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by dekomote 5782 days ago
One thing that bugged me tho. Why android? Symbian did that years before android. IPhone too. Even simple Nokia/SonyEricsson not-so-smart phones were able to do most of those listed tasks years before android. We realized that statement that 1-task gadgets/tools will sooner or latter die long time ago.

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gbhn 5782 days ago
I don't think the author was saying Android specifically or uniquely enables this (that's just his experience with this process), but rather that the smartphone product does.
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wccrawford 5782 days ago
The iPhone opened the door. It made everyone see a phone as something that's possibly very sexy. Android came in after it and implemented a bunch of features that it heard iPhone users complaining about. And now recently, the UI and feel is as slick as the iPhone as well.

The iPhone still has better games, but Android is catching up fast.

Disclaimer: I am on my second Android phone.

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