SG3, HTC One prove Android can challenge iPhone

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I actually listen to audiobooks while I'm driving. I find that, especially on a long journey, they really help me maintain my concentration.

I used to do that on long trips too. But anymore, I limit my vacations to western Washington and Oregon; and no more than about 4 to 5 hours one way by car. For this, radio and Cds are sufficient.

[afv011]

Apple has always been more conservative; while Android has had large screens, LTE, multi-tasking and so forth for years, some of these features are still missing in iOS or just recently added. Apple has (had?) the sex appeal, but technology wise, they're not at the forefront. They're hurt on 2 fronts, first they don't want to bring new cutting edge tech to the phone (the cynic in me says they're holding back to offer it to you at the next cycle, to give you a reason to update, apple say they wait for it to mature), second they have a 1 year to 18 months cycle, whereas on Android the plethora of manufacturers means new tech advances make it to the consumer that much faster.

[dkelly701]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I actually listen to audiobooks while I'm driving. I find that, especially on a long journey, they really help me maintain my concentration.

The majority of my mobile listening is also audiobooks. I have a Motorola Droid Bionic (Android) and when in my vehicle(2011 F150 with Sync), I sync it to my truck through bluetooth and use Ambling Book player to listen to books. I can start, stop and skip backward and forward using steering wheel controls. When I listen to music, I start Pandora and can control the same things in Pandora. They make car docks for the Motorola phones (but you don't really need one unless you are using your phone to navigate) and you can navigate and it will pause you book/music to give spoken directions and then continue to play your book/music. When I want to listen when not in my truck, I have a bluetooth headset.

[nogle]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I don't drive much, so a standard radio suffices. If I drove more, I'd get HD radio.

Sorry, but I don't believe you.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The reason I'm unlikely to give up my iPhone is that I have an iPod/iPhone interface in my car, which allows me to browse and play music from my phone using the car's CD player controls. I don't think anything like that's available for Android devices, is it? I spend a lot of time driving, and that's important to me.

Hi Harry,

Is your car's interface regular phone jack via aux? If that's the case, any modern Android phone, like Galaxy SII, would let you play songs and use it via aux port.

But you are right, does not control tracks, only volume, at least on my wife's car. She drives a 2011 Miata, which has a Bose system.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by nogle

Sorry, but I don't believe you.

That's not me. This is me.

I met some dude walking along the road last December and offered him a lift. He let me wear his nifty hat while I helped him deliver packages. Man, I thought that night would never end.

[300com]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes, you're right. Having a standard docking connector across the whole range of portable devices was a very wise move on Apple's part.

yes but with iPhone 5 etc the standard changes so you'll all need a new docking connector. probably ipad mini and everthing else that comes out from now onwards.

[RainingLemur]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's not me. This is me.

I met some dude walking along the road last December and offered him a lift. He let me wear his nifty hat while I helped him deliver packages. Man, I thought that night would never end.

The never-ending feeling must explain the look of "Good god, why am I STILL driving?" on your face.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by 300com

yes but with iPhone 5 etc the standard changes so you'll all need a new docking connector. probably ipad mini and everthing else that comes out from now onwards.

I haven't seen any announcement from Apple about that. Do you have a reference to it, please?

[Fluribus]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

That's not me. This is me.

I met some dude walking along the road last December and offered him a lift. He let me wear his nifty hat while I helped him deliver packages. Man, I thought that night would never end.

Be careful who you pick up. Had you picked me up before he did, you'd have been the one walking.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Hi Harry,

Is your car's interface regular phone jack via aux? If that's the case, any modern Android phone, like Galaxy SII, would let you play songs and use it via aux port.

Sure - getting the "sound" is no problem; pretty much every car on the market these days has an auxiliary input jack. It's the control functions that make the iPod interface useful - you don't really want to be fiddling around with the phone while driving!

[danskmacabre]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I haven't seen any announcement from Apple about that. Do you have a reference to it, please?

I've heard about the smaller connector as well.
I don't have an apple source, but here's an interesting article about it.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/06...ock-connector/

[danskmacabre]

This link seems pretty legit about the smaller iphone connector.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/20/con...ini-connector/

[HarryT]

Thanks - I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully, even if they do change it, there will be some sort of adapter available to allow existing accessories to continue to work - it's such a huge market.

[shanghaichica]

Android have been ahead of apple for quite some time now, not just with these latest phones. The Samsung galaxy s2 was better than the iPhone 4s.