New Droid X Ad Thumps iPhone 4 Bumpers

[Scotty]

Now that's marketing!

http://gizmodo.com/5598449/new-droid-x-ny-times-ad-thumps-iphone-4-bumpers

Which puts their last ad to shame!:

http://gizmodo.com/5576702/droid-x-ny-times-ad-sneaks-in-iphone-4-jab

[Meiun]

Played around with a Droid X some, makes the iPhone look like a piece of shit in my opinion.

[ARTgames]

I never used a smart phone. But the general consensus is that the iphone is well made and no other phone seems to work as well as it does. But as a downside it does less. IDK if thats true.

[Scotty]

I never used a smart phone. But the general consensus is that the iphone is well made and no other phone seems to work as well as it does. But as a downside it does less. IDK if thats true.

Whoever told you that is likely more sarcastic than even the reigning king of sarcasm, yours truly.

[Lingus]

Why do you say that Scotty? As a specific instance, the iPhone has the best touchscreen of any device. It's more responsive than any other touchscreen. I'm not sure what all Art is referring to as far as "no other phone seems to work as well as it does" but that might be part of it. Obviously, the antenna doesn't work as well as a lot of other phones, but that's just one piece (given, a pretty major piece considering the main function of a phone is to make calls... but still).

[Scotty]

I have to dig for it, but I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the touchscreen is actually glass.  That's not good at all. 

[Seifer]

I have to dig for it, but I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the touchscreen is actually glass.  That's not good at all. 

While I don't have the new Iphone, so I can't vouch for that, I can say my Itouch is not glass.

[Scotty]

Here's something I found a while back:

http://lifehacker.com/5575317/smartphone-comparison-chart-dishes-the-dirt-on-smartphone-specs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+(Lifehacker)

[Lingus]

I have to dig for it, but I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the touchscreen is actually glass.  That's not good at all. 

I'm not sure what you mean, but from everything I've heard, the actually technology behind the multi-touch screen that Apple uses in all of its devices is the best of any other device. I'm talking about the accuracy, that kind of thing. Not sure how it being glass would matter...

[Jake]

The two things going for the iphone are it's trusty touch screen and app store.

[Scotty]

I haven't heard anything with regards to accuracy, so I cannot vouch for that, I was more or less pointing out design flaws.

[T-Rok]

The two things going for the iphone are it's trusty touch screen and jailbreaking.

Sorry Jake, just had to fix your post. xD App store is crap

I used to be an iPhone follower. But now I'm an Evo 4G person. I saw it and was like screw the iPhone.

[Lingus]

I would have to say the one benefit of having a tightly controlled app store like Apple has is that you are less likely to have crappy apps. The one thing I dislike about open platforms is the sheer quantity of horrible horrible crap that is put out. You end up spending most of your time installing, testing, and uninstalling things than actually using the system. Of course, it's a trade off in that there are also things that would potentially have been really good apps that didn't pass the test (or the developer just decides not to use that platform because of the closed system). So really it depends on what you want more: The freedom to do/have what you want, or the freedom from having to wade through hundreds of shitty apps to find the few good ones.

[Cactuscat222]

I would have to say the one benefit of having a tightly controlled app store like Apple has is that you are less likely to have crappy apps. The one thing I dislike about open platforms is the sheer quantity of horrible horrible crap that is put out. You end up spending most of your time installing, testing, and uninstalling things than actually using the system. Of course, it's a trade off in that there are also things that would potentially have been really good apps that didn't pass the test (or the developer just decides not to use that platform because of the closed system). So really it depends on what you want more: The freedom to do/have what you want, or the freedom from having to wade through hundreds of shitty apps to find the few good ones.

I find that particularly untrue... especially because of rating and review systems, even for jailbroken iphones. Its very easy to weed out the bad ones, and more good ones are put out than you would think.

And, even the iPhone app store has a bunch of crappy applications. They don't test for quality, they test for a set of rules, as far as I know. That is about it. What's more, half of those crappy applications cost money!

[Scotty]

I would have to say the one benefit of having a tightly controlled app store like Apple has is that you are less likely to have crappy apps. The one thing I dislike about open platforms is the sheer quantity of horrible horrible crap that is put out. You end up spending most of your time installing, testing, and uninstalling things than actually using the system. Of course, it's a trade off in that there are also things that would potentially have been really good apps that didn't pass the test (or the developer just decides not to use that platform because of the closed system). So really it depends on what you want more: The freedom to do/have what you want, or the freedom from having to wade through hundreds of shitty apps to find the few good ones.

I find that particularly untrue... especially because of rating and review systems, even for jailbroken iphones. Its very easy to weed out the bad ones, and more good ones are put out than you would think.

And, even the iPhone app store has a bunch of crappy applications. They don't test for quality, they test for a set of rules, as far as I know. That is about it.

How many flashlight apps are there out there?  Hell, the only one I would've cared for was taken down before too long, where some kid figured out how to sneak it by Apple.  This innocent appearing flashlight app actually worked to tether to your desktop/laptop via USB and you can receive internet through your 3G, essentially bypassing the charges that AT&T would charge you how many dozens for?