Some of us came from the Iphone, a very fast, sleek, elegant , intuitive and polished OS. I was quite shocked to find out that you cannot update when Google updates, it has to go through the handset maker first, then via the carrier, if they want to bother. When I spend 5-600 dollars for a device, I expect, in this day and age to be able to update it when the oS is released, a la Apple Iphone OS.
To find the handsets and OS versions fragmented and and no standardization for hardware or software or universal desktop software was shocking to me. Also the fact that the OS cripples itself by only loading apps onto already Memory strapped phones was horrifying to say the least.
Before when i had a problem with the hardware, I went to apple, if I had a software problem, i went to Apple, if i had an app store problem i went to Apple, if i had an itunes problem i went to apple.
When I have had problems with my htc hero, my carrier blamed htc, htc blamed my carrier and google was no help at all.
Now i unwillingly switched to Android so i am a little disgruntled, my work pays my service, not with att, so i went with an android phone. I could not see paying for personal phone service when i had it free, just with another carrier.
It being open software is what takes getting used too, the splintered software versions, slow updates via handset makers and carriers, who probably really do not want to get involved in the cellphone OS software biz to begin with but did anyway because they want to sign people up on contracts, need the phones to attract customers.
Yes, I know it's new, but even the first Iphone performed better than this. I did hate the fact only one thing could work at a time, it was a sore point with me. In fact I hated that fact. Sure it's nice to change wallpapers and themes etc etc, but I need a phone that functions, and with crap ware pre installed that cannot be removed and actually eats up valuable and precious resources on an already memory strapped phone is crazy to say the least.
yes, it has potential, i hear that and believe that, but right now, android has no direction or standards. If this is not changed this OS will be just a geek plaything and not adopted by the masses.
I am struggling with this underpowered low memory phone for business every day, my 3 year old Ipod runs circles around this thing as far as speed and memory go. It opens a 1,545 page pdf tech manual in less than half the time it takes my hero. Of course the ipod does not multitask, to be fair, but the hero is supposed to be able too, right?
I really do like Android for what it could be, and it seems a year and a half later it should be farther along then it is. Like it or not, Apple has set the bar very high, as well as expectations of performance, reliability, speed and power.
i want android to succeed, but some of these issues just confound me.