Comments on: ChangeWave Research Releases Apple vs Google Android Report

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:00 +0000

No need for sources. If it says anything good about Apple, it must be true. Get with it!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:00 +0000

No need for sources. If it says anything good about Apple, it must be true. Get with it!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:38:00 +0000

I am a clueless consumer. I went out once and bought a very slick smartphone. I really liked the way it looked. I could surf the web and check my emails. It is really a mobile computing device. I can run apps (software) on it. I can also make calls (albeit, sometimes with limited success).

Then I wanted to run another piece of software I liked on my laptop, so I called the company I bought it from. They said they can’t have it on my smartphone. Why? I asked. They said Apple wouldn’t allow it. Can they make me a version … just for me? No. Apple wouldn’t allow me to install it. They said it is not “Good for me”.

But, it is MY phone, I thought. I checked my credit card statement. Indeed, I did pay for it.
Could they prevent me from running this app on my laptop as well?

Oh well. Maybe they are right. This is Apple. They know best what’s good for me. This must have something just like this app that must, no doubt, be better for me. Thank you Apple for saving me from myself!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:26:00 +0000

Your comment is more pointless! (based on your definition)

By: Perkinscaleb

Perkinscaleb — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:21:00 +0000

It’s pretty amazing they write where did they find this info they’re iPhone lol Android is activating 550,000 devices a day with a growth of 4.4% a day in two years they will have over a billion activated on the planet and obviously they are taking over you really think it takes two and a half years to get mad and sue someone for patent infringement no way they are scared they are losing at their own game so they are trying to take out the big guys which will come back and bite them Google will just make some ridiculous and put a patent on it and iPhone will disappear no one wants a phone that with holds basic technology so you have to buy a new my first cell phone in 2004 had multimedia messaging a camera with a led flash and a video camera and that was before iPhone came out the first androids you could talk and surf the web while checking your stock app lol not to mention opening multiple apps and closing them when you like. But go head get the iPhone and once a year you will wish you waited because the new one will do something you wish yours did and break down and buy a new one

By: Eli Juicy Jones

Eli Juicy Jones — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:53:00 +0000

New research shows Windows Phone 7 is connecting with peoplehttp://t.co/t9ke70x

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:35:00 +0000

apple is totally big brother.. with apple mail.. apple+… apple voice.. apple medical records.. apple search.. atalk.. they only exist to slurp up all of your personal details and user habits..

fucking apple and their hidden evil intentions.. most people just think they enjoy making quality hardware products with end-to-end software solutions.. ifools..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:27:00 +0000

extremely small percentage of iPhone / ipod users need to replace their batteries in first two years of ownership. an iPhone 4 with an aged battery still outperforms a brand new EVO in battery life.

if you knew anything about the knockoff battery market, you’d know why apple made that choice (besides being able to shave off 15% of the thickness)

By: Novikov Tomer

Novikov Tomer — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:01:00 +0000

Google is into this because more smartphones based on android, the more google searches and therefore more money from text ads.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:16:00 +0000

While I feel that 4k people is a lot when you take a look at how many smart phones are activated each week the numbers are massive each day their are 295.890 IPhone activated witch is where this survey confuses me as there are 550,000 Android activated each day so what do we take from this I think it would have been far better if instead of just asking people they should have just checked sales figures would have been a lot less time consuming and would have given true figures not guess work
If the figures I have used are wrong please feel free to correct me I did use 2 different sources on Google for them

By: jax mamximus

jax mamximus — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:13:00 +0000

Owning an Apple product is like condoning government to control how
you live your life and doing it under the guise of taking care of you. No
thanks, I’d prefer my less consistent, greater possibility world. At every turn
along your way, “Big Brother” is reaching into your pockets. Apple
doesn’t want to just control content. They want to control your money flow.
They do not see the value of mass production and the financial success it
brings to Google. Google doesn’t have to nickel and dime you every step of the
way to make a profit. I would guess it is more ideology than the functionality.
I simply do not want the equipment manufacturer to have that much control over
me and my hard earned cash.

By: Guest321

Guest321 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:47:00 +0000

sources, or it didnt happen

By: Rojiko Piero

Rojiko Piero — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:12:00 +0000

Because all fan boys are cunts.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:08:00 +0000

oh google… always up all over my nuts… slobbering away… like a dog. Just get off em already.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:04:00 +0000

another pointless comment. yawn.

By: zandra

zandra — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:46:00 +0000

i agree with the maps/nav feature. i use maps and voice A LOT. iphone doesn’t have that (not free and not integrated w/ search) and those are key android apps. i also don’t have a battery problem but then i have top of the line nexus s so i can’t say for others. i know you love your iphone but personally, my android is amazing. have you tried tasker??? it’s a god send. i think google has the right philosophy IMO.

By: zandra

zandra — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:24:00 +0000

you must also be doing well then. =)

By: Beatlbabe

Beatlbabe — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:20:00 +0000

so FINALLY iphone’s on the cloud? since when? congratulations. your chosen OS is improving. still limited in capabilities, still doesn’t have WOW map search integration but ok. what battery problem. my nexus s battery easily trounces my husband’s iphone 4 battery. mr burns here your partner?

By: Beatlbabe

Beatlbabe — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:11:00 +0000

booooo =)

By: Beatlbabe

Beatlbabe — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:09:00 +0000

another bragging rights article. yawn. couldn’t care less about how apple’s doing. it can have teleportation and it wouldn’t matter. i’ve chose my OS a long time ago. i can only scratch my head at people who swear by their iphones. but then they’d probably feel the same way. so… to each their own!

