tobeski: @lucki1001 after paying over 100k for a phone, having to jailbreak, lose your warranty, put your phone at risk etc just to get a basic feature that even s40 phones have is ridiculous.. You never had to jailbreak/root a symbian device to get all these functions.. The only reason for hackin a symbian device was to install unsigned apps. Nothin else. You keep comparin jailbreaking the iphone to rootin an android. Yet a ''jailbreaked'' iphone will only just manage to do things an android will do right out of the box. A jailbroken iphone will not even come near the power, functionality and flexibility of a rooted android. Furthermore, unlike ios manufacturers have started encouraging hacking androids with unlocked bootloaders and the likes....

Having to go and open a separate app just to beam a file over BT is ridiculous.Also having to install countless apps to get basic functionality from your phone only stresses the deficiency of the iOS platform

I repeat the iphone does not truly multitask properly. What it gives you is similar to the multitasking on some sony ericsson feature phones back then eg k608i nd sum fnes in the walkman series in my previous post above I hilighted some apps that need proper multitasking which is not possible with the iphone.. If you don't have an iphone to see this 4 urself, go read reviews. Its clearly mentioned as one of the cons of iOS...

Even on the old n97, without pc suite you could at least, transfer files btw phone and pc, use the phone as flash drive with mass storage mode share your fones 3g connection wit d pc, there was even media transfer mode to help you sync all your windows media player tracks and playlist with just one click etc
Yes , all that without pc suite. That's what you call connectivity.. Now reply to that.

Nowadays smartphones are expected to be able to replace PCs to some extent.. The plain truth is that the iphone fails woefully in that respect. That's why I said if you're looking for a device with an attractive ui, media capabilities, the chance to play with endless apps, and a nice fashion accessory, you're better off with an iphone. But if you want a real smartphone that does not hold back on innovation and functionality, and makes ur pc a superfluous item, the iphone is not likely to cut it for you

blink182:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw


Eat this IOS fans, I am so sticking with belle and if at all, android. Cutting your sim is just the beginning of the crap. Was pulled to the IOS by game graphics but belle and android do same. If I need to wow myself then I turn to my console and entertainment system.

Luckki1001:

@ Oga Tobeski, this one no be fight issue. Like I said, it is each man to himself. It is what you want in a fone that determines which fone to go for. What I know is that all the millions of users worldwide cannot be wrong. Yes, the android phones comes, by default, with some of the functionality for which we jailbreak our phones for, but like I said, if you are prepared to do that cause you want to enjoy ur iphone, then go ahead.

Now, let me see how to break down ur analysis:

Installation of unsigned apps: What is the direct reason for hacking your Nokia device? Is it not to gain admin access to your phone to enable you install apps that will add more functionality to your fone? That is the essence of jailbreak. And for your info, jailbreak is legal. Yes, the OS manufacturer may not like it, but it doesn't stop you from going ahead. it is at your own risk. This applies everywhere, and why Apple is singled out for criticism is plainly obvious: You non-users are simply jealous of the respect it deserves.

Please, exactly what is the "innovation and functionality" that the iphone is not capable of? Like I pointed out in my post, I wasn't here to brag about the iphone. I just tried to correct the errors in some people's post. But like I said, I want to know exactly what Android phones are capable of, this special functionality and innovation, that the iphone does not do? Abeg tell me.

On the old N97, you are still restricted in terms of file sharing between pcs, unlike what you will have me believe. Yes, you can share files, but to what extent exactly? What's this about internet sharing? Please do your research properly. The iphone is capable of it, straight out of the box, without any jailbreak. See insult ooo,, how can you ever begin to compare the Nokia N97 with iphone 4S? No let people hear am ooo!

735 i:
Ios = fair

Android = Best!!!

I'll rather have my Nokia N900 which runs on Linux to an iphone!!(Even if na iphone9).

D flexibility of an Android is simply unmatched!!!

Luckki1001:

Please, exactly what is the "innovation and functionality" that the iphone is not capable of? Like I pointed out in my post, I wasn't here to brag about the iphone. I just tried to correct the errors in some people's post. But like I said, I want to know exactly what Android phones are capable of, this special functionality and innovation, that the iphone does not do? Abeg tell me.
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735 i:
Ios = fair

Android = Best!!!

I'll rather have my Nokia N900 which runs on Linux to an iphone!!(Even if na iphone9).

D flexibility of an Android is simply unmatched!!!

Smooth278:

Can you kindly show me where I said 'bluetooth is outdated'?

texazzpete:
I cannot think of anybody I know who still goes around transferring music via bluetooth. We did that stuff when we were still kids in the University.

texazzpete:
Dude, this is 2012. I cannot remember when last I ever thought about doing a file transfer via bluetooth. If you don't have a data plan to enable you send your files by email, why are you using a smartphone?

Smooth278:
iOS 4 was released around the same time as Android Froyo. Can you truly compare the buggy, laggy Froyo to iOS 4? At least that was 2010...iOS has been hardware GPU accelerated since 2007. Android did not get true GPU acceleration until ICS. What took them so long?

Smooth278:
Is there any, sober explanation for why in a discussion about iPhones you're posting a scaremongering article about the third generation iPad?

