What is it about Android that makes it more "advanced"?

[TerryMathews]

Dropbox and cloud isn't something new, you can do the same on an iPhone.

What the iPhone can't do is multi doc email. It can do multi photo and video though.

Dropbox isn't a solution though. It is for regular people but it wouldn't be considered secure storage for a doctor, lawyer, or banker.

Anything that requires me to use an outside service to store documents for attachment wouldn't be permissible under my company's BYOD security policy.

 

[mikegg]

It can load documents from dropbox but as of the last time I used their iOS app it couldn't actually copy files to the device itself. Also you ignored the fact that an iPhone couldn't handle my network shares like Android can.



If you read my previous post I already mentioned that I can browse my network shares from my Android phone from anywhere I have 3g/4g or Wifi using a VPN.

There are probably 10 people in the world who still uses a home made network share. You are one of them.

 

[Red Storm]

There are probably 10 people in the world who still uses a home made network share. You are one of them.

Isn't that one of the headline features of the Apple TV?

Point is, you can do it on Android. Countering with "Well I wouldn't do that" doesn't really say anything.

 

[mikegg]

Here's another example of just being able to do stuff that isn't possible on iOS.

Was on the couch watching some Battlestar Galactica on my Nexus 10 when I remembered that my brother needed to pick up a prescription from CVS. Rather than getting up and going to my phone, I just switched to Groove IP and called my brother right from the tablet. He didn't answer, so I went back to watching BSG and a minute later he calls me, which rang my phone first (it was upstairs), then the tablet rang and I answered his call and talked to him. From my tablet. Using my cell number.

After I hung up I had one of those "Whoa" moments cause I realized just how cool that was and how far technology has come.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talkatone-free-calls-sms-texting/id397648381?mt=8

 

[ChronoReverse]

There are probably 10 people in the world who still uses a home made network share. You are one of them.

I'm one of those 10 people then.

Sorry, my Internet upload speed is only 60kb/s so being able to send things straight to my phone is actually really useful.

 

[Red Storm]

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talkatone-free-calls-sms-texting/id397648381?mt=8

That's cool, but does it allow you to receive calls made to your G.V. number? That's kinda the other half of it that makes it complete. With Groove IP, as soon as I sign in on the tablet it will receive/ring any calls made to my number.

 

[TuxDave]

That's cool, but does it allow you to receive calls made to your G.V. number? That's kinda the other half of it that makes it complete. With Groove IP, as soon as I sign in on the tablet it will receive/ring any calls made to my number.

I found this.
http://www.talkatone.com/quickguideus.html#1

 

[TerryMathews]

There are probably 10 people in the world who still uses a home made network share. You are one of them.

Make that 11.

 

[Red Storm]

I found this.
http://www.talkatone.com/quickguideus.html#1

Hmm, that requires unchecking on your mobile phone, which means logging in to Google Voice settings each time you wanted to do it (and then doing it again afterwards), and you'd never get any calls to your cell phone while that was active. You don't have to do any toggling on Android, it's all automatic after the initial setup.

But, it's good to see that iPad users can benefit from this too. :thumbsup:

 

[TuxDave]

Hmm, that requires unchecking on your mobile phone, which means logging in to Google Voice settings each time you wanted to do it (and then doing it again afterwards), and you'd never get any calls to your cell phone while that was active. You don't have to do any toggling on Android, it's all automatic after the initial setup.

But, it's good to see that iPad users can benefit from this too. :thumbsup:

I don't really use it and I don't know what you have to do in Android BUT...

... the way I understand it is that you're telling Google to forward it to Talkatone or your mobile number (which counts against your minutes). If you want it to always go to both, you just leave both checked. It's just if your cell phone has Talkatone, you'll get a double ring (one through the cell service and one through Talkatone). So your option is to remove Talkatone from the phone (leave it on the tablet) or you leave Talkatone on your phone and receive Google Voice calls through that instead of the cell service.