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:33:00 +0000

sources please

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:56:00 +0000

Poor RIM, nothing but down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:56:00 +0000

Poor RIM, nothing but down.

By: Benitez Burns

Benitez Burns — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:45:00 +0000

I love it! lol! ;-)

By: Benitez Burns

Benitez Burns — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:44:00 +0000

I am sure you did! Did “Samsung” copy and paste that article from here with a few key changes of course lol!

By: Benitez Burns

Benitez Burns — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:43:00 +0000

You know you only have “haters” when you re doing well or in Apple case making phenomena products year after year after year after year! hehe! Go apple!

By: Benitez Burns

Benitez Burns — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:41:00 +0000

Yeah slashgear! Read a few articles and you will behold the same truth as “RayMart!” Go apple!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:06:00 +0000

You can’t really knock the idea of being able to replace your phone battery by yourself without having to ship it and pay a fee that you really don’t know what its comprised of. i use my phone for work emails, conference calls, browsing pretty much most of the day and being able to take an extra battery (or two) should I run low on power has saved my butt more than a few times. I’m not so sure I’d be able to pull that off with a device that carried an internal battery.

just the same, to each his own.

By: William Ray Kimmerer

William Ray Kimmerer — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:02:00 +0000

most “simple-minded” consumers couldn’t care less about the network cloud or whether it has many of the integrated features of an iPhone. Android and WP7 are just as simple. Except up until recently you had to have a computer with iTunes installed for the iPhone, which often is impossible on Windows machines

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:59:00 +0000

Care to cite the sources of your information?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:59:00 +0000

Care to cite the sources of your information?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:50:00 +0000

well, maybe because your PC is more reliable than your Mac, so you don’t have to buy a new computer. Plus, much easier to upgrade a PC. want to upgrade a Mac? buy another one. ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:48:00 +0000

I read another survey where people prefer Android over iPhone. ;)

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:38:00 +0000

Android powers a wide range of devices, from high-end smartphones to lower-end mass market devices. Because it’s free, it will and has become the most widely used phone OS. And because it is in a wide range of phones, it will get more mixed reviews.

Put another way: the consumer doesn’t quite know what he gets when he buys an “Android” phone.

Apple, because it offers a limited choice, can offer a more consistent phone experience.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:34:00 +0000

The only thing these simple minded customers care about is having a picture of an apple on the back of their devices.

By: RayMart

RayMart — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:13:00 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing, you really can predict the FUTURE. I’m impressed! Oh by the way, I have a quick question for you. Can you please explain why most corporations are switching to APPLE’S total turnkey solution which includes software, hardware and network cloud that work seamlessly across the entire enterprise? Can you also answer another simple question? Why did total worldwide PC sales come in 1% lower then the previous quarter, while Apple’s PC sales were increasing by 25%?

By: RayMart

RayMart — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:57:00 +0000

You’re absolutely right. Simple minded consumers don’t waste time worrying about replacing a battery because we are more interested in how long a battery can supply operational power to our Apple IPHONES. Simple minded consumers also like a total turnkey solution which includes software, hardware, network cloud, etc. from one vendor like APPLE that work seamlessly across the entire enterprise. On the other hand, really smart people like you like WOW products with limited total integration capabilities and short operational battery life. But WOW, you can replace the poorly designed battery. Another point, simple minded consumers don’t spend valuable time wondering why total worldwide PC sales dropped by 1% last quarter, while Apple’s PC sales increased by 25%. We already know the answer, these products work and they are simple to use.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:44:00 +0000

I am a cheap flash ad. developer. I am your run of the mill nerd. I also like freeware because I can easily develop on other’s hard work and it allows me to make money.

I hate Apple because it does not give me opportunities to make money. I am jealous that it has made such a fantastic ecosystem yet it won’t spread the joy around. Because of this I consider Steve Jobs to be a selfish – nay ego maniac. The day he spreads his wealth around, I will love him. Remember I am a cheap developer. I love things for free, so that I can earn a living on others hard work.

So I don’t care whether customers like Apple products or not.

I hate apple. I have an ulterior motive to hate apple.

By: Drbenj59

Drbenj59 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:22:00 +0000

I for one prefer a phone where the manufacturer allows you to change your battery yourself instead of sending back to the vendor for $80 or $90. Iphones are for simple minded consumers, of which there are vast numbers, who cannot conceive of the complexities of customizing their phone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:20:00 +0000

As someone who has recently gotten into the smartphone game, one thing I see that Apple (and Microsoft’s WP7) has is superior support for corporate environments. For example, in my corporation, access to the corporate Exchange email server via ActiveSync in only supported for iPhone and Windows Mobile/WP7 phones, since Android (at least up through 2.3.4) doesn’t support the full set of security restrictions, in particular local encryption of storage. You’d think after a couple of years on the market, and many requests, Google would have addressed this to aid the pentration of Android in the corporate environmet, but apparently Google’s Android development team is too busy implementing new eye candy to take care of business. Or maybe they’re just not capable of making it work?

Anyway, that’s just one example. I think, arguably, that Apple is offering overall a better-polished, more integrated solution than the various Android phones. But as with their PCs, it is more proprietary and not as open, with not as many opportunities for customization – but I’m not sure than other that some hackerish types, that matters too much to most prospective customers.