The why dont you make the apps argument is nothing but a poor excuse for what should have been there in alpha.
tell me, have you ever used any open source software before? Sure android isn't "fully" open source.. but, it is by nature open source.
When a brain surgeon fails to properly do what every other brain surgeon is already doing he gets his ass handed to him.
Yeah... but, you don't go to a urologist to get brain surgery either :/.
There would not a bunch of fanboys of craptacular brain surgeons saying people should just do the jobs themselves if they dont like the butch job Dr Death did.
no.. but, while we are on the subject of doctors.. there are many different kinds, and believe it or not, some of us believe kevorkian was acting morally to some degree. :/ My point remains the same, never have I seen google tout any of these phones as "business phones".
You could say the same thing about any goods or service, principle is the same. I like android but its got a few serious flaws and lame fanboy excuses dont change that fact. PIM is basic functionality on a smartphone. It being essentially missing is like not having windshield wipers on a new car, they should be there. You shouldn't have to build them yourself.
I am going to addresss the windshield and wipers comment when I address another post in a second.. but, as another user said "welcome to open source." I have said this in another post, I will say this again. Early adopters always suffer ups and downs. Look at the xbox 360 early adopts. RROD was pretty harsh.
By that reasoning, some company could introduce a new car that happens to not have a steering wheel or windows, and someone could answer, "More features will come in time."
Ok back to the car comparison which I avoided last post. When you buy a car it does come with standard features. Wheels, steering wheel, ect. It doesn't always come with certain luxury features. Whether you believe it or not, high end race cars actually don't come with several "standard" features. Your phone can make calls, it can send text, and it functions as a basic phone.
We can argue over PIM all day long but, at the moment, your comparing it to blackberry which has been around for years. I have never seen blackberry as a media consumption device like the iphone, It is really more of a business tool than anything else, so naturally it will do it better than anyone else.
Here is my point, you are arguing the various things *YOU* Want in a phone as "necessity" when the reality is, if your going to compare these phones to doctors or cars.. You have to give fair comparisons.
you can't compare a sports car to a truck someone bought for towing a boat, and that shouldn't be compared to a jeep someone bought for driving off road through the woods.
All of those are arguable luxury vehicles with very different purposes. (I mean luxury in a sense that they are not necessary not luxury in the sense that they would be classified as that at a dealership)
You want a business phone? go to blackberry
I think what you all consider "frothing at the mouth" fanboys, are probably... in fact people who acknowledge that android isn't for every single person out there.
I hate iphone. One reason why is because, people who want it get other phones an expect those phones to be just as good.. Conversely, I hate it because, no matter *what* you want to do people claim it is the best for *EVERYTHING* which is a lie.
I would be a hypocrite if I were to say android was "the best" for "everyone".
Phones introduced in the market today have to compete with already extant phones by default. That's the world we're living in.
Then why wasn't iphone release with bluetooth file transfer
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Oh.. also... One thing I really want to point out.
The original user never said anything about PIM. The original user was (as far as any of us can tell by what is written) Complaining google hasn't created more or better applications, in which case.. I say yet again "welcome to open source, home of the do it yourself".
Make a thread about PIM and your problems with it and I will agree or disagree based on your points about PIM. However, for this thread, we don't know if the original poster is a 5th grader mad there aren't more games on his backflip, or a power using business owner who is annoyed by his newly purchased nexus one.
PIM was brought up by other users afterwards.