11 ways Android will kick the iPhone’s ass
Will G1 phone threat the Apple’s iPhone? “Start quaking in your boots, Steve,” Dan Grabham wrote in TechRadar. “Or support some more stuff, up to you.”
According to Grabham, here’s why Android can make its presence felt and could really threaten the iPhone.
- It’s more open.
- It’s got integration with online apps.
- It’s faster, faster, faster.
- Better hardware.
- There’ll be more variants.
- It’ll have Flash.
- It won’t be restricted by Apple’s nuances.
- You can have proper keyboards.
- It’ll have better format support.
- You won’t need to jailbreak.
- Unrestricted apps.
Read his full explanations on this.
GO GO HTC 
September 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
smack a better case than that plastic thing and I’ll definitely look
GO GO HTC
September 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Just one thing that concerns me: doesn’t Google already track our every move on the web? Isn’t this just another way Google will track our every move on our mobile phones? I thought that’s called ’spyware’ in some circles, but maybe I’m wrong.
Don’t get me wrong. I use gmail & gmaps & sometimes their search (though personally I prefer Clusty.com). Still when does it start to be too much info all in one company’s hands?
(Might not be so scary if they hadn’t done away with their ‘Do no evil’ motto, but I understand that particular window dressing has already been taken down.)
September 24th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I was just wondering, does this phone have hand writing recongnition? what about a stylus? would be very useful!
It becomes very comebersom, typing stuff into small keyboards.. with one hand!!
September 24th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
@willy it does not. G1 phone doesnt even have a virtual keyboard!
September 24th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
@ggroovin it’s make sense…
September 26th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
@ggroovin, most use Google anyway, but its not required. There will be alternative browsers, search choices, etc. Its NOT an iPhone, its an open Windows OS, meaning despite needing to log into GMail to use the device, you could use a totally different app for email.
If you’re familiar with Symbian S60, which supports various programming languages, you’ll know that whenever a user has a need, the open source dev community will create a solution, alot of times for free. The iPhone will NEVER be so flexible, which is why the N95 before it trotnced it in global sales. The main feature of the G1 is its open source nature.
I wished I knew why these “Martha Stewart neogeeks” believe the iPhone is a smartphone? No one ditches their laptop for an iPhone like they’ve done with S60 and will do with Android.
The iPhone killed the high end MP3 player. S60 and Android killed the laptop, and wounded the iPhone.