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Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS
Ponca City writes "PC World reports that women are more likely to buy an iPhone for their next smartphone purchase, while men prefer Android devices. According to data collected in October 2010, 31 percent of women wanted to buy an Apple iOS device next, followed by 22.8 percent interested in a Google Android device while among men preferences were reversed with 32.6 percent of men interested in an Android purchase and 28.6 desired an iOS phone. 'So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?' asks Tracey E. Schelmetic. 'More male-targeted commercials that emphasize cool gadgetry versus usability? More techno-macho phone brand names like "Droid"? Extra advertising on the Spike channel by phone makers using the Android platform?'"
That Verizon's splashy "Android devices are death-robots from the future who can tear you to shreds with a single shot from their massive feature lists" campaign might have had something to do with that. And then you get into the fact that Apple has been producing devices with off-the-charts WAF for ages now...
So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?
Uh, its right there in the name - android as in greek for man.
If they wanted chicks to buy them they should have called then gynoids.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
The 'Droid platform doesn't accuse you of being a moron that can't judge useful content for yourself, unlike the JoBS.
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android is for porn remember????
Because the Android isn't about ME.
Think of the naming conventions used
"i"Phone, about the individual (although one could easily argue it is a controlled environment brought on by monopolistic practices)
Droid, autonomous device that empowers the user through its open architecture.
Of course I could be one sided, as (DISCLAIMER) I have a Droid.
Males tend to be more tech-savvy.
Oh, before you mod me flamebait, correlation != causation.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Pre-op transgenders prefer Apple products.
You "girly-man" iPhone toting guys... be a real man and get an Andriod phone ;P
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
31 vs 32.6 falls within the unspecified margin of error for that "survey".
Q: What's the hardest part about using an iPhone?
A: Coming out to your parents
I've never found Apple products terribly visually appealing, a little too "pretty" in a feminine way. I prefer harder edge more badass looking gadgets, and I guess that's just what TFA is on about - alot of the Android handsets are coming from manufacturers who produce more masculine designs generally.
Because well, you know, I like to look badass...
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
Gents like iOS and Android similarly...it's just ladies don't like Android...
My guess is, that it is for the same reasons Macs suit women, gays, and/or artists.
Sorry if it is a cliché, statistically bound, by the way.
Léa Gris
My wife isn't interested in playing with configuration settings, tweaking this, adjusting that and so on. A simpler UI, that does what she wants it to do, and no more, is what she's looking for.
Tracey E. Schelmetic has a remarkably sexist viewpoint here.
Girls also wear makeup. Both of these choices seem illogical to me. Meaning they didn't follow strong deductive reasoning to reach their decisions, they went with their feelings. Where strong deductive logic is purely quantitative week emotional induction does not rely on any sort of quantitative analysis, but rather snap judgments. Remorse for ill decisions made then turns into defense of the indefensible ("Why'd you buy that?" - "IT'S JUST BETTER - SHUT UP!"). Of course without exception any quantitative argument about the iPhone vs. Android(any) eventually digresses into which platform is more open because both seem to be equally capable, and of course Android wins every time. The only way you get an iPhone over the Android is if you avoid any sort of logical deduction in the first place: i.e.: you're a girl.
> In addition, male iPhone users tend to be homosexual.
Oh, before you mod me flamebait, correlation != causation.
I'd like to see a study.
"Excuse me, I see you have an iPhone. Do you tend to be homosexual?"
Android allows porn apps. I'm just sayin'...
Years ago cigarette companies conducted a survey of doctors and brands they preferred. They advertised the brand they preferred as doctor recommended. I was not so much that doctors necessarily preferred any of the brands, but if one does a survey and sorts the results, one will have top and a bottom, though it may have no statistical or physical meaning.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
"Gentlemen Prefer Androids"
Ha, I see someone has been watching Bladerunner lately!
Men would rather give up some security for freedom, and women tend to prefer the opposite. I won't get an iPhone because I don't like the idea of not having access to certain apps because Jobs doesn't want politically oriented apps, or because women are in bikinis, or because the app might offend some people. The 'Baby Shaker' app was a good example of this - I want the freedom to download whatever I want with this device.
But my wife loves her iPhone, and she's just fine with having a device that's locked down to some degree if it means not having malicious application
Global warming and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking number of pirates - Gospel of the FSM
What about males who aren't gentlemen and females who aren't ladies?
