IOS 4.3 (the latest) equates in capabilities to Android 2.0 (which everyone got last year), but for that matter, even Android 1.6 offers much the same capability with Hotspot being included if you root your phone.
- No High Resolution displays,
- No SD Card,
- No external drive support
- Android Browser is still better
- No Live wall papers
- No Widgets
- Google Navigation pretty much similar to Android 1.5
Most capabilities offered now on IOS 4.3 (not here yet) Android had Available last MAY, and adoption was prevelant over six months ago.
- No Flash
- Improved JIT
- Chrome V8 Java Integration
- Better launcher
- USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality
- Added an option to disable data access over mobile network
- Quick switching between multiple keyboard languages and their dictionaries
- Voice dialing and contact sharing over Bluetooth
- Support for file upload fields in the Browser application[55]
- Support for installing applications to the expandable memory
- Adobe Flash 10.1 support[56]
- Support for extra high DPI screens (320 dpi), such as 4" 720p[57]
When compared to Android, IOS is 6 or more months behind following Android's lead.
So iPhone fans 3GS and above may get the latest IOS, but capability wise they are far behind anything any Android user has (3G can't do multitasking).
Gingerbread has just been released by the development team, to compare it now to IOS deployment is foolish as it follows a different model. In a couple months, Android follows an open model, so users and companies can improve on the base code, with Apple your stuck with what you have, outdated and all
So yeah, faster for Apple, but a lot less capable.
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