Comments on: Google demos Android again; it’s full of promise, but we’re still waiting for the real deal http://www.last100.com/2008/05/29/google-demos-android-again-its-full-of-promise-but-were-still-waiting-for-the-real-deal/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Steve O'Hear, editor http://www.last100.com/2008/05/29/google-demos-android-again-its-full-of-promise-but-were-still-waiting-for-the-real-deal/#comment-61109 Steve O'Hear, editor Thu, 29 May 2008 20:16:39 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1917#comment-61109 @ Jawad That's a fair point, but in terms of UI and the Web browser (WebKit), the two platforms have a lot of common ground, so comparisons are inevitable. Let's see how open the iPhone actually feels to end consumers, and what restrictions carriers / handset manufacturers put on so-called Gphones -- they will be free to alter the Android experience as they please, so it could lead to a lot of fragmentation, leading to mixed user experiences and expectations. Also, my view differs slightly from Dan's: I think Android is looking pretty nice and, together with Apple, will really get others to raise their UI game (looking at you Nokia), and that's good for us all. @ Jawad

That’s a fair point, but in terms of UI and the Web browser (WebKit), the two platforms have a lot of common ground, so comparisons are inevitable.

Let’s see how open the iPhone actually feels to end consumers, and what restrictions carriers / handset manufacturers put on so-called Gphones — they will be free to alter the Android experience as they please, so it could lead to a lot of fragmentation, leading to mixed user experiences and expectations.

Also, my view differs slightly from Dan’s: I think Android is looking pretty nice and, together with Apple, will really get others to raise their UI game (looking at you Nokia), and that’s good for us all.

]]> By: Jawad Shuaib http://www.last100.com/2008/05/29/google-demos-android-again-its-full-of-promise-but-were-still-waiting-for-the-real-deal/#comment-61107 Jawad Shuaib Thu, 29 May 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1917#comment-61107 The comparison between Android and the iPhone is unfair. The iPhone, with all its glorious UI experience, is a very closed and tightly controlled platform. The promise of Android is not a better user experience but rather an open experience - the sort of stuff that the mobile web really requires at this stage. - Jawad Shuaib The comparison between Android and the iPhone is unfair. The iPhone, with all its glorious UI experience, is a very closed and tightly controlled platform. The promise of Android is not a better user experience but rather an open experience – the sort of stuff that the mobile web really requires at this stage.

- Jawad Shuaib

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