The T-Mobile G1 (Google/Android) Phone.

Moonliner · 09-16-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Ubiquitousness.

Back in the days when I bought my iPod, there were several technically better options available. Put there's a distinct benefit in owning something also owned by nearly everyone else. Problems are more easily ironed out from the vast knowledge base consisting of everyone you know. Operability questions also more easiy answered because, ahem, everyone you know has this device. So I joined the masses and bought an iPod.

The iPhone has penetrated the market more thoroughly than any competitor is likely to. I know 20 people with iPhones. If I have a question or a problem, I can ask any or all of them.

Who would I go do with my Android problem?

By that logic a Motoroal Razr would be the phone for you. It's the number one selling phone in the US. The iPhone is only the fourth or fifth best selling phone in the US depeding on which sounce you credit. So you would get better support from the masses if you had a Razr.

But yet you want the iPhone. Why? I assume it's because you want the value added features, in short: Data. Internet access, email, maps, and all that jazz. Which is where the Android should (in time) trounce the iphone.

Why does the PC which is arguably technically inferior to the Mac still dominate the market? Why do over 90% of business run Windows and not OS X despite the incredible number of flaws in windows (no matter which version you are talking about) ?

It's the applications. Hordes of them. Millions of them. Every bloody thing you would ever want to use a computer for has a Windows application. Office tasks, manufacturing, shipping, medical, etc.. It's all there. That is why PC's are ubiquitous and that is why the Android will (in time) roll over the iPhone. Apple tries to control development. You have to be approved to sell your application at the apple store. Apple chooses for you. Google on the other hand, is offering $10,000,000 in prizes for anyone that comes up with cool Android applications.