“winmo PHONES sold 20 million….IPHONE sold 14million” spot the difference?

The “desktop full of icons” approach is the best there is for a handheld device…..

anyone can jump on a blog and trash the iPhone but at the end of the day it still shits on what these “competitors” are bringing, and that’s just the cold hard honest facts.

Not sure about this. My 3GS is very fast. Maybe it’s time for TiPB to do another benchmarking round, LOL.

As for UI, there is a LOT more to UI then the home screen. But, as I mentioned, some of the iPhone features, including UI (pinch-zoom, swipe-delete, as an example) are copied already so…

And in the end, you are right, I’m enjoying my iPhone.

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Show me the phone, which exceeds iPhone in overall design, user interface …

Pick any late model Android phone. Virtually all of them meet or exceed iPhone UI, speed, flexibility, etc. etc. etc.

App store? Not so much. The iPhone rules there. But in most other areas Android clearly exceeds.

Especially in the User Interface, almost any Android phone exceeds the old Windows 3.1 desktop-full-of-icons approach that the iPhone uses. Maybe with the next iPhone OS they will progress all the way up to Windows 95 equivalence, but really, the interface is obsolete.

As for hardware, its simply a design choice to have two buttons or 6, or a whole keyboard full.

But if you can’t find anything you like better than the iPhone then by all means keep the iPhone. In the end, it really doesn’t matter to anyone but you.

If you want to branch out, you will soon have 0ver 50 choices to choose from: http://wiseandroid.com/NewsItem.aspx?category=News&path=October&itemid=

I agree that iPhone needs a re-design (which is probably coming, IMHO). I agree that some companies already “copied” most of its best-selling features (capacitive screen, multi-touch, App Store etc.). To the point, of course.

The above feature-copying is what was probably referred to as “catching up”.

Of course in terms of Megapixels or 3rd party app multitasking iPhone is still behind. But, hey, I’ll take a Ferrari without leather seats and power windows for the price of Volkswagen Jetta any day

And you are exactly right. It’s a matter of opinion with the things you mentioned.

I find Android to be a more interesting UI. Their newer phones (Lord knows not the G1) are very nice design wise, the iPhone is starting to get bland. And I find the Pre and HD2 to look far better than anything design wise.

And you say wallets, meaning sales, which brings me back to my very first post. Blackberry Curve has been the best selling smartphone for the first 2 quarters of this year. WinMo phones sold 20 million for the entire year of 2008 while iPhone sold 14 million.

Does that make WinMo or Curve better? No. Does that make Apple better. No.

That’s why I said…the comment itself is very idiotic. Nobody is catching up to the first iPhone…because a lot of companies have passed the 2nd and 3rd iPhone. The comment just oozes of ignorance from a loud mouthed COO.

“When they sell 7.3 Million HD2s in a quarter (on a single carrier), let’s talk. Until then, the truth is in the numbers.”

What’s the link to the source that states that the iPhone sold 7.3 million devices in one quarter on A SINGLE CARRIER?

Anyway, I have to agree that people are still trying to catch up to the original iPhone. So many phones out there are striving to not have MMS, or to have a 2 MP camera with no flash. This comment would not be so laughable if he had at least been intelligent enough to mention the 3G or 3GS.

Effing douche

Show me the phone, which exceeds iPhone in overall design, user interface or, say, integration with media and application services?

Of course it’s a matter of opinions but people vote for iPhone with their wallets.

BTW, I used to design mobile phones (software) myself (not for Apple) so I may be biased

The point was made about web browsing when original iPhone came 2+ years ago. I don’t recall any Skyfire on Symbian phones back then (I used to have quite a few Nokia N-Series phones).

LOL, true. I actually have Android. I just notice flaws and pluses of every platform.

And Skyfire is a HUGE plus of Symbian, WinMo, and RIM

Maybe we overlook it because it won’t work on an iPhone?

I really don’t see how people always overlook a browser called Skyfire.

One of the greatest browsers to date. Funny thing is…it handled flash better than Flash handled flash. No slow downs, no crappy resizing, just fast, simple, browsing. And this was while I was using a Moto Q

If it’s sales…phones have beaten it (read: best selling phones of 2008 and best selling phones of 1/2Q2009)

If it’s features…phones have exceeded it.

Ease of use…well, maybe so. It doesn’t get much easier than a button and a picture. =|

Not an attack on the iPhone, but sometimes…people should learn to not say things. Fans and COO’s alike.

One small step for RIM, one giant leap for Apple.

(from a former BB Curve and BB Storm owner, now iPhone convert)

I could easily sacrifice MMS, copy-paste, video-recording and a bunch of other non-essential features in order to enjoy the UI and the Browser. Heck, iPhone was the first mobile device which allowed me to really browse the Web. Nothing compared.

Tim is absolutely right. Its only 2 years later the competition (i.e. Palm Pre) closed the gap. But even though some competitors got closer in terms of UI and browsing, the iPhone improved dramatically since then.

I don’t even mention iPod and App Store ecosystems, which are second to none.

Or wait. Maybe some of us left other platforms for the iPhone’s ease of use and functionality. Maybe a neuron or two flickered and we made an informed decision.

When they sell 7.3 Million HD2s in a quarter (on a single carrier), let’s talk. Until then, the truth is in the numbers.

LOL. and it’s true… they are still catching up. The fourth iPhone will be another 2 years competitors will spend catching up.

No doubt they are all struggling to catch up though. The HD2? lol, not even in the same ballpark!

If he was talking features, capability, or speed, well it was a Balmeresq moment and well deserving of Rene’s Coo SNAP award.