i write in dis forum is never to criticize or degrade android users. also, like u to share so others readers will not make de same mistake like many of my customers who bought android machines did. there are many times my staff and even myself was subjected to scoldings/curses by customers who chose android phones, especially desire.

never did i say androiders are idiots or stupid.   only mention dat apple engineers/developers are much more smarter. perhaps its bcos of steve jobs vision.   

de only reason android machines had tried to go mainstream is bcos manufacturers like htc, moto, se had no choice if they wanna competeexploding touchscreen mkt, which of cos, was created by apple. so they use android in their best machines e.g. bigger screens, highest megapix, hd recording, etc.

they have no better alternatives. winmo, symbian is too dated and old, nobody supports webOS. and...steve jobs ain't going to give out de jewel iOS to others.

so with heavy advertising, customers are thinking they have iphone alternative. unfortunately soon after customers discover the severe crippling weakness (ady mentioned many obvious times) of android system, i'm sure they will be desperate to wait until their telcos contract finish to dump off de phone. and then, u will see de dreadful impact on android sales.  

lastly, being a nerd/geek is not meant as an insult. remember bill gates is also a geek...so there is no shame in being one.  

The amount of money you pay for an iPhone, you might regret once you realize how un-customizable it is.

And if you like Linux, forget about the iPhone. You will have a hell of a time transferring files because iPhones need iTunes installed on a machine before it can transfer anything. Whereas Android phones come with SDCards which are just detected as normal USB disks.

The only real advantage of the iPhone is it's huge app store and generally better-quality apps.

Strange, only kentang still believe iphone is the best smartphone. While the rest here give more mature and logic view/opinion :-)

......i write in dis forum is never to criticize or degrade android users. also, like u to share so others readers will not make de same mistake like many of my customers who bought android machines did. there are many times my staff and even myself was subjected to scoldings/curses by customers who chose android phones, especially desire.........

i write in dis forum is never to criticize or degrade android users. also, like u to share so others readers will not make de same mistake like many of my customers who bought android machines did. there are many times my staff and even myself was subjected to scoldings/curses by customers who chose android phones, especially desire.

never did i say androiders are idiots or stupid.   only mention dat apple engineers/developers are much more smarter. perhaps its bcos of steve jobs vision.   

de only reason android machines had tried to go mainstream is bcos manufacturers like htc, moto, se had no choice if they wanna compete in exploding touchscreen mkt, which of cos, was created by apple. so they use android in their best machines e.g. bigger screens, highest megapix, hd recording, etc.

they have no better alternatives. winmo, symbian is too dated and old, nobody supports webOS. and...steve jobs ain't going to give out de jewel iOS to others.

so with heavy advertising, customers are thinking they have iphone alternative. unfortunately soon after customers discover the severe crippling weakness (ady mentioned many obvious times) of android system, i'm sure they will be desperate to wait until their telcos contract finish to dump off de phone. and then, u will see de dreadful impact on android sales.  

lastly, being a nerd/geek is not meant as an insult. remember bill gates is also a geek...so there is no shame in being one.  

In 1971, the first "touch sensor" was developed by Doctor Sam Hurst (founder of Elographics) while he was an instructor at the University of Kentucky. This sensor called the "Elograph" was patented by The University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The "Elograph" was not transparent like modern touch screens, however, it was a significant milestone in touch screen technology. In 1974, the first true touch screen incorporating a transparent surface was developed by Sam Hurst and Elographics. In 1977, Elographics developed and patented five-wire resistive technology, the most popular touch screen technology in use today. [5] Touchscreens first gained some visibility with the invention of the computer-assisted learning terminal, which came out in 1975 as part of the PLATO project. Touchscreens have subsequently become familiar in everyday life. Companies use touch screens for kiosk systems in retail and tourist settings, point of sale systems, ATMs, and PDAs, where a stylus is sometimes used to manipulate the GUI and to enter data. The popularity of smart phones, PDAs, portable game consoles and many types of information appliances is driving the demand for, and acceptance of, touchscreens.
From 1979–1985, the Fairlight CMI (and Fairlight CMI IIx) was a high-end musical sampling and re-synthesis workstation that utilized light pen technology, with which the user could allocate and manipulate sample and synthesis data, as well as access different menus within its OS by touching the screen with the light pen. The later Fairlight series III models used a graphics tablet in place of the light pen.
The HP-150 from 1983 was one of the world's earliest commercial touchscreen computer. It did not have a touchscreen in the strict sense; instead, it had a 9" Sony Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) surrounded by infrared transmitters and receivers, which detected the position of any non-transparent object on the screen.
Until recently, most consumer touchscreens could only sense one point of contact at a time, and few have had the capability to sense how hard one is touching. This is starting to change with the commercialization of multi-touch technology.
Touchscreens are popular in heavy industry, as well as museum displays or room automation, where keyboard and mouse systems do not allow a satisfactory, intuitive, rapid, or accurate interaction by the user with the display's content.
Historically, the touchscreen sensor and its accompanying controller-based firmware have been made available by a wide array of after-market system integrators, and not by display, chip, or motherboard manufacturers. Display manufacturers and chip manufacturers worldwide have acknowledged the trend toward acceptance of touchscreens as a highly desirable user interface component and have begun to integrate touchscreen functionality into the fundamental design of their products.

Multi-touch technology began in 1982, when the University of Toronto's Input Research Group developed the first human-input multi-touch system. The system used a frosted-glass panel with a camera placed behind the glass. When a finger or several fingers pressed on the glass, the camera would detect the action as one or more black spots on an otherwise white background, allowing it to be registered as an input. Since the size of a dot was dependent on pressure (how hard the person was pressing on the glass), the system was somewhat pressure-sensitive as well.[5]

What's Steve Jobs vision btw ?

And please stop your baseless point that Apple created touch screen. This will only show that you're nothing but an idiot that bark like Steve Jobs' dog. History of touch screen just FYI !! Developed on 1971 and first touch screen on 1974 but Apple founded on 1976. So Steve Jobs created touch screen ?
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen]

Add on : Neither multi touch was created by Apple.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch

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.

Kentang is Mr.Steve Job (Malaysia Version) la......

We all stupid, coz we must be taught how 2 hold our sexy phone in sexy poses with our hands..

We all stupid, coz we must not customized our homescreen.

Therefore, if you must, go Apple and be smarter than all of us then.

We rather stay stupid then you being ignorant.