[PugetSoundSoldier]

A thought occurred to me today as I was listening to Rush talk about Kagan, and politics in general. In some ways, the iPhone is much like the approach of Demorats: give a hand out. You only get what Apple has approved, and they fight mightily hard to keep you on the plantation, only living with their handouts.

Android, on the other hand, is much like the conservative position: a hand up. Sure, you can get things spoon-fed to you if you need it, but ultimately the entire power of the phone is at your disposal, to customize, build, and use as you want, to your benefit. Android won't restrict you, doesn't fight you to open your phone for your uses.

Restricted garden with over-protective nanny or the-world-at-your-feet with you the master of your own destiny? That's iOS versus Android.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Ping!

[archivist007]

The iOS4 is not ready for primetime. Applications freeze or sometimes don’t load completely. It is slow too.
I cannot freep as fast as I used to.
I have an iphone 3G.

Thumbs down to Apple.

[at bay]

The proven reliability of the itouch I been using for a year, or an outfit that knowingly, until just recently, colluded with Red China to feed fiction to their users in that police state.

Ask.com instead of google. Doesn’t make my stomach churn to use it.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I just got the Sprint EVO. There is 1 thing I don’t like. Making phone calls. I would like to highlight the caller and press call. Not touch the caller and have it make the call. Other than that it is OK.

[HamiltonJay]

The functionality, flexibility and fun of Android 2.2 simply leaves iOS 4 in its dust. It might not be as straight forward, it might be easier to throw off kilter, it might not even be quite as smooth running but it keeps you interested in your mobile phone and all the magic it can perform for longer.

The sheer absurdity of the above sentence is mind boggling.. Droid wins, but it not as smooth running, it flakes out more often, its not as easy to use.. but it still wins?

Be serious, that's double speak that even Fauxbama wouldn't utter.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Restricted garden with over-protective nanny or the-world-at-your-feet with you the master of your own destiny? That's iOS versus Android.

Now that Android is allowing Google to remove apps from your phones (or, is it 'their' phone), does that make them rinos instead of true conservatives? Seriously, that was an awesome comparison. These cult wars can bring out the 'best' in people...

[rwoodward]

Apple got knocked out by IBM becuase of thier closed architecture design on thier original P.C.’s. I believe the Android because of their more open architecture will cause the same headache for Apple this around time too.

[antiRepublicrat]

Well, the first problem: There are no phones running Android 2.2 on the market yet.

Also, the political equivalent is pathetic.

[ShadowAce]

[Still Thinking]

In some ways, the iPhone is much like the approach of Demorats: give a hand out. You only get what Apple has approved, and they fight mightily hard to keep you on the plantation, only living with their handouts.

Android, on the other hand, is much like the conservative position: a hand up. Sure, you can get things spoon-fed to you if you need it, but ultimately the entire power of the phone is at your disposal, to customize, build, and use as you want, to your benefit. Android won't restrict you, doesn't fight you to open your phone for your uses.

Without consciously thinking of it in liberal vs. conservative terms, that's exactly why I'm buying an Android and not an iPhone. After I buy something from someone, they have no business trying to tell me what I can and can't do.

[big'ol_freeper]

My Motorola Droid just frustrates the F out of me with all its hangups, stalls and force quits. Not a great OS for a smart phone I am afraid.