Google vs. Apple it is..
If I think of both OS for phones, and the fact I've owned and used both. As much as android is said to free the wireless web, I still find myself drawn back to the Apple iPhone and it's OS. Android, open source is all well and good, but what I find rather annoying is that anyone can put a coded app on the market and you have to be willing to chance your devices security to download and use it. iPhone if it's on the apple store it's legit and there's no prompting me whether I want to install an unverified third party application. Call me old fashion but when something says i have to agree before I get it, and the potential threat it may cause my device, I'd rather stick with Apple OS.
Besides when I look at the features of both a Samsung Galaxy and an iPhone4, the iPhone updating and syncing is by far easier and less tricky than the Kies software that Samsung's galaxy uses.
If it's freeing our wireless web, then why does it seem so much more complicated to sync a Samsung galaxy then it is an iPhone?
Truth be told I still like how the Samsung galaxy looks, and the idea is great but thus far the execution of the open source OS is lacking, and I don't see myself drooling to get it back in the near future.
Anybody see it differently maybe? :)
3 comments:
I agree that the Android app installation is a bit dodgy - being confronted with the whole "do you agree to let this app do such and such with your phone" and all. Though you'd find that most dysfunctional apps are horrendously downrated due to their lack of security or utility, so it acts as a user-base quality filter.
As for the security of Apple's operating systems, an article talks about the vulnerabilities of the Mac http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/20/8413274-malware-can-cripple-your-macs-built-in-security-tools
I do agree that syncing is made much easier on Apple devices though. Their recent cloud implementation is a true benefit to those who own multiple Apple devices.
Ive never owned an android nor have i even used one but i keep hearing about how it has more apps as well as being cheaper. Id like to thank you for clearing up the reason why. Judging from your post, there are alot of dodgy apps floating around for the android. I too am sticking with the iphone because it is stress free. Everything is checked and approved so we dont have to.
I have to agree that the security issue is a grave concern for me. Apple's complete control over the way in which I use my iPhone caused a lot of frustration. This lead me to decide to jailbreak my device. However, after doing so my phone became incredibly temperamental and a nuisance to use. Due to all of the apps with no quality control available to Android, it is something that deters me from the system.
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