(you insensitive clod)
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I have a sister and brother in law that have purchased android and iphones respectively. For the same geeky v usability reasons. Just in the opposite directions.
Also I liked eating Special K as a kid till I figured out all the ads were targeted to women.
You "girly-man" iPhone toting guys... be a real man and get an Andriod phone ;P
i haven't seen a post saying "So, I guess the gay guys DO go for Apple!"
But no. The best I see is "girly-man". WTF! Are you Ahh-nold the Governor of Calee - fonee-ah?!?
Have the Apple fans boys pussy whipped Slashdot that much?!?! Apparently so!
I bought an android for this reason. They just seem more masculine. iPhones seem a bit...."soft" to me. And it doesnt help that 4 of our giggliest admin girls have them. The Galaxy S is my phone. The Galaxy S is corporateness personified.
In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
Would you use a cell phone OS made by an advertising company? I only have a lowly call-and-text phone, but if I were buying a smartphone I'd avoid Android like the plague. I don't care how open their app development is; I want to know they're not mining my text messages and emails....
How you have a score above -1 is beyond me. Quitcher trolling 7digiter
That makes no sense; for basic stuff android is just as easy as an iPhone to "set up". No PC or stupid iTunes required either. It's funny how we have three android phones in the house (my original Droid, and my wife and daughter both have an HTC Aria - a nice small phone that goes in the pocket much better than an iPhone) and none of us had any trouble "setting it up".
Getting anything to work? Having used both an iPhone and Droid (that is, a Motorola Droid, the original) I can't say there is much difference as far as useability. Android is more configurable but I wouldn't say it's harder if you just want to do the same stuff as the iPhone.
Outside of that, iPhone seems a lot smoother (higher performance) than any Android device. Even with my Droid overclocked to 1.2 Ghz it's still not as smooth as a puny 600 Mhz iPhone. That's the difference between the native code on the iPhone and the piece of shit Java-esque crap that Android uses. Android is definitely better for the power users (having a regular shell is awesome) but it leaves a lot to be desired in the performance department. I think Android should just go all native and dump the virtual machine crap.
This proves women are more evil than men.
You fail to mention age and perceived tech savvy of the couple.
women are more likely to buy an iPhone for their next smartphone purchase, while men prefer Android devices
Gee, where does that leave me?
I've been disappointed with both the Apple and Droid phones. I can't honestly say I am looking forward to either for my next smartphone purchase — I've really been thinking about going back to an old fashioned just-a-phone, and using a NanoNote or whatever of its kind might become available.
What I really want is a programmable opensource palmtop that also has phone functionality. A jailbroken phone is a poor substitute for an opensource palmtop. I've never felt right since the HP 100lx went out of production.
Maybe next year.
That men are smarter than women?
...
*ducks*
The Java crap thing is more or less a remnant of Java 1.x perception. 2.2 onwards Android is JIT enabled - where performance counts it is already executing native code directly on the CPU. The only downside is Android doesn't have GPU accelerated GUI - that should make it much more smoother. With faster dual core CPUs coming out soon - Java would be last of any problems Android has.
I've read the bible, right near the front it says that Eve ate from the apple.
I wonder how much of the decision making comes from what carrier a potential phone buyer is? It would be interesting to see the statistics of the male/female ratio of ATT subscribers, and if changing carriers was a greater deciding factor for males vs females....
I had thought about getting an iPhone 4, before the antenna problems and ATT killing the unlimited data plan... and part of that was due to not really liking the Droid phones ATT had, and wanting to stick with ATT for the 17% military discount that I would lose if I switch providers (way back when the guy at the Cingular booth enrolled me in the discount program even though I'm a civilian)
The Android phones are huge, they barely fit in a typical male hand. To most women, they seem that much larger.
Maybe naming it the "iPad" wasn't so dumb after all....
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1- Is there any super porn app for Android that I don't know? 2- An important British study reveals that while men like to shower with face turned to shower, most of the women prefer to turn the back (I'm serious, can't remember where I saw it). 3- Women aim for the more expensive aways. 4- Women don't care about tech, they care about "glamour", Apple = tech glamour. 5- You might be asking: "So what about the gays?" I answer that for you: They care more about hardware, that hardware function you know... the camera I mean. 6- After this study, no matter what, more and more man will buy android for a matter of macho pride. 7- Another important study conduct for years concluded that men do have more sense of humor than women.
