Since I dont know too much on the Android phone, I thought this would be a good opportunity to blog about some research I did in comparison to my iPhone. So, in this blog, I will give a brief overview on the Android phone, then I will look at the specs in comparison to the iPhone as well as look at some of the reviews. A short video can be found at the bottom of this blog for more information.
OVERVIEW:
Over the course of September to December of last year (2009), it seems that the adroid seemed to get a lot of interest. It seemed to pass BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm, but was yet to pass the iPhone. Below is a graph of people's interests in the Android phone and how it surely increased in percentage.
ComScore's numbers placed Android and iPhone nearly neck-and-neck: Seventeen percent of people surveyed by the company said they were headed to Android, while 20 percent were planning to make new iPhone purchases.
This statement was read in one of the articles I was looking at "The iPhone and Android-based phones right now are in contention for second place. Right now, the BlackBerry is sitting pretty at just over 40% of the market. The iPhone is at about 25% and Android-based phones account for 5.2%. If anyone should be worried by Android’s growth, it’s the Palm and Microsoft types. Both of those platforms are slipping pretty quickly, with Palm being the biggest loser." --> I think for the most part this is true, most people are looking at either a Blackberry, an iPhone 4 or an Android which is cheaper than both.
REVIEWS:
1. Android's applications are still less robust than Apple's but this is simply because they are new. They are currently working on improving their products.
2. Android also has google talk messenger which some people use whereas, the iPhone does not (maybe the new one does but not the 3G)
3. When it comes to media players, the iPhone is simply better than the android. This is because as mentioned previously Androids are still rough around the edges.
4. Android notifications are better than Apple's because with Apple, you can either view it now or lose it forever.
5. Flash is something that Androids support but iPhones dont. (not even the new one)
6. It is highly dependable on google accounts which isn't always great... especially when not everyone has a google account.
7. Androids do not support PDF documents, whereas iPhones do. (messages are all messed when viewed on an android)
8. Infinite scrolling bug on certain HTML emails still exists on the Android 2.2.
9. You can't take a screenshot on Android without a third-party application, rooted phone, or the SDK.
10. Most non-Google software tends to be very limited in functionality and visually unrefined.
There are many more reviews for this smartphone, you will find more information in the following video and references. I believe that there is plenty of room for improvement when it comes to the Android market. Now that it has increased interest... it will only go up from there. Google just needs to work on functionality and needs to visually refine itself.
References:
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/185830/android_vs_iphone_lets_get_ready_to_rumble.html
2. http://ca.askmen.com/entertainment/guy_gear_100/114_tech-qa-android-vs-iphone.html
3. http://stevenf.com/wiki/android%20vs.%20iphone.html
4. http://www.thesearethedroids.com/2010/03/29/choosing-a-smartphone-part-3-android-vs-iphone/
5. http://lifehacker.com/5173441/android-versus-iphone-30-the-showdown
6. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/android-vs-iphone-which-handset-is-winning-the-hearts-and-minds-of-owners/8516
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