Patrick Gibson (via Daring Fireball): "My friend and co-worker Tom has a thesis about Apple's biggest problem: Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services." Apt.
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I was being generous. I also like the note 2. I think Apple devices, not just phones, tend to be at or near the top of the pack for hardware design. iPhone IMO is actually the weakest of apple products because of the silly tiny screen. Blows my mind the way apple fanbois act like they actually prefer it. I believe some do but 90% are just too in love with Apple to admit bigger screens are better.
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google started android but other programmers made android what it is today not google there are hundreds of developers working on android everyday all day ,if u gonna give credit to google than don't forget all the developers that make android the software it is today, everyone one is quick to knock apple but fail to thanks them for pushing the envelope in technology
they didn't invent the touch screen or cell phones but they developed at the time the best phone with all the bells and whistles integrated while the so called phone manufactures were still playing with flips
competition is good for all of us we can get better products all the time so be grateful to the companies who think out of the box before bashing them ...
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Did you read the article? I was commenting on a very specific subject (the subject of the article) and I just reread both my comments and I never bashed Apple or Google. I just said I thought Apple hardware was better and Google software is better and I explained why Android was way better than iOS at supporting network services.
Your point about other contributors to Android is interesting but I'm not sure what it has to do with my comment. I agree, other people have contributed. Good.
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Exactly twenty years ago, a document was published that played a huge role in establishing the web as we know it today. Twenty years later, and this simple and straightforward document is proof of an irrefutable fact: while closed technologies can change markets, open technologies can change the world.Oh multitasking. That staple of computing that got thrown out the window with many modern smartphones. We got some rudimentary thing in its place - but even as multitasking on phone and tablets improves, its user-visible side remains cumbersome. Windows 8 has a neat implementation, and now it's time Android follows in it footsteps.They're here! Whether that excites you or not remains to be seen, but the Galaxy S4, which will most likely become the best selling Android smartphone of the year by a huge margin, has been reviewed by all the major sites, and there's lots of interesting conclusions in there - although I think most of you will get the gist.
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Oh, and Google is already *better* than Apple at design when you are talking about android vs ios. ios' skeumorphic crap looks cartoonish compared to stock android 4+. Even OEM skins are getting very light, allowing stock android design to shine.
On the other hand I will admit that hardware-wise, Apple crushes all android OEMs (and PC laptop makers) in the design area. But you can't totally blame google for that.