QUOTE(samurai1337 @ Sep 1 2010, 12:10 AM)
Let's talk about Vision / approach
Apple grabbed the market first, the iOS platform is good (although it wasn't that good at start), there is a real big touch screen that you can use by finger rather than stylus, and it also inherits the popularity Apple has from iPod and MacOS. Throughout these few years - it's been more like evolution for Apple, rather than revolution (i.e., improving on what's already done). 1st gen iPhone was created with lots of hype but little practical use (no 3G, buggy), it's been improved over the different iPhone generations - but they aren't really major changes. Their approach is centralized control of the apps and device
Google is (and have to be) having a different vision because it enters the market late. The approach is, its platform is Open and free for all, it doesn't have strict approval process for developers, and it allows other manufacturers to have Android-powered device. To enter the market Google can't use the same approach as Apple - it has to be different (ever heard of Blue Ocean Strategy?). They can't copy whatever Steve Jobs is doing to gain market segment, but instead have to work together with the pool of developers and other players (HTC, Moto, Samsung). And I think Google is doing well to capitalize on its cloud computing concept as well (good integration with GTalk, Calendar, GMail contacts)
So whose vision is better? Each has its good and bad.
Apple's way definitely introduces less issues as it's simpler to manage, but its restrictive approach means users have to suffer with something behind the curve (look at MMS, Video chat, multi-tasking, they all come in late, and Flash will never come in at all).
Google's way introduces more flexibility for developers, more diversity on devices (caters for users from different budget range), more choices, more up-to-date technology. But on the other hand it also suffers stuffs like potential low quality apps, inferior smartphones brands using Android without proper quality control, and incompatibility across different devices.
That's why I've always insisted that there's no single, absolute answer on which platform is better, whose vision is better... neither is there a need to be so insistent on the choice. The emergence of Android is inevitable, and at the end of the day it only benefits the users because it gives Apple run for its money, it introduces more competition and there are more choices for consumers. So, who cares about the vision?
u say dat iphone is evolution rather than revolution requires more thought on ur part . i remember dat i was selling palms (pilot up to tungsten 3 and treos) and winmobs like htc tytn2. only after iphone came into de picture dat there was a market for the normal ppl instead of juz for de nerds/geeks.
iphones, despite all its weakness is still way much superior den de other solutions, and with each major revision, apple redefines de boundary of design elegance and product excellence.
ur thinking is quite limited to say dat while android use different approach like open concept, cloud computing, but only geeks/nerds wld be interested.
for mainstream acceptance, apple must come into de picture. dis has been proven many times over.
indeed, like what i had always insisted, android does has its functions and it serves the needs of nerds/geeks very well. ppl who find much joy in playing with their fones day and night, dey who find orgasmic pleasures in changing various aspects of their fones.
for the rest of de normal population, it's better to use iphone.
and lastly, some androiders wants to ask me what is steve jobs vision? it is all arnd us when u see ppl using ipods on their way to work, during gym; u can see de ppl using iphone, using itunes to buy apps and songs, developers and accessories makers making money from the i-ecosystem.
as for future vision of steve jobs? if i can see it or if he tells me, den i won't be juz a poor handphone seller.
as for vision of android, to be blunt, essentially there's no direction or any viable vision for it. if it's lucky, it'll get to survive a few more years b4 dying out.
for example, i heard firmware 2.2 was released very long ago but only now htc is rolling out for their fones bcoz dey need to rewrite the htc sensible interface again. also, se fones are still running 1.6!
essentially its going to be short-lived system unless emerging a visionary like steve jobs to steer its direction.
Aug 3 2010, 10:46 PM
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only mention dat apple engineers/developers are much more smarter. perhaps its bcos of steve jobs vision. 
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