I like android because of its ease of use but ios look also good. What is the main difference between them really I dont know. I just know that android is open source.
That's because with an android, you don't feel compelled to wave it about like a fashion accessory.
It is because Android is the better product, which is clear to any reasonable person. iPhone just looks cute.
Men are inherently more reasonable than women, so there you go.
On the whole, guys like to get down and dirty with innards, more so than a lot of women who just want the technology to work and be easy to use. Now obviously this is a generalization, but still true in a GENERAL way. The main problem with this article is this - the idea of actual differences between Android and iOS, and the differences between men and women, determining which demographic prefers which mobile platform, NEVER ENTERS INTO THE WRITER'S MIND. She seems to think it's all marketing, when many of us as Slashdotters know that actual features and real-world facts, are often what determine what technology choice we make. It's truly telling, in that she must make her choices based only on the marketing she's fed, and not the actual features or technology, because she assumes the same is true for everyone else.
I'd rather have my iGirlyPhone then a Mandroid.
Aesthetics vs functionality. it's cut and dry.
Woman reach their decisions by allowing both halves of their brains to communicate while men have problems trying to get both heads to communicate.
I loved Symbian on my N95, I hated it on the N97, I am now back in love with Symbian^3 on the N8. I am willing to say this is the best cell phone I have ever had bar none. I have an N900, but don't consider it a cell phone. The N900 is a linux tablet with a phone app.
Back to cell phones. The US press seems to forget Symbian exists, is rock solid stable, ans is very clean and fast. Symbian was fast on a 60 mhz processor, and literally screams on the N8. For once I would like to see a review written by some one that is used to Symbian instead of an iPhone user complaining how it is different than his beloved Apple product, or some such similar from and Android Fanboi.
Nokia has made some very bad management decisions in the last few years, but their engineer elves have been busy. The N8 really is the best cell phone, both hardware and software that Nokia has ever produced and deserves a close look.
I am glad I didn't listen to "Symbian is dead" and bought an N8.
I love it.
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is this the perfect opportunity to say that iphones are gay?
Clearly a 2% preference for iOS means it represents the entire female gender! /s
Source: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/us-smartphone-battle-heats-up/
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/11/1735253/Stats-Show-iPhone-Owners-Get-More-Sex "iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android owners." And females use iOS more...
Macho Macho Android!
What about those devices and OS?
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mid thirties and just average users -- average meaning they have actual normal lives and would never ever be inclined to look at slashdot.
Its not the years, its the mileage
Exactly.
To repeat what TFA said, 31% of women want an iPhone and 22.8% want an Android. In order to determine if this difference is statistically significant (alpha = 0.05, beta = 0.2) they'd have needed to ask 508 women.
Did they really? Who knows. There's no confidence interval. Maybe they asked everybody.
Trying to get anything to work? That is absolutely absurd. While the Android OS is not quite as intuitive as the iOS, I'd hardly say a user's inability to navigate menus and choose settings could be classified as "not working." I am also in tech support, and am often helping people with both iPhones and Androids, and I've never seen anything that even remotely resembles what you're describing. In supporting Androids, it's almost always a case of "I don't know where/what ABC setting is/does" or simply "I don't know how to do XYZ." 99% of the time, it's the user, not the device.
Faster dual core CPU's just use more power and give you a shorter battery life. "Fixing" it by increasing the CPU power is retarded.
I am using 2.2 with the JIT on my phone, it's still laggy. It's not a perception, it's fact because I use it every day. It's still a version machine even when JIT'd.
about all the men carrying iphones around...
comment first, facts later. http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
Men and women tend to have the same emotional intelligence. High emotional intelligence actually means that you are more likely to take the logical approach. Being insensitive isn't emotionally intelligent, nor is being hypersensitive.
A human without emotions is like a computer without interrupts.
So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?
Uh, its right there in the name - android as in greek for man.
If they wanted chicks to buy them they should have called then gynoids.
My wife will have what I'm willing to support, goddamnit! She can have it in pink and put whatever ringtones and wallpapers she likes on it. Chances are she'll come to me if she wants an app installed. She's not incompentent, just lazy and not interested in tech gear. So if I'm going to do the work for her, I'm not going to learn a whole other system just to support her phone. If she gets an iPhone she knows she's on her own.
