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From: KDT on 11 Aug 2010 13:58 On Aug 11, 12:35 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:14:21 -0700 (PDT), in > <910131ce-9471-42e6-9182-9b53900e7...(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Aug 10, 9:53 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> "Is AT&T Selling Weak Android Phones to Make iPhone 4 Look Better?" > >> <http://goo.gl/C8HG> > ><sarcasm>Yeah because *every* company wants to cede power to a single > >vendor, especially one as easy to work with as Apple. I'm sure that > >AT&T would much rather deal with Apple that basically treats AT&T like > >a dumb pipe than deal with Android phones where AT&T gets to tell > >vendors how the phones will work and force crapware on the phones and > >they can pay a lower subsidy.</sarcasm> > > I'd say it's a good bet that AT&T held off on better Android phones to > focus on and not dilute its valuable iPhone exclusive franchise. > > -- > John > > "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." > [Wetherns Law of Suspended Judgement] Why would AT&T want to be beholden to Apple? They pay *more* to subsidize the iPhone than the Android phone. It makes absolutely *no* business sense to depend exclusively on one vendor.
From: KDT on 11 Aug 2010 14:01 On Aug 11, 12:39 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:35:08 -0700 (PDT), in > <3135f32c-c715-4c69-82f5-6fc664074...(a)u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > > > <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Aug 11, 2:09 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:03:34 -0700 (PDT), in > >> <80918529-484e-412a-8740-b259e72b0...(a)z28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > >> <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >On Aug 11, 1:38 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:37:22 -0700 (PDT), in > >> >> <98f976a2-caa9-4cb5-81da-46c6478ae...(a)p7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > >> >> <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> >On Aug 11, 12:35 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >I have an HTC Hero and an iPod Touch. The > >> >> >> >difference in the quality of the top apps aren't even comparable. > > >> >> >> That's not what I'm seeing. Got any specifics? > > >> >> >Top Paid Games on the Android Market: Arcade and Action > > >> >> >1. Robo Defense > >> >> >2. Armored Strike Online > >> >> >3. GameBoid (Gameboy emulator) > >> >> >4. SnesNoid (SNES Emulator) > >> >> >5. HomeRun Battle 3D > >> >> >6. Fishin 2 Go > >> >> >7. Radiant > >> >> >8. SpeedX 3D > >> >> >9. Nesoid (NES Emulator) > >> >> >10. Baseball Superstars > > >> >> You said "apps". I don't care about games. > > >> >Games are the major profit center and most popular types of > >> >applications In the grand scheme of things, what *you* care about > >> >doesn't matter. > > >> To you. Matters to me and to many others like me. > > >> >But name a category...... > > >> Already did. > > >I missed where you named a *category* in the Android Market..... > > You don't consider "sailboat racing" a category? We racers sure do. > > Where is the official list of approved categories posted? > > -- > John > > "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." > [Wetherns Law of Suspended Judgement] So there is a separate heading for "Sailboat racing" in the Android App Market?
From: KDT on 11 Aug 2010 14:03 On Aug 11, 12:39 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:35:08 -0700 (PDT), in > <3135f32c-c715-4c69-82f5-6fc664074...(a)u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, KDT > Where is the official list of approved categories posted? > > -- Click on "Market" on your Android Phone and then "Apps"......
From: John Navas on 11 Aug 2010 14:05 On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:58:55 -0700 (PDT), in <d718f64d-a0d2-4e71-a5fa-739fada71f3b(a)l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Aug 11, 12:35�pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:14:21 -0700 (PDT), in >> <910131ce-9471-42e6-9182-9b53900e7...(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, KDT >> >> <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >On Aug 10, 9:53�pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> >> "Is AT&T Selling Weak Android Phones to Make iPhone 4 Look Better?" >> >> <http://goo.gl/C8HG> >> ><sarcasm>Yeah because *every* company �wants to cede power to a single >> >vendor, especially one as easy to work with as Apple. �I'm sure that >> >AT&T would much rather deal with Apple that basically treats AT&T like >> >a dumb pipe than deal with Android phones where AT&T gets to tell >> >vendors how the phones will work and force crapware on the phones and >> >they can pay �a lower subsidy.</sarcasm> >> >> I'd say it's a good bet that AT&T held off on better Android phones to >> focus on and not dilute its valuable iPhone exclusive franchise. > >Why would AT&T want to be beholden to Apple? They pay *more* to >subsidize the iPhone than the Android phone. It makes absolutely *no* >business sense to depend exclusively on one vendor. The iPhone exclusive has been wildly successful for AT&T. -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: KDT on 11 Aug 2010 14:08
On Aug 11, 1:38 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:08:57 -0700 (PDT), in > <653bae79-f991-4504-bb6c-d8edef38f...(a)m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > > > <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Aug 11, 10:40 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> To be fair, there is one (free) iPhone app that I miss on Android: > >> Dragon Dictation > > >> Otherwise, here is my list of favorite Android apps. > >> Please let me know if you think there are iPhone apps that: > >> (a) are significantly better than any of these apps, or > >> (b) provide functionality missing in these apps that I would care about. > > >> [SNIP] > > >You notice that almost all of those apps are basically simple thin > >clients to server applications, that one developer and a QA tester > >could knock out in less than a month? In other words, it goes to show > >that developers aren't putting real money behind Android. > > It actually goes to show the great strength of the Android platform, > which makes it easy to produce excellent apps rapidly. > > >Those > >aren't exactly revolutionary apps. If that's the best Android has to > >offer, you're not exactly helping your case. > > While some are ordinary (like Flashlight, much like the popular > Flashlight app on iPhone), the majority are actually world class. > > >But we can start off with Amazon MP3. The whole process of buying, > >managing, and syncing media on the Android is severely lacking. > > Say what? Amazon MP3 is excellent. > > I have no interest in iTunes or iTunes-type syncing -- > I easily copy what I want with Windows Explorer and/or Sync Toy. > I copy to and from my cloud space with Astro and AndFTP. > So I'm not buying that one either. > Creating playlists on Android is a pain. What about podcasts? How do I sync podcasts back and forth that I've listen to from the phone? Can I start listening to a podcast on my computer and the Android phone automatically resume where I left off? Can I just connect my phone to my computer and it automatically delete podcasts that I've already listened to? Can I have songs I bought on my phone automatically sync to my computer and vice versa? Even backing up your phone is multi-step and incomplete process when you get ready to upgrade the OS. |