Google’s Android OS is quickly becoming a serious player among mobile operating systems. With multiple Android smartphones now on market, the Google mobile OS enjoys the distinction of being the “ying” to the iPhone’s “yang.” But, according to Bnet, the Android OS doesn’t deserve the kind of following it has generated. They go so far as to say that “blind dogma” has helped push Android beyond its merit.
The article cites developers’ complaints that the Android platform is slow, the UI relatively poor, the mail client disappointing and the web browser not up to the standard set by the iPhone. Alex Kerr, founder of mobile app vendor Phone Thing Ltd., even posits that Android success thus far “stinks of religious dogma, as with the old PC/Mac/Linux wars…There’s way too much emotional opinion floating around, resting on blind dogma.”
Hey, at least Michael Arrington supports Android over the iPhone. I actually had the pleasure of speaking with Arrington at our recent Drive-Up Meet-Up, and he was more than happy to take time away from eating all our delicious Whole Foods sandwiches to explain how the Android smartphone in his pocket was better than the iPhone. Sure, there were downfalls to Android, but if Arrington believes it’s better, who are we to argue?
[Via: WMPowerUser]