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I'm sorry to get your panties in a bunch, but what you wrote is simply not true ;-)
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
young people use blackberry or iphone/
Any logical argument is only as good as the assumptions which went into it. I'm not saying that logic and quantitative analysis are useless, but they are never perfect or complete. A reasonable person must take emotions when making decisions. And if you are a human being, your emotions influence your decisions, so if you don't realize that you are in denial (which is highly illogical). You are every bit as guilty of making snap judgements as any woman if you don't realize that.
As a side note, I've never seen an iPhone user change their mind about their purchase. Ever. I don't believe that everyone I know who has an iPhone (inculding myself, and my entire immediate family) is an overly emotional nutcase.
I wonder what would happen if you ask the questions and include the cost of the device somehow. Wait you don't have to ask the question then, just see the sales stats.
Most people can safely ignore this guy.
In the last few days I have seen him:
Try to defend Linux security practices, which basically boil down to not disclosing bugs and relying on obscurity
Try to insist the word hacker has absolutly nothing to do with breaking computer security and all those people using it are wrong
I saw a previous discussion where he insulted a programmer by saying he should get a software engineer to explains things to him (which is a meaningless feelgood phrase).
Now he he says some sexist bullshit, which has no scientific backing at all.
My oh my how /. has fallen.
If you ignore ACs because they are anonymous - you're an idiot.
Most guys I know bought the iphone for the game selection which is undoubtedly superior. It's called freedom to choose from better games. Freedom is relative to what you value. There is no loss of freedom if you needs are met 100%. The freedom that matters is being able to choose from a variety of devices.
[citation needed, because you're obviously talking out of your ass]
people who act on their emotions most of the time are NOT logical people, sorry. emotions are manifestations of instinctual responses. they are the very antithesis of reason.
When I commute every morning, I'm always surprised at how much men have iPhones and ladies have Blackberries. This may very well be a local thing (I live in Paris, France), but from my own casual observations, this is a firm trend here.
In my humble opinion, it's because iPhones are very expensive even tied to an operator contract, while BBs have been marketed aggressively at quite low prices. It seems men are more likely to shell out money on nice toys, women are more responsible with the family budget.
Now, I shouldn't make any generality out of it, but I think this study isn't to be taken as absolute truth either.
John Wayne would never buy a fucking apple.
Looks to me like there is no difference in choice between Android and iOS between men and women _except_ in the case of women and Android which they prefer less.
Men: ~30% iOS, ~30% Android
Women: ~30% iOS, ~23% Android.
Which clearly means that Android's advertising towards women is either terrible or actually back firing.
Well, you could start learning here, and then actually do some research on your own. My guess is that you'd rather continue to loudly proclaim your ignorance, though.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
The real question is do more men own Android or iPhone devices? People vote with their dollars. The sexual bias is based on the fact most women aren't into tech and iPhones are more friendly to use. In a survey it's easy to say you prefer something more open but what do they actually have in their pockets? I don't like the closed nature of iDevices but I still use them. Palm devices were more open. I could drag in images and video where as it's more of a hassle with iDevices. Sadly Android is doing better than Linux but it's suffering some of the same issues. Too open can be an issue just as much as closed. As much as I despise iTunes it's still better than the Android options. Buying and loading software and content is simple it's finding it in the first place that's a pain. They try to force feed you what they want you to buy. They might have thousands of movies in a given genre but they only display a few hundred so you have to resort to searching for movies. Screaming pain in the ass.
Oh, great. More labels.
How does your boyfriend/husband feel about that?
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You know.... when you want to try to prove a point, you might want to link to something that, I don't know, has something or even anything to do with the subject at hand. Your talking about "Emotional IQ" (pst, it was in the title of the post). Your link is about a book that talks about emotional NEEDS. "Emotional IQ" isn't the same as emotional needs, in fact they are two completely different things. I was right, you are talking out of your ass.
Have you actually used an Android phone? My 'setup' was: 1) Turn on phone, 2) Enter WiFi password, 3) Login to Google account, 4) Start browsing market.
And you can skip step 3.
Let me get this straight. the implied facts from the second article's author are:
1. women prefer usability while men prefer (and this part is implied) toylike 'gadgetry.'
2. women prefer feminine things because they are 'stylish' while men prefer masculine things because (Again, implied with the reference to spykeTV) they're insecure about themselves.
3. men watch drivel on spyke exclusively while women much prefer more 'intellectual entertainment' (such as.. oprah? and those dance shows?).
