[cmallen]

This faux disgruntled move from Apple to Android trend is kind of sad. They're showing it off and blogging it like it makes them a 'maverick' when in fact it's just a "Grass Greener" situation.

There are advantages and disadvantages to either platform, but don't pretend Android is a panacea of freedom. My friend has a t-mo MyTouch and it STILL doesn't have Android 2.0 available. The carrier/manufacturer refuse to put in the effort to deploy it for his handset.

He's completely fucked and if he wants the new OS he has to buy a new phone.

If Apple forced people to buy a new phone to upgrade their OS (with all the benefits thereof) they'd file a class action lawsuit.

But as soon as it's Google/Carrier-Not-AT&T/manufacturer with them waving the "FREEDOM" flag next to a sign that says, "Don't be evil", they get a free pass.

Give me a break. This whole post was poorly written, sophomoric and not thought out at all. He's making a buying decision based on pure conjecture based upon the "FREEDOM" advertising Google has been doing.

Personally, as someone who is planning to begin deploying mobile apps soon, I'll be deploying to Apple.

You can keep your rose-colored glasses.

Utter foolishness.

[messel]

Maverick, haha, I'm far from it. Just tired of the restrictions on computing devices I buy. If what you say is true, than I'll have the same woes with Android. In that case it's a shame there's not really an open mobile hardware device out there.

I liken the Apple version of the net to AOL. It's a fully controlled interface with one corporate interest at heart. If Google's no better that doesn't mean I should be stuck with Apple.

What I want is a framework where I don't need approval to copy files to and from my device. That's it.

"This whole post was poorly written, sophomoric and not thought out at all." I challenge you to do better (I'm serious I get a lot out of well written conflicting views). I admit to being a very challenged writer. It takes hours of effort for me to write something that comes across as coherent, but it's good practice.

[cmallen]

>Maverick, haha, I'm far from it. Just tired of the restrictions on computing devices I buy.

Me too, I dream of computers that are designed from the ground up to be accessible to the curious (in the vein of the PCs from the 80s).

I am however, extremely pragmatic.

>If what you say is true, than I'll have the same woes with Android. In that case it's a shame there's not really an open mobile hardware device out there.

OpenMoko. Too bad it sucked as a product.

>I liken the Apple version of the net to AOL. It's a fully controlled interface with one corporate interest at heart. If Google's no better that doesn't mean I should be stuck with Apple.

Ah, Google is better, but they're annoying in less visible ways. Apple doesn't control the net, their browsers support open standards several orders of magnitude better than everyone but Chrome.

>What I want is a framework where I don't need approval to copy files to and from my device. That's it.

You still need to pay money to get an API key for Android. As for copying files to and fro, I know nothing of that.

>"This whole post was poorly written, sophomoric and not thought out at all." I challenge you to do better (I'm serious I get a lot out of well written conflicting views).

I don't care enough about the subject. Ask me about something else. I'm only replying out of respect.

>I admit to being a very challenged writer. It takes hours of effort for me to write something that comes across as coherent, but it's good practice.

Writing is good, but don't make disingenuous posts that look past the faults of the alternative.