Dylan from VentureBeat:
Android phones aren’t exactly Edsels (they don’t have a big front grille that looks like, well, lady parts). But they are similar in a couple ways: Packed with features but also saddled with a dismaying lack of reliability and a lot of stray details that reveal just how little its designers care about you. It’s the ultimate triumph of the lame “good enough” philosophy.
Fandroid may argue that Dylan had all these problems just because he uses a crappy phone, but that’s the problem.
The fact that this crummy phone exists at all is Android’s great advantage, but it is also its fatal flaw. Unlike more restrictive mobile operating systems, Android offers you the freedom to buy a crap phone that barely works.
That’s exactly how Android has gained the market share.
God forbid people who don’t want to pay $200 have the option to get a smartphone! This blog use to be at least subtle...
This is why I’ll be going iPhone once my contract ends.