Yuck. The hating on masculinity needs to stop. if the bias was flipped, slashdot would be loaded with 'omg sexist!!' from all the bleeding heart capt-save-a-hoes here.
Since you never mentioned Daniel Goleman it is clear that you have no idea what you are talking about, and since you are following up even though you post as AC it is clear you are a troll.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
And old news.
Personally, I suspect it's the bucket of does. It's perfect for a stag party.
Try to insist the word hacker has absolutly nothing to do with breaking computer security and all those people using it are wrong
Actually, he's right about that. The preferred term for that is cracker. As in somebody that cracks security. And yes all the people that are saying otherwise are wrong.
I can't believe you are such a low life that you have nothing to do but use shill accounts to mod people down after you troll around trying to cause trouble. What a friggin' loser you are.
Gentlemen prefer Ladies, Androids prefer iOS
There, that looks much better.
"I don't care about the Constitution!" --Bill O'Reilly, November 17, 2009
iPhones are for girlie men ;)
Dammit, a Bohemian is someone from Bohemia, not these damn dirty hipsters!
Caucasian means someone from the Caucuses, not white people in general. You are not Caucasian, you German-Irish poseur!
Samaritans are a religious group, not a bunch of Christians who do charity.
A faggot is a bundle of sticks---I don't understand why these people think it's an epithet for gay people. You're doing it wrong!
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
I am so tired of people making up things like "emotional intelligence" and then using it as if there is some scientific backing. Psychobabble.
So by your own admission you are not only trolling, but you moderated every post Zero__Kelvin made down, and every post you made from your other shill accounts up, and you want to keep on being a scumbag. I challenge you to go ahead and prove it is not true. Post as yourself, invalidate your points, and let's see if Zero__Kelvin suddenly winds up with all the points he "lost" back. You won't do it, though, because you are a loser who has nothing better to do than troll and use shill accounts to modrate legitimate posters down when they remind you of how stupid you are.
Summary in cartoon. Here.
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My experience has been that all the fanbois are... well.. bois.
My daughter brought a Galaxy S to school in September and now several of her girlfriends have them. The reason? You can customize the home page, use live backgrounds and widgets. It's more customizable -- has more possibilities for BLING -- and girls like that.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
Yes, that is why humans have such defined emotions. We simply do not have enough processing power in our brains and must resort to instinctual responses. In fact, this explains why the emotional processing parts of our brains are by themselves larger than most other mammalian brains.
OR: It might just be that the most intelligent and socially adapted animal on the planet needs these emotions instead of simple instincts to survive. These emotions have given humanity the desire to build empires as well as curiosity to explore the planet and invent technology.. Emotions are what give humans direction. Enhanced processing power, language, and enhanced emotions were all needed to have humanity to be able to develop civilization.
And no, emotions are not the antithesis of reason. Unbalanced emotions are.
emotions aren't as defined as we make them out to be. they aren't states. they're chemical balancing acts in the brain that push us towards/away from certain behavior based on environment.
the second paragraph is just special pleading. I will agree that we might score higher on the bigger, badder, better scale, but we're not any different than other mammalian life when it comes to emotions.
'So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?' Oh, sure - so the *default* reasonable mode that the author assumes to be the norm is to prefer the iPhone, as women do. And now author wonders what might have possessed those silly males to prefer Android? Is it the commercials or what?
Not a word about the opposite? What might make iPhone more attractive to women? Is it the effeminate Mac spokesperson in commercials? Is it the round Dove-soap-bar like form?
