[Windows Phone 7 General] eaglesteve:
Android devices get them whenever necessary??? So, is the fact that many of them never ever get any upgrade due to the fact that it it in your opinion unnecessary? Is the fact that Hero takes more than a year to get the update due to the fact that in your opinion it is never necessary to use the latest firmware? Your argument is anything but rational my friend.

Where did not get this information from that iPhone USUALLY don't get all the new features therefore the is no advantage at all?

The older phone may not have GPS in built or a compass, but they still get the latest firmware upgrade made for that outdated hardware. This is completely different from Android where there is nothing at all. How can you say there is no advantage with a straight face is beyond me.

The recent announcement that OS4.0 will not be supported for the first generation iPhone is the first time it is happening. You can't really call this the "usual" practice.

Fragmentation is only a myth to the denier like you. Google says there is fragmentation and everyone knows there is fragmentation. I have seen two completely different copy and paste on my friend's Android phone and these two are different from what HTC's method of copy and paste. When OEM modifies Android to differentiate themselves from the other phone, they also make it difficult to upgrade to newer Google releases. HTC Hero is an example of this. There are many articles that you can google to educate yourself on this problem if you're not familiar with this problem.

Have you ever heard of Hard SPL, Rom Cooking, and tweaks? Have you not heard of rooting? Ah, you even said that you have hacked your own Android phone in order to support multiple exchange, didn't you? You also need to hack the Android to be able to install application on the SDHC card, right?

So, why are you so pro hacking for non-iPhone and for some wierd reason wanting to prevent even other people from hacking the iPhone to give me added functions and features?

Hugh reason my foot!

So, finally the true reason surfaces. You're just like many Apple haters who would not use Apple product regardless of what because you're on a holy crusade against what you consider to be an evil company and Steve Jobs.

For me, I choose the best product available and have no qualm if it is made by evil company or in evil country. I don't have blind loyalty for a company but I also don't have irrational hatred against anyone. There lies the biggest reason why we make difference choices for our phone.

Have you developed any iPhone/iPad/iPod application yet or are you propagating some popular phrases based on what you've read? You said "Most Importantly", you want your applications to be available to more people. Well, I believe most people know that their application has the chance of targeting the largest user based in iPhone than in any other platform today. There are 50 million devices which can run the applications.

I like to think that you're not the only one making contribution. I think I'm too adding values to the thread by way of providing information that many of you are unaware of before.

While you say you won't contribute to this discussion anymore, you also said in another post that we have so far only discuss areas where iPhone is shown to be better than Android, and not yet covered areas where Android does better. (You have edited that post away with some long dashes now.) Do you want or not want to continue to compare? I'm perfectly happy to go through all the areas in details, including those where Android has clear advantage. I'll happily give credit to Android where credit is due without any problem.

Here it goes:

I believe Android has a much better notification system.

Android supports widgets, iPhone does not, and this may be important to those who love widgets while completely irrelevant to those who hate them.

1 believe up to now, Android allows me to choose a device with a 4.3 inch screen which I crave, camera flash which I would rather have.

I also want a higher number in the camera's megapixel. Perhaps 5 MP but NOT as much as 8MP. I believe the due to the tiny lens, there would be too much noise and deterioration in picture quality unless we also change the lens.

I'm making the comparison for one purpose only, which is to open my mind and to understand the real difference between what I'm now having versus the full potential of what I could have if I switch to HTC Supersonic. So, I'm NOT interested in stock Android OS. I want to know what is the possibility, after it is rooted and available tools and tweaks installed.

Sad to see discussion degenerating so quickly. I hope all of us would get back to the topic and continue to discuss what's on this thread, which is to compare them instead of indulging in name calling.

If you're still game in comparing, could you test to see if Android could play the video in this test? I have already performed that test on my 3GS which plays it smoothly. HTC HD2 struggles in this. I think many would like to know how Android phone performs. I invite all the other platform to try out and post their result too. Someone suggested that I could have downloaded the video and converted it before my demonstration video in the youtube. I had therefore posted another youtube to demonstrate that iPhone can play that video my directly clicking on the link without having to do anything else. You might want to do the same video and post it to remove any such doubt.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645610