 

[Tempered81]

i like IOS better than android. I like the Polished look, speed, smoothness and richness (elegant) feel about it. This mobile OS comparison is like comparing Windows to OSX.

It's neat that Android is so customizable. And I like the 4.3-5.5 inch screens. IOS performing faster & smoother than Jellybean lends a great deal of credit to apple software engineers considering their hardware platforms have only 60-70% of the power that the top-end android devices have. ie dual core 900mhz/512mb ram socs versus quad core 1.7ghz /2gb ram socsl; and you get the smoother experience on the slower hardware...

Go figure.

 

[TerryMathews]

i like IOS better than android. I like the Polished look, speed, smoothness and richness (elegant) feel about it. This mobile OS comparison is like comparing Windows to OSX.

It's neat that Android is so customizable. And I like the 4.3-5.5 inch screens. IOS performing faster & smoother than Jellybean lends a great deal of credit to apple software engineers considering their hardware platforms have only 60-70% of the power that the top-end android devices have. ie dual core 900mhz/512mb ram socs versus quad core 1.7ghz /2gb ram socsl; and you get the smoother experience on the slower hardware...

Go figure.

And that's a valid comparison. The limited scope of features on iOS is what allows for that performance.

PalmOS followed the same philosophy.

 

[Zaap]

Ive actually owned a g2x a htc incredible and finally my s3. They have all acted the same way sluggish, except the g2x which was the biggest nightmare. It really would reboot on its own and it wasn't just mine doing it, man.

Thanks for being a prick though.

Yeah sure. You're one of those people that everything you touch somehow sucks, so everyone is supposed to disregard their own experiences and believe that technology sucks, that it can't possibly just be you. That's called: stupid.

People try and do the same thing against iOS and every other tech catergory as well by the way. "Every iPhone I've ever picked up crashes and randomly reboots itself! iOS sucks, so declares I!"

No. You don't know how to take care of and use tech devices. I recommend stick with flip phones, or just stay clear of tech devices all together.

 

[lopri]

I use Talkatone on my Nexus 7. I believe it works the same way Groove IP works. Viber is another one but it's only available in iOS and Android 2.0 ~ 3.0. I am more than satisfied with Talkatone, but I would have preferred Viber if it were available on Jelly Bean. Talkatone is free with ads, or pay subscription. Viber is completely free and it also does MMS. (I think) Talkatone and Groove IP do voice and SMS, but not MMS - I think it's not their problem but rather a limit of Google Voice. I don't know how Viber gets around it.

 

[MrX8503]

It can load documents from dropbox but as of the last time I used their iOS app it couldn't actually copy files to the device itself. Also you ignored the fact that an iPhone couldn't handle my network shares like Android can.

And you pretend as if Dropbox is a unique thing to Android when its not. You're all about cloud and then you mention the iPhone can't save docs to device itself. So which is it?

If you want to save files to your phone you can do it with an app, Air Disk Pro. You can ftp to your phone to drag and drop files. It also accepts dropbox file downloads too.

I can access my windows server via browser and see my files. I've never tried to download files, but you can possibly do this with Atomic Browser.

Dropbox isn't a solution though. It is for regular people but it wouldn't be considered secure storage for a doctor, lawyer, or banker.

Anything that requires me to use an outside service to store documents for attachment wouldn't be permissible under my company's BYOD security policy.

I didn't say dropbox is a solution, only that iPhone can email docs from dropbox.

Here's another example of just being able to do stuff that isn't possible on iOS.

Was on the couch watching some Battlestar Galactica on my Nexus 10 when I remembered that my brother needed to pick up a prescription from CVS. Rather than getting up and going to my phone, I just switched to Groove IP and called my brother right from the tablet. He didn't answer, so I went back to watching BSG and a minute later he calls me, which rang my phone first (it was upstairs), then the tablet rang and I answered his call and talked to him. From my tablet. Using my cell number.

