As a Sprint corporate customer I’m referred to as “preferred,” which basically translates to “preferred because I give them increasing amounts of money.” Anyway, it gets me a phone upgrade annually, rather than the non-preferred biannual deal. The only problem with an annually replaced gadget is you have to figure out how to use it annually too. I’m now on my third Android phone and that’s not including a tablet. They’ve all worked differently — and quirkily.
As someone who is writing software for
Android, it's not the "Android" system that causes these issues, it's the programmer who uses the Android capability differently. If I want something to happen when somebody does something, then I program it to do it. If not, I don't.
I tend to believe that what you experienced is what you get when you have an operating system that is open for development and use. You can even basically do it in a Windows system by customizing your hot keys! I can write a .NET program to have you click a button or key combination and have it do all sorts of things.
What you have is the difference between a locked system (I'm assuming you're comparing to a Apple product) where you can "only" do this so "everyone" has the same experience, verses a system that's open for customization.
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Do You Really Know What Your Android Is Capable Of?
Posted by: Patrick Nelson August 18, 2011 05:00 AMAs a Sprint corporate customer I’m referred to as “preferred,” which basically translates to “preferred because I give them increasing amounts of money.” Anyway, it gets me a phone upgrade annually, rather than the non-preferred biannual deal. The only problem with an annually replaced gadget is you have to figure out how to use it annually too. I’m now on my third Android phone and that’s not including a tablet. They’ve all worked differently — and quirkily.
Android, it's not the "Android" system that causes these issues, it's the programmer who uses the Android capability differently. If I want something to happen when somebody does something, then I program it to do it. If not, I don't.
I tend to believe that what you experienced is what you get when you have an operating system that is open for development and use. You can even basically do it in a Windows system by customizing your hot keys! I can write a .NET program to have you click a button or key combination and have it do all sorts of things.
What you have is the difference between a locked system (I'm assuming you're comparing to a Apple product) where you can "only" do this so "everyone" has the same experience, verses a system that's open for customization.