I don't know, but what I do know is that article has a loaded theme and suggests a way one must use to think about this issue. I think I know who pays their salary :)
ROFL. I would have modded him down during the first post if I was doing that. Not to mention I couldn't have modded myself up (explain that one please, you can't mod up your own AC comments.). Also if you really feel that I've 'rigged it', please, REPORT IT!!! If I've done what your suggesting suddenly all my posts will disappear and he'll get the points removed. Honestly, don't flatter yourself so much. I wouldn't waste the points to mod you down (and again, the system does check and report if someone mods down AND replies to it. Its designed to prevent people from doing exactly what you're suggesting. Part of the history of how the karma system was designed. You really should read into that too.) If you'd been reading this since the beginning you'd have noticed that, WOW, he only just got modded down, not the whole time. Also, I'm not the only one to call BS on him (let me guess, you're going to claim that every account that contests him is mine?) If I was troll, I wouldn't have bothered looking up the presented 'evidence' let alone been able to call him on it, or point out a counter claim with subjects like John/Joan. But hey, I see name calling is still the only hope to win, huh? No trying to show any citations since honesty and truth are more of an inconveince then anything else I guess to someone like yourself (you have yet to show anything to back this whole 'emotional IQ' that women lead at yet)... Not only do you troll badly, but you had to go AC to defend yourself. Thats a whole new level of pathetic and sad. Not to mention your desperately grasping straws for anything. Fake 'evidence' to support yourself, name calling, now this, whats next? Create a new user to make it look like someone else is helping you? lol
The survey is asking what they would like, not what they will actually buy. In the end reality is that more women own Androids than iPhones. So what is happening is that "undecided" bunch of women and others that said iOS, are actually going for Android. My best guess it is the customization that attracts women.
Women are notorious for saying one thing and doing another!!!
It is pretty obvious that the reason men lean to the Android side is that more men actually do some product research before buying.
As a result they find that the Android choice is technically better and offers some freedom of choice.
Whereas a lot of women go with the standard "Apple stuff is easy"
Kind of the Barbie Doll "Math is hard" schtick.
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tegra 2 and orion processor uses less power most of the time.
Java is good for security. It takes a lot more for a Dalvik VM app to get out of the sandbox and start executing native ARM machine code, then find a way to get out of the per user access granted it. This is why almost all rooting exploits happen through ADB where native executables can be run.
With a JIT compiler in Android 2.2, Java's performance loss is little to none, and to boot, security is gained because of the sandboxing. One can see the end result of this -- there are no pure Android apk files that can root the device, while iPhones were jailbreakable by just visiting a website.
Is Android's way better than the iPhone? This can be argued endlessly. The reason why the 600MHz iPhone is smoother than Android devices is usually due to the fact that Android lets the apps background however they want to, while iOS kills them unless they are using a specific function or API (like playing music.)
The good news is that while Apple's phones advance in lock step each year in the early summer, Android devices improve constantly. It wasn't that long ago when 300-500 MHz was the standard. Now 1-1.5 GHz devices are common with a solid amount of RAM and internal storage. Supposedly it will get better when devices start going multi-core (multi-coring will definitely improve responsiveness at the minimum), and sporting GPUs.
So, in the way of architecture, Android does a good balance between performance and security.
No, it isn't. The public decided a long time ago that hacker is the right word. No one cares what fucking Slashdot thinks.
Nuff said.
That's the true reason.
guys want features, girls want it to look pretty
I guess that I need a sex change, I have a number of iOS devices and am stearing clear of Android after not finding Linux/OpenSource stuff to my liking.
People who like being watched prefer Android. Everyone else prefers iOS.
It could be worse. You could be working somewhere where your year-end performance appraisal includes an assessment of your emotional intelligence and how empathetic you are towards your colleagues.
To be fair, it is changing the corporate culture. The senior managers that value competence over emotional intelligence are all leaving, giving us a senior management team that's highly empathetic.
Shame they're destroying the company.
(posted anon. for obvious reasons)
It being class action lawsuit just means there are multiple affected parties, it doesn't mean a lot of people were involved. Certainly not enough that in the couple dozen people I know with the device you could find one that sued.
Also, this lawsuit is from 2008, and involved the 3G (2 generations ago) so it would not be relevant to a present day purchasing decision.
Also, you are an idiot.
A faggot is a bundle of sticks---I don't understand why these people think it's an epithet for gay people. You're doing it wrong!
Don't you mean homosexuals. Surely Gay are bright happy spirited people....
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1888084&cid=34378092 metrix007: You're a troll that ran when he was confronted on his trolling there in that URL I just put up, because you weren't able to dispute and disprove what was posted and you were asked to. You talk a big game metrix007, but you can't even show anyone here that you've done more than those you called "ignorant and misinformed" in that URL above. Grow up, do something with your life, before you try to play "expert" with anyone here or elsewhere that have (which is what you tried above, and you ran, lol!). You're FAR from being able to judge others on technical expertise pal, above all else, just based on your trolling and running in the URL above I just posted, and Linux gets hit less because it's less used you moron. Online thieves are like thieves in train stations: They gather where the most people are to victimize them from 1 attack codebase, and today plus for decades now, that's Windows. So you can take your spin bullcrap and lose disgracefully now, as you always do.
