Comments on White Space: My bet is on Android

@anonymous Your comment is accepted as you can see...

2009-11-09T15:29:29.044+05:30

@anonymous Your comment is accepted as you can see it :-) Thanks a lot for your view point. Appreciate it.

More than me I think you are hurt for some reason :-) I think you just read this post of mine and made an impression. You should have read my other posts too where i have actually said Android shouldn't be compared with iPhone.

This was not a comparison either. This post only said that I would go for an Andriod phone. Never tried to predict as a phenomenon or anything. It was just my opinion. I never tried to convince others. Didn't I say iPhone is superb?

This is the place i write about things what i think is right and i have never written things echoing what others are saying. This is just a vent out of mine. This is not an industry watcher blog. I don't make money out of this blog. :-)

Please do come again and keep commenting.

hi umesh, i just got dropped into your blog ("my ...

2009-11-09T13:41:45.826+05:30

hi umesh,

i just got dropped into your blog ("my bet is on android"). here is my opinion and i am here not to hurt you. i would also like to clarify that i am neither a google nor apple fan.

first thing when you compare two products, you should have a open mind and should not have a biased mindset towards one product.

you have mentioned 5 points in your blog. in the first point i would like bring you the notice of certain things.
1. you are a blind fan of google. so that led you the bet on android blindly.
2. you don't like using apple products, so obviously you will not bet on apple.

you cannot compare android and iphone. android is an os where as iphone is an mobile handset. android competitors are windows mobile os, rim, symbian. iphone competitors are mobile handset manufacturers like motorola, samsung, nokia etc...

maybe you can compare iphone with droid phones. i think you should have heard about droid (handset is motorola and os is android).

ok bye. i don't know whether you will approve it and reply, but this is just my view and no intent is hurt you.

@iamclovin Agreed. I think i have talked about how...

2009-10-21T11:32:11.678+05:30

@iamclovin Agreed. I think i have talked about how Apple's dictatorship allows them to remain beautiful and classy (http://tinyurl.com/yjcmyr6) before in Whitespace. And for the same reason they are special and expensive too.

Let there be others players too who are cheaper, lay guidelines but are not as finicky as Apple to decide what should go in and what not. Also like you said it also creates competition which will eventually make everyone better.

The openness being a weakness is debatable. I do understand that there will be a lot of garbage in the Android Market but let the user decide whats good and bad for him. Isn't that fair enough?

I also understand that the app dev for Android is not as smooth as iPhone, there are lot of concerns. But as I always say, its just the start, things will get resolved in due time.

Thanks for commenting and for your valuable views Arun.

Nice article. I want the Android phones to do well...

2009-10-21T04:59:38.176+05:30

Nice article. I want the Android phones to do well, only because it will make the iPhone better. I think the biggest thing going for Android is also it's biggest weakness - it's openness.

Apple products are way better and have much better finish because they control everything about the software and hardware, making it easier for them to define the user experience, which is what other handset makers struggle with.

Also, from using open-source desktop software such as KDE/Gnome - my feeling is that in terms of UI, open source is probably not a good idea because there are so many people involved in making a decision. I think in these cases it's better to have a benevolent dictator who decides what goes into a product, so that there is consistency.