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disolitude on 16 February 2011
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superchunk said:
disolitude said:
 

The Netflix app is confirmed as legitimate app for "upcoming" Android phones that use Qualcom processors.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/snapdragon-android-qualcomm-streaming-drm,news-10145.html

No legacy support, no support of other processors (yet), no timeframe...no standardization...which is pretty much expected from android these days.

Faster response? You pulled that out of your left ear as its widely known that WP7 runs faster on lower spec'd phones...

As far as multitasking, its coming in the next major update for WP7 (August)...enjoy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKhoL_lTXRM

You obviously seem very invested in your android device and don't want your hard work to go unnoticed...why else would you hitting your chest here would be insulting all of the other phones?

While that works for you, it really doesn't work for a lot of people, who want a seamless experience with as little user fiddling as possible. Android is by far the worst device in that regard...

1. I said the apps were coming. You just confirmed it. The processor would have nothing to do with it as its probably more related to software, like Sony's Suite needs Android 2.3. DRM is not hardware based.

2. Faster yes. used both. Granted, my phone is tweaked.

3. Multitasking on iOS and WP7 is not multitasking. Only one app is actually running at a time, the other freezes. (except in case of music..)

Android has really PC style multitasking. Let's say I am on web and running something in browser.. I can go to calendar or something else and that page will keep loading or running etc. Yours won't. It will fail on the page load or whatever or the program will just freeze until you comeback.

Difference is Android is a PC OS turned into a phone OS, while others are pure phone OS trying to do PC work. Not the same. As phones become more powerful this gap will become more apparent. Especially in the tablet market.

Also, while I agree Android has a lot more potential for tinkerers like me, it is just as good out of the box as my wife and buddies with no developer backgrounds and vanilla experiences can attest to.

1. We can argue all we want but as far as we know, future Snapdragon devices only will get official netflix support for now - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-20032131-78.html

2. Sure, but like you said, your phone is tweaked. Plus there is no hardware standardization so every phone runs differently. you never know what you're going to get. Here is an example -

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/07/lg-optimus-2x-review/

Dual core CPU android phone came out few weeks ago, but its sluggish and buggy.

3. I don't see why anyone would want apps running in background of a phone. It will rape your battery life.

The only apps which should run in the background are music apps (already do on both iOS and WP7) and browser (just tested in WP7 and guess what, it keeps loading a page when you switch).

In any case, there clearly is a market for both sides of the coin for these phones, otherwise iOS and android wouldn't be going head to head. Sure WP7 is a lot more like iOS than Android... but if you consider the market of people who don't need a supercomputer in their pocket, even you have to agree that its pretty well done as a guided experience type of phone.