promise, but I will work on it. But until then….
Yesterday I read a silly and overly optimistic post on ZDnet’s, The ToyBox, written by Andrew Nusca, titled “Five Reasons Google Android smartphones will beat iPhone, Blackberry, WinMo.” All I can ask is, “Is he using the same Android phone as me?” As I said in a previous post, “My Take On Android’s First Year,” I like the Android, but it has a long way to go. Google has to get behind it and really market it, if it wants to catch up with the iPhone. In a response to Mr Nusca’s post, here are my Five Reasons Why the Android, May Not Beat the iPhone.
1. The Android Market stinks. (See My Take on Android First Year)
2. Android is improving slowly and when it does, no one knows it’s coming. Last week’s release of Donut Android 1.6 caught many people off guard. Plus there are rumors that the judging of ADC2 had to be wrapped early, because many of the apps entered into the challenge were broken by the new release. It’s a good thing this was just an app contest and not a challenge to put man on Mars.
3. The Android system may be an open OS, but as far as I can tell only boys interested in building Tower Defense games as apps are doing any serious work for the platform. I spent a good part of the last week using the ADC2 judging app on the phone and it was as exciting as watching paint dry. I taught Dreamweaver classes at Emerson College and got better looking stuff in the first week of class from Freshman.
4. Yeah, the Android will run on phones from several manufacturers. So we will have three or four companies, all trying to beat each other in the marketplace using different methods to out sell each other. Sounds like WinMo to me. That really worked.
5. The Android combines the best of what’s out there? All I can say is, Wiki the Tucker, Newton, DeLorean, 3DO, etc. just cuz it’s gooder don’t mean it’s a winner.
In summary, I have to say, once again, I love the Android phone, but Google has to get behind the system and market the hell out of this great phone concept.
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