For those of you who are not into the ever-popular BlackBerry smartphones, there is Apple and/or Android!
The Apple versus Android war is heating up! The two companies are competing so closely in the mobile arena that it is
hard to tell them apart at times. Which platform
do you think offers the most goodies and best performance for the average smartphone lover? Here is a
breakdown of some of the major features in the Apple iOS and Android worlds.
Apple's iTunes has more than 13 million songs available to you and a wide selection of movies and TV shows. There are over 350,000 iPhone apps plus a few thousand more
specifically for the iPad. Android had more than 100,000 apps in late 2010, that number has more likely gone up drastically since
then. However, a recent study perceives that the Android market is growing at a rate that is three times faster than the iTunes App Store.
Hardware is of course the biggest differentiators for the two platforms.
Apple currently has two new smartphone models, the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S and also sells the iPod Touch and the iPad and iPad 2. Android on the other hand has nearly 40 Android phones available for sale with iPad-like Android devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Motorola Xoom and HTC Flyer as well as devices from LG, Toshiba, a new Galaxy Tab and many others.
Both Apple and Android are promoting the wonders of HTML 5 and the highly functional Web apps the new standard brings about. There are tons of goodies offered on the two platforms as well.
Google's Android offers extensive voice commands for
sending text messages, e-mail, placing phone calls, Web browsing,
opening apps and searches. The iPhone's native voice commands include
music playback controls and voice-activated dialing. Siri on the iPhone 4S is very innovative. It lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule
meetings, place phone calls, and more. Ask Siri to do things just by
talking. Siri understands what you say, knows what you
mean, and even talks back to you. Siri is so easy to use and does so much,
you’ll keep finding more ways to utilize it.
There's a lot to love about Apple and Android, but feature for feature and app for app, it is
often hard to distinguish which platform is more superior.