After I hung up I had one of those "Whoa" moments cause I realized just how cool that was and how far technology has come.

That is cool. I have a similar experience, but with iMessage so its not phone calls and it requires iPhone users. Almost everyone in my family is an iPhone user, so I can txt them whether I'm at my Mac, phone, or tablet.

 

[lopri]

Guys the question is not "Based on my own personal usage which is limited to social networking and taking photos, is X more advanced than Y?"

It's simply "Is Android more advanced than iOS?"

And the answer to that simple question is a simple yes.

While I am not persuaded either way, I agree with your premise and thought the discussion would take place around that premise. Evidently that is not going to be the case here, so I am bowing out.

Again, I personally don't have a conclusion as to which OS is more advanced and was not really persuaded to each side's advocates. Not all was lost, though, because I think I got some idea who better knows how to make a case in this sub-forum.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I think NVidia is better than ATi!!!!

No way man, ATi is the uber leet!!!

lol Where does it end?

 

[postmortemIA]

Make that 11.

12 and counting, although I also have used blutooth for file sharing (yet another thing iOS can't do; there is no concept of file system)

 

[WelshBloke]

Make that 11.

13.

TV tuner records programs, PC sends it to home server, I watch in the bath.

 

[TerryMathews]

Hey, I just thought of something else Android can do that iOS cant: drive a TV tuner. Some devices have support for USB TV tuners. I have a tablet that does.

 

[bearxor]

13.

TV tuner records programs, PC sends it to home server, I watch in the bath.

I accomplish the same thing with AirVideo. Sickbeard downloads TV show directly, I watch it in the bath.

 

[WelshBloke]

I accomplish the same thing with AirVideo. Sickbeard downloads TV show directly, I watch it in the bath.

If I was going to watch torrents in the bath I'd just run a torrent client on my tablet.

If I was playing pirates in the bath that is.

 

[BenSkywalker]

You dance around like an Android cheerleader without making any points. What I'm saying is that all the Android haters love bashing Apple for making decisions that you have no control over, but Google does the same thing.

Tell me right now, what choice did Google make on my phone? I'm running 4.2- you explain to me what choice Google made on my device that left me without control.

Your entire premise is either an ignorant bald faced lie, or a troll. Android is open source, Google allows anyone to make Android devices. I'll give you a hint, you have *NO* argument. None. You can say if I want xyz device from Google, they make choices for me. That is an *entirely* different discussion then the limitations of the open source OS that is freely used by people in all sorts of unorthodox methods for devices well outside of Google's Nexus family.

Apple's OS isn't open source, and they don't allow anyone to make iOS devices besides Foxconn. Android is open. Period.

You don't like how current Android devices are built?

Build it yourself. Google will let you, no problem. You don't even have to pay them.

You don't like the way iOS devices are built?

Go to hell.

 

[deathBOB]

Tell me right now, what choice did Google make on my phone? I'm running 4.2- you explain to me what choice Google made on my device that left me without control.

Your entire premise is either an ignorant bald faced lie, or a troll. Android is open source, Google allows anyone to make Android devices. I'll give you a hint, you have *NO* argument. None. You can say if I want xyz device from Google, they make choices for me. That is an *entirely* different discussion then the limitations of the open source OS that is freely used by people in all sorts of unorthodox methods for devices well outside of Google's Nexus family.

Apple's OS isn't open source, and they don't allow anyone to make iOS devices besides Foxconn. Android is open. Period.

You don't like how current Android devices are built?

Build it yourself. Google will let you, no problem. You don't even have to pay them.

You don't like the way iOS devices are built?

Go to hell.

LOL. This thread delivers.

 

[sour07]

Maybe after three expensive and bad experiences you might just move on to something else. Obviously you and Android do not mix well.

And miss out on all the free things I can download anywhere I am? If apple would let you DL some of the things that android does I would have jumped ship a long time ago. I can deal with the instability, I just don't praise it blindly for being perfect, which neither OS is.