What sort of apps would you consider buying? What are you looking to do with your phone that you can't do with a free app? I've bought apps but mostly just the "donation" versions of free apps that I use a lot.
How about a card game that doesn't blow? I've bought the Apple poker game, hearts, and some others. I paid 3 bucks for a hearts game on Android and it was terrible. It looked like some 1996 Windows shareware game. Tiger Woods golf is fun, and so is Angry Birds. Or how about a navigation app for when you're out of service? The Android app store is just about useless.
If can't find more than 1 or 2 quality apps, yes, the damn thing is useless. That's its "use". It provides maybe 2, so it's not "useless", but it is "just about useless".
> "This mindless Apple/iPhone fanboyism"
And that's not a generalization?
No, that was specifically targeted at you and the sixpack of similar comments that has become the norm for every apple/android article.
If can't find more than 1 or 2 quality apps, yes, the damn thing is useless. That's its "use". It provides maybe 2, so it's not "useless", but it is "just about useless".
It may be useless for you.
I have found all I need (SwiFTP, ConnectBot, MailDroid, to name just 3) and while they may not be as pretty as the iPhone equivalents... Oh wait, for two of them there is no iPhone equivalent.
See? Everyone has their priorities. And even though I'm not the least bit interested in the latest shiny iPhone games I wouldn't call the apple appstore "useless".