Well, the time has finally come for Apples Iphone/pad/touch to get Multitasking! Yesterday Steve Jobs took a step into his time machine to 3 years or so ago when they put the first iPhone out to announce it has Multitasking. Steve said “Yes Apple may be late to the game, but we’ll also be the last.” Which is kind of a silly thing to say, yes they are late but what they have looks to be a solid way to multitask if it works. But the last? That’s like saying the iPhone is the last phone you’ll ever need…unless it’s not a 3GS or newer version because then the “hardware just wont do multitasking”. Let me say this before I go any further, I’m not an apple fanboy, and I’m not a android fanboy. I really enjoy both sides, and think they both make great devices.
Both sides have made mistakes along the way, I still think if the iPhone was unlocked to any network, and multitasked from the beginning there is a good chance we would not have Android right now. And Blackberry may be dead other than the corporate uses that the iPhone didn’t have fully covered. But they locked in with ATT, and it kind of worked, sometimes if you weren’t in a busy area. So the world domination seeking guys at Google said “Hey! We can totally make an OS for phones and gadgets that will work great and destroy apple leading us to taking over the world” and they did. It’s been almost 2 years not since the first android device hit, the G1 (which I have) and android is stronger than ever. I dont think they’ve actually put out that must have device yet, and I think they may never have that one device like the iPhone, but they’ve taken the correct approach for them and it’s working. They have devices on every major network worldwide, other than china because they are fighting. They are getting a bigger market share every month, and should pass the iPhone fairly soon. And I believe the best is yet to come, the Nexus one is a nice phone, but I think they can still do better.
The iPhone is an amazing device. I’ve played with them, had an iTouch, and really think they are a very well made device. No one can argue against that. The problem I have is more with Apple themselves, yes there is not much I can do about Steve Jobs being the worst dressed person ever. But why does he hate competition so much? Would the iPhone have multitasking coming if there was no Android? I don’t think so because they wouldn’t need to even with everyone complaining since there was no other device out there that did it and did it well. Android phones are coming out every day with newer and more shiny devices pushing what the OS and the hardware can handle. This has made Apple work harder to keep themselves in the lead and it’s great, because the end user/fanboys are the ones who get the benefits in the end. And that’s what they wanted right? Well after making money and taking over the world, putting a great product out is what every company wants. So why file lawsuits against everyone else who makes a product that competes? Just make yours better and then stand back and watch as the rest try to keep up.
I’ve been rambling a lot and not even made the main point of this post, the fanboys. During the 4.0 event yesterday I was watching the livecast and reading all the twitter updates. The two sides, android and apple, really hate each other. Every Apple fanboy post was saying “OMFG MULTITASKING LOOKS SO AMAZING”, while Android was mostly “Hey Apple, welcome to the party, where have you been?”. Many of the android devs I follow on twitter were bashing Apple non stop, and I don’t really know why. They’ve got good ideas at Apple, yes many of them android already has in some shape or form, but that doesn’t mean you can’t accept new ideas and work them into your custom android builds if they are awesome. In the same way iphone fanboys were acting as though multitasking was this amazing new idea that no one has ever seen or done, are you really that dumb? I don’t understand why the extremes on both sides with no one in the middle. Like me. I love android and I love iphone, if I had the money I would have both phones no doubt. The only logical stance I remember hearing recently was Kevin Rose, who admittedly is a huge apple fanboy. But he loves the android also, and has both an iphone and nexus one. And even said on Diggnation that he was thinking about using the N1 as his main phone and iphone just for the apps etc he likes to use on it. Wow, logic from a fanboy, amazing. That being said, I’m pretty sure Kevin had to change his pants after getting his iPad and saying it’s the best device ever. I don’t know, maybe it is, I can’t afford one. But still, he’s about the only fanboy that can accept other things that I’ve seen.
Moral of the story is, people need to stop being bitches, both sides. Devs get over thinking your this amazing person that is doing things no one else is for the Android, unless your Cyanogen, who was the real breakout dev, you’re just making the same thing 30 other devs are. And Apple, stop being afraid of competition, without it you wouldn’t even be here. Also for the love of god Steve Jobs get rid of the acid wash jeans and shirt from 1960, I get it, you’re a hipster. Now stop. http://www.fonearena.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/apple_steve.jpg
SocialVibe