[Gllug] iPhone 4 or Android phone

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:47:19PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> I can upgrade to one or the other - what are the pros and cons,
> especially from the data pov? Or is there something else that is better?
> 
> I know there was a discussion on this ere recently but no one brought up
> the iPhone and wile I am usually resistant to Apple's charms I thought
> I'd throw it into the mix

I had a play with someone's HTC Desire last month, and resolved to
make it my new phone.  It was the first non-iPhone phone I'd tried
where they'd actually "got" why the iPhone is so usable (done it a
little bit better IMHO).

It (Android 2.2) is also partly open source.  It runs a Linux kernel
with some closed modules, non-standard but open Java userspace (no
glibc), and closed graphics drivers in userspace.

RIch.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat
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