Android vs iPhone - Easy comparison report

Android vs iPhone

Advantages of Android

• SMS delivery report - for the IPhone you need a third party apparently
• Notifications without INTERNET - one of the biggest drawback of the IPhone is that you cannot have notifications without Internet -> the notifications are stored on the Apple servers
• Can install applications from any site - IPhone applications can only be installed from the Apple store (unless the phone is jail broken)
• Multiple physical menu buttons - used for navigation and quick shortcuts, allows greater screen size (no more software menus)
• Physical menu button allows recent 6 tasks (like ALT+TAB in Windows) - absolutely useful
• The Home screen is organized in 3, 4 or 5 virtual screens, the rest of the applications lie in a list - usability, quick to access most used apps - on the IPhone there are "limitless" virtual screens on Home
• Can install on the Home screen - widgets, shortcuts, folders
• Physical keyboard - on some models
• Open source OS
• Can install different/homebrewed firmwares
• Can install home brewed apps
• Background apps/ multitasking
• can make own application to hook into anything - calling, traffic, media, encryption, etc
• Dev SDK is free and cross platform. IPhone is for $100+ and only works on MAC.
• Programming is done in Java, bridges exist from J2ME, C#, etc. IPhone uses Objective C
• Programming - can run interpreters. IPhone only allows running Objective C byte code
• Easy access to the SD card (both from computer and from the phone). can copy MP3s, read ebooks, etc
• Cheaper than the IPhone
• Easy removable/replaceable battery.
• 5 mega pixel camera + blitz/flash + More

Advantages of IPhone

• Screen brightness/clarity
• Bigger sofware keyboard - because of the wider screen
• Great 3D apps and harware
• Easy data synchronization
• Proximity sensor - saves battery and "locks" the screen
• Zoom using two fingers - pictures, browser, etc - though some Android phones also support multi touch

Thank you for comparison:

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