I'd be VERY interested in hearing it. You can blame it on the alcohol if you wish

Princek12: My guess is that everyone (or a substantial majority) of the people who are here commenting about the Iphone and Android phones are foreign-based. The reason is that a substantial majority of Nigerian-based folks are still stuck on the archaic, outdated Blackberry devices;and judging by the way they brandish their sometimes "tokunbo" Blackberry phones, you can pretty much tell that they think they are impressing you and holding the latest technological device in the world. When I see such displays, I say the following: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing."

jp philips: how on earth did the BB and Iphones qualify as smart phones?
when i say smart i expect flexibility beyond umbrages, how can a smart phone not have bluetooth? for texasspette, i cant rem the last time i keyed in contacts to my directory from a colleague or in OPS camp, we share contacts over bluetooth what about instant pics? u transfer through email? when you are out of bundle, then you forget the pics? i dont see any wisdom in that.
more so, its my money give me the functionality and i will choose whether to use it or not, my 4yrs P1i came with infra red and fm radio but ive never used them
how can u pay for an IOS when the almighty experia S has hit the shelves? in case u dont knw, the froyo OS of android comes standard as a Wifi hotspot wonder the big deal in the IOS being a router?
most android hardwares support upgradable versions of the ice cream sandwich.
i can only own an IOS or BOS at gun point
XPERIA S rocks!!!

tobeski: @smooth278(I'm guessing you're texazzpete) you're seriously talking off point, you're evading questions i posed to you and contradicting yourself(if ure texaspete) .I talked about how apps can talk to each other and the os in android, i specifically said in advance that i knew sns integration had become more prevalent but it was only one of the examples, yet you still mention twitter integration. what do you think i meant by sns integration can't u read. I gave examples of third party apps. twitter comes wit d iphone as a result of d apple/iphone partnership. its not a third party app that you install separately.
when did malware even come into the picture. don't let me get started with that

tobeski:
I said videocalling isn't supported on the iphone and your answer is that it is not that popular in nigeria, huh??. u really couldnt come up with a better excuse??

you mention htc one x and galaxy nexus not having mem. card expansion yet those are just two phones out of the 100s of androids out there. android gives you choice. why can't apple do the same.

tobeski:
are you not the same person that said

and

see how you contradict yourself so easily?? i'll just assume you're not in the right frame of mind right now or you were rushing when you typed this. i can't think of any other explanation.

tobeski:
i asked you about multitasking. you're talking about gpu acceleration. Off point once again. u have no point there because there was no need for gpu acceleration. you're the only one that knows which android used to lag

tobeski:
I was hilighting apple's general poor hardware

blink182: Please can you explain to me why you have to run linux and what exactly is up with that device, geeks do not even see it as a phone but some sort of...well ℓ̊ don't know, please explain.

Smooth278:

Keep deluding yourself, using a 2009 era 600Mhz brick phone with a resistive screen and now ancient GPU in 2012.

That's what people don't understand...people who work demanding jobs do not have time to wrestle with their phones. Consumers want something that just works! Android and Apple users are running latest apps and ports of console games and people are beating their chests because they can 'run terminal on their phone' and 'can run native Linux apps'.

See, despite all my comments, I LOVE Android. Since i have an iPad i plan to ditch my iPhone 4S for a HTC One X or the Galaxy SIII. You need to let go of that ancient N900 and move to a modern smartphone platform. Go and get an Android device or iPhone and stop mentioning dead-ended OS here again

735 i:

Simply put; The Nokia N900 is not a phone; It is a computer with phone capabilities...i guess that answers your question. Plus i generally do not go by the opinions of a few individuals whom you refer to as geeks to reach my own conclusions...

735 i:

So you have an ipad and an iphone? BIG DEAL!!!
My Android device runs on Ice Cream Sandwich...try to get your fingers on one and see what it can do...Still.. i love me my N900..it redefines multitasking!!

If truly you know programming... you wouldn't write off LINUX..outdated or not...!!!

texazzpete:

The N900 is an outdated, brick phone with a now slow processor, ageing GPU and a resistive screen. Its fans babble about it being a 'computer'. Savvy smartphone users know that its time is long since up...its users are masochistic fellows who thrive on the idea of wrestling with their phones while they lose out out the modern app revolution.

Frankly speaking, there's no sensible reason now to recommend the N900 over any decent Android phone.



I've run ice cream sandwich before. Did I say it wasn't good?
What's the point of multitasking when you're running inferior apps and games on an outdated device? The Nokia Ngage from 2004 does multitasking pretty well too

I also cannot recall when I 'wrote off Linux'. Linux and meego aren't outdated. The N900 hardware is.

blink182:


Yeah I got my first blackberry last year, as I hated it and discouraged its use where possible previously, with the crash of data rates-it costs me the same amount to get 3gb on my bb to get 250mb on my symbian. It was a deal i couldn't resist. As for being excited, I guess not.

I never said the bb OS is on the same standing with IOS or android but I refuse to agree it is outdated as you claim, yes its a really annoying OS but I still won't call it outdated.

Your first blackberry was in 2001, what phone was that, you were carrying a stone around and calling it a phone. There is nothing to write about all phones from that time frame. And I hope that is not your basis for comparison. I do not believe blackberry is pulling out of the USA, that is a BIG BIG lie.

Your utterances of Nigeria and Nigerians are really pathetic, I want to believe you are not Nigerian because if you are, then you are lost, what we call 'born throway'. Most guys I know did't even have a blackberry until the data price slash. You should be referring to girls with respect to the pinging crap. Since I encountered symbian, I have been on it, almost switched to IOS or android but some guys here did a very good job at making me stay, will probably still get an android phone. My friend, Nigeria is not a dark country as you think, well I dont blame your ignorance, its our daft leaders I blame. I really do love my bb and I hardly ping with it, most times videos, songs and softwares are what I queue up in download, when I am not doing that, probably working on my lappy, gisting with family or watching TV. Using myself alone I think isn't enough but I know guys are not blackberry craze except for some few 'woman wrapper' I know.

agiboma: i used iphone and will continue to do so, never tried Android and never will

sunto:



please go to any of thire and see the phone their top staff are using i bet you it will be (IPHONE) please proof me wrong.