and finally, excuse my french I dont usually use french (read curse words), but some clowns, deserve a little bit of french just saying,
2012/1/7 [email protected] <[email protected]> > I'm not sure how to perceive any of your Android rants. Only that you seem > to have some pretty rickety phones down in Uganda, because the droid phones > in Sweden sure as hell do not suck anywhere near the way you describe it. > > Oh, and many complaints I hear from you all are easily remedied with > installing a different app. That's the whole *point* with Android. Don't > like the standard text messaging app? Install a better one! Don't like the > keyboard? Install another one! > > You completely missing the point does not make Android suck. Android is > not iOS. The Apple devices deliver an out-of-the-box experience at the cost > of killing customisation capabilities. Android is 100%* customisable. As a > side effect, the default apps naturally suck, to varying degrees. > > Geez, am I really on the Linux User Group mailing list? Because you all > sound like the Windows Luser Group or something. Where's your spirit of > open source? Of coding? Of hacking? > > *(Yes, 100%; you could even throw out Android completely and install > Debian or Ångström or any other ARM-supporting Linux distribution, and > Android wouldn't even try to stop you. You'd probably have a hard time with > device drivers, but the point is Android doesn't try to prevent you out of > spite, whereas you would have to jailbreak an Apple device before being > able to do anything useful on it.) > -- > Skickat från min Android-telefon med K-9 E-post. Ursäkta min fåordighet. > > Sanga Collins <[email protected]> skrev: >> >> In the states the android and iPhone are the same cost. 200$ plus 2 year >> contract. That argument does not compute >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 7, 2012, at 2:48 AM, Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Mugarura Cavin wrote thus on 1/7/12 5:57 AM: >> >> Lug, >> >> >> >> I will be compiling a list of why Droid sucks >> >> my first smart phone was an LG Prada, way ahead of its time >> >> so recently i ditched my iphone for an LG G2x, to explore how good >> >> the android platform is >> > >> > >> > Before delving deep into your rants, I'll propose a very simple (to >> > put it better, simplistic) approach reasoning: >> > >> > I'll use one parameter: _Cost_ . >> > >> > Your iPhone4S, here in our dusty streets of Kampala, will set you >> > back approx 2.4m ( >> give or >> take 200k) >> > >> > I have seen an LG Optimus on Wilson Road for about 1m. >> > >> > How can you expect a device of 1m to outperform that of 2.5m in >> > *any* respect ? >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ >> >> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> > >> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> > [email protected] >> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> > >> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> > The above comments and data are >> owned >> by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host >> is not responsible for them in any way. >> ------------------------------ >> >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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