I saw this on a forum somewhere and agree with it.
- I can set any song as a ringtone, just by selecting it – for free
- I can control my TV’s, Live
- I can show photos from my phone on my TV just by flicking them on there – for free
- I can get turn-by-turn navigation with Google Maps – for free
- I get visual AND transcribed voicemails with Google Voice – for free
- Those little App icons on the screen, I can put them anywhere I want – top, bottom, right, left – wherever
- AT&T network – not any more
- I can load apps from anywhere – without having to hack my phone
Daring Fireball Linked List: Wired: ‘Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones’
It seems more clear now why Google made the Nexus One: it’s hard to get a phone with the default Android OS. It also seems clear that Android’s openness is largely about being open to the carriers’ ability to customize the user experience.
This is one thing that I agree with John on. There should be more phones with stock Android. As much as I like my HTC Evo I wish it had, at least, Android 2.1 and I could install 2.2 later. And its not the the Sense UI is bad, it really is pretty good, I just would like to run what Google released or be able to pick what I want on the phone, Sense or stock Android, at the time I get the phone.
Apple Tells Congressmen it Batches, Encrypts Location Data – Web Services Web 20 and SOA from eWeek
With the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and can see why location-based data is needed. What I don’t understand is why Apple needs to know where I am when I am using my MacBook. If I am using Chrome and Google wants to know where I am using HTML5, does that info go back to Apple and if so why?
Apple offers location-based services on the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, Iphone 4, iPad WiFi/3G and on older iPhones, iPad WiFi iPod touch and Macs running Snow Leopard, and Windows or Macs running the Safari 5 Web browser, albeit to a more limited extent.
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