Comments on: Memorial Day w/ The HTC Incredible http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2010/06/02/my-memorial-day-weekend-with-the-htc-incredible/ User Experience Design Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: think blog » Twitter’s API Change: Stifling Innovation for Consistency? http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2010/06/02/my-memorial-day-weekend-with-the-htc-incredible/#comment-50266 think blog » Twitter’s API Change: Stifling Innovation for Consistency? Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:31:08 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=652#comment-50266 [...] So we’re brought back to the classic walled-garden vs. open-source argument so readily apparent in the ongoing iOS vs. Android debate. Sure, Apple seems overly restrictive in forbidding people from changing button functionality (well, sometimes), but I would argue that it’s this level of control that allows them to create the most consistent and pleasurable modern operating system experience (be it mobile or desktop). On the other hand, I consistently find myself saying “my app doesn’t do that” whenever I compare different versions of the same app with my Android-owning friends (like Mike here at TBI). [...] [...] So we’re brought back to the classic walled-garden vs. open-source argument so readily apparent in the ongoing iOS vs. Android debate. Sure, Apple seems overly restrictive in forbidding people from changing button functionality (well, sometimes), but I would argue that it’s this level of control that allows them to create the most consistent and pleasurable modern operating system experience (be it mobile or desktop). On the other hand, I consistently find myself saying “my app doesn’t do that” whenever I compare different versions of the same app with my Android-owning friends (like Mike here at TBI). [...]

]]> By: Matt http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2010/06/02/my-memorial-day-weekend-with-the-htc-incredible/#comment-28197 Matt Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:38:12 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=652#comment-28197 Nice post Mike! I am a current iPhone user and thought I would never sway from it, but lately the Android based phones are looking so appetizing. My wife is a Sprint customer and snagged the new HTC Evo, basically the Incredibles' twin. And it's pretty darn amazing. After several days of playing with her phone, dare I say it, but my iPhone seems to lack personality. It's so plain. On one hand, being an apple user in general, I know that's Apple thing... usability. And the iPhone has it, but I think that's where it ends. The Android OS is just so much more fun to use! m Nice post Mike! I am a current iPhone user and thought I would never sway from it, but lately the Android based phones are looking so appetizing.

My wife is a Sprint customer and snagged the new HTC Evo, basically the Incredibles’ twin. And it’s pretty darn amazing. After several days of playing with her phone, dare I say it, but my iPhone seems to lack personality. It’s so plain. On one hand, being an apple user in general, I know that’s Apple thing… usability. And the iPhone has it, but I think that’s where it ends. The Android OS is just so much more fun to use!

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]]> By: AO http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/2010/06/02/my-memorial-day-weekend-with-the-htc-incredible/#comment-27737 AO Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.thinkbrownstone.com/blog/?p=652#comment-27737 I have been enjoying my HTC Hero for about 6 months or so.. but I still find that I am jealous of the iPhone. It must be the loyal MAC addict in me. If iPhone is available on the Sprint network in the future I may have a serious conundrum. I have been enjoying my HTC Hero for about 6 months or so.. but I still find that I am jealous of the iPhone. It must be the loyal MAC addict in me. If iPhone is available on the Sprint network in the future I may have a serious conundrum.

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