[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steve19137:
BOOM roasted!

i feel the massive need to slap you in the face right now. not want, NEED. you obviously have no clue what you are talking about. of course you can hack a device to have more functionality. at that point, you can no longer compare OSes because as long as you have a developer, you can do both things on both systems. but what im about to do is compare a jailbroken iphone to a completely stock android device with access to the android market.

yes, the iOS has a better games selection. in fact, i am considering buying an ipod touch so i can play some games that i miss from when i had the original ipod touch. but real gamers play on the pc/ps3/x360. if i want a old fashioned rpg, i get one on the app store. but if i want a game with depth, awesome graphics, awesome gameplay, awesome musical score, then i play it on my pc. thats a no brainer. so games argument, youre right, but real gamers know where the good stuff is at. btw, for the record, i play quite a few games on my HTC Hero, as much as i can anyway.

the iphone, to my knowledge (which is old jailbreaking knowledge) only has ever had one home replacement app. it was extremely dysfunctional (although there is probably more updates now), and the only way you could go back to the giant app drawer was to uninstall the home replacement. real android users can take 30 seconds or less to switch home replacement apps WITHOUT uninstalling something.

music apps. many devs tried to make better music apps for iOS. well, once again, it was primarily in the jailbreak scene that they were created. and some were nice, like there was an ipod classic clone. it was pretty cool. but it wasnt free. you can get tons of free music replacement apps on android.

widgets. you cant seriously tell me that you can run widgets on the iphone. lame. because you cant. never. its one giant app drawer, but wait! they just introduced FOLDERS!!!! ooooo, get excited users around the world, drop your droids and HTCs and pick up the brand new iphone becuase it has folders!!!! *facepalm* give me a break. to my knowledge, android had folders from the start, if not, than 1.5.

lock screen. we have tons of lockscreen apps for android, one that even allows for widgets. there have been lockscreen addons for iphone, and yes, they were useful. but im pretty sure that you can get tons of functionality with a lockscreen replacement with android. and the one lockscreen replacement for the iphone is, ironically enough, the android pattern unlock!!! hahaha this is the best part of all :D

backgrounding. yes, android has many issues with backgrounding, but at least its more true backgrounding than the iphone is. all it does it allow the task to finish, then stuffs it away in a fashion that isnt quite true multitasking. and yes, you can hack true multitasking in, but its slows the phone down dramatically. read up on it if you like

i think you simply dont know how to use an android phone to its full potential. sure, its hard to ensure that every phone will be able to run the newest OS, but thats the fun of it!!! developers enjoy the feeling they get when they can hack the G1 to have froyo on it! that is a huge accomplishment!!! and guess what? the iphone 2g, the oldest one, cant run froyo as fast the the G1 can. :D

have fun with your extremely limited, yet clearly working, device.

PS: the only thing i miss from my jailbreaking years is the ease with which you could switch between themes. but i suppose there are ways to get that with andorid, im thinking metamorph... oh, and if you like, the android theme looks FABULOUS on the iphone :D

PSS: sorry, i cant help but rub on how awesome android is compared to the lame jailbreakers. read this (http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/05/why-jailbreak-the-miracle-of-iphone-widgets/) and then tell me that iphone is better. this guys is so lame. and to think that i used to get excited by things like that... omg, android is an undeniable improvement.