I'd say most woman don't put any thought into these purchases other than they are
cool to have these days. While men can see that they get the same thing from a droid for
substantially less money?
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1888084&cid=34378092 metrix007 is a troll that ran when he was confronted on his trolling there in that URL I just put up above. That's because he isn't able to dispute and disprove what was posted and he was asked to. metrix007 sure talks a big game metrix007, but he can't even show anyone here that you've done more than those you called "ignorant and misinformed" in that URL above. He is also a multiple registered account utilizing little troll here on /. that does exactly what you state, and everyone knows it, including yourself.
The OP put the term in quotes; a subtle but important detail which which everybody here seems to have missed.
The whole debate over android/iphone is really pointless. just look at http://onlyfor.mobi/ and you'll see what I mean :)
"Why'd you buy that?" - "IT'S JUST BETTER - SHUT UP!"
seems to be pretty analogs to "Apple's being sued because they're screwing over customers" - "You are an idiot".
"You are an idiot" and other name calling responses are what illogical people resort to when they have no response to an argument they're presented with.
I believe this is called a rhetorical question:
'So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?' asks Tracey E. Schelmetic.
The farmville addicts that I closely know, all of whom are women, claim "everyone knows the iPhone farmville app is great". Maybe the android app is technically identical, but that doesn't matter if "everyone" does not know it.
On the other hand, all guys know that apple censors their app store, so if you want mobile 3G pr0n apps you need an Android. You'd think that "feature" alone would drive corporate support to iPhone, but no, stuck with icky blackberries that no one wants other than the corporate IT guy whom got sports tickets for signing a contract..
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
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I had an iPhone 3G up until just recently. I mostly used it for work email/calendar to an Exchange server, Facebook, LinkedIn and some occasional browsing. The 4 update made it unusable and, while recent ones broguht it back to life a bit, I was a bit over it.
I replaced it with a BB Torch and it is a revelation - great keyboard, great screen, great build quality, very fast, great FB/LinkedIn apps, great built-in RSS app, better Exchange inter-operability (invite attendees to appointments and see their availability, deal with recurring appointments properly, etc), better battery life and an alright mobile browser.
I never thought much of the berries in the past prefering geeky toys like the WM HTC phones back in the day. I have hit the age though where I want a simple workhorse device to get me the emails and updates I want and let me reply quickly where needed then put it away. This does that well for me. Don't count RIM out...
Apple's only ever made products for women.
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1888084&cid=34459018 where metrix007 the troll is trolling someone as he did yourself here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1897056&cid=34455480
It ought to be very funny, considering metrix007 won't backup his words versus 15 points another poster here made about hosts files use and their benefits.
Women are more likely to choose form over function, while men are more likely to choose function over form.
After taking a moment to review my girlfriends shoe collection, I'm convinced this is another instance of women choosing form over function.
.... but for a complete different reason.
Here in El Salvador iphones and droids are in a price range far away from the average income (they sold them in a price range of $600-$900). But you can find blackberrys on cereal boxes and if you walk in the streets you are not going to see any iphones or droids but a lot of blackberrys 8520.
Its interesting because theyre very cheap, you can have your blackberry 8250 for $17 monthly with a subscription for 18 months. Many women want a blackberry here just to access facebook and chat trought BB Messenger.
PD. Sorry for my bad english.
Easy.
Like it or not, as human animals, men are more controlling and women are more submissive. Andriod gives you more control over the device and iPhone tells you how it's going to be with little configuration.
Even in human sexuality, respective to men and womens' anatomy, man experience joy in their masculinity in the act of romantic dominance (penetration) while women experience their femininity in the act of romantic surrender (being penetrated). Ask women if they like being spanked and having their hair pulled in intercourse. (Understanding that while using generalities, obviously there are always exceptions to the rule.)
How about a hard question?
"Where do you want to eat tonight?" "I don't know. You pick."
Or more specifically, the Motorola Droid commercials. It's like they were written and targeted towards 14 year olds. They heavy-handed robotic imagery that isn't interesting. The "edgy" flickering logos. The robotic arms. "Becoming one with your phone." It totally turns me off because it seems so... dated.
All I know is I'm in love with the new T-Mobile Spokesmodel and I'm buying whatever she tells me to.
