Comments on: iPhone 4, Android, and why Android device will not close the gap in the next 3 years http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/ Technology, Travel , Life Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frankie Freud http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Frankie Freud Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:33:34 +0000 http://www.ngineer.net/?p=160#comment-466 Hi, I like your post. We desire everybody might pay this kind of focus on their own publish while you perform. I came acros your site on google when searching for a compartment. We is in order to your blog. I am sorry for my personal poor englisch, i'm from the netherlands. Best regards from the netherlands! Hi, I like your post. We desire everybody might pay this kind of focus on their own publish while you perform. I came acros your site on google when searching for a compartment. We is in order to your blog. I am sorry for my personal poor englisch, i’m from the netherlands. Best regards from the netherlands!

]]> By: admin http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/comment-page-1/#comment-229 admin Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:06:35 +0000 http://www.ngineer.net/?p=160#comment-229 Thanks for the response, Greg F. Strangely, my mentality is the opposite - I have a very powerful phone (the Nokia E71) that has more ways to interface with other devices than my iPad. I bring the phone to all the places, including reading and doing email on short bus rides. I bring my iPad when I am out and know I need to type an extended length document, seeing clients, relaxing in a cafe or home, etc. Hence with this combination I'm quite comfortable to backpack travel. My laptop, in comparison, is a dismal 13" no name notebook, which is about half the price of the iPad and does what it claims with Windows 7. My friend has a Fujitsu touch screen using Windows 7, while it is very functional and great for reading magazines using touch screen, it doesn't nearly mimic the experience on the iPad. The iPad is like a personal, always on, TV/book/device. You really need to live with it for a few days to know how good it is. Thanks for the response, Greg F.

Strangely, my mentality is the opposite – I have a very powerful phone (the Nokia E71) that has more ways to interface with other devices than my iPad. I bring the phone to all the places, including reading and doing email on short bus rides. I bring my iPad when I am out and know I need to type an extended length document, seeing clients, relaxing in a cafe or home, etc.

Hence with this combination I’m quite comfortable to backpack travel.

My laptop, in comparison, is a dismal 13″ no name notebook, which is about half the price of the iPad and does what it claims with Windows 7.

My friend has a Fujitsu touch screen using Windows 7, while it is very functional and great for reading magazines using touch screen, it doesn’t nearly mimic the experience on the iPad. The iPad is like a personal, always on, TV/book/device. You really need to live with it for a few days to know how good it is.

]]> By: Greg F http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Greg F Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:57:12 +0000 http://www.ngineer.net/?p=160#comment-221 I like my iPhone for the integrated design for sure. But also don't like it because of its limits and its over-simplicity. I am a power user and expect my devices to keep up with me. If my iPhone wasn't jailbroken I would be even more frustrated with 10 swipes to turn things and and off. On the other side, I just got an Asus 1201N netbook. My first laptop! Great components and hardware design, great specs, great features, perfect for my needs but not everyone's (battery vs computing power tradeoff). I'm still learning Win7, but it seems Asus didn't do much special with win7, other than making it work well. And so far so good! For example, iPad has been a real mystery for me. I've played with one in the store, seen friends with one. It is so feature limited (artificially by marketers instead of technology IMO) for its price. I've gotten way more for the same price. I guess because I already have an iPhone, the marginal increase of functionality in an iPad is not appealing. But even if I had a dumb phone, I think I still want my powerful netbook instead of iPad. I can't really back-pack travel and be fully functional on an iPad. If Asus mounted a capacitive touchscreen onto their upcoming 1215N, I think I would be in device heaven ;-) Has anyone tried the touchscreen support of Windows 7? So do I doubt that there will be some poor Androit devices? yes. But will there be great examples too? Yes. If there is a brand that can deliver a consistant product experience with Android, I'm sure it will be just as valued in the market as Apple. Maybe HTC is not that brand, but I can imagine a better integrated brand that can do as well as Apple, even if they are not in total control of Android development. I like my iPhone for the integrated design for sure. But also don’t like it because of its limits and its over-simplicity. I am a power user and expect my devices to keep up with me. If my iPhone wasn’t jailbroken I would be even more frustrated with 10 swipes to turn things and and off.

On the other side, I just got an Asus 1201N netbook. My first laptop! Great components and hardware design, great specs, great features, perfect for my needs but not everyone’s (battery vs computing power tradeoff). I’m still learning Win7, but it seems Asus didn’t do much special with win7, other than making it work well. And so far so good!

For example, iPad has been a real mystery for me. I’ve played with one in the store, seen friends with one. It is so feature limited (artificially by marketers instead of technology IMO) for its price. I’ve gotten way more for the same price. I guess because I already have an iPhone, the marginal increase of functionality in an iPad is not appealing. But even if I had a dumb phone, I think I still want my powerful netbook instead of iPad. I can’t really back-pack travel and be fully functional on an iPad.

If Asus mounted a capacitive touchscreen onto their upcoming 1215N, I think I would be in device heaven ;-) Has anyone tried the touchscreen support of Windows 7?

So do I doubt that there will be some poor Androit devices? yes. But will there be great examples too? Yes. If there is a brand that can deliver a consistant product experience with Android, I’m sure it will be just as valued in the market as Apple. Maybe HTC is not that brand, but I can imagine a better integrated brand that can do as well as Apple, even if they are not in total control of Android development.

]]> By: rankpay promo code http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/comment-page-1/#comment-220 rankpay promo code Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:45:59 +0000 http://www.ngineer.net/?p=160#comment-220 From the reviews I've seen, the iPhone 4 still has better reception than the 3GS even with the attenuation. So yes, you'll see degradation, but still better upload and download than a 3GS. Especially since the 4 supports HSUPA and the 3GS doesn't. It's a questionable design to be sure; why couldn't they just build in some kind of bridge to prevent the attenuation in the first place? But for the most part it seems the 4 is catching flack for an improvement in quality. I don't have a 4, so I can't test this myself, but I'd be interested to see the 3GS side by side in any showing of 4 degradation issues From the reviews I’ve seen, the iPhone 4 still has better reception than the 3GS even with the attenuation. So yes, you’ll see degradation, but still better upload and download than a 3GS. Especially since the 4 supports HSUPA and the 3GS doesn’t. It’s a questionable design to be sure; why couldn’t they just build in some kind of bridge to prevent the attenuation in the first place? But for the most part it seems the 4 is catching flack for an improvement in quality. I don’t have a 4, so I can’t test this myself, but I’d be interested to see the 3GS side by side in any showing of 4 degradation issues

]]> By: Charles http://www.ngineer.net/technology/iphone-4-android-and-why-android-device-will-not-close-the-gap-in-the-next-3-years/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Charles Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:13:38 +0000 http://www.ngineer.net/?p=160#comment-156 You are a bit more hopefully on Android than I am. I think their plan is flawed and I don't really ever seeing them surpassing Apple, although they may flood it with cheap devices. I doubt the profit on all those will exceed the iPhone. People have gotten a taste of well designed technology and a lot of people won't settle for something worse anymore. I wonder when we'll have a company that can compete with Apple on well designed products. We might have to wait a while for that. You are a bit more hopefully on Android than I am. I think their plan is flawed and I don’t really ever seeing them surpassing Apple, although they may flood it with cheap devices. I doubt the profit on all those will exceed the iPhone. People have gotten a taste of well designed technology and a lot of people won’t settle for something worse anymore.

I wonder when we’ll have a company that can compete with Apple on well designed products. We might have to wait a while for that.

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