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NonZealot 25th May 2010

Selection is important and the App Store simply has about 4x more apps

Windows has about 1,000X more apps than OS X, does Apple have something to learn from Windows here? Not according to the apologists. The truth is that as long as the applications you need are on the platform, you are going to be okay. If 99 percent of users can find the apps that they need in Android's 50K app store, then the fact that Apple has 150K apps that users don't need is simply not a point for Apple.

Consistency. The iPhone OS is pretty much identical whether you?re using it on an iPod touch, iPhone or iPad.

First time I've heard that choice is bad but okay. While there are differences in the UI between handset manufacturers, there is consistency as good as Apple's within a handset manufacturer's model lineup. It isn't like SenseUI is different between HTC models (barring version differences which is also true of the UI differences in different iPhone OS versions). I actually count this as a PLUS for Android. You get the benefit of a common platform while you choose the handset manufacturer that gives you the UI you like. Apple can't even come close to offering anything like it. Point for Android.

Fragmentation

I think this is yet another example where the Apple faithful are making a much bigger deal about this than actually exists. I've never heard of a single Android user complain that the Android app they wanted was not available for their Android device. In this case, the cure for fragmentation is actually worse than the disease.

Software Updates. Apple releases its iPhone OS updates simultaneously for all devices, Android, not so much.

Again, this is yet another example where the Apple fanatics are making a big deal out of nothing at all. How many people are still running XP? Geeks care about the latest and greatest OSs, regular people don't. Once again, the cure is worse than the disease. I've never heard of anyone say I'm not going to buy this great Android phone because I'm worried that in 2 months, a new version of Android will come out but I'll have to wait 6 months to get it. The truth is that the people who want the latest and greatest can always get it for their phones.

Copy & paste.

Amazing how a feature is "useless" when Apple doesn't have it but is suddenly a show stopper when Apple does have it. Cue the double standards... All you need to do to apologize for Android here is pull up 2 years of Apple apologist comments between 2007 and 2008.

The iPhone "just works" for most people, Android is a little less seamless and can be more daunting to novice users.

Says you. I've noticed over the years that the only way you can say that an Apple product "Just Works" is if you close your eyes to all the cases where it doesn't "Just Work".

A true unified inbox. To be fair, this isn?t coming until iPhone 4.0

Ah, so it's vaporware then? Exactly.