Proverbs 21:19
"techno-macho phone brand names like "Droid""
Seriously? Hands up who didn't hear "droid" and immediately flash an image of R2D2 and C3P0 - a cuddly teddy-robot and an effete ponce. "Macho" is not word that leaps to mind.
Personally I love Android. I came into the phone scene without a bias did a MOUNTAIN of research and then went Android, with a vengeance. I bought a bunch of phones and launched a MVOIP company.
Why Android? because of gray markets, because of less control on the part of the developer and the potential to go open source.
I'm ashamed of the wider phone buying public, I don't care what phone you buy but you should have a VOIP option, first to save you money I.E. time, I.E. sex. Second because the government with their recent rulings (in Canada) that deep packet inspection should be mandatory are saying we don't have the right to private conversation.
For me that's the point where society stops being a way to protect our rights and becomes a hurdle to freedom, and the government is too scared to countenance the debate... it is being slowly decided by protective laws against specific instances of crime.
I'm usually quite left wing, I support government involvement in as much as it curtails corporate collusion. However when regulations are being proposed, simply to make the barriers for entry into a business insurmountable, I think it's time to draw the line.
I don't think individual communications should be constantly monitored; even if it means the elimination of child pornography, atomic boyscouts, and sociopathic megalomania.
At the moment the iPhone really only has Skype and Fring, both tied into government monitoring and quite expensive. Skype recently removed support from other services (Nimbuzz for example) while pretending to open an API.
If we're to have any hope of continued anonymous and private communication in the coming years it's important people embrace SIP telephony on their phones. It'll save you money and when 802.11n gains acceptance you'll never pay a phone bill again.
Please give some thought to deep packet inspection and regulation of communication companies that don't provide government intrusion. This issue is being decided in the next five years, and it will never be aired in public.
Please save money by getting a VOIP system that can support end to end encryption and open standards.
Gentlemen that prefer ladies prefer iOS too.
He had to put in his email and password?????
Wow, I can see why he traded it in. What a hazzle.
Me, I'm pretty tech-savy, got a linux geek I know to help me, and in the end we managed to find both my email address AND my password, and from then on everything synced, including calendar and contacts. Then we spent another day putting in my FB password, that was a real job, I tell you.
How did her Apple get around this exactly, what clever, innovative function made the iPhone so much easier to set up?
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quite simply everyone i talk to that tells me they are getting an iphone, i recommend an android device (depending on their carrier)
They all laugh at me and go get their iphone and within no lie 2 weeks, 90% of them are telling me they wish they listened to me.
for the record I have the droid 2, the blackberry storm was my previous model.(do not recommend a storm or any blackberry until the new BbOs is out)
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Men like doing what they want. Women like being told what to do.
In the beginning, there was null.
Because iPhone is inherently against freedom. We should ALL be against Steve Jobs' megalomania! Not iPhone, himPhone! Who is with me?!
There is no -1 Disagree.
I will not sacrifice technology "feature set", and capability just for looks. I certainly will not allow some business or CEO dictate to me how my device should be used.
So what you are telling us is that you prefer "feature" phones rather than a smart phone. Smart phones usually do not come with every feature under the sun. Rather, features can be added with optional free or paid third party software. As long as the vendor supplied an API to access the various base hardware features of the phone, third party devs can find all sorts of innovative uses for that hardware.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
I'd be willing to bet that most women use neither.
If you have long nails, capacitive touchscreens are physically impossible to use. The majority of women I know use portrait QWERTY devices without touchscreens, like BlackBerries, Nokia E7[1-3]s, or dumbphones like the Samsung Magnet.
Everyone knows Apples are for Vaginas, its why men have them.
I also have an n900. I find its response to be respectable for the kind of phone it is. Yes there are faster phones out there now, but what a difference a year makes. Its quite impressive how much has changed, though not that much has improved. I think the best thing about my n900 is that I can configure it however I want. Hell, I can even run it without a SIM card or a cell phone plan (it would still be quite good at making skype calls). The N900 is certainly not for everyone, or even most users. I am constantly frustrated about the kinds of apps the phone lacks, but at the same time, on the hardware side I can use the device how i see fit. I will hold on to the N900 since it works without a SIM even after I change phones. I think using it as a "micronetbook" is rather appealing and I want to be able to play with Meego when that finally becomes more usable.
what are you if you're using both kinds of OSs?