Four months with Android: reflections, grievances and some tenuous metaphors bundled up into a weighty tome
OR, The longest, most awkward dinner of my life
tl;dr version: I’m really glad to have an iPhone 4S.
(Note: this was written over multiple days, spaced weeks apart.)
I approached this experiment with a lot of questions, the primary of which was quite simple: why do people use Android? I had my own preconceived answers — they dislike Apple or couldn’t get an iPhone for one reason or another — but I dove in with an open mind regardless. After over four months of Android 2.3 on a Nexus S, I’m left mostly answerless.
That’s not to say I didn’t learn a lot. I have a solid grasp of what makes Android Android, the ins-and-outs of the OS, and, yes, there are even a few really great features I will miss as I transition back to iOS.
But at the end of the day I’m left with mostly a bad taste in my mouth. What follows is a summation of four months exclusively using Android. They’re my opinions. I’m not trying to sway anyone away from the platform, and I’m not looking to troll Android fanboys. I am but one man who likes stupid gadgets and decided to conduct a dumb experiment. Let’s go.
Help a Brother Out?
Hey, All
Please help out a mate of mine to win a car! He’s sitting in the Honda Hybrid on Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg, and he’s been living in the car from Monday, and he’s got till Friday.
It’s a competition that Eveready and 5FM are running at the moment.
If Bruce gets voted to stay in the car till the end, he wins it, and it’s the new Honda Insight.
Here’s what you gotta do:
- Like Eveready on Facebook.
- Become Bruce van Aardt’s friend on Facebook.
- Follow him on Twitter.
- Head over to the competition’s website and vote for Bruce.
- Shoot Bruce a message on Facebook and Twitter to say hi!
Thanks! :)
There’s a flimsy line between wimping out and moving on. I should know; in recent years I’ve left a comfy full time job, launched six websites, abandoned two, ditched archery, and turned my back on origami. I remember the sad words of my Cello teacher when I announced I was quitting that:
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No iTunes Ping for South Africans
I’m pretty disappointed by the fact that South Africans can’t fully partake in the full Apple experience. I’ve just downloaded iTunes 10 and Ping is visibly absent. I tried signing in with a US-based account, to no avail. A connection error comes up & iTunes freezes. So once again, we lose out on Ping, the new Apple TV and the movies, music and all the apps that the iTunes store has to offer.
Is this a problem on our government’s side, or with the relevant music and movie industries or does the problem lie with Apple?
Image via arquera
iPhone Icon Generator
Love the iPhone icons? Well, now you can upload your favourite images and have them converted into iPhone style icons.
Awesome and super easy.
