01-31-2013, 01:39 PM | #31 |
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I'm torn between the two. I love the hardware of the Android-based devices that I own. I'm a fan of the Android OS. But I find certain elements of iOS (primarily the limited multitasking) to be superior.
Android multitasking is improving with each release, but it still isn't where it needs to be for a mobile, battery-operated device. If there was a system setting to activate an iOS-like multitasking mode (impossible to do without rewriting a few OS subsystems, APIs, and applications using those APIs) I'd be totally sold out for Android without hesitation. There is absolutely no good reason for any application to autostart simply because it was installed. Virtually all of the apps that I use do that. Some may point to poorly written apps as the culprit. Maybe so, or maybe the OS shouldn't provide a way for apps to autostart without allowing the user to override that behavior. Some will claim that just because an app is listed as "running" doesn't mean that the apps is actively using resources. My response to that is, run some comprehensive testing for yourself. I have run those tests. And there is noticeable differences in system performance and battery life when those apps are installed (autostarted but not manually invoked) and when those apps are not installed. |
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01-31-2013, 03:58 PM | #33 | |
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01-31-2013, 04:45 PM | #34 | |
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So you are of the "the apps are the culprit" camp. No surprise there. |
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01-31-2013, 05:09 PM | #35 |
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Don't know about it's cool, but it just lost it's appeal
Don't know about it's cool, but it just lost it's appeal to block Samsung Sales:
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01-31-2013, 05:56 PM | #36 |
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The irony is that Android has excellent multitasking at the kernel level. It ended up being crippled at the application level due to resource management. How this resource management happens is pretty obvious if you take a look at application development for Android, since it involves stopping or terminating processes at the operating system's demand. We see a loosening of the rules now that phones (and especially tablets) are becoming more capable. Hopefully those limitations will go away within a few years.
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01-31-2013, 06:23 PM | #37 |
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Android is basically Java on Linux.
The Linux part is solid. The Java part is... Java... cloned by Google, the masters of betaware. 'Nuff said! |
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You are making perfect sense. Not.
Are you talking about time slices? Last edited by afv011; 01-31-2013 at 06:43 PM. |
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after all it has been very sucessful. Sure there are fades and of course if many people have it, it becomes more the normal thing, that is not rocket science! and hardly news! |
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01-31-2013, 06:45 PM | #40 |
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Is it any good? Maybe it was when it came out, but it looks way too inflexible nowadays - proven by the issues it caused to change the resolution in the iphone5, for instance. And, with Blackberry coming out wih BB10, ios becomes the oldest smartphone os.
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01-31-2013, 07:42 PM | #41 |
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I was under the impression that people wanted iOS because it was inflexible. More precisely what Android users called inflexible, and iOS users call easy to use.
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01-31-2013, 08:49 PM | #42 |
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That's probably what RIM was thinking, and look at what happened to them. That's probably what Microsoft was thinking, and look at their presence in the phone and tablet market. That's probably what Apple was thinking in the 1980's, and look what happened in the 1990's.
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Having to rewrite some of your app because the screen resolution changed does not speak volumes about flexibility either, but you might disagree. Having to go through itunes to copy a movie to your tablet, well, it's neither easy to use nor flexible. |
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01-31-2013, 10:52 PM | #45 | |
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Yes, good point! Also Apple seems to be bringing out new updates at a faster pace, and its not beyond them to tweek the iOS! They are continuing to sell more units all the time! Sure they need to be on their toes, thats a given, there is a lot of hungry competition out there, but I still like them |
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