The biggest thing with Android vs. iPhone, in my opinion, is the philosophy behind the designs. The iPhone was designed down to the most minute details to give the "normal" consumer an exceptional experience. They've locked down the entire system so that you can only load apps purchased from the app store, and everything available in the app store has to meet pretty strict guidelines and be vetted by Apple before they let it through. It's been called a "walled garden" in that they have a beautifully curated garden that most people can admire and enjoy, but there's a big wall around it to keep it that way.
If you're the type who likes to tinker with your devices, get into the innards of the software or customize things to the extreme, then an iPhone is not for you. You're limited to what Apple says you can do with the device, and for most people, that's fine and provides a more "secure" experience than Android will. Personally, I like to tinker and mess with stuff, but when it comes to my phone I just want it to work and I don't want to mess with it, so I love my iPhone because it just works. Battery life on the iPhone can be an issue depending on how you have it set up. I've turned off constant background e-mail checking and things of that nature which helps the battery go for several days before it needs charging. If you're on it all the time checking e-mail and surfing the web then the battery will drain faster, but still last for many hours before needing another power source. If you're a heavy user between charges there are external battery packs available for those kinds of uses. I can say that the newer 5.0 iOS release has had a negative impact on battery life, but it's not dramatic and Apple is promising patches soon to correct it. As for AT&T, iPhone is available on several other carriers at this point. I got mine earlier this year through Verizon and have no complaints about the service in the area that I live and places I commonly visit. I don't have a lot of direct experience with Android aside from playing with some friend's phones, but in general I've heard more griping about the Android interface than I have about the iPhone's. My family also has an iPad and I believe most of the same philosophy and such described above applies there versus Android tablets. I have a Kindle Fire coming my way soon, but it's a slightly different form-factor and made for a different purpose than the iPad, but from what I've seen in reviews and using a friend's Fire in person, I'm not all that excited about using it. I am excited about getting under its skin and messing with it, though, something I wouldn't do with the iPad or iPhone. -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
