why i like the android

So in the previous post, I wrote why I was jumping ship from the iphone.

I admit, the iphone is one the best phones that has ever been created. I’ve had an iphone since generation 1 and I loved it. It has it’s pluses but as geek, it’s limiting in flexibility.

The Android phone os by google has the edge when comes to flexibility. Android is a match made in heaven for software hackers. They can pretty much create any type of software they want, install whatever os they want, install any app they want, the list goes on. It’s an OPEN PLATFORM. Something Apple doesn’t like to do all that much with the iphone.

Here are just a few reasons why I like the Android better:

1. Android is an open platform. I can go download the source code right now off the website and make it my own by editing however I please.

2. I can install apps manually through my computer and sd card. I don’t have to use an app store that filters what I can and cannot download.

3. I can root my phone (hack and enable hidden features) and tether the phone, install modified versions of it’s os, download themes and so much more. Right now I’m using the Cyanogen mod, and it’s blazing faster than the stock Android. This is cool. Iphones, your stuck! you’re stuck to using Apples made phone os, and have to wait for features.

4. Android custom mods have the latest and greatest features Google is building for Android. Their updated almost daily.

5. Voice dial. Need I say more? Where is that Apple? This should be a standard in accessibility!!!

6. Multi-tasking. On the Android you can run multiple programs in the background, while iphone can run only ONE at a time.

7. Don’t like a feature on the phone such as the keyboard or phonebook? download a new one. You can replace a built in feature with a better one if you want. Iphone, they will veto any app that mimics any app that’s pre-built for the phone.

Ok, I tooted Androids horn. So what are the down falls of Android phones?

1. App store is not as nice and plentiful as apple app store.

2. Touch response is not as good as iphones. Iphones touch screen is phenomenally responsive.

3. Lacks multi-touch features iphone has. But with cyanogen’s mod, you can have it all.

4. No audible book compatibility. WTF? that sucks.

5. Memory? Android skimped out on the built in memory. But you can always buy an sd card and get way more. But I like built in memory.

6. Still no flash. Iphone doesn’t have flash either. I want to watch hulu on my phone damn it.