On Nokia + Microsoft partnership
- People don’t buy Nokia phones to get Symbian; they buy them because they are made by Nokia. Nokia has loyal customers. Far more than Apple has.
- People don’t buy iPhones because they are better; they buy them because they are cool gadgets and make a status statement; (plus they run all the cool stuff).
- People don’t buy Android phones because they are better either; they buy them because they just don’t like Apple more than they hate following the crowd.
- People don’t buy Windows Phones because they are made by Microsoft; they buy them because they know exactly what they want.
Android: What a mess…
So, I didn’t want to buy another iPhone. I couldn’t wait for WP7 either. It turns out that maybe I should have. So, let me count the ways I hate my Android (an HTC Desire btw):
- I keep getting the “low on space” message. Yes, the phone run out of space after I installed a handful of apps. I’m not getting into details but all workarounds involve hacking the phone one way or the other. You can’t begin to imagine what a downer this is. You can’t install anything on your phone and you need to spend countless hours googling (omg) for workarounds and for managing the phone’s disk space.
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I can’t buy any apps because the Android Marketplace is not open for business in Sweden yet. So just free lite versions of Apps for me. The only workarounds involve hacking the phone one way or the other again.UPDATE | 2010-10-05:
As of today Paid Android Apps are available in Sweden. - There is more (like utter ugliness in the UI, which every time you open another app makes you feel like you are holding another device just as ugly as the previous one) but I wouldn’t really mind these all that much if I could get some apps in the first place.
No, this does not mean that I’m telling you to go get an iPhone 4. I also have an iPhone and an iPod Touch, and you really don’t want me to count the ways I hate them too. Nevertheless, if I would have known before hand what a disappointment Android would be, I would certainly have waited for WP7. Well, a better research before spending 500 Euros on an Android device would have helped me a lot.
If you are undecided between an iOS 4 or Android Froyo device, then here is a short list of things I miss from the one device when I use the other:
In Froyo I miss:
