Thread: Should I just get an iPhone?
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Laughing Man is offline Laughing Man
2009-06-25 , 18:57
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#40
Originally Posted by BoxOfSnoo View Post
Mostly open application ecosystem: 467 apps
Closed and draconian application system: 55,000 apps

I'll take #2, please.
467 + whatever Linux apps that work on the tabet

55,000 apps + whatever people can get on there without Apple breaking with an update that Apple doesn't want you to have

The reason why when I look at all three platforms and prefer Android is it offers the best of both world. The closed useful apps (though both Android and the iPhone have useless apps galore) and the possibility of open apps without an update crushing them or hindering them.

I'm not sure if any of you have played with the iPhone 3GS but it loads extremely complex web pages in a matter of seconds. Very close to desktop performance.
Haven't tried the 3GS only 3G and touch. Though the browser is indeed fast. Though the question is which is faster for your purpose, web browsing + chat and whatever windows I have open, or web browsing + push notifications and whatever multitasking you can do through Safari's tabs (meebo, etc)

Though battery life favors the iPhone in that instance. Less processes running. Though I'd be interested in a speed comparasion of those two aspects.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
 

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